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Speaker 1: Every time I've suggested that I needed to go somewhere,

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Speaker 1: I went somewhere. Greg, you can respond to that. I'm

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Speaker 1: I mean, that is what the Tuesday Show is every week.

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Speaker 1: with Greg Rosenthal's Monday Night Football recap of the Chargers

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Speaker 1: back into the organization. He was Easterby his most outspoken critic.

427
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Speaker 1: Love me some McLaine. He is a legend amongst Baylor folk.

428
00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:53,520
Speaker 1: Again my Texan connections. I've spoke with him, good dude,

429
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Speaker 1: He's respected and plugged in on that scene. So that

430
00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:59,080
Speaker 1: is just a snapshot of people wanted easter be out

431
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Speaker 1: of the building. A former chaplain turned football man, and

432
00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:04,520
Speaker 1: it just, I guess, never made sense for a lot

433
00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:09,840
Speaker 1: of people. He was a like power hungry, like striver,

434
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Speaker 1: a riser who for about one month two years ago,

435
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Speaker 1: dominated this podcast. I mean, do you remember that there

436
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Speaker 1: was like a whole month to the point where conversations

437
00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:24,040
Speaker 1: were had with certain figures connected to the Mark. I

438
00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:26,920
Speaker 1: was told to back off, told to stop tweeting about

439
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Speaker 1: Jackie Easterby. You were walking in the parking lot late

440
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Speaker 1: at night and a guy in a trench coat stepped

441
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Speaker 1: out of the shadow said quit it with the Easterbat.

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Speaker 1: Essentially the cigarette down, stamped it out and just walked

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Speaker 1: back into it. I love it because Mark had a

444
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Speaker 1: a visceral anger about what Easterby was doing, and it

445
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Speaker 1: was it made for great content where you said it

446
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Speaker 1: he's a striver. He named himself GM at some point

447
00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:54,600
Speaker 1: with zero football back Okay, we just I love the

448
00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:58,840
Speaker 1: like the word choice of rejoicing. Everyone is rejoicing the

449
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Speaker 1: fact that they are just so happy. And well, the

450
00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:04,440
Speaker 1: crazy thing it was, it was like he was brought

451
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Speaker 1: in as a team chaplain and when you watch his

452
00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:09,240
Speaker 1: videos that he would speak to the team, it's all

453
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Speaker 1: about love and forgiveness and treat you know, and treating

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Speaker 1: everyone fairly. And then these are the reports that come about.

455
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Speaker 1: He was most interesting to me though, because he was

456
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Speaker 1: a great example of a guy who had a lot

457
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Speaker 1: of national reporters in his pocket. And it was very

458
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Speaker 1: easy to see that. And they were very quiet this

459
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Speaker 1: week when this happened. They just reported the news. They

460
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Speaker 1: sort of just put it out there. But if you

461
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Speaker 1: go to two to three years ago, there were a

462
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Speaker 1: lot of little pushback, you know, I'm just saying that.

463
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Speaker 1: There was just like this is what he's done, and

464
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Speaker 1: this is like what you know he's done, and it

465
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Speaker 1: was just a very interesting look at like if you've

466
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Speaker 1: got some reporters in your pocket. I think that helped

467
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Speaker 1: him get higher in the football game. Jack East to

468
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Speaker 1: be forget the name, you never hooded guy, but steps

469
00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:08,439
Speaker 1: from uh in other news. Finally, Todd Bowles. We know

470
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Speaker 1: what happened with Brady. Hey, Connie, we talked about in

471
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Speaker 1: the Power Rankings podcast, which everybody should check out. Uh

472
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Speaker 1: this week that Bill Belichick who had another masterclass um

473
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Speaker 1: on Sunday in Cleveland, beating up on his old team,

474
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Speaker 1: the Browns and tying. Uh. George hallis in the Career

475
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Speaker 1: Wins ranking. He didn't go to Robert Craft's wedding and

476
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Speaker 1: he works for the Patriots. Tom did and it became

477
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Speaker 1: a big story. And uh, he missed the Saturday walk

478
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Speaker 1: through and then was uncharacteristically erratic in his passing and

479
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Speaker 1: another frustrating Tampa loss. Todd Bowles went to the media

480
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Speaker 1: and had to answer to questions about whether Tommy gets

481
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Speaker 1: preferential treatment. He works as hard as anybody in a

482
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Speaker 1: special treatment. There's been a few guys that missed some

483
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Speaker 1: meetings and some practices for us, some special thing that

484
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Speaker 1: just doesn't get publicized because they're not him. So it

485
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Speaker 1: kind of comes with the territory. You don't worry about

486
00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:04,800
Speaker 1: it too much. Greggy Todd's right here. Of course he

487
00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:09,160
Speaker 1: gets preferential treatment. He's Tom Brady, right, And I don't

488
00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:13,560
Speaker 1: think Tom Brady missing practice had anything to do with

489
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Speaker 1: like why they lost or why they were the worst

490
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Speaker 1: rushing you know team in the NFL, and why their

491
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Speaker 1: guard can't tackle and why Tom Brady is like letting

492
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Speaker 1: go the ball too quickly. But uh, every this is

493
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Speaker 1: another place where just bad vibes. No one's having fun there.

494
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Speaker 1: I that seems true. They're not fun to watch. Um,

495
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Speaker 1: it is bad vibes. I don't think that the fact

496
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Speaker 1: that he went to like Robert Craft's wedding and probably

497
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Speaker 1: had like a glass of milk there um has a

498
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Speaker 1: major impact on this. Well, right, that's the wrong but

499
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Speaker 1: but non alcoholic drink. I just to me, it's kind

500
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Speaker 1: of like, if you want to say, he doesn't have

501
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Speaker 1: preferential treatment or a huge voice inside the organization, why

502
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Speaker 1: is Bruce Arians watching games from a box forty five

503
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Speaker 1: yards up north of the of the seats. I was

504
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Speaker 1: thinking about Bruce Arians this morning when this story popped

505
00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:03,639
Speaker 1: into my head about how okay, well, Bruce Arians is

506
00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:08,119
Speaker 1: kind of like freelancing his assignment more or less the

507
00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:09,919
Speaker 1: fact that he's not the head coach anymore. But we

508
00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:12,600
Speaker 1: really don't know what he's doing, but he is some

509
00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:15,879
Speaker 1: type of figure within the organization. And then it's like, well,

510
00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:18,560
Speaker 1: Tom Brady has also been taking like certain liberties that

511
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Speaker 1: you normally wouldn't see with a starting quarterback, especially Brady.

512
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Speaker 1: And I wondered to myself, like, would Brady be doing

513
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Speaker 1: this on a different team at a different time in

514
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Speaker 1: his life or has he gotten to the point where

515
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Speaker 1: he's kind of like, all right, well, you know, I'm

516
00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:36,240
Speaker 1: Tom Brady. I am getting specialty. That's the whole thing.

517
00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:38,840
Speaker 1: I don't have to retire. You have my personal life too,

518
00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:40,960
Speaker 1: if you still on the Patriots. And Bill wasn't going

519
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Speaker 1: to the wedding, Tom wasn't going to go to the

520
00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:45,560
Speaker 1: wedding either. He wanted to have some more freedom to

521
00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:49,440
Speaker 1: make his own life to anyway. UM developing news what

522
00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:56,600
Speaker 1: Amazon and the National Football League announced today Tuesday that

523
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Speaker 1: two thousand three Prime Video will excluse of Lee stream

524
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Speaker 1: a newly scheduled Black Friday Game the Friday after Thanksgiving Day.

