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Speaker 1: Late fifteen ten touched up What's Up. Guys.

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Speaker 2: Welcome into a schedule release edition of Chargers Weekly, as always,

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Speaker 2: joined by the Voice of the Chargers, Matt Muney Smith

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Speaker 2: and Buddy. We're gonna break down this schedule. We just

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Speaker 2: got it. But we should also mention that we had

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Speaker 2: a great interview with Joe Hortiz that we're going to

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Speaker 2: air after we break this thing down.

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Speaker 1: Joe was awesome.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, exactly, So stick around, kind of go through

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Speaker 3: the schedule. I know that's what everybody's doing right now.

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Speaker 3: We had a chance to catch up with the general

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Speaker 3: manager of the Chargers a little bit before the schedule release.

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Speaker 3: Is obviously not that it's an all hands on deck

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Speaker 3: for the person heel department, but it's a pretty big

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Speaker 3: deal when they launch, and you know, the Chargers do

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Speaker 3: what they do and make their magic. So excited to

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Speaker 3: be part of it. It's ridiculous that this is like

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Speaker 3: a national sporting holiday. But here we are on Wednesday,

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Speaker 3: May fourteenth and the schedule release and everybody freaks out.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, hey, the anticipation is real because we now know

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Speaker 2: how it all lines up, and let's just start week one.

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Speaker 2: We've known this for a long time that the Charges

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Speaker 2: are playing Brazil in Brazil. Uh, They're gonna be playing

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Speaker 2: the Kansas City Chiefs Friday night on YouTube.

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Speaker 1: This is probably gonna set big numbers money.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, free, free stream. So it's not YouTube TV. It

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Speaker 3: will be obviously available on YouTube TV, but this is

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Speaker 3: just straight YouTube. You log on, you watch, and like

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Speaker 3: you said, because of that, because it's not a premium service,

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Speaker 3: it's not Prime, it's not Peacock or Paramount or any

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Speaker 3: of that. It's it's gonna do huge numbers. I mean

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Speaker 3: as a standalone game. Patrick Mahomes justin Herbert, Andy Reid,

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Speaker 3: Jim Harbaugh. You know, I think for for all the people,

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Speaker 3: and I get it. I totally get the whole Charger

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Speaker 3: fans season ticket holder dude, we want to have the

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Speaker 3: Patrick Mahomes game here and stuff, and I think there's

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Speaker 3: you know, credible. You know, I think there's there's it's

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Speaker 3: it's credible to be upset about that for sure. At

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Speaker 3: the same time, I think for the Chargers to be

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Speaker 3: on a standalone to have this heavyweight bout is great

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Speaker 3: for the team. It's especially if they can finally slay

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Speaker 3: that dragon. We know how close it's been in all

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Speaker 3: these contests, but to do it in week one, to

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Speaker 3: do it in Brazil, to do it against Mahomes like,

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Speaker 3: it's I actually like the idea of it.

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Speaker 4: I'm alright with it.

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Speaker 2: You know, we've seen the last several years where they've

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Speaker 2: come so close, and last year was no different. So

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Speaker 2: the opportunity to see this team right at the beginning

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Speaker 2: of the year and kind of set the tone for

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Speaker 2: the division because we go straight from Kansas City to

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Speaker 2: I guess a little bit of a bye actually a

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Speaker 2: good amount of a bye given three or four ten

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Speaker 2: days Week two at Las Vegas, so not a long trip,

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Speaker 2: quick trip to Vegas, Cepe Carroll in the What's Your

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Speaker 2: Deal Bowl Week two on a national stage.

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Speaker 3: Again, yeah, I kind of as I dug through the schedule,

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Speaker 3: I didn't have a chance to go through everybody's by

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Speaker 3: But right now, just with the Chargers, you know, in

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Speaker 3: terms of where their schedule are, they have one, two,

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Speaker 3: three four extra rest games as it stands right now

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Speaker 3: until I can dig into the buys, we just wanted

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Speaker 3: to get this thing out there. So both games against

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Speaker 3: the Raiders Raiders week thirteen, they're coming off of their

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Speaker 3: bye and then this one again. Week two is coming

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Speaker 3: off Brazil, so it's ten day rest, so both division games.

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Speaker 3: I'm sure the Raiders aren't happy about that. The Chargers

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Speaker 3: as it stands right now, going to have extra rest

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Speaker 3: coming off the bye against the Tires, I should say,

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Speaker 3: coming up Thursday at football against the Titans, and then Denver.

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Speaker 3: It looks like it's that Saturday game, So that's not

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Speaker 3: bad as it stands right now. You got four extra

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Speaker 3: rest games. But you mentioned the Raiders there, and it's

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Speaker 3: pretty wild start to the season. Man Chiefs, Raiders, Broncos,

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Speaker 2: That was the number one thing that stood out to

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Speaker 2: me from this schedule because we always hear about you're

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Speaker 2: not really yourself, you're not really a team until mid October.

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Speaker 2: You're trying to get the cobwebs out. So this could

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Speaker 2: go either way for the Chargers. On one hand, it's

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Speaker 2: an opportunity to maybe get three division wins right at

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Speaker 2: the beginning of the year. It shows the importance, the

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Speaker 2: I don't know if I like it, and I'd be

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Speaker 2: interested interested to know what fans think about playing three

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Speaker 1: And you know, I know that.

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Speaker 2: There's going to be an early start to the year,

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Speaker 2: mid mid July training camp, you have the Hall of

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Speaker 2: Fame game, So this is gonna be a long.

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Speaker 1: Lead up to the regular season for the Chargers.

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Speaker 2: I just don't know if I've seen this where you

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Speaker 3: Man, I personally like it. You like it, you like, yeah,

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Speaker 3: just number one, You've got a new quarterback, new coach

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Speaker 3: in Vegas, right, So I think that benefits the Chargers

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Speaker 3: continuity versus change. I'd rather play the Chiefs knowing that

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Speaker 3: we got our best, that it's not a man if

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Speaker 3: only we had derwin for this game. Oh you know,

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Speaker 3: you know what I mean. I always felt like there

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Speaker 3: fact that it's week one coming out and you know,

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Speaker 3: knock on wood, that nobody gets hurt in training camp,

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Speaker 3: but you know, it's everybody's healthy.

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Speaker 4: Both sides have continuity. I like it. I do.

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Speaker 3: I I like the idea that because you know, the

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Speaker 3: Chargers know who they are. Yeah, they lost you know,

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Speaker 3: some some cert they certainly lost some big pieces and

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Speaker 3: obviously Joey Bosa, but for the most part, you know,

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Speaker 3: secondary's back. Your linebackers are there. You still got Khalil

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Speaker 3: that offensive line which probably gonna be the same five

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Speaker 3: know you got this running gay man, you got this.

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Speaker 3: It's to me with the way the Chargers are going

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Speaker 3: Here we are, Omari and Hampton, Nachi Harris, McKay back,

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Speaker 3: then Joe Alt I'm gonna beat the absolute crap out

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Speaker 3: of you. And I kind of like it in the

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Speaker 3: early part of the season to sort of I don't know,

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Speaker 3: I get what you're saying, but at the same time,

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Speaker 3: I just I feel like that's good for this team.

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Speaker 3: I feel like it's good for the latest team plays

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Speaker 3: I think that's a good deal for them.

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Speaker 2: Listen, it's good if they can win, if they go

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Speaker 1: Three weeks, then it's great.

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Speaker 2: It's it's early adversity, it really is, because you have

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Speaker 2: to start training camp early. You have that extra preseason game,

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Speaker 2: and I know not everybody's gonna play that game, but

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Speaker 2: it's just it's it's an added thing to the preseason.

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Speaker 2: You have to go to Brazil, you have to go

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Speaker 2: twelve hours there, fourteen hours back, whatever it is, and

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Speaker 2: all within that you have three division games.

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Speaker 1: So I agree, that's it.

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Speaker 2: There's a there's a heightened sense of urgency at the

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Speaker 1: There always is. But when you know you have games

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Speaker 1: that we always talk about they count as two.

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Speaker 2: So weeks one, two and three, I mean you talk

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Speaker 3: Would will say, real quick, Chris, just like real quick

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Speaker 3: on the Brazil thing. Look, I travel a lot. You

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Speaker 3: That's like, once you're up in the air and you

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Speaker 3: know the Brazil ones, it's a good one, right, It's

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Speaker 3: only a four hour time change. I know, it's a

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Speaker 3: long flight. But it's not like we're losing a day.

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Speaker 3: We're losing a day and a half and going to

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Speaker 3: Australia and it's like, yes, fourteen hours back is not pleasant,

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Speaker 4: That part I get.

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Speaker 3: But at the same time, of all the international games,

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Speaker 3: you know, And I think because of that time change,

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Speaker 2: Plus the bye week helps coming out of that, and

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Speaker 1: Raiders on Monday night.

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Speaker 2: So week four, though, you go back to these coast,

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Speaker 2: I think they think they're up and coming. I think

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Speaker 2: but nonetheless an early kickoff Week four in New York.

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Speaker 2: Then you come home for Week five, a homecoming for

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Speaker 2: Jade and Daniels Washington, Washington Commanders. I believe that's October fifth,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you would guess. So, you know, jad and Daniels

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Speaker 3: that won eleven games. You've got you know, like you said, Jaden,

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Speaker 3: You said it that that that may be one of

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Speaker 3: it's probably the standalone game on Fox and you know

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Speaker 3: whatever they call it America foot Americas game of the Week. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: America's game of the week. And yeah, that's again good

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Speaker 3: for the Chargers. You know, that's that's good for the Chargers.

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Speaker 3: So the trip to New York, it's early, it's September,

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Speaker 3: it's beautiful that time of year.

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Speaker 4: It's not too humid, so that's cool.

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Speaker 3: You kind of you miss it there instead of going

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Speaker 4: It's one of the new qbs.

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Speaker 3: It's gonna likely be Jackson Dart out there as your

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Speaker 4: So that's probably a little bonus too.

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Speaker 2: Week six back to the East Coast at Miami in October.

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Speaker 2: You know, if it was September would be a lot

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Speaker 1: Break in October.

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Speaker 2: Then you come back Week seven versus Indianapolis, and we

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Speaker 2: looking at JJ McCarthy and Jim Harball sharing the field again.

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Speaker 1: So buddy, let's go back to the first eight games.

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Speaker 3: that you're tackling a two hundred and twenty pounds back

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00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:29,440
Speaker 3: and you're out there on the field in Kansas City

436
00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:33,560
Speaker 3: on December fourteenth or January fourth against Denver and you

437
00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:38,600
Speaker 3: like that, Like that's that's something you'd be into. So overall,

438
00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:40,800
Speaker 3: I think it's I think it lays out. Look, it's

439
00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:44,000
Speaker 3: a tough schedule last year. We knew looking at it,

440
00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:47,160
Speaker 3: it's like they can make some hay here with these opponents.

441
00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:50,760
Speaker 3: Looks this looks pretty friendly coming off a fourth place

442
00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:53,480
Speaker 3: finish in the division. You know, with the matchups, the

443
00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:57,320
Speaker 3: cross matches that you got this year not as easy.

444
00:20:57,440 --> 00:21:00,399
Speaker 3: You know, you're cross matched with a Vikings team that

445
00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:03,879
Speaker 3: won thirteen games last year. I think Kevin O'Connell's a

446
00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:08,800
Speaker 3: hell of a coach. And you're cross matched with who's

447
00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:10,840
Speaker 3: the other what is it? It's the Vikings and oh and

448
00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:15,240
Speaker 3: now the Colts because we play the AFC South and

449
00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:17,879
Speaker 3: the Dolphs are the cross match helped me out here

450
00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:21,159
Speaker 3: because Dolphins. Huh Dolphins there you go. Yeah, yeah, a

451
00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:25,360
Speaker 3: Dolphins team. That's that's okay, that's that's all right. I'm

452
00:21:25,359 --> 00:21:27,560
Speaker 3: comfortable with that is tough.

453
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Speaker 2: I mean, yeah, three of those four teams especially, are

454
00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:33,320
Speaker 2: are going to be tough. And you know, just going

455
00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:35,840
Speaker 2: back to the beginning of the schedule, if this was

456
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Speaker 2: year one of Jim Harball, I think I'd be maybe

457
00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:42,119
Speaker 2: a little bit more concerned with the division games. The

458
00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:45,240
Speaker 2: fact that it's year two and a culture has been established.

459
00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:47,400
Speaker 2: They know how they want to play. They've seen these

460
00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:51,480
Speaker 2: teams twice last year. I look at it, you know,

461
00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:53,000
Speaker 2: and I'm sure Jim will spin it this way. This

462
00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:55,560
Speaker 2: is an opportunity, man, like, this is an opportunity to

463
00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:59,080
Speaker 2: jump on this division, take hold of it from the beginning,

464
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Speaker 2: and don't let goal of it.

465
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean imagine and look, I fully believe they

466
00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:07,640
Speaker 3: can win that Week one game. So imagine you win

467
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Speaker 3: that Week one game. Now you get ten days off

468
00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:14,480
Speaker 3: and you're you're going up against a Raiders team that

469
00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:19,720
Speaker 3: you know again, new system, offensively, new coach, new quarterback.

470
00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:22,439
Speaker 3: Obviously they're experienced guys. It's a little bit less of

471
00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:24,840
Speaker 3: a deal than you know, a coordinator that's been promoted

472
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Speaker 3: to head coach and a rookie quarterback and things like that.

473
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Speaker 4: But I like it. I like it.

474
00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:32,119
Speaker 3: There's only one back to back Roadie. It's late in

475
00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:36,480
Speaker 3: the year. The buy comes late. It does not feel

476
00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:38,120
Speaker 3: like you have too many. You know, you do have

477
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Speaker 3: that sort of window where you feel like, Okay, Miami,

478
00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:47,960
Speaker 3: Indy Vikings with JJ McCarthy at your place on Thursday night,

479
00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:53,240
Speaker 3: Titans pit Jacksonville. Like, that's a nice little you know,

480
00:22:53,359 --> 00:22:56,600
Speaker 3: to use the golf term moving day for the Chargers.

481
00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:58,800
Speaker 3: You know, you have a solid start to the season.

482
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Speaker 3: You take avantage of those division games, like you said,

483
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Speaker 3: get the sweep or win two a three, go to

484
00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:07,359
Speaker 3: New York against a.

485
00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:08,320
Speaker 4: Hell of a defense man.

