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Speaker 1: a leen in Indy. Welcome inside with the Insiders alongside

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Speaker 1: Mike Garafolo. I am Tom Pelisero. Ninety one days out

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Speaker 1: the breaking news that brings us in tonight. As The

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Speaker 1: Insiders first reported this afternoon, the four time NFL MVP

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Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers is scheduled to fly to Pittsburgh. The plan

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Speaker 1: long last Mike, after Mike Tomlin had made statements about patients,

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Speaker 1: Now we find out exactly what that means for Pittsburgh

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I mean everybody thought it was great news for the Jets,

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Speaker 3: It doesn't sound like it's going to be a great

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Speaker 1: Tom and that Week one game for the Pittsburgh Steelers

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Speaker 4: This seems like one big, almost last Hurrah type shot

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Speaker 4: We said the same thing when Rogers went to the Jets.

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Speaker 8: Well, I mean, Steve, look, this is not the designated hitter.

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Speaker 7: Like we know that.

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Speaker 2: It's a leap of faith Baldy in a number of ways.

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Speaker 3: One, the Steelers are banking on Aaron Rodgers staying healthy

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Speaker 9: Thank you, Tom.

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Speaker 9: Wouldn't you know that Aaron Rodgers news what happened on

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Speaker 9: the discussion you guys just had on this decision by

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Speaker 9: This is really the best case scenario. We've all been

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Speaker 9: was a dream come true to go play for Mike

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Speaker 9: This is in late December, having fun playing football again. Obviously,

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Speaker 9: I think this environment for Aaron Rodgers in this blue

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Speaker 9: Is hitting father time or he's staring down father time,

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Speaker 10: Year forty one years old with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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Speaker 1: New today, this is not a drill. Aaron Rodgers set

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Speaker 1: still do need to finalize what is expected to be

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Speaker 1: Mike, My understanding is this is not a major injury

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Speaker 3: Camp, and it gives Daniel Jones more reps for him

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Speaker 3: We knew this was going to be one where Daniel

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Speaker 3: I could see Daniel Jones really getting an insurmountable lead

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Speaker 1: No such quarterback competitions in Baltimore. They got a guy

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Speaker 12: Well, we've had some conversations before the draft, after the

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Speaker 1: Mar Jackson do forty three point five million this season.

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Speaker 1: He has signed through twenty twenty seven, but you can

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Speaker 1: You you can explain it, though with three years left in

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Speaker 3: I was counting Super Bowl rings that on that list

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Speaker 2: So that's what I This is not how it works though.

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Speaker 1: We see that graphic one more time.

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Speaker 2: So if I already made two hundred million, we'll give it.

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Speaker 3: Not necessarily with Dak Prescott, who's at the top of

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Speaker 3: back to Kent bab with The Washington Post wrote a

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Speaker 3: Signed Lamar Jackson. Like the whole thing was weird, So

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Speaker 3: you just don't know necessarily how it's.

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Speaker 2: Going to play out. I think it's going to take

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Speaker 3: Go ahead, count them up, Tom.

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Speaker 1: Zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero.

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Speaker 1: Now you've got some MVPs up there. You've certainly got

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Speaker 1: Hurts not on that list. You know, did get paid today?

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Speaker 1: Different Ravens player Rashan Bateman for the second consecutive offseason. No,

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Speaker 12: In our situation with our personnel, We're gonna have two

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Speaker 12: is going to continue to improve and grow. We've got

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Speaker 12: some younger guys and I think they're going to.

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Speaker 7: Make a jump.

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Speaker 12: So I'm very, very excited about the offense this year,

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Speaker 12: and I think we're gonna be a nightmare for different teams.

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Speaker 1: There is no question that they have amassed some stars

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Speaker 1: on that offense. The big name likes of Derek Henry

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Speaker 1: is coming off a monster season. They extended him. The

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Speaker 1: Andre Hopkins also now part of the mix, along with Bateman,

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Speaker 1: Zay Flowers, and Mark Andrews, as well as welcome back

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Speaker 1: Brian Baldinger to the conversation. Welcome in Mark Ross for

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Speaker 1: the first time. Mark here. Eric ta Costa say, a

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Speaker 1: nightmare for defense is hell? How much of a bad

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Speaker 1: dream do you envision this feat?

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Speaker 13: Well, I guess Eric's has been watching his team over

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Speaker 13: the last couple of years because they've been a nightmare

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Speaker 13: over the last couple of years, and really since Lamar

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Speaker 13: Jackson has taken control.

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Speaker 10: As long as he's behind center, they are going to

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Speaker 10: be a nightmare. And they're a nightmare.

