WEBVTT - Happy Half Hour Episode 113: Here He Is

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<v Speaker 1>What is that?

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<v Speaker 2>Is that the breaking sound effect? Now my alarm sounds actually, duck,

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<v Speaker 2>that is the breaking news siren.

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<v Speaker 1>Because ladies and gentlemen, it's.

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<v Speaker 3>Parts of the world.

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<v Speaker 1>It's Tuesday.

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<v Speaker 2>This is not the day we normally do this. This

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<v Speaker 2>is an emergency edition of the Happy Half Hour because

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<v Speaker 2>you're Carolina Panthers have a general manager.

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<v Speaker 1>How about that woop woop.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that's not a breaking news.

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<v Speaker 1>That's just a whoop woop. That's just a whoop whoop.

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<v Speaker 1>You're just that excited about Dan Morgan. I hear you.

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<v Speaker 3>One big higher down one to go.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it is. It's such an interesting time.

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<v Speaker 2>And listen, I know that fans are waiting to see

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<v Speaker 2>what's next, because when you come off of a season

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<v Speaker 2>like that, when what's next is the thing you think about,

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<v Speaker 2>and for the first two weeks of the off season,

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<v Speaker 2>it's like because nobody really knows, yeah, something like that.

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<v Speaker 2>We need the sound effects board. Where's Jim Salane.

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<v Speaker 3>Need a breaking new sound effects But.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that one't ain't it.

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<v Speaker 2>But anyway, so yeah, now there's at least half a

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<v Speaker 2>bit of clarity about the direction of the Carolina Panthers

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<v Speaker 2>moving forward. Because former Carolina Panthers linebacker Dan Morgan is

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<v Speaker 2>now you're a President of Football Operations slash general manager.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's a big title for a guy who was

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<v Speaker 2>assistant GM a year ago.

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<v Speaker 3>Let me ask you a question about this, Darren, because

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<v Speaker 3>I know that there's a mindset or I don't know

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<v Speaker 3>if i'd say consensus, but a line of thinking, if

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<v Speaker 3>you're going to let go of Scott Fitter or why

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<v Speaker 3>not clean house? Did those two come part and parcel

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<v Speaker 3>when they were hired or were they hired separately?

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<v Speaker 2>They were hired separately, Yeah, I mean Scott was named

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<v Speaker 2>GM in January February of twenty one. Dan actually came

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<v Speaker 2>in the summer of twenty one after that draft, because

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<v Speaker 2>you know, scouts typically move post draft because their contracts

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<v Speaker 2>run through June, that kind of stuff. So Dan came

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<v Speaker 2>in that summer. After that, they had work together in Seattle.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the things that's interesting to me and watching

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<v Speaker 2>the reaction to this, is the people who make them

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<v Speaker 2>the same person, right, And I'm sure you know you

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<v Speaker 2>have friends who you are close with who are not

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<v Speaker 2>just like you.

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<v Speaker 3>You know what it reminded me of, or what it

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<v Speaker 3>makes me think of if you go back to this

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<v Speaker 3>is going to be such a random example, but if

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<v Speaker 3>you go back to the way America used to elect

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<v Speaker 3>the president and the vice president, and the vice president

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<v Speaker 3>was just the second runner up for the presidential race.

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<v Speaker 3>So you have two people that are probably different parties

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<v Speaker 3>who are going to approach everything from a different point

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<v Speaker 3>of view, but they have to find a way to

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<v Speaker 3>work together for four years. And so I kind of

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<v Speaker 3>think of it as like that, where you know, you

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<v Speaker 3>might have two people who are vastly different who can

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<v Speaker 3>have a good working relationship, But that doesn't mean that

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<v Speaker 3>the next person that him stepping into this role is

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<v Speaker 3>going to be the exact same operation that the previous

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<v Speaker 3>regime did.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh and that's the thing, and I think it's important

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<v Speaker 2>to point out. I mean, I always tell people this

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<v Speaker 2>time of year, when people are you know, going to

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<v Speaker 2>the streets with their torches and pitchforks, wanting change.

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<v Speaker 1>Change.

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<v Speaker 2>On every one of those changes, somebody's family has to move,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, dad or mom just lost a job. So

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<v Speaker 2>let's be human beings about this for a second. But no,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, Scott and Dan are friends and remain friends,

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<v Speaker 2>and I have no doubt that they will continue to

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<v Speaker 2>be close friends, but they have very different outlooks in life.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, Scott Fitterer was a consensus builder and Scott

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<v Speaker 2>fitter you know, had a lot of strengths that they

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<v Speaker 2>were looking for at the time they hired him. But

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<v Speaker 2>what's what they're looking for right now in Dan Morgan?

