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Speaker 2: for you, Hey, coach man, what a run this has

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Speaker 6: You go from being the interim head coach to being

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Speaker 2: That's that's such a powerful message, and it's one of development, right,

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Speaker 1: Because I always say this to our staff, Like football

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Speaker 1: If you look at our team, you know ninety five

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Speaker 1: Because not only are we gonna need their support to

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Speaker 1: Pete he comes out a ton. We zoom once a

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Speaker 1: week on everything from messaging to schedules. I mean once

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Speaker 1: a week, no questions asked. I was able to go

443
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Speaker 1: out and see Dabbos Sweeney in the offseason.

444
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Speaker 5: I was able to.

445
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Speaker 1: Talk with Matt Campbell. Brian Harson is someone I talked

446
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Speaker 1: to a lot. You know, I've talked with just a

447
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Speaker 1: bunch of these guys. Jonathan Smith, like there's just there's

448
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Speaker 1: a long list of guys. Talked with PJ. Fleck, like

449
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Speaker 1: anyone I could find that's a head coach. Like I'm talking,

450
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Speaker 1: I'm I'm and then I'm gonna wad through to see

451
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Speaker 1: kind of how it fits me and how if it's

452
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Speaker 1: this program but from everything and so I mean for

453
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Speaker 1: me and how I'm growing every week, like every week,

454
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Speaker 1: and then when I zoom with Coach Pete, it's it's

455
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Speaker 1: talking about those things like, hey, this was my messaging

456
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Speaker 1: direct I'm I'm big on messaging.

457
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Speaker 5: I believe you know, messaging is a.

458
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Speaker 1: Force multiplier and I'm very I want to be very

459
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Speaker 1: specific with our guys and I and I relate it

460
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Speaker 1: to our staff.

461
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Speaker 5: I want to use a fire hose, not a mister.

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Speaker 1: So like I'm very My meetings are quick. I'm usually

463
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Speaker 1: eight to ten minutes, but it is very direct on

464
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Speaker 1: what we need to do. It's not these long meetings

465
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Speaker 1: and I'm kind of all over the place. And that's

466
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Speaker 1: something that I've needed to learn and grow in. And

467
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Speaker 1: it's something you know, as a defensive coordinator, you had

468
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Speaker 1: time to kind of meet with the whole defense go

469
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Speaker 1: through a game plan. As a head coach, I got

470
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Speaker 1: ten minutes, and I got to make sure that I

471
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Speaker 1: am clear, direct and it is set and it's very

472
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Speaker 1: clear for our coaches so that they can use the

473
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Speaker 1: same messaging so that it becomes a force multiplier.

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Speaker 5: So messaging is a big one.

475
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Speaker 1: I'm always finding ways to make sure our schedule is efficient.

476
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Speaker 1: As the time of the year changes, I'm changing practice

477
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Speaker 1: plans to fit what we need most. Are we getting

478
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Speaker 1: the most recovery? Are we still having joy in our process?

479
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Speaker 1: Do I need to make something different so it doesn't

480
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Speaker 1: become the mundane. So there's so many things on a

481
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Speaker 1: weekly basis, from messaging to scheduling to you know, really

482
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Speaker 1: the vibe that that's around our building Because I really

483
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Speaker 1: want our players to have a ton of joy on

484
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Speaker 1: this journey, and I tell guys like you can enjoy

485
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Speaker 1: doing hard things. That's life and it's not just having

486
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Speaker 1: joy when you're on off time or having joy after

487
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Speaker 1: a championship game. Like life is a journey, life is

488
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Speaker 1: a climb. Enjoy this pursuit. And it's my job to

489
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Speaker 1: make sure that that is what our guys feel. And

490
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Speaker 1: so there's there's going to be so many different things

491
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Speaker 1: we learn and grow it every single day and start

492
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Speaker 1: with me, coach.

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Speaker 6: Last thing for you from my end, if I've never

494
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Speaker 6: seen your team and I had to close my eyes.

