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Speaker 2: Midnight seems like the right time for the Giants' biggest

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Speaker 2: winning years. They landed the biggest fish of the Hudson

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Speaker 2: River of coaching. Overnight will tell you how it came

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Speaker 2: together with John Harbaugh and what that means to the

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Speaker 2: other eight team still looking for a head coach. The

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Speaker 2: best weekend in football is right around the corner, and

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Speaker 2: our guy Mark.

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Speaker 3: Ross knows who's the boss.

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Speaker 2: In fact, there's gonna be a few Ross's bosses on

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Speaker 2: exactly who will rule these divisional playoff games. Not to

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Speaker 2: be outdone, Brian Baldinger's back with another round of all

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Speaker 2: these big bawlers, the names you've got to know for

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Speaker 2: the Texans, Seahawks, and Bea. I can't make fun of

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Speaker 2: these segment names because every night I start this show

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Speaker 2: by saying, well, come inside with the Insiders presented by

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Speaker 2: Progressive Insurance. Alongside i In Rapaport and Judy Matista, I

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Speaker 2: am Tom Pelicero. Two days away from what many believe

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Speaker 2: is the best weekend in pro football all year long,

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Speaker 2: we will get to all four of those matchups tonight

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Speaker 2: we got to start out with the big news from

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Speaker 2: late last night. The New York Giants are working toward

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Speaker 2: a deal with John Harbaugh to make him their next

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Speaker 2: head coach. A swift landing for Harbaugh, who was fired

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Speaker 2: as nine days ago by the Ravens after eighteen seasons,

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Speaker 2: safe to say, a popular move in New York and

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Speaker 2: with the Giants fans The New York Post proclaiming it

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Speaker 2: horror Boss. Shout out to Paul Schwartz at the Post

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Speaker 2: for breaking that story. While certain people in this room

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Speaker 2: were sleeping. Ian, tell me exactly how this one came together.

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Speaker 4: Well, let's ignore that. Okay, fine, I was sleeping. It's fine,

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Speaker 4: We're allowed to sleep. This is the job anyway. Yes,

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Speaker 4: So the New York Giants hosted Jon Hobby yesterday to

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Speaker 5: Both owners were there.

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Speaker 4: Only principal people were allowed in the Giants building, vating

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Speaker 4: Joe Shane, who was running the search. Jackson Dart was

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Speaker 4: there trying to woo Harball. You got to like five

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Speaker 4: or six a night and everything when silent words started

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Speaker 5: They're gonna be with Harball.

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Speaker 4: Even though the Giants made a good impression, it is

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Speaker 4: not done yet. What we didn't know at the time

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Speaker 4: going to dinner, having a very nice dinner locally in

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Speaker 4: the Tennessee Titans, maybe around eleven or so o'clock. Called

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Speaker 4: try to woo John Harball.

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Speaker 5: We have a deal. We have a five.

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Speaker 4: Year, almost one hundred million dollar deal for Harball. The

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Speaker 4: Titans called off, they were not coming. And what became

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Speaker 4: clear is the Giants got John Harborough a deal that

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Speaker 5: It is an absolute home run for the Giants.

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Speaker 1: Judy.

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Speaker 2: John Harbaugh at sixty three years old, five years older

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Speaker 2: than Tom Coughlin when he was hired. John quite frankly,

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Speaker 2: we love Tom, but looks a little bit younger than him. Judy,

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Speaker 2: as he takes over for Big Blue, You've covered that

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Speaker 2: a lot of bumps in the road since Coughlin was

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Speaker 2: also let's say, pushed a side about a decade ago.

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Speaker 2: What does this mean that the Giants organization in twenty

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Speaker 6: Well, first of all, John Harbaugh checks all the boxes

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Speaker 3: He has seen.

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Speaker 6: Everything in football. It's very unlikely that something's going to

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Speaker 3: They needed all of that.

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Speaker 6: They've had a string of inexperienced coaches over the last

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Speaker 6: that was fourteen years ago. They have been one of

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Speaker 3: Their way out. This is a huge win for them.

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Speaker 6: You have to start taking the New York Giants seriously again,

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Speaker 6: and that is what John Harbaugh brought back to.

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Speaker 2: Them, striking that we are two days removed from hearing

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Speaker 2: Steve Bushatti, the owner of the Ravens who fired John Harbaugh,

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Speaker 2: talking about we were perpetually underachieving, particularly in the playoffs.

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Speaker 2: We had the worst record of anybody in the NFL

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Speaker 2: in terms of blowing fourth quarter leads. You know what

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Speaker 2: they say, one trash is another man's head coach. A

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Speaker 2: very big day for the Giants. There's a lot of

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Speaker 2: unique aspects of this, with John Harbaugh the second longest

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Speaker 2: Stitt with one team before ending up with another team.

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Speaker 2: John Harbaugh eighteen seasons in Baltimore before headed to the Giants.

