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Speaker 4: Welcome inside our show, into our breakfast table this morning.

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Speaker 4: If you have been watching the news overnight, the fire

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Speaker 4: So with that being said, we can look ahead to

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Speaker 4: football this weekend and have a very similar conversation that

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Speaker 3: We're looking at the NFC side of things now.

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Speaker 4: Saquon Barcley sat out Week eighteen, and he passed out

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Speaker 4: the Wildcard round, and Matt Lafleur, the Packers head coach,

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Speaker 4: talked about facing Sequon and that offense.

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Speaker 5: The season he's had is I mean, he's dynamic and

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Speaker 5: So he's a guy that you absolutely have to have

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Speaker 5: So we'll definitely have our work cutout for us. But

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Speaker 5: I think our guys are eager for the opportunity, as.

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Speaker 3: So here comes the question.

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Speaker 4: Let's look at the NFC side, the six six teams

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Speaker 6: I look at Philadelphia and hear me out here. They

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Speaker 7: Your family who did take it the hardest follow Yeah,

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Speaker 7: he tried to act like he didn't, but he called

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Speaker 2: Is checkable me?

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Speaker 7: He definitely wanted me to play, you know, selfishly for him,

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Speaker 7: you got to think about it for however long, whether

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Speaker 2: It's a fun moment.

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Speaker 6: It's a great SoundBite, and Saquon seems to be taken

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Speaker 6: Saquon would have liked to have been the single season

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Speaker 6: Saquon getting that record could have been a positive thing

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Speaker 6: that was the regular season. It's an individual effort and

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Speaker 6: on Sunday, that decision Week eighteen to not let Saquon

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Speaker 8: It'll be analyzed for the rest of time.

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Speaker 6: It'll be a historical decision to not let Sequon get

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Speaker 2: Ravens wanted to see Derek Henry get more yards.

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Speaker 6: That game was never in question in the second half,

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Speaker 2: A smart one.

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Speaker 6: We don't want any injuries and we want the offensive

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Speaker 2: Because we're going for a bigger goal.

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Speaker 6: We're going for a Super Bowl championship. Don't lose to

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Speaker 2: Let me be Devil's advocate. Let me speak for the Eagles.

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Speaker 1: They had their celebration when he had two thousand yards

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Speaker 2: Of good will in the locker room.

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Speaker 1: Throwing one extra play to Mike Evans to get the

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Speaker 2: There's a lot more risk involved.

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Speaker 1: I felt like they should have set us Adam, and

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Speaker 1: I think it'll pay off for them. I do think

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Speaker 1: it'll come back and be brought up again, of course

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Speaker 1: that they lose. But if you're an Eagles fan watching,

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Speaker 9: Like a totally different thing, you get it, fair.

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Speaker 8: Fair, We're not as rational on these talking.

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Speaker 2: Headshi thank you for trying. Thank you so much for

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Speaker 10: You guys know how passionate I am about Saquon Barkley

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Speaker 10: God forbid if they lose that one, because this is

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Speaker 10: because I wanted to see Saquan. He's such a good

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Speaker 10: dude in fact that this just fired me up. Like

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Speaker 10: point because this has to happen for Sakuon Barkley.

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Speaker 2: They have to win the Super Bowl.

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Speaker 10: They have to get there otherwise you just wasted an

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Speaker 2: And I disagree too, Kyle.

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Speaker 10: I think he could have done it in ten carries

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Speaker 10: He would have been getting a hundred yards and ten carries.

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Speaker 10: But I'll get to my point. I'll make it short.

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Speaker 10: I think the person who has the most to gain

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Speaker 10: Game situation, he was able to get out and run

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Speaker 1: First of all, I hope Saquon has three hundred yards

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Speaker 1: If he gets stuffed and the Eagles lose, I'm not

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Speaker 1: as all, but I hope he just goes crazy. I

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Speaker 1: look at who's got the most to lose this weekend

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Speaker 1: as a player. There are twelve quarterbacks who are going

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Speaker 1: starting Week one. For the team next season and hopefully

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Speaker 1: one of Sam Donald, and it's okay to bring this up.

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Speaker 1: Sam Donald has developed this thing around me, has got

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Speaker 2: And it's a great story.

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Speaker 1: So everyone just wants to say, this is incredible, this

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Speaker 9: Those six years count that you don't just throw them away.

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Speaker 1: It's not a half a season on some team where

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Speaker 2: There's a tension with Sam Donald.

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Speaker 1: This is not a made guy, okay, especially the circumstances

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Speaker 2: All right, you are with.

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Speaker 1: Someone in Sam Donald who let's just say, has a

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Speaker 2: But it's going great, everything's wonderful.

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Speaker 1: You're in this beautiful montage mode and you're thinking about

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Speaker 2: Where did this come from? Who are you?

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Speaker 8: Who?

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Speaker 2: I don't even know you.

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Speaker 1: In the meantime, there's this other person you've been talking

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Speaker 9: He's got long hair and looks and you.

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Speaker 1: Know, it's like youthful and like wow, I kind of like,

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Speaker 1: are you sure you want to pledge everything to them?

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Speaker 1: It's sat unfair to talk that Sam Donald has had

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Speaker 1: gonna those six years come out. Those six years don't

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Speaker 1: get to go away. You don't just make them all

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Speaker 1: I think if he plays poorly in this game, if

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Speaker 9: And maybe that's a rational decision. Maybe it's not what.

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Speaker 1: Does he have to play for, never mind the win

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Speaker 8: Kyle's got a point.

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Speaker 6: They drafted a quarterback tenth overall last year, so there

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Speaker 6: franchise tag is awfully nice. You tell Sam Donald will

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Speaker 2: Do it again, and do it again. And we got

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Speaker 6: So there is this bridge where it doesn't have to

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Speaker 9: People be outraged if they sent they tag Sam Donald.

