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Speaker 1: And now Move the Sticks with Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks.

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Speaker 2: What's up, everybody.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to move the Sticks, DJ, Bucky and Rhett As.

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Speaker 1: We had a chance yesterday to dig into a lot

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Speaker 1: of the changes that were made around the league. Today

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Speaker 1: we're getting back to football, get a chance to really

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Speaker 1: dig in on these playoff matchups. Cannot wait to get

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Speaker 1: these games here and looking forward to chatting about what

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Speaker 1: we expect in those contests.

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Speaker 2: So that's the ground we're going to cover here today

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Speaker 2: on mo the Sticks.

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Speaker 1: Before we look forward, guys, let's look back real quick.

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Speaker 2: Buck.

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Speaker 3: We haven't had a.

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Speaker 1: Chance to catch up on this one, but the Lions,

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Speaker 1: in a game that looks more lopsided than it really was,

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Speaker 1: they take care of the Minnesota Vikings thirty one to nine.

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Speaker 1: Some late scores, some red zone failures for the Vikings.

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Speaker 1: Sam Darnold seems to be the kind of the punching

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Speaker 1: bag on this one. But what was your takeaway after

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Speaker 1: digging into it?

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Speaker 4: Takeaway Man Dan Campbell, then his coaching staff, they're fearless.

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Speaker 4: We can talk about the Andrew and all that other stuff,

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Speaker 4: but it doesn't change the expectation that they have within

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Speaker 4: that building they expect and whin they expect to play

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Speaker 4: at the championship level, And the game plan that they

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Speaker 4: featured against the Minnesota Vikings suggested they have the ultimate

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Speaker 4: confidence in their players on defense, in particularly, they're going

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Speaker 4: to go man to man. And even though there were

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Speaker 4: some double teams and brackets and those things that were

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Speaker 4: cleverly hidden, they challenged the Minnesota Vikings one on one

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Speaker 4: on the outside press covers, very aggressive in their approach,

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Speaker 4: and then they doubted depression to go as Sam Donald.

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Speaker 3: And even though Sam Donald had been one.

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Speaker 4: Of the best in the league this season, against the Blitz,

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Speaker 4: the lines were undeterred and they were able to get

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Speaker 4: away from it. But I'm gonna say this, if this

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Speaker 4: was a baseball game, there were a lot of long

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Speaker 4: foul balls. They better make sure if they play them again,

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Speaker 4: if they play them again, they better make sure that

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Speaker 4: those things don't go inside the foul pole, because as

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Speaker 4: lopsided as it was in Detroit's favor, it could be

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Speaker 4: the other way the next time they match up if

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Speaker 4: they don't tighten up the coverage.

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Speaker 5: Well. Look, the thing that I would say is Aaron Glenn.

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Speaker 6: Deserved that reception that he got at the at the

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Speaker 5: He was on it.

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Speaker 6: In this game, fourteen plays in the red zone for

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Speaker 6: the Vikings, zero red zone touchdowns. They clouded the picture

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Speaker 6: and made made Sam Donold question his process and then

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Speaker 6: you know, held it just long enough for the pressure

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Speaker 6: then to get there. That was I thought, a masterclass

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Speaker 6: in dealing with a very good offense and a very

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Speaker 6: good offensive scheme that Kevin O'Connell puts out there every

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Speaker 6: week and puts into the hands of Sam Donald. And

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Speaker 6: now if you are the Vikings, and we'll get into

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Speaker 6: this here in a second, pushing this forward to that

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Speaker 6: Rams game on Monday night, but you've got a you've

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Speaker 6: got a little bit of a you know, reclamation to do,

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Speaker 6: like how do we get back to being us? How

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Speaker 6: in what we do. But man, that's what the Lions did.

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Speaker 6: They not only won that game, but they planted some

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Speaker 6: seeds of doubt for me and what the Vikings can

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm gonna go back to a Buck said too though.

