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<v Speaker 2>Welcome in What Drive with Me Right? Episode two fifty two.

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<v Speaker 2>First of August. Football is in the air. The Olympics

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<v Speaker 2>are in full swing. This is an old Bill Simmons idea,

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<v Speaker 2>but it is the correct idea. If we could somehow

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<v Speaker 2>get at the Winter Olympics, Summer Olympics, and the World

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<v Speaker 2>Cup on three year rotations instead of four year rotations

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<v Speaker 2>and stagger them that way every year we either had

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<v Speaker 2>an Olympics or a World Cup. Every year we had

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<v Speaker 2>a massive multi week international event where we watch sports

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<v Speaker 2>that were not always locked into or in the World Cup.

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<v Speaker 2>Watch the biggest sporting event in the world. It would

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<v Speaker 2>just greatly enhance life is a sports fan. It's a

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<v Speaker 2>minor tweak, and again it's Bill Simmons's idea from gosh,

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen years ago, maybe twenty years ago. But every time

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<v Speaker 2>the Summer Olympics come around, I'm reminded how much I

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<v Speaker 2>love them and how into sports that I otherwise don't

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<v Speaker 2>really care about, how invested I am, how nervous I

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<v Speaker 2>get for these competitors, and so I love it. It's,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, odd that we're going to start here in

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<v Speaker 2>a moment talking team USA, and I am invested in

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<v Speaker 2>this team USA. But I can watch basketball all year.

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<v Speaker 2>I can only watch shooting and four man rowing and

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<v Speaker 2>synchronize diving once every four years. And I got to

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<v Speaker 2>tell you, by about fifteen minutes of synchronized diving watching,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm ready to be a judge. I'm out there shouting

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<v Speaker 2>out scores left and right. Demonsey, you're laughing. And also,

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, you I don't know if this is

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<v Speaker 2>a plus or a minus, but you're you know you're

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<v Speaker 2>missing out. Your sisters are not, which is every night

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<v Speaker 2>at eight o'clock group text, living room, Primetime Olympics, and

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<v Speaker 2>Diora is sitting there annoyed and she's like, you're giving

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<v Speaker 2>commentary on it. Deanna is seemingly into it, and then

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<v Speaker 2>fades and I am locked in and yours. Two nights

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<v Speaker 2>ago for the women's gymnastics, she was like, I already

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<v Speaker 2>know who won because it's all tape delayed at night.

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<v Speaker 2>She was like, you know, I get the spoilers on TikTok.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, yeah, I know who won too. That doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>change the fact we are locked in as a family

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<v Speaker 2>watching these and your mom has been she has been

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<v Speaker 2>hit and miss with it. I think she'll be there

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<v Speaker 2>tonight because tonight women's gymnastics individual all around and Simone

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<v Speaker 2>Biles is a part of it. And so your mom has,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, a very defined rooting interest, much like Issa

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<v Speaker 2>Ray at the Emmys a few years ago rooting for

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<v Speaker 2>everyone black. And so there's a real investment in some

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<v Speaker 2>owne biles success. Uh. And so I I just love it.

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<v Speaker 2>I love it and I and here's the other thing,

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<v Speaker 2>this is not even the part that I love the most.

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<v Speaker 2>Track and field is amazing. And when we get past

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<v Speaker 2>the week of swimming, swimming's cool. But you guys, know,

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<v Speaker 2>I have my gripes with swimming, which, by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>did you see Delanza that my courageous swimming take from

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<v Speaker 2>years ago that I, you know, revisited a week and

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<v Speaker 2>a half ago. You know, once again Nick Wright's idea

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<v Speaker 2>stolen by a Twitter Charlatan. Did you see my exact

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<v Speaker 2>take go viral?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah? I don't know. I can't remember what account it

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<v Speaker 3>was from, but I did see something about like the

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<v Speaker 3>short swimming pool hoax or whatever.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh you saw. Oh I didn't see that. Oh that's

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<v Speaker 2>what I'm talking about. So I am two things stolen.

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<v Speaker 2>So well, somebody super viral tweet was like, hey, the

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<v Speaker 2>metal counts and in the Olympics is nonsense because swimmers

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<v Speaker 2>get to do the same length but different uh you know,

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<v Speaker 2>different strokes, And they used my exact example. They were like,

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<v Speaker 2>how many golds do you think Yousain Bolt would have

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<v Speaker 2>if you had the one hundred meter dash, the one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred meters side straddle, one hundred meter run backwards. I'm like,

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<v Speaker 2>that's my take, guys, that's my take. That is flat plagiarism.

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<v Speaker 2>Now the short swimming pool thing, here's the thing. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't mind that going viral elsewhere because someone else can

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<v Speaker 2>take the heat on that one, like I'm not the

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<v Speaker 2>I don't need I don't need I don't need China,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, and mad at me for exposing the potential

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<v Speaker 2>fraud of the swimming cube. All right, demon's speaking of swimming,

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<v Speaker 2>Let's get to the show. Here's what missed the cut.

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<v Speaker 2>The greatest distant swimming swimmer of all time, Katie Ledeci,

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<v Speaker 2>went to record her tying eighth gold. Dylan Reyola, who

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<v Speaker 2>worked with Patrick Mahomes and his trainer this offseason, who

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<v Speaker 2>Patrick Mahomes calls his little cousin, is cosplaying Patrick Mahomes.

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<v Speaker 2>And I've got to tell you, I think it's a

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<v Speaker 2>brilliant idea. I think that this absolutely will help his

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<v Speaker 2>draft stock. And I think the shades, the hair, the look,

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<v Speaker 2>all of it. Five out of five, Well done, sir,

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<v Speaker 2>And Team USA defeats Nadole and Alcarez. I gotta tell you,

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<v Speaker 2>I was not rooting for Team USA in that spot.

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<v Speaker 2>I was rooting for Nadal and Alcarez. I wanted to

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<v Speaker 2>see them continuing to, you know, go through this tournament.

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<v Speaker 2>But all right, speaking of the speaking of the Olympics,

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<v Speaker 2>demand let's go to US versus South Sudan.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, so Team USA cruise through South Sudane yesterday. Lebron

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<v Speaker 3>and Katie both performed well. But for this being the

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<v Speaker 3>best team, there's sure seems to be a lot of problems.

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<v Speaker 3>And like Tatum finally got to play but scored four points,

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<v Speaker 3>My guy Steph looked pretty gas, Anthony Davis has banged up,

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<v Speaker 3>and Embiid was binched. I think again, so for this

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<v Speaker 3>being like the greatest Team USA team, why is this

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<v Speaker 3>is a lot of problems? What's going on there?

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<v Speaker 2>So I don't really think I think problems is overstating it.

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<v Speaker 2>They've played two games that weren't exhibitions. They blew out

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<v Speaker 2>their opponents both times. Now they didn't cover in South

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<v Speaker 2>Study and I think they were like almost thirty point favorites.

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<v Speaker 2>But I also so in nineteen ninety two, the original

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<v Speaker 2>Dream Team, there were I know there was a tweet

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<v Speaker 2>out there going viral that said everyone aside from the

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<v Speaker 2>US team had nine the whole world essentially in those

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<v Speaker 2>Olympics outside of Team USA had nine players that played

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<v Speaker 2>in the NBA. But that was misleading because five of

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<v Speaker 2>those nine as of those Olympics had yet to play

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<v Speaker 2>in the NBA, so you can't really compare because you

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<v Speaker 2>don't know who in these Olympics that haven't played in

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<v Speaker 2>wood the whole world in ninety two, outside of Team USA,

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<v Speaker 2>had four guys who had played a single minute in

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<v Speaker 2>the NBA, and one or two of the four had

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<v Speaker 2>literally played fewer than two NBA games. So it was

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<v Speaker 2>Tony Koukoach and a couple others. Is it as of

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<v Speaker 2>this moment the takeout Team USA. There are sixty two

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<v Speaker 2>guys in the other eleven teams who have played in

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<v Speaker 2>the NBA. The game is more global, the game is better,

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<v Speaker 2>the talent is higher, all of it. So it absolutely,

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<v Speaker 2>to me is reasonable to believe, given where all of

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<v Speaker 2>these guys are in their careers compared to where everyone

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<v Speaker 2>was in nineteen n two on that Dream Team, that

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<v Speaker 2>this is the best Team USA ever. But also they're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna have their work cut out for them. Also, speaking

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<v Speaker 2>of age in the way athletes have changed, Levitard pointed

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<v Speaker 2>this out yesterday in part I'm gonna point it out fully.

