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Speaker 1: This just in.

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Speaker 2: We officially have an Aaron Rodgers signing. Excuse me, I

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Speaker 2: misread that we officially have an Aaron Rodgers sighting in Pittsburgh,

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Speaker 2: where he spent the day getting to know the Steelers.

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Speaker 2: But will he actually don the black and yellow? We

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Speaker 2: will tell you the latest. Russe Wilson is also on

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Speaker 2: Rogers Watch, mainly because Wilson's own future may depend on

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Speaker 2: the four time NFL MVP's destination. There is one team

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Speaker 2: Russ could choose to go to any time, though, depending

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Speaker 2: if he wants to live dangerously. Cowboys are in their

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Speaker 2: comfort zone. By that I mean watching everybody else make

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Speaker 2: big moves. Our guy Adam Rank has some thoughts on

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Speaker 2: the NFL offseason's most puzzling transactions or lack thereof, as

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Speaker 2: he joins the only relevant sports programming on TV tonight,

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Speaker 2: Welcome in s with the Insiders alongside Judy Batista and

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Speaker 2: Mike Garafalo. I am Tom Pelisero. It has actually been

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Speaker 2: a very packed week for us of quarterback drama, shockingly

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Speaker 2: surrounding the destination of one Aaron Rodgers. But a key

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Speaker 2: development today we have proof of life. Because that's right.

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Speaker 2: Aaron Rodgers was meeting with these Steelers. This is the

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Speaker 2: first known visit for Aaron Rodgers. It sounds like it

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Speaker 2: came together relatively last minute. He spent a lot of

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Speaker 2: time today with the coaches in person for the first time.

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Speaker 2: My understanding is the contract parameters have actually been in

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Speaker 2: place four weeks. This is not a money thing. They

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Speaker 2: didn't talk money today. They just forgetting to know each other.

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Speaker 2: The Giants mic are still in the mix here. But

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Speaker 2: this decision as it has been is clearly in Rogers hands.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, this is part of the process for Aaron, right.

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Speaker 3: It's been a process, right, And everything seems to be

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Speaker 3: a process when it comes to Aaron Rodgers and making

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Speaker 3: his decisions on future lately, going back to his time

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Speaker 3: and the whole Darkness retreat and taking his time there,

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Speaker 3: and he actually changed his mind during that whole process.

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Speaker 3: He went in expecting to retire and came out saying, no,

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Speaker 3: I want to go play for the Jets.

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Speaker 2: So whatever he was feeling.

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Speaker 3: At the beginning of this, if he's changed it, if

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Speaker 3: for him, wouldn't be surprised to me as the kind

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Speaker 3: of guy that seems to be open to feedback, whether

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Speaker 3: it's internal where whether it's the feedback he receives from

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Speaker 3: the people he's talking to, or whether it comes from

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Speaker 3: another dimension, I don't know. But the point is that

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Speaker 3: Aaron Rodgers has made it clear he is going to

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Speaker 3: take his time with this. So when we got word

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Speaker 2: Now the Giants are still in the mix.

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Speaker 3: At what point will he give the Giants a chance

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Speaker 3: to potentially talk to them?

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Speaker 2: Will he period?

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Speaker 3: We shall see as this moves along, But for now,

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Speaker 3: Judy just collecting information and getting into the facil and

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Speaker 3: meeting people face to face now that he knows also by.

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Speaker 2: The way, that the Vikings are out of it at

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Speaker 4: Well, that's the piece that I think makes this the

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Speaker 4: most interesting is that this visit took place just days

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Speaker 4: after the Vikings made it publicly clear that they were

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Speaker 4: not going to move forward pursuing Aaron Rodgerson At least

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Speaker 4: not right now. So the timetable is what made this interesting.

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Speaker 4: But this strikes me as just more information gathering for him,

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Speaker 4: and as you pointed out, like he has done this

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Speaker 4: been saying now for several weeks, it's not a matter

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Speaker 4: of the money. The contract parameters have been on the

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Speaker 4: an offer that could happen very quickly and move forward immediately.

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Speaker 4: That's not where we are though yet. He's not there yet.

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Speaker 4: He's still in the get to know you phase. Let's

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Speaker 4: and that to me sounds like it is still quite

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Speaker 1: Now.

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Speaker 4: We'll see again if he sits down with the Giants

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Speaker 4: in person as he did with the Steelers. But I

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Speaker 4: think this is just another part of the Aaron Rodgers process.

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Speaker 1: And it is a very very deliberate one.

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Speaker 2: Meanwhile, Russell Wilson is continuing to wait, in part because

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Speaker 2: a visit with Russ who this is his daily dose

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Speaker 2: right here. I don't know if he gets these from

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Speaker 2: good advice, Judy Whn Just to be quite honest, not

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Speaker 2: lost confidence in Russell Wilson coaching staffs, organizations over the

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Speaker 1: That falls no question.