525
00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:08,400
Speaker 1: The first ever NFL Black Friday Game will take place Friday,

526
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Speaker 1: November three, already stated there with the expected kickoff of

527
00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:18,439
Speaker 1: three pm Eastern noon Pacific to Participating teams will be

528
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Speaker 1: announced when the two thousand twenty three schedule is released.

529
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Speaker 1: Mark your reaction. Uh, the league has zero ability to

530
00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:29,480
Speaker 1: chill out on its own um branding and expansion. I

531
00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:32,440
Speaker 1: mean that said, it is a masterful move because think

532
00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:35,320
Speaker 1: about I don't know, um, besides the fact that holidays

533
00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:37,480
Speaker 1: don't really exist. If you cover the league, that doesn't matter.

534
00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:39,880
Speaker 1: If you're a fan, you're probably sitting at home. If

535
00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:42,640
Speaker 1: you're in America, they exist. We just worked during them. Sure,

536
00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:44,840
Speaker 1: you're just sitting at home with a bunch of tired,

537
00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:47,840
Speaker 1: bloated relatives. You're telling me if football game is gonna

538
00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:50,719
Speaker 1: come on at noon Pacific, thank you, Yes, I'll be watching.

539
00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:56,000
Speaker 1: If you hosted Thanksgiving, you have an entire refrigerator of

540
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Speaker 1: leftovers just waiting, and Thanksgiving leftovers are better and Thanksgiving Day,

541
00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:04,960
Speaker 1: so then you get football and leftovers. It's a great pitch. Yeah,

542
00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:07,200
Speaker 1: I think, yeah. The only thing because we've been working

543
00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:10,520
Speaker 1: inside the machine for so long. I feel bad for

544
00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:12,360
Speaker 1: you know, there are a lot of league employees and

545
00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:15,280
Speaker 1: media people that get pulled into this when otherwise maybe

546
00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:17,480
Speaker 1: you'd be spending your Friday with It's usually a nice

547
00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:22,120
Speaker 1: quiet day after Thanksgiving. But otherwise, as a football fan,

548
00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:24,480
Speaker 1: that's cool, that would be nice. That's a good little spot.

549
00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:27,440
Speaker 1: Like this year we have something amazing, which is the

550
00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:31,520
Speaker 1: World Cup England USA match the day after Thanksgiving. This

551
00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:34,040
Speaker 1: is not being played this game obviously will be next

552
00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:35,600
Speaker 1: year when there will be no world There's also the

553
00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:42,280
Speaker 1: Friday Fun Show that's a big Friday. Maybe we're not

554
00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:47,480
Speaker 1: doing that year. What's the Friday Fun Show theme song? Again?

555
00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:50,880
Speaker 1: It's like Friday game, does it? Do we have a

556
00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:54,000
Speaker 1: theme song? You mean the tickdown like song as well

557
00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:56,080
Speaker 1: as the viewers wait to join. You don't know that

558
00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:57,880
Speaker 1: we have a theme song for the Friday I thought

559
00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:01,320
Speaker 1: that was more just um like a library selected like

560
00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:03,520
Speaker 1: waiting for the show to begin kind of thing, which

561
00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:07,240
Speaker 1: I guess each time. But then our show starts and

562
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Speaker 1: there's a theme song. It sounds like show is especially

563
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Speaker 1: important to mark one. Do there are of the shows

564
00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:21,040
Speaker 1: that we do I have no memory of. Ah, that's

565
00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:24,160
Speaker 1: what's happening in the news. That sounds like a nice

566
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Speaker 1: pull for a sound drop. Let's take a break and

567
00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:31,080
Speaker 1: we will hit PEP talks for those who need them.

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Speaker 1: All right, we're back. We have a responsibility, Colleen, to

569
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Speaker 1: help people in need, and it is the holiday seasons

570
00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:43,240
Speaker 1: right around the corner, so this is fitting that we'll

571
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Speaker 1: kick it off by delivering some pep talks for people

572
00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:49,280
Speaker 1: who could use them in the NFL. Get us gone, okay,

573
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Speaker 1: this is great because I'm just naturally inclined to give

574
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Speaker 1: pep talks. I like to pick people up when I

575
00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:58,520
Speaker 1: see that they're feeling down. So this is my department. Um.

576
00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:01,120
Speaker 1: So this one goes to a and base that's really

577
00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:05,600
Speaker 1: been through some tough times. A lot of commanders in Washington,

578
00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:09,080
Speaker 1: d C. And the Pentagon, so you know, in fact,

579
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Speaker 1: when I try and remember back, it's tough. The last

580
00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:15,640
Speaker 1: time the commanders fans were genuinely happy, I'm not even

581
00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:17,560
Speaker 1: sure when that was. It's got to be at least

582
00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:23,560
Speaker 1: like two name changes. Clinton was the president, maybe so

583
00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:28,200
Speaker 1: Herbert Walker. Commanders fans, I know all of your wins,

584
00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:32,520
Speaker 1: well all two of them can sometimes feel like losses.

585
00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:35,800
Speaker 1: But you're built for this after five losing seasons and

586
00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:40,200
Speaker 1: and you know more before that. But you are a

587
00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:45,520
Speaker 1: resilient group with plenty to be optimistic about. Your pass

588
00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:49,640
Speaker 1: rushes top three in the NFL, and sacks. Brian Robinson.

589
00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:52,120
Speaker 1: He's back. He has a chance to be a serious

590
00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:55,640
Speaker 1: difference maker in the run game. Um, Carson Wentz. He

591
00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:59,000
Speaker 1: threw a shoulder at Roquan Smith. That was cool, but shoot,

592
00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:01,280
Speaker 1: you know cars and once is out for four to

593
00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:06,200
Speaker 1: six weeks. But Taylor Heineck is coming back, guys, and

594
00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:09,640
Speaker 1: that could mean that this offense is coming back. He

595
00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:14,880
Speaker 1: might get things running again, commanding again, looking great again.

596
00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:20,720
Speaker 1: I've always been told embrace competition because it only makes

597
00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:24,400
Speaker 1: you stronger, unless you're in the NFC East. Because they're

598
00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:28,200
Speaker 1: taking a turn out of the episode. Forget about the

599
00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:33,720
Speaker 1: penalties in three games. Things will get better, I know it.

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00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:37,120
Speaker 1: And and if they don't, I have a gift from

601
00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:41,200
Speaker 1: the bottom of my heart. I'm going to send you

602
00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:45,960
Speaker 1: some of my paper bags because I don't need them anymore,

603
00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:50,400
Speaker 1: and I believe in recycling. I think that we all

604
00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:54,360
Speaker 1: should do that. So let's together take command. Guys. You're

605
00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:59,959
Speaker 1: slightly evil. You are a petty to them, those people monster.

606
00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:05,680
Speaker 1: I think you're wonderful. Thank you. I accept the petty compliment.

607
00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:10,240
Speaker 1: This is my department. I love petty in the heartbreak,

608
00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:14,640
Speaker 1: punching down. This isn't just some proud organization that's you

609
00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:18,719
Speaker 1: know on hard times. This is to beaten lost fans

610
00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:21,280
Speaker 1: who barely know what to do with themselves at this point.

611
00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:23,640
Speaker 1: That's I think the virtual in the back handed like

612
00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:27,880
Speaker 1: hissing there. Um. If it was going towards members of

613
00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:31,240
Speaker 1: the front office, I would be like, yeah, go for it.