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Speaker 2: What he's fourteen three, you gotta sign him. You gotta

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Speaker 9: The tag is a very practical thing to do.

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Speaker 1: But if you listen out there, he's a made guy

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Speaker 1: signing with an eight year, four hundred million dollars deal

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Speaker 2: Is, no doubt. I saw a report two weeks.

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Speaker 6: Ago before Sunday that they were like, he's gonna make

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Speaker 6: fifty five million dollars from the Viking and if not,

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Speaker 6: then someone else.

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Speaker 8: Okay, if they lose thirty to nothing, not voting.

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Speaker 2: For it, not rooting for it. This M Donald's a

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Speaker 1: I get it, But like, this is football and this

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Speaker 2: It's a nice guy. Let's see how the bar What

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Speaker 4: It's shocked at like the concept that like you can't

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Speaker 4: so already this year.

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Speaker 3: But a lot of people are crediting.

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Speaker 4: With that man as the first hand operator of Sam

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Speaker 4: Darnold's turnaround. Now, Peter, this man does not have a

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Speaker 4: that man either has a payday in Minnesota or somewhere

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that he's now well known.

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Speaker 6: Glazer had their report this weekend that he has another

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Speaker 6: sure I didn't come off as rude to Akbar earlier

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Speaker 8: Your reaction to me was interesting because.

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Speaker 2: You're what most people are. They like you got to

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Speaker 6: Let you have a finished comment here, because I think

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Speaker 10: Absolutely those two are married. But I was just gonna

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Speaker 10: say it comes from you know, this idea, this this

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Speaker 2: No, you don't like.

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Speaker 10: Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could

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Speaker 10: And I think Sam Donald has proven we're talking about

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Speaker 10: in full season. Can you imagine two losses in the season.

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Speaker 10: Can you imagine and the fact that you would say that,

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Speaker 10: a root of it's just pure evil, to be quite

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Speaker 10: If they don't give him another opportunity, if he's not

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Speaker 2: Because he loses, that's a massive, massive mistake.

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Speaker 4: Are you always speak to like the Raiders and how

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Speaker 10: Look, I'm gonna say that Sam Donald will take everything

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Speaker 10: you know what, I got this, I can move on.

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Speaker 10: He doesn't need the support of Kevin O'Connell. He's ready

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Speaker 10: absolutely implore and encourage. If there's not a quarterback there

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Speaker 4: It's like Bambi, like, go quarterback and play for somebody

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Speaker 4: who will coach you up again. Ian rappaport a morning

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Speaker 4: to you. Welcome inside our show. He's our NFL Network

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Speaker 4: insider today. A lot to discuss, Ian, Honestly, it's been

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Speaker 2: I will start with coaches.

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Speaker 11: We'll start with the Dallas Cowboys and the dance they

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Speaker 8: It's been fairly clear, just judging.

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Speaker 11: From the public comments on both sides, that there's some

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Speaker 2: As the head coach. They're not there yet.

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Speaker 11: The two sides still need to work out a deal.

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Speaker 11: Still need to figure out what is a mutually beneficial

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Speaker 11: that involves contract terms.

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Speaker 2: Some of that involves years.

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Speaker 11: How many years Dallas wants to lock him up? Four

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Speaker 11: Obviously McCarthy would want as much as possible, Dallas to

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Speaker 11: At that point, Bear's request for mission to talk to him,

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Speaker 2: Obviously, they then got tonight.

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Speaker 11: He is still in his exclusive adult window with the Cowboys.

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Speaker 11: Still what days January eighth, still six days for the

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Speaker 11: certainly the job Florist has done on the field would

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Speaker 11: warn him getting another shot as a head coach. And

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Speaker 11: then the San Francisco forty nine er, speaking of the

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Speaker 11: defensive coordinators, now need a new defensive coordinator. Nick Sorenson,

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Speaker 11: who was DC last year, is out meeting for I

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Speaker 11: don't know. I think it's a fourth time in four years.

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Speaker 2: Needs a news defensive coordinator.

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Speaker 11: There's some really intriguing options out there. Robert Sala if

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Speaker 11: he does not get ahead coaching job, interviewing with the Jaguars.

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Speaker 11: If he does not get any coaching job, he would

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Speaker 11: potentially be an option there. They're also Brandon Stalely on

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Speaker 11: the staff.

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Speaker 2: He would be an option there.

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Speaker 11: They got a couple of big time choices for the

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Speaker 11: forty nine ers if they decide.

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Speaker 6: To go in that drip.

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Speaker 4: Absolutely a return for Sola would be kind of cool. Ian,

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Speaker 4: thank you so much. Coming up Schrager's Fab five goes

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Speaker 4: Billy Blanks, it goes double time Fab ten.

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Speaker 2: Yeah ten, Peter.

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Speaker 4: Delivers this list of the ten best rookies.

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Speaker 3: Peter, it's not just one week, it's not just two

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Speaker 3: FAB ten from.

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Speaker 2: What from the entire season?

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Speaker 6: We ranked the top ten rookies from the entire season.

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Speaker 8: You will have a problem with this. I promise at

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Speaker 8: home you will.

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Speaker 2: Not like this list. It's why we do it.

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Speaker 6: Top ten rookies, some very famous players not making the cuts.

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Speaker 1: And I'm going to give my top ten home workouts

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Speaker 1: ty Bo nice Billy Flanks, by Ware, last boy scout,

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Speaker 1: shout out, coming up, Oh friends, Scopioli. So much to

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Speaker 1: talk about. Who do you hire a GM? Who do

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Speaker 1: you draft? Who's gonna coach Caleb? Scott Peely always has

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Speaker 1: all the Chicago Bears?

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Speaker 9: Anybody?

