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Speaker 1: Be Around the NFL Podcast creators of the GM reddit board.

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Speaker 1: Damn right. Welcome to another edition of the Around the

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Speaker 1: NFL Podcast, presented by Sirius XM. My name is Dan Hansis,

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Speaker 1: and I'm joined in a room bell with heroes Mark Sessler,

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Speaker 1: Chris Westling and Greg Roseval. What is up? Boys? Hey? Dan,

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Speaker 1: We're all together and it feels damn good. But not

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Speaker 1: everything feels good. The Shield Dynasty is over. Long Live

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Speaker 1: the Shield. The Company co ed softball team went down

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Speaker 1: in the finals to Barney's nooner'st to ten dug ourselves

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Speaker 1: a whole deep hole, felon nothing and crawled their way back,

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Speaker 1: scored ten runs in the last what was it two innings?

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Speaker 1: Was two innings? I think rally came up painfully short.

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Speaker 1: Our great player on deck as the tying run, when

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Speaker 1: our one of our top girls got caught off first base,

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Speaker 1: gotten run down, tagged out. It's like Babe Ruth when

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Speaker 1: he got thrown out trying to steal second in the

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Speaker 1: World Series. All just like all those years ago. Wait,

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Speaker 1: like rounding first or something, trying to go to second,

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Speaker 1: trying to make something happen. And uh, because we are listeners,

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Speaker 1: have been interested in the Shield for three seasons. Now

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Speaker 1: this feels like the right time for a press conference.

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Speaker 1: Any thoughts about the season and we have a lot

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Speaker 1: to get to today and the right of the podcast,

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Speaker 1: But the most important thing is what happened with the

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Speaker 1: Shield and Wednesday? Still take some questions? Quick press conference?

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Speaker 1: All right right here? All right there? Can we start

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Speaker 1: with your decision at picture skip. A smattering of blogs,

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Speaker 1: vlogs and talk radio outlets are pinning you for starting

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Speaker 1: Brooke from a original content on the Mound over a

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Speaker 1: surging Matt ten. Would you do it again? I do

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Speaker 1: it again? Yes? I really thought Brooke, although she had

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Speaker 1: missed the bulk of the season, Um, she had carried

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Speaker 1: us in a lot of ways to our first two

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Speaker 1: titles on the Bump. And it was not an easy decision,

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Speaker 1: And I worked with my consigliari West Um trying to

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Speaker 1: come up with the right move. And maybe it was

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Speaker 1: the right move. Maybe if Maddie's on the mound, um

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Speaker 1: the same outcome, we lose. But I felt good going

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Speaker 1: with what I thought was our best team. Uh, West,

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Speaker 1: you haven't any dain to that we had reached a

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Speaker 1: decision that we would have been fined with either of

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Speaker 1: those people pitching. That pitching was not our issue. We

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Speaker 1: have other issues, but pitching was not Either one of

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Speaker 1: those persons would have done the job just far. Next,

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Speaker 1: we gotta score more than ten runs, and I was

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Speaker 1: gonna right there. But I had a big softball for you.

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Speaker 1: But that answer begs the question, well, what are what

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Speaker 1: are the issues? Our leadoff hit her started the game

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Speaker 1: over three, including striking out to start the game. Now, West,

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Speaker 1: you you're a warrior, and I want people to know that, Chris,

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Speaker 1: that just shows you what time a man he is

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Speaker 1: that he's gonna say that. Yes, slow start, you finished strong.

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Speaker 1: You played a big part in the seventh inning rally,

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Speaker 1: played very good defense. It was you were not the

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Speaker 1: reason we lost. But we didn't play our cleanest game.

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Speaker 1: We did not play a great defensive game. We didn't

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Speaker 1: pitch our best game. But it wasn't just that we

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Speaker 1: left runs on the field. We let run score that

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Speaker 1: shouldn't have scored. We just didn't play our a game.

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Speaker 1: We were the best team in the league. We just

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Speaker 1: weren't the best team on Wednesday night. And that's sports

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Speaker 1: anything else. It was execution. We just failed to execute.

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Speaker 1: Got to ask this. I ken I spoke with a

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Speaker 1: this sort of might be our last go around after

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Speaker 1: the loss. You skip of toyed with retirement for years verbally,

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Speaker 1: I don't know if that's sort of a cat and

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Speaker 1: was one of the toughest losses of my career. Absolutely,

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Speaker 1: I think we were all very confident. Some people I

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Speaker 1: which I don't think was that was not That was

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Speaker 1: not the issue at all. Over confidence was not an issue.

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Speaker 1: Were you were more because usually you always talked down

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Speaker 1: follow up we quit. I mean, any thoughts, let's how

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Speaker 1: say William mc ginnis, La Danian, Tomlinson and maybe Dion

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Speaker 1: Eggers that are populated the rest cut you off right there.

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Speaker 1: third base West. I know you said some things after

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Speaker 1: two thousand seventeen Patriots though you started the you know,

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Speaker 1: press release saying the dynasty is over. But who knows.

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Speaker 1: Maybe it's just just winning next year and it's just

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Speaker 1: one little championship loss. That's part of the greater story.

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Speaker 1: a good way to put it all right, coming up

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Speaker 1: on today's show and pressor um, oh, this is a

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Speaker 1: good thing. Rosenthal remembers a return to the Ravens nest, Like,

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Speaker 1: we're hearing presented by Sirius XM. Let's do some news. Ricky.

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Speaker 1: the news starting right here. In Los Angeles, the Rams

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Speaker 1: did some business signing coach Sean McVeigh to a five

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Speaker 1: for them and their leadership and some of the stuff

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Speaker 1: that came out of this feature makes you think that

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Speaker 1: there's a significant unrest behind the scenes. Well maybe I

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Speaker 1: sort of read it as Tyler Dunn got one of

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Speaker 1: these disgruntled guys to talk, and then now it seems

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Speaker 1: like a soap opera when it's really There are tensions

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Speaker 1: in almost every front office between the scouting staff and

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Speaker 1: the coaching staff come draft time, and the coaches, especially

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Speaker 1: a guy like Kyle Shannon, who has more power than

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Speaker 1: most coaches because he had a six year contract, so

437
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Speaker 1: there's a lot more job security there. But it's basically

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Speaker 1: the coach has got who they wanted and we didn't

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Speaker 1: get who we want. That happens in every front off.

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Speaker 1: There was a little nugget they talked about, for instance,

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Speaker 1: like running back Joe Williams wasn't even on the Niners

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Speaker 1: draft board and the scouts in the room were ripping

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Speaker 1: him for quitting on his team in college, but Shanahan

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Speaker 1: loved him and the forty Niners got him in the

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Speaker 1: fourth round. The article also is littered with offensive players

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Speaker 1: praising Shanahan too high Heaven for how he diagnoses and

447
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Speaker 1: takes advantage of weaknesses on other team defenses and the

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Speaker 1: Joe Williams pick has a flip side. Shanahan did the

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Speaker 1: same thing with George Kittle, who turned out to be

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Speaker 1: it was mostly being receiver in history by time positive

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Speaker 1: art it was, it was largely positive. But it does

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Speaker 1: point out I think Shanahan has more power than most

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Speaker 1: head coaches, and I have said if they had to

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Speaker 1: choose between one of Lynch and Shanahan, if there were problems,

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Speaker 1: I think they would choose Shanahan. This supports that. But

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Speaker 1: the bigger, the bigger issue at the front office and

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Speaker 1: that staff is they didn't really consider taking Mahomes or Watson.

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Speaker 1: They did not think they needed a quarterback in that

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Speaker 1: in that draft, they took Solomon Thomas. I mean that's

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Speaker 1: not they already had Jimmy g No, they didn't have anyone.

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Speaker 1: They drafted C. J. Beathard instead, and they took Solomon

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Speaker 1: Thomas number three overall. And you know that's it's easy

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Speaker 1: to go back and play hindsight. I mean that helped

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Speaker 1: get Sashi Brown fire too. For that was that was

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Speaker 1: the Trabisky trade, right yeah, okay, um moving on in

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Speaker 1: the news and by the way, program reminder coming up

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Speaker 1: next Rosenthal remembers an emotional return to the Ravens nest

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Speaker 1: only on the Around the NFL podcast. Did you brief

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Speaker 1: correct that this was going to be turned into such

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Speaker 1: a high octane thing or see, I was like, I've

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Speaker 1: never well, I've never been to Baltimore before, but we

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Speaker 1: have been to the Ravens. Uh. Steelers have signed coach

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Speaker 1: Mike Tomlin to a contract extension, not as beefy as

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Speaker 1: what Sean McVeigh got though. UH. This is a one

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Speaker 1: year extension. The number um will keep him employed with

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Speaker 1: the team or under a team control through the season.