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<v Speaker 2>So Larry Bird in the ninety two Dream Team was

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<v Speaker 2>there because he was Larry Bird, but he was not

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<v Speaker 2>an effective player. Anymore. He literally wore a back brace.

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<v Speaker 2>And I don't know if I've told you this, Demanse,

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<v Speaker 2>but this kind of shows you how much the NBA

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<v Speaker 2>world has changed in the last thirty years. Do you know,

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<v Speaker 2>have I ever told you how Larry Bird hurt his

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<v Speaker 2>back like the injury that essentially ended his career. Larry

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<v Speaker 2>Bird hurt his back because he was repaving his own

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<v Speaker 2>driveway and fell down. Think about that. Maybe the greatest

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<v Speaker 2>basketball player in the world at that point in time

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<v Speaker 2>needed a driveway repaved, and he's like, well, I guess

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna do it. And he hurt his back repaving

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<v Speaker 2>his driveway, and he was never the same.

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<v Speaker 3>As solid exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like Indiana, gonna drink some beers and repave my driveway.

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<v Speaker 2>But here's why I mention it. Larry Bird in the

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<v Speaker 2>ninety two Olympics was younger than Lebron right now. That's

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<v Speaker 2>not surprising. Steph right now and Kevin Durant right now.

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<v Speaker 2>So the three best guys on the team, and Stephan

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<v Speaker 2>KD look essentially as good as they've ever looked or

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<v Speaker 2>close to it, are older than Larry Bird was for

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<v Speaker 2>the ninety two Dream Team. So all of those things

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<v Speaker 2>are you know, factors or you know, kind of different

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<v Speaker 2>little nuances of this team. I think Kurr has done

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<v Speaker 2>a really good job. I also think the Tatum thing

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<v Speaker 2>is wild. Like, let me ask you this question and

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<v Speaker 2>then we'll talk Tatum, who do you think is having

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<v Speaker 2>a better US men's basketball Olympic experience? Jason Tatum or

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<v Speaker 2>Jalen Brown.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, it's probably Jen.

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<v Speaker 2>It's Jalen Brown. Jalen Brown gets to be like, you

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<v Speaker 2>guys snub me because of Nike. I'm gonna hang out

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<v Speaker 2>with Kars, buy a bunch of Chanelle bags and send

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<v Speaker 2>out tweets. Meanwhile, Tatum has to sit there and get

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<v Speaker 2>a coach's decision D and P and then play seventeen minutes,

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<v Speaker 2>play them poorly, Derek White out, you're cooking, yeah, man,

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<v Speaker 2>and embeed. And so here's the thing. This is. This is,

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, the argument against twelve stars is what

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<v Speaker 2>we're seeing right now. The argument that what you should

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<v Speaker 2>do is have eight guys you love, eight guys that

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<v Speaker 2>are gonna get huge minutes, and then two specialists and

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<v Speaker 2>two good vibes bench mob guys, and they're like that

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<v Speaker 2>is because we're now in a spot where now, I

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<v Speaker 2>guess the argument against that argument is, had you done that,

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<v Speaker 2>Embiid would have definitively been one of the eight guys

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<v Speaker 2>you love and you're relying on. And he has been bad.

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<v Speaker 2>He has been you know what I mean he is.

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<v Speaker 2>He has been flatly bad, and he's gonna evidently start

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<v Speaker 2>the next game.

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<v Speaker 3>Show.

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<v Speaker 2>I am. I really want to believe in Embiid in

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<v Speaker 2>the Sixers, and part of that is my own personal

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<v Speaker 2>bias because because my buddy runs the team and he

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<v Speaker 2>I think Darryl is a brilliant general manager, and I

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<v Speaker 2>have massive respect for the fact that during the KDIE

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<v Speaker 2>Warriors era, the whole Western Conference kind of was like, Eh,

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<v Speaker 2>we're gonna punt on competing right now and try to

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<v Speaker 2>set ourselves up for the post KD Warriors era, and

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<v Speaker 2>Daryl was like, no, we're going for it, and they

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<v Speaker 2>had him on the ropes. So I respect that, and

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<v Speaker 2>I think he deserves to eventually win a championship. And

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<v Speaker 2>they got Paul George, but man, Embiid has been a

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<v Speaker 2>tough one. And then there's Tatum, which is I don't

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<v Speaker 2>even like his quote. I'm gonna read you a Tatum quote.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me pull it up real quick. He had a

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<v Speaker 2>quote about, you know what the Olympics have, what he's

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<v Speaker 2>going through, and what the last couple months have been.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's a telling quote and an interesting quote where

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<v Speaker 2>he says, quote, it's a unique situation, and it's not

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<v Speaker 2>about one individual player a competitor, and you wants to play, obviously,

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<v Speaker 2>but I'm not here to make a story about myself.

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<v Speaker 2>You win a championship, new contract, NBA two K, twenty

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<v Speaker 2>five cover Sports Illustrated. So after all of this, it's

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<v Speaker 2>definitely a humbling experience. But what is so unique about

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<v Speaker 2>the Tatum thing is in the last two months he

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<v Speaker 2>has won a championship, got the biggest contract in NBA history,

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<v Speaker 2>and been you know, his on Team USA, which is

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<v Speaker 2>a prohibited favorite to win the goal. And I truly

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<v Speaker 2>believe if two months ago you had one hundred NBA

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<v Speaker 2>fans make their list in order one through ten, the

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<v Speaker 2>top ten NBA players, and if today you had those

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<v Speaker 2>same hundred fans make a top ten of the top

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<v Speaker 2>ten NBA players, that Tatum somehow has moved down the rankings.

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<v Speaker 2>He certainly hasn't moved up in winning a championship and

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<v Speaker 2>being on maybe the most talented Olympic team ever has

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<v Speaker 2>actually kind of hurt his standing in the eyes of folks.

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<v Speaker 2>If we're just talking about who's the best, Like prior

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<v Speaker 2>to the NBA Finals, Demanse, don't you think most people

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<v Speaker 2>in their rankings would have had Tatum ahead of Kevin Durant?

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<v Speaker 2>I do. It's like, man, Tatum's the best player on

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<v Speaker 2>a sixty four win team, Like, I think most people

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<v Speaker 2>would have had Tatum ahead of KD right now this moment.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you think people would still have Tatum ahead of KD?

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<v Speaker 3>Well the four point like the DMP like was I

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<v Speaker 3>don't want to say it was a coach heir, but

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<v Speaker 3>like he has no control over that. But with the

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<v Speaker 3>four point game and him still not performing after he

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<v Speaker 3>gets in, I could see him dropping. But I think

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<v Speaker 3>it would be a little recency bias. I guess that

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<v Speaker 3>that term you use.

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<v Speaker 2>I no, that's that's fair. That's definitely that is the

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<v Speaker 2>exact right use of the term. But it's also the finals.