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Speaker 2: Beyond only Curly Lambeau, who I have not seen his

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Speaker 2: analyst Mark Ross, who worked in the Giants organization for

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Speaker 2: a number of years. Mark, you've seen a lot of

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Speaker 2: also know it's fairly rare for general managers who've been

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Speaker 1: What does this mean for Joe.

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Speaker 2: Shane and the way that this entire organization moves forward.

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Speaker 7: Well, for the entire entire Giants organization, I mean, this

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Speaker 7: gives them stability, This gives them their north star. And

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Speaker 7: I don't know who they should get who's out there,

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Speaker 7: Would have never ever thought at that time that it

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Speaker 7: I mean, this is actually a dream for the Giants

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Speaker 3: This is our guy.

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Speaker 7: And that's the way it was when Tom Coughlin was there,

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Speaker 7: where he's the focal point, He's a figure point of everything.

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Speaker 7: He knows how to build the foundation and have that

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Speaker 7: You brought up the Ravens. The Ravens and the Giants

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Speaker 7: we win a super Bowl? That's where they were.

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Speaker 3: In that level.

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Speaker 7: Maybe Harball was not good enough for that. But being

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Speaker 7: building the foundation which the Giants need here coming up,

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Speaker 7: he's the perfect man for the job right now, Tom.

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Speaker 3: Mark, do not move.

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Speaker 2: You got Ross's bosses on the biggest names, biggest players,

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Speaker 2: coming up in just a little bit. You know what

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Speaker 2: and Titans all at various stages right now of a

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Speaker 2: What does the Harbaugh hiring mean in terms of what

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Speaker 6: First of all, I don't think we should expect. Sometimes

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Speaker 3: I don't think we're going to see that.

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Speaker 6: This is going to go slowly, which is by design

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Speaker 6: you've been waiting on that. And that is why things

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Speaker 6: not anymore. The other takeaway from the John Harbass sweepstakes.

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Speaker 6: Is that the Miami Dolphins never really jumped into the

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Speaker 4: I want to focus in on the Tennessee Titans here

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Speaker 4: because obviously they were the other team really in it

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Speaker 5: They had a huge, huge offer prepared for Harbor.

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Speaker 4: They were going to fly on the plane from Tennessee

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Speaker 4: that if they had to hire Harbor, they could have

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Speaker 4: they do still have obviously some very very good candidates

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Speaker 4: they're extremely comfortable with the remaining pool of talent that,

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Speaker 4: like Judy said, I didn't expect anyone panicking right now.

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Speaker 5: It was really Harbaugh and then everyone.

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Speaker 8: Do the process.

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Speaker 2: Also worth pointing out, every team that had a vacancy

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Speaker 2: The fact that the Titans, for as much as they

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Speaker 2: thought process of John Harbaugh might indicate that this job

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Speaker 2: An interesting injury development one of those teams playing on Saturday.

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Speaker 2: his Seattle playoff debut. Cordnyer's linebacker Fred Warner will not

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Speaker 2: Championship Game. Bill's Broncos kicks this thing off Divisional playoff

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Speaker 2: that's right, Mitch Wishnowski and Jeremy Crosshaw. That's what we're

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Speaker 9: They're similar teams, same players, same coach, you know, same quarterback.

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Speaker 8: It's gonna be a tough, physical football game.

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Speaker 3: They know how to win.

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Speaker 8: They've been in this situation before.

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Speaker 3: They had a great.

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Speaker 9: Win last week coming off, you know, probably their best

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Speaker 1: So it's gonna be a challenge. We've got to start fast.

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Speaker 2: Welcome in our Cameron Wolf will be covering that game

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Speaker 2: for NFL Network as well as our Brian baldey or camp.

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Speaker 2: We saw these teams last year in the wild card round.

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Speaker 5: How if it all.

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Speaker 2: Is this Broncos team, particularly on defense, more equipped to

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Speaker 10: Tom Broncos cornerback passer Tan told me we were unproven

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Speaker 10: James Cook went off, he controlled the line of scrimmage,

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Speaker 10: They it's kind of like the old NBA expression, you're

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Speaker 8: That's going to be the Broncos game plan.

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Speaker 10: Two guys that are different than they didn't have last year,

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Speaker 8: They feel like this defense is ready to take advantage

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Speaker 10: The Broncos think he is because of his maturity, and

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Speaker 10: This is a team that is used to being in

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Speaker 10: I think what's interesting is Sean Payton said today that

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Speaker 10: to remind himself to stay patient with that. That is

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Speaker 10: it is not Josh Allen for bo Nicks. It is

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Speaker 2: Big ball game. We got some big ballers, ain't it, Baldie?

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Speaker 2: Who are your big baller's days? We've got to know

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Speaker 1: Broncos, it's the Bills offensive line. Tom I mean Cam

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Speaker 1: Last year they ran for two hundred and ten yards.

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Speaker 1: James Cook Coon. He ran for one hundred and twenty

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Speaker 1: I think when you look at big bawlers right here,

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Speaker 1: If they're gonna win, they're gonna wear the hat on

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Speaker 2: Bill's Broncos, Big Ballers, Baldy Battlestar Colector.