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<v Speaker 2>And I think it's what Dan can really bring is

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<v Speaker 2>the perspective of somebody who's a done it at a

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<v Speaker 2>high level. I mean Dan's career was cut short by injuries.

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<v Speaker 2>He didn't get to play as many games as anybody

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<v Speaker 2>would have liked him to play, especially Dan Morgan. But

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<v Speaker 2>when he played him, he played at a high level.

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<v Speaker 2>I've said a couple times around the building here the

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<v Speaker 2>last few days, he was Luke Keigley before Luke Keighley

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<v Speaker 2>was cool. He was that medal walkout right. I mean

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<v Speaker 2>he saw things before they happened. He diagnosed, he re react,

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<v Speaker 2>hit and that was Dan Morgan. And he was unfortunate

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<v Speaker 2>with injuries throughout his career. It cut short. I have

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<v Speaker 2>no doubt he would have gone to more than one

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<v Speaker 2>Pro Bowl had he stayed healthy, but he did not.

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<v Speaker 2>So but even beyond the playing stuff, and we can

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<v Speaker 2>get into more of that in a little bit, even

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<v Speaker 2>beyond the playing stuff. The Dan Morgan they're getting as GM,

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<v Speaker 2>and on shorthand and on second reference, I will probably

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<v Speaker 2>say GM rather than saying President of Football Operations last GM.

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<v Speaker 2>But with Dan's GM, what they're getting is a guy

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<v Speaker 2>who started as an evaluator at the very ground floor

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<v Speaker 2>when he was an intern in Seattle. He literally was

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<v Speaker 2>the guy who picked people up at the airport. And

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<v Speaker 2>you laugh when you say that.

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<v Speaker 3>Take some good connections that way.

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<v Speaker 2>Not every former first round pick who was the Bednarik

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<v Speaker 2>Award winner in college and a unanimous Al American at

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<v Speaker 2>the University of Miami is going to be willing to

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<v Speaker 2>be the guy who picks people up at the airport.

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<v Speaker 2>So Dan was willing to start at the bottom, work

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<v Speaker 2>his way up, and here he is. He did it

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<v Speaker 2>through Seattle, he did it through Buffalo, worked in really

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<v Speaker 2>good front offices in both places, and here we are.

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<v Speaker 3>And he learned from to what I think a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of people would consider two of the better gms in

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<v Speaker 3>the league, from John Schneider and Brandon Bean. And you know,

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<v Speaker 3>especially when you think about when he was coming up

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<v Speaker 3>through Seattle and the positions he held in the years

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<v Speaker 3>that he held them. He was kind of in the room,

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<v Speaker 3>a part of the room, a part of the staff

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<v Speaker 3>that put together, Darren what I think we would arguably

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<v Speaker 3>consider the greatest defense of this generation, the Legion to Boom.

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<v Speaker 2>No question, I mean, and he saw it's a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit like what they were trying to do offensively last year,

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<v Speaker 2>with a lot of different perspectives. It's cool to be

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<v Speaker 2>out there in the Pacific Northwest and see how John

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<v Speaker 2>Schneider and those guys do it. And then you come

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<v Speaker 2>to Buffalo and see Brandon Bean and those guys and

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<v Speaker 2>Joe Shane who he worked with up there before Joe

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<v Speaker 2>went to New York again, both former Panthers interns who

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<v Speaker 2>were around Dan when he's a player. You see a

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<v Speaker 2>different way of doing it, and you take a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit from here and a little bit from there, and

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<v Speaker 2>all of a sudden you get to this place. Listen,

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<v Speaker 2>I know there are people who just want to paint

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<v Speaker 2>Dan Morgan with this brush of AH two and fifteen.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody must go. Dan Markan's a really smart guy. He

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<v Speaker 2>was smart on the field, and he's learned how to evaluate.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll have more on Dan's progress from talking to people

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<v Speaker 2>who have been around him on Panthers dot Com later

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<v Speaker 2>this week. But I just think it's kind of shortsighted

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<v Speaker 2>for a lot of people who said, you know, you

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<v Speaker 2>were part of this, therefore you must be bad, because

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<v Speaker 2>that's not how football.

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<v Speaker 3>And if you're going to buy that scene rule by

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<v Speaker 3>that in that same vein, if you're going to say,

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<v Speaker 3>well he was a part of two and fifteen, he

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<v Speaker 3>was also a part of one of the better defensive

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<v Speaker 3>turnarounds that this team is ever seen and leading them.

