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Speaker 1: Welcome into the lounge presented by Draft Kings. We have

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Speaker 1: the pleasure of sitting down with nose tackle Michael Pierce,

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Speaker 1: fresh off a two year extension. Congratulations, So how do

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Speaker 1: you celebrate after the game? You signed it? What one

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Speaker 1: day before the game? Right, how do you celebrate it?

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Speaker 1: Is there time to celebrate at the end of the

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Speaker 1: season when you signed an extension like that?

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Speaker 2: Oh? Yeah, so we waited to have the game. Obviously.

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Speaker 3: My wife had like some balloons, a little cake, a

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Speaker 3: nice card, and a bottle Ace of Spade. So that

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Speaker 3: was my first time trying that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I was you know, you're talking to a very cheap.

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Speaker 3: Honest, I didn't think it was all over personally. I'm

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Speaker 3: not a champagne dude. Yeah, I mean, I guess the bottle.

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Speaker 1: Was cool, kept the low case, and it was New

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Speaker 1: Year's Eve.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it all worked out.

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Speaker 4: That's a perfect way to celebrate. Just what were the

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Speaker 4: emotions of that, I mean, I thought it was you

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Speaker 4: talked about it a little but after the game, but

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Speaker 4: I was certainly happy for you and knowing it's been

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Speaker 4: you know, the last few years of kind of been

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Speaker 4: up and down and trying to stay healthy and to

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Speaker 4: get that reward right before the end of the regular season.

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Speaker 4: What did it mean to you?

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Speaker 3: It was almost a tearful moment, honestly, especially you know,

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Speaker 3: with the past few years, like you mentioned, just fighting

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Speaker 3: to you know, make myself ready to play a season,

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Speaker 3: just proving to not only our organization but the rest

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Speaker 3: of the league like I can still play, I can

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Speaker 3: be healthy, I can do what I need to do

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Speaker 3: to be one of the best nose guards in the league.

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Speaker 2: It was awesome.

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Speaker 3: I didn't know that, you know, an extension would be

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Speaker 3: possible after you know, all the injuries and all that stuff.

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Speaker 3: So I took my pay my pay cut. I knew

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Speaker 3: that it was a one year deal type thing, so uh,

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Speaker 3: it was just about putting this year together, being the

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Speaker 3: best team at that k and all that stuff. And

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Speaker 3: like I said, thankfully they wanted me back and I

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Speaker 3: got to prove that I am who I who I

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Speaker 3: felt like I was.

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Speaker 1: I feel like the last time that we talked to you,

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Speaker 1: when you signed back here, you kind of said, this

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Speaker 1: is probably my last deal, you know, did you definitely

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Speaker 1: feel like did you feel like you were just playing

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Speaker 1: out that contract and that was probably probably the end.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, So I'd explained this in the hallway when I

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Speaker 3: got hurt. You know, we knocked some years off the deal,

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Speaker 3: so that was gonna take me to year nine or ten,

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Speaker 3: and this deal will still do the same. So no man,

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Speaker 3: I think I still have, you know, years to give

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Speaker 3: good football to give. Obviously, otherwise we wouldn't be signing this.

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Speaker 3: But now I'm grateful, mostly just to have the belief

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Speaker 3: of Miss DaCosta coach and all my teammates. So no man,

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Speaker 3: I definitely intend on that being my final deal. God

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Speaker 3: some funny ways, some funny ways. So no man, I

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Speaker 3: definitely laughed about that in the hall and uh, like

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Speaker 3: I said, I'm grateful that I do get to finish

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Speaker 3: my career.

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Speaker 1: How do you think that you've stayed so healthy this year?

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Speaker 1: What have you done behind the scenes that fans don't

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Speaker 1: know about that's enabled to do?

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Speaker 2: So I hired a nutrition coach.

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Speaker 3: Obviously I worked with Sarah as well, but just to

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Speaker 3: make sure you know, my off seasons are structured all

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Speaker 3: that stuff. Garrett Trumer, who helped with our in conjunction

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Speaker 3: with our UH, I staffed downstairs with my rehab and

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Speaker 3: all that stuff. When I was back home in Birmingham

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Speaker 3: did an amazing job with me and came to OTA's

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Speaker 3: early and just grinded my way through it. Hiring masseuse

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Speaker 3: extra all just basically everything that I normally do, I

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Speaker 3: did it to the full ex extent. So, you know,

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Speaker 3: just paying attention to my body, taking care of my body,

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Speaker 3: just searching for any and everything. Took up yoga, all

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Speaker 3: my joints are good, my muscles are flexible, all that stuff.