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Speaker 1: Tom And of course now forty seven years old, hired

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Speaker 1: in two thousand seven, uh and had a Super Bowl

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Speaker 1: win in that first year. And it's interesting ten seasons since. Uh,

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Speaker 1: They've always been competitive, They've had great teams, They've had

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Speaker 1: good teams, never a bad team. Last year fell out

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Speaker 1: of the playoff picture and there was some unrest obviously

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Speaker 1: behind the scenes to the super stars of the team,

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Speaker 1: Levy On Belle and Antonio Brown, both at odds with

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Speaker 1: the organization and now play elsewhere. How much heat do

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Speaker 1: you put on the head coach for that? Apparently the

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Speaker 1: Steelers still have enough faith in Tomlin to give him

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Speaker 1: this vote of confidence and keep him from being a

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Speaker 1: lame duck, but not true overwhelming. It's like sort of

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Speaker 1: like the like only the Bengals allow a coach to

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Speaker 1: go into the final year of his contract essentially like

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Speaker 1: shout out to mc brown and Marvin Lewis last year,

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Speaker 1: but like so they almost have to do this. It's

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Speaker 1: it's like the cautious Okay, let's see, like the duck

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Speaker 1: that has like a wing that's a little wonky, it's

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Speaker 1: not a lame duck. But it's like, right, well, he

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Speaker 1: the Steelers have never fired a coach in the Super

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Speaker 1: Bowl era and Tomlin has the highest winning percentage in

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Speaker 1: franchise history. Twelve years without a losing record is no joke,

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Speaker 1: but it's pretty amazing. I see. Also, it's like, yeah,

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Speaker 1: who are you gonna get? That's better? Remember when you

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Speaker 1: have to identify that. But he's I think he's at

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Speaker 1: a in terms of his legacy, at an interesting places

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Speaker 1: his career because when I think of the Steelers, and

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Speaker 1: I think when a lot of Steelers fans think of

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Speaker 1: that team, it's the team issues that have happened. You've

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Speaker 1: lost star players and you continually dropped the ball in

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Speaker 1: the playoffs. You have to change that narrative. That Super

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Speaker 1: Bowl feels like a long time ago. Yeah, I agree.

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Speaker 1: You could look back in five years and say that

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Speaker 1: was the point at which he got it back on track,

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Speaker 1: or you can say, oh, that that's when the wheels

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Speaker 1: came off. So this is kind of the just go

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Speaker 1: on never mind a very marks right, it's an important year.

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Speaker 1: Movings and I are on the same page as always.

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Speaker 1: That's always love it kissing cousins. Moving on, Russell Okun

517
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Speaker 1: scary story. Uh, the Chargers don't have their starting left

518
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Speaker 1: tackle UM a serious health issue issue. It was revealed

519
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Speaker 1: UH Russell Okung put out a UM statement on social

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Speaker 1: media that he suffered a pulmonary embolism due to blood

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Speaker 1: clots last month. Didn't just talk about mark blood clots.

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Speaker 1: Clint Bowling retired because of this. Uh Okung suffered the

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Speaker 1: health scare on June one and missed Man to Tory

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Speaker 1: minicamp practices. UH. He was placed on the n f

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Speaker 1: I list this week ahead of opening camp. There's no

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Speaker 1: timetable for Okung. This pretty big deal from team standpoint

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Speaker 1: left tackle. Obviously, Here's what o' kung said, um, while

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Speaker 1: near death type experiences are certainly a wake up call,

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Speaker 1: I'm feeling great physically. It's not an ankle or shoulder.

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Speaker 1: As soon as doctors clear me, my plans include blocking

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Speaker 1: number seventeens Blindside, that's Philip Rivers all the way to Miami,

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Speaker 1: where the Super Bowl will be played in February. I've

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Speaker 1: I've had two issues with blood clots and they woke

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Speaker 1: me up about the whole thing. And the first one

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Speaker 1: was my leg was massively swollen and I could barely

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Speaker 1: walk and Adam rank down and our news and was like,

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Speaker 1: why are you here? Go to the emergency room. And

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Speaker 1: that time I got it treated quickly and it was fine,

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Speaker 1: and they said it will never come back. The second

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Speaker 1: time was last September when we came back from London.

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Speaker 1: Because flights often if he's flying long distance, this is

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Speaker 1: a concern for him. You have to be on blood thinners.

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Speaker 1: The second time, I had this pulmonary embolism thing, and

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Speaker 1: it was blackout pain. It was the most painful thing

545
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Speaker 1: I've ever experience, and you can barely breathe, and its

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Speaker 1: like doctors were like, because it sneaks up on you.

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Speaker 1: You could have died. It's very much a life for

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Speaker 1: death thing, and I'm concerned a little bit the same

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Speaker 1: with it had Clint Bowling stuck around. If you're on

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Speaker 1: blood dinners and if you get these linemen are constantly

551
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Speaker 1: dealing with blood loss and cuts that we don't even

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Speaker 1: know about. You can't stay in a game, I mean

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Speaker 1: you can you You have to go to the emergency

554
00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:31,640
Speaker 1: room right away. Typically this is a Super Bowl contender.

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Speaker 1: The crumbled down the stretch last year in large part

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Speaker 1: because of their offensive line, the right side of their

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Speaker 1: offensive line in particular, and surprise me that they did

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Speaker 1: nothing to upgrade that line in the off season. And

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Speaker 1: now you've got your left tackle a bit of a

560
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Speaker 1: question mark. Moving on, the Tennessee Tytoons did some business.

561
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Speaker 1: They agreed to terms with safety Kevin Byard on a

562
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Speaker 1: five year, seventy point five million dollar extension with thirty

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Speaker 1: one million and guarantees. Rap Sheet reported this. The team

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Speaker 1: that announced it that it each the multi year deal

565
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Speaker 1: with Bayard, who um it makes him the highest paid

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Speaker 1: safety in the league, an average annual value over fourteen million.

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Speaker 1: Passing Landon Collins of Washington and the Honey Badger in

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Speaker 1: Kansas City. So a guy entering his age twenty six

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Speaker 1: season season, Um, Greg, you are fairly high in Tennessee

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Speaker 1: as well, I believe, maybe not as high as West,

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Speaker 1: but you believe that this team can contend and keep

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Speaker 1: a big piece around. And Bayard's kind of like the

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Speaker 1: perfect Titan. He's the guy. It's like if anyone makes

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Speaker 1: a list of the best safeties and they forget to

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Speaker 1: mention Bayard, Titans are fans are just like, have you

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Speaker 1: ever heard of a guy named Kevin Byard? Really unless

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Speaker 1: you're Dion Sanderson. Really shows you're not paying attention. It's

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Speaker 1: kind of true though, because he's like the highest paid

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Speaker 1: player in his position, and how many people in America

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Speaker 1: know much about Kevin Byard? You know what? Shout out

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Speaker 1: to Kevin Byrd who has had a great, you know

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Speaker 1: start to his career. Well, he's one of the start

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Speaker 1: few star defensive backs that doesn't make the headlines weekly

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Speaker 1: by shouting at everyone, nonstopping getting into fight, fake feuds

585
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Speaker 1: with people. I thought their second things like that. I

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Speaker 1: thought they'd be much better last year. On paper, they

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Speaker 1: look really good in the secondary. That should be the

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Speaker 1: strength of their team. Kind of like the Patriots being

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Speaker 1: able to match up with anyone but Malcolm Butler was

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Speaker 1: a huge disappointment and they really weren't a good secondary

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Speaker 1: and that that's where they need to get better. Um

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Speaker 1: Dion by the way, and Will Brinson over at CBS

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Speaker 1: Every Buddy pointed it out on Twitter. It went from

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Speaker 1: over the course of one calendar year, it went from

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Speaker 1: Dion thinking that Kevin Byard was a fan on Twitter

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Speaker 1: to Kevin Byard being the highest paid safety in the

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Speaker 1: National Football League. Uh, look good, play good, play good,

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Speaker 1: feel good, feel good, play good, play good, feel good. Uh,

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Speaker 1: that's pretty funny, is pretty fast. The good thing is,

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Speaker 1: if you're on Sanders, you kind of could just sweep

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Speaker 1: it all side and say, don't care. Did he even

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Speaker 1: respond to it? I don't know, so nobody even knows.