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Speaker 12: Right after this, I want to talk about pollmasters, good

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Speaker 12: morn football?

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Speaker 8: All right?

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Speaker 2: Why to say ten?

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Speaker 6: Every week we break down the top five rookies from

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Speaker 6: the season.

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Speaker 2: We did it week by week by week. It's the

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Speaker 2: Fab ten.

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Speaker 6: We're gonna give you an end of season list, a

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Speaker 6: recap of the top ten rookie performances in twenty twenty.

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Speaker 8: Four, and oh what a rookie class it was.

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Speaker 6: Let's start with number ten and we go to the

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Speaker 6: LA Chargers, where a second round pick shattered every receiving

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Speaker 6: record that the Chargers ever had for rookies.

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Speaker 8: Ladd McConkie is number ten on our list. All right, Lad,

489
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Speaker 8: Lad McConkie, big season.

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Speaker 6: Out of the Georgia Bulldog in his first year in

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Speaker 6: the NFL, set Chargers rookie receiving records in receptions receiving yards,

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Speaker 6: going eighty two for eleven hundred and forty nine yards.

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Speaker 9: And he ain't done, Peter, he done.

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Speaker 2: Come on.

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Speaker 6: He is the number one wide receiver on a playoff team.

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Speaker 8: That is the five seed and looking to go on

497
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Speaker 8: in advance.

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Speaker 6: After beating the Texans this weekend, he surpassed Keenan Allen's

499
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Speaker 6: old records of seventy one for one forty six yards

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Speaker 6: that were set eleven years ago. Lad McConkie, a number

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Speaker 6: one wide receiver found in the second round for a

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Speaker 6: playoff team that makes our list at number ten. Number nine,

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Speaker 6: we're going to a quarterback and it was the third

504
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Speaker 6: overall pick because so much hype was about Caleb Williams

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Speaker 6: and Jayden Daniels.

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Speaker 8: Drake May makes the list at number nine. For a

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Speaker 8: terrible Patriots season, he was the one bright light. Drake

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Speaker 8: May was great this year.

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Speaker 6: He threw a passing touchdown in eight consecutive games, the

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Speaker 6: longest such streak by any rookie since Justin Herbert did

511
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Speaker 6: it for ten games.

512
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Speaker 2: In a row in twenty twenty.

513
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Speaker 6: It's also the longest streak in Patriots history.

514
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Speaker 8: May took up beating this year the offensive line.

515
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Speaker 6: It just wasn't what it was in the years past,

516
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Speaker 6: and yet he got up every single time.

517
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Speaker 8: He also ran for a ton of yards.

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Speaker 6: Drake May makes the list, and he was on this

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Speaker 6: list several different times during the season, despite games in

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Speaker 6: which the Patriots lost. The Patriots they might not have

521
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Speaker 6: a lot on the roster right now, they might not

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Speaker 6: have a head coach right now, and they might have

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Speaker 6: a lot of question marks. They have something that every

524
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Speaker 6: head coach who wants to be in the league has,

525
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Speaker 6: and that is a budding, rising superstar front quarterback. Drake

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Speaker 6: May makes it for number nine.

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Speaker 2: For number eight.

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Speaker 6: We go defense, so we go. A product of the

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Speaker 6: mac quineon.

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Speaker 8: Mitchell is number eight. A lockdown corner in his first

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Speaker 8: year in the.

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Speaker 6: League, did so for a Philadelphia Eagles team that is

533
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Speaker 6: going to be playing as the two seed in the NFC.

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Speaker 8: Quinnon Mitchell was excellent this year.

535
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Speaker 6: Started sixteen games and pass defense twelve times, had zero pass.

536
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Speaker 2: Interference penalties against him. He was all over the field.

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Speaker 6: The most passes defense with zero defensive pass interference penalties

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Speaker 6: for any cornerback in twenty twenty four season, it's Derek

539
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Speaker 6: Singley at one, It's Quinion Mitchell as two.

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Speaker 8: The guy has a knack for the ball.

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Speaker 2: He's got plays like that Swatson.

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Speaker 8: He's a lockdown corner.

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Speaker 6: As a rookie out of the MAC, he is a

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Speaker 6: candidate for Defensive Rookie of the Year. You'll probably see

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Speaker 6: his name mentioned as a finalist at Honors. I don't

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Speaker 6: think he's winning that award because that award is going

547
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Speaker 6: to go to Los Angeles this year with number seven

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Speaker 6: on the list, and that's Jared First, the Florida State

549
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Speaker 6: product who came out as a rookie and was immediately

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Speaker 6: an impact player for that Rams defense versus season was incredible.

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Speaker 2: He was a defensive leader.

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Speaker 6: He had sixty six tackles, four and a half sacks,

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Speaker 6: eleven tackles for a loss.

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Speaker 2: He had eighteen.

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Speaker 6: Quarterback hits, and if you go by next Gen stats,

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Speaker 6: he had seventy.

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Speaker 8: Six quarterback pressures.

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Speaker 2: How good is that.

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Speaker 6: It's the most that any rookie has had in a

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Speaker 6: season since.

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Speaker 8: Nick Bosa in twenty nineteen.

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Speaker 2: That's five years, folks.

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Speaker 6: Jared Verse was incredible and there were so many questions

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Speaker 6: how this Rams defense would somehow recover after the loss

565
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Speaker 6: of Aaron Donald to retirement. Jared Verse doesn't play the

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Speaker 6: same position as Aaron Donald, but Jared Vers helped on

567
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Speaker 6: a unit that got contributions from fellow rookies Braid and Fisk,

568
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Speaker 6: fellow rookie Omar Spates, fellow rookie Cam Kitchens. The defense

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Speaker 6: didn't take a giant step back. Kim Kitchens of course

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Speaker 6: on the defensive backside, yes, but Jared Vers upfront was

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Speaker 6: one of the reasons he is my defensive Rookie of

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Speaker 6: the Year. We'll see how that plays out at NFL Honors.