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Speaker 4: I mean, the fact that the Pittsburgh Steelers lost confidence

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Speaker 4: right now waiting for Aaron Rodgers if they wanted Russ back.

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Speaker 4: He made it clear on the last day of the

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Speaker 4: The New York Giants are still out there if they've

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Speaker 3: I think somewhere Russell Wilson is hoping that Aaron Rodgers

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Speaker 3: I just go back to a couple of years and

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Speaker 2: Were saying it was going to happen.

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Speaker 3: It never did happen, But Russell Wilson to the Giants

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Speaker 2: So I think the fact that he hasn't taken that

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Speaker 2: offer Judy from the Browns that you're talking about. If

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Speaker 2: I had to rank them.

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Speaker 3: And I don't know this to be one hundred percent true,

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Speaker 2: I think he wants to get to the Giants.

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Speaker 5: I really do.

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Speaker 2: He's the one that initiated the visit with the Giants

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Speaker 3: It's a little bit different because they're in much more

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Speaker 6: We'll see.

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Speaker 2: I can't remember another quarterback situation like what Pittsburgh has

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Speaker 7: You know, I've played against him early in my career.

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Speaker 7: all those all those characteristics, all those reasons are you know,

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Speaker 8: So you know, last year for you, statistically your best

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Speaker 2: Do you feel like you're coming into your own a

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Speaker 7: Yeah, not for sure, and I know for myself, I

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Speaker 7: But I'm hoping to get there this year, and I'm

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Speaker 8: To play against a guy like Aaron lenn for multiple

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Speaker 7: And of course I'm going to, you know, put it

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Speaker 7: I can to you know, help this scene be successful.

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Speaker 8: So and how nice is it for you to reunite

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Speaker 7: Yes, Yeah, my guy Josh called me yesterday and you

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Speaker 7: So once I heard that news, I was definitely exciting,

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Speaker 7: and you know, Rouck and Gett texting me too.

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Speaker 9: We're here with Mason Graham and you put in some

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Speaker 10: Obviously it's like a long process, but you know, it

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Speaker 10: I had like four or five meetings here at the facility,

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Speaker 10: I feel like I'm, you know, one of the most

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Speaker 2: we've got one of the biggest science in free agency. Literally,

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Speaker 11: Maho his buck Mahomes looking, are you looking?

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Speaker 2: When you make plays like that on football's biggest stage,

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Speaker 2: on the Insiders, Tom Pellicero and Judy Battista. You're one

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Speaker 6: It's crazy, It's crazy.

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Speaker 12: Really, if you go back in a year, a year

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Speaker 6: Hundred million dollar contracts somewhere, I would have been like,

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Speaker 12: But I mean, I mean you were, you work your

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Speaker 1: All Right, you signed a big deal with the New

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Speaker 6: No, just it was good. You know, they welcomed me

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Speaker 6: It's gonna be cool. Coach Rabel.

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Speaker 6: You know, he want us to come in and try

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Speaker 2: Well, take me back to that first day of free agency,

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Speaker 6: After day, you know, they showed they wanted me the

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Speaker 11: All right.

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Speaker 4: We know that Rabel told you, we hope you're ready

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Speaker 12: I'm gonna just do it, do what I always done,

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Speaker 12: So you know, I'm all ears for any suggestions on

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Speaker 6: You know what I've been doing my whole life to

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Speaker 2: So when you get paid the way that you did,

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Speaker 12: Just coming to work every day, I'm not I'm not

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Speaker 12: But yeah, you know, I'm just ready for ready for

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Speaker 4: When you were in Philadelphia, the defense over the years

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Speaker 12: That should be the main objective. So you know, I'm

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Speaker 6: That's how we want. You know, we count on each other.

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Speaker 6: We played off each other.

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Speaker 12: We we challenged each other every day at practice, and

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Speaker 12: they challenged us of the Super Bowl week, knowing that

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Speaker 12: we could be able to take advantage of our matchups

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Speaker 12: up front. And you know, Mahomes is a great quarterback,

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Speaker 12: so we had to be all all ready to go

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Speaker 12: and try to stop him for sure.

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Speaker 2: The last thing for you, you know, at anytime that

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Speaker 2: a guy signs a big contract, I think that there's

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Speaker 2: certain things maybe they want to take care of it

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Speaker 2: in their life. You're on with us right now. We

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Speaker 2: kept sign the contract or in a plan T shirt.

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Speaker 2: You got no jewelry, there's nothing flashing behind you. You didn't,

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Speaker 2: you know, buy a million dollar painting or something. Is

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Speaker 2: there one thing you want? One thing that Milton Williams

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Speaker 2: has always wanted? And now you're like, all right, I

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Speaker 2: can get this now.

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Speaker 12: Everything pretty much morning so far I hadn't already got.

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Speaker 12: So I'm kind of just like, take care of my

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Speaker 12: take care of my family, of course, you know, take

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Speaker 12: care of my mom my, pops. You know, they did

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Speaker 12: a lot for me to get into this situation. My sisters,

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Speaker 12: you know, they've been with me every step of the way.