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<v Speaker 2>It's also felt like, man, you weren't you weren't at

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<v Speaker 2>your It's a weird thing. So I just don't know

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<v Speaker 2>how this is all landing with Tatum. Here's what I

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<v Speaker 2>do know. If I'm Steve Kerr okay, and I am

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<v Speaker 2>moving forward once we get to the games that really matter,

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<v Speaker 2>my starting five is do I want? Yeah? If I

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<v Speaker 2>If I'm trying to have my best five, my starting

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<v Speaker 2>five is Steph, Drew Lebron, kd Anthony Davis. Those are

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<v Speaker 2>my five. My guys off the bench are booker Ant,

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<v Speaker 2>Derek White and Bam. And my we'll call you if

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<v Speaker 2>we need you guys are Haliburton, Embiid and Tatum. That's

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<v Speaker 2>just what it is for me right now. If you're

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<v Speaker 2>in a spot once you get to the metal round

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<v Speaker 2>where it's winner go home, those are the guys that

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<v Speaker 2>to me. And Derek White's been excellent. Man, he has

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<v Speaker 2>been excellent and it knows his exact role and is

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<v Speaker 2>doing exactly what you want. Drew Holliday can get out

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<v Speaker 2>there and play lockdown defense and not need any shots.

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<v Speaker 2>Step obviously had a really bad game yesterday, but it's

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<v Speaker 2>to me that's nothing to worry about. And Lebron and

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<v Speaker 2>KD have been absolutely brilliant. All right, let's just ask

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<v Speaker 2>this first follow up demonsay and then move on.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you think that Lebron. Uh, while you work on

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<v Speaker 3>that or hold that off?

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<v Speaker 2>Sorry?

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<v Speaker 3>Do you think that Lebron is letting his great his

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<v Speaker 3>beard grow out with all the grays to show how

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<v Speaker 3>old he is and how dominating he could still be

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<v Speaker 3>in the game.

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<v Speaker 2>So I, I actually do. So this was my take

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<v Speaker 2>if you remember. You don't remember, but the audience might.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't say that bad, but you and I weren't

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<v Speaker 2>doing this. You and I weren't doing this. Go ahead

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<v Speaker 2>about what am I gonna say?

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<v Speaker 3>Go ahead, you're gonna say something about You're not gonna

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<v Speaker 3>say anything about his beard. It's it's not about it's

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<v Speaker 3>not about how Yeah, he's just showing and like, oh

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<v Speaker 3>look at all these young guys. I got this this

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<v Speaker 3>big gray beard, and I'm still dominating the game. I

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<v Speaker 3>remember exactly what you said, but I remember, I remember

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<v Speaker 3>the take, But go ahead.

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<v Speaker 2>So that was so the the first game in the

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<v Speaker 2>Bubble after the whole pandemic layoff, Lebron shows up in

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<v Speaker 2>the Bubble with the greyest beard you've ever seen from him,

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<v Speaker 2>and I felt that was intentional, uh, because I also

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<v Speaker 2>think we know from how he played in the Bubble,

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<v Speaker 2>Lebron probably physically felt better than he had felt in years,

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<v Speaker 2>because he had this month's long layoff, and I thought

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<v Speaker 2>it was a psychological thing of I'm a mess with

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<v Speaker 2>these guys, and I'm gonna intentionally remind them I'm the

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<v Speaker 2>oldest guy out there. By the way. It is crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>He was the old man four years ago in the

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<v Speaker 2>bubble in August of twenty twenty, and he's still the

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<v Speaker 2>old man doing it now. But yeah, so I do

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<v Speaker 2>think that's a thing. I absolutely do. Do you think

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<v Speaker 2>that's a thing.

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<v Speaker 3>So do you see James Harden going a graveyard in

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<v Speaker 3>about five years? Well, he will be in the five years.

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<v Speaker 2>So I don't know.

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<v Speaker 3>I you're given You're not giving James years.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I'm not giving James old James Harden. James Hard

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<v Speaker 2>turn thirty three, James Harden turns he turns thirty five

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<v Speaker 2>this month. No, I'm not giving him five more years,

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<v Speaker 2>James Harden. I think that this contract James Harden just

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<v Speaker 2>signed could be his last contract, this two year, seventy

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<v Speaker 2>million or whatever. I just don't think he's a guy

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<v Speaker 2>that's gonna, you know, into his late late thirties. All right,

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<v Speaker 2>let's go on to Aaron Rodgers speaking of you know,

0:20:25.080 --> 0:20:26.960
<v Speaker 2>guys in their forties. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>So since we last talked about Rogers, he's gotten in

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<v Speaker 3>the spats with his ride receiver one his offensive line,

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<v Speaker 3>and now now word at Jets camp is that he

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<v Speaker 3>won't participate in preseason at all. So that means that

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<v Speaker 3>by the time Week one comes around, it'll have been

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<v Speaker 3>over six hundred days since Rogers completed a pass in

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<v Speaker 3>the NFL. So how many units are replacing on San

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<v Speaker 3>Francisco minus five and a half in Week seventeen or

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<v Speaker 3>Week one? Sorry?

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<v Speaker 2>Week one? Well, listen, I don't know that I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>place a big bet on that because and I'm sure

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<v Speaker 2>we'll talk about it later, but I don't know. If

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<v Speaker 2>you see rock party this camp. Uh, he's had a

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<v Speaker 2>bit of struggles that that that game does feel like

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<v Speaker 2>the under for me. Uh in the Niners offense against

0:21:10.960 --> 0:21:14.760
<v Speaker 2>the Jets offense. Uh. And geez, Louise man, someone's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>make a compilation of this thing and making it look

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<v Speaker 2>like I have a coke problem. I am trying desperately

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<v Speaker 2>not to sneeze, and I just keep like scratching my nose,

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<v Speaker 2>But I look like like Trump's kid on a late

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<v Speaker 2>night interview, just just going crazy and so uh, I

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<v Speaker 2>just I look like it. Uh as I was saying

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<v Speaker 2>the well, no, oh, well that's a different thing. So

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<v Speaker 2>that's you know what fair eat fair and balance? What? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>What what is I guess, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>Recovering the other seemingly in the midst Also, I think

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<v Speaker 2>it's different forms of uh you know, uh different. It

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't matter. Uh, smoke versus sniff doesn't matter. Not the point.

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<v Speaker 2>The point is I am having an allergy attack in

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<v Speaker 2>this room and on YouTube. I'm sure it looks terrible.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay to the Rogers part. Uh, I think him not

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<v Speaker 2>playing in preseasons crazy. I don't get it. I don't

0:22:09.520 --> 0:22:13.000
<v Speaker 2>understand why he wouldn't. Last year they played him in preseason.

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<v Speaker 2>He's now even further removed. I would think something, right,

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<v Speaker 2>but right, it doesn't mean if he's healthy, which they

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<v Speaker 2>claim he is, and he does look like he's healthy,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't understand why he wouldn't play even if, and

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<v Speaker 2>this might sound dumb, even if you're just gonna call

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<v Speaker 2>running plays just so he can take some snaps from

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<v Speaker 2>the center in real time, he can call out protections,

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<v Speaker 2>he can communicate in the huddle. All that stuff that.

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<v Speaker 2>I just don't think you want your first live snaps

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<v Speaker 2>since you popped your achilles to be against the Niners

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<v Speaker 2>front in Week one on national TV. That seems crazy

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<v Speaker 2>to me. What asked me the follow up about the

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<v Speaker 2>Jets totals win?

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<v Speaker 3>So, yeah, how many more units do you want to

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<v Speaker 3>place for Jets under nine and a half wins? I

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<v Speaker 3>feel like you were hesitating.

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<v Speaker 2>That's gonna be a big bet. No, that's gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>a big bet. The the more I the more that

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<v Speaker 2>comes out of Jets camp, the more I'm convinced this

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<v Speaker 2>is not a team that's gonna win double digit games. Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>and so I am so. I yeah that when we

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<v Speaker 2>do our post vacation in August and we do our

0:23:31.160 --> 0:23:35.600
<v Speaker 2>season gambling show where we do all the over unders, everything,

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<v Speaker 2>we will have a real investment in the Jets underachieving,

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<v Speaker 2>just like we did last year. By the way, in

0:23:43.480 --> 0:23:46.919
<v Speaker 2>investing in the Jets underachieving. Now, I understand Rogers popped

0:23:46.920 --> 0:23:48.719
<v Speaker 2>his achilles, So that was kind of a you know,

0:23:48.880 --> 0:23:51.399
<v Speaker 2>a gimme bet, But we're gonna be doing that all right.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's go to other training camp stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>Demonse, Oh yeah, so everybody's super opinionated during training camp Monday,

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<v Speaker 3>Jj McCarthy's a bust on Tuesday's cake. Sam Darnold to

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<v Speaker 3>the curb, brock Party is getting getting caught in that

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<v Speaker 3>throwing picks in throwing picks in camp cycle? Are you

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<v Speaker 3>going to wait until a preseason to read and say

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<v Speaker 3>anything across the league? I think you've been going a

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<v Speaker 3>little crazy on Party already.