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Speaker 6: The top six are all offensive players. Start sorting out

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Speaker 6: who you got in your list, because I'm gonna break

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Speaker 6: you out.

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Speaker 2: Mind.

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Speaker 6: Number six is the running back for the Temp Bay Buccaneers,

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Speaker 6: who they found on Day three, It's Bucky Irving. Bucky

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Speaker 6: Irving had an outstanding season for a division winner and

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Speaker 6: a playoff team. Carry the ball two hundred and seven

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Speaker 6: times had twenty two rushing yards. He also had forty

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Speaker 6: seven receiving yards for three hundred and ninety two receiving yards.

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Speaker 6: Irving was one of just four players in the history

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Speaker 6: of the game who have one thousand rushing yards to

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Speaker 6: average five yards.

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Speaker 2: Of a carry in twenty twenty four.

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Speaker 6: Those other names Saquon Derrick, Henry, Jamier Gibbs again one

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Speaker 6: thousand rushing yards and averaged five yards to carry this season,

589
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Speaker 6: four guys did it, Saquon, Henry Gibbs, and Bucky Irving.

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Speaker 6: You go through rookie seasons most yards per carry, the

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Speaker 6: list is incredible. He's in the top four with five

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Speaker 6: point four yards per carry. The guys above him Adrian Peterson,

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Speaker 6: Francoharris and Clinton Portis. Those are the only three guys

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Speaker 6: who had more yards per carry and rushed for one

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Speaker 6: thousand yards as a rookie.

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Speaker 2: He was unbelievable.

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Speaker 6: Bucky Irving, Bucky the Duck comes in at number six.

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Speaker 2: Number five.

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Speaker 6: We go with our wide receiver and we go with

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Speaker 6: our wide receiver for the jack Xonville Jaguars on a

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Speaker 6: bad Jaguars team at Jaguars teament didn't do much. Brian

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Speaker 6: Thomas Junior had a huge season. You look at Thomas's

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Speaker 6: numbers eighty seven catches, one thousand, one one, two hundred

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Speaker 6: and eighty two receiving yards and ten receiving touchdowns.

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Speaker 2: Guys, he went.

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Speaker 8: For eighty seven twelve hundred and.

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Speaker 6: Ten receiving touchdowns as a rookie playing for a Jaguars

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Speaker 6: team that did not much on offense. He's won of

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Speaker 6: four rookies in the Super Bowl Era to go twelve

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Speaker 6: hundred and ten receiving touchdowns in a season. The other

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Speaker 6: guys are Jamar Chase, Odell Beckham, and Randy Mouth.

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Speaker 2: That's unbelievable.

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Speaker 8: This quarterback ever, and his quarterback got hurt.

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Speaker 2: He did it with Mac Jones down the stretch.

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Speaker 8: Unbelievable season. The only problem is he wasn't the.

616
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Speaker 6: Most impressive rookie wide receiver because his college teammate was.

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Speaker 6: We go back to LSU where Odell Beckham and Jamar

618
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Speaker 6: Chase no doubt played back to LSU where Justin Jefferson played.

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Speaker 2: Back to LSU where.

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Speaker 6: Ryan Thomas Junior paid because the number four rookie this

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Speaker 6: season and all of football was Malik Neighbors for the

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Speaker 6: New York Giants. Milik Neighbors, on a forgettable Giants team.

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Speaker 8: Had an unbelievable.

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Speaker 6: Rookie season one hundred and nine catches, twelve hundred receiving yards,

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Speaker 6: and seven receiving touchdowns. He finished the most receiving yards

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Speaker 6: most receptions by a rookie wide receiver despite missing two

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Speaker 6: games in twenty twenty four. He led all rookies and

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Speaker 6: he missed two games. He's one hundred and nine receptions

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Speaker 6: are the second most by a player in their first

630
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Speaker 6: fifteen career games in the Only Trails Odell Beckham Junior.

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Speaker 6: Malik Neighbors had an amazing season, and that was with

632
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Speaker 6: Daniel Jones, Tommy DeVito, Drew Lock, and Tim Boyle throwing

633
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Speaker 6: him past his This season, Malik Neighbors is just getting started.

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Speaker 8: He's number four on our list.

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Speaker 2: We're down to the final.

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Speaker 6: Three top three rookies of the twenty twenty four season.

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Speaker 6: Number three is Las Vegas Raiders tight end and the

638
00:27:04,908 --> 00:27:07,748
Speaker 6: thirteenth pick in the twenty twenty four NFL.

639
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Speaker 2: Draft, Brock Bowers.

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Speaker 6: Brock Bowers comes in at three from me, and I

641
00:27:11,828 --> 00:27:13,308
Speaker 6: know a lot of Raiders fans are like, are you

642
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Speaker 6: serious he's won?

643
00:27:14,548 --> 00:27:17,228
Speaker 8: He could be one hundred and twelve catches.

644
00:27:18,548 --> 00:27:23,028
Speaker 6: One hundred and twelve catches is the most ever by

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Speaker 6: a rookie.

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Speaker 8: We know that he also broke.

647
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Speaker 6: Mike Dicker's rookie tight end record with one and ninety

648
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Speaker 6: four receiving yards. When you look at most receptions by

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Speaker 6: a rookie in NFL history, it's Bowers, It's Neighbors, and

650
00:27:38,108 --> 00:27:41,828
Speaker 6: then it's Puka, it's Jalen Waddle, and it's Ank Bond.

651
00:27:41,588 --> 00:27:43,988
Speaker 2: Bolden Neighbors at fifteen games. I'm telling you man.

