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Speaker 1: twenty five NFL season. James Slander joins us live from

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Speaker 1: the Star in Moments tonight to talk about the Cowboys

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Speaker 1: approach to the Eagles in the post Parsons World. All

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Speaker 1: thirty two teams we'll be in action over the next

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Speaker 1: six days, and we got some really good ones right

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Speaker 1: it all down. We also have Michael f Florio here

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Speaker 1: with four Fantasy Gold talking about some must have Fantasy

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Speaker 1: stars and some other names you're gonna want to keep

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Speaker 1: in mind as you're setting your Week one lineup. Welcome

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Speaker 1: inside with the Insiders alongside Ian Rappidboard, Judy Battista, and

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Speaker 1: Mike Garafolo. I am Tom Pelisero. Way back in February,

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Speaker 1: I started the countdown clock at the beginning of every show.

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Speaker 1: At the time, it was like two hundred and seven

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Speaker 1: days until a football game. Well guess what, right now,

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Speaker 1: Mike Garatfollo, We've got a little over forty eight hours

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Speaker 1: to kick off of a good one in Philly.

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Speaker 2: You're gonna be there. Let's go.

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Speaker 3: Yes, I am Thursday Night football, the Eagles kicking off

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Speaker 3: against their division rival Dallas Cowboys. The Mike got Parsons

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Speaker 3: list Dallas Cowboys, but they still got Dak Prescott, CD Lamb.

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Speaker 3: They added Kenny Clark. Still a lot of really good

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Speaker 3: football players on this team, and you know that they

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Speaker 3: would love to spoil the celebration for the Eagles as

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Speaker 3: will expect both sides to be ready to play some

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Speaker 4: Week one.

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Speaker 3: Here are the coaches talking about it.

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Speaker 5: It's funny. I actually caught myself doing this the other day,

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Speaker 5: our bonus Monday. I kind of called the team up

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Speaker 5: And I went to bed that night, I was like,

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Speaker 5: because honestly, the way we approach things, Todd is every

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Speaker 5: game we play is just another championship opportunity. It's just

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Speaker 5: another championship opportunity. We get a chance to go out

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Speaker 5: there against the Eagles. You don't get extra credit for

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Speaker 5: beating the Eagles in Philly on primetime than you do

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Speaker 5: for beating the Giants at noon in at and T

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Speaker 6: Last Banner Night in twenty eighteen. It's famous that the

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Speaker 6: How do you feel about the fact that even though

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Speaker 6: it is Bannernite for you guys, the fans will still

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Speaker 7: A high level.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I didn't know it was Banner Nite.

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Speaker 8: We won't be out for that.

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Speaker 3: Siria, Honey, gonna be yelling at fans by halftime. If

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Speaker 3: we know Philly well, they hope that they're going to

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Speaker 3: be performing well enough, then you won't have to bark

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Speaker 3: there in Texas, Steve Weis in the LA studios, are

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Speaker 3: going to talk about this matchup right now. Jay, you

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Speaker 3: Dak Prescott ready to go rolling on all cylinders after

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Speaker 3: that hamstring injury cut short his season last year. What

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Speaker 9: Well, they're expecting to go in there and beat the Eagles,

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Speaker 9: as any team should when they start their season. But

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Speaker 9: they have the firepower of adding George Pickens along with

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Speaker 9: been tough having lost Micah Parsons around there, but they

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Speaker 10: And they clearly have confidence if they're going to trade

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Speaker 2: Well, I want to talk about the piece that they.

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Speaker 10: Got back for him, and that's defensive tackle Kenny Clark.

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Speaker 10: He is a run stuffer, right, He had a career

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Speaker 10: high and run stuffs. That's literally a stat even though

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Speaker 10: They're gonna continue to extend that drive. So this is

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Steve, If they get the Eagles into passing downs,

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Speaker 3: that means they stopped the number one player on the

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Speaker 3: NFL Network one hundred Top one hundred list. Excuse me,

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Speaker 3: the top one hundred players of twenty twenty five has

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Speaker 4: Say Kuon Barkley number one.

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Speaker 3: Kenny Clark, the big run stopper. There was such a

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Speaker 3: big part of that Micah Parsons deal. How does this

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Speaker 9: Yeah, and keep in mind, Kenny Clark literally got here

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Speaker 9: But the onus also falls on the linebackers, Steve, when

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Speaker 9: you consider, yeah, you've got your line there, but without

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Speaker 9: you can't scheme against the pass, or you can scheme

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Speaker 9: the run has their achilles heel.