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Speaker 12: They know everything that is going on behind the scenes.

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Speaker 12: You know, I wouldn't be here without them. So whatever

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Speaker 12: they need for me, am, I make sure I'm there

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Speaker 12: for them, just like they work for me. And you

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Speaker 12: know they're gonna be with me on this journey every

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Speaker 12: step of the way.

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Speaker 2: And you say that again, man on everything, Yeah, go ahead?

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Speaker 6: One thing?

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Speaker 12: Yeah, yeah, bad? I think I answer it. I ain't really,

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Speaker 12: I mean, it ain't nothing that really walk I'm getting.

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Speaker 12: I'm getting the house for sure, probably get mom's the house. Now,

477
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Speaker 12: and she ain't gonna let me leave it down if

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Speaker 12: I don't do that. So we're gon we're gonna.

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Speaker 2: Figure out way, enjoy every second of it. Building earned it.

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Speaker 13: Man.

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Speaker 2: Congratulations, don't you come back on the show another time?

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Speaker 6: Yes, sir, I appreciate you.

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Speaker 2: I have Google our top store. Today Aaron Rodgers was

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Speaker 2: in the Steelers facility, the first visit of Rogers voyage

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Speaker 2: into free agency. The Steelers, in Aaron Rodgers agent, have

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Speaker 2: had contract parameters in place, I'm told for weeks. Money

487
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Speaker 2: was not a discussion today. This was about getting to

488
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Speaker 2: know each other, chance for both sides to get a

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Speaker 2: little bit more information. Rogers met with the coaches. Giant's

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Speaker 2: still involved as well, but this decision squarely in Aaron Rodgers' hands.

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Speaker 2: Tom Pilicero and Mike Garafalo joined now by erin Adam

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Speaker 2: Raank reduce segment called what are they thank you? I

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Speaker 2: feel like I have to do that in the Seinfeld voice.

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Speaker 2: Who are these people and what are they thank you? Right,

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Speaker 2: let's start out right there with the Pittsburgh Steelers here

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Speaker 2: they've made a trade for DK Metcalf. What did you

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Speaker 2: think about what they're thinking?

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Speaker 11: Yeah, this is a big thing.

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Speaker 13: By the way, I think, like my face coming up

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Speaker 13: after an animation that says what are they thinking? Think

501
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Speaker 13: encapsulates my entire career at the NFL network, Like what

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Speaker 13: are they thinking putting this guy on the air. But

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Speaker 13: I will say I'm curious as to what the Pittsburgh

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Speaker 13: Steelers are thinking.

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Speaker 11: In general. You had justin Fields, you let him go.

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Speaker 13: Now you're adding DK Metcalf to go in a wide

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Speaker 13: receiver room that also includes George Pickens, and they're like,

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Speaker 13: you know what, how can we make this more combustible.

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Speaker 13: I got an idea, let's bring in Aaron Rodgers as well.

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Speaker 11: What are they trying to do?

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Speaker 13: I know that Mike Tomlin at one point coach Le'Veon

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Speaker 13: Bell and Antonio Brown and maybe you just think he's

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Speaker 13: a miracle worker, or maybe maybe they're trying to get

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Speaker 13: Mike Tomlin to quit, kind of like when you're sitting there, like, hey,

515
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Speaker 13: no more free food in the commissary all you work

516
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Speaker 13: from home, people have to come back. Organizations do that.

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Speaker 13: I don't know if they're doing that to Mike Tomlin,

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Speaker 13: But what are they thinking? I don't know, but I

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Speaker 13: guess they're trying to win a.

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Speaker 3: Lot of people asking, Rak, what are the Cowboys thinking?

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Speaker 2: What are they doing? Why are they doing more? They

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Speaker 2: did get Osa Odiggy zooa back on a twenty million

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Speaker 2: dollar deal. What are the Cowboys thinking on this one?

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Speaker 11: Yeah, that's solved it, Mike, they got it. All their

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Speaker 11: problems are gone away.

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Speaker 13: You know what, I will tell you this this date

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Speaker 13: in world history, back in nineteen eighty, before the three

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Speaker 13: of us were even born, people are watching a TV

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Speaker 13: show called Dallas wondering who shot Jr. Similarly, people are

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Speaker 13: watching the Dallas Cowboys wondering what are they thinking? Why

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Speaker 13: are they not solidifying this team? You know, there was

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Speaker 13: a time when the Dallas Cowboys were one of the

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Speaker 13: biggest brand. They still are, like one of the premier

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Speaker 13: teams in the NFL. They would go out and they

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Speaker 13: would sign Deon Sanders. Jerry Jones so upset that the

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Speaker 13: forty nine ers won a Super Bowl, he went out

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Speaker 13: and brought in Deon Sanders. Now, over the last two offseasons,

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Speaker 13: they have not made any significant upgrades. They're letting Ceedee

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Speaker 13: Lamb go out there run off by himself. Ric O'Donnells

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Speaker 13: now in Carolina, I'm looking at this Dallas Cowboys team.