486
00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:10,920
Speaker 3: That defense is going to be a nightmare to deal with,

487
00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:14,600
Speaker 3: but an offense that's maybe searching a little bit, and

488
00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:17,480
Speaker 3: you know, you could feel pretty good by the time

489
00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:21,600
Speaker 3: you hit your buy through eleven games, if you're projecting,

490
00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:24,280
Speaker 3: you know which ones we think the Chargers would be

491
00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:27,080
Speaker 3: favored in. Let's see, I would say they'll be favored one, two, three,

492
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Speaker 3: maybe not there, four, five, six, seven. I think probably

493
00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:36,480
Speaker 3: eight of those games they'll be favored of the eleven.

494
00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:38,520
Speaker 3: So if you're getting into the by at eight and three,

495
00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:40,919
Speaker 3: feeling really good.

496
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Speaker 1: Yeah.

497
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Speaker 2: The one thing I kind of noticed throughout the course

498
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Speaker 2: of the schedule too, is you know, we talked about

499
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Speaker 2: the miles in Brazil, but you got to go to

500
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Speaker 2: New York, then you come back home, then you get

501
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Speaker 2: to go to Miami, then you come back home for

502
00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:56,320
Speaker 2: a couple then you got to go to Tennessee, which

503
00:23:56,359 --> 00:23:56,879
Speaker 2: is almost in the.

504
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Speaker 1: East coast trip.

505
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Speaker 2: Then you got Pitchurg and he got to go to Jacksonville.

506
00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:05,000
Speaker 2: So it's like it's almost alternating these these long East

507
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Speaker 2: Coast trips.

508
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Speaker 1: And I'm with you.

509
00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:10,200
Speaker 2: I agree that flying in twenty twenty five a little

510
00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:10,760
Speaker 2: bit different.

511
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Speaker 5: Uh.

512
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Speaker 2: These guys are are used to it, and it's not

513
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Speaker 2: as as strenuous as maybe you would think on the outside.

514
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Speaker 1: But a lot of trips, a lot of miles.

515
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Speaker 3: Yeah, and that's probably why they didn't do the back

516
00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:24,879
Speaker 3: to backs. Now, would it have been better if we

517
00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:25,440
Speaker 3: had done?

518
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Speaker 4: Uh?

519
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Speaker 3: You know if Miami was week four and the Giants

520
00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:31,639
Speaker 3: were week five, that would have been interesting, would have

521
00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:33,760
Speaker 3: been kind of what we got going here?

522
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Speaker 5: Now?

523
00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:36,280
Speaker 1: Maybe for us, maybe for us.

524
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Speaker 4: That's what I'm saying.

525
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Speaker 1: You know, maybe that could have worked out all right

526
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Speaker 1: as a matter of fact.

527
00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:43,199
Speaker 4: But it lays out all right. And you know, not to.

528
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Speaker 3: Not saying this because there are partners, but are our

529
00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:52,399
Speaker 3: charter people are awesome? Flight attendant's awesome, pilot's awesome. You

530
00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:55,840
Speaker 3: think about commercial flights and and what it's what it

531
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Speaker 3: takes you when you fly from New York back to

532
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Speaker 3: LA when you're when you're walking into JFK Lag already

533
00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:02,880
Speaker 3: or Newer compared to what we get, you know, you're

534
00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:06,960
Speaker 3: like five and a half, no, about four forty. Really, Well,

535
00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:09,720
Speaker 3: all right, then let's get a couple thousand feet higher

536
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Speaker 3: than everybody else and go about seventy eighty miles an

537
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Speaker 3: hour faster than everybody else and get home that extra

538
00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:19,640
Speaker 3: hourly so that it works out. Okay, I think it's

539
00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:22,399
Speaker 3: better that way to just alternate home road home. Well,

540
00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:24,120
Speaker 3: I guess technically we have two back to back home

541
00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:27,520
Speaker 3: road games. But think about that. It's it's it's the Raiders,

542
00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:31,160
Speaker 3: it's the twenty five minute flight. So that it worked

543
00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:33,680
Speaker 3: from week one from Brazil works out pretty well.

544
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Speaker 4: Man. I think I just try and see it. Sorry,

545
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Speaker 4: go ahead, No.

546
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Speaker 1: I just said it.

547
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Speaker 2: If I told the everyday human being that you had

548
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Speaker 2: a trip to Brazil, New York, and Miami all in

549
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Speaker 2: the span of four or five weeks, you wouldn't think adversity, right,

550
00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:48,240
Speaker 2: you would not.

551
00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:50,320
Speaker 1: You'd be like, Okay, I get to go to Brazil,

552
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Speaker 1: New York, and Miami. Pretty good. In Vegas, in Vegas,

553
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Speaker 1: in Vegas, I forgotten.

554
00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:59,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, Apollo Vegas, the Big Town and South Beach. Yeah

555
00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:04,120
Speaker 3: that's hey, man, keep your blenders on, people, just be careful.

556
00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:07,280
Speaker 3: And you live in LA and you live in Los Angeles. Yeah,

557
00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:09,040
Speaker 3: I think I'm trying to see if I have any

558
00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:14,080
Speaker 3: other notes. Talked about the short week Minnesota, Denver week three,

559
00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:17,760
Speaker 3: coming off of Monday night football, Jacksonville week eleven coming

560
00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:20,160
Speaker 3: off sort of coming off Sunday night football, not really

561
00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:22,280
Speaker 3: a short week. But and then of course Kansas City

562
00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:25,000
Speaker 3: we already talked about, only went back to back Roadie

563
00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:27,480
Speaker 3: closed with three of four on the road. Got into

564
00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:31,080
Speaker 3: that the last four of five are all playoff teams,

565
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Speaker 3: including the two conference champions, Philadelphia, Casey and your Super

566
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Speaker 3: Bowl champ. I mentioned the new QBS and then here

567
00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:41,040
Speaker 3: you go last one. I put a note on Chris

568
00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:46,320
Speaker 3: big name rookies offensively week two, Ashton genty week four,

569
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Speaker 3: both that dual Carter who you know we think is

570
00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:52,080
Speaker 3: going to be pretty special in Jackson darted quarterback week seven.

571
00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:54,639
Speaker 3: How about Tyler Warren with our friend Shane Steichen and

572
00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:57,480
Speaker 3: the Colts week nine. We talked about cam Ward week eleven.

573
00:26:57,560 --> 00:27:01,480
Speaker 3: We get to see Travis Hunter. In week seventeen, you

574
00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:03,720
Speaker 3: get to see those pair of Iowa State receivers and

575
00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:08,000
Speaker 3: Jaden and Jalen Higgins and Noel. I'm out there at

576
00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:11,320
Speaker 3: SOFI against Houston. So what game?

577
00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:12,480
Speaker 4: So here we go.

578
00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:14,760
Speaker 3: Let's wrap with this, maybe Chris, so we can get

579
00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:18,800
Speaker 3: to Joe Ortiz road game. You would say the Charger

580
00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:21,439
Speaker 3: fans should go to and home game that the Charger

581
00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:22,720
Speaker 3: fans should go to.

582
00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:32,560
Speaker 2: Oh okay, I say the excitement of September. Get to

583
00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:36,640
Speaker 2: Vegas in week two, right off the rip. This team

584
00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:39,359
Speaker 2: needs to win division games. You get to see Pete

585
00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:42,920
Speaker 2: Carroll versus Jim Harball. You get to see Amari and

586
00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:47,960
Speaker 2: Hampton versus Ashton gent and we know the feeling towards

587
00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:51,720
Speaker 2: the Raiders get to Vegas week two, so I know

588
00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:54,760
Speaker 2: that's on the schedule every year. If I had to

589
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Speaker 2: pick another team, I would listen. Nashville is one of

590
00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:01,720
Speaker 2: my favorite road cities. If you wanted to enjoy a

591
00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:03,320
Speaker 2: Charger game on the road, I would.

592
00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:05,480
Speaker 1: Say Nashville the home game.

593
00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:07,639
Speaker 2: I would just pick a team that we have not

594
00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:10,200
Speaker 2: seen come to SOFI in a long time, and I

595
00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:13,320
Speaker 2: think Week five Commanders Jayden and Daniels being an La

596
00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:17,399
Speaker 2: guy and San Bernano guy. They're an exciting team to watch,

597
00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:21,359
Speaker 2: and just seeing Daniels versus Justin Herbert reminds me of

598
00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:22,280
Speaker 2: Jade and Daniels.

599
00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:23,720
Speaker 1: I think true freshman.

600
00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:27,040
Speaker 2: Year, that duel that they had Oregon versus Arizona State

601
00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:30,480
Speaker 2: where Ayuk was in the mix, and so they kind

602
00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:32,680
Speaker 2: of have shades of that. So I would say early

603
00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:33,960
Speaker 2: in the year, Week two and Week five.

604
00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:38,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'll go no budget Brazil. Obviously, when else are

605
00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:41,080
Speaker 3: you ever going to go to Brazil? There's a seed

606
00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:43,400
Speaker 3: that's planted, you know, there's a carrot out there for you,

607
00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:46,320
Speaker 3: if you're a diehard Charger fan to check that box

608
00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:48,680
Speaker 3: and head down to South America. I think it'll be incredible,

609
00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:52,719
Speaker 3: beautiful country, awesome people and football and at a Chargers

610
00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:55,680
Speaker 3: Chiefs game. You know, So that would be number one,

611
00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:58,600
Speaker 3: no budget, if you're on a budget.

612
00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:02,680
Speaker 4: You know. I love New York City. I just do.

613
00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:04,920
Speaker 3: I think it's special whenever we play there. I don't

614
00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:08,520
Speaker 3: care how good the teams are, and I know met

615
00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:10,680
Speaker 3: Life isn't the greatest stadium and it's kind of out

616
00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:12,000
Speaker 3: in the sticks and it's kind of a pain in

617
00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:15,400
Speaker 3: the ass to get to, but uh, there's just something

618
00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:19,200
Speaker 3: cool about walking around that city. And you know, we

619
00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:21,920
Speaker 3: go out a day early, and walking around the city

620
00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:25,040
Speaker 3: on Saturday is just so much fun. When there's college

621
00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:27,920
Speaker 3: football and you're you're in one of these pack bars

622
00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:31,160
Speaker 3: watching college football games and walking through the city and

623
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Speaker 3: hitting up Central Park and all that.

624
00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:33,760
Speaker 4: It's just a special trip.

625
00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:36,480
Speaker 3: So I always I always appreciate when we get a

626
00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:38,200
Speaker 3: chance to go to New York City.

627
00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:41,239
Speaker 1: And then uh, September two, right September.

628
00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:43,800
Speaker 3: September, it's going to be beautiful, It'll it'll be great.

629
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Speaker 3: I'm very excited about that one, and then I think

630
00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:51,440
Speaker 3: home game. Yeah, I love the I think I think

631
00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:53,440
Speaker 3: you got the number one pick and the Commanders. That's

632
00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:58,560
Speaker 3: going to be really cool. So I'll take the other obvious. Well,

633
00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:01,320
Speaker 3: you know what, No, let's go. So let's go week seventeen.

634
00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:05,320
Speaker 3: You know Chargers are pushing for the division. They got

635
00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:08,560
Speaker 3: a rematch, revenge game. You know that game should have

636
00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:12,080
Speaker 3: been in LA if the league had its head out

637
00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:14,600
Speaker 3: of its took us and would would slot the playoffs

638
00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:17,680
Speaker 3: by record instead of by division winners. And let's let's

639
00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:19,280
Speaker 3: show them what it looks like if you had home

640
00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:21,239
Speaker 3: field and you didn't have to travel to Houston, even

641
00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:23,959
Speaker 3: though you had a better record. So that's the one

642
00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,479
Speaker 3: I would pick. Let's go late in the season, a

643
00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:29,040
Speaker 3: lot on the line for playoff seeding, maybe the division

644
00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:31,480
Speaker 3: as well, maybe the number one seed, all that stuff.

645
00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:34,080
Speaker 3: Let's think positive. So let's go Houston week seventeen and

646
00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:37,960
Speaker 3: get that place loud, playoff atmosphere, and set the tone

647
00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:40,400
Speaker 3: of what it should have been last year. One of

648
00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:42,880
Speaker 3: these days, I'm going to get Goodell drunk. I'm going

649
00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:46,000
Speaker 3: to really lay into him. What are we doing?

650
00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:47,240
Speaker 2: I don't know if that would go, well, if we

651
00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:48,719
Speaker 2: don't want to lay into the commission.

652
00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:51,040
Speaker 3: You know, we got the we got we got the

653
00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:54,000
Speaker 3: Dartmouth connection. So that's a that's a good place for

654
00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:55,960
Speaker 3: I always start with that with him, and start with that.

655
00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:58,000
Speaker 3: It tends to be tends to be a good ice breaker,

656
00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:00,880
Speaker 3: and then I can come with the uh, come on, man.

657
00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:01,680
Speaker 4: What are we doing?

658
00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:04,520
Speaker 3: Why are we seen by these division winners? The AFC

659
00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:07,120
Speaker 3: South sucks every year and they host the first game

660
00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:10,560
Speaker 3: of the playoffs every single year on Saturday at freaking

661
00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:12,960
Speaker 3: noon because you don't want to watch them anyway. So

662
00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:17,280
Speaker 3: let's just change things up, man, and slot it by record.

663
00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:19,960
Speaker 3: You get into the playoffs for winning your division, you

664
00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:22,520
Speaker 3: don't get a home game. That's all there was to it.

665
00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:25,400
Speaker 3: And it was proposed this year by the Lions, God

666
00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:27,440
Speaker 3: bless them, because the Chargers did it two years ago

667
00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:29,320
Speaker 3: and everybody thought it was sour grapes because of the

668
00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:30,600
Speaker 3: Jacksonville thing, and it's.

669
00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:33,920
Speaker 4: Like, no, it's common sense. But what was the vote?

670
00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:37,600
Speaker 1: What was the vote that? How did it hash out?

671
00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:38,160
Speaker 4: This year?

672
00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:42,440
Speaker 3: I tabled it, Okay, they tabled it, Yeah, they tabled

673
00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:45,480
Speaker 3: it because they were trying to add in the stupid, like, well,

674
00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:48,400
Speaker 3: unless the division winner has a winning record, let's only

675
00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:51,080
Speaker 3: do it. No, no, not if the division winner has

676
00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:54,240
Speaker 3: a winning record, you slot by how many games you win.

677
00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:57,200
Speaker 3: This game is hard enough, This league is hard enough.