614
00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:33,680
Speaker 1: But it's kind of like just like being me into

615
00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:38,680
Speaker 1: a puppy those things. Listen. You know, I love puppies

616
00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:42,640
Speaker 1: and I'm trying to help the puppies. So it sounds

617
00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:51,640
Speaker 1: like you're like putting the um. Alright, great, how about you? Okay,

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Speaker 1: any more music? I like, I like that is all right.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna talk to directly to my guy, Tom Brady.

620
00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:02,480
Speaker 1: Fifteen more games, Tommy, He's done this for twenty three seasons,

621
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Speaker 1: three d and sixty nine starts. You've sacrificed so much,

622
00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:10,200
Speaker 1: but there's no looking back, there's no looking forty. There

623
00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:14,359
Speaker 1: there's no reverse gears. There's only right now, right now,

624
00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:17,120
Speaker 1: right now, this is all that matters. Like maybe, in hindsight,

625
00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:20,840
Speaker 1: blowing up the personal life for this last go around,

626
00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:23,920
Speaker 1: Like guess it's a lot to handle. Um like that

627
00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:28,080
Speaker 1: that contract with Fox, Like okay, maybe playing grab ass

628
00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:31,360
Speaker 1: with Terry Bradshaw's not worth million a year, but what

629
00:34:31,640 --> 00:34:35,279
Speaker 1: a focus pay attention to now the storm is behind you.

630
00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:38,399
Speaker 1: The endless days of searching is in front of you,

631
00:34:38,719 --> 00:34:41,120
Speaker 1: and it's all the more reason to drink in the now.

632
00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:43,920
Speaker 1: On the field is where you are whole. Like, maybe

633
00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:46,560
Speaker 1: ease up on those offensive lineman. Yeah, they're playing pretty

634
00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:49,440
Speaker 1: well other than goodeki Like, maybe maybe you have that

635
00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:52,239
Speaker 1: guy benched. Uh then, and I apologize for yelling Adam.

636
00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:54,919
Speaker 1: Trust your protection more. Be willing to hold the ball.

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00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:57,120
Speaker 1: Be willing to take a hit. There's only one season left.

638
00:34:57,120 --> 00:34:59,440
Speaker 1: Be willing to let Mike Evans go make a play.

639
00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:02,200
Speaker 1: Stop throwing as Scotty Miller. That's never gonna happen. It's

640
00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:04,920
Speaker 1: never gonna work. Get Gronk to come back, just for

641
00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:08,280
Speaker 1: red zone targets, except that LETTERD for net. It's probably

642
00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:10,719
Speaker 1: never gonna turn into Jerome Bett. It's like expect less.

643
00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:13,000
Speaker 1: You've got a good defense, You've got a hand pick

644
00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:16,439
Speaker 1: plate caller. You got fifteen sundays, including the Super Bowl,

645
00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:20,040
Speaker 1: to live simply and fully on a football field until

646
00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:23,799
Speaker 1: life grabs your shoulders a little tighter. Watch it like

647
00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:27,280
Speaker 1: you're you're doing it again, just right now. Stick this landing.

648
00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:29,799
Speaker 1: You were an m v P a year ago. You're

649
00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:34,480
Speaker 1: gonna be the one that never did gradually decline. Make

650
00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:37,480
Speaker 1: that monster hands this right. You have fifteen games to

651
00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:40,600
Speaker 1: make it all right, to feel like a god again,

652
00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:44,000
Speaker 1: to make this slow start a preface to another sports

653
00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:48,360
Speaker 1: stock that not most people probably won't finish. But fifteen

654
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:53,720
Speaker 1: starts and then you start worrying about everything else. Very good?

655
00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:58,080
Speaker 1: Very good? Was that was I essessedly trop alert. There

656
00:35:58,120 --> 00:36:02,000
Speaker 1: were you telling Tom Brady just simplify his life. I

657
00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:06,400
Speaker 1: was just saying, like, there's there's noise and disaster behind you,

658
00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:09,239
Speaker 1: in front of you, but right on the field is

659
00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:15,920
Speaker 1: like where you are, Tom Brady, where you're a Godok. Focus,

660
00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:20,839
Speaker 1: that's the moment. That's tough love. I know he's an

661
00:36:20,840 --> 00:36:23,680
Speaker 1: important figure. That's what I want to That's what I want.

662
00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:26,160
Speaker 1: Are we seeing a little bit of gradual decline this year, Well,

663
00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:28,839
Speaker 1: that's what I am fearing. That's what's what I want.

664
00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:31,160
Speaker 1: I wanted Landing to be stuck. He could have done it.

665
00:36:31,239 --> 00:36:34,000
Speaker 1: Last year was close enough, almost all right. I will

666
00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:40,000
Speaker 1: give a pep talk to Kirk herb Street. That's surprising,

667
00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:44,360
Speaker 1: I know. The I'm intrigued color man of Thursday Night Football,

668
00:36:44,640 --> 00:36:53,120
Speaker 1: presented exclusively by Amazon NFL Plus by Mobile unmobile only.

669
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Speaker 1: Um I want to talk to you, Kirk about Al

670
00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:06,800
Speaker 1: al Michael's, of course, who is a treasure but also

671
00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:10,160
Speaker 1: is entering a phase of his public and most likely

672
00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:16,080
Speaker 1: his private life that appears to be putting you in

673
00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:19,400
Speaker 1: a difficult position. To put it bluntly, he is a

674
00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:23,560
Speaker 1: soon to be seventy eight year old loose cannon who

675
00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:27,480
Speaker 1: could use the gentle guidance of a friend or a

676
00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:30,520
Speaker 1: colleague he respects. If you if you're like me, you

677
00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:34,960
Speaker 1: had a grandfather or two who reached the stage of life,

678
00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:37,480
Speaker 1: you know they popped the hood on the main frame

679
00:37:37,560 --> 00:37:42,520
Speaker 1: and flip the switch to d G A F. You

680
00:37:42,600 --> 00:37:45,640
Speaker 1: might be wondering at this moment why I'm not giving

681
00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:49,640
Speaker 1: this pep talk to Al himself, But that would be

682
00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:52,120
Speaker 1: missing the core element of the issue. There's nothing I

683
00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:54,920
Speaker 1: can say that will do anything to dissuade Al Michaels

684
00:37:54,920 --> 00:38:02,080
Speaker 1: from wandering in a wildly cavalier manner into naughty sociological

685
00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:07,680
Speaker 1: matters like gender, race, politics, and power dynamics of the

686
00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:14,000
Speaker 1: most influential figures in the civilized world. Yet, um, probably

687
00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:16,359
Speaker 1: Al is gonna talk about this stuff. I'm gonna shoot

688
00:38:16,440 --> 00:38:19,120
Speaker 1: from the hip and it's gonna put him and perhaps

689
00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:21,359
Speaker 1: all of us. We don't know how how high this

690
00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:25,520
Speaker 1: can go in grave danger. All I ask Kirk is

691
00:38:25,560 --> 00:38:28,960
Speaker 1: that you talk to him. You take him to Moonshadows

692
00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:33,799
Speaker 1: in Malibu, you have three cocktails, get a driver, and

693
00:38:33,880 --> 00:38:36,600
Speaker 1: let him know that he is in the victory lap.

694
00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:40,200
Speaker 1: Kind of like Tom Brady of an unparalleled broadcasting career.