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Speaker 13: He mentioned the versatility, but the versatility brings about various

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Speaker 13: ways that the Baltimore Ravens offense can crush you. And

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Speaker 13: that's either with just execution and grinding you out with

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Speaker 13: the running game and short passing game, but they're always

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Speaker 13: just one explosive play away as well. And it's not

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Speaker 13: just Lamar with the explosive plays. It's King Henry, It's

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Speaker 13: d Hop, it's Isaiah Likely who he mentioned. Oh yeah,

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Speaker 13: Zay Flowers is going to be a year better. Bateman

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Speaker 13: always gets in the mix with huge plays.

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Speaker 14: But they got a.

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Speaker 13: Healthy eaton Mitchell coming back as well when he was

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Speaker 13: a rookie.

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Speaker 10: Show that explosive ability.

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Speaker 13: So that's the problem with this Ravens offense is that

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Speaker 13: they've been good for years and they keep getting better

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Speaker 13: with more comfortable that they'll be and Baldy also, I

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Speaker 13: think the defense is going to be a lot better

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Speaker 13: with those two rookies in there, which is going to

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Speaker 13: give the offense even more opportunities to be explosive.

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Speaker 8: Eric only said, honestly, whatevery defensive coordinator says every week

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Speaker 8: when they look at the tape. I mean, Lamar somehow

482
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Speaker 8: is still the sending player going into his eighth year,

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Speaker 8: and the combination of him and Todd Munkin is as

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Speaker 8: good as any quarterback offensive coordinator Play Fauller, and there's

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Speaker 8: only he just had one of the great.

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Speaker 7: Quarterback seasons of all time.

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Speaker 8: He led the league, you know, I mean forty one

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Speaker 8: touchdowns and runs for nine hundred yards and has the highest,

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Speaker 8: you know, quarterback rating in the league, and leads the

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Speaker 8: league in yards per attempt and oh, by the way,

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Speaker 8: there is no defense that can contain them or stop them.

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Speaker 8: I mean, he's just that good right now. The tight

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Speaker 8: ends caught seventeen touchdown passes. Mark like, you know, put

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Speaker 8: that up against anybody in any tight end group in

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Speaker 8: the league. Aaron said, They're gonna be on the field

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Speaker 8: a lot, and then you.

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Speaker 7: Can handle the ball off.

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Speaker 8: First play against Buffalo King, Henry goes eighty seven yards,

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Speaker 8: against the Bills in the regular season. The only thing

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Speaker 8: that they have to do is what we'll talk about

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Speaker 8: all year, is they got to do it in the postseason.

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Speaker 8: Twenty five points against Buffalo, came up short, dropped past

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Speaker 8: at the end of the game to a chance to

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Speaker 8: win it. I mean, they's got to do it in

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Speaker 8: the postseason. But in the regular season, they're still going

506
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Speaker 8: to put up monster numbers, a lot of points.

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Speaker 7: They're going to win a lot of games. They're very,

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Speaker 7: very good.

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Speaker 8: And oh, by the way, they added some depth to

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Speaker 8: the offensive line in case anybody gets hurts. But that

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Speaker 8: rookie right tackle last year, Rose Garden really nailed down

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Speaker 8: that position. They got that position right. But the Ravens

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Speaker 8: usually do get the offensive line right.

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Speaker 1: Paudy, I knew you'd bring it back to offensive line somehow.

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Speaker 1: Stick around you too, Markus. Coming up after this, we're

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Speaker 1: getting back to our big news in that same division.

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Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers is heading to Pittsburgh. Can he make him contender?

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Speaker 1: We'll discuss it on the Insiders make up our top

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Speaker 1: story today. Yes, it is really happening. Aaron Rodgers set

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Speaker 1: to fly to Pittsburgh in time to sign and participate

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Speaker 1: in next week's mandatory mini camp, now joining his third

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Speaker 1: NFL team, an illustrious run for NFL MVPs with the

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Speaker 1: Packers two let's just call it favorably forgettable years with

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Speaker 1: the Jets, and now headed to a Steelers team. Mark

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Speaker 1: that doesn't necessarily need this to be prime Aaron Rodgers.

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Speaker 1: But at age forty one going to the year twenty one,

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Speaker 1: does adding Aaron Rodgers make the Steelers better?

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Speaker 13: You know, Tom, I don't think it makes them better

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Speaker 13: than what they were last year.

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Speaker 5: I think they were better.

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Speaker 13: Off with Russell Wilson or Justin Fields than Aaron Rodgers.

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Speaker 13: And one thing, we can wax poetic about what Aaron

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Speaker 13: Rodgers used to be, but in scouting twenty plus years,

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Speaker 13: Tom father time is undefeated. When you get old, it's bad.