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Speaker 9: And so all of that part of the big stew

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Speaker 9: But look, they can say what they want. Micah Parsons,

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Speaker 5: Of the ball.

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Speaker 4: I understand Jay that Kenny Clark just got there. But

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Speaker 3: If they don't stop the run in this game after

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Speaker 3: the reaction from Cowboys fans is going to be unbelievable.

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Speaker 3: Landon Dickerson's a big part of the Eagles running game

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Speaker 3: First time covering knee injury, Mike, No, but remember how

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Speaker 4: He was a full go.

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Speaker 1: Tom, Thank you doctor Garafullo. The NFL is back with

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Speaker 1: Of course, the NFL Kickoff continues Friday in Sal Paulo, Brazil,

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Speaker 1: The same now goes for Chargers running back Naji Harris,

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Speaker 7: As of right now.

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Speaker 7: That is not a great sign. As the Patriots ramp.

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Speaker 1: Vegas Raiders head coach. As long as we're talking about

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Speaker 1: Half the league opens up in Week one with a

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Speaker 4: To look good.

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Speaker 13: Man, we love Lambeau. I mean it's awesome. You know.

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Speaker 13: If you love football, you love going to play there,

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Insiders, presented by Progressive Insurance, Tom

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Speaker 1: Pilaicero Ian Rapport. Welcoming Brian Baldinger into the conversation at

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Speaker 1: this point, Baldi, we know we've talked a lot about

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Speaker 1: some of the changes in Detroit. A lot of them

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Speaker 14: Well, to begin with Tom, I concur with Dan about

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Speaker 14: lambeau It's a special special place. My only catch of

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Speaker 14: the NFL Lambeau Field. All right, that's out of the way. Look,

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Speaker 2: I don't know, we don't know.

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Speaker 14: They don't know yet if it's gonna be as solid

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Speaker 1: Well, at least we know that the Lions will have

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Speaker 7: Yeah, it sure does.

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Speaker 11: I would expect Micah Parsons to be on the field

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Speaker 7: With a little bit of a sprain.

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Speaker 11: My understanding is Micah Parsons is not going to let

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Speaker 7: At least indicates that.

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Speaker 11: His primary focus will be rushing the passer, which you know,

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Speaker 1: Baldy, I did check your statistics. By the way, one

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Speaker 14: You gotta take a start, real, Quill, No, no, no, Tom,

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Speaker 14: Let me explain. I led the league in yards per catch,

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Speaker 14: It helped win the football game that day in Green Bay.

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Speaker 1: Very impressive, Baldy, stick around, because after this, how do

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Speaker 1: you want to hear about Justin Fields versus Aaron Rodnets.

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Speaker 4: Nobody better get it down in Baldi. We'll get into that.

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Speaker 2: Jets Steelers matchup next. On the Inside.

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Speaker 3: New Today to the Insiders, presented by a Progressive Insurance,

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Speaker 3: Jackson Dart listed as QB two on the Giant's depth chart,

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Speaker 4: That's exactly what he did. So Jackson dart the.

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Speaker 3: So Jackson darted rookie, putting himself in a position to

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Speaker 3: I will be there on Sunday and intriguing matchup between

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Speaker 8: Of both guys, Man, that's.

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Speaker 15: Really nothing to talk about because of who he is.

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Speaker 8: So he like challenges in always as far as him

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Speaker 8: He's a future Hall of Famer. We all know that.

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Speaker 8: So he's going to cause problems no matter what.

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Speaker 16: He's unique because he is who he is. You know,

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Speaker 16: people move around, I'd imagine, you know, they're they're pondering

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Speaker 16: similar things on the other side, and so from that perspective,

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Speaker 16: it'll be fair.

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Speaker 4: A revenge game in so many ways.

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Speaker 3: You know, Justin Fields is looking to get back at

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Speaker 3: Mike Thomics. Remember he went to Russell Wilson when Fields

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Speaker 3: was the starter to start the season last year.

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Speaker 4: Judy Patista Steve Weisch with us.

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Speaker 3: Judy the Steeler's deep events coming into the season, still

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Speaker 3: got t J. Watt, still got plenty of talented players

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Speaker 3: on that side of the ball. Cam Hayward a captain

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Speaker 3: for the Steelers, what do we expect from them in

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Speaker 3: this game and throughout this upcoming season?

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Speaker 12: Well, we expect them to be mostly intact for this game.