695
00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:43,640
Speaker 1: We'd hate to see it end with an unceremonious dismissal

696
00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:48,200
Speaker 1: or even worse, a missing person's report. Seventy seven year

697
00:38:48,239 --> 00:38:55,080
Speaker 1: old man last seen challenging Jeff Bezos on his own network. Wow,

698
00:38:57,920 --> 00:39:02,200
Speaker 1: that pops up. It's a warrant assessl It's gonna be

699
00:39:02,239 --> 00:39:06,000
Speaker 1: warning Michael. I don't know if al Michaels would listen

700
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:08,799
Speaker 1: to anyone at this point, um including herb Street, but

701
00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:14,480
Speaker 1: he does. He does, he does, He doesn't gender respect.

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00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:16,560
Speaker 1: He seemed like a very colm individual. He I also

703
00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:19,560
Speaker 1: would say, like, get some sleep, Kirk. His his schedule

704
00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:24,279
Speaker 1: is Bruto right now, got the games on that Saturday night,

705
00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:29,240
Speaker 1: He's got the game day Thursday, multiple streams of income.

706
00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:32,080
Speaker 1: So there is he made his decisions. I'm sure he's

707
00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:33,959
Speaker 1: happy with him. He sleeps on a pile of money.

708
00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:38,800
Speaker 1: I'm sure, Kark, but we need his help. Based um

709
00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:42,600
Speaker 1: Mark before we get to Thursday Night football and the

710
00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:44,839
Speaker 1: Saints and Cardinals. I think you had a pep talk show.

711
00:39:44,880 --> 00:39:48,000
Speaker 1: There is a link to tnf UM and so I

712
00:39:48,040 --> 00:39:50,239
Speaker 1: want to talk to Kyler Murray and the only way.

713
00:39:50,239 --> 00:39:51,600
Speaker 1: I feel like. We've talked to Kyler Murray a lot,

714
00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:53,879
Speaker 1: but sometimes people need to just you need to stick

715
00:39:53,920 --> 00:39:55,960
Speaker 1: with him. You can't just say, oh, I've talked to

716
00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:59,319
Speaker 1: you once three months ago. Your days away from an

717
00:39:59,360 --> 00:40:04,920
Speaker 1: island game, the entire country, multiple countries, multiple nations, kingdoms,

718
00:40:05,160 --> 00:40:09,319
Speaker 1: the Hague, the Netherlands will be zoned in on it's you.

719
00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:13,319
Speaker 1: They're coming to see. So which will which you? Will

720
00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:16,680
Speaker 1: they see which Cardinals team? Are there multiple versions of you?

721
00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:21,000
Speaker 1: Other versions? Is there another Cardinals team within? Beyond what

722
00:40:21,080 --> 00:40:24,760
Speaker 1: you've gifted us with so far, a disorganized, melting product

723
00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:27,279
Speaker 1: on offensive looks entirely unsure of what it wants to be.

724
00:40:28,480 --> 00:40:32,239
Speaker 1: I've seen the studies, studies that I dismiss about how

725
00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:35,640
Speaker 1: your play ebbs and flows depending on whether Call of

726
00:40:35,760 --> 00:40:39,320
Speaker 1: Duty has staged a gaming event the weekend of the game.

727
00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:43,759
Speaker 1: Now this season alone, the Call of Duty Max Double

728
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Speaker 1: XP Weekend in Vanguard or war Zone Unfolded, the Call

729
00:40:47,600 --> 00:40:52,279
Speaker 1: of Duty Modern Warfare Tube Beta Weekend Unfolded, the Call

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Speaker 1: of Duty war Zone Double XP Weekend, all unfolding during

731
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Speaker 1: this football season. But here's the thing. You can go

732
00:40:58,400 --> 00:41:01,040
Speaker 1: game all you want if probably does affect, But I

733
00:41:01,080 --> 00:41:03,440
Speaker 1: can't control that the same way we can't control Al Michael's.

734
00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:05,440
Speaker 1: I don't really think it has much to do with

735
00:41:05,480 --> 00:41:08,640
Speaker 1: you the player, but you the player, and you, as

736
00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:13,440
Speaker 1: part of this offense, are wanting. You are wanting crumbled

737
00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:15,480
Speaker 1: with the Saints, and very real changes are coming to

738
00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:17,840
Speaker 1: this organization, and you are the asset they will cling to.

739
00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:21,680
Speaker 1: What is it they're clinging to? Who is Kyler Murray?

740
00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:24,400
Speaker 1: Come show us, Come show us who you are on

741
00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:30,439
Speaker 1: TNF exclusively on Amazon Prime or an NFL plus Black

742
00:41:30,480 --> 00:41:35,439
Speaker 1: Friday game Master, Bezos, we hope we have given you joy,

743
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Speaker 1: make you proud. Great job, Mark. You know these PEP

744
00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:45,880
Speaker 1: docs were um negative at times. The Commanders one, I

745
00:41:45,880 --> 00:41:48,719
Speaker 1: don't know what you're talking about that, and even the

746
00:41:49,239 --> 00:41:52,680
Speaker 1: Kyler one, it's definitely hitting in with that. It's tough.

747
00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:55,040
Speaker 1: I mean, we times was I guess Tom I gave

748
00:41:55,080 --> 00:41:57,919
Speaker 1: time some tough love. But Petty and the Heartbreakers over here.

749
00:41:58,280 --> 00:42:00,160
Speaker 1: But that was that was a ten minutes to right

750
00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:03,280
Speaker 1: it before this started. So get off my back. It's great.

751
00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:08,640
Speaker 1: It was amazing. It was just the tone I wanted. Good. See,

752
00:42:08,719 --> 00:42:13,680
Speaker 1: that's how I don't know any other way. All I wanted. Girl,

753
00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:17,759
Speaker 1: we've done twelve and thirty seven shows. I'm looking at

754
00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:20,960
Speaker 1: a surprise, and that that was. That was a surprise.

755
00:42:22,120 --> 00:42:24,440
Speaker 1: All right, let's um take a break and then hit

756
00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:30,120
Speaker 1: thursdayn football. All right, here we go. I love this game.

757
00:42:30,160 --> 00:42:32,520
Speaker 1: I don't care that they're both doing. I'm sure you do.

758
00:42:32,920 --> 00:42:35,399
Speaker 1: You love every game. I just know that's not true.

759
00:42:35,440 --> 00:42:37,960
Speaker 1: But this they're interesting to enforce to be all right,

760
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:41,040
Speaker 1: the Saints, okay, I'll buy that. I'm in on that.

761
00:42:41,120 --> 00:42:43,359
Speaker 1: And we don't know who's the quarterback is of right now.

762
00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:46,400
Speaker 1: Probably Andy Dalton. He was taking the first team raps

763
00:42:46,440 --> 00:42:49,319
Speaker 1: on Tuesday. There you go, so most likely Andy Dalton

764
00:42:49,360 --> 00:42:52,080
Speaker 1: will make his fourth start for the Saints when they

765
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Speaker 1: travel to Glendale, Arizona to face the Cardinals, a team,

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00:42:57,000 --> 00:42:59,400
Speaker 1: as you just heard with Mark, that really needs their

767
00:42:59,480 --> 00:43:02,960
Speaker 1: quarterbacks step up. But it's you know, Connie, it's not

768
00:43:03,080 --> 00:43:07,719
Speaker 1: just on Kyler. Of course, it's on the coaching and

769
00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:12,360
Speaker 1: the scheme and an offense that just has no explosiveness

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00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:16,360
Speaker 1: to it despite having a highly explosive quarterback, Robby Anderson's

771
00:43:16,400 --> 00:43:17,960
Speaker 1: in the building. We'll see how much you can give

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00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:20,799
Speaker 1: them on this short amount of time getting ready for

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00:43:20,840 --> 00:43:23,839
Speaker 1: his first game. Probably just run some go deep couple.