678
00:31:57,680 --> 00:32:00,760
Speaker 3: There is no reason to give anybody an advantage for

679
00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:03,959
Speaker 3: not winning more games than their opponent by giving them

680
00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:06,520
Speaker 3: home field in the playoffs. It just doesn't make any sense. Sorry,

681
00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:08,480
Speaker 3: never had, but you know what.

682
00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:12,600
Speaker 2: I'll say, we just gave the fans like a home

683
00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:14,760
Speaker 2: in a road game that we're looking forward to. There's

684
00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:17,240
Speaker 2: so many that we've left off the table, like this

685
00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:19,960
Speaker 2: is a fun fan schedule, great schedule. You can go

686
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:23,360
Speaker 2: to Miami, right, You could go to Dallas later in

687
00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:23,760
Speaker 2: the year.

688
00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:25,360
Speaker 1: You can go to Nashville.

689
00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:26,560
Speaker 4: Dallas is special.

690
00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:28,280
Speaker 3: I'm glad you mentioned that because I know we say

691
00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:30,600
Speaker 3: we went preseason last year and you forget what an

692
00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:33,280
Speaker 3: incredible venue that is. It's still the best stadium in

693
00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:36,120
Speaker 3: the league. It's it is so cool to go there.

694
00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:39,760
Speaker 3: And I always tell people, like, it's just it's the whole.

695
00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:43,680
Speaker 3: Everything's bigger in Texas. Just the concourses are wider, the

696
00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:47,240
Speaker 3: bathrooms are bigger, the suites are bigger, the press room

697
00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:52,440
Speaker 3: is bigger. The patio, the you know outsort of outdoor

698
00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:56,040
Speaker 3: cocktail party vibe above one of the end zones is incredible.

699
00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:59,240
Speaker 3: It is such an awesome place to see a game.

700
00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:00,280
Speaker 3: That's a good call risk.

701
00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:03,920
Speaker 2: You know, SEC secondarily too, And we were talking to

702
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:07,320
Speaker 2: Joe about just the college games that are in these

703
00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:10,160
Speaker 2: opposing markets as well. So that's another thing you can do,

704
00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:11,960
Speaker 2: is like, hey, if you're gonna, if you're gonna go

705
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:15,040
Speaker 2: to Nashville for the weekend, I think I already checked this.

706
00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:18,120
Speaker 2: I don't think Vanderbilt's in town, but like, look look

707
00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:20,480
Speaker 2: at the SEC schools that are close by, or the

708
00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:23,000
Speaker 2: Big ten schools that are close by, and see what

709
00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:25,120
Speaker 2: college games are going on on a Saturday, and make

710
00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:26,400
Speaker 2: a football weekend out of.

711
00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:29,320
Speaker 3: It, you know what, before we go, because we talked

712
00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:31,600
Speaker 3: to Joe a little bit earlier, so we know what

713
00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:32,520
Speaker 3: he's gonna say.

714
00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:36,000
Speaker 4: So let's just kind of get in here real.

715
00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:45,760
Speaker 3: Quick and see if, in fact what his recommendation, which

716
00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:51,360
Speaker 3: is Florida and oh it's all TVD. Yeah, that's right.

717
00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:54,240
Speaker 3: They haven't released their schedule yet, so so until they do,

718
00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:57,479
Speaker 3: I forgot about that. So we'll, uh, we'll figure at least. Oh,

719
00:33:57,480 --> 00:33:58,959
Speaker 3: that's that's just times that are TVD.

720
00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:01,800
Speaker 4: So here we go. We are in Miami on the twelfth.

721
00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:07,000
Speaker 3: And they are gone. They're they're at Texas A and M.

722
00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:08,680
Speaker 1: Oh.

723
00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:10,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, they're at Texas A and M. So let's see

724
00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:12,520
Speaker 3: what else. Might as well just go through these real quick.

725
00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:16,759
Speaker 3: Let's see if we are going to Jacksonville. That's the

726
00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:19,880
Speaker 3: one I checked. Yeah, that's what it is.

727
00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:23,520
Speaker 1: The Hurricane games. The Hurricanes are on a buy obviously

728
00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:24,880
Speaker 1: because they play in the same stadium.

729
00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:26,640
Speaker 6: When when we're in Miami.

730
00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:31,359
Speaker 3: I'm not going to a Rutgers game. I'm walking the city. Yeah,

731
00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:34,320
Speaker 3: not not interested in going as well. And it's Monday

732
00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:37,799
Speaker 3: night football for for Vegas Nashville. You said you checked

733
00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:38,480
Speaker 3: Vandy already.

734
00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:42,000
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that is it? Is it Texas that week?

735
00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:45,560
Speaker 4: I think? Bummer? Yeah, we're shut out, man, I guess

736
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:47,239
Speaker 4: that's it.

737
00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:51,440
Speaker 1: Well, Dallas, maybe maybe there's a.

738
00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:54,920
Speaker 3: Little bowl game, little Texas bl or something on Texas

739
00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:55,800
Speaker 3: Bowl on the twentieth.

740
00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:57,600
Speaker 4: That's our that's our only hope.

741
00:34:58,280 --> 00:34:59,160
Speaker 1: I'm excited, dude.

742
00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:02,520
Speaker 2: It's it's so fun how this this uh this day

743
00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:05,440
Speaker 2: has become such a big deal. But it's all it obviously,

744
00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:08,799
Speaker 2: allows fans to start planning and get get rolling, find

745
00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:10,520
Speaker 2: out your road trips, find out the games you want

746
00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:10,839
Speaker 2: to go to.

747
00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:13,600
Speaker 1: It so far and uh, we're gonna blanket over.

748
00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:16,520
Speaker 3: Here exactly right now. I gotta check the concert calendar,

749
00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:17,480
Speaker 3: see who's playing where.

750
00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:18,319
Speaker 4: Maybe there's a show.

751
00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:22,719
Speaker 2: All right, hey, we we tease this at the top.

752
00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:25,560
Speaker 2: A great conversation with general manager Joe Hortiz.

753
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:27,919
Speaker 1: Here it is all.

754
00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:28,960
Speaker 6: Right, money as promised.

755
00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:32,520
Speaker 2: General Manager Geo Ortiz joins us on Chargers Weekly and Joe,

756
00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:35,239
Speaker 2: so much going on in the month of May. Let's

757
00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:37,520
Speaker 2: just rewind to to rookie mini camp. Obviously, it's one

758
00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:40,520
Speaker 2: thing to evaluate these guys and draft them. Now that

759
00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:43,160
Speaker 2: they're in the building and kind of integrating into the culture.

760
00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:44,120
Speaker 6: How do you think of win?

761
00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:46,000
Speaker 5: I thought it was great. You know, we set it up.

762
00:35:46,239 --> 00:35:49,880
Speaker 5: Coach had a great idea about really giving the obviously

763
00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:52,520
Speaker 5: the rookies the draft picks coming in, getting them acclimated,

764
00:35:52,840 --> 00:35:55,279
Speaker 5: but then given the the tryout players a chance to

765
00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:59,120
Speaker 5: compete and show what they're capable of doing. So great,

766
00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:02,040
Speaker 5: great energy. You out there all weekend, a lot of movement.

767
00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:03,480
Speaker 5: We're out there on the grass for a good bit

768
00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:06,720
Speaker 5: of time, and uh, guys were able to acclimate themselves

769
00:36:06,719 --> 00:36:09,279
Speaker 5: here to the chargers and get a chance to see

770
00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:11,399
Speaker 5: them unwrap the gifts a little bit, se see our

771
00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:13,279
Speaker 5: new toys, you know. So it was a lot of fun.

772
00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:16,839
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's an interesting idea and concept totally makes sense.

773
00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:18,960
Speaker 3: But as someone who's got to evaluate and you're trying

774
00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:20,879
Speaker 3: to figure out, you know, which of these guys can

775
00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:22,520
Speaker 3: help you out how to work for you, like just

776
00:36:22,560 --> 00:36:23,920
Speaker 3: sort of taking that approach instead.

777
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:25,879
Speaker 5: Yeah, it was great because, like you know, you're doing

778
00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:28,879
Speaker 5: the install, you're doing teaching, but then he carved out

779
00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:32,160
Speaker 5: some time where we are. They're all doing the same drill,

780
00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:34,960
Speaker 5: whether it's a position drill, or whether it's a special

781
00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:38,400
Speaker 5: teams drill, or if it's a you know, an activity

782
00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:41,560
Speaker 5: with you know, exercise with strength and conditioning or you know,

783
00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:43,160
Speaker 5: we did a three cone drill and we taught them

784
00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:45,759
Speaker 5: how to run it properly, and they all were out

785
00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:48,040
Speaker 5: there executing it and you get to measure them against

786
00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:50,239
Speaker 5: each other. So it was a great opportunity to really

787
00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:53,279
Speaker 5: evaluate the athletes and the competitors and their ability to

788
00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:55,040
Speaker 5: process and learn. So a little bit of.

789
00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:58,239
Speaker 2: Everything and network we're seeing everybody together now, you know,

790
00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:00,480
Speaker 2: kind of mixing with the OTAs. What's like for you

791
00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:03,960
Speaker 2: to see kind of a new season officially begin with

792
00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:06,200
Speaker 2: the integration of the rookies and some of the free

793
00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:07,560
Speaker 2: agents that you brought in to go with the guys

794
00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:08,520
Speaker 2: who were existingly here.

795
00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:11,240
Speaker 5: It's exciting. It's like it's like New Year's Day really

796
00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:14,200
Speaker 5: in football. The coaches said it before, when you get

797
00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:15,920
Speaker 5: out there, all right, there's our ninety man, you know

798
00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:18,360
Speaker 5: there it is. We're seeing that this week and watching

799
00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:22,120
Speaker 5: seeing you being able to envision what the the new

800
00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:24,719
Speaker 5: D line is going to look like in the new secondary.

801
00:37:24,719 --> 00:37:27,040
Speaker 5: You know, just all the new people we've added and uh,

802
00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:29,880
Speaker 5: Washington worked together. It's great. It's great. And uh you know,

803
00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:33,520
Speaker 5: seeing the vets that we signed come in and connect

804
00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:35,560
Speaker 5: with the rookies, it's it's a lot of fun.

805
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:36,640
Speaker 4: So let's start.

806
00:37:36,719 --> 00:37:39,040
Speaker 3: I guess there where you know, you mentioned Vets connecting

807
00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:41,000
Speaker 3: with the rookies. Look at the running back room and

808
00:37:41,160 --> 00:37:43,879
Speaker 3: it's a lot different. You got you know, naw, she's

809
00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:45,480
Speaker 3: one of the first free agents you signed, your first

810
00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:47,200
Speaker 3: round pick as a Marion Hampton just kind of what

811
00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:49,239
Speaker 3: you saw last year in your first year and what

812
00:37:49,280 --> 00:37:51,480
Speaker 3: you wanted to do in remaking that room.

813
00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:54,120
Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, I wont. JK and Gusts were awesome

814
00:37:54,239 --> 00:37:56,520
Speaker 5: and uh and obviously I'd spent five years with them

815
00:37:56,520 --> 00:38:00,080
Speaker 5: in Baltimore. Uh and uh, they knew the system and

816
00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:03,320
Speaker 5: the opportunity to add Gus you know last year and

817
00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:05,759
Speaker 5: JK was great for us. And then Nase He's a

818
00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:09,200
Speaker 5: player that we've I've competed against my you know, his

819
00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:12,520
Speaker 5: entire career. You know, he was Pittsburgh Baltimore rivalry and

820
00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:14,200
Speaker 5: then we played him last year. So a player that

821
00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:17,920
Speaker 5: just he's always out there, tough, tough player to play against.

822
00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:19,960
Speaker 5: And bring him into the fold. And then add Omar

823
00:38:20,040 --> 00:38:23,360
Speaker 5: and it's it's been awesome. And uh, you know the room.

824
00:38:24,239 --> 00:38:27,040
Speaker 5: All rooms change and uh you know running backs rooms,

825
00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:29,480
Speaker 5: wide receivers room. That's that's the nature of the NFL.

826
00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:31,040
Speaker 5: So you know they're going to change. And when you

827
00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:33,520
Speaker 5: get a chance to add two really good players to

828
00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:34,319
Speaker 5: the room, you do it.

829
00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:36,239
Speaker 3: Let me, I want to add one more to that

830
00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:39,440
Speaker 3: because coach mentioned him, you know, Raheen Sanders. It seems

831
00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:41,840
Speaker 3: like that's someone that you guys are really excited about

832
00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:43,319
Speaker 3: and kind of what is for people that may not

833
00:38:43,360 --> 00:38:46,080
Speaker 3: know undrafted free agent, but and I know he was

834
00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:47,480
Speaker 3: exempt from some of the drills.

835
00:38:47,680 --> 00:38:50,040
Speaker 4: I felt like maybe a little like, what's going on there?

836
00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:52,480
Speaker 5: Well we did, Yeah, we Rocket was a guy we

837
00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:55,360
Speaker 5: definitely did a thorough evaluation on and we felt like

838
00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:58,719
Speaker 5: he was a draftable player and uh and so you

839
00:38:58,760 --> 00:39:01,000
Speaker 5: know where he was on our board. You know a

840
00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:03,560
Speaker 5: lot of times you don't get guys in free agency

841
00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:05,840
Speaker 5: there that you know that are still on your front board.

842
00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:08,440
Speaker 5: But it definitely a player we targeted in the draft,

843
00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:10,960
Speaker 5: and obviously we didn't take him, but we made him

844
00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:12,839
Speaker 5: a big priority after the draft to try to get

845
00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:15,920
Speaker 5: him locked up and and become a Charger. So big,

846
00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:20,759
Speaker 5: fast player runs really physical. You know. I was at his,

847
00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:25,680
Speaker 5: uh his game against LSU and we're we're leaving in

848
00:39:25,719 --> 00:39:28,120
Speaker 5: the middle of the fourth quarter and kind of went down.

849
00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:29,839
Speaker 5: I like to go down to the field level before

850
00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:31,640
Speaker 5: the game and you know, before I leave the game,

851
00:39:31,719 --> 00:39:33,600
Speaker 5: just to feel the vibe of the stadium and really

852
00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:36,200
Speaker 5: to see the player's speed. And he busted out a

853
00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:38,239
Speaker 5: long run and ran right towards us. So I'm like, wow,

854
00:39:38,280 --> 00:39:43,239
Speaker 5: this guy's trucking. So uh yeah, that's kind of where

855
00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:45,359
Speaker 5: he made his first impression with me and uh and

856
00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:48,600
Speaker 5: then other scouts liked him and coaches everybody. Guy, we

857
00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:50,520
Speaker 5: all liked and had a chance to get him, and

858
00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:51,759
Speaker 5: we're excited about it, you know.