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Speaker 12: Mike Tomlin in that press conference was asked about Cam Hayward,

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Speaker 12: who is the All Pro and the captain of the team,

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Speaker 12: and he said he I want to quote him, certainly

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Speaker 12: is expecting him to be on the field. Cam Hayward

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Speaker 12: has sort of had this under the radar hold in

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Speaker 12: contract situation. He wants a raise from the Steelers. He

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Speaker 12: hasn't gotten the rays yet from the Steelers, but he

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Speaker 12: has returned to practice. He didn't really do much during

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Speaker 12: training camp, but then again, he's a veteran. They often

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Speaker 12: don't have Cam Hayward doing a whole lot during training

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Speaker 12: camp and the preseason, but Tomlin certainly expects him to

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Speaker 12: be on the field, even though Cam Hayward on his

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Speaker 12: own podcast left the door open. He was asked if

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Speaker 12: he's going to be on the field and he said,

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Speaker 12: we'll see. But otherwise the defense is expected to be

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Speaker 12: mostly intact. They're pretty healthy Alex Heisman on the fields.

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Speaker 7: All of that is.

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Speaker 12: Important because you heard Mike Tomlin talk about how mobile

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Speaker 12: Justin Fields is and how hard he is to bring down.

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Speaker 12: And we know Aaron Glenn wants Justin Fields to use

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Speaker 12: his legs.

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Speaker 2: Well, absolutely, Judy, and that's part of it.

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Speaker 10: You heard Mike Tomlin how detailed he was talking about

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Speaker 10: the strength of Justin Fields.

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Speaker 2: You don't hear people who.

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Speaker 10: Don't know their business say things like that about Justin Fields.

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Speaker 10: And that's why Aaron Glenn on this offense run by

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Speaker 10: Tanner Engstrand they're going to run the ball.

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Speaker 2: This is going to be strength against strength.

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Speaker 10: This is why the Jets went out and got right

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Speaker 10: tackle armand Membu with the first pick in their draft,

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Speaker 10: so they can run the football. They've got Breze Hall,

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Speaker 10: They've got Brayln Allen.

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Speaker 2: That's going to be their identity.

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Speaker 10: And the fact now that they've got Fields, a mobile

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Speaker 10: quarterback who can boot leg, who can do some things in.

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Speaker 2: The RPO game.

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Speaker 10: To try to trick the Steelers front with some slide

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Speaker 10: of hand is what they're going to.

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Speaker 2: Try to do.

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Speaker 10: But that said, Judy, you and I both know they're

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Speaker 10: going to have to take some shots early to get

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Speaker 10: that Steelers defense off the line of scrimmage to give

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Speaker 10: him and all those guys they want to run the ball.

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Speaker 2: Some room to operate.

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Speaker 3: Aaron Glenn said his veteran defenders have a little bit

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Speaker 3: of an advantage having seen Aaron Rodgers in practice and

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Speaker 3: gone up against him the last.

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Speaker 4: Couple of years. But I suppose that goes both.

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Speaker 3: Ways on this one because those guys with the Steelers,

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Speaker 3: so justin Fields, Thank you, Judy, thank you Steve Ian.

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Speaker 11: Time for good coverage presented by Progressive Insurance.

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Speaker 7: Welcome back in my good friend Brian Baldinger.

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Speaker 11: Baldy, we talk about good coverage, like the kind that

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Speaker 11: Progressive Insurance.

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Speaker 7: Does it get any better than Sauce Gardner.

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Speaker 11: Obviously, we could talk about the Steelers Jets game all

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Speaker 11: sorts of ways.

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Speaker 7: I want to talk specifically about this.

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Speaker 11: What do you see from the Sauce Gardner VDK Metcalf

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Speaker 11: showdown for Sunday.

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Speaker 14: This is the proverbial game within the game. Mean be

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Speaker 14: honest with you. I mean, this is the clear cut

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Speaker 14: number one receiver for Annon Rodgers and Pittsburgh. Sauce Gardner

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Speaker 14: coming off a down year where his first two years

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Speaker 14: he's first team All Pro out there Quarner didn't really

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Speaker 14: do much last He's being energized right now and challenged

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Speaker 14: by Aaron Glenn, his new head coach and also a

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Speaker 14: former cornerback and a Jet cornerback, wants to see him

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Speaker 14: regain that confidence in stature. Nothing could get Sauce Gardner

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Speaker 14: off to a better start than to throw a blanket

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Speaker 14: over DK Metcalf like this is now.

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Speaker 2: I don't know how.

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Speaker 14: Much he's going to travel with him.

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Speaker 2: Sauce has done that.

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Speaker 14: At times in his career, but not really with any regularity.