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Speaker 13: And the funny thing too, is they fired or they

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Speaker 13: just didn't re sign Mike McCarthy, which is fine, which

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Speaker 13: is fine if you're bringing in oh, I don't know,

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Speaker 13: like Ben Johnson or somebody. Instead, they're going for Brian Schottenheimer.

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Speaker 13: I'm still curious what the Cowboys are thinking with the coaching,

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Speaker 13: with the offensive talent.

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Speaker 11: Is Micah Parsons? Is he going to get me long term?

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Speaker 11: I don't know.

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Speaker 13: I really want the Dallas Cowboys to go back out

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Speaker 13: there because the NFL is better when the Dallas Cowboys

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Speaker 13: are good, and I just I'm just curious as to

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Speaker 13: what they're thinking.

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Speaker 11: What's the long term solution for this team.

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Speaker 2: I'll stay in Texas where the Houston Tech Sans went

555
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Speaker 2: to the playoffs, won a playoff game for a second

556
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Speaker 2: consecutive year, and they responded to that by blowing up

557
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Speaker 2: the offensive staff and also blowing up the offensive line.

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Speaker 2: They trade Laramy Tunsell to the Washington Commanders. They eventually

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Speaker 2: replace him with Cam Robinson. What are they thinking, Ray?

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Speaker 1: What are they thinking?

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Speaker 13: They gave up fifty two sacks last year and now

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Speaker 13: they're like, you know what, let's get rid of Laramie Tunzel.

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Speaker 13: He was clearly the problem. They sent him to the

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Speaker 13: Washington commanders. Actually, they made a number of moves on

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Speaker 13: the offensive. Why not only was Laramie Tunzel gone, Shaq

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Speaker 13: Mason Kenyon Green gets traded away. You mentioned some of

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Speaker 13: the moves they made, bringing Ed Ingram, who is a

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Speaker 13: former I believe, second round pick of the Minnesota Vikings

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Speaker 13: who never really panned out for them.

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Speaker 11: I'm just curious what the philosophy is.

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Speaker 13: I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt

572
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Speaker 13: because it is funny to think about, like, hey, how

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Speaker 13: horrible the offensive line was last year giving up the

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Speaker 13: fifty two sacks? As I mentioned, how bad? How can

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Speaker 13: it be worse? Like why not try something new? So

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Speaker 13: I understand it's befuddling. It's like I don't want to

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Speaker 13: be the guy who's watching like the middle of the series,

578
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Speaker 13: like the third season of Sons of Anarchy, where you're like,

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Speaker 13: where is this going? And then you get to the

580
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Speaker 13: final episode You're like, Okay, this all makes sense. Maybe

581
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Speaker 13: the Texans have a master plan that we're not privy to.

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Speaker 13: I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.

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Speaker 13: They're back to back division champs, but still, what do

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Speaker 13: you think of Texans?

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Speaker 2: We got one other question here real quick for your

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Speaker 2: rank before we let you go. You said you were

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Speaker 2: not born in nineteen eighty How.

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Speaker 10: Old are you?

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Speaker 11: Hairs? Why are you Why are you challenging me?

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Speaker 13: I said, I I die my beard so I can

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Speaker 13: sit here and play younger on television.

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Speaker 2: You're the after Mike's before you're after Mike's.

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Speaker 11: It's a nice thing.

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Speaker 2: It's getting in a two shot here. Let's get the

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Speaker 2: side by side. We've got these two guys here. It's

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Speaker 2: just for men.

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Speaker 11: It could be who went to target and bought.

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Speaker 2: That you need to be have the sand face.

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Speaker 11: Look at that.

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Speaker 2: You got the eyebrows too, which I think. I think

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Speaker 2: that's a nice touch. Frank, thank you very much. Let's

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Speaker 2: do this segment again. This has been greatly enjoyable to me.

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Speaker 2: Pro Day's rolling on across the country, that includes at

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Speaker 2: the University of Michigan. They got several players who could

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Speaker 2: hear their names called in Round one of the draft,

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Speaker 2: which is just thirty four short days away. One of

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Speaker 2: those names tight end Colston Loveland, who stood he didn't

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Speaker 2: sit with our Jeffrey Chidia.

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Speaker 9: We're here with Colston Loveland and want to talk to

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Speaker 9: you about your experience. I know that you didn't work

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Speaker 9: out today, but how has the pre draft process been

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Speaker 9: going for you?

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Speaker 5: It's been good. I had a little speed bump obviously

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Speaker 5: had shoulder surgery like late January, but it's been good.

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Speaker 5: Was training it first before then then just been rehabing since.

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Speaker 5: But I've been around the guys. It's going to be

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Speaker 5: back in Michigan to support the guys, for sure.