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Speaker 8: Review can thank you very much.

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Speaker 2: So much more to come on this show tonight, including

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Speaker 2: no we got a visit from Mark Ross once again.

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Speaker 2: He's got Ross's bosses who are the names. You gotta

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Speaker 2: have Baldi back with our Omar Ruiz to break down

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Speaker 2: Rams Bears. That's right after this so much action divisional

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Speaker 2: playoff weekend two days away.

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Speaker 1: Stay here.

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Speaker 2: It's the Insiders presented by Progressive Insurance.

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Speaker 4: Sean McVay is nine to five in the playoffs against

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Speaker 4: basically all the teams literally on. McVeigh and the Los

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Speaker 5: This thing might go on forever.

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Speaker 4: It's really kind of like a strange and ridiculous stat

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Speaker 4: This Saturday against the Chicago Bears. It's gonna be freeze

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Speaker 11: We're not gonna sit here and waste our emotional energy

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Speaker 5: Let's freaking roll.

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Speaker 4: Omar Ruiz, you've been hanging out with the Los Angeles

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Speaker 4: Rams they prepare for Sunday's showdown against the Bears six

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Speaker 12: Well, the irony here Ian is that in southern California

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Speaker 12: They've been in cold weather environments last year in the

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Speaker 5: Omar, man, I'm so happy.

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Speaker 4: I'm gonna be wearing sleeves on my couch, not in

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Speaker 4: that is a fantastic, fantastic game and Peacock on Sunday

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Speaker 7: Back to the left side numbers, snap back, four man

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Speaker 3: On the five en zones touchdown, touchdown Bears. They've taken

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Speaker 8: Now he prays to the end zone.

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Speaker 3: Dram Bay doesn't matter. Game is over. Game is over.

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Speaker 3: An instant classic last Saturday night.

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Speaker 2: We can only hope the Rams game against the Bears

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Speaker 2: got more big ballers he got on the Bears, Baldy.

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Speaker 1: nor Champs Bears, you know, just win a wildcard game

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Speaker 1: against their hated rivalries. Right twenty five point fourth quarter.

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Speaker 1: I went back and study the formations from last week. Tom,

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Speaker 1: they had nine different guys, three tight ends, three receivers

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Speaker 1: from anun guy swift Calebilliams. Nine different guys line up

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Speaker 1: in the backfield. Now, I don't know what that means.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if that's a big deal or if

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Speaker 1: it's not a big deal. But he's gonna give you

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Speaker 1: a lot to look at. He's gonna run the ball

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Speaker 1: on third down as much as any team in this

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Speaker 1: league is going to run the ball on third down.

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Speaker 1: And if you think he's emptied the bucket, the bucket

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Speaker 1: is empty is bottomless, like he always has new ideas.

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Speaker 1: And so the Rams who have struggled defensively here Tom

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Speaker 1: down the stretch, given up thirty one points or more

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Speaker 1: in for of the last seven games, including last week

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Speaker 1: at Carolina, Like this is an offense right now that

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Speaker 1: the Rams haven't seen everything they can game plan through

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Speaker 1: the eighteen games they played, but there's more coming. I

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Speaker 1: could guarantee it. And that's why Ben Johnson deserves to

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Speaker 1: be a big baller this weekend.

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Speaker 14: In this game, the NFL congratulates Steve Weisch on his

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Speaker 14: twenty twenty six induction into the Black College Football Hall

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Speaker 14: of Fame, celebrating a career defined by excellence, integrity, and

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Speaker 14: love for the game.

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Speaker 4: Deve Wise covers Hall of Fame for us here at

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Speaker 4: NFL Network. How about going in the Hall of Fame himself,

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Speaker 4: Deeve Wise being inducted into the Black College.

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Speaker 5: Hall of Fame one of the coolest things ever. We

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Speaker 5: are extremely happy for.

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Speaker 1: You.

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Speaker 4: See there's his magnanimous tweet congratulating everyone else. Yes, definitely

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Speaker 4: congratulations everyone else, but especially our.

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Speaker 8: Good friend Steve.

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Speaker 4: Now time for good coverage presented by Progressive Insurance, The

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Speaker 4: Rockets have had four players with seven or more sacks

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Speaker 4: for the second straight season. In both years it was

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Speaker 4: Nick Benito, John and the Cooper John, Franklin Myers, and

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Speaker 4: Zach Allen. Denver joined the nineteen eighty four to eighty

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Speaker 4: six Raiders as the only team since nineteen eighty two

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Speaker 4: to have the same coret headed players with seven or

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Speaker 4: more sacks in consecutive seasons. Playing the Broncos does not

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Speaker 4: seem very pleasant, and this group makes sure of that.

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Speaker 5: Good luck, Buffalo Bills.

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Speaker 4: They play the Denver Broncos kicking it off for us

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Speaker 4: on Divisional Round weekend.