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Speaker 13: When you get hurt. It's bad when.

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Speaker 5: You're old and hurt.

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Speaker 10: Aaron Rodgers has been. It's impossible.

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Speaker 13: And we can point to a play here or play there,

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Speaker 13: or a drive here and a drive there about Aaron Rodgers,

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Speaker 13: But at this point in his career time he just

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Speaker 13: cannot consistently perform at a high level to give a

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Speaker 13: chance to go against the Lamar Jackson's and the Josh

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Speaker 13: Allens and the Patrick Mahomes and the Justin Herberts and

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Speaker 13: the Joe Burrows of the world that he's going to

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Speaker 13: have to face and Pittsburgh is going to have to face.

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Speaker 13: Everything has to be so perfect and precise, precise for

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Speaker 13: him to make plays. And the magic that he once

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Speaker 13: had which made him special, he just can't do that anymore.

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Speaker 13: So you take away that magic and now you have

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Speaker 13: to be so precise with everything. It's just impossible to

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Speaker 13: win in that sort of way. And I think everyone

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Speaker 13: keeps talking about the old Pittsburgh Steelers, but don't forget

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Speaker 13: that second half the last eight games of the season,

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Speaker 13: that Pittsburgh defense was in the bottom third of the league.

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Speaker 10: They couldn't stop anybody.

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Speaker 13: Is you got an older Pittsburgh defense, they couldn't stop anybody.

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Speaker 13: Now you're putting it Aaron Rodgers on offense, who can't

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Speaker 13: perform at a consistent level. I think this team just

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Speaker 13: has a lot of flaws and Aaron Rodgers really is

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Speaker 13: not the answer to it. It's more about keeping Mike

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Speaker 13: Tomlins Went one Lost Street alive and not true super

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Speaker 13: Bowl contenders in Pittsburgh.

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Speaker 1: Mark, thank you very much, We've got some drama this

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Speaker 1: week in Aaron Rodgers Old Division in the NFC North.

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Speaker 1: The Lions, who've had so much attrition on their coaching staff,

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Speaker 1: they've had some personnel changes now losing their all pro

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Speaker 1: center Frank Ragnow, who retired on Monday officially after seven

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Speaker 1: NFL seasons, and emotional Dan Campbell addressed that today.

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Speaker 6: You know, one of the greatest memories I have a

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Speaker 6: Frank was a divisional against Tampa Bay. Fourth and one.

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Speaker 6: We run downhill to Craig Reynolds man and he's got

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Speaker 6: big boy and he hits him and he kind of

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Speaker 6: hits a knee and then he has to get back

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Speaker 6: up and tip up the block.

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Speaker 14: We score.

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Speaker 6: Now it was huge. You know.

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Speaker 10: This type of player he was. So I'll be missed.

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Speaker 10: But man, this train goes on, train rolls.

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Speaker 14: On and.

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Speaker 6: And it's the next man up, and so we will

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Speaker 6: be ready to go when camp hits.

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Speaker 1: Grek right now. Just one of many reasons that the

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Speaker 1: Lions had one of the best offenses in the NFL

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Speaker 1: last season. Number one end points per game, second or

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Speaker 1: tied for second, and a bunch of other key categories,

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Speaker 1: but not just they're all pro center but their offensive

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Speaker 1: coordinator Ben Johnson, of course now the head coach of

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Speaker 1: the Chicago Bears, and welcome Stacy Dale's back to the

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Speaker 1: conversation here. That is a lot stacy for one team

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Speaker 1: to overcome. What do you envision here is Detroit's way

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Speaker 1: for making up for some of those things that are

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Speaker 1: no longer a part of the magic in Motown.

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Speaker 9: Great tea up Tom, and a lot of coaching changes.

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Speaker 9: One thing I feel really good about is their offensive

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Speaker 9: line and run game coordinator coach Hank Freeley. They're in

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Speaker 9: good hands with him. This is one of the best

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Speaker 9: units in the league. He's a big part of it.

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Speaker 9: But this is a massive loss. I cannot understate how

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Speaker 9: big this loss is. Frank Ragnow, who's drafted in twenty eighteen,

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Speaker 9: came into Detroit as a guard. Actually in twenty nineteen.

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Speaker 9: They moved him to center. Every year since that point,

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Speaker 9: he has been a PFF top five center in the

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Speaker 9: National Football League. Last season the third best in the

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Speaker 9: National Football League and it was also the third best

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Speaker 9: run blocker. And he's one of my favorite interviews. He's

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Speaker 9: one of the smartest players I've ever covered. Tom over

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Speaker 9: my now seventeenth season in the NFL, So this is

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Speaker 9: going to be a huge.