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Speaker 9: I know you watch other guys go through this process

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Speaker 9: the first two years when you were in this program.

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Speaker 9: What's it been like for you to be in the

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Speaker 9: pro day thinking about how close you are to becoming

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Speaker 9: an NFL player.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it's crazy to think about the time flies, for sure,

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Speaker 5: but no, it's cool. I mean that's what it's all about. Obviously,

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Speaker 5: getting to the next level is super cool. Super proud

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Speaker 5: of everyone out here who came and competed. But yeah,

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Speaker 5: I'm just excited for what's ahead.

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Speaker 9: So you haven't been able to do a lot of

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Speaker 9: stuff as far as performing for scouts, as far as

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Speaker 9: the workout part, but you put some great tape on

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Speaker 9: the last three years here. What do you think your

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Speaker 9: best attributes are for an NFL team that wants to

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Speaker 9: draft you.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think my route running in my hands. I

635
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Speaker 5: think like the separation I create. So it's if you

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Speaker 5: watched the tape, I feel like I'm opening a good

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Speaker 5: amount of time. So I feel like that's probably my

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Speaker 5: biggest attribute.

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Speaker 9: Now, I know you probably are looking at the maybe

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Speaker 9: some of the pre draft stuff and mock drafts, and

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Speaker 9: a lot of people talk about the Chargers need to

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Speaker 9: get tight end and you're ex head coaches coaching the Chargers,

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Speaker 9: and now how much do you think about that as

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Speaker 9: a possibility for you?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean it always is, you know. I don't

646
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Speaker 5: like to get too deep into those things because they're

647
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Speaker 5: just mocks, you know, and you won't we won't know

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Speaker 5: until we know. So, but it's cool. It's cool to

649
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Speaker 5: think about. I'm actually going on a visit to go

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Speaker 5: see them tuesday, so it'll be cool to see those

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Speaker 5: guys every night.

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Speaker 9: Okay, And finally, what are you going to be doing

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Speaker 9: on draft Day?

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Speaker 6: So I'll be at home.

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Speaker 5: So I got to like my aunt and uncle's house,

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Speaker 5: who got like eighty like family members, you know, distant

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Speaker 5: family coming over. So we're just gonna have a good

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Speaker 5: time there, eat some food, celebrate.

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Speaker 9: It's a big good time, Okay, man, Well, hey, good

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Speaker 9: luck to you and congratulations on the great career. Man,

661
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Speaker 9: Thank you so much.

662
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Speaker 2: From a top tight end to one of the top

663
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Speaker 2: wide receivers in the NFL Draft. No, that's not him,

664
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Speaker 2: that's larrymy Tunsel. But we are going to talk to

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Speaker 2: Jaydon Higgins very soon. Are we gonn talking about Larry

666
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Speaker 2: ye tunseel too. I'm sure we'll get to that. We're

667
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Speaker 2: gonna get to all kinds of stuff. But Jayde Higgins,

668
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Speaker 2: I always stable hide receivers. Join us next on The Insiders.

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Speaker 2: Take a look at the numbers of the scouting combine

670
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Speaker 2: for Jaden Higgins. Four four seven forty yard dash. That's

671
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Speaker 2: pretty fast speed for a big man who also can jump,

672
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Speaker 2: he can catch. He also can be a great TV guest.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back to the Insiders. Tom Pellicero and Mike Garifolo,

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Speaker 2: joined right now by Jaden Higgins. Jayden, we are thirty

675
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Speaker 2: four days away from the NFL Draft. You'll soon know

676
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Speaker 2: where you're going. I'm sure you're zipping all over the country. Like,

677
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Speaker 2: what's it like being Jaden Higgins? Right now.

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Speaker 14: I feel like it's definitely exciting, you know, going through

679
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Speaker 14: this process. You know, it's definitely something that I'm trying

680
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Speaker 14: to just take every day as a blessing day by day,

681
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Speaker 14: but just doing my best to my abilities for sure.

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Speaker 3: Tom talked about zipping across the country a lot of

683
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Speaker 3: visits with teams. Who have you had a chance to

684
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Speaker 3: visit recently? How many total on the docket?

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Speaker 15: Yeah, so far. I only went to one business so far.

686
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Speaker 15: Went to the Steelers last week. It was a good visit.

687
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Speaker 15: And then I got upcoming the Chargers.

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Speaker 14: Seattle, the Vikings, and then also in New York as well,

689
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Speaker 14: so a little bit around.

690
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Speaker 2: So all kinds of places across the country. Tell me

691
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Speaker 2: about that Steelers visit though, Mike Tomlin, he's a very

692
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Speaker 2: interesting guy. He is an intense guy in that setting

693
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Speaker 2: where he's very much trying to figure out, Okay, does

694
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Speaker 2: this guy fit into the Steelers culture? What was it

695
00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:25,880
Speaker 2: like meeting with him?