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Speaker 1: That's what you need to it. I believe he did.

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Speaker 1: Actually I think he on his show. I think it

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Speaker 1: came up. Did he eat he ate the poop? I

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Speaker 1: think he did. Yeah, I mean he's he wasn't. He

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Speaker 1: wasn't on as high horse about it from from whatever

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Speaker 1: calling hey, young buck, that's the one's on me, something

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Speaker 1: like that, you like. I mean, I don't know if

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Speaker 1: those were the words, it's an unfortunately phrase eat the poop.

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Speaker 1: Coming from Evans Silva's Twitter account. Deon's quote to Kevin Byard,

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Speaker 1: you stayed being a fan. I'll stay being the man.

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Speaker 1: Not only did he think he was a fan, he

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Speaker 1: capted by telling you that he is the man. The

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Speaker 1: man look good by young Buck. You stay a fan.

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Speaker 1: I mean you know this fan was you know, verified

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Speaker 1: on Twitter with one followers. That's and it's like some

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Speaker 1: people might be listening to this and being like, oh,

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Speaker 1: you guys shouldn't like talk about Dion like that he's

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Speaker 1: a colleague. He's like no, as a call lead to

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Speaker 1: us like a guy that works in I t s

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Speaker 1: a colleague with Bill Gates, or like the different way,

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Speaker 1: like the president with someone who works like like at

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Speaker 1: the lowest levels of the Department of Transportation. Fourteen buildings

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Speaker 1: away all right, time for eight o'clock to light. Every

626
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Speaker 1: first round pick is under contract. Uh. Nick Bosa got

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Speaker 1: a deal don with the Niners, and my Jets signed

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Speaker 1: number three overall pick, Quentin Williams. As usual as over

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Speaker 1: nonsense with guaranteed money in the first year that they

630
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Speaker 1: worked it out for everybody's in camp, first Bosa to

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Speaker 1: not hold out in family history. One for three. Let's

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Speaker 1: feel good. Alan Hearns we talked about on Wednesday, released

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Speaker 1: by the Cowboys, suffered that terrible injury in the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: Not out of work, Long signs a one year deal

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Speaker 1: with the Miami Dolphins. I wonder if, I don't know what,

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Speaker 1: if he's gonna have a role in Miami, but maybe

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Speaker 1: the Giants would have been a potential better spot for him.

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Speaker 1: I don't know, but he signed a deal ready, so

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Speaker 1: I'm not sure he'd be ab looted to make any

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Speaker 1: team moving on. Oh, this is interesting. Speaking of injury news,

641
00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:10,920
Speaker 1: Andrew Luck held out of team drills as a precaution.

642
00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:14,960
Speaker 1: He's got a calf injury, and the team cited what

643
00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:18,959
Speaker 1: happened to Kevin Durant in the NBA Finals wes uh

644
00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:21,240
Speaker 1: in the NBA playoffs where he suffered the calf injury

645
00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:23,400
Speaker 1: in the second round of the playoffs. They held him out,

646
00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:25,680
Speaker 1: brought it back, and he popped the achilles. So they

647
00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:27,640
Speaker 1: used that as a guy to take it easy with

648
00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:30,480
Speaker 1: their start time of the year, to be overly cautious

649
00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:32,720
Speaker 1: so you can get away with it. And Tom Pellisaro

650
00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:35,520
Speaker 1: reported just minutes ago that he was back on the

651
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Speaker 1: field during seven and seven work today. Uh. Speaking of

652
00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:41,320
Speaker 1: seven on seven work, Emmanuel Sanders back to work. The

653
00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:45,080
Speaker 1: Broncos receiver participated in the drills on Wednesday, the first

654
00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:48,560
Speaker 1: team drills he's done since tearing as achilles last December.

655
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Speaker 1: Greg Rosenthal, they need him. They don't have much, But

656
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Speaker 1: I'm concerned about their wide receivers. A little tell me

657
00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:57,520
Speaker 1: more and more thirty two coming off a torn achilles,

658
00:33:58,160 --> 00:34:01,120
Speaker 1: they almost made my finnest position grew list. A lot

659
00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:04,280
Speaker 1: of question marks with that wide receiver. Patriots have question

660
00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:07,600
Speaker 1: marks on their wide receiver. Cord Danny Etling has moved

661
00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:10,840
Speaker 1: to wide receiver. A seventh round pick in two thousand eighteen.

662
00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:13,640
Speaker 1: He was on the practice squad last year. Uh, former

663
00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:17,200
Speaker 1: quarterback turn wide receiver. You're excited, Greg, I am in

664
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Speaker 1: a missed opportunity here by the Rhoda World writer who

665
00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:25,000
Speaker 1: mentions Terrell Prior and someone else's recent quarterway. Hey, former

666
00:34:25,080 --> 00:34:28,520
Speaker 1: quarterback with the Patriots turning into wide receiver. A little

667
00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:31,640
Speaker 1: white guy I ever heard of, Julian Edelman. Lock it up,

668
00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:35,320
Speaker 1: well that the thing is with he this guy, he

669
00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:37,320
Speaker 1: is a totally different body. Everyone saying, no, it's the

670
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Speaker 1: next Julian Edelman. Well, uh, interesting development in Miami Dolphins

671
00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:47,400
Speaker 1: training camp, where Kalen Ballache Ballagelage was the starting running

672
00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:50,640
Speaker 1: back in team drills at Friday's practice. This is a

673
00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:53,880
Speaker 1: trend this week. New coach Brian Flora is getting tricky.

674
00:34:55,120 --> 00:35:04,279
Speaker 1: I loved his game against the Vikings last year. I

675
00:35:04,360 --> 00:35:06,360
Speaker 1: wish you, I wish you could expand that, but that's it.

676
00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:10,080
Speaker 1: Go watch this game against it. You know you want

677
00:35:10,120 --> 00:35:12,239
Speaker 1: to finish your thought. No, I think it's I if

678
00:35:12,239 --> 00:35:14,880
Speaker 1: I if Brian Flores is gonna run like run his

679
00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:17,080
Speaker 1: offense like the Patriots, You're gonna have four or five

680
00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:18,839
Speaker 1: of them. They're never gonna be one. It's not one

681
00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:21,800
Speaker 1: primary starter. They're all gonna play. Hank was talking Bellage

682
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Speaker 1: up last year. He's a big guys, but maybe he's

683
00:35:26,719 --> 00:35:30,800
Speaker 1: never gonna be. It's gonna be even though we lost

684
00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:35,560
Speaker 1: our championship game. On Wednesday night, the Shield Reflection ceremony

685
00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:42,360
Speaker 1: celebration will be held at the old Zeuster's backyard. Everyone

686
00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:45,840
Speaker 1: here is invited, obviously, including handsome Hank, who has no

687
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Speaker 1: ties really to the Shield, but he's a friend of ours.

688
00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:51,680
Speaker 1: Finance here though, yes he's a financier, but he's in

689
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Speaker 1: England right now with his family. So this party one question,

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Speaker 1: would you deem it um safe for young children to

691
00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:04,400
Speaker 1: be during daylight hours? Yeah? Earlier on, yes, I have

692
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Speaker 1: some concerns, like just sort of knowing the Brassie's like

693
00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:17,040
Speaker 1: not a pro you know, I think anything any one

694
00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:18,960
Speaker 1: of these people after dark would be I mean, your

695
00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:21,520
Speaker 1: children will be there, so it has now they're gonna

696
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Speaker 1: be locked. They're gonna be locked in the room for

697
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Speaker 1: nine hours. I'm just gonna like, maybe they're not. My

698
00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:31,440
Speaker 1: children will be there, but we're gonna get a babysitter

699
00:36:31,719 --> 00:36:35,040
Speaker 1: to help out. That's a veteran move, by the way.