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Speaker 1: Void to Phil.

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Speaker 9: Johnny Morton is the new offensive coordinator. It'll be very

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Speaker 9: interesting to see how this offense changes. But I'm really

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Speaker 9: curious who they're going to plug in there. Graham Glasgow,

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Speaker 9: who is a veteran in this league, could move over

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Speaker 9: from guard. He's spent some time at center. But I'm

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Speaker 9: really circling Ratledge out of Georgia. Obviously, the fifty seventh

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Speaker 9: overall pick, one of my favorite players coming in this

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Speaker 9: year in the draft. I anticipate maybe he'll develop into

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Speaker 9: that center role, but we'll see play guard at Georgia.

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Speaker 9: But he has a lot of dog in him, not

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Speaker 9: just the Georgia Bulldogs. He is a dog when it

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Speaker 9: comes to football. He might be an interesting fit, super

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Speaker 9: smart player. But we'll see what Johnny Morton does and

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Speaker 9: how much they change with this offense. Hopefully not too

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Speaker 9: much because they had some good things going there. I

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Speaker 9: know Ben Johnson was in town, but Jared Goff, they're

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Speaker 9: going to have to put a lot on his shoulders

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Speaker 9: as they move forward.

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Speaker 1: There's no question, Stacy. Thank you very much, Mike, you

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Speaker 1: got it.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Tampa Bay Buckety welcome back, Stacy Dall's.

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Speaker 2: By the way, I got a chance to say it,

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Speaker 2: welcome back.

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Speaker 1: So glad to have you back.

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Speaker 3: So glad that Baldy at camps at OTA's he's in Tampa.

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Speaker 3: He wasn't Tampa today to check out the folks down there,

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Speaker 3: including Mecca a Book of the rookie wide receiver who

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Speaker 3: is catching b after practice. But you would know that

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Speaker 3: he's got that kind of dedication because we talked to

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Speaker 3: him last night in the Insiders. You could see the

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Speaker 3: way this dudekatries himself as a veteran, not as a rookie.

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Speaker 3: What did you see from Mecca a Book and the

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Speaker 3: other young guys there in Tampa?

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Speaker 7: Yeah, yeah, Mike.

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Speaker 8: You know the other guy there was Benjamin Morrison, you know,

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Speaker 8: their second round pick that they're counting on, and both

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Speaker 8: of them, you know, a high cerebral content thrump there

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Speaker 8: understand the game.

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Speaker 7: But there's a good practice out there today, Mike.

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Speaker 8: It was ninety plus degrees and the Florida heat out

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Speaker 8: there was two and a half hours. It was highly

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Speaker 8: competitive back and forth. You're looking at the offensive line

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Speaker 8: right here and Kevin Carber and the offensive line coach

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Speaker 8: and they're going to return.

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Speaker 7: All five starters from a year ago.

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Speaker 8: There's not I haven't done the research yet, Mike, but

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Speaker 8: I don't know how many teams are going to be

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Speaker 8: able to do that. Ben Brigson, Tristan Wurz, Graham Barton

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Speaker 8: is the rookie last year, Cody Bok. I mean, it's

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Speaker 8: a good group and Baker had a nice day out there,

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Speaker 8: but I think the rookies stood out. And then the

661
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Speaker 8: competition back and forth was all the way down to

662
00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:04,120
Speaker 8: the final drill where the offense got two plays to

663
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Speaker 8: score in the red zone and just watching Baker hit

664
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Speaker 8: Amika Book. I talked to him about the play when

665
00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:13,800
Speaker 8: he scored against the defense, and he like, just the

666
00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:16,840
Speaker 8: understanding of what the defense is doing, a little delay

667
00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:18,720
Speaker 8: off the line of scrimmage to be able to get

668
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Speaker 8: into the end zone and to get open some things

669
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Speaker 8: that you might not pick up on if you're watching

670
00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:26,040
Speaker 8: the game, you're studying the game, a little bit of

671
00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:27,440
Speaker 8: delay off the line of scrimmage.

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Speaker 7: It was really really impressive.

673
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Speaker 8: And then I think overall, you know, you got to

674
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Speaker 8: look at what Josh Bizzer is going to do here offensively,

675
00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:39,000
Speaker 8: because I think they're still going to stay heavy with

676
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Speaker 8: the run. We saw Bucky Irvin having an unbelievable second

677
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Speaker 8: half of the season to go with Rashad White, So

678
00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:47,800
Speaker 8: I think that part of it is really going to

679
00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:50,520
Speaker 8: still be emphasized, getting after it with the run game

680
00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:53,959
Speaker 8: right now, and then adding those pieces in the secondary,

681
00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:58,480
Speaker 8: which really in that last playoff lost to Washington, you know,

682
00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:00,320
Speaker 8: it really came up when they were at the bottom

683
00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:02,600
Speaker 8: of the depth chart with guys they were putting out

684
00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:05,320
Speaker 8: there trying to cover those Commander receivers.