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Speaker 14: But I expect this because Pittsburgh is gonna move DK

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Speaker 14: in different spots. Aaron has been working with dcations, thrown

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Speaker 14: with them out there in those fields in California way

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Speaker 14: before training camp, and so I feel like we're gonna

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Speaker 14: see that matchup quite a bit, and maybe who wins

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Speaker 14: that matchup wins this contest on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: Time now to go inside with NFL Fantasy Live and

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Speaker 1: our friend Michael f Florio with me, Tom PELISARII in

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Speaker 1: rapport Mike garafull of Michael. We've gotten through a lot

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Speaker 1: of the draft at this point, but I want to

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Speaker 1: know right now, based on all of your drafts, and

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Speaker 1: you've done like seven hundred of them, who are the

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Speaker 1: must have fantasy stars for twenty twenty five.

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Speaker 17: You guys are probably sick of hearing me talk about

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Speaker 17: some of these players, but at quarterback, it's justin fields

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Speaker 17: for me.

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Speaker 7: He is one of three qbs ever to run for

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Speaker 7: a thousand yards.

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Speaker 17: He is the QB rush record in a single game,

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Speaker 17: so the.

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Speaker 16: Ceiling is super high.

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Speaker 7: Year to year, week to week.

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Speaker 4: He was a top six fantasy quarterback with the Bears.

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Speaker 4: He was on base to do that last year with

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Speaker 4: the Steelers.

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Speaker 2: I think we're gonna get a.

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Speaker 4: Pushbush in New York.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 17: I'm drafting Justin Fields in a ton of leagues and

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Speaker 17: the best part is he is cheap enough where you

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Speaker 17: compare him with another quarterback like Dak Prescott or Jarrek

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Speaker 17: Goff to cover your bases.

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Speaker 3: Florio, assistant general manager of the Outsiders. Once again, we

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Speaker 3: didn't draft on the air like we did last year,

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Speaker 3: but he was part of the process for me and

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Speaker 3: we got Justin Fields, so I'm not surprised that that's

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Speaker 3: the guy that he mentioned.

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Speaker 4: He highly recommended him.

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Speaker 3: Let's see if he names one of the running backs

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Speaker 3: we drafted together.

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Speaker 17: Michael, Oh, you know I'm going to We were texting

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Speaker 17: and I was like training on saying no. Said that

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Speaker 17: on a lot of shows this summer, and that is

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Speaker 17: who I continue to hammer home in all of my

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Speaker 17: drafts because you just want certain traits in a fantasy

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Speaker 17: running back. High end speed for big plays, elusiveness and

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Speaker 17: a shifty runner, good pass blocker to be out there

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Speaker 17: on the field, and then a good receiver to catch

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Speaker 17: the balls when it goes his way.

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Speaker 2: He could do all that I keep joking that it

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Speaker 2: was like.

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Speaker 17: He was built in a lab to be a great

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Speaker 17: fantasy football asset, and he's.

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Speaker 2: On a team that should run the ball a bunch.

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Speaker 7: One of my favorite.

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Speaker 17: Draft targets, and his price has got.

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Speaker 4: Up and up and up to the third fourth round.

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Speaker 4: Now I'm still paying it.

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Speaker 17: I liked him when I was in the eighth round,

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Speaker 17: but I'll still pay that high price because I am

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Speaker 17: that confident in Traveon Henderson.

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Speaker 11: Before Now it's my turn, and before we get started,

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Speaker 11: I'd like to say thank you for helping me with

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Speaker 11: my own fantasy draft AFT and we can actually end

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Speaker 11: up ignoring your advice to be totally honest. Keeper league

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Speaker 11: each had four keepers. I went with Ashton Genty as

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Speaker 11: my number one overall pick over Mai Neighbors. I crossed

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Speaker 11: my fingers. It's hard to get a keeper running back,

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Speaker 11: especially a young one, So thank you for all your help.

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Speaker 7: I went against you.

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Speaker 11: Now I hope I don't get some bad karma because

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Speaker 11: of that, But anyway, we love you.

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Speaker 7: Why are we here?

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Speaker 11: Yes, tell me about receivers that you absolutely gotta have,

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Speaker 11: not counting the one that you told me to draft

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Speaker 11: and I didn't draft.

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Speaker 4: Tough question. That's exactly who I'm gonna talk about here.

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Speaker 17: Neighbors is Look, you're even gonna want to taking Ashal

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Speaker 17: Jense There was no wrong answer there. Milik Neighbors is

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Speaker 17: my pick for Offensive Player of the Year. He averaged

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Speaker 17: more Fantasy points per game as a rookie than Jamar

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Speaker 17: Chase and Justin Jefferson.

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Speaker 4: And look at the quarterback room.