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Speaker 1: Neighbors had as he comes in great, Oh wow.

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Speaker 6: The Bowers had the most catches ever by a rookie

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Speaker 6: player in the NFL. And he did it with a

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Speaker 6: tight end position. And I keep saying this, I don't

656
00:27:53,828 --> 00:27:55,828
Speaker 6: need to disparage his quarterback play. He did it with

657
00:27:55,868 --> 00:27:58,548
Speaker 6: Gardner Minshew and Aidan O'Connell throwing him passes. And he

658
00:27:58,588 --> 00:28:01,708
Speaker 6: did it with rookies in games that you couldn't imagine.

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Speaker 6: You had Desmond Ritter coming in as the core for

660
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Speaker 6: the Raiders on a Monday night game and Bowers still eight.

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Speaker 6: So brock Bauers incredible rookie season. But you know, if

662
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Speaker 6: you watch this segment, I value the quarterback position more

663
00:28:14,028 --> 00:28:15,828
Speaker 6: than any other position on the field, and all those

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Speaker 6: record breaking seasons from the skill position, guys, is amazing.

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Speaker 2: Number two on my list is bo Nicks.

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Speaker 6: I thought bo Nicks had an amazing rookie season and

667
00:28:23,708 --> 00:28:26,348
Speaker 6: took his team to the playoffs for the first time

668
00:28:26,468 --> 00:28:31,748
Speaker 6: since twenty fifteen. Bo Knicks went and won ten games

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Speaker 6: of the rookie He also completed sixty six.

670
00:28:33,868 --> 00:28:34,948
Speaker 2: Percent of his passes.

671
00:28:35,348 --> 00:28:36,028
Speaker 8: He threw for.

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Speaker 6: Thirty seven hundred yards, threw for twenty nine touchdowns, and

673
00:28:40,268 --> 00:28:41,868
Speaker 6: he only had twelve interceptions.

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Speaker 7: Oh.

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00:28:42,068 --> 00:28:46,868
Speaker 6: By the way, he also ran the ball ninety two times.

676
00:28:45,828 --> 00:28:47,948
Speaker 8: For four hundred and thirty yards.

677
00:28:48,708 --> 00:28:52,788
Speaker 6: Most importantly, it's the team they followed where bo Nicks led.

678
00:28:53,428 --> 00:28:57,268
Speaker 6: They snapped an eight season playoff drought. He had the

679
00:28:57,308 --> 00:29:00,988
Speaker 6: second most touchdowns by a rookie in NFL history passing touchdowns,

680
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Speaker 6: behind just Justin Herbert's great season with the Chargers.

681
00:29:04,468 --> 00:29:06,908
Speaker 2: Bo Nicks incredible rookie season.

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Speaker 6: It finishes number two on my list because with no

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00:29:09,948 --> 00:29:14,948
Speaker 6: further ado gen role. Maybe the greatest rookie rookie season

684
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Speaker 6: we've ever seen from a quarterback. It's one that got

685
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Speaker 6: his teammate's back into the playoffs. His team won twelve

686
00:29:20,148 --> 00:29:22,508
Speaker 6: games for the first time since nineteen ninety one, and

687
00:29:22,548 --> 00:29:24,548
Speaker 6: he did a lot of that by leading with his

688
00:29:24,668 --> 00:29:26,828
Speaker 6: arm and with his legs and did so in crunch time.

689
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Speaker 6: Jayden Daniels comes in at number one from twenty twenty

690
00:29:30,068 --> 00:29:35,228
Speaker 6: four as our most decorated rookie Jaden twelve and five.

691
00:29:35,388 --> 00:29:38,468
Speaker 6: He started every game this team, you know, besides, of

692
00:29:38,508 --> 00:29:41,068
Speaker 6: course the loss to the Cowboys. He didn't play against

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Speaker 6: them because Mariota was in there. But sixty nine percent

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00:29:44,788 --> 00:29:47,988
Speaker 6: of his passes he completed. He also threw twenty five

695
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Speaker 6: touchdown passes. But listening to this, he also ran for

696
00:29:50,908 --> 00:29:54,228
Speaker 6: eight hundred and ninety one rushing yards and six touchdowns.

697
00:29:54,268 --> 00:29:56,788
Speaker 6: It was ran for one thousand yards. Take a look

698
00:29:56,828 --> 00:30:00,788
Speaker 6: at just the rookie records. Sixty nine percent of his passes,

699
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Speaker 6: eight hundred ninety one res How about this, twelve passing

700
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Speaker 6: touchdowns in the fourth quarter, five different wins of the

701
00:30:06,508 --> 00:30:09,268
Speaker 6: final thirty seconds of a game, and then he led

702
00:30:09,268 --> 00:30:11,508
Speaker 6: the Commanders to twenty eight and a half points per game,

703
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Speaker 6: the most by a team with a rookie quarterback ever

704
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Speaker 6: in NFL history. We've seen great rookie seasons from March three, Cam.

705
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Speaker 8: Newton, Andrew Locke. Of course, Dan Marino had a.

706
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Speaker 6: Big rookie season, even Joe Flacco, Mark Sanchez, Matt Ryan.

707
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Speaker 8: We can go down the list TJ. Stroud last year.

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Speaker 6: I don't think there's been a more impressive turnaround for

709
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Speaker 6: a team than what the Washington Commanders did, and they

710
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Speaker 6: had it with Jayden Daniels at quarterback.

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Speaker 8: Guys, there's a lot of names out on this list.

712
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Speaker 2: Caleb didn't make the list.

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Speaker 8: Marvin Harrison Junior didn't make the list. There are great

714
00:30:42,428 --> 00:30:44,788
Speaker 8: offensive linemen like Joe Alt who did.

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Speaker 2: Not make this list.