0:24:14.200 --> 0:24:19.120
<v Speaker 2>But well, I've been going crazy on Party again. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>just the only honest man in sports media would seem

0:24:23.080 --> 0:24:26.879
<v Speaker 2>this is the timeline for Brock Party. He gives an

0:24:26.960 --> 0:24:31.680
<v Speaker 2>interview to Mike Silver, saying basically, I'm done being conservative

0:24:32.359 --> 0:24:34.560
<v Speaker 2>in the last year when we had a lead. I

0:24:34.680 --> 0:24:37.680
<v Speaker 2>take my foot off the gas. This year, I want

0:24:37.680 --> 0:24:39.720
<v Speaker 2>to be more like Tom Brady. I want to step

0:24:39.720 --> 0:24:43.159
<v Speaker 2>on people's throat. The first practice after that interview, he

0:24:43.240 --> 0:24:47.960
<v Speaker 2>throws three picks. The next day's practice, after starting seven

0:24:48.040 --> 0:24:51.240
<v Speaker 2>for seven with a couple of touchdowns, he has an

0:24:51.400 --> 0:24:56.160
<v Speaker 2>eight pass stretch where he throws four interceptions, has two

0:24:56.400 --> 0:25:00.760
<v Speaker 2>dropped interceptions, one completed checkdown, and one in eat pass.

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<v Speaker 2>That's noteworthy, now, is it? Is it?

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<v Speaker 3>Do you pan.

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<v Speaker 2>Y? Yeah? But it isn't. Of course it is noteworthy. Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>And the to me, I think JJ McCarthy is going

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<v Speaker 2>to be the starter in Minnesota. I am interested in

0:25:20.240 --> 0:25:24.399
<v Speaker 2>the quarterback battle in Pittsburgh. That to me is super

0:25:24.440 --> 0:25:28.160
<v Speaker 2>noteworthy and interesting. Uh. And I think Russ missing time

0:25:28.280 --> 0:25:31.800
<v Speaker 2>gives Justin a real chance uh to win that one.

0:25:32.320 --> 0:25:36.399
<v Speaker 2>And I there's a real battle I think with the

0:25:36.520 --> 0:25:39.919
<v Speaker 2>Giants is a sneaky battle for the season where I

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<v Speaker 2>think Daniel Jones, because he has an injury guarantee if

0:25:42.600 --> 0:25:45.760
<v Speaker 2>he plays poorly, could be replaced by Drew Locke. There's

0:25:45.960 --> 0:25:50.520
<v Speaker 2>obviously a real battle going over Vegas and Denver as well.

0:25:51.840 --> 0:25:55.640
<v Speaker 2>And yeah, no, go ahead, Denver, it's Jared said.

0:25:56.560 --> 0:26:00.680
<v Speaker 3>Nick and uh and and Zach Wilson is in there too.

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<v Speaker 3>I think they're saying that he's been doing well in camp.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think Zach Wilson has a chance, but I

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<v Speaker 2>do think it'll be Nixon Stidham. And in Vegas it's

0:26:09.920 --> 0:26:12.760
<v Speaker 2>Gardner and Aidan O'Connell. So those are the things in

0:26:12.880 --> 0:26:15.639
<v Speaker 2>training camp I'm most interested in. All Right, let's go

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<v Speaker 2>to the Giants.

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<v Speaker 3>All right, So HBO finished there behind the scenes looked

0:26:19.720 --> 0:26:23.480
<v Speaker 3>at Giants offseason. One potential takeaway is New York is

0:26:23.520 --> 0:26:26.480
<v Speaker 3>going to turn things away and turn things around. Another

0:26:26.480 --> 0:26:29.560
<v Speaker 3>potential takeaway is people are saying that the average football

0:26:29.600 --> 0:26:31.960
<v Speaker 3>fantasy player might be able to be a bit better

0:26:32.080 --> 0:26:35.320
<v Speaker 3>NFL GM, What lessons have you learned from when you're

0:26:35.359 --> 0:26:37.679
<v Speaker 3>the GM of Lebron's Vegas team? If you got a

0:26:37.680 --> 0:26:38.720
<v Speaker 3>photoshop for those watching?

0:26:38.720 --> 0:26:42.080
<v Speaker 2>Will you too? Man? Oh? Hard Knicks practice with the

0:26:42.119 --> 0:26:46.240
<v Speaker 2>Las Vegas Oh that's pretty good. I like that. Here's

0:26:46.240 --> 0:26:49.359
<v Speaker 2>what I've learned. Don't let cameras into your facility unless

0:26:49.400 --> 0:26:52.840
<v Speaker 2>you have immaculate job security and a R in the

0:26:52.920 --> 0:26:55.800
<v Speaker 2>exact same page with the owner. I feel bad for

0:26:55.920 --> 0:26:58.000
<v Speaker 2>Joe Shane. I also think this has not been a

0:26:58.000 --> 0:27:01.679
<v Speaker 2>great look for Brian Dable, and of course they're just

0:27:01.920 --> 0:27:06.440
<v Speaker 2>open disgust from a coaching staff standpoint at Daniel Jones

0:27:06.840 --> 0:27:09.680
<v Speaker 2>is a tough look for him as well. Last year

0:27:10.920 --> 0:27:15.919
<v Speaker 2>I nailed all five Hall of Famers on this very show.

0:27:16.600 --> 0:27:19.920
<v Speaker 2>The Hall of Fame game is tonight. We see if

0:27:19.960 --> 0:27:22.600
<v Speaker 2>a full year out I can nail the next class.

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<v Speaker 2>We do that next. What's Right? All right? Welcome back

0:27:31.359 --> 0:27:34.640
<v Speaker 2>in What's Right with the great episode two fifty two.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, let's get to the NFL Hall of Fame Demonsey.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, so football is back tonight. Caleb Williams does not playing,

0:27:42.680 --> 0:27:46.120
<v Speaker 3>so who cares? Sorry all those Tyson badget fans out there.

0:27:46.800 --> 0:27:49.119
<v Speaker 3>Something we do care about is the Pro Football One

0:27:49.119 --> 0:27:52.640
<v Speaker 3>of them, the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Last year,

0:27:52.680 --> 0:27:55.720
<v Speaker 3>you accurately predicted the Hall of Fame class. So here's

0:27:55.720 --> 0:27:56.960
<v Speaker 3>your chance to do it again this year.

0:27:58.160 --> 0:28:02.680
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. So, last year, once we got to the twenty

0:28:02.720 --> 0:28:09.359
<v Speaker 2>five semifinalists on this show, we tried to narrow it

0:28:09.400 --> 0:28:12.959
<v Speaker 2>down to the ten finalists, and then we said, if

0:28:13.000 --> 0:28:19.240
<v Speaker 2>it were up to us, that Andre Johnson, Julius Peppers,

0:28:19.240 --> 0:28:22.920
<v Speaker 2>Patrick Willis, DWIGHTE Frani, and Devin Hester would be our five.

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<v Speaker 2>I remember a lot of the reaction to that. Was

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<v Speaker 2>the most notable name that I did not have on

0:28:30.200 --> 0:28:32.880
<v Speaker 2>there that people thought I was insane for leaving out

0:28:33.280 --> 0:28:37.439
<v Speaker 2>was Antonio Gates, who was a first time you know,

0:28:37.480 --> 0:28:40.640
<v Speaker 2>a guy who was eligible for the first time. I

0:28:40.720 --> 0:28:44.800
<v Speaker 2>ended up I was again, I don't sound arrogant here,

0:28:44.840 --> 0:28:50.040
<v Speaker 2>I don't mean to, but I ended up nailing all five.