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Speaker 15: It was awesome, man.

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Speaker 14: I feel like, you know, he's definitely a down to

698
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Speaker 14: earth type of person. I'm really just talking to him,

699
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Speaker 14: getting to know him, and him getting to know me,

700
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Speaker 14: and really just talking about at.

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Speaker 5: The end of the day.

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Speaker 2: It was really cool though.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, when I mean listen, I gather that these meetings

704
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Speaker 3: for you are really good ones because the more that

705
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Speaker 3: we pick up on you, the more of the teams

706
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Speaker 3: that you understand the game. I'm sure you have a

707
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Speaker 3: great connection with coaches when you're discussing the exend and

708
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Speaker 3: o's that you kind of played a little bit all

709
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Speaker 3: over the place and that the transition for you to

710
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Speaker 3: the next level. A lot of evaluators say should be

711
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Speaker 3: kind of like that.

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Speaker 2: Do you feel that way?

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Speaker 3: I mean, do you feel like you're as pro ready

714
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Speaker 3: as it gets coming out of college.

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Speaker 14: I mean, for sure, I give all the credits to

716
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Speaker 14: the my coaching staff back at Iowa State, just you know,

717
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Speaker 14: instelling those work habits in me and just making sure

718
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Speaker 14: I understand what I'm doing when I'm out there on

719
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Speaker 14: the field. I always got to be ready for my

720
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Speaker 14: opportunity and when it comes, just got to make the play.

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Speaker 2: I looked back into tweet the Daniel Jeremiah draft expert

722
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Speaker 2: had last month so going into the combine process, and

723
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Speaker 2: he was saying, this is a fun cluster to sort

724
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Speaker 2: out at the wide receiver position. Trey Harris for bull

725
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Speaker 2: miss Jaden Higgins, Jack Besh from TCU, Tory Horton from

726
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Speaker 2: Colorado State. All four guys are big, athletic and provide

727
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Speaker 2: immediate impact. These are the conversations that go on in

728
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Speaker 2: draft rooms, right, which is, Hey, these guys all have

729
00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:44,239
Speaker 2: similar types of skill sets. We're looking for one of them.

730
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Speaker 2: Everyone's got to ask themselves which is the best ones.

731
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Speaker 2: So if you're making the pitch to the team a

732
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Speaker 2: bunch of other guys where they measure similarly, they run similarly,

733
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Speaker 2: why should somebody take you?

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Speaker 14: You know, at the end of the day, I would

735
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Speaker 14: just say, you know I'm a consistent playmaker. You know

736
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Speaker 14: when I go out there, you know I'm gonna make

737
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Speaker 14: the play when when it comes to me. And then

738
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Speaker 14: even off the field, you know I'm a good person,

739
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Speaker 14: reliable leader, and just gonna help the team get better

740
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Speaker 14: when I step into the building.

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Speaker 3: I mentioned that you know you kind of played all

742
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Speaker 3: over the place. You played, the X, you played, the

743
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Speaker 3: Z you play. I mean, where do you think your

744
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Speaker 3: most effective number one? What's the most fun spot on

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Speaker 3: the field for you to line up?

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Speaker 2: Lineup?

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Speaker 3: I guess what I'm asking is what is your favorite

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Speaker 3: letter of the football alphabet.

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Speaker 6: Yeah.

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Speaker 14: Really, I like to be moved around. You know, whoever

751
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Speaker 14: that ball is gonna come to me and I can

752
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Speaker 14: help the team win.

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Speaker 15: That's what I want to be.

754
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Speaker 14: You know, I'm a big receiver, outside receiver, but I

755
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Speaker 14: can play in the slot and dominating there against some

756
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Speaker 14: all the guys.

757
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Speaker 15: So you know, whoever the team needs you to make

758
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Speaker 15: is I'm gonna be there.

759
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Speaker 2: So the next five weeks, again, you got all these

760
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Speaker 2: visits lined up. Presumably you're also working out, trying to

761
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Speaker 2: fight a way to stay in shape. Here, just take

762
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Speaker 2: me through some kind of the psychology of what you're

763
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Speaker 2: going through here again, not only which of these teams

764
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Speaker 2: could eventually be your home. You don't have control over that.

765
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Speaker 2: So are you just handling the final phase of this process?

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Speaker 15: Yeah, I think, just like you said, the biggest thing

767
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Speaker 15: is really, you know, focusing on football.

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Speaker 6: Now.

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Speaker 14: You know, I already ran the forty ended everything I

770
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Speaker 14: needed to do at the comments, So now we're getting

771
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Speaker 14: back into you know, football and making sure my skill

772
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Speaker 14: chaining is up to par and so I'm ready to

773
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Speaker 14: go and compete for my spot when I get to

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Speaker 14: the camp.