859
00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:54,080
Speaker 2: You know, we hear about getting help for Justin and

860
00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:57,680
Speaker 2: sometimes you think of that as just outside weapons, but

861
00:39:57,960 --> 00:40:00,360
Speaker 2: seemed like it was really a concerted effort to to

862
00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:04,480
Speaker 2: bolster the backfield with guys who are a durable We've

863
00:40:04,520 --> 00:40:06,360
Speaker 2: seen note you carry the load, you saw Mari and

864
00:40:06,360 --> 00:40:09,160
Speaker 2: carry the load in college. How important is ze f

865
00:40:09,239 --> 00:40:12,600
Speaker 2: for a quarterback to have two durable guys who could

866
00:40:12,640 --> 00:40:13,320
Speaker 2: carry the load.

867
00:40:13,600 --> 00:40:15,719
Speaker 6: And how does that open things up for just on

868
00:40:15,719 --> 00:40:16,240
Speaker 6: the outside.

869
00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:18,040
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, you know, hey, you develop a strong

870
00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:21,279
Speaker 5: run game, teams commit players to the box, you know,

871
00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:23,279
Speaker 5: and then that opens things up in the passing game,

872
00:40:23,719 --> 00:40:27,560
Speaker 5: so that certainly they'll help do that. Then, like you

873
00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:30,120
Speaker 5: mentioned the durability, you know that that's one of the

874
00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:32,360
Speaker 5: key things you want in all players, and certainly the

875
00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:35,920
Speaker 5: running back position. And two guys that have never missed games,

876
00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:38,040
Speaker 5: you know, and just carry the ball a lot. And

877
00:40:38,080 --> 00:40:40,359
Speaker 5: now we're gonna put them back there together and they'll

878
00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:43,560
Speaker 5: share the load and work well playoff for each other.

879
00:40:43,640 --> 00:40:47,719
Speaker 5: And then you've got Kamani and Haskins and Rockets. So

880
00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:49,640
Speaker 5: we got we got and j Patt, We got a

881
00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:53,080
Speaker 5: really nice group of running backs to you know, competitive

882
00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:56,720
Speaker 5: room and you know, but yeah, strong running game opens

883
00:40:56,760 --> 00:40:58,560
Speaker 5: it up. It really does. It opens up a lot.

884
00:40:58,600 --> 00:41:01,560
Speaker 5: And I've always said, and I always say, we help

885
00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:05,080
Speaker 5: Justin by helping the team and you know, build a

886
00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:08,400
Speaker 5: strong defense, build a strong secondary, get the ball back.

887
00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:11,040
Speaker 5: You know, you're helping Justin. So the more we can

888
00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:14,560
Speaker 5: get Justin the ball and help Justin keep the ball,

889
00:41:14,840 --> 00:41:15,759
Speaker 5: the better we're going to be.

890
00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:18,440
Speaker 3: Yeah, a little more directly helping him. You know, I

891
00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:19,799
Speaker 3: don't know if you would agree with this, but it

892
00:41:19,800 --> 00:41:22,000
Speaker 3: seemed like you really attack the X receiver. You get

893
00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:24,000
Speaker 3: Mike Williams. We know how special he can be out

894
00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:26,280
Speaker 3: there in the chemistry he has. You draft Tray Harris

895
00:41:26,280 --> 00:41:28,400
Speaker 3: and then even like I know, not size wise you

896
00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:30,760
Speaker 3: would think of it, but just speed wise with KeAndre

897
00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:33,080
Speaker 3: Lambert Smith, it seemed like, is it fair to say

898
00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:35,040
Speaker 3: that that that seemed like a position looking back at

899
00:41:35,080 --> 00:41:37,440
Speaker 3: last year and how it played out versus what it

900
00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:37,920
Speaker 3: looks like.

901
00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:39,640
Speaker 4: It could be this year. Is dramatically different.

902
00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:42,000
Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, you want to inject youth, you want

903
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:44,759
Speaker 5: to inject speed, and you want to inject reliability, and

904
00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:46,319
Speaker 5: so we did a little bit of that with all

905
00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:50,719
Speaker 5: those guys. And there's also versatility. You know, Tray can

906
00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:52,480
Speaker 5: jump into the slot and play in the slot. He

907
00:41:52,560 --> 00:41:56,000
Speaker 5: did it at Ole Miss and KLS can x see

908
00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:59,719
Speaker 5: he can move around. So certainly he offers that big

909
00:41:59,800 --> 00:42:03,960
Speaker 5: de threat vertically, you know, with his speed, great athlete,

910
00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:08,560
Speaker 5: and then Trey his versatility, size, jump, all, you know, physicality,

911
00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:10,759
Speaker 5: and then again he's one of those players with that

912
00:42:10,840 --> 00:42:13,960
Speaker 5: decept to speed that you just you just don't realize

913
00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:16,440
Speaker 5: how fast he is until you're playing against him. And

914
00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:19,279
Speaker 5: Mike's Mike man. We all know Mike so excited to

915
00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:19,879
Speaker 5: get him back.

916
00:42:20,080 --> 00:42:22,200
Speaker 4: Is it fair to put Gadsden in there too, Well.

917
00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:26,200
Speaker 5: Yeah, he's like he's your traditional or your new f

918
00:42:26,360 --> 00:42:31,600
Speaker 5: type tight end. So he's gonna, he's gonna he's big, long, fast,

919
00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:36,120
Speaker 5: challenge to see him a great contested ball catcher, and

920
00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:37,840
Speaker 5: so I think he'll he'll help us out in the

921
00:42:37,880 --> 00:42:38,479
Speaker 5: middle of the field.

922
00:42:38,520 --> 00:42:39,719
Speaker 2: You know, speaking of gats and one of the things

923
00:42:39,719 --> 00:42:41,640
Speaker 2: I mentioned in Money last week on the podcast. Was

924
00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:44,960
Speaker 2: I noticed, you know, Joel comes from a football family

925
00:42:45,160 --> 00:42:48,560
Speaker 2: NFL bloodlines, Gats and Mickens. Is that something that you

926
00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:51,480
Speaker 2: look at in the evaluation process just a you have

927
00:42:51,520 --> 00:42:53,880
Speaker 2: to love football, but do you come from a family

928
00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:55,399
Speaker 2: that knows what this is?

929
00:42:55,680 --> 00:42:58,160
Speaker 5: Yeah? Yeah, I don't think it's something you necessarily target.

930
00:42:58,760 --> 00:43:02,800
Speaker 5: But those players have been taught the way by their fathers,

931
00:43:03,040 --> 00:43:06,919
Speaker 5: and they've been in some cases they've been in locker rooms,

932
00:43:06,960 --> 00:43:11,319
Speaker 5: they've been in the facilities, they've seen the pro business,

933
00:43:11,360 --> 00:43:14,719
Speaker 5: the you know of of football, and so yeah, they

934
00:43:14,719 --> 00:43:16,680
Speaker 5: get a little bit of a head start i'd say

935
00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:19,640
Speaker 5: in their football life, and they just they know what

936
00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:22,720
Speaker 5: to expect and it's ingrained in them by their fathers

937
00:43:22,840 --> 00:43:26,760
Speaker 5: and uh, and so you know, those guys, it helps

938
00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:28,759
Speaker 5: them get to where they are. You know, I don't

939
00:43:28,760 --> 00:43:31,799
Speaker 5: think it's a necessity by any stretch, but uh, there's

940
00:43:31,840 --> 00:43:33,480
Speaker 5: a lot of good parents out there that can instill

941
00:43:33,520 --> 00:43:35,960
Speaker 5: a lot of good work ethic and values and their

942
00:43:36,040 --> 00:43:40,120
Speaker 5: kids that aren't players. But the guys that have done

943
00:43:40,120 --> 00:43:42,719
Speaker 5: it and instilled it in their sons, it's it's neat

944
00:43:42,760 --> 00:43:43,799
Speaker 5: to say, just.

945
00:43:43,840 --> 00:43:46,279
Speaker 3: Kind of sticking with that tight end room and and

946
00:43:46,400 --> 00:43:49,040
Speaker 3: sort of what you what you found last year, you know,

947
00:43:49,040 --> 00:43:51,600
Speaker 3: and Tucker Fisk and how it is physical and and

948
00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:53,520
Speaker 3: I'll even kind of throw Matt Locke in there a

949
00:43:53,520 --> 00:43:55,200
Speaker 3: little bit, just the way that you use tight ends

950
00:43:55,239 --> 00:43:57,680
Speaker 3: and fullbacks and just sort of what you're looking for

951
00:43:57,719 --> 00:43:59,680
Speaker 3: and what you added and what Conklin can bring. I

952
00:43:59,719 --> 00:44:01,680
Speaker 3: just kind of think about the red zone last year

953
00:44:01,719 --> 00:44:04,080
Speaker 3: and sort of what you brought in with with Conklin

954
00:44:04,200 --> 00:44:06,960
Speaker 3: and with Gadsden and how that might help all that.

955
00:44:06,960 --> 00:44:08,560
Speaker 3: But just am I right and said it felt like

956
00:44:08,640 --> 00:44:10,440
Speaker 3: that was maybe an area that you attacked and it

957
00:44:10,480 --> 00:44:13,400
Speaker 3: seemed like you really kind of helped throw some resources

958
00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:13,600
Speaker 3: at it.

959
00:44:13,840 --> 00:44:17,000
Speaker 5: Hey, absolutely, you know, and I think a guy like Conclictue,

960
00:44:17,040 --> 00:44:21,360
Speaker 5: it's just such a mature, polished player, tough, great teammate,

961
00:44:21,960 --> 00:44:24,799
Speaker 5: excellent hands and just the great thing about him is

962
00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:27,360
Speaker 5: he's a vet. And when we brought him in to

963
00:44:27,480 --> 00:44:30,080
Speaker 5: talk and visit and try to get him on board,

964
00:44:30,480 --> 00:44:32,439
Speaker 5: all he talked about was getting better. And you're talking

965
00:44:32,440 --> 00:44:35,080
Speaker 5: about seven years in the league and knowing, hey, I

966
00:44:35,120 --> 00:44:37,040
Speaker 5: still can learn, I still want There's still things I

967
00:44:37,080 --> 00:44:39,440
Speaker 5: don't know, And that's such a great thing to hear.

968
00:44:39,520 --> 00:44:41,759
Speaker 5: And you know that he's excited to be here and

969
00:44:41,880 --> 00:44:45,040
Speaker 5: continue to grow as as a player. And then you

970
00:44:45,120 --> 00:44:48,040
Speaker 5: bring in Aronde and got a young talent to mold

971
00:44:48,120 --> 00:44:51,239
Speaker 5: and so yeah, it's we definitely wanted to, you know,

972
00:44:51,480 --> 00:44:55,120
Speaker 5: increase or add to the passing game at that position.

973
00:44:55,239 --> 00:44:58,200
Speaker 5: And you know, you got Fisked Disley did a great

974
00:44:58,280 --> 00:45:01,640
Speaker 5: job set career Mars last year as receiver, and obviously

975
00:45:01,680 --> 00:45:04,560
Speaker 5: he very very solid blocker as well. But then you

976
00:45:04,640 --> 00:45:07,760
Speaker 5: got Tucker and Scotti that get in there and bang

977
00:45:07,880 --> 00:45:10,160
Speaker 5: and you know, free up the run game or create

978
00:45:10,200 --> 00:45:12,520
Speaker 5: some lanes in the run game. So those were those

979
00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:16,000
Speaker 5: two parts were kind of parts we are missing going

980
00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:18,440
Speaker 5: into free agency. We're able to pick up one in

981
00:45:18,520 --> 00:45:21,520
Speaker 5: Conking free agency. And then at around in the draft.

982
00:45:21,960 --> 00:45:24,319
Speaker 2: You know, Joe, we flipped a defense and it's kind

983
00:45:24,320 --> 00:45:25,839
Speaker 2: of a new look defensive line too.

984
00:45:25,840 --> 00:45:29,279
Speaker 6: And I couldn't help, but it kind of resonated with me.

985
00:45:29,520 --> 00:45:32,359
Speaker 2: Tier was talking i think at the podium a couple

986
00:45:32,360 --> 00:45:35,360
Speaker 2: of days ago and just how much he felt like

987
00:45:35,600 --> 00:45:38,960
Speaker 2: he belonged here and how you guys really embraced him.

988
00:45:38,960 --> 00:45:39,799
Speaker 6: You got he came in.

989
00:45:39,840 --> 00:45:44,080
Speaker 2: Late, how he was recruiting Nakwon to come and it

990
00:45:44,239 --> 00:45:46,839
Speaker 2: just it felt like to me that that that's how

991
00:45:46,920 --> 00:45:49,279
Speaker 2: a culture starts. And just I don't know if you

992
00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:53,000
Speaker 2: could just speak to carrying over what you did in

993
00:45:53,080 --> 00:45:55,319
Speaker 2: your one and some of these guys who really kind

994
00:45:55,320 --> 00:45:57,920
Speaker 2: of felt that, Hey, one eleven games, I feel like

995
00:45:57,960 --> 00:45:59,719
Speaker 2: this is a place I can win and I want

996
00:45:59,719 --> 00:46:00,959
Speaker 2: to others to be here.

997
00:46:01,080 --> 00:46:03,960
Speaker 5: Yeah. Well, I mean all you got to do is

998
00:46:03,960 --> 00:46:06,600
Speaker 5: come out here for a day, and that should that

999
00:46:06,600 --> 00:46:08,600
Speaker 5: should recruit you in and of itself.

1000
00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:09,800
Speaker 6: But it's a good shift here.

1001
00:46:09,800 --> 00:46:12,040
Speaker 5: It's yeah, I mean it's it's not bad coming to

1002
00:46:12,080 --> 00:46:14,879
Speaker 5: work every day here. But you know, I think that's

1003
00:46:14,880 --> 00:46:19,280
Speaker 5: the culture that really coach has helped build a pond.