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Speaker 1: Those long foul balls, I mean you have one where

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Speaker 1: Then you have a protection breakdown. They get to Sam's

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Speaker 1: He just threw it a little bit flat. I just

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Speaker 1: think cleaning up the red zone. Buck, You've you've been

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Speaker 1: in these been in these moments on these teams, and

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Speaker 1: I know it's maybe it's different going into a playoff week,

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Speaker 1: it's just, Hey, we're gonna spend we're gonna spend a

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Speaker 1: We're just gonna clean up some of that stuff. We're

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm actually glad you said that, because I think

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Speaker 4: you'll get this approach. I played for David Shaw's dad,

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Speaker 4: break team? And he said, if you're one of those teams,

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Speaker 4: that's a BIB, but don't break team. Between the twenties,

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Speaker 4: work is done in the red zone. What you're saying

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Speaker 4: about the Minnesota Vikings, based on how they lost to

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Speaker 4: the Detroit Lions, you one hundred percent add some minutes

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Speaker 4: two days working on red zone efficiency as opposed to just.

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Speaker 3: The one day.

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Speaker 4: To me, this game was one and lost in the

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Speaker 4: red zone. So the Minnesota Vikings, if they have another

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Speaker 4: advantage of some of the things that the Lions throughout

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Speaker 3: Home situation that they saw on Week eight.

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Speaker 2: Team right about the Rams it.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, Look, I think the Rams have everything they need

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Speaker 6: the second game after their bye week, and that was

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Speaker 5: At Puka.

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Speaker 6: You had Cooper both going, You had about almost one

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Speaker 6: I had a few sacks from that talented young defensive front.

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Speaker 6: They got after Sam Darnold in that game, and then

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Speaker 6: catching the the you know, the game winner. I think

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Speaker 6: that this game, that game, when you look back on it,

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Speaker 5: Their best and if they are at their best, I

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I'll tell you what's a confident bunch when you rest up,

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Speaker 1: not Karen, who the opponent is, whether it was Washington,

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Speaker 1: believe what, you would have thought they would have preferred.

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Speaker 1: But they were like, Hey, whoever's comming's coming, we don't care.

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Speaker 1: roll Buck.

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Speaker 4: I mean, look, I think there's a really unique approach

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Speaker 4: we're gonna play whoever. I dig it, I mean, I

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Speaker 4: I appreciate it. We'll see if it comes to fruition.

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Speaker 4: If they do benefit from having a home game, like

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Speaker 4: well at home, Uh, that might be.

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Speaker 3: That might have also gone into their thinking too.

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Speaker 6: If you gonna win a super Bowl, not win the

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Speaker 6: first round of the playoffs, right, so if this puts

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Speaker 6: you in a better position to do that, to rest

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Speaker 6: some of these guys, then so be it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, unless unless being the three would have given you

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Speaker 1: and being the four send you on the road. That

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Speaker 1: don't think that's likely uh a scenario to breakdown. So

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Speaker 1: let's get to the next one. Walk in Tampa Bay,

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Speaker 1: another rematch that we saw earlier this year.

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Speaker 2: Buck, I'm so excited to see Jayden Daniels.

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Speaker 1: But I say that, and I go back to what

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Speaker 1: Although they mess around with some teams and keep some

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Speaker 3: Yeah, how about that.

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Speaker 4: It's funny, man, because I don't want to say in

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Speaker 4: Mike Evans as the ultimate eracer. In the passing game,

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Speaker 4: Todd Bowles defense, regardless of who they have in the

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Speaker 4: not gonna lie. I'm excited to see how the young

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Speaker 6: You just from a you know, a team building perspective

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Speaker 6: just kind of bring it all full circle with some

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Speaker 6: of these teams that are gonna be looking at new

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Speaker 6: head coaches and new personnel, executives. I'm taking a close

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Speaker 6: look at what Jason light has done in Tampa and

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Speaker 6: what his staff and Mike Greenberg, and I know it

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Speaker 6: New York Jess John Spytech as well. Like their formula

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Speaker 6: for building, rebuilding, and retooling offensive and defensive lines is

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Speaker 6: among the best that we have seen in this league.