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<v Speaker 1>To its if some of these things are about more

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<v Speaker 1>than one thing.

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<v Speaker 3>And I think what I take from it as maybe

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<v Speaker 3>the biggest positive is the timeline by which he got

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<v Speaker 3>to this job, because there's a lot to like about

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<v Speaker 3>the fact. And I know we keep parping on the player,

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<v Speaker 3>and I know the player is different from a GM

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<v Speaker 3>it's a different approach, but he's someone that has been here,

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<v Speaker 3>that was here for a long time, that was a

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<v Speaker 3>part of a turnaround, so he knows what that takes

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<v Speaker 3>and he's been in on the ground floor of it,

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<v Speaker 3>and he understands this franchise, this culture, this fan base

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<v Speaker 3>that's really really important. And you see guys that sort

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<v Speaker 3>of go back home, it means more to them. They're

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<v Speaker 3>going to put more into it, They're gonna put their

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<v Speaker 3>heart and soul into it. But you also run the

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<v Speaker 3>risks sometimes when you quote unquote bring a guy back

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<v Speaker 3>home too early of them and they're going to lose

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<v Speaker 3>their dream job. But he went through the process. He

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<v Speaker 3>spent a long time in Seattle, He's spent a good

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<v Speaker 3>amount of time in Buffalo. He spent time here, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>sort of learning a little bit of the rains and

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<v Speaker 3>the franchise of where it is now before stepping into

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<v Speaker 3>this role. And so I think when you marry the

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<v Speaker 3>background in him both knowing and loving this franchise, and

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<v Speaker 3>then you and you marry that with the process he

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<v Speaker 3>took to get here this and I know we're looking ahead,

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<v Speaker 3>but this seems like the right time for this hire,

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<v Speaker 3>for this team.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, the one thing I will say, and we don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>and again, so many other factors besides one person will

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<v Speaker 2>determine the course of this franchise in twenty four and beyond.

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<v Speaker 2>The one thing I know is that no one I've

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<v Speaker 2>talked to around the league and other cities, other reporters,

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<v Speaker 2>people who work for other teams, absolutely no one has texted,

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<v Speaker 2>called me and said what a bozo Dan Morgan is.

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<v Speaker 2>And usually in the scouting business, there's somebody out there

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<v Speaker 2>who hates you no matter who you are, and Dan

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<v Speaker 2>is kind of that universal, universally respected figure. It's easy

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<v Speaker 2>for you to say Darren, but yeah, I am not.

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<v Speaker 2>But Dan Morgan is. I mean, he's just a guy

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<v Speaker 2>who carries a credibility with him and part of that's

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<v Speaker 2>based on playing, and part of that's based on the

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<v Speaker 2>work he's put in post playing career, which has been voluminous.

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<v Speaker 2>So I just think that it's a it's a right now,

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<v Speaker 2>it looks like a solid move or a franchise that

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<v Speaker 2>needs to make some more solid moves off.

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<v Speaker 3>How long do you think a GM should be given

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<v Speaker 3>a honeymoon period, I'd say two. I'd give him a

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<v Speaker 3>full draft class to get into starters, so three years.

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<v Speaker 2>Either that or a coacher too. I mean, I think

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of times. And that's the other thing that

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<v Speaker 2>I think is for two us about this hire right

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<v Speaker 2>now is now the first Now the coach and the

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<v Speaker 2>GM are on the same timeline for the first time

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<v Speaker 2>since two thousand and two, and last and the last

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<v Speaker 2>time you weren't around here for that one, but I was.

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<v Speaker 2>And the last time they did that in two thousand

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<v Speaker 2>and two, they went from the worst defense in the

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<v Speaker 2>NFL to the second best in one year, and the

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<v Speaker 2>next year we're in the Super Bowl again. Not saying

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<v Speaker 2>that's what's about to happen here, but I do think

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<v Speaker 2>lining those guys up and bringing Dan in at this point,

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<v Speaker 2>a new coach is on the way. Probably in the

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<v Speaker 2>next couple of weeks. I'm sure we'll know who that

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<v Speaker 2>person is and we'll do another emergency podcast, maybe with sound,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe with effects, maybe with sound effects that time. But

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<v Speaker 2>it gives them a chance to find that alignment. And

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<v Speaker 2>that's that's the new buzzword around coaching cycles and GM

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<v Speaker 2>cycles is can you find that alignment in your organization?