0:28:50.880 --> 0:28:53.640
<v Speaker 2>I was a little shocked myself that I did it,

0:28:53.680 --> 0:28:59.240
<v Speaker 2>but I did. So now we have to say, this

0:28:59.320 --> 0:29:02.400
<v Speaker 2>will be a little harder because we don't have the

0:29:02.400 --> 0:29:05.240
<v Speaker 2>finalists yet, but we you know, last year we did

0:29:05.280 --> 0:29:08.920
<v Speaker 2>it once we had the semi finalists. So here are

0:29:09.080 --> 0:29:16.280
<v Speaker 2>the guys who last year were semi finalists and did

0:29:16.320 --> 0:29:21.440
<v Speaker 2>not even become finalists. So it doesn't mean they're eliminated.

0:29:21.840 --> 0:29:24.880
<v Speaker 2>But last year they didn't even make the final ten,

0:29:25.600 --> 0:29:29.960
<v Speaker 2>let alone the final fior. I'm sorry, last year they

0:29:29.960 --> 0:29:33.440
<v Speaker 2>didn't even make the final fifteen or so, let alone

0:29:33.440 --> 0:29:38.719
<v Speaker 2>the final five. And Kwam Bolden, Tiki Barber who is

0:29:38.760 --> 0:29:42.280
<v Speaker 2>not a Hall of Famer, London Fletcher who is not

0:29:42.560 --> 0:29:46.640
<v Speaker 2>a Hall of Famer, Eddie George who is not a

0:29:46.720 --> 0:29:50.840
<v Speaker 2>Hall of Famer, James Harrison who might be a Hall

0:29:50.920 --> 0:29:55.640
<v Speaker 2>of Famer, Robert Mathis who might be a Hall of Famer,

0:29:56.760 --> 0:30:00.120
<v Speaker 2>Steve Smith Senior who might be a Hall of Famer,

0:30:00.840 --> 0:30:04.560
<v Speaker 2>Ricky Waters who is not a Hall of Famer, Vince

0:30:04.600 --> 0:30:08.040
<v Speaker 2>will Fork who is not a Hall of Famer, and

0:30:08.160 --> 0:30:11.320
<v Speaker 2>hinz Ward who I do not feel as a Hall

0:30:11.360 --> 0:30:14.160
<v Speaker 2>of Famer at all, but a lot of the media

0:30:14.240 --> 0:30:18.400
<v Speaker 2>loves him. He's been a semifinalist eight times and might

0:30:18.480 --> 0:30:20.920
<v Speaker 2>be a Hall of Famer. But again, those were just

0:30:21.000 --> 0:30:25.960
<v Speaker 2>the semifinalists. Here are the guys who were finalists but

0:30:26.200 --> 0:30:30.840
<v Speaker 2>did not make it. Eric Allen in his eighteenth year

0:30:30.920 --> 0:30:36.160
<v Speaker 2>on the ballot, Jared Allen who has really good numbers

0:30:38.360 --> 0:30:41.880
<v Speaker 2>but is a tough one because the team us on

0:30:41.960 --> 0:30:46.760
<v Speaker 2>my Chiefs primarily were not good. Willie Anderson, who I

0:30:46.800 --> 0:30:49.440
<v Speaker 2>think will make the Hall of Fame one day, jarr

0:30:49.600 --> 0:30:52.480
<v Speaker 2>Evans who I think will make the Hall of Fame

0:30:52.520 --> 0:30:56.120
<v Speaker 2>one day, Antonio Gates who is going to make the

0:30:56.160 --> 0:31:02.160
<v Speaker 2>Hall of Fame soon, Rodney Harrison tough one, Tory Holt

0:31:03.080 --> 0:31:08.080
<v Speaker 2>gotta get in at some point, Fred Taylor, Reggie Wayne

0:31:08.120 --> 0:31:11.040
<v Speaker 2>who I think gets in at some point, and Darren Woodson.

0:31:12.200 --> 0:31:16.040
<v Speaker 2>So here is the key to it. Who are the

0:31:16.280 --> 0:31:22.080
<v Speaker 2>new guys who were not on the ballot last time

0:31:22.480 --> 0:31:28.160
<v Speaker 2>who can take a spot? Eli Manning first time on

0:31:28.280 --> 0:31:34.880
<v Speaker 2>the ballot, Luke Keikley first time on the ballot, Marshall

0:31:35.000 --> 0:31:41.280
<v Speaker 2>Yonda first time on the ballot, Marshawn Lynch first time

0:31:41.360 --> 0:31:46.320
<v Speaker 2>on the ballot, Terrell Suggs first time on the ballot,

0:31:46.880 --> 0:31:51.920
<v Speaker 2>Darren Sprawls won't make it, Joe Staley won't make it.

0:31:52.480 --> 0:31:56.360
<v Speaker 2>A Key to Leave won't make it. The late Demarius

0:31:56.360 --> 0:32:02.000
<v Speaker 2>Thomas no chance of making it. Claim Matthews won't make it,

0:32:02.560 --> 0:32:08.960
<v Speaker 2>Ryan Khalil won't make it. No Cooch Matthews, No he's not.

0:32:09.120 --> 0:32:12.920
<v Speaker 2>He's not a Hall of Famer. I don't think. So

0:32:14.520 --> 0:32:24.040
<v Speaker 2>here is what I think happens. I think that Eli

0:32:26.200 --> 0:32:29.640
<v Speaker 2>is going to be a first ballot guy. I don't

0:32:29.640 --> 0:32:32.800
<v Speaker 2>know that I agree with it, but I you win

0:32:32.920 --> 0:32:36.520
<v Speaker 2>two Super Bowls as a quarterback in New York, both

0:32:36.600 --> 0:32:39.760
<v Speaker 2>over Tom Brady. I think he will make it first ballot.

0:32:41.120 --> 0:32:46.520
<v Speaker 2>I do not think anyone else in this class makes

0:32:46.560 --> 0:32:53.880
<v Speaker 2>it first ballot. Keithley, Yanda, and Suggs I think are

0:32:54.000 --> 0:33:00.120
<v Speaker 2>all eventual Hall of Famers, but I don't think they

0:33:00.160 --> 0:33:04.520
<v Speaker 2>will make it first ballot. Keithley gets helped by the

0:33:04.560 --> 0:33:08.840
<v Speaker 2>fact that Patrick Willis got in very similar career Arcs

0:33:08.840 --> 0:33:13.920
<v Speaker 2>so dominant short career. Suggs I think eventually gets in,

0:33:14.560 --> 0:33:18.080
<v Speaker 2>but is going to have to wait. And Yonda, I

0:33:18.120 --> 0:33:20.760
<v Speaker 2>don't think he can get in before jar R Evans.

0:33:21.760 --> 0:33:27.720
<v Speaker 2>So I think right now next year's class will be

0:33:29.720 --> 0:33:47.120
<v Speaker 2>Antonio Gates, Tory Holt, finally getting in, Eli, Manning, Willie Anderson.

0:33:49.760 --> 0:33:59.040
<v Speaker 2>That's four guys, and you know what I think. I

0:33:59.080 --> 0:34:02.160
<v Speaker 2>think Suggs may be does get in first ballot and

0:34:02.320 --> 0:34:08.200
<v Speaker 2>Terrell Suggs that is again I'm not gonna be held

0:34:08.320 --> 0:34:11.359
<v Speaker 2>to that, but that is where I stand right now now.

0:34:11.400 --> 0:34:15.759
<v Speaker 2>Bill Barnwell, yesterday I haven't read the article yet, came

0:34:15.800 --> 0:34:21.040
<v Speaker 2>out with who he thinks is going to make it.

