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Speaker 1: Welcome back. I am dale Alie. He is Matt Williamson,

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Speaker 1: and Matt I thought we'd take a look here. We're

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Speaker 1: four games into the two season. Daniel Jeremiah ranks the

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Speaker 1: or falling. It's great. Twenty five is Isaiah Pacheco of

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs. I do too. I picked him up this week.

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Speaker 1: I thought he looked good last one. I mean he

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Speaker 1: unimpressed with Edwards Hilaire and just in terms of handing

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Speaker 1: think he's the best guy. Yeah. Twenty four is Abraham Lucas,

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Speaker 1: an offensive tackle for the Seattle Seahawks. He's from Washington

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Speaker 1: State if I remember correctly. Yeah, he's the other offensive

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Speaker 1: despite you know, they used two pretty early picks, including

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Speaker 1: I get that he's played a lot of snaps. You

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Speaker 1: come on strong. I mean after two weeks he wouldn't

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Speaker 1: if Daniel Jeremiah does this another four weeks from now,

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Speaker 1: at the midway point of the seasons, pickings twenty three

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Speaker 1: The way the trajectory is moving here, I think the

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Speaker 1: And I think that's possible. I think it's in the

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Speaker 1: Roman possibility. At twenty two. His Cowboys offensive tackle Tyler Smith.

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Speaker 1: I've watched him. I haven't been super impressed. Yeah, he's

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Speaker 1: the cornerback. Okay. I haven't studied him. I mean, I

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Speaker 1: he's a feel good story. He's seen undrafted guy. I

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