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Speaker 6: I mean the way that they continue to find premier

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Speaker 6: Barton the latest on the offensive side for Tampa, but

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Speaker 6: they they've gone to all corners. I mean Hobart College

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Speaker 6: Alex Kappa, you remember, started in Tampa and then you

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Speaker 6: have found really good players there and on both sides,

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Speaker 6: and I think that's what it's going to come down to,

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Speaker 6: Like can they continue to provide some time for Baker

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Speaker 6: Mayfield against the team in Washington who is a top

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I do think it's gonna be a fun game,

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Speaker 1: But let's take care of business against the Green Bay Packers.

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Speaker 4: I think that path is their defense really getting after

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Speaker 1: Sean Peyton likes to hold that card up there and

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Speaker 1: This week, this is what it's gonna it's gonna look

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Speaker 6: Marvin MEM's going on some of those screens, right, get

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Speaker 1: Every screen you ever imagine, tight end screens, We're going

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and then here I have a buck. I've just

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Speaker 2: And that's that's all you gotta do. Uh, Josh you

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Speaker 3: I get it.

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Speaker 2: That's all we need.

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Speaker 4: Good.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm in a professional call sheet. Yeah maker over here.

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Speaker 1: You know, I just uh a free service that I'm

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Speaker 2: Now, this is going to be Josh Allen.

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Speaker 1: This is I'm hoping that he just stays healthy and

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Speaker 3: And let's talk.

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Speaker 4: He really reserves it to until red zone situations or

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Speaker 5: I mean, that's that's the formula, right.

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Speaker 2: You know who he is.

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Speaker 1: You know who he is by the way he's he's

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Speaker 2: That's who Josh Allen.

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Speaker 5: Got demo.

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Speaker 2: What's up? Buddy, we'll see down there.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, Hey, that tells you, That tells you can trade

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Speaker 5: Now that's the case. Let's get Derek Henry.

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Speaker 1: Going, dude, He's he's literally if the touchdown active touchdown

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Speaker 1: Josh Allen. That's insane. You're I know Chargers, Hey, you

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Speaker 1: never know. I always have a veteran in reserve here

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Speaker 3: That? Is? That?

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Speaker 2: Is that an issue?

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Speaker 4: has cleaned up some of the issues that they had

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Speaker 4: in the middle of the field, the tackling, the blown

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Speaker 4: coverages and those things. They've tightened that up, and so

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Speaker 4: they're playing competent football on defense and then on offense. Man,

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Speaker 4: they just continue to put you in a bind because

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Speaker 4: it's not only Lamar Jackson, Derrick Henry, the playmakers on

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Speaker 4: the outside and the explosiveness of this offense that keeps

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Speaker 4: you up at night if you're a defensive coordinator having

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Speaker 4: to face them.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, man, I just wonder. You know, the Steelers have

450
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Speaker 6: been in this position before, right to a couple of

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Speaker 6: years ago when.

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Speaker 5: They started out you know whatever, it was eleven or zero.

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Speaker 6: And and then kind of had that losing streak to

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Speaker 6: finish up. This feels a little bit like that for Pittsburgh.

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Speaker 6: You know, I know they've had some success, although albeit

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Speaker 6: not recently as far you know as the last couple

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Speaker 6: of weeks ago against the Ravens. But man, it just

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Speaker 6: feels like the way things are going, it's going to

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Speaker 6: be hard for them to pull out of this tail

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Speaker 6: spin a little bit. With the way that you know,

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Speaker 6: they've been playing on all offense in particular, and what

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Speaker 6: we've seen from George Pickens when he came back, and

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Speaker 6: obviously what we've seen from Russell Wilson over the last month.