1004
00:46:19,360 --> 00:46:21,400
Speaker 5: You know, it was here when we got here. There

1005
00:46:21,400 --> 00:46:23,600
Speaker 5: are great leaders here, There were great competitors here, There

1006
00:46:23,600 --> 00:46:25,600
Speaker 5: were great teammates here. There were guys that cared about

1007
00:46:25,600 --> 00:46:28,640
Speaker 5: the Los Angeles Chargers before we got here. We just

1008
00:46:29,120 --> 00:46:32,160
Speaker 5: added to it, you know, and coaches like the gasoline

1009
00:46:32,200 --> 00:46:33,920
Speaker 5: you're throwing on the fire, you know, And he just

1010
00:46:34,400 --> 00:46:36,080
Speaker 5: in him and his staff and they do a great job.

1011
00:46:36,120 --> 00:46:38,720
Speaker 5: And I think that's what's great about our staff. They're

1012
00:46:38,800 --> 00:46:42,680
Speaker 5: here to make players be their best version of themselves.

1013
00:46:42,760 --> 00:46:47,799
Speaker 5: And that's our position coaches. That's herb been down in

1014
00:46:47,840 --> 00:46:50,560
Speaker 5: the weight room, that's Marco and his training staff. Everybody's

1015
00:46:50,560 --> 00:46:54,399
Speaker 5: smitty and equipment. This whole organization circles around the team,

1016
00:46:54,600 --> 00:46:56,400
Speaker 5: and that's what we want to do here. And I

1017
00:46:56,440 --> 00:46:58,279
Speaker 5: think we've we've done that this past year, and I

1018
00:46:58,280 --> 00:47:01,040
Speaker 5: think guys they come into this place for the first

1019
00:47:01,080 --> 00:47:03,880
Speaker 5: time feel that. And that was Tierre's case, you know,

1020
00:47:03,920 --> 00:47:06,120
Speaker 5: and he came in and felt it, and we wrapped

1021
00:47:06,160 --> 00:47:08,239
Speaker 5: our arms around him while also challenge them like, hey,

1022
00:47:08,280 --> 00:47:10,040
Speaker 5: let's go be the best version of you because you

1023
00:47:10,080 --> 00:47:12,200
Speaker 5: have a chance to be great, and we're going to

1024
00:47:12,280 --> 00:47:13,880
Speaker 5: help you get there. We're going to do everything we

1025
00:47:13,920 --> 00:47:16,239
Speaker 5: can in our power to make these guys the best

1026
00:47:16,320 --> 00:47:17,279
Speaker 5: version of themselves.

1027
00:47:17,600 --> 00:47:19,680
Speaker 3: When you're you know, when you don't necessarily have this

1028
00:47:19,760 --> 00:47:23,640
Speaker 3: eye popping production or these spotlight moments in playoff games

1029
00:47:23,640 --> 00:47:26,399
Speaker 3: that lead to these big free agent deals, like if

1030
00:47:26,400 --> 00:47:28,680
Speaker 3: you can walk us and the people watching and listening,

1031
00:47:28,840 --> 00:47:31,759
Speaker 3: like how you come to an evaluation for guys that

1032
00:47:31,800 --> 00:47:34,319
Speaker 3: maybe don't have a lot of production, that aren't playing

1033
00:47:34,360 --> 00:47:36,520
Speaker 3: a ton of snaps, that are more rotational players, and

1034
00:47:36,520 --> 00:47:38,840
Speaker 3: how you say, you know what, that's Deshaun Hann or

1035
00:47:38,880 --> 00:47:39,439
Speaker 3: Nick won Jas.

1036
00:47:39,480 --> 00:47:40,719
Speaker 4: These guys are the guys that will fit.

1037
00:47:40,760 --> 00:47:43,000
Speaker 3: Like what is it about what they do that you

1038
00:47:43,120 --> 00:47:45,319
Speaker 3: think and your coaches, you know, as you talk with them,

1039
00:47:45,360 --> 00:47:47,040
Speaker 3: think are going to be good fit. Like Dante Cha,

1040
00:47:47,120 --> 00:47:48,959
Speaker 3: I just think about all those different guys that you sign.

1041
00:47:49,239 --> 00:47:51,840
Speaker 5: Well, you know, I think as you spend all you know,

1042
00:47:51,880 --> 00:47:54,279
Speaker 5: our pro staff does a great job and you watch

1043
00:47:54,320 --> 00:47:57,640
Speaker 5: players every week, and you know, in the end of

1044
00:47:57,680 --> 00:47:59,759
Speaker 5: the year there's a nice bank of plays at all

1045
00:47:59,800 --> 00:48:02,800
Speaker 5: in it felt players have played and maybe one plays

1046
00:48:02,800 --> 00:48:04,920
Speaker 5: four hundred, maybe one plays eight hundred. You know, but

1047
00:48:05,320 --> 00:48:07,399
Speaker 5: you take those four hundred plays or those two hundred

1048
00:48:07,440 --> 00:48:09,719
Speaker 5: plays and you watch them. They're playing against the same

1049
00:48:09,719 --> 00:48:12,960
Speaker 5: opponents the guy who played four hundred plays is so

1050
00:48:13,640 --> 00:48:15,640
Speaker 5: let's watch them and see what he does. And you

1051
00:48:15,680 --> 00:48:18,120
Speaker 5: just isolate on that player. Does he do things that

1052
00:48:18,160 --> 00:48:20,920
Speaker 5: fit our scheme? Does he play the way we wanted

1053
00:48:20,920 --> 00:48:24,040
Speaker 5: to play? And do we see potential to improve them?

1054
00:48:24,080 --> 00:48:27,319
Speaker 5: And we take that approach with every free agent, every

1055
00:48:27,360 --> 00:48:30,080
Speaker 5: player we evaluate on the pro side, and you know,

1056
00:48:30,120 --> 00:48:32,799
Speaker 5: we look for fits and in terms of like I said,

1057
00:48:32,920 --> 00:48:37,560
Speaker 5: scheme fit, but also temperament and personality. So you know,

1058
00:48:38,560 --> 00:48:40,920
Speaker 5: some guys may be overlooked. But you know, I think

1059
00:48:40,960 --> 00:48:44,680
Speaker 5: our scouts are Lou and Denny and Tyler are all

1060
00:48:44,680 --> 00:48:46,879
Speaker 5: the young guys in the pro side, and then our

1061
00:48:46,920 --> 00:48:50,640
Speaker 5: coaches phenomenal job and evaluations during free agency, so we

1062
00:48:50,760 --> 00:48:52,439
Speaker 5: find the players that fit what we want.

1063
00:48:53,320 --> 00:48:55,879
Speaker 2: Obviously, this Rooky class is fresh, but just going back

1064
00:48:55,920 --> 00:48:58,759
Speaker 2: to last year and seeing what Joe and Ladd and

1065
00:48:59,200 --> 00:49:03,759
Speaker 2: even amatar Heat did in big spots last year, in

1066
00:49:03,800 --> 00:49:06,239
Speaker 2: your estimation, your years and years of doing this.

1067
00:49:06,640 --> 00:49:08,600
Speaker 6: How much better can you get from year one to

1068
00:49:08,680 --> 00:49:10,600
Speaker 6: year two? And you know, we're not even talking about

1069
00:49:10,600 --> 00:49:12,240
Speaker 6: guys like a boy Bee who we heard.

1070
00:49:12,080 --> 00:49:14,520
Speaker 2: Put on a ton of way good way, good way,

1071
00:49:14,560 --> 00:49:17,880
Speaker 2: good way, Yes, and Junior who didn't get it really

1072
00:49:17,920 --> 00:49:21,120
Speaker 2: opportunity because of injuries that leap from year one to

1073
00:49:21,200 --> 00:49:24,839
Speaker 2: year two in your estimation, how how much better can

1074
00:49:24,880 --> 00:49:25,520
Speaker 2: these guys get?

1075
00:49:25,719 --> 00:49:29,359
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think that's just historically, just been doing it

1076
00:49:29,400 --> 00:49:30,960
Speaker 5: as long as I have. I think that's when the

1077
00:49:30,960 --> 00:49:33,920
Speaker 5: players make their biggest jumps, you know, And so it's

1078
00:49:33,960 --> 00:49:36,080
Speaker 5: really exciting when you think about Joe and Ladd and

1079
00:49:36,160 --> 00:49:38,439
Speaker 5: Cam and Tarhee because they were out there producing forest

1080
00:49:38,520 --> 00:49:41,919
Speaker 5: last year and that you know, but you I talked

1081
00:49:41,920 --> 00:49:44,080
Speaker 5: to all the rookies after the season, and I challenge them, like,

1082
00:49:44,160 --> 00:49:46,120
Speaker 5: this is when you make this is your move? Like

1083
00:49:46,239 --> 00:49:48,160
Speaker 5: this is when you make your move. They call it. Well,

1084
00:49:48,239 --> 00:49:51,480
Speaker 5: Saturday is moving day. And in golf, you know, the

1085
00:49:52,040 --> 00:49:54,440
Speaker 5: off season between year one and year two is moving

1086
00:49:54,719 --> 00:49:57,479
Speaker 5: is the moving phase for players and that's they really

1087
00:49:57,480 --> 00:49:59,839
Speaker 5: can make a jump. And and I think you'll see

1088
00:49:59,840 --> 00:50:01,839
Speaker 5: that from a lot of the guys, and you know

1089
00:50:02,640 --> 00:50:04,719
Speaker 5: they know it. We tell them, I tell them, And

1090
00:50:05,440 --> 00:50:09,239
Speaker 5: Justin's a great example. I said, hey, the guys, I

1091
00:50:09,320 --> 00:50:11,839
Speaker 5: know that play your position. Their biggest games were made

1092
00:50:11,880 --> 00:50:14,960
Speaker 5: in the weight room. Between year one and year two.

1093
00:50:15,040 --> 00:50:17,080
Speaker 5: They were here every day. They were there every day

1094
00:50:17,120 --> 00:50:20,920
Speaker 5: working out. And I saw Justin every single day downstairs

1095
00:50:20,960 --> 00:50:24,200
Speaker 5: out my window. He's out there working and twenty pounds

1096
00:50:24,200 --> 00:50:26,880
Speaker 5: of muscle. It's not twenty pounds, it's twenty pounds of muscle.

1097
00:50:27,000 --> 00:50:29,279
Speaker 5: So he's done a great job. I mean it is

1098
00:50:29,360 --> 00:50:33,400
Speaker 5: twenty pounds, but it's all good weight. So we're excited

1099
00:50:33,440 --> 00:50:35,800
Speaker 5: to see where he is. And Junior has been out there, Kaman,

1100
00:50:35,880 --> 00:50:38,160
Speaker 5: he's been out there. They think about where they were

1101
00:50:38,239 --> 00:50:40,279
Speaker 5: last year to where they are this year. There's a

1102
00:50:40,280 --> 00:50:41,800
Speaker 5: significant difference.

1103
00:50:41,920 --> 00:50:44,400
Speaker 3: Just sticking with Justin because you know of where you

1104
00:50:44,440 --> 00:50:46,759
Speaker 3: came from. I don't think anyone has done a better

1105
00:50:46,880 --> 00:50:51,280
Speaker 3: job finding those interior of d linemen in that third

1106
00:50:51,480 --> 00:50:54,840
Speaker 3: fourth round than Baltimore. Like it just seems like every

1107
00:50:54,920 --> 00:50:57,480
Speaker 3: year they pluck one. So kind of just what you

1108
00:50:57,560 --> 00:50:59,839
Speaker 3: learned when you were there and how you evaluate sort

1109
00:50:59,840 --> 00:51:02,440
Speaker 3: of you saw with a boy b and you told

1110
00:51:02,480 --> 00:51:04,360
Speaker 3: us lash year, like let's the developmental guy. You know,

1111
00:51:04,400 --> 00:51:06,439
Speaker 3: it's it's gonna take them a bit sort of like what

1112
00:51:06,800 --> 00:51:09,080
Speaker 3: your vision was and where you think that could be going.

1113
00:51:09,280 --> 00:51:11,560
Speaker 5: Yeah, you know when you talk about d Lyman, it's

1114
00:51:11,600 --> 00:51:13,920
Speaker 5: a it's a tough job, you know, especially in this scheme,

1115
00:51:14,040 --> 00:51:16,600
Speaker 5: and because you do a lot of grunt work. You know,

1116
00:51:16,640 --> 00:51:19,520
Speaker 5: you're you're taking on blocks, You're you're keeping the backers free,

1117
00:51:19,920 --> 00:51:22,120
Speaker 5: you're picking for the ends. You know, like it's a

1118
00:51:22,120 --> 00:51:25,840
Speaker 5: little onsong at times, and but what you want, you

1119
00:51:25,880 --> 00:51:27,719
Speaker 5: know what we look for players to play with the

1120
00:51:27,760 --> 00:51:31,160
Speaker 5: right technique. I like players when I'm watching film on

1121
00:51:31,280 --> 00:51:33,399
Speaker 5: the tight copy from behind, I can always read their name.

1122
00:51:33,440 --> 00:51:35,920
Speaker 5: I can always see their numbers because they're playing square,

1123
00:51:36,080 --> 00:51:39,920
Speaker 5: They're not getting moved, they play with leverage, good technique

1124
00:51:40,280 --> 00:51:44,000
Speaker 5: justin great hand play, great technique, and then the motor

1125
00:51:44,120 --> 00:51:47,279
Speaker 5: and the toughness, and you get all those things, you

1126
00:51:47,320 --> 00:51:49,080
Speaker 5: can build the rest. You know, they're going to get

1127
00:51:49,320 --> 00:51:51,520
Speaker 5: d Limen are going to get bigger and stronger as

1128
00:51:51,560 --> 00:51:54,319
Speaker 5: they become pros because they're they're not worried about going

1129
00:51:54,320 --> 00:51:57,359
Speaker 5: to class. You know, they're getting the nutritions even more

1130
00:51:57,440 --> 00:51:59,720
Speaker 5: doubt and then colleges have done a great job developing

1131
00:51:59,719 --> 00:52:02,440
Speaker 5: their nutrition inside of it. But now they just have

1132
00:52:02,560 --> 00:52:04,840
Speaker 5: all that they can focus on football all the time.

1133
00:52:05,000 --> 00:52:07,000
Speaker 5: And and I think we'll see that with Justin and

1134
00:52:07,120 --> 00:52:10,120
Speaker 5: uh yeah, you just look for guys that just have

1135
00:52:10,320 --> 00:52:14,120
Speaker 5: the right technique, have the right right amount of athleticism,

1136
00:52:14,719 --> 00:52:17,160
Speaker 5: but just play hard and physical and tough, and that's

1137
00:52:17,160 --> 00:52:17,640
Speaker 5: what he did.