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00:30:45,308 --> 00:30:47,748
Speaker 6: Joe Walt started sixteen games that tackle for.

717
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Speaker 2: A playoff team. He didn't make the list. Savior Worthy's

718
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Speaker 2: nowhere to be found. This is my list. Have at it,

719
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Speaker 2: Kyle Brant, get in there.

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Speaker 1: I think Raiders fans have it right, and I think

721
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Speaker 1: you to mention this that bron Powers was better at

722
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Speaker 1: his position than jayde was his.

723
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Speaker 2: But I like that you have Jaden number one.

724
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Speaker 1: The headline for me honestly, is is no Caleb, and

725
00:31:06,308 --> 00:31:07,268
Speaker 1: you should he shouldn't be.

726
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Speaker 2: But if you were to.

727
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Speaker 1: Go to the beginning of the season and show this

728
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Speaker 1: and say Caleb's not in the top ten, you'd just

729
00:31:10,868 --> 00:31:13,348
Speaker 1: assume you got injured, like there's no way Caleb. But

730
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Speaker 1: also if you go to the Bears fans at the

731
00:31:14,628 --> 00:31:17,628
Speaker 1: beginning the season said twenty touchdowns, six interceptions, starts every

732
00:31:17,628 --> 00:31:20,308
Speaker 1: game and wins in Lambeau, say yet and yet it

733
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Speaker 1: just wasn't there.

734
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Speaker 2: So the number one overall pick doesn't make it. But

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Speaker 2: it's fantastic list.

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Speaker 1: I actually think the one the most breathtaking one of

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Speaker 1: all of them.

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Speaker 2: This is maybe hot take lad mccackay.

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Speaker 1: Amazing, absolutely amazing, because everybody into the Charger season.

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Speaker 9: Said, great, who is Herbert going to? Who is he

741
00:31:34,748 --> 00:31:35,188
Speaker 9: throwing to?

742
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Speaker 2: Now they're in the playoffs, it's great.

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Speaker 8: Let me ask you, no Caleb. But I did put

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Speaker 8: Drake May on the list.

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Speaker 6: Your thoughts on that Caleb had a better season win

746
00:31:43,788 --> 00:31:45,868
Speaker 6: wise and might have had a better season statistically. I

747
00:31:45,948 --> 00:31:47,748
Speaker 6: just looked at what Drake May was dealing with, and

748
00:31:47,788 --> 00:31:49,948
Speaker 6: I thought Drake May played valiantly this season.

749
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Speaker 1: Well, I think Drake May is really relevant to the

750
00:31:51,748 --> 00:31:53,308
Speaker 1: coaching search because I think people are like, I want

751
00:31:53,348 --> 00:31:53,828
Speaker 1: to coach that guy.

752
00:31:53,868 --> 00:31:54,708
Speaker 2: I want to coach that guy.

753
00:31:54,748 --> 00:31:56,628
Speaker 1: And there was something about the optics in the eye

754
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Speaker 1: test that he passed swimmingly even though the team was

755
00:31:58,788 --> 00:32:00,388
Speaker 1: so bad. So I think he's gonna help them when

756
00:32:00,388 --> 00:32:01,748
Speaker 1: they're coaching hired just by being so good.

757
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Speaker 6: Joe alt we see you, Brandon Fisk, We see you

758
00:32:05,108 --> 00:32:07,708
Speaker 6: our guy Beanie out there in Pittsburgh.

759
00:32:07,748 --> 00:32:08,948
Speaker 2: We see a lot of good rookies.

760
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Speaker 6: Nate Wiggins in Baltimore didn't make my ten good rookie class.

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Speaker 8: The fab ten. That's my list.

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Speaker 2: Have at it, folks. I respect you didn't go to

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Speaker 2: terrific ten.

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Speaker 9: Not everything has to be alliteration, dude, Good.

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Speaker 6: Good morning football, Welcome back to GMFB. Fourteen teams are

766
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Speaker 6: now in the playoffs and marching towards the.

767
00:32:38,668 --> 00:32:40,948
Speaker 8: Goal New Orleans, so they hope.

768
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Speaker 6: Eighteen different teams, though, are reorganizing, regrouping and looking forward

769
00:32:44,748 --> 00:32:47,628
Speaker 6: to the draft and beyond. We are now so happy

770
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Speaker 6: to welcome in our friend NFL Networks Front office guru,

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00:32:50,708 --> 00:32:51,828
Speaker 6: mister Scott Pioli.

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Speaker 2: Scott Scott, good morning everyone. Great to see everybody, it's

773
00:32:55,788 --> 00:32:58,788
Speaker 2: been a while, you too, it has it has.

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Speaker 6: Let's start with the teams that are in the playoffs.

775
00:33:01,748 --> 00:33:04,748
Speaker 6: You've been there several times as a member of the

776
00:33:04,788 --> 00:33:09,068
Speaker 6: Patriots organization. Every team deals with injuries, a grueling schedule,

777
00:33:09,188 --> 00:33:11,628
Speaker 6: long season, but the Lions found a way to rise

778
00:33:11,668 --> 00:33:14,348
Speaker 6: above all of that and go in with a buy

779
00:33:14,588 --> 00:33:15,748
Speaker 6: and a week to rest.

780
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Speaker 2: What sets this.

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Speaker 6: Lions team apart from maybe the other teams in the

782
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Speaker 6: NFC that will be dueling it out this weekend because

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Speaker 6: they did not win the number one seed, Peter, I.