0:34:21.680 --> 0:34:27.120
<v Speaker 2>Oh wait a second, Oh well, I'm going I have

0:34:27.200 --> 0:34:30.760
<v Speaker 2>to adjust my take because there's somebody on this list

0:34:31.239 --> 0:34:34.440
<v Speaker 2>that I didn't realize was the first year eligible. Barnwell

0:34:34.640 --> 0:34:38.640
<v Speaker 2>projecting next year's class will be Eli who I said,

0:34:39.000 --> 0:34:44.000
<v Speaker 2>Antonio Gates, who I just said, Terrell Suggs who I said,

0:34:44.520 --> 0:34:47.759
<v Speaker 2>Jared Allen who I don't agree with Bill on that,

0:34:48.480 --> 0:34:52.319
<v Speaker 2>And then he had Adam Vina Terry in his first

0:34:52.400 --> 0:34:56.120
<v Speaker 2>year eligible. I didn't realize Vinit Terry's eligible this coming year.

0:34:56.920 --> 0:35:00.439
<v Speaker 2>I'm sure Barnwell's right, then then he will get in.

0:35:01.360 --> 0:35:05.399
<v Speaker 2>If Vinitary's eligible, then he'll get in, and I think

0:35:05.480 --> 0:35:08.160
<v Speaker 2>Suggs will have to wait. I think the first time

0:35:08.280 --> 0:35:11.919
<v Speaker 2>will be Eli and Vinitary, and then I think it'll

0:35:11.960 --> 0:35:16.480
<v Speaker 2>be Willie Anderson, Antonio Gates, and Tory Holt. That's my

0:35:16.640 --> 0:35:22.400
<v Speaker 2>projection for next year's Hall of Fame class. UH and

0:35:22.880 --> 0:35:25.880
<v Speaker 2>Gabe says he doesn't know kickers were eligible. He didn't

0:35:25.920 --> 0:35:29.560
<v Speaker 2>like it. Hey, listen, in my lifetime, there's two kickers

0:35:29.600 --> 0:35:33.720
<v Speaker 2>that are Hall of Fame worthy, Vinitary and Justin Tucker.

0:35:34.239 --> 0:35:38.799
<v Speaker 2>Those are the two. Uh and Vinitary is the most

0:35:38.840 --> 0:35:41.799
<v Speaker 2>clutch kicks in NFL history. Justin Tucker is the best

0:35:41.840 --> 0:35:44.600
<v Speaker 2>kicker in NFL history. Those two guys should get in

0:35:45.440 --> 0:35:47.799
<v Speaker 2>demons before we move on to the game. You have

0:35:47.800 --> 0:35:49.600
<v Speaker 2>any thoughts, anything you want to say, I see it.

0:35:49.640 --> 0:35:50.440
<v Speaker 2>You're furrowing up.

0:35:51.360 --> 0:35:55.840
<v Speaker 3>No, I just I was confusing Justin Tucker with another

0:35:55.920 --> 0:35:58.160
<v Speaker 3>I was confusing him with your kicker for the Chiefs

0:35:58.200 --> 0:35:59.000
<v Speaker 3>for some reason. I don't know.

0:35:59.160 --> 0:36:08.200
<v Speaker 2>Oh, Harrison Butker, Yeah, okay, sounds yeah Buckers No, no, no, Ellisen.

0:36:08.280 --> 0:36:10.359
<v Speaker 2>Bucker is an excellent kicker, and he's made a bunch

0:36:10.440 --> 0:36:14.319
<v Speaker 2>of clutch kicks. But in order to be and again

0:36:14.360 --> 0:36:16.440
<v Speaker 2>maybe I'll be wrong, maybe Minitary won't make it, But

0:36:16.440 --> 0:36:18.400
<v Speaker 2>in order for a kicker to make the Hall of Fame,

0:36:18.920 --> 0:36:21.360
<v Speaker 2>you kind of have to be the goat of something.

0:36:21.680 --> 0:36:24.480
<v Speaker 2>And Military has the most points in l history, played

0:36:24.520 --> 0:36:28.240
<v Speaker 2>forever and hit all those clutch kicks to win Super Bowls.

0:36:28.920 --> 0:36:32.920
<v Speaker 2>Now again, I mean, you can say the Butcker hit,

0:36:33.040 --> 0:36:35.439
<v Speaker 2>you know, hit big field goals on the Chiefs run.

0:36:35.480 --> 0:36:39.040
<v Speaker 2>But he's not that guy. And Tucker is the most

0:36:39.080 --> 0:36:42.080
<v Speaker 2>deadly kicker in NFL history. All right, let's play. Nick

0:36:42.160 --> 0:36:42.719
<v Speaker 2>makes it right.

0:36:43.600 --> 0:36:45.800
<v Speaker 3>Yeah. So there's a lot of broken things in sports

0:36:45.880 --> 0:36:48.319
<v Speaker 3>right now. Luckily we have the man to make them

0:36:48.400 --> 0:36:50.920
<v Speaker 3>right and Nick right. So the first off, we got

0:36:50.920 --> 0:36:54.239
<v Speaker 3>a three v three basketball. It's fast paced, exciting hoops.

0:36:54.400 --> 0:36:57.040
<v Speaker 3>The only issue is Jimmer for Debt is our star

0:36:57.160 --> 0:37:01.600
<v Speaker 3>player and we're down two YEA qualifying and other FEBA

0:37:01.640 --> 0:37:04.480
<v Speaker 3>commitments overlap with parts of the NBA season, which is

0:37:04.520 --> 0:37:07.040
<v Speaker 3>why we don't see NBA players out there. How do

0:37:07.080 --> 0:37:07.759
<v Speaker 3>we make this right?

0:37:09.920 --> 0:37:12.480
<v Speaker 2>I think it's pretty simple, and I don't need them

0:37:12.520 --> 0:37:15.919
<v Speaker 2>to practice together or qualify together. I don't need any

0:37:15.920 --> 0:37:20.000
<v Speaker 2>of it. I think that at next year's Olympics, this

0:37:20.080 --> 0:37:23.560
<v Speaker 2>is what we do. If we're that we have our

0:37:23.680 --> 0:37:26.680
<v Speaker 2>twelve guys who are on the Olympic team, and then

0:37:26.800 --> 0:37:31.279
<v Speaker 2>three bench mob type role player guys who don't care

0:37:31.280 --> 0:37:34.520
<v Speaker 2>if they play or not. Once we have the exhibition

0:37:34.800 --> 0:37:40.680
<v Speaker 2>season of the actual Olympic basketball, we figure out of

0:37:40.760 --> 0:37:45.239
<v Speaker 2>those twelve stars on our Olympic team, the three that

0:37:45.280 --> 0:37:47.640
<v Speaker 2>are gonna be the odd men out this year, it

0:37:47.680 --> 0:37:52.280
<v Speaker 2>would have been Embiid, Tatum, Halliburton, and we say good news, fellas,

0:37:52.960 --> 0:37:56.719
<v Speaker 2>good news, bad news. Bad news is you're not gonna

0:37:56.760 --> 0:37:59.239
<v Speaker 2>be on the Olympic team anymore for five on five.

0:37:59.640 --> 0:38:02.280
<v Speaker 2>Good new news is you're gonna return us to glory

0:38:02.320 --> 0:38:05.000
<v Speaker 2>in three on three and you three guys are gonna

0:38:05.040 --> 0:38:06.920
<v Speaker 2>go dominate three on three basketball.

0:38:07.200 --> 0:38:14.400
<v Speaker 3>That's is that your pick for your three.

0:38:13.400 --> 0:38:16.279
<v Speaker 2>Three three guys who are on the again. The thing

0:38:16.320 --> 0:38:19.800
<v Speaker 2>with the three v three is it's twos and ones.