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Speaker 5: Is it the best weekend in football? I don't know.

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Speaker 4: Is it the best weekend in sports? I don't know either,

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Speaker 4: But I'm gonna go ahead and say probably so. I'm

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Speaker 4: now for Ross's Bosses, the Divisional Round version. Mark Ross,

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Speaker 4: welcome back in here. Appreciate you hanging out with us here.

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Speaker 4: Can you walk me through Bills and Broncos? Just tell

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Speaker 4: me what to look for while watch Well.

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Speaker 3: Who's the boss of the Bills game?

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Speaker 7: It's all with Josh Allen, But in this game it's

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Speaker 7: gotta be James Cook. But because we saw Josh Allen

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Speaker 7: last week, have to play hero ball in years past

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Speaker 7: in the players he's had to be play hero ball.

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Speaker 3: Well, now he's got his one two punch here.

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Speaker 7: Cook last week only had forty six rushing yards on

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Speaker 7: fifteen carries. So he's got to step up and beat

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Speaker 7: a boss to help out the ultimate boss and Josh Allen.

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Speaker 7: And then on the flip side, that Denver defense is

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Speaker 7: always nasty and if they are able to shut down

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Speaker 7: James Cook, then this guy right here, Nick Benito, is

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Speaker 7: going to have to be the boss of getting to

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Speaker 7: Josh Allen and making sure not only does he get

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Speaker 7: clean sacks like you usually see him just run by guys,

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Speaker 7: but get after Josh Allen once he starts getting out

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Speaker 7: of the pocket making those plays using that speed.

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Speaker 3: That Benito has to be the boss over Josh there.

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Speaker 4: All right, we'll go in order. Saturday night we got

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Speaker 4: forty nine ers Seahawks. Who's the boss of that one?

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Speaker 7: Well, for the forty nine he has got to be

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Speaker 7: Kyle Shanahan, head coach there, who also calls the plays.

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Speaker 7: Because last time out against the same Seattle defense, they

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Speaker 7: were only able to muster one hundred and seventy three

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Speaker 7: total yards in three points. Now he has no kittle either.

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Speaker 7: He has to see which kind of ways he's going

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Speaker 7: to get CMC in the mix there. So we'll see

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Speaker 7: if Kyle Shanahan can boss it up. And then on

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Speaker 7: the flip side there for Seattle, can Sam Donald? Look,

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Speaker 7: I had him as the boss anyway now with the

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Speaker 7: old blak, he's got to be the boss of this

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Speaker 7: injury as well, to see if he can be sharp.

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Speaker 7: But it's really Sam Donald bossig being the boss over

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Speaker 7: those turnovers which has gotten the Seattle offense in trouble.

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Speaker 7: That's the only thing I can see slowing them down.

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Speaker 7: Even when Sam throws four picks, they still had a

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Speaker 7: chance to meet the Rams a few weeks ago. So

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Speaker 7: Sam Donald had to be the boss of those turnovers

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Speaker 7: and the oblique there ian.

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Speaker 4: Hopefully the oblaque is okay, Fingers crossed analogics, as we

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Speaker 4: want to see as good a game as possible. Take

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Speaker 4: me to my favorite game of the week in the

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Speaker 4: future six to three game Patriots Texans.

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Speaker 5: Who is the boss of that one?

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Speaker 7: Well, for the Texans, the boss is going to be there.

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Speaker 7: Woody Marx, who had just a breakout performance against the

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Speaker 7: Steelers with those career high at one hundred and twelve

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Speaker 7: rushing yards a touchdown on nineteen carries.

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Speaker 3: And that's because CJ.

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Speaker 7: Shroud really struggled with those five fumbles and we know

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Speaker 7: what the defense, what they're going to bring, and if

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Speaker 7: what he can just provide that compliment there just in

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Speaker 7: case CJ struggles, This will be a tough team to beat.

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Speaker 7: And then on the flip side, talking about that Texans

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Speaker 7: defense with the Neil Hunter of course and Will Anderson

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Speaker 7: coming off the edge, Will Campbell is going to have

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Speaker 7: to step up and beat a boss because he was

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Speaker 7: not the boss last week, really struggled against that Chargers

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Speaker 7: pass rush. So he's going to see a heavy dose

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Speaker 7: of both of those guys and Will and d'anil. So

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Speaker 7: Will Campbell, you're going to have to step up that

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Speaker 7: boss game man and get better from last week.

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Speaker 4: Oh boy, that is a challenge right there, all right.

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Speaker 4: Last game of the weekend Rams Bears. Who is the

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Speaker 4: boss of that one?

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Speaker 8: Marcross?

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Speaker 3: A lot of bosses on that Rams this season.

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Speaker 7: Young boss is there, but Kobe Turner, I'm looking at

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Speaker 7: him to step up because the Bears I think are

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Speaker 7: at their best when they can get that run game

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Speaker 7: gone with Smith with Swift and Manungai. So Kobe Turner

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Speaker 7: is going to have to step up in the middle

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Speaker 7: there to shut.