700
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Speaker 1: Outside two developments pulling into the NFL media compound today.

701
00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:42,480
Speaker 1: One the mural that we've talked about from time to

702
00:36:42,520 --> 00:36:45,880
Speaker 1: time on the show, featuring a host of all pros

703
00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:49,920
Speaker 1: in the NFL after about a two year run, is

704
00:36:49,960 --> 00:36:53,439
Speaker 1: now being taken down. Rob Gronkowski is on the mural

705
00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:55,600
Speaker 1: with the Patriots. I hope it wasn't because of that

706
00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:57,239
Speaker 1: because he'll be back in a couple of months. But

707
00:36:57,400 --> 00:37:00,879
Speaker 1: also Antonio Brown with the Steelers obviously no longer there

708
00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:05,720
Speaker 1: no longer relevant time wise, so that's been stripped. Also, Greg,

709
00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:09,320
Speaker 1: you saw the same icon walking in I believe he was.

710
00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:13,840
Speaker 1: He had just exited a Mercedes coupe, uh walking with

711
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Speaker 1: him management member the Great Al Michael's I want to

712
00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:20,799
Speaker 1: see what he's doing, what he's Maybe he's taping too,

713
00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:23,279
Speaker 1: menifow one hundred stuff, because that's what I've noticed. There's

714
00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:26,840
Speaker 1: a lot of celebs plan to come through these doors

715
00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:29,399
Speaker 1: or have been coming. I think they're taping some top

716
00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:31,360
Speaker 1: secret NFL had a few of them coming on our

717
00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:34,960
Speaker 1: show potentially hopefully. And you know, you work in the NFL,

718
00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:37,440
Speaker 1: as we've been lucky enough to do for several years now,

719
00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:40,480
Speaker 1: you see a lot of stars up close and personal

720
00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:43,640
Speaker 1: in the sports world, and it loses a little bit

721
00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:45,359
Speaker 1: of its luster over time. You don't get the same

722
00:37:45,440 --> 00:37:48,880
Speaker 1: type of feeling Alan Al I feel like he's an

723
00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:51,440
Speaker 1: uncle that I've never met and I've always admired. So

724
00:37:51,480 --> 00:37:53,200
Speaker 1: he's still kind of has the juice when you see

725
00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:56,840
Speaker 1: it's like, oh, that's how Michael's the NFL one thing.

726
00:37:56,920 --> 00:37:59,400
Speaker 1: It's interesting. We had Keith Crossrow I think is his

727
00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:01,880
Speaker 1: name for menif Bill Films at our Talent summit. He

728
00:38:01,960 --> 00:38:04,759
Speaker 1: made it clear they're not looking to meet standards for

729
00:38:04,840 --> 00:38:08,240
Speaker 1: this thing. They are trying to set standards for sports

730
00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:12,000
Speaker 1: and what goes into sports. List. I mean, when you

731
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Speaker 1: have a show that's hosted by Bill Belichick, Rich Eisen

732
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Speaker 1: and Collinsworth, what that's what a trio? Do you think

733
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Speaker 1: Belichick gets paid for that? Oh? Yes, it's a good question.

734
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Speaker 1: I mean too much that whatever it is, it's he likes,

735
00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:29,879
Speaker 1: probably below what he's worth. Like it's it's probably below

736
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Speaker 1: what he's worth. But yes, because I mean I think

737
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Speaker 1: if you're why wouldn't you be paid for that? It

738
00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:37,800
Speaker 1: would be kind of salting to suggest that he'd do

739
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Speaker 1: it for free. You have to fly out and you

740
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Speaker 1: and provide what I'm sure company is a lot of

741
00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:45,319
Speaker 1: hurting for money. He did a whole day's worth the show.

742
00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:47,520
Speaker 1: He has like six shows or something. You're almost certainly

743
00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:49,239
Speaker 1: right by the way mark. But the way you said

744
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:52,200
Speaker 1: it was such confidence, like, Oh he likes money, Well

745
00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:55,200
Speaker 1: he does. I mean, I think he's probably been paid

746
00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:58,279
Speaker 1: coach for a long long time. Typic clarify something for

747
00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:02,400
Speaker 1: the the like, do I argue that he should be well,

748
00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:04,839
Speaker 1: I think he like he doesn't talk about it much.

749
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Speaker 1: But I'm sure I'm excited about that because when he's done,

750
00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:11,080
Speaker 1: when he's done some media stuff, it's been good. I

751
00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:14,600
Speaker 1: need more money. This is not the top one players

752
00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:16,839
Speaker 1: of two thousand nineteen. We're talking about the top one

753
00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:27,200
Speaker 1: all time. Very exciting, also very exciting. It's time Rosenthal

754
00:39:27,320 --> 00:39:35,440
Speaker 1: remembers a return to the Ravens nest holy around the podcast.

755
00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:40,080
Speaker 1: All right, Greg, let's get to it. They take you

756
00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:42,440
Speaker 1: on a plane. We gotta make this expend before it

757
00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:45,839
Speaker 1: worth it. I know what. They put you on a plane.

758
00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:48,080
Speaker 1: They sent you to Ravens camp. You did did you do?

759
00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:53,799
Speaker 1: Did some my t c did? Uh? You know? It's

760
00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:57,920
Speaker 1: a very quiet town, Owings Mills. I like that. I

761
00:39:58,000 --> 00:39:59,919
Speaker 1: like seeing like a different little part of the world,

762
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Speaker 1: you know, shout out to the Peruvian Chicken Place and

763
00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:06,520
Speaker 1: open Owensville's big fan. Um. But my I don't know

764
00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:09,080
Speaker 1: my my takeaway. Should we just like go through it

765
00:40:09,160 --> 00:40:13,400
Speaker 1: and all about your trip? Because the Ravens, to me

766
00:40:13,520 --> 00:40:15,040
Speaker 1: and I think we're all on the same page with

767
00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:16,719
Speaker 1: this and Mark you see them as a threat to

768
00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:19,600
Speaker 1: the Browns potential rise to the top. They've seen north.

769
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Speaker 1: This is an interesting team. This is a team. I agree.

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Speaker 1: I think they're more interesting than any Ravens team I

771
00:40:26,840 --> 00:40:29,920
Speaker 1: can basically since they drafted Joe Flacco, because it's not

772
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Speaker 1: just that, not just that they're they're going to be

773
00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:34,920
Speaker 1: the most unique offense in the league to prepare for

774
00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:37,640
Speaker 1: and the toughest. But they have more turnover on defense

775
00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:39,400
Speaker 1: than they've had since they won the Super Bowl in

776
00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:42,359
Speaker 1: two thousand, So it's a huge turnover on both sides.

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Speaker 1: And the thing that strikes me between Mark what Mark

778
00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:48,560
Speaker 1: Ingram said and watching them and talking is just a

779
00:40:48,680 --> 00:40:51,440
Speaker 1: variety on offensive running place. And I know they did

780
00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:53,200
Speaker 1: a great job with that last year, but I think

781
00:40:53,239 --> 00:40:56,480
Speaker 1: they believe that with a full offseason. They did it

782
00:40:56,520 --> 00:40:58,560
Speaker 1: all on the fly. And Roman wasn't even the coordinator

783
00:40:58,640 --> 00:41:00,000
Speaker 1: last year. It was just kind of doing the running

784
00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:03,080
Speaker 1: game with him too able to install an entire offense

785
00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:05,920
Speaker 1: around Lamar Jackson and Mark Ingram and Gus Edwards in

786
00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:10,160
Speaker 1: that offensive line that the Ingram was saying, the amount

787
00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:13,640
Speaker 1: of running plays is just outrageous. The way they can

788
00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:17,239
Speaker 1: get too different running plays with a billion different formations,

789
00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:19,439
Speaker 1: and watching practice you could see it. You never saw

790
00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:21,840
Speaker 1: the same formation two times in a row. There's so

791
00:41:21,960 --> 00:41:24,359
Speaker 1: many different combinations. They're gonna have two three tight ends

792
00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:28,120
Speaker 1: on the field every snap. And because Lamar Jackson is

793
00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:30,680
Speaker 1: such a unique running talent and those plays, I just

794
00:41:30,719 --> 00:41:32,880
Speaker 1: think it's a great combination and it's just gonna be

795
00:41:32,960 --> 00:41:35,200
Speaker 1: weird and it's gonna be different and tough to prepare for.

