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Speaker 1: This is very hypocritical, This is not fair. The NFL,

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Speaker 1: sweep sakes next year. But I think Trey Lance getting

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Speaker 1: probably that's what it included that three playoff teams essentially

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Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks, which we all thought were gonna stink, clearly

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Speaker 1: not going to take a quarterback. I would say that

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Speaker 1: especially an Anthony Richardson. You know, Seattle or Detroit, they

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Speaker 1: both have a quarterback that that guy couldn't beat out.

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Speaker 1: He can sit behind, he can kind to play the

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Speaker 1: Mahomes role. So that is on the table. But assuming

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Speaker 1: that Seattle and Detroit do not take a quarterback, all

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Speaker 1: three teams, I mean Seattle and the Lions went nine

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Speaker 1: to eight, and obviously the Eagles were a powerhouse, could

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Speaker 1: I mean the Eagles. I know, technically there's only thirty

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Speaker 1: one picks, but they're normally drafting thirty one when you

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Speaker 1: lose in the Super Bowl. And Seattle and the Lions

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Speaker 1: So if neither of those two teams take a quarterback,

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Speaker 1: they could get a big time What if Seattle just

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Speaker 1: ends up with Jalen Carter? What did the Lions end

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Speaker 1: up with like the best corner in the draft and

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Speaker 1: they get there, you know, Sauce Gardner or j. C.

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Speaker 1: Horn or Patrick Certain and all of a sudden, it's like, well,

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Speaker 1: their offense is good, now their defense is a lot better.

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Speaker 1: They got a star corner to go with Adon Hudson.

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Speaker 1: That team could really look good fast. I mean, Seattle

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Speaker 1: hasn't had a dominant pass rusher in a while. So

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Speaker 1: you put Jalen car in that team. Pete Carroll loves

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Speaker 1: kind of that renegade guy. Niners don't love that, David.

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Speaker 1: The Niners do not want them to take Jalen Carter's

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Speaker 1: that's for sure. So that's watching those three teams that

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Speaker 1: are good, you know, that are just just especially Seattle

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Speaker 1: and the Eagles just well operated machine. Lions still got

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Speaker 1: to prove it again, but their team is just so

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Speaker 1: talented that be hard to bet against them. I think

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Speaker 1: they're gonna be a sexy pick and we got a

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Speaker 1: ways to go. We'll see how the draft shakes out.

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Speaker 1: I'm probably gonna pick them to win that division. I

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Speaker 1: actually feel pretty I think I am and last but

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Speaker 1: not least last year, I would say one of the

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Speaker 1: more shocking trades in recent memory on Draft Night when

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Speaker 1: AJ Brown was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles. Who's going

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Speaker 1: to get traded this year? Because one thing we know

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Speaker 1: with these general managers forever, it was like older gms

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Speaker 1: in the league, and they were just less inclined to

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Speaker 1: do crazy blockbusters. I mean some guys would, but for

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Speaker 1: the most part, just less movement, just less like baseball,

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Speaker 1: basketball type blockbuster deals. We see them all the time now,

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Speaker 1: I mean we constantly see them. It feels like there

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Speaker 1: is a lock to be some Oh my god, did

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Speaker 1: that really just happen? I mean we had multiple trades

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Speaker 1: on Draft night. Hollywood Brown got traded to the Cardinals

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Speaker 1: for first round pick. Obviously A J. Brown got traded

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Speaker 1: to the Eagles for a first round pick. I think

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Speaker 1: we're gonna see it now. I don't know the name,

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Speaker 1: but it's just pretty tried and true formula now every

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Speaker 1: single year disgruntled player. I would say the craziest thing

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Speaker 1: would be if Lamar Jackson were to get traded. Feels unlikely.

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Speaker 1: Never know, right, they just resigned Tyler Huntley, they competed

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Speaker 1: in that playoff game with Tyler Huntley. What if they

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Speaker 1: just punted and they took you know, quarterback in the

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Speaker 1: first round. I don't know. I'm just saying I'm not

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Speaker 1: going to be it'd be stunning when it actually happens,

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Speaker 1: But when you really think of it, isn't that stunning.

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Speaker 1: I mean, buckle up, because one thing we know Rogers

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Speaker 1: things inevitable. I would say Trey Lance got traded, that'd

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Speaker 1: be pretty like whoa. But they're definitely gonna be some

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Speaker 1: position players, whether it's a star corner, star receiver, star

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Speaker 1: past I don't know. Star players get traded on Draft

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Speaker 1: night now, and I think it's a reflection of these

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Speaker 1: general managers who are just kind of gunslingers. They just

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Speaker 1: don't care. They kind of live in the moment, which

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Speaker 1: is awesome, which adds intrigued to this draft because without it,

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Speaker 1: like I mean, I think A J. Brown last year

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Speaker 1: was one of the crazier trades I remember, I mean

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Speaker 1: that that was nuts. And look at what it ultimately

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Speaker 1: meant for the Eagles. They got themselves a star, dominant

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Speaker 1: player on the outside who changed their franchise. Jalen helped

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Speaker 1: become He helped Jalen become a star. He was already

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Speaker 1: a star, and he kept dominating. He went to a

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Speaker 1: different conference, kicked everyone's ass. Now the rest is history.

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Speaker 1: Eagles are rolling with studs. Titans got some issues. That'll

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Speaker 1: do it for today. Appreciate everyone listening. We will be

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Speaker 1: back tomorrow. I'm gonna start doing this. Thank my guy

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Speaker 1: Holts and James, producers of this show. Got my back,

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Speaker 1: my road dogs. Talk to you soon. Peace. The volume