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Speaker 3: Jayden, We're going to leave you with this you got

776
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Speaker 3: great hair, man, Like everywhere I look, I see it

777
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Speaker 3: right now. I'll look at the lettuce up there. Man,

778
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Speaker 3: do not take that for granted. Okay, your hair rankings

779
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Speaker 3: when it comes to the draft, I got to put

780
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Speaker 3: your way up there.

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Speaker 2: I just want to give you a props on that

782
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Speaker 2: before we.

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Speaker 6: Let you go.

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Speaker 15: I appreciate it most definitely.

785
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Speaker 2: Mike saying, do not take it for granted, because one

786
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Speaker 2: day you could look like Camp. That's the subtext of

787
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Speaker 2: what he was saying. Jayden, best the luck right there

788
00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:50,719
Speaker 2: on the level. He's sticking it out. He's gonna make

789
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Speaker 2: it here. Jayden, thanks a lot, man, best a lot.

790
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Speaker 1: For sure, Thank you, saying to you guys, I always

791
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Speaker 1: want a Cardinals quarterback.

792
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Speaker 4: Kyler Murray has twenty two games at least one passing

793
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Speaker 4: touchdown and one rushing rushing touchdown. That's the third most

794
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Speaker 4: since since entering the league in twenty nineteen. Pretty good.

795
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Speaker 4: The Cardinals spent free agency. They were pretty busy in

796
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Speaker 4: the early wave of free agency trying to build up

797
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Speaker 4: that team around him. That got Jacoby Brissett and there

798
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Speaker 4: to be his backup quarterback. The big one, of course,

799
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Speaker 4: is Josh swed who by the way, got my vote

800
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Speaker 4: for MVP of the Super Bowl. Coming over from the

801
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Speaker 4: Eagles to chase quarterbacks around, and they got some pretty.

802
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Speaker 1: Good ones in the NFC West.

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Speaker 4: Let's bring in our Omar Ruiz to talk about what

804
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Speaker 4: the Arizona Cardinals have been doing all right, Omar, what

805
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Speaker 4: has been the focus of the Cardinals free agency so far?

806
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Speaker 16: Well, we saw that they upgraded their pass rush with

807
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Speaker 16: joshwed Dalvin Tomlinson. Obviously a big focus for Jonathan Gannon

808
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Speaker 16: was going to get those players that can really affect

809
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Speaker 16: the quarterback defensively. And then when you talk about offensively

810
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Speaker 16: with Kyler Murray, a lot of talk about continuity heading

811
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Speaker 16: into year three with Drewetsing as his offensive coordinator, Izzy

812
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Speaker 16: Wolfork his quarterback coach, trying to get Kyler Murray really

813
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Speaker 16: to play his best football in twenty twenty five. Year

814
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Speaker 16: one in that system was about establishing the system. Year

815
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Speaker 16: two was really trying to accentuate what the individual players

816
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Speaker 16: do best and revolve the game plan around that. But

817
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Speaker 16: when you look at Kyler Murray, year two with Marvin

818
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Speaker 16: Harrison junior, Michael Wilson is back, Greg Dortch's back, Trey McBride,

819
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Speaker 16: James Connor, all the talent around him is back to

820
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Speaker 16: help with the continuity and speaking to people in the building,

821
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Speaker 16: they're going to ask Kyler Moore, Kyler Murray to put

822
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Speaker 16: even more on his plate going forward. They really take

823
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Speaker 16: more command at the line of scrimmage, and that's whether

824
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Speaker 16: that's helping with protections with the offensive line, which last

825
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Speaker 16: year Judy was so incredibly banged up, so not a

826
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Speaker 16: lot of chemistry there, so Kyler can help there and

827
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Speaker 16: also give those double play calls to either keep the

828
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Speaker 16: defenses off balance or to help when they're mismatched on

829
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Speaker 16: the offensive line, putting it on Kyler telling him to

830
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Speaker 16: go win the game. They're looking for a big show

831
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Speaker 16: of improvement again from this Cardinals team who went from

832
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Speaker 16: four wins in twenty twenty three Jonathan Gannon's first year

833
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Speaker 16: there to eight wins last year, hoping for another big

834
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Speaker 16: jump into twenty twenty five.

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Speaker 1: Well, we saw quite a bit of improvement.

836
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Speaker 4: We're going all the way over to the East coast

837
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Speaker 4: Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young after he got his starting

838
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Speaker 4: job back, he was benched and he got it back

839
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Speaker 4: in week eight, and then he finished with fifteen touchdowns

840
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Speaker 4: and six picks in his last ten starts, so certainly

841
00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:32,799
Speaker 4: marked improvement after the benching. Let's look at what they

842
00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:35,120
Speaker 4: did in free agency. They made a lot of moves.

843
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Speaker 4: They were definitely focused on shoring up their defense. The

844
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Speaker 4: defense finished last in the league in most of the

845
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Speaker 4: major categories. That is where most of their acquisition came from.

846
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Speaker 4: And of course jac Horn got the big extension. But omar,

847
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Speaker 4: what are they looking for Bryce Young to do to

848
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Speaker 4: continue his ascent?