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<v Speaker 2>And that means speak the same language. That was the

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<v Speaker 2>problem last year. We did not speak the same language

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<v Speaker 2>personnel to coaching, coaching, to coaching coaching, to play or

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<v Speaker 2>any of it. It was just all a jumble last season,

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<v Speaker 2>as is evidenced by the record. So allowing Dan to

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<v Speaker 2>come in here, bringing in another coach, making other adjustments

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<v Speaker 2>to the front office creates at least the condition for

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<v Speaker 2>that to happen, and it.

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<v Speaker 3>Puts them on the same timeline, not just like the

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<v Speaker 3>timeline of when they were hired, but the timeline of

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<v Speaker 3>what they want this team to be. You know, that's

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<v Speaker 3>something that can work in what's the word I'm looking at,

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<v Speaker 3>looking for a good thing? We don't work in words congregity.

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<v Speaker 3>I can like I got half of the word.

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<v Speaker 1>Floting around them all on the same page, right.

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<v Speaker 3>Of Okay, this is what we want to do with

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<v Speaker 3>this drift class, this is where we want this roster

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<v Speaker 3>to go, and this is how long it's going to

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<v Speaker 3>take to get there.

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<v Speaker 1>Right.

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<v Speaker 3>And sometimes you have opposing forces where the GM is

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<v Speaker 3>ahead a draft or two and the coach is thinking,

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<v Speaker 3>I've got enough with this roster now, and obviously you

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<v Speaker 3>always want to like win now, but it puts them

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<v Speaker 3>on the same timeline of where they think this team

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<v Speaker 3>can go.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and here's another secret of the business that I've

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<v Speaker 2>learned in almost thirty years of doing this. Coaches always

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<v Speaker 2>want to win today, right, every rep in practice, every

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<v Speaker 2>period in practice, every game, every season. GMS have to

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<v Speaker 2>think not just about this year and winning this year,

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<v Speaker 2>because that's the ultimate goal. But he's got to have

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<v Speaker 2>his eyes out on the horizon, and what does this

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<v Speaker 2>look like two years from now, three years from now.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's it's gonna be interesting to see how it

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<v Speaker 2>all comes together. Again, I'm I am not saying this

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<v Speaker 2>because of the room I am sitting in or the

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<v Speaker 2>name on the bottom of my check. But I just

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<v Speaker 2>maybe I'm just too old for hysteria. But I do

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<v Speaker 2>not believe this Carolina Panthers team is five years away

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<v Speaker 2>way from competing for anything.

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<v Speaker 1>I just don't.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, there's too many dudes on defense. Bryce Young

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<v Speaker 2>was still the guy who every team in the league

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<v Speaker 2>would have picked first overall last year, and so I

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<v Speaker 2>think there's an opportunity to do some things. It's just

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<v Speaker 2>a matter of creating that alignment and getting everybody on

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<v Speaker 2>the same plan and then going out and executing that plan.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, Dan's job is going to be to go

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<v Speaker 2>find some good players, that's the first thing, and I

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<v Speaker 2>think that's going to be a combination of free agency

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<v Speaker 2>and the draft this year, even without that number one pick,

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<v Speaker 2>thirty three don't look so bad.

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<v Speaker 3>He's lucky. Maybe that the biggest need on this team

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<v Speaker 3>is also arguably the deepest position in the draft. This

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<v Speaker 3>year at wide receiver.

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<v Speaker 2>Or agree or disagree, No, I think that's you know,

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<v Speaker 2>supply and demand kicks in at wide receiver. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>with the college game going the way it has, all

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<v Speaker 2>of a sudden, everybody's got three or four starting wideouts now,

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<v Speaker 2>so there's more guys coming into the league, better able

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<v Speaker 2>to contribute immediately, and so picking thirty third is a

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<v Speaker 2>good place. And based on every conversation I've had with

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<v Speaker 2>scouts here in other places, that receiver group is the

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<v Speaker 2>thing this year where they're a number of guys and

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<v Speaker 2>you're heading down to Mobile next week.

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<v Speaker 1>So I hope the coach.

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<v Speaker 2>Doesn't get hired next week or Nina Ank just kidding there,

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<v Speaker 2>but you're gonna be a Mobile for the Senior Bowl.

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<v Speaker 2>That's to me one of the quiet advantages of Dan

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<v Speaker 2>being named general manager right now, because the scouting staff

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<v Speaker 2>that's kind of working on draft and has been for

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<v Speaker 2>four months, four or five months can continue to do their.