685
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Speaker 2: YEP.

686
00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:08,760
Speaker 3: One of these days, we'll also appreciate the job that

687
00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:10,920
Speaker 3: Todd Bowles has been doing down there as the head

688
00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:13,560
Speaker 3: coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Another chance to win

689
00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:16,520
Speaker 3: a division there this year with a talented roster.

690
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Speaker 2: Brian Boudier, thank you very much.

691
00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:25,960
Speaker 5: Dancing in the bottom.

692
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Speaker 2: And bring it down.

693
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Speaker 8: It's Quitty Pay and Riddy Forrest Buckner, and that's how

694
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Speaker 8: the game's gonna end.

695
00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:34,480
Speaker 7: Two seconds, one second.

696
00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:37,680
Speaker 5: Ball game in New York and the Colts win by

697
00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:38,320
Speaker 5: a point.

698
00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:43,240
Speaker 1: You know, timing really is everything. What do you know,

699
00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:46,600
Speaker 1: Tom Pilaicerio, Steve Wetch on the insiders, We've got Quitty

700
00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:49,840
Speaker 1: Pay on the show on a day that the guy

701
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Speaker 1: you just saw him sacking right there has informed the

702
00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:55,840
Speaker 1: Steelers that's gonna be playing in Pittsburgh. Quitny, thanks a

703
00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:57,320
Speaker 1: lot for being here, man. We got a lot to

704
00:32:57,320 --> 00:32:59,680
Speaker 1: talk about with you. Let's start right there. You got

705
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Speaker 1: a Rodgers twice last year at age forty. Now you

706
00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:04,600
Speaker 1: know you're going to get the Chase frou on forty

707
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Speaker 1: one year old Aaron Rodgers this season.

708
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Speaker 15: Your thought, yes, sir, you know it'll be it'll be

709
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Speaker 15: fun to play him again. You know, I chain with

710
00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:13,760
Speaker 15: him in the offseason and he's a great guy, so,

711
00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:16,280
Speaker 15: you know, great competing against him.

712
00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:17,640
Speaker 5: So quitting a highlight.

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Speaker 4: We saw you won that game because Anthony Richardson made

714
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Speaker 4: some big plays. But we also got the news today

715
00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:25,960
Speaker 4: that Anthony's got a shoulder issue and could be out indefinitely.

716
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Speaker 5: What are your thoughts just about.

717
00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:30,320
Speaker 4: That development, you know, and where things are going with

718
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Speaker 4: your quarterback situation and maybe his future.

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Speaker 14: Yeah, no, I think he'll be good.

720
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Speaker 15: You know, we're just in Ota, so rather play it

721
00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:42,479
Speaker 15: safe than you know, injury even more. But you know

722
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Speaker 15: he's gonna be ready to go when the season starts.

723
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Speaker 15: You know, we play in September. We don't play in

724
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Speaker 15: June and July. So excited for Anthony this season and

725
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Speaker 15: we have, you know, a great competition with Daniel Jones,

726
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Speaker 15: you know, just raise his level and any way that

727
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Speaker 15: Daniel can.

728
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Speaker 14: You know, so yeah, I think I think it'll be great.

729
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Speaker 1: Tell me a little bit more about that competition. You've

730
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Speaker 1: been around Anthony for a couple of years now. Now

731
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Speaker 1: you've got Daniel Jones in. I know you guys aren't

732
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Speaker 1: in pads yet. It's OTAs. What are you seeing from

733
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Speaker 1: Daniel Jones so far? And how do you envision this

734
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Speaker 1: thing playing out?

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Speaker 14: You can just see like his true vet presence.

736
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Speaker 15: You know, he's been in the league for a long time,

737
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Speaker 15: He's played some great ball and you know, just you know,

738
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Speaker 15: just him out there, he can be a starter on

739
00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:29,919
Speaker 15: any team really, So you know that just him being

740
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Speaker 15: out there, you know, competing with Anthony, it'll bring you know,

741
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Speaker 15: that level of competition in the QB room just just

742
00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:36,719
Speaker 15: to a different level this year.

743
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Speaker 5: All right, let's get to your side of the ball.