796
00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:37,279
Speaker 1: It was a year ago when you know, it was

797
00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:41,439
Speaker 1: question whether John Harbaugh would remain as coach if things

798
00:41:41,520 --> 00:41:43,719
Speaker 1: didn't go well. And the one thing I love about them,

799
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Speaker 1: and I love any football team that decides this is

800
00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:49,400
Speaker 1: not working, We're gonna switch identities in the middle of

801
00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:53,680
Speaker 1: the season and they became a completely different operation. Two questions,

802
00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:56,480
Speaker 1: do you does anything concern you about? I know it's

803
00:41:56,520 --> 00:41:59,200
Speaker 1: one game, but the Chargers playoff game and how they

804
00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:01,400
Speaker 1: put that the hooks on the on the ravens, and

805
00:42:01,760 --> 00:42:04,880
Speaker 1: what happens to this offense when they get into games

806
00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:07,359
Speaker 1: where they have to throw the football, when you when

807
00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:10,640
Speaker 1: all these varieties of run plays don't work and you're

808
00:42:10,640 --> 00:42:12,200
Speaker 1: in the deep into the second quarter, and you know

809
00:42:12,280 --> 00:42:14,120
Speaker 1: it's not gonna get a lot better now, Because to me,

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00:42:14,239 --> 00:42:16,200
Speaker 1: that's one game, one game in which they had about

811
00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:18,120
Speaker 1: the same amount of yards of the Chargers to two

812
00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:20,480
Speaker 1: offenses that couldn't do much of anything a game. By

813
00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:23,400
Speaker 1: the way that Lamar Jackson led too long touchdown drives

814
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Speaker 1: at the end of the game. No one seems to

815
00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:28,040
Speaker 1: give you any credit for had the ball with the

816
00:42:28,120 --> 00:42:31,040
Speaker 1: chance to goin at the end of the game. I'm

817
00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:35,040
Speaker 1: concerned that he's inconsistent accuracy wise. And then another takeaway

818
00:42:35,080 --> 00:42:37,520
Speaker 1: watching practice, just like that wide receiver group is so

819
00:42:37,800 --> 00:42:41,320
Speaker 1: wide open. You have Willie Snead and about seven or

820
00:42:41,360 --> 00:42:44,320
Speaker 1: eight other guys depending on who you talk to. Different

821
00:42:44,360 --> 00:42:46,360
Speaker 1: people expect guys to step up. You'd be great if

822
00:42:46,360 --> 00:42:48,880
Speaker 1: Hollywood Brown steps right, and he's he's never practiced as

823
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Speaker 1: an NFL player yet. I mean, that's kind of a

824
00:42:51,160 --> 00:42:53,560
Speaker 1: lot to expect. So you have Jordan Laslie's, you know,

825
00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:56,200
Speaker 1: it's a lot of Seth Roberts taking first team snaps.

826
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Speaker 1: That's my Miles Boykin, who's you know, there's so much

827
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:03,239
Speaker 1: Suster had a big long touchdown. They've been talking up

828
00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:05,319
Speaker 1: Jalil Scott behind the scenes. It's kind of like one

829
00:43:05,360 --> 00:43:08,600
Speaker 1: of those guys that they think is gonna make an impact.

830
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Speaker 1: We'll see, but they have so many different guys at

831
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Speaker 1: wide receiver and yet no, you have really no one

832
00:43:14,239 --> 00:43:16,960
Speaker 1: you can trust other in sneed. You got a good

833
00:43:16,960 --> 00:43:19,680
Speaker 1: look at Lamar, Yeah, I mean it was one It's

834
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Speaker 1: one practice. He was pretty erratic. I mean that's the

835
00:43:22,080 --> 00:43:25,360
Speaker 1: thing watching him. He can make every throw, but but

836
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Speaker 1: he doesn't, but he misses some of the easier ones.

837
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Speaker 1: I think he's really good in terms of his pocket movement.

838
00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:31,480
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna have him, you know, throwing on

839
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Speaker 1: the run a lot. But you know r G three

840
00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:36,120
Speaker 1: was more consistent, you know, for it was one day,

841
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Speaker 1: but it was it was interesting to see in two

842
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Speaker 1: thousand nineteen, you know, players walking off the field the

843
00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:44,040
Speaker 1: first day of training game was a great scene. The

844
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Speaker 1: crowd was it was awesome there. I mean they were

845
00:43:46,440 --> 00:43:49,719
Speaker 1: chanting during training camp, like you know, just in at

846
00:43:49,840 --> 00:43:53,239
Speaker 1: random moments, except for one guy who was like heckling Lamar,

847
00:43:53,360 --> 00:43:55,440
Speaker 1: Jack's why would you show up to training camp? He

848
00:43:55,560 --> 00:43:58,000
Speaker 1: was really hecky. But I heard of one guy goes

849
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Speaker 1: like who are you throwing it to Lamar? And he

850
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Speaker 1: like made one other comp I was like, what is

851
00:44:02,080 --> 00:44:06,719
Speaker 1: wrong with alcohol? No, that is it's really It's like

852
00:44:07,160 --> 00:44:09,200
Speaker 1: it's like I'm not surprised there's a guy like that.

853
00:44:09,400 --> 00:44:13,359
Speaker 1: It was one guy, it was like nine. It wasn't

854
00:44:13,360 --> 00:44:14,840
Speaker 1: a great I mean, I went. I went to a

855
00:44:14,920 --> 00:44:18,080
Speaker 1: couple of Jets training camps at Hofstra University in Long Island,

856
00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:21,840
Speaker 1: and and and we've been to RAMS camp. It is

857
00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:27,080
Speaker 1: typically a love fest. It was the watch in terms

858
00:44:27,120 --> 00:44:29,960
Speaker 1: of like flapping and making little chance and stuff. They

859
00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:33,719
Speaker 1: were the most active training camp crowd I've ever seen.

860
00:44:33,800 --> 00:44:36,200
Speaker 1: But Lamar was pretty he was frustrated because he was

861
00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:39,320
Speaker 1: having uh an up and down day. Ole there for

862
00:44:39,440 --> 00:44:42,320
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865
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Speaker 1: little teaser Erica for the show. Yeah, it was really

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Speaker 1: really great. She's the HB. I c here a NFL network,

867
00:44:57,040 --> 00:44:59,120
Speaker 1: So I can't say what that means. I know what

868
00:44:59,200 --> 00:45:00,480
Speaker 1: you're saying, but I feel like I could get me

869
00:45:00,520 --> 00:45:03,359
Speaker 1: in hot water with the HR department. She's the head

870
00:45:03,440 --> 00:45:06,399
Speaker 1: broad in charge. It doesn't all have one to tend.

871
00:45:06,520 --> 00:45:09,200
Speaker 1: How funny, what sort of doesn't a woman run NFL

872
00:45:09,239 --> 00:45:11,520
Speaker 1: on network? Though? So you know, technically I think you

873
00:45:11,640 --> 00:45:15,160
Speaker 1: have to. She's the HB. I c of the old

874
00:45:15,200 --> 00:45:20,279
Speaker 1: Zouser for surefenses. Yeah. She also said that that her

875
00:45:20,320 --> 00:45:24,960
Speaker 1: favorite broadcast episode was Chris and Lakisha. Really, all of

876
00:45:25,040 --> 00:45:26,560
Speaker 1: you guys have been on it, so I don't know

877
00:45:27,280 --> 00:45:32,239
Speaker 1: what that means, but it means I'm changing departments. Um,

878
00:45:32,680 --> 00:45:34,960
Speaker 1: all right, there you go. Check it out the broadcast

879
00:45:35,040 --> 00:45:44,319
Speaker 1: every week. Now back to an emotional return to the ven.

880
00:45:44,880 --> 00:45:48,360
Speaker 1: It is a beautiful setting, Steve Weiste. It's got to

881
00:45:48,400 --> 00:45:52,680
Speaker 1: be one of the nicest, just training facilities, the building, everything,

882
00:45:52,760 --> 00:45:56,360
Speaker 1: the big Raven you know, carved painted into the grass.