1138
00:52:18,400 --> 00:52:22,160
Speaker 2: Jill, how pleasantly surprised were you with tarkhivan cam last

1139
00:52:22,200 --> 00:52:24,919
Speaker 2: year as fifth round guys? And and I guess yes,

1140
00:52:24,920 --> 00:52:27,560
Speaker 2: it's the player of course, and the strises they make,

1141
00:52:27,600 --> 00:52:30,239
Speaker 2: the work they put in, but the coaching too, and

1142
00:52:30,360 --> 00:52:33,040
Speaker 2: just kind of that match with Jesse and how he

1143
00:52:33,120 --> 00:52:36,080
Speaker 2: can get these guys up to speed and playing meaningful steps.

1144
00:52:36,239 --> 00:52:39,120
Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, very excited for both them, and I

1145
00:52:39,200 --> 00:52:40,960
Speaker 5: think they both fell in and saw it throughout the

1146
00:52:40,960 --> 00:52:43,840
Speaker 5: course of the year when when they had some big games,

1147
00:52:43,960 --> 00:52:47,280
Speaker 5: and uh, but just really just they're they're both great

1148
00:52:47,360 --> 00:52:50,399
Speaker 5: kids first and foremost. See they come in, we draft them,

1149
00:52:50,560 --> 00:52:53,120
Speaker 5: you know, right away we're getting great, great kids that

1150
00:52:53,160 --> 00:52:56,560
Speaker 5: we think have ability as players. And just to watch

1151
00:52:56,560 --> 00:53:01,719
Speaker 5: the work ethic, they showed the competitiveness to resilvelliency, you know.

1152
00:53:01,880 --> 00:53:07,120
Speaker 5: And you know, Clink awesome, awesome coach, and really he

1153
00:53:07,239 --> 00:53:10,400
Speaker 5: poured all his efforts into them and really pulled the

1154
00:53:10,440 --> 00:53:13,400
Speaker 5: best out of them. And Jesse scheme is is great

1155
00:53:13,440 --> 00:53:15,440
Speaker 5: and you know, you know, Jesse knows how to use

1156
00:53:15,520 --> 00:53:19,040
Speaker 5: corners to their strengths and get the most out of them.

1157
00:53:19,040 --> 00:53:21,040
Speaker 5: So I'm really proud of both those guys, probably the

1158
00:53:21,080 --> 00:53:23,960
Speaker 5: whole draft class, you know, just you know, just go

1159
00:53:24,040 --> 00:53:26,320
Speaker 5: out there and compete and play hard and do everything

1160
00:53:26,320 --> 00:53:27,240
Speaker 5: you can for the Chargers.

1161
00:53:27,640 --> 00:53:30,640
Speaker 3: No kind of one of the tenets of social media

1162
00:53:30,680 --> 00:53:32,480
Speaker 3: and doing what we do is stay out of your comments.

1163
00:53:32,560 --> 00:53:35,920
Speaker 3: But we appreciate the people that watch and YouTube, and

1164
00:53:35,960 --> 00:53:38,640
Speaker 3: so I'll go through the comments and I think probably

1165
00:53:38,680 --> 00:53:41,200
Speaker 3: and look, some of most of them are incredibly positive.

1166
00:53:41,239 --> 00:53:43,360
Speaker 3: People are excited. Obviously, what you did last year and

1167
00:53:43,360 --> 00:53:45,879
Speaker 3: turn this team around winning eleven games. But I'd say

1168
00:53:45,960 --> 00:53:48,360
Speaker 3: probably the most conversation. I think this could speak to

1169
00:53:48,400 --> 00:53:51,560
Speaker 3: what you and coach have done about tip of the spear,

1170
00:53:51,680 --> 00:53:54,400
Speaker 3: offensive lineman or weapon. That's where the majority of it is.

1171
00:53:54,800 --> 00:53:57,839
Speaker 3: They kind of you know, Bradley is center, and what's

1172
00:53:57,880 --> 00:54:00,560
Speaker 3: the future of Zion with the fifty year eyes being

1173
00:54:00,560 --> 00:54:04,279
Speaker 3: declined and signing Mackay. So I guess probably focus on

1174
00:54:04,320 --> 00:54:06,359
Speaker 3: that group a little bit here and sort of what

1175
00:54:06,400 --> 00:54:08,960
Speaker 3: you saw last year through the eleven wins, what you

1176
00:54:08,960 --> 00:54:11,080
Speaker 3: took away from that Houston game, and kind of how

1177
00:54:11,120 --> 00:54:14,120
Speaker 3: you wanted to get that position right going into twenty

1178
00:54:14,160 --> 00:54:14,640
Speaker 3: twenty five.

1179
00:54:14,840 --> 00:54:17,719
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think it really is. It's all positions, but

1180
00:54:17,880 --> 00:54:21,840
Speaker 5: offensive line is such a critical position for sustained success

1181
00:54:21,960 --> 00:54:25,680
Speaker 5: offensive success, and you know, Bradley's just such a tough,

1182
00:54:26,400 --> 00:54:31,799
Speaker 5: smart competitor, a great teammate, and Zion we think he's

1183
00:54:31,840 --> 00:54:34,279
Speaker 5: got the versatility to work at center as well. But

1184
00:54:34,719 --> 00:54:38,799
Speaker 5: picking up the option, you know, that's that's the the

1185
00:54:38,880 --> 00:54:42,160
Speaker 5: money side of football. That has nothing to do with Zion.

1186
00:54:42,239 --> 00:54:44,239
Speaker 5: He's a player that we love and and want to

1187
00:54:44,280 --> 00:54:48,480
Speaker 5: continue to talk in the future keeping him around and

1188
00:54:49,200 --> 00:54:51,120
Speaker 5: then get a chance to add a guy like McKay,

1189
00:54:51,760 --> 00:54:55,760
Speaker 5: big physical presence in there. You know, he's got tackled,

1190
00:54:55,760 --> 00:54:58,440
Speaker 5: he's played tackle actually, you know, had a lot of

1191
00:54:58,440 --> 00:55:01,200
Speaker 5: success last year affiliate gar and Uh, just a guy

1192
00:55:01,200 --> 00:55:05,160
Speaker 5: who can just change the landscape, you know, of every play.

1193
00:55:05,400 --> 00:55:07,360
Speaker 5: You know, him and Joe next to each other, you know,

1194
00:55:07,440 --> 00:55:11,560
Speaker 5: and you continue to try to improve every position every year,

1195
00:55:11,680 --> 00:55:14,640
Speaker 5: and you can't do it all all the time. But

1196
00:55:15,040 --> 00:55:17,279
Speaker 5: I love the guys. I watched them battle last year,

1197
00:55:17,400 --> 00:55:19,680
Speaker 5: the guys that are back. I watched them all battle,

1198
00:55:19,719 --> 00:55:22,600
Speaker 5: you know, Pip saw your you know, on top of

1199
00:55:22,640 --> 00:55:25,720
Speaker 5: Brad and Zion, Uh, and those guys fault their butts

1200
00:55:25,760 --> 00:55:28,440
Speaker 5: off for us and really respect how they are and

1201
00:55:28,560 --> 00:55:30,520
Speaker 5: how how much they care about this team and the

1202
00:55:30,560 --> 00:55:32,719
Speaker 5: effort they put in. And no one's going to have

1203
00:55:32,760 --> 00:55:34,680
Speaker 5: a perfect game. No one's going to have a great game,

1204
00:55:34,880 --> 00:55:38,360
Speaker 5: you know, every single week. But eleven wins with that group,

1205
00:55:38,520 --> 00:55:40,120
Speaker 5: and I think we can get more this year. You know,

1206
00:55:40,520 --> 00:55:41,760
Speaker 5: they just we keep building.

1207
00:55:41,880 --> 00:55:43,400
Speaker 4: Do you see it static there with Bradley.

1208
00:55:43,400 --> 00:55:45,560
Speaker 3: It's just like as you kind of visualize it right now,

1209
00:55:45,600 --> 00:55:47,080
Speaker 3: Bradley is Center's ion it left.

1210
00:55:47,320 --> 00:55:49,920
Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, I say I'd say it's fluid, you know,

1211
00:55:50,160 --> 00:55:52,960
Speaker 5: in the end, that's the beauty of offensive line, you know.

1212
00:55:53,080 --> 00:55:55,840
Speaker 5: And and then getting players that are versatile. You remember

1213
00:55:55,840 --> 00:55:59,759
Speaker 5: when Bradley came into the league his first year, he

1214
00:55:59,800 --> 00:56:01,960
Speaker 5: play left guard, first two years played left guard for

1215
00:56:02,040 --> 00:56:05,040
Speaker 5: Baltimore and uh, and then he became a center. So

1216
00:56:06,040 --> 00:56:08,959
Speaker 5: you know, he's he's got that position versatility. He's ion

1217
00:56:09,440 --> 00:56:11,960
Speaker 5: was obviously a tackle in college and then guard, you know,

1218
00:56:12,280 --> 00:56:15,439
Speaker 5: and so he's got flexibility to move around. The thing

1219
00:56:15,520 --> 00:56:18,720
Speaker 5: about offensive lineman is you can move them if they're intelligent,

1220
00:56:18,880 --> 00:56:21,280
Speaker 5: and that's what we have. We have a very intelligent

1221
00:56:21,320 --> 00:56:23,920
Speaker 5: group of offensive linemen who are tough, who are physical.

1222
00:56:24,360 --> 00:56:27,800
Speaker 5: So we have that versatility to find the best fit.

1223
00:56:28,360 --> 00:56:30,120
Speaker 5: And we have plenty of time to do that. You know,

1224
00:56:30,160 --> 00:56:32,719
Speaker 5: it's May, and uh, we're gonna be We'll get the

1225
00:56:32,719 --> 00:56:34,720
Speaker 5: best fit out there in week one.

1226
00:56:34,760 --> 00:56:37,120
Speaker 2: What about Andre James bringing him in, a guy with

1227
00:56:37,160 --> 00:56:39,840
Speaker 2: a lot of quality starts within the division.

1228
00:56:39,920 --> 00:56:43,160
Speaker 5: Yeah, absolutely, you know a player that we watched him,

1229
00:56:43,680 --> 00:56:46,080
Speaker 5: you know, his whole career. You know, but you look

1230
00:56:46,120 --> 00:56:48,520
Speaker 5: at you know, last year may have had some you know,

1231
00:56:48,719 --> 00:56:51,960
Speaker 5: quote unquote lesser grade, but the year before you know,

1232
00:56:51,960 --> 00:56:54,920
Speaker 5: but that's football, you know, like some guys, you know,

1233
00:56:54,960 --> 00:56:56,759
Speaker 5: it depends on who the greater is too. But you

1234
00:56:56,800 --> 00:57:00,480
Speaker 5: watch Andre. He's quick, Uh, he's smart at let you know,

1235
00:57:00,520 --> 00:57:03,520
Speaker 5: he's got range and he's enough size to say, hey,

1236
00:57:03,800 --> 00:57:06,400
Speaker 5: same thing. Can you play some guard? Yeah? I can

1237
00:57:06,400 --> 00:57:09,720
Speaker 5: get I can play some guards. So you upgrade the position,

1238
00:57:09,840 --> 00:57:13,520
Speaker 5: you upgrade the depth, you upgrade the starters. You always

1239
00:57:13,880 --> 00:57:16,520
Speaker 5: try to upgrade it. You can upgrade any position by

1240
00:57:16,600 --> 00:57:18,720
Speaker 5: upgrading the last man on the fifty three man roster,

1241
00:57:18,960 --> 00:57:21,440
Speaker 5: you know. So that's our goal is to always upgrade,

1242
00:57:21,480 --> 00:57:24,320
Speaker 5: and we feel like Andre's helps us upgrade from last year.

1243
00:57:24,720 --> 00:57:27,160
Speaker 3: I think the one obviously other question and as I

1244
00:57:27,240 --> 00:57:29,960
Speaker 3: look off and I see executive Josh over there, and

1245
00:57:29,960 --> 00:57:32,800
Speaker 3: he knows how gnarly the contract conversations can be with

1246
00:57:32,880 --> 00:57:34,920
Speaker 3: me in the future, and what's waiting for you.

1247
00:57:35,560 --> 00:57:36,360
Speaker 5: I've heard about that.

1248
00:57:37,120 --> 00:57:41,040
Speaker 3: Just contract situation with Rashawn is another question that we

1249
00:57:41,080 --> 00:57:44,080
Speaker 3: get a lot of and kind of my I mean,

1250
00:57:44,160 --> 00:57:45,560
Speaker 3: I should just let you take it from there, but

1251
00:57:45,600 --> 00:57:47,200
Speaker 3: sort of I just said, I think back to the

1252
00:57:47,200 --> 00:57:49,520
Speaker 3: Bosa deal and the Darwin deal and just kind of

1253
00:57:49,520 --> 00:57:51,000
Speaker 3: what those look like when you have a player of

1254
00:57:51,040 --> 00:57:53,640
Speaker 3: that caliber at a position that's going to be making

1255
00:57:53,640 --> 00:57:55,120
Speaker 3: that kind of money, they tend to take a little

1256
00:57:55,120 --> 00:57:57,479
Speaker 3: bit longer. Just if you could share sort of where

1257
00:57:57,480 --> 00:57:59,640
Speaker 3: that's at and what your vision is of Rashawn and

1258
00:57:59,640 --> 00:58:00,720
Speaker 3: this team moving forward.

1259
00:58:00,760 --> 00:58:03,320
Speaker 5: Oh yeah, we want Rashaan here, and I can tell

1260
00:58:03,320 --> 00:58:03,640
Speaker 5: you that.

1261
00:58:03,760 --> 00:58:06,240
Speaker 2: I mean, uh so, it's hard to upgrade the tackle

1262
00:58:06,240 --> 00:58:06,800
Speaker 2: positions here.

1263
00:58:07,360 --> 00:58:09,720
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, wait, listen, I'm you know, it's it's

1264
00:58:09,760 --> 00:58:12,720
Speaker 5: really hard to upgrade those to those two players. So, yeah,

1265
00:58:12,720 --> 00:58:15,439
Speaker 5: we want Rashaan here, and that's why we're engaged with them.