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Speaker 6: You know, obviously talk about you know, justin fields moving

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Speaker 6: forward and all that in the next year. I just

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Speaker 6: this feels like the Ravens are a juggernaut and that

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Speaker 6: they are rolling into a Marque matchup later in the

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Speaker 6: postseason with the Bills of the Chiefs.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I would say that the Pittsburgh formula is deep shots,

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Speaker 1: deep shots, deep shots. So you're just hoping Pickens comes

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Speaker 1: down with a couple. You're hoping you get a couple

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Speaker 1: of flags, you know, some thirty forty yard penalties. I

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Speaker 1: don't see them moving the ball. They just haven't shown

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Speaker 1: the ability to do that. So they're going to rely

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Speaker 1: on on the defense. Getting them some short fields. Maybe

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Speaker 1: it's a punt return, it gives them a short field,

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Speaker 1: and then it's it's go balls and penalties. I mean,

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Speaker 1: that's a tough way to live. So I'm I'm kind

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Speaker 1: I'm looking more in this one. We'll see if the

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Speaker 1: if the Steelers can make this more of a ball game.

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Speaker 1: Chargers Houston. Look, it's a big difference for the Chargers

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Speaker 1: getting the five versus the six. Going to Houston versus

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Speaker 1: going to Baltimore. You gotta be careful. I mean, Houston,

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Speaker 1: you don't want to be disrespectful there, but just off

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Speaker 1: the years they've had and we just saw Houston and

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Speaker 1: Baltimore square off and we saw how lopsided that was.

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Speaker 1: So there is a big difference there between those opponents.

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Speaker 1: But you know, buck, to me, the matchup to watching

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Speaker 1: this game that I'm looking forward to. Rashaun Slater is

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Speaker 1: back at practice today. He'll be I'm sure he'll be

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Speaker 1: rocking and rolling ready to go. Him and Joe Alt

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Speaker 1: going up against Will Anderson de Neil Hunter. That's uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, if they can if they can get that

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Speaker 1: done and take care of the edges, justin Herbertson are

496
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Speaker 1: really good groove right now, and mcconkey's is, you know,

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Speaker 1: playing really really well. Will Disley's found a role. Quentin

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Speaker 1: Johnston had thirteen for a buck eighty six last week,

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Speaker 1: coming off his best game.

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Speaker 5: As a pro.

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Speaker 2: Offensively.

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Speaker 1: Offensively, they're starting to peak and JK. Dobbin, since he's

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Speaker 1: come back healthy, is a nice weapon. They're out of

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Speaker 1: the backfield. So I feel like the Chargers are peaking

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Speaker 1: at the right time. But I also feel like the Texans,

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Speaker 1: I mean, shoot it, I would say you'd use the

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Speaker 1: word disrespected. I think they're being disrespected by a lot

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Speaker 1: of folks as you go into this matchup.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, they've been disrespected because the expectations were so significant

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Speaker 4: for this team. We talked about this team being a

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Speaker 4: super Bowl favorite, and they haven't played to that level.

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Speaker 4: But it doesn't mean that they can't play to that

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Speaker 4: level in the postseason. A lot of it really hinges

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Speaker 4: on c J. Stroud. What I am looking for. I

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Speaker 4: want to see how Jesse Mentor goes after c J.

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Speaker 3: Stroud. C J.

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Speaker 4: Stroud has not been the same player that we saw

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Speaker 4: last year's mark. He's had more turnovers then we saw

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Speaker 4: his rookie season. How does Jesse Minner kind of attack him.

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Speaker 4: Does he sit back in coverage and dare him to

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Speaker 4: fit it into tight windows versus those zones. Does he

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Speaker 4: play a little tighter and snugger on the guys, Because

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Speaker 4: let's be real, the number one threat that they have

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Speaker 4: in the passing game is Nico Collins. If they can

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Speaker 4: run the ball, it allows Nico Collins to get loose

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Speaker 4: on play action. But if they can contain Joe Mixon

527
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Speaker 4: and I guess you may have to say Damian Peert,

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Speaker 4: they then are able to put all their odds on

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Speaker 4: Nico Collins and force C. J.

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Speaker 3: Stroud to beat them left handed.

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Speaker 5: Yeah.

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Speaker 6: Look, you know, when I think about the Texans, obviously

533
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Speaker 6: this has been a disappointment of a year. Yet they're

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Speaker 6: still AFC South champions and have been for like a month,

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Speaker 6: and you know they've they've had time to figure it out.