744
00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:41,600
Speaker 4: The Colts hired lou Anna Rumo coming up from Cincinnati,

745
00:34:41,719 --> 00:34:44,080
Speaker 4: is his new defensive coordinator. We know he plays schematically

746
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Speaker 4: the same type of front that you have been playing.

747
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Speaker 4: But what has he done that you've seen that can

748
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Speaker 4: really help everybody elevate things?

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Speaker 14: Yeah, you know it's a little different.

750
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Speaker 15: You know, I'm gonna be standing up a little bit

751
00:34:56,719 --> 00:34:59,879
Speaker 15: more two point stances, but you know, just just how

752
00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:03,399
Speaker 15: smarty as you know, just seeing what he's talking about,

753
00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:06,200
Speaker 15: come to fruition with the players, you know, just listening

754
00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:08,000
Speaker 15: to what he has to say. And you know, if

755
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:10,360
Speaker 15: you just do that, you'll get picks, You'll get the

756
00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:13,799
Speaker 15: opportunity to get sacks, you get the opportunity to just

757
00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:17,640
Speaker 15: change games. So, you know, just having him in our

758
00:35:17,719 --> 00:35:20,759
Speaker 15: room just you know, just teaching us different schemes and

759
00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:23,080
Speaker 15: you know, just teaching us what the offense wants to

760
00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:25,160
Speaker 15: do and how we're going to trap them. It's just

761
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Speaker 15: it's just amazing to see and we're just excited to

762
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Speaker 15: play in this defense.

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Speaker 1: I'm sure you also know, Quiddy that the NFL's leading

764
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Speaker 1: sac man last year, Trey Hendrickson was playing for lou

765
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Speaker 1: in Cincinnati. You've seen all these other pass rushers getting

766
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Speaker 1: paid around the league. Miles, Garrett, backs Crosby, You're in

767
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Speaker 1: year five here, what's kind of going through your head

768
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Speaker 1: about the opportunity you have in front of you here

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Speaker 1: in twenty twenty five.

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Speaker 15: You know, extremely excited to go out and compete with

771
00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:54,719
Speaker 15: these boys. Man, Like, we got some big pickups in

772
00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:56,880
Speaker 15: the back end just to help the you know, the

773
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Speaker 15: front end and help the D line. And you know,

774
00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:01,680
Speaker 15: when lou first came in and we were seeing a

775
00:36:01,719 --> 00:36:03,440
Speaker 15: lot of like three man rush, You're like, man, I

776
00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:06,120
Speaker 15: don't know about that. But then you know, you're just

777
00:36:06,160 --> 00:36:08,480
Speaker 15: seeing Trey get the sacks, seeing see them get sacks.

778
00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:10,360
Speaker 15: You know, just seeing how the guys get precious you know,

779
00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:13,400
Speaker 15: it's just it just helps us want to trust the

780
00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:16,440
Speaker 15: process of you know, just being a better defense and

781
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Speaker 15: you know, just attacking.

782
00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:20,040
Speaker 14: And for me, you know, I'm just trying to play ball.

783
00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:21,759
Speaker 14: I'm just trying to play my best ball this year,

784
00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:23,399
Speaker 14: and you know, just help this team anyway I can.

785
00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:27,320
Speaker 5: On that note, you guys globally, let's talk globally. You

786
00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:28,400
Speaker 5: guys playing Berlin this year?

787
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Speaker 14: Right, yes, sir?

788
00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:31,879
Speaker 5: Okay, what are your.

789
00:36:32,239 --> 00:36:35,520
Speaker 4: Thoughts about going, you know, making the debut you know,

790
00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:38,279
Speaker 4: in Berlin and showcasing what you guys can do there.

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Speaker 14: I think it would be fun.

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Speaker 1: Man.

793
00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:44,000
Speaker 15: You know, we played in Frankfurt last year and just

794
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:46,000
Speaker 15: seeing the crowd last year, it was crazy. You know,

795
00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:48,960
Speaker 15: they packed that stadium out, you know, just having a

796
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Speaker 15: different kind of atmosphere, a different kind of energy. You know,

797
00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:54,400
Speaker 15: you can really feel it like they're true sports fans

798
00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:56,920
Speaker 15: out there, true football fans, and you know we're we're

799
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Speaker 15: extreme excited to go out there and ball out.

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Speaker 1: I know Jim Mersey was also excited to be having

801
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Speaker 1: his team be the first one to go to Berlin.

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00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:09,440
Speaker 1: You've been around him for the past four years, tragically

803
00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:12,480
Speaker 1: passing away a few weeks ago at age sixty five.

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00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:15,640
Speaker 1: Just tell me your memories of Jim and what it's

805
00:37:15,680 --> 00:37:17,600
Speaker 1: going to mean to you to have that jersey patch

806
00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:18,440
Speaker 1: on you this season.