1266
00:58:15,440 --> 00:58:19,200
Speaker 5: And you know, you know, I came in, you know,

1267
00:58:19,280 --> 00:58:21,680
Speaker 5: coach came in, We got around Rashawn. It's like, all right,

1268
00:58:21,720 --> 00:58:22,920
Speaker 5: let's you know, but do you want to get to

1269
00:58:22,920 --> 00:58:25,320
Speaker 5: know the players and be around them? And uh and

1270
00:58:25,360 --> 00:58:28,720
Speaker 5: we did that and knew we wanted to keep Rashawn.

1271
00:58:28,840 --> 00:58:32,680
Speaker 5: So we've had good conversations with his representation and we're

1272
00:58:32,720 --> 00:58:37,360
Speaker 5: continuing that. And yeah, like you said, you know, those

1273
00:58:37,400 --> 00:58:40,680
Speaker 5: players at the at the at the top of their positions,

1274
00:58:41,200 --> 00:58:45,520
Speaker 5: they take some time, so you know, patient, but we're

1275
00:58:45,560 --> 00:58:46,320
Speaker 5: working towards it.

1276
00:58:47,720 --> 00:58:48,439
Speaker 4: A couple more.

1277
00:58:49,080 --> 00:58:52,080
Speaker 2: The schedule obviously is going to be released this week

1278
00:58:52,160 --> 00:58:54,440
Speaker 2: and I just looked at it. I think Schefter or

1279
00:58:54,480 --> 00:58:56,920
Speaker 2: somebody tweeted out the amount of miles that the Chargers

1280
00:58:56,920 --> 00:58:59,760
Speaker 2: have the log thirty seven thousand miles this year, and obviously

1281
00:58:59,720 --> 00:59:01,920
Speaker 2: they zil trip is a big deal. Yeah, I know

1282
00:59:01,960 --> 00:59:04,640
Speaker 2: in Baltimore, you guys had two trips to London, if

1283
00:59:04,640 --> 00:59:08,280
Speaker 2: I'm not mistaken. Thoughts on international and in opening the

1284
00:59:08,280 --> 00:59:10,000
Speaker 2: season in Brazil. I think we probably talked about it a

1285
00:59:10,000 --> 00:59:12,440
Speaker 2: few months ago, but because it's this week and it's

1286
00:59:12,480 --> 00:59:14,600
Speaker 2: schedule release, it's kind of top of mind for everybody.

1287
00:59:14,680 --> 00:59:19,400
Speaker 5: Yeah, it's I mean opening one. International games. They're unique

1288
00:59:19,400 --> 00:59:21,840
Speaker 5: and they're fun. It's you know, as someone who's never

1289
00:59:21,840 --> 00:59:24,920
Speaker 5: been out of the country other than on international games

1290
00:59:25,920 --> 00:59:29,240
Speaker 5: and then a couple of trips to the Caribbean, it's

1291
00:59:29,240 --> 00:59:31,320
Speaker 5: fun to go see somewhere different, you know, and just

1292
00:59:31,440 --> 00:59:33,320
Speaker 5: being you know, just to say you've been there, you know,

1293
00:59:33,320 --> 00:59:34,960
Speaker 5: put a pin in your map at home, you know,

1294
00:59:35,000 --> 00:59:39,760
Speaker 5: I've been I've been there. So, uh, great opportunity. We're

1295
00:59:40,120 --> 00:59:43,600
Speaker 5: we're on a standalone game, you know, I think it's

1296
00:59:43,640 --> 00:59:46,840
Speaker 5: just got announced. It's on YouTube, so that's cool, and

1297
00:59:47,040 --> 00:59:50,120
Speaker 5: they're expecting them, you know, obviously a big market a big,

1298
00:59:50,400 --> 00:59:53,200
Speaker 5: big audience for that, and uh, you know, you get

1299
00:59:53,240 --> 00:59:55,080
Speaker 5: a chance to you know, are we opening the season. No,

1300
00:59:55,200 --> 00:59:59,320
Speaker 5: Philly's got that honor, but we're kicking. We're second up

1301
00:59:59,360 --> 01:00:01,760
Speaker 5: and and so we're looking forward to that. It's a

1302
01:00:01,760 --> 01:00:06,840
Speaker 5: great opportunity to be standalone and go see somewhere different,

1303
01:00:06,960 --> 01:00:08,960
Speaker 5: and it's unique. The way they have it set up.

1304
01:00:08,960 --> 01:00:10,520
Speaker 5: You kind of get, I don't want to say a bye,

1305
01:00:10,520 --> 01:00:13,320
Speaker 5: but you're playing Friday, so you're not coming back from

1306
01:00:13,360 --> 01:00:16,920
Speaker 5: an international game in Baltimore. We had an opportunity to

1307
01:00:16,920 --> 01:00:20,480
Speaker 5: come back and play at home, you know, because it's

1308
01:00:20,480 --> 01:00:22,600
Speaker 5: only a five hour flight and here's a little different,

1309
01:00:22,600 --> 01:00:25,480
Speaker 5: so you've got a couple extra days to rest or recover.

1310
01:00:25,800 --> 01:00:27,720
Speaker 5: But we're excited about it.

1311
01:00:27,760 --> 01:00:29,520
Speaker 3: Is it has it changed a lot, Like I just

1312
01:00:29,560 --> 01:00:32,360
Speaker 3: think about back then, you you know, being around teams

1313
01:00:32,360 --> 01:00:34,720
Speaker 3: to be like, uh international, and now it feels like

1314
01:00:34,840 --> 01:00:37,520
Speaker 3: we want it, man. Yeah, it feels like it's really

1315
01:00:37,600 --> 01:00:40,680
Speaker 3: shifted the last three four years, the teams wanting to

1316
01:00:40,720 --> 01:00:42,640
Speaker 3: go on these, especially standalone.

1317
01:00:42,800 --> 01:00:46,080
Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, it's again, it's it's unique, and it's

1318
01:00:46,080 --> 01:00:48,160
Speaker 5: a it's a cool opportunity for the players and the

1319
01:00:48,200 --> 01:00:51,800
Speaker 5: teams and we've done. The league has done so many

1320
01:00:51,800 --> 01:00:55,240
Speaker 5: of them. We've kind of worked out the processes and

1321
01:00:55,640 --> 01:00:58,240
Speaker 5: the best methods of travel and when to travel, and

1322
01:00:58,280 --> 01:00:59,120
Speaker 5: everyone's going to do things.

1323
01:00:59,240 --> 01:00:59,920
Speaker 4: Where do you come out on that?

1324
01:01:00,280 --> 01:01:01,440
Speaker 5: Like where do I come in?

1325
01:01:01,440 --> 01:01:01,720
Speaker 4: Epe?

1326
01:01:01,720 --> 01:01:03,200
Speaker 3: Like, do you want to be there in and out?

1327
01:01:03,320 --> 01:01:05,480
Speaker 3: Or are you someone who thinks it's better to settle in?

1328
01:01:05,840 --> 01:01:06,200
Speaker 4: Kind of.

1329
01:01:07,640 --> 01:01:13,440
Speaker 5: So having done it both ways in the past, Uh,

1330
01:01:13,560 --> 01:01:16,720
Speaker 5: we won when we got there earlier, So you know,

1331
01:01:17,080 --> 01:01:20,000
Speaker 5: I'm like, hey, let's get there earlier, you know. But

1332
01:01:20,040 --> 01:01:22,200
Speaker 5: it's it's it's also it can be a challenge too,

1333
01:01:22,240 --> 01:01:25,080
Speaker 5: so you you got to get there. I like getting in.

1334
01:01:25,320 --> 01:01:27,040
Speaker 5: What we have to do, we have to travel five

1335
01:01:27,080 --> 01:01:29,960
Speaker 5: hours all the time, you know, or four or five hours,

1336
01:01:30,000 --> 01:01:32,000
Speaker 5: So I don't mind getting there a day early and

1337
01:01:32,040 --> 01:01:34,800
Speaker 5: getting acclimated and getting your body clock a little bit

1338
01:01:34,840 --> 01:01:38,560
Speaker 5: more regulated to the local times. So yeah, I'm a

1339
01:01:38,600 --> 01:01:41,280
Speaker 5: fan of getting there a little bit early, you know,

1340
01:01:41,440 --> 01:01:43,520
Speaker 5: And I think it works out well that way.

1341
01:01:43,560 --> 01:01:44,800
Speaker 6: You get the you get the bonding time.

1342
01:01:44,840 --> 01:01:47,280
Speaker 2: So remember last year, you know, after beating Carolina, stayed

1343
01:01:47,320 --> 01:01:47,920
Speaker 2: in Carolina in.

1344
01:01:47,880 --> 01:01:48,760
Speaker 5: The entire one.

1345
01:01:48,760 --> 01:01:50,840
Speaker 2: Sometimes you have to use that schedule to your advantage.

1346
01:01:50,960 --> 01:01:53,440
Speaker 2: An opportunity to maybe kind of bond and spend some

1347
01:01:53,480 --> 01:01:54,080
Speaker 2: more time together.

1348
01:01:54,240 --> 01:01:55,960
Speaker 5: Yeah, we have fun there. That was you know, that was.

1349
01:01:56,040 --> 01:01:58,520
Speaker 5: That was a good week and certainly helps when you win, right,

1350
01:01:58,560 --> 01:02:00,480
Speaker 5: you know, if we didn't win, we probably like, oh,

1351
01:02:00,480 --> 01:02:03,360
Speaker 5: what are we doing here for another week? But yeah,

1352
01:02:03,360 --> 01:02:04,960
Speaker 5: it's fun to be in there. You almost feel like

1353
01:02:04,960 --> 01:02:08,240
Speaker 5: you're in the old days of training camp when you're

1354
01:02:08,240 --> 01:02:10,960
Speaker 5: going and going to a different site and you know,

1355
01:02:11,800 --> 01:02:14,440
Speaker 5: everyone's bunkerd in together. So but it was, it was

1356
01:02:14,440 --> 01:02:16,840
Speaker 5: a good week, and you know, it's it's good because

1357
01:02:16,840 --> 01:02:19,320
Speaker 5: you're the focus when you're in the hotel, the focus

1358
01:02:19,400 --> 01:02:21,240
Speaker 5: is the game. You know, when you get there early,

1359
01:02:21,280 --> 01:02:24,480
Speaker 5: the focus is the game. And so I enjoy the

1360
01:02:24,480 --> 01:02:26,360
Speaker 5: way we do it. And uh, we had a lot

1361
01:02:26,360 --> 01:02:29,520
Speaker 5: of success last year, so hopefully we can continue that.

1362
01:02:29,800 --> 01:02:33,160
Speaker 3: Just going back to the draft class, as you and

1363
01:02:33,600 --> 01:02:35,640
Speaker 3: your staff put together your board and you have it,

1364
01:02:35,640 --> 01:02:37,320
Speaker 3: I'll just think of your back to back picks in

1365
01:02:37,360 --> 01:02:39,760
Speaker 3: the third and fourth round, right. And I had already

1366
01:02:39,760 --> 01:02:41,320
Speaker 3: heard from a bunch of people that they really liked

1367
01:02:41,360 --> 01:02:42,880
Speaker 3: Jamari call, but it seemed like the thing that I

1368
01:02:42,920 --> 01:02:45,560
Speaker 3: heard most Tim was always watching Derek Harmon and I'm like,

1369
01:02:45,600 --> 01:02:47,680
Speaker 3: who's act, you know, and that was sort of how

1370
01:02:47,720 --> 01:02:49,920
Speaker 3: they found out. But you pick them, and you look

1371
01:02:49,920 --> 01:02:52,120
Speaker 3: at a lot of the consensus boards the media people,

1372
01:02:52,240 --> 01:02:54,280
Speaker 3: and you were maybe a little bit higher where you

1373
01:02:54,320 --> 01:02:56,560
Speaker 3: selected them than those and then you get Cannard and

1374
01:02:56,560 --> 01:02:59,960
Speaker 3: the fourth and they're like unbelievable. Well, so, how often

1375
01:03:00,080 --> 01:03:01,920
Speaker 3: do you feel like and do you even pay attention

1376
01:03:02,080 --> 01:03:04,280
Speaker 3: to that stuff? Do you feel like your board lines

1377
01:03:04,400 --> 01:03:06,320
Speaker 3: up with maybe some of the other guys that are

1378
01:03:06,320 --> 01:03:07,200
Speaker 3: doing it publicly?

1379
01:03:07,480 --> 01:03:12,200
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean certainly. You know, listen, everyone's boards in

1380
01:03:12,280 --> 01:03:15,560
Speaker 5: the first and second rounds, they're not coming from the

1381
01:03:15,560 --> 01:03:17,400
Speaker 5: bottom of the picks aren't coming from the bottom of

1382
01:03:17,400 --> 01:03:19,760
Speaker 5: the board very often, you know, so there's a lot

1383
01:03:19,800 --> 01:03:21,880
Speaker 5: of information that gets out there. Once you start getting

1384
01:03:21,880 --> 01:03:24,640
Speaker 5: to the third, fourth, fifth rounds, then it's the boards

1385
01:03:24,640 --> 01:03:27,400
Speaker 5: start looking different and uh, you know, so you pay

1386
01:03:27,440 --> 01:03:29,919
Speaker 5: attention to it, you do, because there's there's a little

1387
01:03:29,920 --> 01:03:33,080
Speaker 5: bit of strategy involved, like, hey, all the rankings have

1388
01:03:33,200 --> 01:03:35,680
Speaker 5: this guy lower, you know, do we have to pick

1389
01:03:35,760 --> 01:03:39,200
Speaker 5: him that high? And so you know, as the guy

1390
01:03:39,200 --> 01:03:41,960
Speaker 5: who sets the board and uh and sets our stack,

1391
01:03:42,080 --> 01:03:44,560
Speaker 5: you know, I have to take that into account and

1392
01:03:44,640 --> 01:03:47,160
Speaker 5: where you because you always want to get value, you know,

1393
01:03:47,160 --> 01:03:50,520
Speaker 5: in every pick. So but there's times where you know, what,

1394
01:03:51,120 --> 01:03:54,360
Speaker 5: this is the highest counter board, you know, Okay, are

1395
01:03:54,360 --> 01:03:56,840
Speaker 5: we picking them? Everyone has them as a fourth rounder? Okay,

1396
01:03:56,840 --> 01:03:58,760
Speaker 5: good for them. You know, we like them right here

1397
01:03:58,800 --> 01:04:00,960
Speaker 5: and right now, so we you can develop into a

1398
01:04:01,000 --> 01:04:03,200
Speaker 5: start and nose tackle. So let's take them, you know.