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Speaker 7: He did it with huge upgrades there.

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Speaker 17: Now they should be able to throw the deep ball

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Speaker 17: in unlocked Neighbors down fields. I think he could be

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Speaker 17: the wide receiver won this year, but he doesn't.

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Speaker 2: Get viewed in that category.

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Speaker 4: Kind of out ian.

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Speaker 2: You're like Chris WATSONO, should.

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Speaker 17: We getting beloved that the MVP love that college Schwarmer's

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Speaker 17: getting right now. That is elite Neighbors amongst these high

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Speaker 17: end wide receivers all right now.

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Speaker 1: A tight end that you can't leave your fantasy draft

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Speaker 1: without Michael Tyler Warren.

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Speaker 17: I keep drafting him everywhere I can. He's going as

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Speaker 17: a low end tight end one, but I have it

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Speaker 17: ranked as the fourth tight end behind only the Big three.

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Speaker 17: He is a huge target that excels after the catch.

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Speaker 17: He thrives in the middle of the field, which is

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Speaker 17: where Daniel Jones is at his best. I think regardless

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Speaker 17: of who's playing quarterback for the Colts all season long,

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Speaker 17: he is going to.

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Speaker 4: Be their top target. He's a beast after the catch.

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Speaker 4: He is exactly the type of tight end you want.

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Speaker 7: And all the recent here is.

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Speaker 17: The top tight end has been a rookie tighter Warre

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Speaker 17: and might be able to keep.

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Speaker 4: That trend going.

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Speaker 1: All right, last thing before we let you go, Michael,

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Speaker 1: we were just talking about players you can't.

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Speaker 4: Leave your draft without.

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Speaker 1: There's also every year some players that no for everybody

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Speaker 1: leaves without, they don't get drafted, and then all of

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Speaker 1: a sudden, Week one comes they're a hot waiver wire

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Speaker 1: pickup and they might end up being the different.

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Speaker 4: Is there a guy or two.

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Speaker 1: Out there that's sitting on waiver wires in a lot

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Speaker 1: of leagues that you really like and you're like, dumb,

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Speaker 1: wherever you took in the fourteenth round, pick this guy

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Speaker 1: up on the spot.

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Speaker 17: I did pick up Bill the Commander's running back in

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Speaker 17: the league, but he's being drafted in a lot You

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Speaker 17: want to get your backup running backs, anyone who's like

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Speaker 17: an injury Braylan Allen is someone getting a lot of

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Speaker 17: steam lately.

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Speaker 4: Trey Benson is one I would put in that bunch.

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Speaker 17: But yeah, any running back that's like an injury away

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Speaker 17: from a lot of playing time, that's who I like

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Speaker 17: to use my end of bench.

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Speaker 4: Spots on Florio, me and Mike listen to you.

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Speaker 1: Ian does not remember that in terms of prioritizing whose

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Speaker 1: texts you return, we will talk to you again. So

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Speaker 1: when we got some fantasy results to talk about. Week

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Speaker 1: one kicking off in just two days. We got a

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Speaker 1: lot of good matchups, including the Giants going up against

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Speaker 1: the Commanders. What do we expect from Russell Wilson. It

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Speaker 1: is New York debut. Baldi's back. Help us break that

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Speaker 1: down next on The Insiders presented by Progressive Insurance.

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Speaker 12: Welcome back to The Insiders presented by Progressive Insurance. Giants Commanders.

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Speaker 12: That is one of the big division matchups.

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Speaker 17: In week one.

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Speaker 12: I love all these division matchups right out of the gate.

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Speaker 12: The Commanders swept the Giants last season. Here is Giants

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Speaker 12: coach Brian Dabele on the matchup in week one.

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Speaker 18: No question, it's a good football team.

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Speaker 4: They're well coached.

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Speaker 18: They improved their scoring offense by nine points a little

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Speaker 18: over nine points a game from the season prior to

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Speaker 18: that season, which is the biggest increase since twenty twenty.

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Speaker 18: Of offensive teams six come from back wins, you know,

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Speaker 18: coming from behind, excellent special teams unit with three special

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Speaker 18: teams Aces and Reeves, Bloor and Owens. And then the

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Speaker 18: defense that is very opportunistic, that plays fast and the

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Speaker 18: way I know coach Quinn likes to coach. So there's

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Speaker 18: a reason why they were in that game. And again,

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Speaker 18: our focus is on this year and doing the things

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Speaker 18: we need to do to be as good as we

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Speaker 18: can be.

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Speaker 4: Baldy is back.

