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Speaker 1: It is time for the Joe Looney Show. Big Joe

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Speaker 1: and he joins us now on your home of the Gables.

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Speaker 1: Good afternoons or how here are you? I'm doing great?

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Speaker 1: How are you guys? Oh? We are doing outstanding. It's

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Speaker 1: always good to hear from you. Uh what are you

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Speaker 1: guys talking about? If you're getting ready for this Steelers?

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Speaker 1: The defense, this undefeated team, the last one in the NFL?

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Speaker 1: How good are these guys? Man? Uh, they're they're they're

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Speaker 1: pretty good. They gotta they got they got a good defense.

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Speaker 1: I think something we've been talking about is, uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: just making sure that we go out there and uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, we play our game. Um, you know, no

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Speaker 1: matter what that score board says out there, you know,

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Speaker 1: we put it all out there on the line, and

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Speaker 1: you know, we make sure we we try to play

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Speaker 1: a sixty minute game and you know, put uh put

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Speaker 1: something good out there, you know, and we all feel

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Speaker 1: good about Joe. Is it when you when you watch

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Speaker 1: the Steelers, is it exotic kind of things that they're

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Speaker 1: just a pretty good group they're gonna line up. We

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Speaker 1: just got to be ready for them to come after us. Yeah. Man,

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Speaker 1: you know they're a great group. And uh, I think

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Speaker 1: what they do is they just they've mastered you know,

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Speaker 1: know when when you get guys like that, they they

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Speaker 1: you turn on the film, man, and they're just flying around.

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Speaker 1: You know, they fly to the ball. You know, you

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Speaker 1: can you could be a great defense in this league.

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Speaker 1: And um, you know, like I always say, man, I

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Speaker 1: love I love the matchups. Man. It's it's it's great

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Speaker 1: as a competitor. It's it's great for the league, and

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Speaker 1: you know, it's it's great for our team. You know,

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Speaker 1: it's great for our team to be able to say, hey, look,

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Speaker 1: you know we can line up with the best and play.

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Speaker 1: So with missing a few weeks and the team having

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Speaker 1: they've got a young guy out there. Now, what is

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Speaker 1: practice like for you now as you work back in?

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Speaker 1: Is it at center? Is it at guard? What are

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Speaker 1: you what are you doing? Yeah? So I've been Uh,

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Speaker 1: I've been at center and guard and then helping out

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Speaker 1: where I can, you know, um, but just making sure

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Speaker 1: you know, wherever, wherever my numbers called. Uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: if coach puts me somewhere at a certain position, that

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Speaker 1: And that's what I think it is. You know, always

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Speaker 1: tell everybody whatever happens wherever I'm going to be playing,

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Speaker 1: you know, I prepare like I'm going to be a starter,

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Speaker 1: and um, you know, whoever's going out there, the five

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Speaker 1: guys that are going out there, we're going to support

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Speaker 1: them on the sideline. You know, anything they need if

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Speaker 1: That's what we're gonna do. Well, Joe, I gotta tell you,

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Speaker 1: it's exhausting talking about what a great person you are

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Speaker 1: and how your outlook is incredible. I'm so tired of

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Speaker 1: saying it, but it's true. When you're when you're battling

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Speaker 1: Christ is the engine, and my feeling's got to be

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Speaker 1: So I know, I know, I know where this thing

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Speaker 1: want some more of that, Joe, what's your process, Like

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Speaker 1: And I think this is something we do by practice,

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Speaker 1: And it's not easy. You know. You do wake up

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Speaker 1: with your faith. You never know what you're gonna say,

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Speaker 1: you know, I'm always always trying to you know, hey,

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Speaker 1: go back to God's word and what he says and Joe,

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Speaker 1: and You've been a blessing to us to do the shows.

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Speaker 1: But I want to ask you, thinks it happened in

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Speaker 1: and we'll let the chips fall where they fall. It's

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Speaker 1: the Joe Looney Show here on the fan, okay. And

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Speaker 1: we got great coaches and they they know, they know players,

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Speaker 1: I think it's our job as players to understand that.

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Speaker 1: But what is that gonna do. That's not gonna help,

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Speaker 1: That's not gonna help anybody. That's not gonna help us

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Speaker 1: to where we need to go. So you get behind it,

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Speaker 1: you get behind them, and you buy in, and wherever

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Speaker 1: you can help, you help. And if your numbers called,

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Speaker 1: The machine keeps going, and uh, I think that's I

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Speaker 1: gonna help. Joe. I'm gonna ask you like a it's

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Speaker 1: their do their skill player stuff. Joe, what are the

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Speaker 1: three best candies in order? Oh? Three best candies in order?

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Speaker 1: All right? So first I'm going Allmond Joy. Oh God, yes, sir,

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Speaker 1: I love I absolutely love cocono. Oh yeah, love me

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Speaker 1: some coconut. And then I'm going kit Kat and Twigs. Okay,

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Speaker 1: you got back on? Try started poorly? You get back?

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Speaker 1: Does anybody have a candy follow up before I go

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Speaker 1: to the next thing. I guess somebody's got to keep

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Speaker 1: all enjoying business. Joe, I applaud you for them. Joy guy,

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Speaker 1: my age. I absolutely enjoy the almond joy. You know what, guys,

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Speaker 1: if it's one thing you're gonna get from me, you're

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Speaker 1: gonna get honesty. There you go. Okay, So who's starting

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Speaker 1: a quarterback that's a little above my pain? Great? When

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Speaker 1: is it okay to listen to Christmas music? And when

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Speaker 1: can you put up the tree? It's gotta be after Thanksgiving.

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Speaker 1: It's got I mean thanks it's gotta be after Thanksgiving.

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Speaker 1: What if the song is it's greater like all I

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Speaker 1: want for Christmas? As you from Mariah Carey, It transcends.

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Speaker 1: Don't you do that to me? You can listen to

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Speaker 1: it whenever you want. I mean, heck of a song,

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Speaker 1: I mean unbelievable song. But you know what, I'm afraid, Hey,

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Speaker 1: you gotta do that turkey first and right after that turkey,

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Speaker 1: I mean put up right after the turkey in football,

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Speaker 1: I mean, go crazy, lights tree, whatever you want, but

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Speaker 1: it's got we gotta, we gotta, we gotta show some

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Speaker 1: respect for Thanksgiving, you know, we gotta give it I

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Speaker 1: mean sweet potato pocme on, guys, we'll just pass that up. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: but Joe, okay we go. Real tree or fake tree?

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Speaker 1: Oh my me and my family. Are you know one

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Speaker 1: hundred percent real tree that that frasier fur, the smell

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Speaker 1: that gives off. There you go, no question. Appreciate you

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Speaker 1: as always, Joe outstanding once again, Thanks for asking, gonna,

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Speaker 1: answering our tough questions and having some fun with us

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Speaker 1: again here on a Thursday. Oh anytime. Man, you guys

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Speaker 1: have a bless him