0:38:20.520 --> 0:38:23.720
<v Speaker 2>So threes, which are two's are actually at a huge,

0:38:23.800 --> 0:38:27.319
<v Speaker 2>huge premium because they're worth double. So that's why, like

0:38:27.360 --> 0:38:29.160
<v Speaker 2>you have a guy like Jimmer for that. But yeah,

0:38:29.200 --> 0:38:31.520
<v Speaker 2>I think Haliburton, Tatum, and Embiid would go ahead and

0:38:31.640 --> 0:38:35.120
<v Speaker 2>win the three on three tournament. So that's my that's

0:38:35.160 --> 0:38:36.080
<v Speaker 2>my answer, all right.

0:38:36.160 --> 0:38:39.640
<v Speaker 3>Next, So, as we talked about last week, kickoffs are

0:38:39.760 --> 0:38:43.319
<v Speaker 3>changing this year. Another wrinkle on side kicks are all

0:38:43.360 --> 0:38:46.319
<v Speaker 3>but dead. Now only only trailing teams in the fourth

0:38:46.400 --> 0:38:48.960
<v Speaker 3>quarter are allowed to try them, and they also need

0:38:49.000 --> 0:38:51.320
<v Speaker 3>to announce that they're trying at first. Is there anything

0:38:51.360 --> 0:38:53.920
<v Speaker 3>that we could do to make this right, that's that's crazy.

0:38:54.080 --> 0:38:56.440
<v Speaker 2>Well, listen, what do you mean.

0:38:56.440 --> 0:38:59.520
<v Speaker 3>Like onside kicks are already super hard to execute. It's like, oh,

0:38:59.560 --> 0:39:01.359
<v Speaker 3>you got to definitely go and tell us you're doing

0:39:01.400 --> 0:39:01.759
<v Speaker 3>them now.

0:39:02.760 --> 0:39:06.319
<v Speaker 2>But well, I mean, listen, they I mean they basically

0:39:06.520 --> 0:39:08.759
<v Speaker 2>tell them they're doing it now when they as long

0:39:08.760 --> 0:39:11.520
<v Speaker 2>as I'm surprising, you know when the other team's doing

0:39:11.560 --> 0:39:14.839
<v Speaker 2>it because of how they line up. Listen. I liked

0:39:14.920 --> 0:39:20.960
<v Speaker 2>the fourth and seventeen suggestion to replace on side kicks,

0:39:21.520 --> 0:39:24.720
<v Speaker 2>which is, you have the ball on your own thirty,

0:39:25.480 --> 0:39:28.719
<v Speaker 2>you have a fourth and seventeen. If you get it,

0:39:28.840 --> 0:39:30.960
<v Speaker 2>you keep the ball. If not, the other team gets

0:39:31.000 --> 0:39:34.560
<v Speaker 2>it wherever that play ended. That's like a I like

0:39:34.680 --> 0:39:37.480
<v Speaker 2>that idea. I don't think I think it's too revolutionary

0:39:37.520 --> 0:39:40.200
<v Speaker 2>for the NFL. I don't really care about on side kicks,

0:39:40.200 --> 0:39:42.839
<v Speaker 2>to be honest with you. I do like the new

0:39:42.920 --> 0:39:46.200
<v Speaker 2>kickoff rule, and I think the new kickoff rule is

0:39:46.239 --> 0:39:50.040
<v Speaker 2>going to expose well coached and poorly coached teams. So

0:39:50.080 --> 0:39:52.640
<v Speaker 2>I'm excited to see that. All right, let's go to

0:39:52.800 --> 0:39:53.840
<v Speaker 2>the next topic. Demos.

0:39:54.200 --> 0:39:57.759
<v Speaker 3>Uh. Everyone agrees Patrick Mahomes is the best quarterback in football.

0:39:58.320 --> 0:40:01.239
<v Speaker 3>So here, Bobby Witt Junior has now answered the conversation

0:40:01.239 --> 0:40:03.319
<v Speaker 3>with the best player in baseball.

0:40:03.000 --> 0:40:07.600
<v Speaker 2>Hit four ninety in July, hit four ninety four ninety

0:40:07.640 --> 0:40:10.440
<v Speaker 2>five twenty eight thirty splits for a month.

0:40:10.760 --> 0:40:13.880
<v Speaker 3>Go ahead, Yeah, it's not fair that Kansas City is

0:40:13.920 --> 0:40:16.319
<v Speaker 3>home to the two best players in the sports. So

0:40:16.480 --> 0:40:18.520
<v Speaker 3>to level the playing field, how do we make it? Right?

0:40:19.600 --> 0:40:21.200
<v Speaker 2>All right, we don't need to level the playing field.

0:40:21.239 --> 0:40:27.279
<v Speaker 2>Here's my question, city by city major American sports. And

0:40:27.320 --> 0:40:29.279
<v Speaker 2>I'm just not gonna include hockey because I don't know

0:40:29.400 --> 0:40:34.839
<v Speaker 2>enough about hockey. But Kansas City just flat wins if

0:40:34.840 --> 0:40:36.960
<v Speaker 2>it's your best two guys, even though we only have

0:40:37.040 --> 0:40:41.760
<v Speaker 2>two teams, like who like, let's just go major cities, right,

0:40:42.320 --> 0:40:49.840
<v Speaker 2>So for Houston, it'd be CJ. Stroud and Altuve or CJ.

0:40:50.000 --> 0:40:55.360
<v Speaker 2>Stroud and Shingoon. I don't know they're out. Dallas would

0:40:55.440 --> 0:41:01.399
<v Speaker 2>be Luca and Mica. Pretty good. Who wouldn't new your calf?

0:41:02.160 --> 0:41:05.880
<v Speaker 2>You got ten teams who would new your calf? Judge

0:41:06.960 --> 0:41:11.960
<v Speaker 2>and all right, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's right, Judge and Brunt,

0:41:12.160 --> 0:41:12.719
<v Speaker 2>I think is right.

0:41:12.719 --> 0:41:14.920
<v Speaker 3>I thought wet we were staying in sports, but yeah,

0:41:14.960 --> 0:41:17.279
<v Speaker 3>you had said, Luca, we're going all on the outside.

0:41:17.640 --> 0:41:25.440
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, the football, basketball, baseball, Miami would have Jimmy

0:41:25.520 --> 0:41:35.520
<v Speaker 2>Butler and Tyreek h saying no, no, no, no, we're

0:41:35.520 --> 0:41:38.400
<v Speaker 2>not We're not doing that. I said. The three major

0:41:38.480 --> 0:41:43.439
<v Speaker 2>American team sports, uh L A L A is.

0:41:43.360 --> 0:41:47.200
<v Speaker 3>Close and Bron. I think it is what it would Yeah.

0:41:47.320 --> 0:41:54.839
<v Speaker 2>I mean that's close for Mahomes, Mahomes, Bobby Witt Pittsburgh

0:41:54.920 --> 0:41:57.520
<v Speaker 2>would have t J. Watt and Paul Skeens.

0:41:59.719 --> 0:42:02.440
<v Speaker 3>Close. Then you're saying Mahomes is better than Lebron in

0:42:02.440 --> 0:42:04.480
<v Speaker 3>their respective sports, I.

0:42:04.400 --> 0:42:09.719
<v Speaker 2>Think right now, yeah, of course, well okay, yeah, yeah,

0:42:09.840 --> 0:42:14.960
<v Speaker 2>right now, Uh who would the Bay Area have Christian

0:42:15.040 --> 0:42:21.800
<v Speaker 2>McCaffrey and Steph That's pretty good, that's pretty good. Uh yeah,

0:42:21.840 --> 0:42:26.000
<v Speaker 2>but yeah, we have the okay soup, we would have

0:42:26.120 --> 0:42:29.440
<v Speaker 2>the We would have the best duo of any of

0:42:29.480 --> 0:42:41.520
<v Speaker 2>anybody's crazy man Daniel. Daniel just totally embarrassed himself by

0:42:41.640 --> 0:42:46.120
<v Speaker 2>texting Jokic and Pat Sertan the second Daniel get out

0:42:46.160 --> 0:42:50.920
<v Speaker 2>of here and Patsertan is a really good corner and

0:42:51.000 --> 0:42:57.239
<v Speaker 2>he but they are not. Kansas City's second team of

0:42:57.920 --> 0:43:02.239
<v Speaker 2>Kelsey Salvi Prez would would go toe to toe with

0:43:02.320 --> 0:43:07.320
<v Speaker 2>Jokic Patzer Tangingior, give me break? Uh? And so, but yeah,

0:43:07.480 --> 0:43:09.759
<v Speaker 2>I mean Kansas City. We got the best duo. I

0:43:09.760 --> 0:43:11.760
<v Speaker 2>love it all right? Last one demande.