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Speaker 12: Let's talk about this matchup. Baldy, you and I have

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Speaker 12: been at the Giants. They have made a big investment

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Speaker 12: on that defensive line. They've got a lot of store

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Speaker 12: power on that defensive line. We watch Abdul Carter blow

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Speaker 12: up a whole lot of practices this summer. How does

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Speaker 12: that defensive line take on Jayden Daniels.

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Speaker 2: Well, I'm interested.

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Speaker 14: I'm going to be doing that game for National Radio

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Speaker 14: on Sunday, Judy's I'll be in Washington. You know, they've

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Speaker 14: got all the pieces to play great defense. But Jayden

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Speaker 14: Daniels presents a lot of issues, but he was sacked

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Speaker 14: a lot last year.

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Speaker 2: Judy.

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Speaker 14: He did run one hundred and eighty three times at

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Speaker 14: twenty starts, but he was sacked fifty times a year

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Speaker 14: ago as well, and so he is going to hold it.

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Speaker 14: He is going to challenge the defensive. He doesn't like

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Speaker 14: what he sees and he will pull it down. And

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Speaker 14: so I'm anxious to see the deployment of Abdul Carter

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Speaker 14: with spider Man Burns, along with Thibodeau, along with Dexter

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Speaker 14: Lawrence in an offense that Brian Dable just explained. They

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Speaker 14: play high like high tempo, and so can you can

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Speaker 14: you get the volume of defense from those stars to

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Speaker 14: stay on the field and get them off the field.

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Speaker 2: It's going to be a real challenge.

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Speaker 14: But I feel like this is why they drafted alb

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Speaker 14: Duke Carter, that the offseason that Brian Burns has had

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Speaker 14: has been outstanding, has been their best player. He's looking

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Speaker 14: for a great year. Dexter is healthy off that injury

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Speaker 14: a year ago. They have the pieces up front. I'm

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Speaker 14: anxious to see how they how they spy Jayden on

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Speaker 14: third downs, how they rush them, where they think they

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Speaker 14: can win because the Commanders have improved their offensive line,

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Speaker 14: especially at the left tackle position. So uh, it looks

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Speaker 14: like and and last year, Judy, in these two games,

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Speaker 14: they were very close games. Both games three point games,

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Speaker 14: the first time five point game, the second time. They

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Speaker 14: were close games a year ago. And so have the

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Speaker 14: uh the second year in Shamee Bone and the the

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Speaker 14: health and the addition of alb Duel Carter and Jabon

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Speaker 14: Holland you know, guys to the secondary of pulseon de Debo.

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Speaker 14: Have they upgraded this defense enough to match that offense

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Speaker 14: that Brian Dable just explained, was, you know, one of

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Speaker 14: the better scoring offenses a year ago.

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Speaker 12: That is actually a question about the Commanders too. We

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Speaker 12: know what that offense can do. But if there was

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Speaker 12: a weak part of their game last year, it was

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Speaker 12: the defense, particularly their run defense. Have they done enough

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Speaker 12: to upgrade their defense?

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Speaker 14: I think they've improved a lot. I was out there

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Speaker 14: this summer, Judy. I'm sure you're out there as well.

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Speaker 14: Joe wit Junior the defensive corner and Dan Quinn. They

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Speaker 14: feel like they've gotten better from top to bottom. I mean,

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Speaker 14: Marshaun Lattimore is healthy. They've been raving about Trey Amis,

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Speaker 14: the rookie corner playing the left corner. Mike san Ristol

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Speaker 14: was awesome last year in the slot. They added some

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Speaker 14: defensive piece obviously. Bob Miller comes on board, who finished

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Speaker 14: very strong with Buffalo a year ago. They added Javon

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Speaker 14: Kinlow a year ago. This time, Johnny Newton was a

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Speaker 14: second round draft pick. He wasn't playing yet coming off

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Speaker 14: a foot fracture. He's healthy and have the whole off season.

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Speaker 14: I feel like top the bottom, Judy, this defense has

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Speaker 14: improved throughout, and I feel like the Commanders feel the

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Speaker 14: same thing, that they're ready to really keep the score

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Speaker 14: down against some of the better offenses in the NFL.

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Speaker 12: Right now, I frankly cannot wait to watch this game.

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Speaker 12: I am going to be at the Jets Steelers game,

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Speaker 12: but I bet I will have this one on my

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Speaker 12: phone right next to me too. Baldi, thank you very much, Ian.

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Speaker 7: Thinking of lading.

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Speaker 11: We're gonna have to wait all freaking day and then

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Speaker 11: another day for this one.