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00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:29,480
Speaker 1: Here you go, Saints and Cardinals in and a reminder,

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00:43:29,600 --> 00:43:32,719
Speaker 1: This TNF preview is presented by Prime Video, the new

776
00:43:32,840 --> 00:43:36,759
Speaker 1: exclusive home for Thursday Night Football. Yeah. Look, the I

777
00:43:36,760 --> 00:43:41,480
Speaker 1: mean we've covered the Cardinals problems, but the offense, like

778
00:43:41,560 --> 00:43:45,400
Speaker 1: specifically the decisions that are being made when this team

779
00:43:45,440 --> 00:43:48,840
Speaker 1: gets into even like field goal territory, they're still going

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00:43:48,840 --> 00:43:51,839
Speaker 1: for it on fourth down and they're they're leaving all

781
00:43:51,960 --> 00:43:54,840
Speaker 1: of these points on the field because they're not converting.

782
00:43:54,920 --> 00:43:58,520
Speaker 1: I mean, they didn't convert on three fourth downs against

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00:43:58,560 --> 00:44:01,640
Speaker 1: Seattle in field goal terror tory. So that's points on

784
00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:04,520
Speaker 1: the field. And then the defense is having to play

785
00:44:04,560 --> 00:44:08,520
Speaker 1: from behind and they can't sustain that either. So when

786
00:44:08,520 --> 00:44:12,879
Speaker 1: you have, uh, your kicker missing extra points, I mean

787
00:44:13,080 --> 00:44:16,200
Speaker 1: there's just problems top to bottom. I don't know how

788
00:44:16,280 --> 00:44:20,320
Speaker 1: much DeAndre Hopkins is going to help the team. Maybe

789
00:44:20,360 --> 00:44:23,760
Speaker 1: he comes back and everything is like, you know, working fine.

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00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:26,000
Speaker 1: Even with Marcus Brown apt he was a little up

791
00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:28,319
Speaker 1: and down last year, but I had some ops and

792
00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:31,880
Speaker 1: got busted for using performance enhancing drugs. So now that's

793
00:44:32,280 --> 00:44:35,640
Speaker 1: hypothetically out of his system, so his performance is no

794
00:44:35,719 --> 00:44:38,719
Speaker 1: longer being enhanced as a age thirty wide receiver. Just

795
00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:42,120
Speaker 1: a general fly mark like that's that's that's fair. I

796
00:44:42,120 --> 00:44:44,480
Speaker 1: mean Ron Deal Moore has been used a ton of theory.

797
00:44:44,480 --> 00:44:47,080
Speaker 1: I'd see if Hopkins, you got a good version of Hopkins.

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00:44:47,400 --> 00:44:49,800
Speaker 1: Let's say Robby Anderson does simple things and hits the

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Speaker 1: ground running and Ron Deal Moore is used creatively. I

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00:44:52,640 --> 00:44:56,279
Speaker 1: like the idea, like they've just been such a we

801
00:44:56,320 --> 00:44:59,720
Speaker 1: talk about on Sunday, such a horizontal passing it attack.

802
00:44:59,760 --> 00:45:01,640
Speaker 1: I mean Carl Murray like in that last game, and

803
00:45:01,760 --> 00:45:03,960
Speaker 1: like at four point five yards per attempt or something.

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00:45:03,960 --> 00:45:07,879
Speaker 1: It's it's absurd. They're not using these players correctly and

805
00:45:08,400 --> 00:45:11,000
Speaker 1: this this is a chance for the offense to turn

806
00:45:11,040 --> 00:45:13,160
Speaker 1: around if it's gonna happen against the Saints defense. But

807
00:45:13,920 --> 00:45:17,560
Speaker 1: I've just seen how disorganized they are. If you're Cliff Kingsbury,

808
00:45:17,600 --> 00:45:19,319
Speaker 1: you came into this league, and no one knew what

809
00:45:19,320 --> 00:45:21,440
Speaker 1: we were gonna see, and it was successful out of

810
00:45:21,480 --> 00:45:24,680
Speaker 1: the gate. But you've been proven incorrect that you're bringing

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00:45:24,719 --> 00:45:28,640
Speaker 1: something that's special and sustainable. So Murray's averaging five point

812
00:45:28,640 --> 00:45:31,040
Speaker 1: eight yards per attempt. That's one of the lowest of

813
00:45:31,080 --> 00:45:33,520
Speaker 1: any quarterbacks in the league. It's by far the lowest

814
00:45:33,600 --> 00:45:37,200
Speaker 1: of his career. And I thought it was interesting he

815
00:45:37,239 --> 00:45:39,640
Speaker 1: told the broadcast team last week, I want to start

816
00:45:39,719 --> 00:45:41,600
Speaker 1: running this week, and then he ran for a hundred

817
00:45:41,680 --> 00:45:44,360
Speaker 1: yards and it was so helpful, and it was a

818
00:45:44,360 --> 00:45:46,640
Speaker 1: big part of the offense and scrambling some design runs.

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00:45:46,640 --> 00:45:48,600
Speaker 1: And before that in five games, he had run for

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00:45:48,600 --> 00:45:51,840
Speaker 1: a hundred and twenty three yards. It's just like everything

821
00:45:51,920 --> 00:45:56,000
Speaker 1: seems erratic, like Okay, let's have Kyler start running again.

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00:45:56,320 --> 00:45:58,600
Speaker 1: It's just like there's not a great planning. Now this

823
00:45:58,680 --> 00:46:04,000
Speaker 1: matchup could work. They did lose Justin Pugh for the season,

824
00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:06,640
Speaker 1: who's one of their starting offensive lineman. Rodney Hudson hasn't

825
00:46:06,640 --> 00:46:10,440
Speaker 1: been playing lately, and their offensive line really struggled against Seattle.

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Speaker 1: They've been up and down this year, but they really

827
00:46:12,360 --> 00:46:14,560
Speaker 1: struggled a week ago and now they have more injuries.

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Speaker 1: They're going up against the Saints, who are now nineteenth

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00:46:17,880 --> 00:46:20,360
Speaker 1: and d v O A on defense, they're just average,

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00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:23,960
Speaker 1: Like it is not working the secondary. We killed them

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Speaker 1: for trading Chauncey Gardner Johnson, who your Eagles are loving

832
00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:29,840
Speaker 1: right now, after a couple of picks. It just felt

833
00:46:29,880 --> 00:46:33,439
Speaker 1: like a disorganized move of Hubris and their secondary went

834
00:46:33,480 --> 00:46:38,040
Speaker 1: from total team strength to weakness so fast. And some

835
00:46:38,160 --> 00:46:40,759
Speaker 1: of that's injuries. Maybe they get back Marshall Latimore, but

836
00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:44,040
Speaker 1: some of it's just personnel. Tyrone Matthew is struggling that

837
00:46:44,200 --> 00:46:47,120
Speaker 1: the team doesn't tackle really that well. I think the

838
00:46:47,320 --> 00:46:50,760
Speaker 1: Cardinals should be able to move the ball. The Saints

839
00:46:50,800 --> 00:46:54,440
Speaker 1: offensive or defensive line has been erratic to like some games.