1399
01:04:03,400 --> 01:04:05,040
Speaker 6: So, Jill, last one for me.

1400
01:04:06,640 --> 01:04:08,600
Speaker 2: We have another month until we kind of break for

1401
01:04:08,680 --> 01:04:10,680
Speaker 2: summer and you know, probably start a little early with

1402
01:04:10,680 --> 01:04:13,560
Speaker 2: the Hall of Fame game. How important to the next

1403
01:04:13,560 --> 01:04:17,040
Speaker 2: thirty days and what do you want to accomplish collectively

1404
01:04:17,080 --> 01:04:20,080
Speaker 2: as a team that you feel comfortable breaking for the

1405
01:04:20,120 --> 01:04:21,840
Speaker 2: summer and get ready to hit training camp.

1406
01:04:21,920 --> 01:04:24,080
Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, I think one if you go out there,

1407
01:04:24,080 --> 01:04:25,760
Speaker 5: you guys, go out there and see our team that

1408
01:04:26,080 --> 01:04:29,640
Speaker 5: everyone's in really good shape right now. Maintain that get better,

1409
01:04:29,840 --> 01:04:31,960
Speaker 5: you know, I think that's the goal. You know, get

1410
01:04:32,000 --> 01:04:34,000
Speaker 5: the offense down, get the defense down, and get the

1411
01:04:34,000 --> 01:04:37,160
Speaker 5: special teams down, and let's let's be let's be well

1412
01:04:37,160 --> 01:04:41,320
Speaker 5: oiled when we break and really chomping at the bit

1413
01:04:41,400 --> 01:04:43,720
Speaker 5: to get back here. And that's the goal, you know,

1414
01:04:43,800 --> 01:04:47,560
Speaker 5: And you know, from the personnel standpoint, it's our opportunity

1415
01:04:47,560 --> 01:04:50,200
Speaker 5: to evaluate the players for the next thirty days and

1416
01:04:50,800 --> 01:04:52,920
Speaker 5: kind of start thinking about what the fifty three man

1417
01:04:53,040 --> 01:04:55,400
Speaker 5: roster's going to look like. For the players, it's an

1418
01:04:55,400 --> 01:04:58,280
Speaker 5: opportunity for them to get better every single day, get

1419
01:04:58,280 --> 01:05:00,680
Speaker 5: things dialed in, so when we come back at camp,

1420
01:05:01,320 --> 01:05:03,280
Speaker 5: we're rolling, you know, And so that's the goal.

1421
01:05:03,920 --> 01:05:05,560
Speaker 3: Last thing, get you out of here. And you've certainly

1422
01:05:05,600 --> 01:05:08,080
Speaker 3: given us a lot of time. Appreciate it. But one

1423
01:05:08,080 --> 01:05:11,440
Speaker 3: of my favorite was schedule release. There's a secondary schedule

1424
01:05:11,480 --> 01:05:14,000
Speaker 3: release because it's our road trips combined with what the

1425
01:05:14,040 --> 01:05:15,040
Speaker 3: college schedule is.

1426
01:05:15,280 --> 01:05:18,760
Speaker 4: Where we're going. How quickly do you start because last ye.

1427
01:05:18,720 --> 01:05:21,040
Speaker 2: Week right away, right away.

1428
01:05:20,760 --> 01:05:23,480
Speaker 5: Like when it comes out tomorrow, When the schedule release

1429
01:05:23,520 --> 01:05:26,640
Speaker 5: comes out tomorrow, I will look, I'll go right to

1430
01:05:27,840 --> 01:05:30,160
Speaker 5: ESPN and I'll pull up their college schedule and I

1431
01:05:30,160 --> 01:05:32,640
Speaker 5: will literally look, okay, you know, and then we'll print

1432
01:05:32,680 --> 01:05:35,360
Speaker 5: it out and I'll be highlighting the games. Okay, we're

1433
01:05:35,680 --> 01:05:39,120
Speaker 5: you know, we're in We're in Miami here, Okay, Miami's away.

1434
01:05:39,560 --> 01:05:42,280
Speaker 5: Let's see if Florida Atlantic's home, you know, or maybe

1435
01:05:43,120 --> 01:05:44,840
Speaker 5: let's see if I'll hit a game on the way

1436
01:05:44,840 --> 01:05:46,920
Speaker 5: to Miami. Maybe I won't fly with the team, but

1437
01:05:46,960 --> 01:05:49,400
Speaker 5: I'll go hit a game, you know, when we play

1438
01:05:49,400 --> 01:05:53,400
Speaker 5: in Jacksonville, you know, New York. So who's Ruckers playing,

1439
01:05:53,480 --> 01:05:56,080
Speaker 5: you know, So I do that. That's literally one of

1440
01:05:56,080 --> 01:05:56,840
Speaker 5: the first things I.

1441
01:05:56,840 --> 01:05:58,120
Speaker 4: Do because it's great.

1442
01:05:58,160 --> 01:06:00,000
Speaker 5: It's great because you want to go to a great

1443
01:06:00,040 --> 01:06:03,240
Speaker 5: I mean last year I went to Auburn Alabama, which

1444
01:06:03,280 --> 01:06:05,520
Speaker 5: was really cool, uh because I took my son Jack.

1445
01:06:05,600 --> 01:06:08,480
Speaker 5: He was traveling doing the tablets with us and he's

1446
01:06:08,480 --> 01:06:09,920
Speaker 5: a big Auburn fan, so I was able to take

1447
01:06:09,960 --> 01:06:13,200
Speaker 5: him to that game. I went to Oregon, Michigan.

1448
01:06:12,720 --> 01:06:13,680
Speaker 4: And we went to that one, you know.

1449
01:06:13,800 --> 01:06:15,920
Speaker 5: So it's just it's a lot of fun. L L

1450
01:06:16,000 --> 01:06:19,120
Speaker 5: s U South Carolina. So that's a big thing, you

1451
01:06:19,120 --> 01:06:20,240
Speaker 5: know what I mean, because I don't get a chance

1452
01:06:20,280 --> 01:06:22,760
Speaker 5: to go out the colleges as much, if ever, you know,

1453
01:06:22,920 --> 01:06:25,280
Speaker 5: so I want to get on the campuses and see

1454
01:06:25,320 --> 01:06:28,280
Speaker 5: the players. So that's that's a that's an exciting moment.

1455
01:06:28,640 --> 01:06:29,600
Speaker 4: Yeah.

1456
01:06:29,400 --> 01:06:31,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, at that state the best one we ever did though.

1457
01:06:31,600 --> 01:06:33,840
Speaker 3: We played New England and Josh and I managed to

1458
01:06:33,840 --> 01:06:36,040
Speaker 3: get to Brown penn and that was incredible.

1459
01:06:36,080 --> 01:06:37,960
Speaker 5: So I've been to a game of Brown Brown's. Brown's

1460
01:06:37,960 --> 01:06:40,080
Speaker 5: a fun little environment. It was a wild back when

1461
01:06:40,080 --> 01:06:42,880
Speaker 5: I did the Northeast. Yeah, there's little markets right around

1462
01:06:42,920 --> 01:06:45,240
Speaker 5: the stadium and go get some fruit. You know, it's great.

1463
01:06:45,280 --> 01:06:46,000
Speaker 5: I think that's yeah.

1464
01:06:46,040 --> 01:06:49,880
Speaker 4: We found a bar that had some beers. Although guys, fruit,

1465
01:06:50,000 --> 01:06:50,480
Speaker 4: no fruit.

1466
01:06:50,520 --> 01:06:51,280
Speaker 5: I will say.

1467
01:06:51,280 --> 01:06:53,800
Speaker 3: Our scouting hat I think worked because we both walked

1468
01:06:53,800 --> 01:06:55,240
Speaker 3: out of that game and we're like, man, Penn's got

1469
01:06:55,280 --> 01:06:59,040
Speaker 3: a receiver, that dude, and Justin Watson just lighten it up, man,

1470
01:06:59,160 --> 01:07:00,240
Speaker 3: just torch and.

1471
01:07:00,320 --> 01:07:01,760
Speaker 5: It's not that hard. It's not that hard.

1472
01:07:02,080 --> 01:07:02,600
Speaker 4: Look at the good.

1473
01:07:03,720 --> 01:07:09,360
Speaker 2: Well, well we appreciate it, man, Man, thank you appreciate it.

1474
01:07:09,520 --> 01:07:11,120
Speaker 2: Are you what do you got this summer? You're gonna

1475
01:07:11,120 --> 01:07:11,960
Speaker 2: be able to take some time?

1476
01:07:12,440 --> 01:07:15,360
Speaker 5: I don't know. We got Well, my oldest Joey's graduating,

1477
01:07:15,880 --> 01:07:18,880
Speaker 5: uh congratulations and from high school. So we'll hit that

1478
01:07:18,960 --> 01:07:24,120
Speaker 5: in early early June. Uh, Jamie, my third is playing

1479
01:07:24,280 --> 01:07:27,040
Speaker 5: uh lacrosse. I don't know when that ends. And then

1480
01:07:27,440 --> 01:07:31,240
Speaker 5: our jack will have some summer baseball, and then Julie

1481
01:07:31,280 --> 01:07:34,240
Speaker 5: and our youngest play summer plays baseball too, so he's

1482
01:07:34,240 --> 01:07:37,240
Speaker 5: got his all Star circuits and all that. Yeah, so

1483
01:07:37,280 --> 01:07:40,160
Speaker 5: we'll be running it'll be it'll be baseball and lacrosse

1484
01:07:40,200 --> 01:07:43,800
Speaker 5: all all summer. We'll sneak in some beach time and

1485
01:07:43,840 --> 01:07:45,920
Speaker 5: maybe maybe I'll have a five day window where we

1486
01:07:45,960 --> 01:07:49,760
Speaker 5: can go somewhere. You know, But you know, you sports

1487
01:07:49,760 --> 01:07:52,280
Speaker 5: gets you. It eats up your summer, that's.

1488
01:07:52,120 --> 01:07:52,880
Speaker 4: For sure, it does.

1489
01:07:53,360 --> 01:07:54,320
Speaker 6: Jui Man, thank you so much.

1490
01:07:54,320 --> 01:07:55,200
Speaker 5: Appreciate you guys.

1491
01:07:56,240 --> 01:07:58,680
Speaker 2: Well, this was a fun episode and opportunity to break

1492
01:07:58,680 --> 01:08:01,600
Speaker 2: down this schedule and also here from the GM a

1493
01:08:01,640 --> 01:08:02,880
Speaker 2: good conversation with Joe.

1494
01:08:03,400 --> 01:08:05,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, look, the off the field stuff is fun and

1495
01:08:06,000 --> 01:08:07,720
Speaker 3: figuring out where you're going to travel and how the

1496
01:08:07,760 --> 01:08:10,680
Speaker 3: schedule lays out. It's impossible to project because of injuries.

1497
01:08:10,720 --> 01:08:12,840
Speaker 3: You never know what a team is going to become,

1498
01:08:12,920 --> 01:08:14,320
Speaker 3: or who's going to be good or who's not, or

1499
01:08:14,360 --> 01:08:16,000
Speaker 3: who's going to go worse to first, like they do

1500
01:08:16,120 --> 01:08:18,720
Speaker 3: every year. But it is fun to kind of figure out,

1501
01:08:18,880 --> 01:08:21,240
Speaker 3: you know, what's the extra rest, what's the short rest?

1502
01:08:21,520 --> 01:08:23,120
Speaker 3: Do we have a lot of back to backs? Are

1503
01:08:23,160 --> 01:08:25,680
Speaker 3: their primetime games and all that's fun to lay out.

1504
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Speaker 3: But certainly the conversation with Joe was the highlight of

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Speaker 3: this and really enjoyed it. We always appreciate him with

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01:08:31,080 --> 01:08:32,720
Speaker 3: his time and just know kind of moving forward, we're

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01:08:32,760 --> 01:08:34,439
Speaker 3: going to get We're hoping one of these a week,

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01:08:34,520 --> 01:08:36,120
Speaker 3: you know, or at least close to it, if not

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01:08:36,200 --> 01:08:37,719
Speaker 3: every other week. But I think we got a pretty

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01:08:37,720 --> 01:08:39,200
Speaker 3: good shot to squeeze in some of these in here,

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Speaker 3: these next couple while they're at the facility. Coach Roman,

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01:08:42,280 --> 01:08:44,960
Speaker 3: Coach Ficken for sure. And then we also want to

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01:08:44,960 --> 01:08:47,920
Speaker 3: try to get with some position coaches as well, Coach

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01:08:48,000 --> 01:08:51,280
Speaker 3: dev coach Devlyn from O Line, coach Alston d Line.

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Speaker 3: You know, we talked to coach Bowman last year, so

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01:08:53,680 --> 01:08:56,599
Speaker 3: let's try to get coach Clinking this year all that

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01:08:56,640 --> 01:08:58,680
Speaker 3: sort of stuff. Coach Lol, you know, I mean he's

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01:08:58,680 --> 01:09:00,559
Speaker 3: a big one this year with all the new receivers

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01:09:00,560 --> 01:09:03,120
Speaker 3: that are in. So you know, coach Day, we haven't

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01:09:03,479 --> 01:09:05,840
Speaker 3: we have talked to Shane Day forever. So yeah, I

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01:09:05,840 --> 01:09:07,479
Speaker 3: mean like there's a lot of guys we can get

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01:09:07,479 --> 01:09:09,720
Speaker 3: on here that just kind of rap with and talk

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Speaker 3: football with because it's a hell of a staff and

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01:09:11,479 --> 01:09:12,920
Speaker 3: we really should take advantage of it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, no question, we got another like five weeks until

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01:09:16,320 --> 01:09:18,880
Speaker 2: these guys break for a little bit and then early

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01:09:18,920 --> 01:09:20,080
Speaker 2: training camp we're back at it.

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Speaker 3: Dude, back at it, looking forward to it. And now

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01:09:23,960 --> 01:09:25,720
Speaker 3: we got our schedules, so now I can lay out

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01:09:25,760 --> 01:09:28,439
Speaker 3: my off the field activities, which gets me awfully excited

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01:09:28,479 --> 01:09:29,799
Speaker 3: because you know, I don't sit in the hotel.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we got things to do now, we got we

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Speaker 2: got plans to make for the twenty twenty five season.

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Speaker 1: Always appreciate you guys listening, watching, reviewing. You guys make

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Speaker 1: this and go for money. I'm Chris. This has been Chargers.

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Speaker 1: We