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Speaker 16: Yeah, you mentioned the fifteen touchdowns and six interceptions in

850
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Speaker 16: the ten games since he returned and became the starter

851
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Speaker 16: after the five game benching earlier in the year, and

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Speaker 16: they went four and six in those ten games. I

853
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Speaker 16: asked his head coach recently, Dave Canalis, what happened what

854
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Speaker 16: clicked with Bryce Young? And he said, to his credit,

855
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Speaker 16: he is somebody who has always thrived under pressure. And

856
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Speaker 16: when you look at the big picture of what was

857
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Speaker 16: happening with Bryce Young, he was playing for a head

858
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Speaker 16: coach and a general manager who did not draft him.

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Speaker 16: In some respects, you can argue that the early part

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Speaker 16: of his career was on the line. When he came

861
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Speaker 16: back in for those final ten games, so he thrived

862
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Speaker 16: under that pressure.

863
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Speaker 2: They went four and six.

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Speaker 16: Three of those wins came in overtime, and you saw

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Speaker 16: him play well down the stretch in those games to

866
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Speaker 16: help lead them in those pressure pack situations, responding to

867
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Speaker 16: the pressure in those ways, also going toe to toe

868
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Speaker 16: with the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles, unfazed by

869
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Speaker 16: how good those teams weren't playing them down the stretch.

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Speaker 16: Obviously those were the Super Bowl participants. I talked to

871
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Speaker 16: his longtime personal quarterback coach Anny Hernandez about the focus

872
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Speaker 16: for Bryce Young going into year three and this offseason.

873
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Speaker 16: It's all about studying defenses and what their coordinators tendencies are,

874
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Speaker 16: what tree they might be from, which coaches they coached under,

875
00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:18,200
Speaker 16: in developing and also developing and studying the catalog of

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Speaker 16: individual defenders that they're going to face and what they're

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Speaker 16: tells what their tendencies might be. So obviously Bryce Young

878
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Speaker 16: focusing on his game, what the Carolina Panthers offense wants

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Speaker 16: to do in twenty five, but also what defenses and

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Speaker 16: defenders are trying to affect them going forward there to

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Speaker 16: build in his third season.

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Speaker 4: Really encouraging signs from Bryce young in the second half

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Speaker 4: of last season. Omar, thank you very much. Enjoy your weekend.

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Speaker 2: Jameis Winston loves to eat those ws and also capitalize them,

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Speaker 2: as he posts on social media a short time ago,

886
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Speaker 2: start spreading the news. Is that an apple? Yes, indeed

887
00:39:55,360 --> 00:39:59,480
Speaker 2: it is because Jameis Winston is now a New York Giant.

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Speaker 2: It's a two year, eight million dollar deal that is

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Speaker 2: backup quarterback money. It does not preclude the Giants for

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Speaker 2: making additional quarterback moves. Welcome back to the insiders, Tom Pillisio,

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Speaker 2: Judi Battisa, and Mike Garrofollo. Mike, what this seems to

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Speaker 2: be is it' team that had one quarterback on the

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Speaker 2: roster and Tommy DeVito. They knew they needed to add two.

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Speaker 2: A deal like this doesn't really change your trajectory. It

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Speaker 2: sounds like all options are made available here. No, they're

896
00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:25,280
Speaker 2: still in on Aaron Rodgers.

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Speaker 3: They are still toying with the idea of what to

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Speaker 3: do in the draft, whether at three or in a

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Speaker 3: trade up there to get to one. Although they may

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Speaker 3: have a tough time prying the Titans out of that spot.

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Speaker 3: But yeah, they needed bodies in that quarterback room.

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Speaker 2: They had met with veterans.

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Speaker 3: Some of these guys are gonna wind up sign it,

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Speaker 3: Like if Russell Wilson signed somewhere else, then you may

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Speaker 3: run out option. So locking in Jamis Winston starting to

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Speaker 3: get some quarterbacks in that room.

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Speaker 4: In the meantime, this is going to be quite a

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Speaker 4: bit of fun for the beat writers because Jamis Winston

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Speaker 4: is one of the most entertaining people in the entire NFL.

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Speaker 4: But the line here, and I don't think we can

911
00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:04,040
Speaker 4: emphasize this enough, is this is not the last time

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Speaker 4: we're going to be discussing quarterbacks for the New York Giants.

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Speaker 4: This does not preclude them from doing basically anything else

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Speaker 4: in free agency or in the draft.

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Speaker 2: So Jamis Winston last scene in a snow globe in

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Speaker 2: Cleveland goes to the Giants. The possible then that this

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Speaker 2: leads to Russell Wilson replacing him in Cleveland. Stay tuned.

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Speaker 2: We're not back till Monday. We're on social media. The

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Speaker 2: off season never ends. We'll see it on Monday for

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Speaker 2: the weekend. Everybody