840
00:46:54,440 --> 00:46:57,840
Speaker 1: Cam Jordan looks amazing. Old school Cam Jordan's Marcus davonbo

841
00:46:57,960 --> 00:46:59,359
Speaker 1: had a good week last week. But they're a team

842
00:46:59,360 --> 00:47:01,800
Speaker 1: you can run too, so I expect to see a

843
00:47:01,840 --> 00:47:05,759
Speaker 1: lot of those little scoots, those little which is which

844
00:47:05,760 --> 00:47:07,879
Speaker 1: are fun to watch. Like when you watch someone run

845
00:47:07,880 --> 00:47:09,520
Speaker 1: for a hundred yards last week, you're like, oh, let's

846
00:47:09,520 --> 00:47:13,560
Speaker 1: do more of this. That was amazing. Yeah, Mark your thoughts.

847
00:47:15,040 --> 00:47:17,440
Speaker 1: I mean I provided some previous but some more now.

848
00:47:17,480 --> 00:47:19,880
Speaker 1: I think like if anything the Cardinals. So that first

849
00:47:19,880 --> 00:47:23,879
Speaker 1: week that Yankees gave it started, I'm concerned with your time,

850
00:47:23,920 --> 00:47:30,080
Speaker 1: but their defense better, Like they've not given up twenty

851
00:47:30,160 --> 00:47:33,280
Speaker 1: three points since that Week one destruction against the Chiefs,

852
00:47:33,320 --> 00:47:35,640
Speaker 1: and I think that's something you can point to. J. J.

853
00:47:35,680 --> 00:47:38,560
Speaker 1: Watt's been pretty good, Buddha Baker, Zach Allen, Like, they've

854
00:47:38,600 --> 00:47:42,000
Speaker 1: got some pieces, and I think the Saints offense has

855
00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:43,800
Speaker 1: been a erratic to it. The one thing that's working

856
00:47:43,840 --> 00:47:46,160
Speaker 1: a little bit with if it's Dalton in there, he's

857
00:47:46,200 --> 00:47:48,359
Speaker 1: getting the ball to Kamara a lot in the through

858
00:47:48,360 --> 00:47:50,360
Speaker 1: the air, and there's that that's that was not happening

859
00:47:50,360 --> 00:47:53,399
Speaker 1: with Jamis Winston. But they're missing, They're missing a ton

860
00:47:53,400 --> 00:47:55,400
Speaker 1: of guys on offensive. How many of these wide receivers

861
00:47:55,480 --> 00:47:57,640
Speaker 1: or are they going to have back Michael Thomas and

862
00:47:58,640 --> 00:48:02,240
Speaker 1: have not practiced, They're they're gonna be out. Andrew's Pete

863
00:48:02,320 --> 00:48:07,000
Speaker 1: is out, Adam Troutman, you're tight end. They still moved

864
00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:10,120
Speaker 1: the offense though, right they scored twenty six points against

865
00:48:10,120 --> 00:48:13,680
Speaker 1: a really good defense with their without their top four receivers. Actually,

866
00:48:13,680 --> 00:48:17,359
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton I think has played even better than like

867
00:48:17,400 --> 00:48:20,759
Speaker 1: the Dalton line that you would have expected. I think

868
00:48:20,760 --> 00:48:23,000
Speaker 1: Saints fans are like, okay, because there's an argument whether

869
00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:24,839
Speaker 1: you play Jamis R. Dalton. This has been a better

870
00:48:24,920 --> 00:48:27,280
Speaker 1: version of Dalton than I expected, but it's been in

871
00:48:27,280 --> 00:48:29,720
Speaker 1: in a tough spot, and like Mark said, it's actually

872
00:48:29,719 --> 00:48:31,759
Speaker 1: a tough matchup this week, and the Cardinals have been

873
00:48:31,760 --> 00:48:34,319
Speaker 1: playing better. It's more yeah there, it does seem like

874
00:48:34,360 --> 00:48:36,680
Speaker 1: the jigsaw puzzle of this offense from New Orleans. It

875
00:48:36,680 --> 00:48:39,640
Speaker 1: makes a little more sense with Dalton in concert with

876
00:48:39,680 --> 00:48:42,160
Speaker 1: Taysom Hill. I kind of like that vibe. I think

877
00:48:42,360 --> 00:48:45,640
Speaker 1: I'd be surprised if they went away from it. Um.

878
00:48:45,680 --> 00:48:48,359
Speaker 1: But this is also I am just concerned. I gotta say,

879
00:48:48,360 --> 00:48:52,319
Speaker 1: I'm concerned about the Cardinals at the their state on

880
00:48:52,400 --> 00:48:55,840
Speaker 1: a short week now, trying to add a wide receiver

881
00:48:55,960 --> 00:49:01,560
Speaker 1: and probably will return, by the way, bring back DeAndre Hopkins.

882
00:49:01,680 --> 00:49:04,200
Speaker 1: I just don't trust the Cardinals not to look like

883
00:49:04,640 --> 00:49:07,960
Speaker 1: a mess in this game and be disjointed trying to

884
00:49:08,000 --> 00:49:10,319
Speaker 1: put these pieces together on a short week. I hope

885
00:49:10,360 --> 00:49:12,600
Speaker 1: I'm wrong. Just talked about Alan Michael's part of the

886
00:49:12,600 --> 00:49:15,000
Speaker 1: reason he's going nuts is because you know, all these

887
00:49:15,000 --> 00:49:18,160
Speaker 1: games are so up and down and quite frankly bad

888
00:49:18,200 --> 00:49:20,640
Speaker 1: in my opinion, in these last two weeks. I think

889
00:49:20,640 --> 00:49:23,080
Speaker 1: the Saints have a good match up here. I think

890
00:49:23,120 --> 00:49:25,120
Speaker 1: the Saints it's an important game for them. They lost,

891
00:49:25,320 --> 00:49:28,080
Speaker 1: are going to do it to start the season. I

892
00:49:28,120 --> 00:49:30,040
Speaker 1: will not be locking into the car. I don't actually

893
00:49:30,040 --> 00:49:32,839
Speaker 1: thought about that night Thursday night. It's too wonky for me.

894
00:49:32,920 --> 00:49:35,360
Speaker 1: I like to stay away typically, but also it ruins

895
00:49:35,400 --> 00:49:38,040
Speaker 1: you're like going into the weekend, you've already lost your lock,

896
00:49:38,160 --> 00:49:42,239
Speaker 1: Like what are you doing? That's why we get out

897
00:49:42,239 --> 00:49:45,200
Speaker 1: of bed exactly. I will think negatively about it. Which

898
00:49:45,239 --> 00:49:47,799
Speaker 1: offense do you trust? More? So? Like do you I

899
00:49:47,880 --> 00:49:52,880
Speaker 1: just made my statement down a bunch of receivers. I

900
00:49:52,920 --> 00:49:55,680
Speaker 1: mean I trust Andy Dalton as much as Kyler Murray.