883
00:45:56,600 --> 00:46:00,440
Speaker 1: Like there's something about football in in July in August

884
00:46:00,520 --> 00:46:05,320
Speaker 1: that just gets here. Grant Ravens romance is already annoying

885
00:46:05,400 --> 00:46:09,560
Speaker 1: to me. They're more interesting when a team goes from uninteresting.

886
00:46:10,160 --> 00:46:14,640
Speaker 1: I mean this is going to until they're finally eliminated.

887
00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:17,160
Speaker 1: We're going to be dealing with this weekes his teams.

888
00:46:17,320 --> 00:46:21,080
Speaker 1: That are his teams, the one team I would refer

889
00:46:21,160 --> 00:46:23,920
Speaker 1: you to never. I've always been pretty anti Raven actually,

890
00:46:24,560 --> 00:46:28,960
Speaker 1: because t is not great with the Browns rise or

891
00:46:29,000 --> 00:46:31,920
Speaker 1: the timing is excellent. If you ask me, I love it.

892
00:46:32,040 --> 00:46:34,680
Speaker 1: It will be fun to watch because the Chargers were

893
00:46:34,719 --> 00:46:37,560
Speaker 1: your team last year. I mean, you're cheating on the

894
00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:40,960
Speaker 1: paths with now clearly it's the team of Baltimore, which

895
00:46:41,080 --> 00:46:44,279
Speaker 1: is the team that, true as a Patriots fan, has

896
00:46:44,280 --> 00:46:46,080
Speaker 1: annoyed me the most over the years, has been the

897
00:46:46,160 --> 00:46:48,920
Speaker 1: Ravens for a couple of those performances. Here's the thing

898
00:46:48,960 --> 00:46:51,879
Speaker 1: about the concept of an interesting football team. They only

899
00:46:52,000 --> 00:46:54,360
Speaker 1: last as long as you went right. It only lasted

900
00:46:54,360 --> 00:46:56,279
Speaker 1: as long as you know. They start the season with

901
00:46:56,320 --> 00:46:58,040
Speaker 1: the Cardinals and the Dolphins, which they have to be

902
00:46:58,120 --> 00:47:01,160
Speaker 1: thinking the scheduling guys for at because I think it

903
00:47:01,239 --> 00:47:04,560
Speaker 1: allows them to kind of ease into the season. People

904
00:47:04,600 --> 00:47:08,359
Speaker 1: are people are worried about Lamar, but it's like, yes,

905
00:47:08,680 --> 00:47:12,520
Speaker 1: he's not as good a passer as uh, they're consistent

906
00:47:12,560 --> 00:47:13,920
Speaker 1: as he would like. He was a twenty one year

907
00:47:13,920 --> 00:47:16,840
Speaker 1: old starter. And the difference is he's a better runner

908
00:47:16,880 --> 00:47:19,319
Speaker 1: than any of the running quarterbacks before. So it's like, okay,

909
00:47:19,400 --> 00:47:21,600
Speaker 1: running quarterbacks even worked well, they haven't been the same

910
00:47:21,760 --> 00:47:24,480
Speaker 1: as Lamar Jackson, especially in this NFL. What you're saying,

911
00:47:24,520 --> 00:47:26,440
Speaker 1: he's a better running quarterback than Michael Vick. I think

912
00:47:26,480 --> 00:47:29,120
Speaker 1: he's the best one since Michael Vick and maybe better.

913
00:47:29,239 --> 00:47:32,400
Speaker 1: He was on pace to shatter the rushing rookie rushing record.

914
00:47:32,719 --> 00:47:37,319
Speaker 1: They had the most successful yeah part, and I don't

915
00:47:37,360 --> 00:47:39,120
Speaker 1: think that makes him a better runner than Michael Vick.

916
00:47:40,600 --> 00:47:43,239
Speaker 1: The way the ease that they picked up seventy eight

917
00:47:43,360 --> 00:47:45,439
Speaker 1: yards from him, I mean they had the best eight

918
00:47:45,640 --> 00:47:48,759
Speaker 1: games stretching forty years running. He turned Gus Edwards to

919
00:47:48,800 --> 00:47:51,720
Speaker 1: a top five back. Gus Edwards outgained Zeko Elliot, Christian

920
00:47:51,760 --> 00:47:56,440
Speaker 1: McCaffrey after Lamar Jackson took over anything until that. It's

921
00:47:56,480 --> 00:47:58,920
Speaker 1: a great landing spot for mark Ingram and greg Or.

922
00:47:59,080 --> 00:48:01,120
Speaker 1: You know, I'm excited to why greg growing. But part

923
00:48:01,160 --> 00:48:02,960
Speaker 1: of it that I'm into them too is the defense.

924
00:48:03,040 --> 00:48:06,560
Speaker 1: Like right now, Patrick on Watsu is the guy taking

925
00:48:06,640 --> 00:48:12,040
Speaker 1: over for ray Lewis and spot and like, and he

926
00:48:12,280 --> 00:48:13,839
Speaker 1: to me is like a symbol of the team. I mean,

927
00:48:13,960 --> 00:48:16,080
Speaker 1: he's calling place. He never even played linebacker until he

928
00:48:16,120 --> 00:48:18,880
Speaker 1: was a prose Now he's, you know, one of the

929
00:48:19,040 --> 00:48:22,479
Speaker 1: leaders of that group, and it's like a totally remade group.

930
00:48:22,560 --> 00:48:24,960
Speaker 1: That's kind of a mystery. Do you think they are

931
00:48:25,040 --> 00:48:26,759
Speaker 1: the favorite to win the North in your mind? Now?

932
00:48:27,080 --> 00:48:29,359
Speaker 1: I think the Steelers and the Browns, I would say,

933
00:48:29,440 --> 00:48:31,880
Speaker 1: are more of a favorite. But I think they're all.

934
00:48:32,360 --> 00:48:35,239
Speaker 1: It's not much separating those three any other takeaways from

935
00:48:35,280 --> 00:48:39,360
Speaker 1: your time. My my strongest opinion is less about the

936
00:48:39,400 --> 00:48:41,360
Speaker 1: time there, although he had a great day, Mark Andrews,

937
00:48:41,560 --> 00:48:45,800
Speaker 1: but more about watching the Lamar Jackson tape. That Mark Andrews,

938
00:48:45,880 --> 00:48:49,240
Speaker 1: to me, is like an unbelievable making the leap candidate

939
00:48:49,520 --> 00:48:52,759
Speaker 1: to be a pro bowler right now, to gain eight

940
00:48:52,880 --> 00:48:55,440
Speaker 1: hundred to a thousand yards and be a badass blocker,

941
00:48:55,680 --> 00:48:58,120
Speaker 1: and for him and Hayden Hurst and Nick Boyle to

942
00:48:58,239 --> 00:48:59,920
Speaker 1: cause a lot of problems. And I think that's kind

943
00:49:00,080 --> 00:49:02,440
Speaker 1: the centerpiece of their often even though it's it's Lamar

944
00:49:02,640 --> 00:49:05,360
Speaker 1: and the tight ends and Ingram and all the different

945
00:49:05,360 --> 00:49:07,239
Speaker 1: things you can do with those guys. And Andrews, I

946
00:49:07,280 --> 00:49:09,120
Speaker 1: guess because he was a late, you know, third round pick,

947
00:49:09,160 --> 00:49:11,239
Speaker 1: and he was on the Ravens didn't get a ton

948
00:49:11,320 --> 00:49:13,080
Speaker 1: of of But for a rookie tight end to look

949
00:49:13,239 --> 00:49:16,319
Speaker 1: that good, like I am expecting him to be a badass, Well,

950
00:49:17,040 --> 00:49:20,480
Speaker 1: he's in the right offense because Lamar Jackson throws almost

951
00:49:20,520 --> 00:49:23,920
Speaker 1: exclusively to his tight ends and rarely throws outside the

952
00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:27,680
Speaker 1: numbers or rarely completes passes outside the numbers. Anyway, I

953
00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:29,920
Speaker 1: do have a hot take on the Baltimore you know,

954
00:49:30,160 --> 00:49:33,960
Speaker 1: um on the on the sun in Baltimore, so you

955
00:49:34,000 --> 00:49:36,000
Speaker 1: know this time you're you know, it's humid people, a

956
00:49:36,040 --> 00:49:39,640
Speaker 1: lot of a lot of complete that mid Atlantic sun.