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Speaker 3: That run, that run game down.

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Speaker 7: We know Caleb Williams can work his magic, but really

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Speaker 7: the Bears are at their best when they have that

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Speaker 7: run balance. And then on the flip side for the Bears,

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Speaker 7: Dennis Allen is going to have to be the boss,

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Speaker 7: the defensive coordinator. He's really been the boss all year long.

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Speaker 7: We know Ben Johnson has done an incredible job, but

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Speaker 7: what Dennis Allen that had that has had that defense

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Speaker 7: do with the turnovers?

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Speaker 3: We know they can be had.

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Speaker 7: They give up a lot of yards, but they still

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Speaker 7: find ways to create those turnovers. So against maybe the

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Speaker 7: best offense in the league, Dennis Allen, you're gonna have

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Speaker 7: to be the final boss if you're looking to advance.

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Speaker 4: Man, what the Chicago Bears did second half last week

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Speaker 4: was just so impressive. Dennis Allen no doubt, one of

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Speaker 4: the biggest hires of the last coaching cycle. You're so

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Speaker 4: far away from the end of this coaching cycle, but

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Speaker 4: we'll talk about that another time. Mark great, thank you

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Speaker 4: as always appreciate you hang with us and I cannot

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Speaker 4: wait for these games.

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Speaker 2: Top story tonight, Giants continue to work toward finalizing a

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Speaker 2: contract with John Harbaugh as their new head coach. Quick

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Speaker 2: landing for Harbaugh, fired last week after eighteen seasons with

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Speaker 2: the Ravens, a highly popular move so far for Giants

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Speaker 2: fans who are just looking for something resembling stability. For

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Speaker 2: John Harbaugh, quarterback has been a very stable position. Eleven

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Speaker 2: seasons of Joe Flacco, then eight seasons of Lamar Jackson

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Speaker 2: won Super Bowl winner, one two time NFL MVP winner,

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Speaker 2: and then Jackson Dart who at twenty two years old

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Speaker 2: is young enough to be sixty three year old John

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Speaker 2: Harbaugh's grandson. Welcome back to the Insiders, Tom Pelicero and

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Speaker 2: Brian Baldinger. Baldy, this was massive news. This was the

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Speaker 2: one that everybody wanted. That doesn't always work out that way.

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Speaker 2: What was your reaction to the revelation that John Harby

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Speaker 2: boss set to become the new head coach of the Giants.

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Speaker 1: I think the Giants got a good, good, good good

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Speaker 1: coach that can build a stable organization.

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Speaker 3: You know John.

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Speaker 1: I've known John since he came with Andy Reid in

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Speaker 1: nineteen ninety nine in Philadelphia Eagles, and he was a

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Speaker 1: special teams coach there and everywhere he goes. The special

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Speaker 1: team is going to be better, and that that has

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Speaker 1: to that has to take place. In New York, they

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Speaker 1: haven't been able to find a kicker. They've had problems

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Speaker 1: in the kicking game forever. He'll bring Randy Brown with him,

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Speaker 1: his kicking coach, who found Justin Tucker, who found Tyler Luke.

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Speaker 1: You know, the kicking game is going to be better,

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Speaker 1: It's going to be stable, especially when you're up in

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Speaker 1: New York in that kind of weather. I think you'll

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Speaker 1: put a good staff together. I think one of the

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Speaker 1: things that failed Ryan Dabele was he was constantly changing

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Speaker 1: his staff, offensive line coaches, defensive coordinator. He was he

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Speaker 1: was very it was a very unstable situation. But I

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Speaker 1: think there's a good chance. You know, Todd Munkin is

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Speaker 1: out there, Anthony Weaver is out there, Chuck Smith, his

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Speaker 1: past rush specialist coach in Baltimore, is out there. Now.

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Speaker 1: I think there's a good chance some of these guys

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Speaker 1: will follow John and he'll put together good staff. And

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Speaker 1: I think he's excited about working with Jackson Dart. He

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Speaker 1: got Joe Flacco when Joe Flacco was a rookie. He

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Speaker 1: wasn't expected to start.

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Speaker 8: But he did.

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Speaker 1: Five years later, they won a Super Bowl. They transitioned

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Speaker 1: to Lamar Jackson. He changed the offense to fit Lamar Jackson,

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Speaker 1: he changed coordinators to fit Lamar Jackson, and he won

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Speaker 1: a couple of MVPs. I think Jackson Dart is going

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Speaker 1: to get well coached. He's going to get a good

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Speaker 1: staff around him. They'll be disciplined in the building. There'll

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Speaker 1: be a way to practice. Not many teams will practice

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Speaker 1: harder than John Harball, but he's got a method to that.

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Speaker 1: He wants his young guys when you need him in December,

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Speaker 1: hopefully in January, they'll be ready to play. And so

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Speaker 1: he's going to train him hard. He's going to work

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Speaker 1: him hard. That's not going to change, and I think

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Speaker 1: the Giants need a good dose of that.