807
00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:21,080
Speaker 14: Yeah, man, I think it's just going to mean a

808
00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:21,799
Speaker 14: lot for us.

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00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:23,920
Speaker 15: You know, after every win, after every loss, he was

810
00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:25,600
Speaker 15: in that locker room and he would give us a

811
00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:28,359
Speaker 15: little bit something after every game, you know, and you know,

812
00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:31,040
Speaker 15: he was just a big personality that I just loved

813
00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:33,680
Speaker 15: his coats, and he was behind his guys and he

814
00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:36,680
Speaker 15: did anything that he could to you know, make sure

815
00:37:36,719 --> 00:37:39,359
Speaker 15: we had we had everything that we needed to win

816
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Speaker 15: and succeed.

817
00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:44,440
Speaker 14: So, man, we were all extremely sad when he.

818
00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:47,359
Speaker 15: Passed, and you know we're praying for the family, praying

819
00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:50,120
Speaker 15: for theirs a family, and you know, we'll dedicate this

820
00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:52,799
Speaker 15: whole season to him. And you know every game that

821
00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:55,640
Speaker 15: we just go out there will be fighting for him

822
00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:58,960
Speaker 15: and you know, just trying to, you know, just just

823
00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:00,960
Speaker 15: play for Jim.

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Speaker 1: It's great words, man. So best of luck to Seaton,

825
00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:06,560
Speaker 1: big one for the Colts, big one for Quitty pay.

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Speaker 1: We really appreciate you being here.

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Speaker 14: Dude, Appreciate you guys.

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Speaker 1: What do you know more Aaron Rodgers after this four snaps,

829
00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:19,040
Speaker 1: after that carry the American flag thing, he was hurt,

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Speaker 1: Steelers hope for better results.

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Speaker 16: We'll bring it into it after this On the Insids.

832
00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:35,319
Speaker 1: Our top story tonight, Aaron Rodgers set ahead to Pittsburgh

833
00:38:35,360 --> 00:38:39,439
Speaker 1: and sign in advance of next week's mandatory mini camp,

834
00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:42,319
Speaker 1: become the Steelers' new quarterback. You know, the number that

835
00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:44,480
Speaker 1: he used to wear in Green Bay was number twelve.

836
00:38:44,719 --> 00:38:47,040
Speaker 1: Nobody's worn that Pittsburgh since Terry Bradshaw.

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Speaker 2: What do you think, Terry, that's a joke.

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00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:54,120
Speaker 7: He said, that is just to me, is a joke.

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Speaker 1: What are you going to bring him in for one year?

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00:38:56,280 --> 00:38:57,080
Speaker 1: Are you kidding me.

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00:38:57,560 --> 00:39:00,120
Speaker 3: I mean that's not the Steelers, why you're at and

842
00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:03,200
Speaker 3: that guy needs to stay in California and go thank you,

843
00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:04,480
Speaker 3: we're in thank you, she.

844
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Speaker 4: Row and bark and and risk it to the gods

845
00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:08,319
Speaker 4: out there.

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00:39:10,480 --> 00:39:13,040
Speaker 1: All right, A simple no would have sufficed. Welcome back

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00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:16,000
Speaker 1: to the Insiders, Tom PILLI Sera, Mike garra Fullo, Steve

848
00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:20,440
Speaker 1: White and Brian Baldinger and Baldytven Where to start coming off?

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00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:24,799
Speaker 1: That sound? It gets better and better? Your thoughts, well, I.

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00:39:24,719 --> 00:39:26,840
Speaker 8: Mean Bratshall's always going to call it like he sees it.

851
00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:28,640
Speaker 8: I mean, that's just gonna be terrorists. That's good.

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00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:29,279
Speaker 12: Uh.

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00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:32,720
Speaker 7: You know, look, you know Aaron went to New York.

854
00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:34,439
Speaker 8: And there was no name of you know, the best

855
00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:36,520
Speaker 8: quarterback they ever had, Number Twelvey Ward, number eight.

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00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:37,840
Speaker 7: The number is going to be fine.

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Speaker 8: I just am concerned about how quickly this can legitimately

858
00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:46,200
Speaker 8: come together. DK metcalf is dwe Robert Woods is due.

859
00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:49,520
Speaker 8: Roman Wilson didn't play last year. Caleb Johnson's a rookie

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00:39:49,600 --> 00:39:52,680
Speaker 8: running back. Kennthy Gamewells new to the running back room.