784
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Speaker 13: Think what sets them apart from a lot of other

785
00:33:26,828 --> 00:33:29,428
Speaker 13: organizations is the system that they have in place in

786
00:33:29,508 --> 00:33:33,628
Speaker 13: terms of player acquisition and real time player development. There's

787
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Speaker 13: a marriage between the front office and the coaching staff

788
00:33:36,908 --> 00:33:39,988
Speaker 13: that is really strong. They both sides understand that they

789
00:33:40,028 --> 00:33:43,108
Speaker 13: need to serve one another. They are servant leaders. So

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Speaker 13: when I look at this organization, everyone knows I've talked

791
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Speaker 13: a lot about Shielda Ford, hamp about Dan Campbell. I

792
00:33:48,588 --> 00:33:52,228
Speaker 13: think they're both fantastic, very deserving. Now we're hearing everyone

793
00:33:52,228 --> 00:33:55,508
Speaker 13: talk about their assistant coaches and Ben Johnson and Aaron Glenn,

794
00:33:56,028 --> 00:33:58,748
Speaker 13: but the person we don't hear nearly enough about is

795
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Speaker 13: my guy, Brad Holmes. Brad and his staff have done

796
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Speaker 13: an absolutely incredible job. This is a game of these

797
00:34:05,308 --> 00:34:08,188
Speaker 13: long seasons, and when we've watched happen with the lines

798
00:34:08,228 --> 00:34:12,108
Speaker 13: this year, there actually have eight current starters that are out.

799
00:34:12,228 --> 00:34:15,828
Speaker 13: They've had starters miss one hundred and nine starts in

800
00:34:15,908 --> 00:34:19,188
Speaker 13: terms of games started, and that is very different as

801
00:34:19,228 --> 00:34:21,308
Speaker 13: we see the other teams on this list right now,

802
00:34:21,668 --> 00:34:23,188
Speaker 13: a lot of those other teams, no one else is

803
00:34:23,228 --> 00:34:25,468
Speaker 13: in the playoffs. And I know this, and I know

804
00:34:25,548 --> 00:34:26,748
Speaker 13: how hard it is because.

805
00:34:26,468 --> 00:34:26,828
Speaker 1: I lived this.

806
00:34:26,908 --> 00:34:29,908
Speaker 13: Our Patriots team in two thousand and three started forty

807
00:34:29,948 --> 00:34:33,388
Speaker 13: two different starters during that season, which was an NFL

808
00:34:33,508 --> 00:34:37,268
Speaker 13: record for a division winner until we rebroke that record

809
00:34:37,308 --> 00:34:40,948
Speaker 13: again in two thousand and five when we had forty

810
00:34:40,988 --> 00:34:42,388
Speaker 13: five different players having to start.

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Speaker 2: We got knocked out of the divisional round.

812
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Speaker 13: And I think part of what this is Injuries are

813
00:34:47,028 --> 00:34:50,068
Speaker 13: are not an excuse, but it is a reality in

814
00:34:50,108 --> 00:34:52,588
Speaker 13: the National Football League, something that you have to pay

815
00:34:52,628 --> 00:34:55,508
Speaker 13: attention to. And I think that Brad Holmes surely should

816
00:34:55,548 --> 00:34:59,268
Speaker 13: be in the in the running, if not the NFL

817
00:34:59,308 --> 00:35:01,628
Speaker 13: Executive of the Year. He's done a great job Eric,

818
00:35:01,668 --> 00:35:05,948
Speaker 13: the Costas, Adam Peters, the Minnesota Viking Squacy and Ryan

819
00:35:05,988 --> 00:35:08,908
Speaker 13: Grigson together have done an incredible job. But that's what

820
00:35:08,988 --> 00:35:10,948
Speaker 13: sets this Lions team apart in my opinion.

821
00:35:11,228 --> 00:35:13,868
Speaker 2: Yeah, and Scott, I want to go to a team.

822
00:35:13,948 --> 00:35:16,828
Speaker 10: Obviously, you're familiar with the New England Patriots, and we

823
00:35:16,908 --> 00:35:20,028
Speaker 10: all know your relationship with him, and we know that

824
00:35:20,068 --> 00:35:22,028
Speaker 10: you're still very close with a lot of people in

825
00:35:22,068 --> 00:35:25,788
Speaker 10: and around that organization. What's your assessment on how things

826
00:35:25,908 --> 00:35:28,828
Speaker 10: kind of shook out for girod Mail after one season.

827
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Speaker 13: I want to start with this. Where I really appreciate

828
00:35:32,268 --> 00:35:37,428
Speaker 13: and respect is Robert Kraft's transparency and honesty and taking

829
00:35:37,508 --> 00:35:41,508
Speaker 13: responsibility to the situation that happened. Listen, I love girod

830
00:35:41,548 --> 00:35:43,228
Speaker 13: mal I draft. I was a part of the group

831
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Speaker 13: that drafted him. I know him. It clearly appeared this

832
00:35:47,148 --> 00:35:49,028
Speaker 13: year that he was not ready for the job, and

833
00:35:49,068 --> 00:35:51,628
Speaker 13: that was not his fault. He had only five years

834
00:35:51,628 --> 00:35:54,548
Speaker 13: of coaching experience when he got there. And these head

835
00:35:54,548 --> 00:35:57,908
Speaker 13: coaching jobs are so massive, It requires so much more

836
00:35:57,948 --> 00:36:01,028
Speaker 13: experience than five years as an assistant coach in your

837
00:36:01,068 --> 00:36:03,908
Speaker 13: total career. And I think when they ended this the

838
00:36:03,948 --> 00:36:07,548
Speaker 13: other night, this decision was made mentally and or emotionally

839
00:36:07,588 --> 00:36:11,468
Speaker 13: before this game because they acted so quickly. In fact,

840
00:36:11,508 --> 00:36:16,268
Speaker 13: they actually have already interviewed two candidates yesterday, And I

841
00:36:16,268 --> 00:36:18,948
Speaker 13: don't know anything in terms of insider information. Yes, I'm