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Speaker 2: Eighteen seasons in the AFC, now John Harbaugh heads to

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Speaker 2: the NFC, where right now he rode to.

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Speaker 3: Super Bowl sixteen.

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Speaker 2: Goes through Seattle Seahawks after last week Week's playoff by

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Speaker 2: host the forty nine ers this weekend Saturday Night. One

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Speaker 2: of the four games on Divisional playoff weekend here's a

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Speaker 2: Mike McDonald had to say about the fact that that

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Speaker 2: game and the rest of the road to the Super

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Speaker 2: Bowl will go through the Twelfth Man.

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Speaker 15: It's one of those things where I think, I think

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Speaker 15: we're proud of it. We're proud of being able to

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Speaker 15: deliver this to the twelves into our city. We're excited

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Speaker 15: about it, you know. But it also is like in

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Speaker 15: the future, you know, so like right now, it's, uh,

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Speaker 15: it's on our minds, but really we're focusing on doing

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Speaker 15: the doing the proper preparations so we're ready to go.

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Speaker 15: But it's it's great, man, it's awesome. I mean, it's

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Speaker 15: not like one of your absolute goals throughout the year,

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Speaker 15: like this isn't having a home playoff game, doesn't guarantee

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Speaker 15: a championship or all those things that you're really shooting for.

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Speaker 15: But it really is part of the things that we

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Speaker 15: do want to you know, achieve or deliver you know,

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Speaker 15: to our to our fans, having these home playoff experiences,

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Speaker 15: and it's part of the only like the overall bigger

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Speaker 15: vision of what we're trying to create. So you you're

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Speaker 15: definitely proud of that, and you know, we expect to

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Speaker 15: you know, do it, do it a lot.

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Speaker 2: Hopefully time for more of bald these big ballers, forty

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Speaker 2: nine ers Seahawks.

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Speaker 1: So you got Baldy. You know, I'm gonna go with

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Speaker 1: Seattle's secondary. You know, the last time they played the

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Speaker 1: forty nine ers Week eighteen, rock Party through four one

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Speaker 1: hundred and twenty seven yards then score a touchdown. Batman

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Speaker 1: uh Tyriek Wollan right there, Devin Witherspoon, Nick em and

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Speaker 1: Worry Julian Love. I mean, it's a very very good group.

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Speaker 1: They had eighteen interceptions during the seasons as a defense,

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Speaker 1: not just as a secondary, but you know, they get

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Speaker 1: their hands on a lot of football. So I mean

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Speaker 1: eighty eight passes defense this year. They're in the passing lanes.

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Speaker 1: They're fast, they're long, and they tackled very well. And

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Speaker 1: so you know, rock Party through four hundred and twenty

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Speaker 1: seven yards a week eighteen. I was his second lowest

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Speaker 1: total of his amazing career so far. And so I

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Speaker 1: think the secondary there, they play that matchup zone that

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Speaker 1: Mike McDonald teaches. They sit on top of these route combinations.

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Speaker 1: It's hard to get the ball over their head. I'm

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Speaker 1: sure Kyle is in the he's in a dark room

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Speaker 1: right now, trying to figure it out right now, how

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Speaker 1: to get some explosive pass plays in the middle of

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Speaker 1: the field like he's prone to do. But they're gonna

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Speaker 1: have to do it against a very talented secondary, a

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Speaker 1: young secondary that can really run. And just watching Witherspoon

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Speaker 1: and m and Wary tackle it's a clinic. It's really

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Speaker 1: fun to watch because it's kind of it's kind of

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Speaker 1: one of those fundamentals that we just kind of let

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Speaker 1: slide here a little bit, but it doesn't slide in shadow.

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Speaker 1: When they hit you, they tackle you, and that's refreshing

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Speaker 1: to watch.

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Speaker 13: I can't tell you how pad I am. Okay to

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Speaker 13: sit here and be your coach. Okay, you guys have

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Speaker 13: worked so hard for this opportunity. We're gonna enjoy it, Okay.

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Speaker 13: We said all all, you gotta be willing to spill

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Speaker 13: some blood. Okay, and the big dogs come out in January.

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Speaker 13: Over there, he knocked a living out. I'm afraid it's

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Speaker 13: Bill Noboddy guy, But I want to tell you this.

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Speaker 13: We're a team, Okay. We're going to do this thing together,

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Speaker 13: and everybody here is a part of it.

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Speaker 2: Patriots, Texans as the show rolls on Divisional playoff weekend

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Speaker 2: kickoff at three pm Eastern Time Sunday on ESPN ABC

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Speaker 2: and the ESPN app As. We welcome in are Omar

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Speaker 2: Ruiz back to the show right here, Omar. Hard to

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Speaker 2: believe that this time two years ago Mike Rabel had

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Speaker 2: been fired. Only two of the teams with vacancies interviewed him.