0:43:12.440 --> 0:43:15.840
<v Speaker 3>Reason has been committed. The House of Dragons season finale

0:43:15.880 --> 0:43:17.960
<v Speaker 3>was leaked online earlier this week. How do we make

0:43:18.000 --> 0:43:18.759
<v Speaker 3>it right? That's so?

0:43:18.800 --> 0:43:21.520
<v Speaker 2>Why do people do just say listen? I don't know,

0:43:21.560 --> 0:43:25.479
<v Speaker 2>but I've avoided spoilers, so I'm excited. Listen. I've really

0:43:25.560 --> 0:43:28.319
<v Speaker 2>enjoyed the season. I'm bummed it to only eight episodes.

0:43:28.719 --> 0:43:31.719
<v Speaker 2>Back when I was a kid, TV shows would be

0:43:31.719 --> 0:43:37.719
<v Speaker 2>twenty three episodes, and then they recently became twelve or thirteen,

0:43:38.680 --> 0:43:40.839
<v Speaker 2>and then all of a sudden, it's like, no, they're ten,

0:43:41.600 --> 0:43:45.800
<v Speaker 2>and now some seasons are eight episodes. That's disappointing.

0:43:46.520 --> 0:43:46.680
<v Speaker 1>Uh.

0:43:46.960 --> 0:43:49.520
<v Speaker 2>I didn't realize that the season finale was coming up

0:43:49.600 --> 0:43:51.600
<v Speaker 2>until last week's episode, when they were like the second

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<v Speaker 2>to last episode, Like, what is going on? The season

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<v Speaker 2>just started? But I've avoided the spoilers. All right, we'll

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<v Speaker 2>do some listener questions wrap up the show next. What's right?

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<v Speaker 2>All right? Welcome back in? What's right with Nick? Right?

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<v Speaker 2>Demon's a let's do some listener questions.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey, so, David mckel rearing asked Nick, which Lebron nickname

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<v Speaker 3>is your favorite? Captain Lamerica or the whole Testament.

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<v Speaker 2>I like Captain Lamerica. That's pretty funny. The old Testament

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<v Speaker 2>I hadn't seen. I think the listen. I gotta tell you,

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<v Speaker 2>the picture of Lebron holding the flag with the boat

0:44:34.000 --> 0:44:37.359
<v Speaker 2>going down the scene is pretty was pretty dope. And

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<v Speaker 2>then like some of these pictures of Lebron are just

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<v Speaker 2>unintentionally funny when Coco Goff's doing the interview and he's

0:44:43.880 --> 0:44:49.319
<v Speaker 2>just standing behind her like these they're legitimately funny pictures, man,

0:44:49.880 --> 0:44:55.960
<v Speaker 2>and he is really leaning into this whole you know, this,

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<v Speaker 2>this whole experience, and part of it's dope. Part of

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<v Speaker 2>it's sad because, as I said to Colin yesterday, it's

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<v Speaker 2>on the board that these Olympic games are the last

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<v Speaker 2>super meaningful games of Lebron's basketball life, that the Lakers

0:45:14.160 --> 0:45:18.920
<v Speaker 2>are just not gonna be competing for championships. And Lebron's

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<v Speaker 2>been excellent, Durant's been excellent, Lebron's been excellent, It's been

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<v Speaker 2>great to watch, all right.

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<v Speaker 3>Next, Matt versus Money, question for Nick, and question for

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<v Speaker 3>Nick and Alcarez. Question for Nick, did out has cost

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<v Speaker 3>them the match? How did you feel about Coco's Olympic performance?

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<v Speaker 3>She struggled a bit in mixed doubles, but she was

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<v Speaker 3>trying to carry.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll be honest, I have not. I've not been as

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<v Speaker 2>locked in. I don't. I don't think it's fair to

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<v Speaker 2>say Alca has cost them the match. I know Coco lost,

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<v Speaker 2>but I wasn't the a lot of the tennis that's

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<v Speaker 2>been going on while I've been prepping for the TV show,

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<v Speaker 2>so I can't really give you fair analysis on that.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, let's go to the next one.

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<v Speaker 3>Facing Felix said Sugg justin for Nick, sports climbing is

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<v Speaker 3>a must watch.

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<v Speaker 2>Listen. I love these I don't want to say random,

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<v Speaker 2>but these sports that I otherwise wouldn't see. I totally agree.

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<v Speaker 3>Go to aj Aj says, what are your thoughts on

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<v Speaker 3>the Turkish shooter? Who got so? Who got silvery?

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<v Speaker 2>Guys? Awesome? All these other folks have like an eye

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<v Speaker 2>cover and this and that. This dude just comes out there,

0:46:26.480 --> 0:46:29.200
<v Speaker 2>puts his hand in his pocket, no eyewear and just

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<v Speaker 2>nails and just crushes. I love that picture.

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<v Speaker 3>That was awesome. That was awesome.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, let's go to the last one.

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<v Speaker 3>Justin Pinders said, Hey, Nick, after watching your show, my

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<v Speaker 3>football knowledge grew a thousand times and I feel I

0:46:42.760 --> 0:46:45.680
<v Speaker 3>can rival your basketball knowledge. Now. I want to start

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<v Speaker 3>a pod any tips. I'm a year older than Demon's.

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<v Speaker 2>The only tips are in the beginning of one of

0:46:52.320 --> 0:46:55.080
<v Speaker 2>these things. Do not worry about how many people are listening.

0:46:55.440 --> 0:46:58.960
<v Speaker 2>It's actually to your benefit to not have people listening

0:46:59.160 --> 0:47:01.200
<v Speaker 2>because you just want want to get the reps and

0:47:01.239 --> 0:47:03.879
<v Speaker 2>you just want to get comfortable and figure out what

0:47:03.920 --> 0:47:06.360
<v Speaker 2>you want to do. Like, don't worry about like growing

0:47:06.400 --> 0:47:09.680
<v Speaker 2>subscribers and stuff like that. Uh in the beginning at all.

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<v Speaker 2>Just worry about doing it and do it consistently and

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<v Speaker 2>you'll get better. All right. Other best sports duos uh

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<v Speaker 2>DJ doc Nev says Zion and Cam Jordan for New Orleans.

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<v Speaker 2>I with respect that that's if that is the right list,

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<v Speaker 2>that's a sad list. It's an indictment on the Saints.

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<v Speaker 2>And I like Cam Jordan, but he's one of the

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<v Speaker 2>oldest players in the league. Horton GMR says Elie de

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<v Speaker 2>la Cruise and Burrow. That's not bad. I like, I

0:47:39.760 --> 0:47:42.360
<v Speaker 2>mean Ellie's no Bobby Witt junior, but he's exciting and

0:47:42.400 --> 0:47:47.919
<v Speaker 2>Burrow's awesome. Uh, Carter says Justin Jefferson an ant that's

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<v Speaker 2>pretty good. Uh ledbetter said Luke and Michael. Yeah, that's

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<v Speaker 2>the one I came up with for Dallas as well.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh that that could have been a fun you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I keep saying, you know, for the slow summertime we

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<v Speaker 2>do you know this show. I think we said we're

0:48:01.080 --> 0:48:03.680
<v Speaker 2>gonna do like a dog ranking show. We haven't really

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<v Speaker 2>had a slow summertime. This is the Olympics. We've had

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of stuff going on. All right, good show,

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<v Speaker 2>Good job Demansey. I will see you guys on TV

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<v Speaker 2>in a few hours. Enjoy the Hall of Fame game.

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