495
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Speaker 4: Could you paint a picture for what I should.

496
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Speaker 6: See when I see the Boise State Broncos play under

497
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Speaker 6: your direction.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, first and foremost, that's a great question. I talked

499
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Speaker 1: to our team a lot. Is I want you I

500
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Speaker 1: would want someone to see a team that it plays

501
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Speaker 1: with relentless effort and loves their teammates, and like that's

502
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Speaker 1: the overarching and the three ways we do it. We

503
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Speaker 1: say we play fast, play smart, play together. Like that's

504
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Speaker 1: what I want someone to see when they watch us

505
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Speaker 1: playing fast. That's that effort. Like you don't you might

506
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Speaker 1: not know exactly what you're supposed to do. That's Okay, man,

507
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Speaker 1: I want you to hunt and play fast, and then

508
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Speaker 1: the smart part of it, like that's what Boise State

509
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Speaker 1: has been built on. I mean, these guys are relentless

510
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Speaker 1: in regards to how they watch film, how they do

511
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Speaker 1: walk throughs. That's not a culture thing that I've started.

512
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Speaker 1: That's been inbred in the bones of Boise State football.

513
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Speaker 1: And the last part, which is playing together, Like this

514
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Speaker 1: is the greatest team sport on the planet if you

515
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Speaker 1: emphasize that, it's not about me, me, me, it's about together.

516
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Speaker 1: So I want I I'm always fine trying to show

517
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Speaker 1: clips of Hey, great touchdown run by Ashton, but look

518
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Speaker 1: at this amazing block by our receivers. Look at this

519
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Speaker 1: tight end work up the field. Hey, big time throw

520
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Speaker 1: from Maddox to the trell cables. But look at how

521
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Speaker 1: far that safety ran up to because of the run.

522
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Speaker 1: Fake Right, it's together and those are the three things

523
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Speaker 1: that I want, And we don't.

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Speaker 5: We're not perfect at and we're working to do it

525
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Speaker 5: every day. But I want a team.

526
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Speaker 1: When someone walks, I want to see them see a

527
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Speaker 1: team that plays fast, They places more, they play football

528
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Speaker 1: the right way, and they and they do it all.

529
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Speaker 2: Together well it's a it's a beautiful thing and it's

530
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Speaker 2: got a chance to make some big time waves here

531
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Speaker 2: and these final three games. I know your focus is

532
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Speaker 2: on San Jose and we wish you all the best

533
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Speaker 2: coach in that endeavor and wherever this postseason takes you.

534
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Speaker 2: Thanks so much for spending some time with us here

535
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Speaker 2: on Move the Sticks.

536
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Speaker 5: Awesome. Thanks guys, God bless.

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Speaker 3: You so Buck.

538
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Speaker 2: Look, I applaud you know what coach is doing there

539
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Speaker 2: with his you know, development minded program and and really

540
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Speaker 2: trying to continue to make an emphasis on high school players.

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Speaker 3: You know, I think you're always wondering can you keep

542
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Speaker 3: that up.

543
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Speaker 4: In this world?

544
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Speaker 3: Can you keep that up?

545
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Speaker 2: And the way that his passion speaks to that, Like,

546
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Speaker 2: I think that it's not just us, it's not something

547
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Speaker 2: he's saying, it's something he believes in. So I think

548
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Speaker 2: he'll they'll have that on their side. But I'm really

549
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Speaker 2: curious to see how that, you know, the college football

550
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Speaker 2: playoff and how the rest of the changing landscape and

551
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Speaker 2: college football will affect programs like Boise State moving forward.

552
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Speaker 6: Yeah, I wonder because you always wonder about the quote

553
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Speaker 6: unquote little guys, how they're going to survive when the

554
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Speaker 6: world has become more transactional than transformational. But they're selling

555
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Speaker 6: that they're committed to developing high school players, four and

556
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Speaker 6: five year players that stay on campus and get better

557
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Speaker 6: and avoid leaving when they have.