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Speaker 2: He did not get a job, spend a year is

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Speaker 2: basically a consultant helping out with the offensive line in Cleveland.

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Speaker 2: Now he's back, and it's like he never left with

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Speaker 2: the Patriots. Now said to do something the Titans did

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Speaker 2: early in his tenure there, which is make a deep

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Speaker 2: playoff runt.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 12: Absolutely, pushing all the right buttons right now. And you

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Speaker 12: figure he would having gone from four wins last year

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Speaker 12: with that team and the Patriots to now fifteen wins,

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Speaker 12: including the playoff win over the Chargers on Sunday. And

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Speaker 12: you talk to people within the organization, it's the fact

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Speaker 12: that he holds everybody accountable for every single detail. Some

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Speaker 12: players telling you last week an example of that is

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Speaker 12: that they have an appointment at nine am in the

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Speaker 12: treatment room. Do not be a second late. Respect the

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Speaker 12: trainer's time. And I saw that from Rabel himself on

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Speaker 12: Sunday night after the press conference.

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Speaker 3: After the game.

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Speaker 12: The way he exits that podium room that he has

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Speaker 12: to walk by three people who run the audio visual

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Speaker 12: and he could have easily just walked behind them to

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Speaker 12: the door, but he stops, he shakes their hand, and

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Speaker 12: that's the sort of thing that you know the whole

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Speaker 12: organization is all in. Then you talk about the motivational

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Speaker 12: you heard him say in that video the big dogs

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Speaker 12: come out in January. Well, Milt Williams told me that

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Speaker 12: he looked directly at him when he referenced that earlier

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Speaker 12: in the week. Milt Williams took that to heart and

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Speaker 12: he said he responded in a big way. And when

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Speaker 12: they're playing like they were on Sunday, it all becomes

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Speaker 12: infectious energy. One aspect to watch on this game Sunday

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Speaker 12: against the Texas. The Houston Texas were ten to fifteen

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Speaker 12: on third down on Monday against the Steelers. Well, the

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Speaker 12: Patriots limited the Chargers in that manner on Sunday night

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Speaker 12: to one of ten one of three on fourth down, again,

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Speaker 12: something that Vrabel emphasized during the week. Again, how the

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Speaker 12: Patriots responded in that way. Another example of Mike Rabel

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Speaker 12: pushing all the right buttons.

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Speaker 2: Texans have had at least one playoff win exactly one

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Speaker 2: playoff win each of the past three years. Or Dimiko

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Speaker 2: Ryans now trying to advance one step further while the

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Speaker 2: Patriots trying to do something they haven't done since Bill

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Speaker 2: Belichick was the head coach, which is get back to

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Speaker 2: the AFC Championship game.

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Speaker 5: Omar, thank you very much.

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Speaker 4: Jim Oh, you want to talk about defenses that may

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Speaker 4: or may not bloody people. Cool, Let's continue this theme, Mighty.

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Speaker 4: Introduce you to the Houston Texans defense. That's all the numbers.

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Speaker 4: They are awesome and if you watch them absolutely dismant

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Speaker 4: until the Pittsburgh Sheelers last week, you saw exactly that.

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Speaker 4: Brian Baldinger get in here. I want to talk about

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Speaker 4: your big ballers, Texans the Patriots. Let me guess we're

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Speaker 4: talking the ballers up front for the Texans, are we not.

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Speaker 1: We're talking about a group of piranhas upfront for the

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Speaker 1: Houston Texans that eat everything in their path here, and

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Speaker 1: you're going to start, obviously with Will Anderson and Daniel

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Speaker 1: Hunter counting the playoffs and they've got twenty eight and

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Speaker 1: a half sacks together. But it's more than just those

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Speaker 1: two guys. You're seeing Sheldon Rankins run with the football

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Speaker 1: right there. He's been a good player. Derek Bartnett was

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Speaker 1: the first round pick of the Philadelphia Eagles way back

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Speaker 1: when still University of Tennessee's all time sack leader. Tommy

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Speaker 1: TOGIAI just say the name Ian Tommy Togii. It just

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Speaker 1: rolls out of your mouth, right. I mean, they set

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Speaker 1: the table up front, you know, and it's really everybody.

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Speaker 1: Didigo Autrey playing for Mike Brabel in Tennessee when they

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Speaker 1: were the best defensive football and the number one seed

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Speaker 1: the playoffs didn't go archery. Everywhere he goes improves the

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Speaker 1: pass rush. He can rush inside, he can run outside,

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Speaker 1: he could collapse a pocket. He can make you look bad,

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Speaker 1: put you like on bad tape, on a resume tape.

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Speaker 3: You know.

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Speaker 1: So they've got eight guys up front. Third proms and

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Speaker 1: that's New England's challenge is to be able to keep

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Speaker 1: those proms off of Drake May in this classic matchup

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Speaker 1: this weekend.

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Speaker 5: God, this is a classic matchup.