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Speaker 3: So just trying to along my career knowing that, you know,

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Speaker 3: like I said, I told my wife, I had a

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Speaker 3: hang it up. So just having that mindfulness and just

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I know that. When Klay's Campbell was here, he

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Speaker 4: talked about basically budgeting. I forget exactly how much, like

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Speaker 4: three hundred thousand dollars a big number, you know in

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Speaker 4: terms of self care, massage, nutrition, all that stuff. When

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Speaker 4: you get into the later stages of your career. Did

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Speaker 4: you kind of go through that process this off season?

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Speaker 4: Of saying like, all right, I need to set some

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Speaker 4: that I could ensure that I can play here and

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Speaker 4: you know that you make that money back as we're seeing.

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Speaker 1: Took the pay cut though, so he's like, I got

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Speaker 1: a pay cut, now I gotta.

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Speaker 4: Payssion right right for free this year.

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Speaker 3: No, no, no, I don't. I don't think I spent

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Speaker 3: three hundred times. Like I said, he is in a

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Speaker 3: different lane than I am. But no, man, I definitely

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Speaker 3: wanted to leave no one, no stone unturned, no matter

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Speaker 3: the double amount or whatever. So I'll probably say I've

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Speaker 3: probably spent maybe fifty or sixty not nothing crazy, But no,

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Speaker 3: like I said, yoga is not expensive. All that stuff

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Speaker 3: is relatively inexpensive. But people fly people out and do

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Speaker 3: all that kind of stuff. Like I said, for me,

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Speaker 3: it was paying a nutrition coach and all that stuff.

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Speaker 3: I don't want to get in the financials if you will. Yeah, nah,

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Speaker 3: I didn't stayed under one hundred grand.

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Speaker 4: Okay, that's good.

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Speaker 2: That's good.

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Speaker 3: Now. It was just about working and just being more mindful.

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Speaker 3: And I said, just using everything that's at my uh

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Speaker 4: Now, you've always been like, I'm curious that you've been

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Speaker 4: a really good player when you've been healthy, and the

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Speaker 4: injuries the past few years have really just been the

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Speaker 4: only thing that has kind of held you back. Like

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Speaker 4: last year at the start of the year is like, man,

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Speaker 4: Mike's playing great ball. You're a force on the defense.

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Speaker 4: But for you, as you were dealing with the injuries

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Speaker 4: and being sidelined, like, did you feel did you doubt?

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Speaker 4: Like did you question whether, like, man, can I still

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Speaker 4: Like what was the mindset going that you had in

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Speaker 3: So I would say at times you definitely wonder if

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Speaker 3: you can still do it. Uh, when you're out there,

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Speaker 3: think I got hurt like Week five or sold last

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Speaker 3: And then you know the ol ta's come around, You're like, dang,

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Speaker 3: I haven't taken a snapping with full five five months,

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Speaker 3: so you get that little anxiety. But like I said,

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Speaker 3: for me, when I put my feet on those grass,

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Speaker 3: a different feel. So, like I said, I feel like

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Speaker 3: I've accumulated enough knowledge of the game to understand scheme

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Speaker 3: it's just about is my body gonna hold up for

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Speaker 3: you know, however long it needs to. So those things

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Speaker 3: just handled in the weight room and all that kind

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Speaker 3: feel like I can handle my business.

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Speaker 1: And Mike, you are Dog of the Week for the

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Speaker 1: Cardinals game. You were dominant that game. I'm just curious

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Speaker 1: how much that game kind of played into like all right,

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Speaker 1: I'll back back, like you were just whooping on people

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Speaker 1: that game. What did that game do for you?

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Speaker 2: Uh? A lot?

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Speaker 3: I think I played well up until that point. You know,

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Speaker 3: obviously didn't have the best record, if you will, But no, man,

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Speaker 3: it's just one of those days like where you feel

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Speaker 3: top of stuff. It's a strange. It's a strange, little

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Speaker 3: little feeling. But no, it's just one of those days.

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Speaker 3: Everything's clicking, the tips and all that stuff that we learned.