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Speaker 6: It hasn't quite worked yet. But when you go back,

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Speaker 6: if I'm the Texans, I go back and look at

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Speaker 6: where we've been, where we were at this time last year,

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Speaker 6: it's kind of similar, you know, in terms of personnel

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Speaker 6: that's available.

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Speaker 5: Right, Remember Tank Dell got hurt, you know, a.

542
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Speaker 6: Couple of weeks a few weeks before the postseason started,

543
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Speaker 6: was done for the year, and it was kind of

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Speaker 6: the Nico Collins show at receiver. They were getting maybe

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Speaker 6: a little bit more at a Dulton Schultz at the time,

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Speaker 6: it felt like. But I think they're in a better

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Speaker 6: place defensively, and you know, that was a nice confidence

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Speaker 6: building drive. One drive for CJ. Stroud, Nico Collins and

549
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Speaker 6: the Texans offense. I'll be it against the Titans, but

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Speaker 6: got that touchdown. He was six of six. They've won

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Speaker 6: a playoff game, you know, kind of in this spot before.

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Speaker 6: So if they can take care of the football and

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Speaker 6: keep CJ. Stroud relatively clean, I think there's still an

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Speaker 6: opportunity in a pathway here for the Texans to get

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Speaker 6: a dub.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be a good game. I'm looking

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Speaker 1: forward to going to Houston and checking that one out.

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Speaker 1: A little cold though, looking at the I know it's indoors,

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Speaker 1: but just weatherwise for me walking outside, it's gonna be

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Speaker 1: a challenge.

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Speaker 2: I don't know if that's going to be me. I

563
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Speaker 2: think I'm gonna be in the hotel room in some

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Speaker 2: college to freeze getting down there.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's got that's got hotel watching college tape written all.

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Speaker 6: Over it for this weekend as they get ready attle

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Speaker 6: early and head over to the Cotton Bowl.

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Speaker 2: You know, oh yeah, yeah, but it's like for Houston

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Speaker 2: to dall Us with.

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Speaker 5: Like four hours not a great drive in the cold.

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Speaker 1: That's not happening. Yeah, I had conditions not going to happen.

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Speaker 5: By the way.

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Speaker 1: Uh, I guess we'll have more information on this, uh

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Speaker 1: going forward. But I've been told by a little birdie

575
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Speaker 1: in my ear that rookie draft was a tie this year.

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Speaker 2: I tied him, bled him in.

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Speaker 6: We need to go back and look about whether we

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Speaker 6: actually that year did week eighteen last year? Okay, that's

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Speaker 6: what we need to go back and look whether we

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Speaker 6: played through Week eighteen last year.

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Speaker 3: Can't wait next year, can't wait the next year? Last year?

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Speaker 1: Hey, look, we just we protect our turf here, that's

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Speaker 1: what we do.

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Speaker 2: We protect our turf.

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Speaker 1: Bucky and I go on this thing for a decade

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Speaker 1: and Rett comes in and just that wasn't going to happen.

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Speaker 1: We couldn't let that. Co champs by the way, I

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Speaker 1: got it. I got a hatch uh. For high school

589
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Speaker 1: we were co champs of the Harbor League. And they

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Speaker 1: didn't put a dash between the co and the Champs,

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Speaker 1: so it just says coach imps coach umps.

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Speaker 2: Harbor League debated on whether you're putting out my jack?

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Speaker 2: I was like, what am I supposed to? This is terrible?

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Speaker 1: Come on, it's embarrassing to print a cod Champs patch

595
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Speaker 1: so nothing will be hanging on the bookshelf behind me.

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Speaker 1: We got to win these things out right, all right?

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Speaker 1: This has been a fun one. Hope you guys have

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Speaker 1: enjoyed it. We've enjoyed digging into these matchups. Can't wait

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Speaker 1: for a great week into football. We'll see you next

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Speaker 1: time right here on with the sticks