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Speaker 4: Feels like a throwback to me Texans Patriots, three pm Sunday, ESPN, ABC, Baldy,

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Speaker 4: great stuff.

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Speaker 5: As always.

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Speaker 4: You are our baller, our big baller, because you are

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Speaker 4: also big, big receiver for the Houston Texans. Does not

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Speaker 4: seem like he is tracking to play. Nico Collins, one

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Speaker 4: of the better receivers in the NFL, stealing the NF's

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Speaker 4: concussion protocol did not practice today. Not a good sign

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Speaker 4: for his participation in the game for the New England Patriots.

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Speaker 4: Opposite situation for their's dud on the defensive side of

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Speaker 4: the all Christian Zalez, one of the better cover corners.

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Speaker 5: In the NFL.

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Speaker 4: He's also in the NFL's concussion Protocol full participant. That

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Speaker 4: is a sign that he could potentially be out there

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Speaker 4: in this huge game. We're gonna be out there on

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Speaker 4: Sunday and Saturday. Get set for divisional weekend with NFL

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Speaker 4: Game Day morning Saturday noon Eastern and Sunday eleven am Eastern.

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Speaker 5: Oh I get to sleep in on Saturday.

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Speaker 4: Raymonds, Ibacker, Caven, and Nooy joined us in studio a

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Speaker 4: breakdown how to defend Josh Allen and react to John

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Speaker 4: Harbaugh's departure from Baltimore. Plus Kurt Warner explains out Brockferry

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Speaker 4: to give on more success against the Seattle defense on Sunday.

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Speaker 4: Frank Callyanda my good personal friend, stops wod to impersonate

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Speaker 4: multiple NFL stars and whoever else, and the crew debates

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Speaker 4: who they'd rather have with the game on the line,

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Speaker 4: Matthew Stafford or Pale Williams.

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Speaker 5: I can not believe that's a discussion, but here we go.

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Speaker 4: The Washington Commanders made us discuss their stadium today dropping renderings.

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Speaker 5: And man, let me tell you they are awesome. We'll

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Speaker 5: discuss coming up on The Insiders.

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Speaker 2: New Today though first Insiders promo. How about that We're

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Speaker 2: on five days a week on NFL Network as well

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Speaker 2: as NFL Plus and you Tube join us. So much

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Speaker 2: action to come on the coaching carousel and the playoffs

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Speaker 2: as they roll on. Speaking of New Today, he's quarterback

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Speaker 2: Patrick Mahomes addressing reporters for the first time since he

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Speaker 2: suffered a torn ACL and LCL in his left knee

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Speaker 2: back in week fifteen. Underwent surgery to repair both the

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Speaker 2: following day. Now nearly a month into his rehab, which

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Speaker 2: sounds like it's going well.

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Speaker 16: It's been going great. I mean, obviously, I think the

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Speaker 16: long term. I mean, I want to be ready for

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Speaker 16: week one. The doctor said that I could be, but

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Speaker 16: I can't predict what's going to happen throughout the process.

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Speaker 16: But that's my goal, and so I'll try to prepare

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Speaker 16: myself to be ready to play in that Week one.

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Speaker 16: Have no restrictions, you know, you want to be out

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Speaker 16: there healthy and give us the best chance to win.

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Speaker 16: And so obviously hopefully be able to do some stuff

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Speaker 16: in OTAs and then get to training camp and hopefully

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Speaker 16: be able to do a lot there. So I'm excited

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Speaker 16: for the process. Is a long process, but I'm excited

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Speaker 16: for it.

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Speaker 2: Didn't hear a word he said, was trying to read

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Speaker 2: his upside down hat coaching searches going on across the NFL.

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Speaker 2: Robert Solla the later latest interview for the Dolphins, who

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Speaker 2: also had Chargers defensive coordinator Jesse Minter for a virtual interview. Today,

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Speaker 2: Mintor interviewed for both the Dolphins and the Falcons, who

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Speaker 2: also had an audience with Jeff Hafley for their head

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Speaker 2: coaching job. A lot of the same names everywhere. Somehow,

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Speaker 2: there's like one photo of everyone that every team uses

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Speaker 2: It's really quite fascinating how these searches go. I meanwhile,

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Speaker 2: the commanders, not looking for a head coach, are looking

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Speaker 2: for a defensive coordinator, but also looking for the final

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Speaker 2: bits of support to make this thing happen. Check it

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Speaker 2: out the initial renderings for new RFK Stadium or whatever

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Speaker 2: they actually.

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Speaker 5: End up calling it Ian your thoughts.

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Speaker 4: They could literally make a rendering look like a spaceship

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Speaker 4: and I'd be like, ooh, that looks good. I can't

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Speaker 4: wait to see that statement. Now the vikings kind of

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Speaker 4: actually did, but I am big into renderings.

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Speaker 5: Let's go.

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Speaker 2: Thanks to Judie Batista for joining us on our off day.

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Speaker 2: Shouldn't a spear. She just didn't do the rest of

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Speaker 2: the show.

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Speaker 3: See you