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Speaker 3: It was just coming coming to fruition. But not man,

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Speaker 3: I think that was a big statement for me that,

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Speaker 3: that stuff, like I can't dominate a game in different

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Speaker 3: I missed one in Miami threw away thanks a lot,

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Speaker 3: but uh no, man, that that was big for me,

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Speaker 3: just to have that under my belt and then just

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Speaker 3: then just give everybody that confidence in me.

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Speaker 4: I'm curious for you, Like what you do as a

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Speaker 4: not your game, you know. And but when I look

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Speaker 4: of the guys who are in close proximity to you

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Speaker 4: are playing great ball. Justin Mattabike, of course, has had

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Speaker 4: have a lot to do with their success. The great

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Speaker 4: pride do you take and seeing those guys around you

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Speaker 4: play to that level.

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Speaker 3: So that goes back to when I first got here.

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Speaker 3: Wink and Brandon Williams sat me down and said, you know,

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Speaker 3: once I made a team, you're at backup noseguard. But

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Speaker 3: first and foremost, if your mic linebacker goes to the

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Speaker 3: Pro Bowl, you did what you were supposed to do,

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Speaker 3: so you know, it's even better. I don't think they

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Speaker 3: I think we I think we did. Zach was an

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Speaker 3: Pro Bowl. But no, man, So that's kind of how

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Speaker 3: follow Brandon's leaders obviously, and then you know, like for me, Man,

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Speaker 3: I don't really I'm a country boy from Alabama. I

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Speaker 3: don't care for all the lights and the fame and

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Speaker 3: all that stuff. But to see myself helping those guys

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Speaker 2: So I said, I take pride in my job.

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Speaker 3: I enjoy, you know, beating up on guys and you know,

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Speaker 3: dirty work that just goes with the gig and nose guard.

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Speaker 3: But to see Beaks played the way he's playing, to

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Speaker 3: a first time pro bowler, it's certainly awesome.

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Speaker 1: It is cool, though, to see how your role has

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Speaker 4: I've one thing I've really enjoyed watching this year is

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Speaker 2: I think that does a lot for our room. I like.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, So I think I think we just start laughing

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Speaker 2: So no, man, it's been awesome. Like I said, uh,

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Speaker 4: that you guys have in front of you with all

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Speaker 4: those unique pieces come together.

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Speaker 3: Certainly, I think I like to think of it is

437
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Speaker 3: this is the only window of opportunity. You were about

438
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Speaker 3: next year, next year, So like I said, I know

439
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Speaker 3: how I know that feeling how we felt in nineteen

440
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Speaker 3: just embarrassment. So you know, mister DaCosta has done a

441
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Speaker 3: great job of bringing all us together. But if you

442
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Speaker 3: treat it as this is the only window of opportunity

443
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Speaker 3: I have, you look at things differently. So you know,

444
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Speaker 3: obviously next year everything starts to everybody wants to be

445
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Speaker 3: the number one defense, number on offense. All that crap

446
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Speaker 3: can work, can wait. But if you treat and that's

447
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Speaker 3: how I've been treating, and that's how our coaches and

448
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Speaker 3: everybody's been treating it like this is the one opportunity,

449
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Speaker 3: especially for this group as it is currently constructed, this

450
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Speaker 3: is the one opportunity we have. If we waste it,

451
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Speaker 3: if we don't do what we need to do, that's it.

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Speaker 3: So yeah, like I said, obviously the front office worries

453
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Speaker 3: about next year and all that stuff, but as players

454
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Speaker 3: as coaches, you just take it literally for what it is.

455
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Speaker 3: So this is the one opportunity you get. If you

456
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Speaker 3: waste it, you waste it.

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 3: Obviously, good games happen, crazy plays happen, but you don't

459
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Speaker 3: want to have that regret because you may never make

460
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Speaker 3: it there. And like I said, injuries happen, all kind

461
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Speaker 3: of crazy stuff can happen between now and next year.

462
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Speaker 2: But whoever's healthy, whoever can play.

463
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Speaker 3: You remember the guys who are trying to get back,

464
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Speaker 3: like Marking, all those guys, this is what I fought through,

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Speaker 3: you know, off season, all that pain and stuff from

466
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Speaker 3: surgery and everything. That's what you fight through stuff for

467
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Speaker 3: it to get to this point. So yeah, take it

468
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Speaker 3: like this is the last opportunity you have, and you

469
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Speaker 3: just worry about this next the next year stuff next year.

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Speaker 1: What's the difference between Lamar in twenty nineteen and Lamar now?