842
00:36:18,948 --> 00:36:21,228
Speaker 13: close to people, but I don't have insider information. But

843
00:36:21,268 --> 00:36:23,548
Speaker 13: as I watched this, if Mike Rabel is the person

844
00:36:23,588 --> 00:36:26,628
Speaker 13: that becomes their head coach, the two candidates that they

845
00:36:26,668 --> 00:36:31,228
Speaker 13: interviewed yesterday, Pep Hamilton and Byron Leftwich, those two people

846
00:36:31,628 --> 00:36:34,308
Speaker 13: may have been candidates for running their offense. And I

847
00:36:34,388 --> 00:36:38,308
Speaker 13: say that because I'm certain in their interview yesterday, you

848
00:36:38,348 --> 00:36:40,828
Speaker 13: guys talked earlier about Drake May and what a great

849
00:36:40,988 --> 00:36:43,908
Speaker 13: job that might be if you walk into that job.

850
00:36:44,428 --> 00:36:47,788
Speaker 13: But I'm sure that Byron Leftwich and Pep Hamilton both

851
00:36:47,868 --> 00:36:51,308
Speaker 13: talked to the owners and to Elliott Wolf about what

852
00:36:51,388 --> 00:36:53,908
Speaker 13: their plan would be for Drake May. So to me,

853
00:36:54,108 --> 00:36:57,228
Speaker 13: they were ready, They're moving, and this looks like a

854
00:36:57,348 --> 00:37:00,188
Speaker 13: very interesting job for whoever's in trouble and going to

855
00:37:00,228 --> 00:37:00,788
Speaker 13: get that job.

856
00:37:00,908 --> 00:37:02,108
Speaker 3: Scott, you mentioned Mike Rabel.

857
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Speaker 4: He's been part of the several changes the Tennessee Titans.

858
00:37:04,708 --> 00:37:06,188
Speaker 3: Have made over the last couple of years.

859
00:37:06,308 --> 00:37:08,268
Speaker 4: They have the number one overall pick in the draft,

860
00:37:08,268 --> 00:37:10,668
Speaker 4: they no longer have a general manager, and they have

861
00:37:10,708 --> 00:37:12,788
Speaker 4: a coach coming off his first year. How did the

862
00:37:12,788 --> 00:37:14,788
Speaker 4: Titans handle their business moving forward?

863
00:37:15,188 --> 00:37:17,188
Speaker 13: Yeah, this is going to be very interesting because you

864
00:37:17,228 --> 00:37:19,788
Speaker 13: look at them, they're on the clock. Their time is here,

865
00:37:20,148 --> 00:37:22,108
Speaker 13: and they don't have a lot of time. They just

866
00:37:22,188 --> 00:37:26,788
Speaker 13: fired their GM, Brand Corthin, and four other senior personnel executives.

867
00:37:27,348 --> 00:37:29,548
Speaker 13: They have time to turn around, but it has to

868
00:37:29,588 --> 00:37:33,908
Speaker 13: be really quick. They put someone in terms of overseeing

869
00:37:33,908 --> 00:37:36,948
Speaker 13: the football operations in Chad Brinker. He's going to be

870
00:37:36,948 --> 00:37:39,188
Speaker 13: in charge of hiring a GM. But they're right now

871
00:37:39,228 --> 00:37:42,148
Speaker 13: without five of their top personnel people and they've got

872
00:37:42,148 --> 00:37:44,308
Speaker 13: to make the number one decision, of the number one

873
00:37:44,308 --> 00:37:46,508
Speaker 13: pick decision in very short time.

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Speaker 3: Scott Pioli, thank you so much. Happy playoff season. We'll

875
00:37:49,428 --> 00:37:50,188
Speaker 3: see in a little bit.

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00:37:51,468 --> 00:37:52,668
Speaker 2: Well, I mean, did our top ten?

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Speaker 6: Okase Bears fans are losing their mind on Twitter that

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Speaker 6: we didn't include Caleb Williams. How about Washington Commander fans

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Speaker 6: upset Mike Sanstrel the corner, a lot of them saying.

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Speaker 8: He was better than Quinnion Mitchell.

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Speaker 6: You national hack it let's see the tweets. What of

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Speaker 6: the social media folks think as we go through the

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Speaker 6: list of some of the grievances here, Chop should be there.

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Speaker 6: Chop Robinson had an amazing season for the Miami Dolphins.

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Speaker 8: Who are you putting him over?

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Speaker 2: He put him over burst?

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Speaker 8: Maybe maybe not?

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Speaker 6: Last time I checked, Caleb's numbers are better than many.

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Speaker 2: I explained it.

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Speaker 6: I thought Drake may had an unwinnable situation and stood

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Speaker 6: there and took a beating and still had a great season.

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Speaker 2: I went Drake over Caleb.

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Speaker 8: If you go Caleb over Drake.

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Speaker 2: That's fine.

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Speaker 8: Nate Wiggans disrespect all year.

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Speaker 2: Wigans had a great season.

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Speaker 6: He starts on the Ravens, the number three team in

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Speaker 6: the AFC, and he's a rookie.

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Speaker 2: Guys, that's why we do lists.

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Speaker 8: We want to hear from you, We want to hear

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Speaker 8: from the fans.

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Speaker 6: Jamie Akbar, I have a blast every week doing this.

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Speaker 6: There's vitry all coming from a lot of these fan

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Speaker 6: bases who want to see their rookies get recognized.

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Speaker 2: No, man, don't mind them men.

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Speaker 10: But I will say one name that should have been

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Speaker 10: an honorable mental mayror.

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Speaker 2: Edrin Cooper for the packers.

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Speaker 10: He had you got it showing Yeah, I've only got

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Speaker 10: ten spots, guys.

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Speaker 3: Top thirty

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Speaker 7: Cop