558
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Speaker 4: A little success.

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Speaker 6: To do that, I think it's about relationships, and it's

560
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Speaker 6: about the tradition, the relationships that coach has with the players,

561
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Speaker 6: and how the coaches relate to the players and how

562
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Speaker 6: the players relate to each other. But then it's about

563
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Speaker 6: the tradition because but Boise has always punched above his weight.

564
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Speaker 6: It's always been a program that has traditionally kind of

565
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Speaker 6: knocked off the heavyweights.

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Speaker 4: And look, they are David knocking off Golife. I think

567
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Speaker 4: that continues.

568
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Speaker 6: And if they are able to make it to the

569
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Speaker 6: tournament and get into the playoff, it still changes the

570
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Speaker 6: perception of the program. They become one of the say

571
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Speaker 6: underrated powers that exists on the West Coast. It gives

572
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Speaker 6: them maybe a little head up on some of the

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Speaker 6: competition when it comes to recruiting.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and look, I love the twelve team playoff because

575
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Speaker 2: we're gonna have a chance to see a team like

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Speaker 2: Boise State, you know, and and like teams like you

577
00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:18,679
Speaker 2: know UCF from years past, all right, but now you

578
00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:20,240
Speaker 2: see F in the Big twelve, so you know you

579
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Speaker 2: have a better shot at that.

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Speaker 3: But with the way that the.

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Speaker 2: Conferences are changing too, I'm still glad that there's a

582
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Speaker 2: spot for a team like Boise in the college football playoff,

583
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Speaker 2: in the tournament. Okay, it is time for Hot or Not,

584
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Speaker 2: brought to you by with Sabbi Hot Cloud Storage. And

585
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Speaker 2: with that, Bucky, let's get to some players here. On

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Speaker 2: Russell Wilson is the first one that comes to mind

587
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Speaker 2: for me. The numbers aren't I popping right, they're not

588
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Speaker 2: jumping off the charts, but the wins are and the

589
00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:56,040
Speaker 2: losses are not because there are none for him as

590
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Speaker 2: the starting quarterback in Pittsburgh. Again goes back to the

591
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Speaker 2: confidence in the decision that Mike Tomlin made. But Russell

592
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Speaker 2: Wilson is playing good football, and that's hot right now

593
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Speaker 2: in Pittsburgh.

594
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Speaker 4: That is hot in Pittsburgh.

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Speaker 6: And I'll be the first one to say that I

596
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Speaker 6: wasn't in love with the move when he made it,

597
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Speaker 6: because Justin Fields was playing well enough that the team

598
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Speaker 6: was winning games.

599
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Speaker 4: However, the job of the head coach.

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Speaker 6: Is to anticipate the potential problems that are on the

601
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Speaker 6: horizon and have an answer for them. And by putting

602
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Speaker 6: Russell Wilson in the lineup, he has already answered how

603
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Speaker 6: teams were going to load up against that run heavy attack.

604
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Speaker 6: We are seeing the return of the deep ball in Pittsburgh.

605
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Speaker 6: And for me in my area, I think about those

606
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Speaker 6: long pass they used to go to Lynz Run and

607
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Speaker 6: John Stalworth. Now now Russell Wilson is dropping these moon

608
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Speaker 6: balls into George Pickens and Mike Williams. And as teams

609
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Speaker 6: are beginning to have to respect the deep ball, the

610
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Speaker 6: running game will open up. And if you got the

611
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Speaker 6: running game and the deep ball and the magic that

612
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Speaker 6: Russell displays in the fourth quarter to go with that defense,

613
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Speaker 6: now you're talking about the Pittsburgh still is in a

614
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Speaker 6: different light. They've gone from playoff contender the possible title

615
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Speaker 6: contender with Russell Wilson under center.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Great one, And we'll get a two for here. Because

618
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Speaker 2: they played each other on Thursday Night Football in Week ten.