957
00:49:39,960 --> 00:49:41,759
Speaker 1: I mean, it doesn't all the candle to the West

958
00:49:41,840 --> 00:49:44,440
Speaker 1: Coast sun. I get. Give me eighty three on the

959
00:49:44,520 --> 00:49:50,160
Speaker 1: East coast over seventy three or even seventy one in

960
00:49:50,360 --> 00:49:54,600
Speaker 1: terms of sunny strength on the West coast. It's powerful.

961
00:49:54,880 --> 00:49:57,200
Speaker 1: It's less powerful. I think that's science because it's like

962
00:49:57,320 --> 00:49:59,440
Speaker 1: farther away from the equator, you can you can stand

963
00:49:59,480 --> 00:50:01,080
Speaker 1: out in that East coast. Son. It's true. I was,

964
00:50:01,239 --> 00:50:04,880
Speaker 1: you know, I was in Massachusetts too when it was degrees.

965
00:50:05,080 --> 00:50:06,600
Speaker 1: You can be out in that sun for a little while.

966
00:50:06,719 --> 00:50:08,759
Speaker 1: You're out here and it's seventy two degrees and that thing,

967
00:50:08,880 --> 00:50:10,600
Speaker 1: that thing is gonna burn it. You reported that you

968
00:50:11,000 --> 00:50:13,439
Speaker 1: showed up there and you forgot all your underwear. Also,

969
00:50:14,239 --> 00:50:19,400
Speaker 1: well that's true. I had to you know, yeah, I

970
00:50:19,520 --> 00:50:21,839
Speaker 1: wore what I decided war. I had an extra pair

971
00:50:22,320 --> 00:50:24,360
Speaker 1: of you know, athletic shorts, so I just used that

972
00:50:25,680 --> 00:50:27,920
Speaker 1: as my underwear and then you know, I hit the target.

973
00:50:28,400 --> 00:50:30,600
Speaker 1: This is actually the second road trip this season that

974
00:50:30,680 --> 00:50:33,800
Speaker 1: that's target. I had a target, and uh, you know,

975
00:50:33,880 --> 00:50:36,680
Speaker 1: but what did you wear one day one? I just

976
00:50:36,760 --> 00:50:40,400
Speaker 1: went with like my running shorts underneath. Actual. I shared

977
00:50:40,440 --> 00:50:41,960
Speaker 1: this nugget before the show, but I feel like the

978
00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:44,080
Speaker 1: audience would like it to note as well. There was

979
00:50:44,120 --> 00:50:46,080
Speaker 1: this guy that I went to high school with named Burger,

980
00:50:46,400 --> 00:50:49,360
Speaker 1: who loved playing basketball, and uh, you know, he just

981
00:50:49,560 --> 00:50:52,000
Speaker 1: was all about it that every day at school he

982
00:50:52,120 --> 00:50:55,359
Speaker 1: wore jim shorts under his jeans in case a game

983
00:50:55,440 --> 00:50:58,280
Speaker 1: broke out. I've done that before, just in case. Sounds

984
00:50:58,280 --> 00:51:00,239
Speaker 1: like a man with a vibrant social life. It's a

985
00:51:00,280 --> 00:51:03,640
Speaker 1: lot of layers. Um last thought connected to the Ravens

986
00:51:03,680 --> 00:51:05,440
Speaker 1: because she wrote that making the lead piece as well.

987
00:51:05,520 --> 00:51:09,000
Speaker 1: Greg Let's do a little over under twenty nineteen. Lamar

988
00:51:09,160 --> 00:51:18,160
Speaker 1: Jackson over under three thousand passing yards overs un West

989
00:51:18,320 --> 00:51:22,279
Speaker 1: over under fourteen passing yards seven. He had more yards

990
00:51:22,320 --> 00:51:24,200
Speaker 1: for a tempt than Andrew luck by the way last year,

991
00:51:24,239 --> 00:51:28,560
Speaker 1: and Matthew Stafford Lamar Jackson. Where would but Lamar Jackson

992
00:51:28,680 --> 00:51:31,279
Speaker 1: if you had a peg? I know yardage isn't the

993
00:51:31,360 --> 00:51:35,640
Speaker 1: indicator necessarily of greatness, but I think he's a pastor

994
00:51:35,800 --> 00:51:39,480
Speaker 1: passing yards somewhere in the undred to three thousand yard

995
00:51:39,600 --> 00:51:42,880
Speaker 1: ring fourteen and a half touchdown passes. I want to clarify,

996
00:51:42,880 --> 00:51:44,560
Speaker 1: I think he'll probably be injured at some point as

997
00:51:44,640 --> 00:51:46,759
Speaker 1: much as he runs too, so that factors into my

998
00:51:47,480 --> 00:51:51,319
Speaker 1: statistical guess. All right, twelve and a half starts. Wow,

999
00:51:52,040 --> 00:51:57,240
Speaker 1: over over over on all these paces from last fourteen

1000
00:51:57,239 --> 00:52:01,160
Speaker 1: and a half touchdowns, yea over passing touchdowns. But you

1001
00:52:01,239 --> 00:52:03,080
Speaker 1: want a second year quarterback to be better than his

1002
00:52:03,160 --> 00:52:05,520
Speaker 1: previous pace. Right now, I'm saying that that these are

1003
00:52:05,560 --> 00:52:13,920
Speaker 1: pretty low bars. These are nine rushing yards over whoa Okay, okay,

1004
00:52:14,960 --> 00:52:19,880
Speaker 1: what do you think mark over? Because I'm gonna seven starts.

1005
00:52:20,560 --> 00:52:23,680
Speaker 1: So you see you see four thousand combined yards passing

1006
00:52:23,719 --> 00:52:26,080
Speaker 1: and rushing. You see a guy that has maybe thirty

1007
00:52:26,160 --> 00:52:29,719
Speaker 1: total touchdowns. You see a guy that's basically a young VIC.

1008
00:52:31,080 --> 00:52:32,799
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be a young star. I mean

1009
00:52:32,920 --> 00:52:35,480
Speaker 1: he was. That's the thing that did. I don't know

1010
00:52:35,520 --> 00:52:37,360
Speaker 1: if it was that game or what. I feel like

1011
00:52:37,440 --> 00:52:41,160
Speaker 1: the bar or the like moved for him so much

1012
00:52:41,280 --> 00:52:43,560
Speaker 1: like change, like moving the field the first three quarters

1013
00:52:43,600 --> 00:52:45,760
Speaker 1: of that playoff loss. And I know he was picked

1014
00:52:45,800 --> 00:52:47,759
Speaker 1: up his numbers and made it look he was, but

1015
00:52:47,840 --> 00:52:51,240
Speaker 1: so is Marshall Yonda. Marshall Yonda was terrible. The offensive

1016
00:52:51,280 --> 00:52:54,160
Speaker 1: line was terrible, the running game was terrible. They were

1017
00:52:54,200 --> 00:52:58,920
Speaker 1: all terrible. The whole game counts too, Like to me,

1018
00:52:59,040 --> 00:53:00,960
Speaker 1: the fact that he had made some badass throws in

1019
00:53:01,000 --> 00:53:03,040
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter like counts for something. And he was

1020
00:53:03,120 --> 00:53:06,480
Speaker 1: a rookie, so I'm not. And all these running plays

1021
00:53:06,480 --> 00:53:08,279
Speaker 1: you're talking about, that's fine. But the flip side of

1022
00:53:08,400 --> 00:53:11,040
Speaker 1: that is every defensive coordinator in the league has spent

1023
00:53:11,120 --> 00:53:13,680
Speaker 1: the off season trying to figure out this defense is

1024
00:53:13,680 --> 00:53:15,120
Speaker 1: not going to be as easy as but it's gonna

1025
00:53:15,120 --> 00:53:18,839
Speaker 1: be a totally different offense, I think. And he's a game.