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00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:55,560
Speaker 8: They've got two new tackles. Font Tonoho played one game

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00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:58,920
Speaker 8: last year. Robert Jones goes left. There's so many new

863
00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:01,839
Speaker 8: pieces here and they're just asking Aaron Rodgers to get

864
00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:05,160
Speaker 8: it all fixed. It's a lot to ask with no

865
00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:07,560
Speaker 8: offseason to really help put this together.

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Speaker 4: Oh body, I'm glad you talking about timing no offseason right,

867
00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:12,480
Speaker 4: some of the limited offseason, because when people look at

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Speaker 4: the schedule, they see that they they open against the Jets,

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Speaker 4: Rogers's former team, they played the Packers' former team.

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Speaker 5: I look at the fact they've got.

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Speaker 4: The early buy, they've got the week five by for

872
00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:24,520
Speaker 4: a forty one year old quarterback to come off that

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Speaker 4: buy and play thirteen consecutive games, and then look at

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00:40:28,360 --> 00:40:32,440
Speaker 4: their final six games, that is a murderer's row starting

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00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:37,000
Speaker 4: with Buffalo. That is a real intriguing element to all

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00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:39,640
Speaker 4: of this scene. How they finished the season and they've

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Speaker 4: got to play thirteen straight off of that early buy.

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Speaker 3: The other thought I had today, and we've talked so

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Speaker 3: much about Rodgers, how about Kirk Cousins in this Because

880
00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:51,400
Speaker 3: Kirk Cousins is looking for a landing spot right throughout

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Speaker 3: this whole process. I don't think he was high on

882
00:40:53,719 --> 00:40:56,279
Speaker 3: the Steelers list of possibility, but he's on there.

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Speaker 2: Somewhere like if Rodgers had told them.

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Speaker 3: You know what, I'm out right, they'd have to go

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Speaker 3: scram and figure something out. Cousins really didn't have a

886
00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:05,200
Speaker 3: clear landing spot at this point. I did show up

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Speaker 3: for offseason workouts early in the off season to kind

888
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Speaker 3: of indicate that almost he'd be calling the Falcons bluff

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Speaker 3: like you want me as your backup, I'll do it.

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Speaker 2: I swear I'll do it.

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Speaker 3: And the longer this goes, the more I can just

892
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Speaker 3: hold in that no trade clause there.

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Speaker 2: That seems to be the most likely scenario at this point.

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Speaker 3: So Michael Pennick's going into the season with Cousin looking

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Speaker 3: over his shoulder, although there could be an injury at

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Speaker 3: any point. That's a trickle down, offshoot effect of this

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Speaker 3: whole thing.

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Speaker 1: Today, Aaron Rodgers set to be at Steelers mini camp,

899
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Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins has Falcons Mini caamp next week, knowing Kirk

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Speaker 1: he'll probably show up. Doesn't want to go up that

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00:41:38,040 --> 00:41:40,680
Speaker 1: one hundred thousand dollars in fines, But to Mike's point,

902
00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:43,759
Speaker 1: seems to be tracking more and more toward Kirk and

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00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:47,640
Speaker 1: end up staying in Atlanta. Still a lot more to come,

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Speaker 1: here on The Insiders tonight and a lot to come

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Speaker 1: tomorrow morning on Good Morning Football, where for the second

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Speaker 1: consecutive day and the first time in show history, it

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Speaker 1: is an all female cast. Tune in tomorrow morning eight

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Speaker 1: to ten am Eastern Time on NFL Network. The wait

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Speaker 1: is over. Aaron Rodgers sent to fly to Pittsburgh in

910
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Speaker 1: time to pass his fiscal, finalize this contract, sign and

911
00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:18,200
Speaker 1: be on the field for next week's mandatory mini camp.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to The Insiders, Tom Pilisero, Mike Gira follow

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Speaker 1: If nothing else, Mike, this at least turns the conversation

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Speaker 1: for us on this show for like the next five weeks,

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Speaker 1: from will ere won't he? To what's going to happen next?

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Speaker 3: Yes, I'm looking at airfares to Pittsburgh because we'll be

917
00:42:34,520 --> 00:42:36,840
Speaker 3: there covering Steelers mini cams. You want to keep it

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Speaker 3: locked here on The Insiders and NFL Network. Can I

919
00:42:41,239 --> 00:42:43,320
Speaker 3: stay with anybody? Let me know if you're in Pittsburgh,

920
00:42:43,320 --> 00:42:44,720
Speaker 3: give me a shot. I got some friends there.

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Speaker 1: I'm sure Aaron's also looking. So maybe you guys could find,

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Speaker 1: you know, play together, just Tevy Mallue. Maybe either a

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Speaker 1: lot for the next several months here, just split that rent.

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Speaker 1: We're back tomorrow. I know that much. See you then,