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Speaker 7: It was Sunday night. It's not Sunday night.

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Speaker 11: Vikings Bears is Monday night. Why do they make us

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Speaker 11: wait so long?

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Speaker 7: I don't want to.

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Speaker 11: Wait long to see the debut of JJ McCarthy and

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Speaker 11: to see Caleb Williams and Ben Johnson's offense, and see

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Speaker 11: what pressure Brian Flores is gonna throw at this Bears offense,

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Speaker 11: which coincidentally is.

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Speaker 7: I mean n Johnson, the Bears head coach, has been thinking.

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Speaker 19: About a there's not a team that pressures more than

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Speaker 19: than Minnesota has over the last two years. And uh,

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Speaker 19: you know, I go back to what I admired most

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Speaker 19: about New England when I was a young coach in

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Speaker 19: this business, and they had the ability to morph week

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Speaker 19: in and week out.

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Speaker 4: And he does that.

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Speaker 2: He does that as a as.

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Speaker 19: A coordinator, you don't really know what you're gonna get.

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Speaker 19: You have to adjust in the middle of the game.

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Speaker 19: Our guys have to be open minded and be willing

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Speaker 19: to understand we're going to get hitting the teeth. A

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Speaker 19: couple of times I said nature of doing business with

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Speaker 19: this crew. They've got some really good players, they're really

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Speaker 19: well coached. They're really ball conscious that they're going after

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Speaker 19: the ball all the time. I think they were number

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Speaker 19: one in turnovers last year and that's a credit to

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Speaker 19: how they practice because it shows up on game day.

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Speaker 11: Man, it's quite a challenge for a first time head coach,

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Speaker 11: and Ben Johnson and his second year quarterback for the

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Speaker 11: first time those two working together. Uh, let's flip at

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Speaker 11: the other side as we welcome in Jeffrey Today and

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Speaker 11: Steve Weisch our two good friends.

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Speaker 7: Gee, I want to start with you. We talked about.

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Speaker 11: Caleb Williams and the Bears side. Go around the other

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Speaker 11: side me talk about JJ McCarthy, the Vikings first time starter.

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Speaker 7: What he has to do to live up to the

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Speaker 7: considerable hype.

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Speaker 15: We'll just play within himself Ian and that's something that

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Speaker 15: I think he did a great job of. That's one

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Speaker 15: thing they liked about him coming out of college. This

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Speaker 15: is the guy who really impressed his staff last year

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Speaker 15: before he got hurt, had that season ending knee injury,

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Speaker 15: and he knows that there's a lot of weight on

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Speaker 15: his shoulders. In fact, a couple of weeks ago, he

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Speaker 15: talked about just how hard it was to sit and

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Speaker 15: watch and not be able to be a part of

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Speaker 15: what they did last year in that magical season. But

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Speaker 15: he also understands this is a great opportunity for him

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Speaker 15: to come in. He wants to use his legs in

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Speaker 15: this game against the Bears. He understands he's got a

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Speaker 15: great supporting cast to work with, even though they've had

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Speaker 15: some injuries. That receiver had to go out and get

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Speaker 15: Adam Thiebland and won't have Jordan Addison that suspension. But

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Speaker 15: this is a quarterback who's ready to go. I think

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Speaker 15: he's to have a huge game against the Bears.

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Speaker 11: Those are gonna be facing a really, really good defensive

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Speaker 11: coordinator and Dennis Allen one of the best over the

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Speaker 11: last decade or more when he has been the DC.

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Speaker 11: Steve Weis how big of an addition was DA for

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Speaker 11: the Chicago Bears.

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Speaker 10: It's huge, And I think this is one of the

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Speaker 10: most under talked about stories in the NFL this year.

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Speaker 10: We know Ben Johnson because he was such a great

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Speaker 10: offensive coach with Detroit is a big story. But Dennis Allen,

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Speaker 10: as you mentioned, for a decade or so with the Saints,

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Speaker 10: always had New Orleans' defense in the top ten, usually

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Speaker 10: in the top seven in almost every major defensive category.

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Speaker 10: Now he's taking over defense that was the eighth best

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Speaker 10: scoring defense last season, and he adds Montes sweat and

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Speaker 10: on the other edge, he's got Deo Atiyinguo so and

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Speaker 10: you know in his defense was edge players on the

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Speaker 10: run and the passing game are hugely important. They're gonna

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Speaker 10: be rotating the defensive tackles in and out and the

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Speaker 10: point where they're gonna have good.

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Speaker 2: He should be good against the run.

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Speaker 10: Put a lot of pressure on JJ McCarthy and let

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Speaker 10: someone like cornerback Jalen Johnson do his thing.