1026
00:53:18,880 --> 00:53:20,680
Speaker 1: Their owner even said that he's not going to run

1027
00:53:20,719 --> 00:53:23,400
Speaker 1: as much as he did last year. Um, all right,

1028
00:53:23,680 --> 00:53:26,719
Speaker 1: good stuff, Thank you, Greg. That was as emotional as

1029
00:53:26,760 --> 00:53:30,759
Speaker 1: I thought it would be. You know, it feels like

1030
00:53:30,880 --> 00:53:34,000
Speaker 1: it really you didn't grow up in that area, but

1031
00:53:34,080 --> 00:53:38,799
Speaker 1: it was no I felt a connection. I move there

1032
00:53:38,880 --> 00:53:42,000
Speaker 1: some day, probably not, but I've never been there. And

1033
00:53:42,360 --> 00:53:44,560
Speaker 1: I'll tell you, like you know residents in there's some

1034
00:53:44,640 --> 00:53:49,200
Speaker 1: strange things going on at the residents and like spirits

1035
00:53:49,280 --> 00:53:51,960
Speaker 1: like just people that have clearly been living there for

1036
00:53:52,040 --> 00:53:56,200
Speaker 1: like months, it seems to have their dogs. They leave

1037
00:53:56,239 --> 00:53:58,759
Speaker 1: their dogs. No, but I just the whole vibe. It

1038
00:53:58,920 --> 00:54:01,239
Speaker 1: was quiet. I liked it. It was different if you're

1039
00:54:01,400 --> 00:54:04,000
Speaker 1: a long term resident at the Residents in and the

1040
00:54:04,120 --> 00:54:06,480
Speaker 1: dogs staying home during the day and I don't know

1041
00:54:06,520 --> 00:54:09,400
Speaker 1: where you're going. I think you want sideways at some

1042
00:54:09,520 --> 00:54:12,280
Speaker 1: point your life. I'm not saying you're a bad person

1043
00:54:12,400 --> 00:54:14,759
Speaker 1: or your life's bad or whatever. It's just maybe things

1044
00:54:14,840 --> 00:54:17,600
Speaker 1: haven't gone to plant they have. Let's settle down on

1045
00:54:17,680 --> 00:54:23,160
Speaker 1: dogs to begin with. Please you know you when you

1046
00:54:23,239 --> 00:54:26,240
Speaker 1: put the sign on your door that says do not disturb.

1047
00:54:26,480 --> 00:54:29,359
Speaker 1: They have like very much many different options for those

1048
00:54:29,680 --> 00:54:32,800
Speaker 1: at the Residents, including one that's like pooch in the

1049
00:54:32,920 --> 00:54:35,759
Speaker 1: room or something like that, like leave it alone, my

1050
00:54:35,880 --> 00:54:48,960
Speaker 1: dogs in the room. You were you were, oh, look

1051
00:54:49,000 --> 00:54:55,759
Speaker 1: out that you would think at some point that you're

1052
00:54:55,800 --> 00:54:58,360
Speaker 1: staying in a better hotel, like if it's a hotel

1053
00:54:58,400 --> 00:55:01,839
Speaker 1: allows dogs, which is weird the way, because like, all right,

1054
00:55:01,880 --> 00:55:03,680
Speaker 1: you can bring your dog, and then the next person

1055
00:55:03,760 --> 00:55:07,839
Speaker 1: that goes in there, I don't need that, don't They

1056
00:55:07,920 --> 00:55:09,960
Speaker 1: try to put people with dogs into the rooms. That

1057
00:55:10,000 --> 00:55:13,560
Speaker 1: have already had dogs in. Yeah, I think there's a

1058
00:55:13,600 --> 00:55:16,040
Speaker 1: convention and you're you gotta put everyone and everyone in

1059
00:55:16,080 --> 00:55:18,640
Speaker 1: your in a room with all this like golden shepherd

1060
00:55:18,719 --> 00:55:20,680
Speaker 1: hair on your pillow in the Sicilia. I don't stay

1061
00:55:20,719 --> 00:55:26,239
Speaker 1: at the shooting residents in with the dogs. Yeah. I

1062
00:55:26,400 --> 00:55:28,120
Speaker 1: stayed a kennel so I could be close to the

1063
00:55:28,200 --> 00:55:30,880
Speaker 1: team headquarters. I just wanted to be like two miles away.

1064
00:55:30,960 --> 00:55:33,279
Speaker 1: That was the choice. Get some points and travel with

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00:55:33,360 --> 00:55:35,680
Speaker 1: a dog. Where are you supposed to stay? Don't travel

1066
00:55:35,760 --> 00:55:38,359
Speaker 1: with the dog. Well, that's not the answer because it's

1067
00:55:38,400 --> 00:55:40,879
Speaker 1: not right and that for a dog to travel either,

1068
00:55:40,960 --> 00:55:44,800
Speaker 1: a dog needs stability. It needs to have For me, no,

1069
00:55:45,000 --> 00:55:47,120
Speaker 1: I love dogs like. The reason I don't have a

1070
00:55:47,160 --> 00:55:48,960
Speaker 1: dog is I want a bigger yard to have a dog.

1071
00:55:49,040 --> 00:55:50,759
Speaker 1: I want to be home all the time. I want

1072
00:55:50,800 --> 00:55:53,759
Speaker 1: people home. A dog shouldn't be stuffed dog underneath. And

1073
00:55:55,040 --> 00:55:57,680
Speaker 1: you can travel with your dog, you can, but it

1074
00:55:57,719 --> 00:55:59,560
Speaker 1: doesn't mean you should. What if you're on a road

1075
00:55:59,600 --> 00:56:02,080
Speaker 1: trip driving for ten hours and you have the dog

1076
00:56:02,160 --> 00:56:05,360
Speaker 1: with you, that's a one off thing, that's fine, But

1077
00:56:05,520 --> 00:56:08,320
Speaker 1: if it's if you're continually traveling with a dog, I

1078
00:56:08,360 --> 00:56:10,720
Speaker 1: don't really count like the eight pound dogs. That's barely

1079
00:56:10,760 --> 00:56:12,400
Speaker 1: a dog to me. I mean, like, don't be a

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00:56:12,480 --> 00:56:15,080
Speaker 1: traveling salesman with a dog or a truck driver with

1081
00:56:15,120 --> 00:56:17,399
Speaker 1: a dog. I don't know, just because what most other

1082
00:56:17,440 --> 00:56:19,400
Speaker 1: things would be a one off. The dog is stable

1083
00:56:19,440 --> 00:56:21,799
Speaker 1: home where it lives most of its life, and it's

1084
00:56:21,880 --> 00:56:24,880
Speaker 1: not being put through airport security and things of that nature.

1085
00:56:25,080 --> 00:56:27,120
Speaker 1: If you're a truck driver, you gotta have a Bassett

1086
00:56:27,120 --> 00:56:30,239
Speaker 1: Hound in the front seat. I mean I wouldn't, but

1087
00:56:30,719 --> 00:56:34,960
Speaker 1: but others mind, Fred, wasn't that east bounding town. We'll

1088
00:56:35,000 --> 00:56:38,600
Speaker 1: be back next week with three more shows, so make

1089
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Speaker 1: sure you join us. And uh we are bat We're

1090
00:56:42,560 --> 00:56:45,080
Speaker 1: in full swing now. I have a little little tiny

1091
00:56:45,320 --> 00:56:49,200
Speaker 1: weekend opener to play for you. Okay, it's just a

1092
00:56:49,280 --> 00:56:52,239
Speaker 1: little vibe. We're getting into the weekend. Stop telling me

1093
00:56:52,320 --> 00:56:53,759
Speaker 1: that the seasons here and we can't have fund as

1094
00:56:53,840 --> 00:57:12,959
Speaker 1: human beans anymore. M hm, hut it up, turn it off.

1095
00:57:15,960 --> 00:57:19,120
Speaker 1: Yes there is. That's Homer Simpson's dad. I love it.

1096
00:57:19,360 --> 00:57:24,400
Speaker 1: The Shields Remembrance slash reflection ceremony zeus or manner on Saturday,

1097
00:57:24,960 --> 00:57:27,840
Speaker 1: um and we'll be back Monday, God willing. That's it.

1098
00:57:28,200 --> 00:57:33,000
Speaker 1: Dan handsOn signing off four Quiet Storm, the Mailman, the

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00:57:33,040 --> 00:57:35,240
Speaker 1: old Boss, Ricky Hollywood, behind the glass, Ricky, you coming,

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00:57:36,400 --> 00:57:38,800
Speaker 1: You promise, yes, I will be there. There will hell

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00:57:38,960 --> 00:57:42,000
Speaker 1: to pay, well, rain fire if you're not there till

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Speaker 1: Monday