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Speaker 2: Joe Burrow and Lamar Jackson four touchdowns a piece in

620
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Speaker 2: that game, not a single interception. Lamar threw for nearly

621
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Speaker 2: three hundred Burrow threw for over four hundred. They both

622
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Speaker 2: got similar touchdown to interception ratios right now. The only

623
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Speaker 2: difference is the Ravens are winning and the Bengals can't

624
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Speaker 2: quite find a consistent streak on that part.

625
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Speaker 3: So I feel like both quarterbacks are hot.

626
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Speaker 2: I guess you could make an argument that the not

627
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Speaker 2: part would reside with the Bengals as a team at

628
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Speaker 2: this point.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I guess so, And I'll take the Bengals part

630
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Speaker 6: of the conversation because in Joe Burrow.

631
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Speaker 4: It's funny because we laughed a couple of years.

632
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Speaker 6: Ago when they asked Joe Burrow about the Bengals championship

633
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Speaker 6: window and he basically said, the champions windows as open

634
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Speaker 6: as long as I'm playing. And what I see from

635
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Speaker 6: the Bengals is it doesn't matter if they have a

636
00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:07,480
Speaker 6: slow start, it doesn't matter if they have a few

637
00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:10,800
Speaker 6: hiccups down the road. This team is always a dangerous

638
00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:13,120
Speaker 6: team and if they can somehow found their way into

639
00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:16,240
Speaker 6: the tournament, no one wants to deal with Joe Burrow

640
00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:19,040
Speaker 6: a hot Joe Burrow throwing the ball, Jamar Chase and

641
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Speaker 6: T Higgins and some of the other webs available on

642
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Speaker 6: the perimeter.

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Speaker 4: This dude is legit.

644
00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:26,280
Speaker 6: And I was late to the party when it came

645
00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:31,240
Speaker 6: to recognizing his special qualities as a franchise quarterback. But

646
00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:33,560
Speaker 6: you see it each and every week. This dude is

647
00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:36,640
Speaker 6: a premier quarterback, one that we have to talk about

648
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Speaker 6: as one of the top five quarterbacks in the league.

649
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Speaker 5: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Look, they're four and six.

651
00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:42,080
Speaker 2: They're a game out of the seventh spot in the

652
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Speaker 2: AFC right now, which is currently occupied by the Denver

653
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Speaker 2: Broncos at five and five. Now, I think it's going

654
00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:51,119
Speaker 2: to be hard for them to challenge to get much

655
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Speaker 2: further north than the seventh spot because the team in

656
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Speaker 2: sixth right now is the Chargers. They're six and three,

657
00:26:56,520 --> 00:26:58,920
Speaker 2: so that's three back in the loss column, two back

658
00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:01,560
Speaker 2: in the win column there for Cincinnati. But they're fighting

659
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Speaker 2: with a team like Indianapolis and a team on the

660
00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:06,399
Speaker 2: come up like Miami to try to get into that

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Speaker 2: to get into the tournament. Whereas it feels like KC, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Houston, Baltimore, LA,

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Speaker 2: basically like everybody's fighting for it feels like one spot

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Speaker 2: right now in the AFC. So they've still got a chance, certainly,

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Speaker 2: and Joe Burrow is a big reason for it, and that,

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Speaker 2: Sabi dot com. All right, Buck, that's going to do

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Speaker 2: it for us here, buddy, on this episode of Move

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Speaker 2: the Sticks. We've got a lot coming up for you

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Speaker 2: each and every week and can't wait to see how

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Speaker 2: the rookie draft unfolds and whether or no Bill is

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Speaker 2: still producing this podcast when we come back to you

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Speaker 2: next Tuesday, So I'll look forward to all that, Bud.

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Speaker 2: Always great to be here with you, and thanks again

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Speaker 2: for listening to move.

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Speaker 1: This team.

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