901
00:49:55,760 --> 00:49:58,000
Speaker 1: Right now, with the environment to Kyla Mura, I think

902
00:49:58,000 --> 00:50:01,000
Speaker 1: the Saints offense looks better. Yeah. They They've been getting

903
00:50:01,040 --> 00:50:03,440
Speaker 1: some things going on the running game, mark Ingram and Camara,

904
00:50:03,560 --> 00:50:06,279
Speaker 1: and then I swear the success rate of Taysom Hill

905
00:50:06,360 --> 00:50:10,279
Speaker 1: plays this year is one thousand fifty. I don't like

906
00:50:10,520 --> 00:50:13,560
Speaker 1: every Tasom Hill play feels like it's twelve yards automatic

907
00:50:13,680 --> 00:50:16,480
Speaker 1: more Tasome Hill, Let's do it. Their offensive line is

908
00:50:16,520 --> 00:50:19,360
Speaker 1: actually playing better lately. But the Saints and Saints fans

909
00:50:19,360 --> 00:50:21,560
Speaker 1: will will push back on this a little bit. They

910
00:50:21,560 --> 00:50:26,600
Speaker 1: are completely unpredictable. They every unit is completely different from

911
00:50:26,600 --> 00:50:28,759
Speaker 1: one game to the next. Their strengths and weaknesses are

912
00:50:28,760 --> 00:50:30,719
Speaker 1: different from one game to the next. And they they're

913
00:50:30,719 --> 00:50:33,480
Speaker 1: a team that finds ways to lose despite the good

914
00:50:33,480 --> 00:50:36,200
Speaker 1: things happening there thirty feet and special teams. But I

915
00:50:36,200 --> 00:50:38,120
Speaker 1: have one stat I just have to get out here

916
00:50:38,200 --> 00:50:40,759
Speaker 1: before we leave. It is Uh one of the most

917
00:50:40,800 --> 00:50:44,239
Speaker 1: samarried about me rushing than I actually am. But that's fine.

918
00:50:44,320 --> 00:50:47,319
Speaker 1: Keeping I'm not worried. I just figured I've I've hit

919
00:50:47,400 --> 00:50:54,400
Speaker 1: my quota of previous day. Back to you again, like

920
00:50:54,400 --> 00:50:58,480
Speaker 1: you for three hours, I won't be here. Uh. The

921
00:50:58,600 --> 00:51:04,719
Speaker 1: Cardinals last one a game in their home. Is it

922
00:51:04,719 --> 00:51:07,320
Speaker 1: still State Farm Stadium? It's in Glendale. You're gonna have

923
00:51:07,360 --> 00:51:09,839
Speaker 1: a super Bowl there. They last won a game at

924
00:51:09,880 --> 00:51:15,799
Speaker 1: home on October one. That was a game against the

925
00:51:15,800 --> 00:51:19,360
Speaker 1: Houston Texans that made them seven and oh last season.

926
00:51:19,880 --> 00:51:22,320
Speaker 1: Remember that they have not won a game there since.

927
00:51:22,360 --> 00:51:26,279
Speaker 1: That's that's amazing, It's ridiculous. How is it possible. I

928
00:51:26,280 --> 00:51:28,200
Speaker 1: don't know. I just I'm thinking back to the Friday

929
00:51:28,200 --> 00:51:29,719
Speaker 1: Fun Show last week when I was asked why I

930
00:51:29,760 --> 00:51:32,040
Speaker 1: hate the Cardinals, it's stats like that. This is just

931
00:51:32,160 --> 00:51:36,239
Speaker 1: a wandering lost team right now with a a front

932
00:51:36,320 --> 00:51:39,120
Speaker 1: office and coach. They just all got extensions and everybody

933
00:51:39,160 --> 00:51:43,840
Speaker 1: was celebrating, and everyone everyone that follows the sport was wondering, Man,

934
00:51:44,080 --> 00:51:45,920
Speaker 1: not only do we not know if this is the

935
00:51:46,000 --> 00:51:48,480
Speaker 1: right combination for success, they just re up with all

936
00:51:48,520 --> 00:51:50,719
Speaker 1: these guys. Well, you reap what you sow. I was

937
00:51:50,760 --> 00:51:53,319
Speaker 1: about to just kill him for having Matt Ammendols still

938
00:51:53,400 --> 00:51:56,000
Speaker 1: is the kicker, which I couldn't believe he kicked last week.

939
00:51:56,000 --> 00:51:59,440
Speaker 1: He's been struggling all season long. Matt prators back, so

940
00:51:59,520 --> 00:52:03,160
Speaker 1: they actually waved Ammondola to bring to make space for

941
00:52:03,280 --> 00:52:06,600
Speaker 1: don DeAndre Hopkins. I was gonna say Will Lutz is

942
00:52:06,680 --> 00:52:09,200
Speaker 1: an underrated kicker. Um, that would have been a big

943
00:52:09,520 --> 00:52:13,520
Speaker 1: This game screams to me nineteen seventeen. Um, because of

944
00:52:13,560 --> 00:52:16,120
Speaker 1: what we've seen on Thursday night and scoring in generals

945
00:52:16,160 --> 00:52:18,160
Speaker 1: down in the league and everything else that's going on

946
00:52:18,280 --> 00:52:21,000
Speaker 1: right now, Um, the kickers to make a big difference.

947
00:52:21,800 --> 00:52:25,120
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go twenty three Saints just to give a

948
00:52:25,120 --> 00:52:27,480
Speaker 1: little more points for Al I just want to think positive.

949
00:52:27,560 --> 00:52:31,200
Speaker 1: Give l one of these you know, one of these teams,

950
00:52:31,200 --> 00:52:33,239
Speaker 1: to me is very much in this ste in the

951
00:52:33,320 --> 00:52:36,440
Speaker 1: NFC with the three and four record. But one of

952
00:52:36,480 --> 00:52:39,840
Speaker 1: these teams is like the spiral and the coaching questions,

953
00:52:39,840 --> 00:52:41,839
Speaker 1: and there will be many for Dennis Allen too if

954
00:52:41,840 --> 00:52:44,359
Speaker 1: they lose. We'll all start if they lose. So it's

955
00:52:44,400 --> 00:52:47,160
Speaker 1: a sneaky big game. Yeah, give me nineteen seventeen Saints.

956
00:52:47,160 --> 00:52:52,200
Speaker 1: What happens to al and by um linkage Kirk herb Street.

957
00:52:52,239 --> 00:52:54,800
Speaker 1: If the Cardinals win this game, as I predict three nothing,

958
00:52:55,880 --> 00:52:58,319
Speaker 1: do not do not put that out there. Well now

959
00:52:58,320 --> 00:53:00,359
Speaker 1: it won't happen, but I could see I could see

960
00:53:00,400 --> 00:53:05,359
Speaker 1: a strange their defense. What was that article? We read

961
00:53:05,400 --> 00:53:07,920
Speaker 1: an article by Dan Bickley, who's like a long time

962
00:53:08,200 --> 00:53:11,680
Speaker 1: dot com maybe the most influential guy in Arizona who

963
00:53:11,719 --> 00:53:15,960
Speaker 1: all but said fire Cliff Kingsbury in Higher Vance Joseph

964
00:53:16,120 --> 00:53:19,440
Speaker 1: if they lose this d who's interesting. And there's some

965
00:53:19,480 --> 00:53:23,760
Speaker 1: other media members in the Arizona you know, uh sphere

966
00:53:23,800 --> 00:53:25,560
Speaker 1: that are kind of really putting the heat on the

967
00:53:25,560 --> 00:53:27,799
Speaker 1: bid Whales to make a change. Already, I don't think

968
00:53:27,800 --> 00:53:30,480
Speaker 1: it's gonna happen. They just handed out extensions to everybody.

969
00:53:30,480 --> 00:53:32,239
Speaker 1: It's not gonna I don't know if it's a move.