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<v Speaker 1>Jobs as they were doing them already.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, obviously with change at the top, there's going

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<v Speaker 2>to be some degree of change, But I think those

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<v Speaker 2>college scouts are so deep into this process now and

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<v Speaker 2>you'll see them down in Mobile next week, and they

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<v Speaker 2>are kind of intrigued by this draft class in general

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<v Speaker 2>because there's a lot of there's a lot of underclassmen

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<v Speaker 2>at the Senior Bowl, so that makes the Senior Bowl

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit better, which makes East West a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit better, and all these games down the line a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit better. So I think it's going to be

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<v Speaker 2>interesting to see how that shakes out.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and especially to see what they prioritize where, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>behind receiver, is it guard, is it edge rusher? You

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<v Speaker 3>know what are they sort of prioritizing and feeling like

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<v Speaker 3>we can get this maybe later in the draft, or

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<v Speaker 3>they don't really have a ton of capital to move around.

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<v Speaker 3>So I feel like they're they're kind of stuck where

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<v Speaker 3>they are with the six picks that they have and

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<v Speaker 3>where they are. But like we said, there's this is

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<v Speaker 3>a deep class at a couple of different positions, and

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<v Speaker 3>luckily those work out to be the Panthers positions of

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<v Speaker 3>needs this year.

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<v Speaker 1>Kind of works out that way.

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<v Speaker 3>So anyway, Yeah, I'm excited to get out to the

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<v Speaker 3>practice field and kind of see what some of these

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<v Speaker 3>guys do, especially some of these guys that maybe just

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<v Speaker 3>through for whatever reason, you know, didn't get to kind

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<v Speaker 3>of show everything they can do in college this year?

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<v Speaker 3>What do they do when they're facing the best of

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<v Speaker 3>the best and they've got every scale and a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of coaches all looking at them. What do they do?

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<v Speaker 3>Because those one on one drills at the Senior Bowl practices,

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<v Speaker 3>those are where guys make or break their name a

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<v Speaker 3>lot of times when starting off in this draft process.

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<v Speaker 3>So those are going to be fun to watch.

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<v Speaker 1>How many Senior Bowls is this for you? Cass Ooh?

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<v Speaker 3>As a reporter, I think I have done probably like five.

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<v Speaker 1>Or six, And as a child growing up.

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<v Speaker 3>In suburban Albama native, I've probably also been to an

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<v Speaker 3>additional five or six just as a fan. Every year

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<v Speaker 3>when I go to the Senior Bowl, I think to myself,

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<v Speaker 3>this is the coldest I've ever been in my life.

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<v Speaker 3>For whatever reason, that weekend is just frigid.

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<v Speaker 1>In Mobile.

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<v Speaker 3>You're on the water, so you've got the wind coming

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<v Speaker 3>off of the water. It is just miserable.

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<v Speaker 1>It feels like it's always raining in Mobile? Is it

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<v Speaker 1>always rain in Mobile?

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<v Speaker 3>Rainiest city in America?

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<v Speaker 2>Is that?

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<v Speaker 1>Right?

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<v Speaker 3>Suck?

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<v Speaker 1>At Seattle, I did not know that I learned something

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<v Speaker 1>new here.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, friends, Seattle rains longer like over the calendar, the

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<v Speaker 3>course of the calendar. Here. It rains longer in Seattle,

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<v Speaker 3>but it's more of a drizzle, whereas in Mobile you

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<v Speaker 3>get it may only rain for an hour a day,

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<v Speaker 3>but it rains two and fifty days out of a year,

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<v Speaker 3>and in that hour it is a complete deluge. So

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<v Speaker 3>as far as inches measured, it is the rainiest city

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<v Speaker 3>in America.

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<v Speaker 1>How about that? I do remember the last time I

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<v Speaker 1>was there it was raining cats and dogs. One day

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<v Speaker 1>I almost stepped in a poodle. Ah.

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<v Speaker 2>We should have a note, We should have a sound

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<v Speaker 2>effect for that, maybe like the sad trombone Wah wah podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Matt's giving me the thumbs down.

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<v Speaker 3>In a soundboard. Matt, can I be the one to

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<v Speaker 3>press it?

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<v Speaker 1>We're not leaving Darren in charge of the toys. I

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<v Speaker 1>know that much.

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<v Speaker 3>That would give me so much power.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh boy.

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<v Speaker 2>So anyway, on that note, we've got a lot to

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<v Speaker 2>discuss in the coming weeks.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe by the.

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<v Speaker 2>Next time we catch up there will be a coach. Certainly,

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<v Speaker 2>by the next time we catch up, you will have

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<v Speaker 2>come and gone from Mobile and brought us back all

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<v Speaker 2>the news that's fitthprint on panthers dot com. So until then,

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<v Speaker 2>thank you guys for joining us and we will see.

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<v Speaker 1>You next time on the Happy half hours.

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<v Speaker 3>Send us out with a sound effect, oh y.