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Speaker 2: Again.

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Speaker 10: You talk about Dennis Allen's history, what he's was able

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Speaker 10: to do in New Orleans for years with that defense

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Speaker 10: with a variety of players.

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Speaker 2: They were stout at all three levels.

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Speaker 10: And the pieces are already in place at Chicago for

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Speaker 10: that to take footing right.

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Speaker 15: Away and Steve you talk about that defense, and you

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Speaker 15: saw Ben Johnson allude to that in that press conference

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Speaker 15: sound by just how important it is for Kaylen Williams,

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Speaker 15: who's got just as much pressure, if not more than j.

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Speaker 15: J McCarthy in this game to deal with Brian Forest

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Speaker 15: and that defense. And I know that he's had some

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Speaker 15: questions about how much he plays within the on schedule,

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Speaker 15: within the compounds of that offense. But Ben Johnson believes

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Speaker 15: in this guy, and Kavid Williams has impressed his teammates

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Speaker 15: for some of the things he's done throughout this offseason.

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Speaker 15: In training camp, in fact, ifter Drew Domend was talking

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Speaker 15: about the confidence he sees when he's calling plays in

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Speaker 15: the huddle and the way he carries himself when he's

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Speaker 15: running his offense. Dolmend's going to help him out a

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Speaker 15: lot as far as taking pressure off his play, as

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Speaker 15: far as picking up protections and all that stuff. But

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Speaker 15: Caleb Williams, again, he's gonna have to do the same

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Speaker 15: thing David McCarthy is going to be doing this game,

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Speaker 15: which is play within himself, well.

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Speaker 4: Play with it himself, but there's pieces there too.

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Speaker 10: He's got you talk about the Vikings are kind of

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Speaker 10: limited in some of the receiving options because of the

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Speaker 10: suspension of Jordan Addison and some injuries. Well the Bears

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Speaker 10: they've added some, including tight end Colston Loveland. I would

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Speaker 10: not be surprised if this was a game where we're

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Speaker 10: seeing the tight ends featured on both sides in the

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Speaker 10: receiving game because of the variance of defensive fronts that

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Speaker 10: each coordinator is gonna throw at both of these young quarterbacks.

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Speaker 10: So the safety valve for both teams is gonna be huge.

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Speaker 2: But again with Cole Comet and Loveland there for the Bears.

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Speaker 10: I think Caleb's got some options at least underneath to

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Speaker 10: get rid of the ball and pick up some of

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Speaker 10: those yards, because the Bears also going to try to

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Speaker 10: run it with some of the talent they.

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Speaker 2: Have in the backfield.

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Speaker 11: Steve Jeffrey great stuff, as always got it.

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Speaker 7: Just want let's get the game.

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Speaker 2: Let's get it, let's get it.

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Speaker 7: I'm not talking.

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Speaker 1: The NFL season is just two days away, which means

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Speaker 1: it's time for power rankings. According to Eric atom Over

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Speaker 1: at NFL dot com, it is the Eagles atop of

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Speaker 1: those rankings. They'll surprise for the defending champs, followed by

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Speaker 1: the Ravens, the Bills, the Chiefs, the Lions. You can

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Speaker 1: at the bottom of the rankings. Whoever set up the

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Speaker 1: Sweet sixteen party for Bill Belichick's postgame press conference after

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Speaker 1: a forty eight to fourteen drumming at the hands of TCU.

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Speaker 1: I won't speculate who might have come up with that idea. Really,

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Speaker 1: it could have been anyone Ian.

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Speaker 4: There's a lot to.

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Speaker 1: Talk about from Belichick's first that's it's one game in

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Speaker 1: college football. But what I want to know more than

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Speaker 1: anything is what went through his head when he walks

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Speaker 1: in after that loss and just goes, look at these

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Speaker 1: bleeping balloons.

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Speaker 11: I think what went through us said probably was look

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Speaker 11: at these bleeping balloons. This is college football, though, and

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Speaker 11: this is something Belichick has never cared about, the dressing

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Speaker 11: up and what things looked like and the perception he

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Speaker 11: really has it.

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Speaker 7: He has dressed however he felt like and at all

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Speaker 7: the time.

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Speaker 11: This is college football, this is recruiting, This is part

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Speaker 11: of it. He better understand it, and my guess is

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Speaker 11: he probably does.

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Speaker 4: It looks like the NFL football is here.

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Speaker 1: The NFL Game Day season preview coming up next. Rich Boots,

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Speaker 1: Kurt Gerald, tato It Boys,