970
00:53:32,320 --> 00:53:34,200
Speaker 1: When it happened, they got at least gonna wait till

971
00:53:34,239 --> 00:53:36,000
Speaker 1: after the season. I mean, this is the same team

972
00:53:36,040 --> 00:53:39,000
Speaker 1: that also drafted a first a quarterback in the top ten,

973
00:53:39,040 --> 00:53:40,719
Speaker 1: then drafted a quarterback in the top ten. I guess

974
00:53:40,719 --> 00:53:42,759
Speaker 1: anything's possible. They did do the right thing, but that's

975
00:53:42,800 --> 00:53:47,360
Speaker 1: a huge acknowledgement of failure. If they fire Cliff Kingsbury

976
00:53:47,440 --> 00:53:49,920
Speaker 1: before the end of the season, even let alone two

977
00:53:50,000 --> 00:53:52,520
Speaker 1: years from now, it would be all right, that's enough.

978
00:53:53,000 --> 00:53:55,279
Speaker 1: Well get excited for t N S says, won't let

979
00:53:55,280 --> 00:53:57,960
Speaker 1: this be boring. I promise their games are not boring

980
00:53:58,040 --> 00:54:01,880
Speaker 1: this year. They're Honestly, I'm not worried weird Saints. I

981
00:54:01,960 --> 00:54:05,360
Speaker 1: think the Saints will give us something to root for. It.

982
00:54:05,520 --> 00:54:07,919
Speaker 1: We need the Cardinals to step up. I mean that's

983
00:54:07,920 --> 00:54:12,280
Speaker 1: another Hey, Cards, we believe we already got Kylers covered.

984
00:54:12,280 --> 00:54:14,840
Speaker 1: We got the Cards covered. He's motivated. It's gonna be

985
00:54:14,840 --> 00:54:18,560
Speaker 1: a great um ultra weirdness. I think the Cardinals will

986
00:54:18,600 --> 00:54:21,840
Speaker 1: be also. Um let's have some JJ some j J

987
00:54:21,960 --> 00:54:24,799
Speaker 1: Watt shots of like him. Firing up his teammates, like,

988
00:54:24,880 --> 00:54:27,120
Speaker 1: let's go get what back in the mix. That was

989
00:54:27,160 --> 00:54:30,759
Speaker 1: the TNA preview presented by Prime Video. The new era

990
00:54:30,800 --> 00:54:33,880
Speaker 1: of Thursday Night Football is officially here, and it's only

991
00:54:33,960 --> 00:54:39,480
Speaker 1: on Prime Video. Anything else? Big night of baseball? Oh,

992
00:54:39,640 --> 00:54:43,880
Speaker 1: the fills, the fighting filled. Right, it's the San Diego Padres.

993
00:54:44,520 --> 00:54:46,120
Speaker 1: I'm excited. Wow, that is a big It's a big

994
00:54:46,200 --> 00:54:52,759
Speaker 1: night in Philadelphia Opening Night. What a day of American sports? Mark,

995
00:54:52,840 --> 00:54:54,880
Speaker 1: what's your choice? You have all the what a buffet

996
00:54:54,880 --> 00:54:57,640
Speaker 1: of sports? Check out at least a year. I'm going

997
00:54:57,680 --> 00:54:59,400
Speaker 1: to check out part of this Yankees game so that

998
00:54:59,440 --> 00:55:05,160
Speaker 1: I can leave understand what you're going through. Cleveland Ciciliano,

999
00:55:05,320 --> 00:55:07,560
Speaker 1: who I really like, Andrew. He's a really good dude.

1000
00:55:07,960 --> 00:55:11,960
Speaker 1: He is a very serious Guardians sports fan. And he

1001
00:55:12,160 --> 00:55:16,479
Speaker 1: was not even down to talk about the circumstances beyond

1002
00:55:16,520 --> 00:55:20,520
Speaker 1: the behind the rain out. Uh and a potential Yankee conspiracy.

1003
00:55:20,520 --> 00:55:23,600
Speaker 1: He's one of those. And I loved it. And Uh,

1004
00:55:23,719 --> 00:55:27,400
Speaker 1: either way, it's like I'm tiptoeing around Siciliano win or

1005
00:55:27,440 --> 00:55:30,960
Speaker 1: a loss, because he either is gonna be gloating potentially

1006
00:55:31,440 --> 00:55:33,640
Speaker 1: or very salty. He talked to me about in the

1007
00:55:33,640 --> 00:55:35,520
Speaker 1: office and gave me the lowdown because I made it

1008
00:55:35,560 --> 00:55:41,080
Speaker 1: clear I'm not a baseball So they are the Yankees

1009
00:55:41,200 --> 00:55:47,279
Speaker 1: and commissioner. They conspired with higher authorities to bring rain

1010
00:55:47,360 --> 00:55:49,440
Speaker 1: into the New York area. Is that that is their

1011
00:55:49,480 --> 00:55:53,440
Speaker 1: power to rain out to essentially postpone a game that

1012
00:55:53,480 --> 00:55:58,880
Speaker 1: they could have gotten in yesterday, which then is to

1013
00:55:59,200 --> 00:56:01,319
Speaker 1: present themselves. You could have started the game at ten

1014
00:56:01,360 --> 00:56:02,920
Speaker 1: pm or something. You could have done it two and half.

1015
00:56:04,000 --> 00:56:07,799
Speaker 1: That's ridiculous, Hey, talk to talk to Secilian on about it.

1016
00:56:08,000 --> 00:56:09,600
Speaker 1: What are you gonna be playing at one in the morning.

1017
00:56:09,680 --> 00:56:12,400
Speaker 1: Kids can't watch these games anyways, and now now I'm

1018
00:56:12,440 --> 00:56:18,200
Speaker 1: missing the game to talk about. The season goes on

1019
00:56:18,239 --> 00:56:22,160
Speaker 1: often the heart outs become harder. Thank you, and you

1020
00:56:22,239 --> 00:56:31,319
Speaker 1: set out that conversation. I'm Switzerland. Yes, always, whenever I

1021
00:56:31,360 --> 00:56:35,520
Speaker 1: think of Gregg, I think Switzerland. We'll be back on

1022
00:56:36,239 --> 00:56:42,120
Speaker 1: Thursday with the Thursday Night Uh are the what do

1023
00:56:42,160 --> 00:56:46,840
Speaker 1: we do on Thursday show? Yes, we preview all the

1024
00:56:46,880 --> 00:56:50,080
Speaker 1: games and then of course Thursday Night we used to

1025
00:56:50,120 --> 00:56:52,280
Speaker 1: do a recap. I don't even know what's happening anymore.

1026
00:56:52,920 --> 00:56:55,520
Speaker 1: Friday Fun Show will recap the Thursday night game. We

1027
00:56:55,600 --> 00:56:58,600
Speaker 1: just previewed. That's it until then Dan Hands is signing off.

1028
00:56:58,600 --> 00:57:03,719
Speaker 1: Four the Quiet Storm, Come on, you got it there

1029
00:57:03,760 --> 00:57:06,400
Speaker 1: It is a brave digger. What's up? Grave? They are

1030
00:57:06,400 --> 00:57:07,919
Speaker 1: you going in here? From you to day? Oh? Hey

1031
00:57:08,280 --> 00:57:10,279
Speaker 1: what what? I can't do it. At the same time,

1032
00:57:11,840 --> 00:57:14,080
Speaker 1: great job on the Monday night break. Job recap there,

1033
00:57:14,120 --> 00:57:15,440
Speaker 1: Grave Jack, keep a cal