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Speaker 3: It's a I mean not a lot, But like I said,

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Speaker 3: I think his game is just matured. Yeah, yeah, his

473
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Speaker 3: game is matured like I said, he's matured. Like I said,

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Speaker 3: I mean that level of success when it comes at

475
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Speaker 3: you early. I think he did an amazing job of

476
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Speaker 3: handling it. But like now, I think it's like, all right,

477
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Speaker 3: I did, I've won an MVP, I've done all these things.

478
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Speaker 3: I expect to play well. It's not oh if if

479
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Speaker 3: he's going to play well, like you know, I don't

480
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Speaker 3: I'm not to the media.

481
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Speaker 2: But the thing that he.

482
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Speaker 3: Drove home, you know, after this contract and all that stuff,

483
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Speaker 3: we in the locker room, the only thing he talks

484
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Speaker 3: about is trying to get to the super Bowl. I

485
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Speaker 3: know he said that after the draft. I'm sure if

486
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Speaker 3: we're having to win that thing that will play forever.

487
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Speaker 3: That's what he's set the tone for this team, like

488
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Speaker 3: we're trying to win the super Bowl. You know, week one,

489
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Speaker 3: that's what he said. This is week whatever, twenty, whatever

490
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Speaker 3: the case may be. That's what he's what he that's

491
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Speaker 3: where he expects to be. So I think when you

492
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Speaker 3: take that approach, not only mentally but just putting in

493
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Speaker 3: that work every day, good things seem to happen. So

494
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Speaker 3: you know, they were making jokes about oh he's a

495
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Speaker 3: running back and all this stuff. You don't really hear

496
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Speaker 3: that anymore. But the point is he's worked that way

497
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Speaker 3: since then before then he's keep working. But I think,

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Speaker 3: I say, for me, it's just like he's gotten to

499
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Speaker 3: a point where this is what he expects to do,

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Speaker 3: and he expects us to meet that same intensity, that

501
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Speaker 3: same work ethic. And you know, when the head leads

502
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Speaker 3: the tail, everybody seems to fall in line.

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Speaker 1: And the big difference I see between this team and

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Speaker 1: twenty nineteen two is the defense. Also, this defense is nasty.

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Speaker 1: Just how much do you feel like this unit is

506
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Speaker 1: rolling it? And what makes it that? You know, why

507
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Speaker 1: is this defense peaking right now? If you feel that way,

508
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Speaker 1: why is it doing that?

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Speaker 2: We shot a whole bunch of home younger guys.

510
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Speaker 3: But like I said, I think we've just literally not

511
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Speaker 3: only us, but like I said, Eric DaCosta is an

512
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Speaker 3: amazing job crafting this defense. So you know, I think

513
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Speaker 3: Kyle they said fail in the draft to us, you know,

514
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Speaker 3: thankfully he did, but he's playing at an all pro level.

515
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Speaker 3: Two linebackers playing at an all pro level met a

516
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Speaker 3: BK looking like the second coming of Aaron Donald. JD's

517
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Speaker 3: having a career yere, Kyle's having a career year Marlon

518
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Speaker 3: when he was playing, obviously, Marlin's and All Pro when

519
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Speaker 3: he's healthy. So B Steve is taking a jump man,

520
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Speaker 3: Marky Malet coming in. I can just go on and on.

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Speaker 3: There's a bunch of guys. And I think I said

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Speaker 3: this in an interview before, you know, when they were

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Speaker 3: asking me about replacing Kalais, I said, I don't think

524
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Speaker 3: you ever like replaced a Hall of Famer. I'm not

525
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Speaker 3: a Hall of Famer. I would like to go on

526
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Speaker 3: the Nosegard Hall of Fame if.

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Speaker 2: They have one.

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Speaker 3: But you know, like I said, I think we've all

529
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Speaker 3: done this by committee. And like I said, we've had

530
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Speaker 3: Super Bowl champions and Kyle's in our room and JD's

531
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Speaker 3: been in the league and he's, like I said, he's

532
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Speaker 3: been hunting. So we said, a whole bunch of hungry dude,

533
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Speaker 3: a whole bunch of guys who want to ascend to

534
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Speaker 3: that next level wherever they are in that tier.

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Speaker 2: And I said, it just messes well together. We play together.

536
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Speaker 3: It's not just oh we need one guy two guys

537
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Speaker 3: to make it play. Anybody can make it play. Like

538
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Speaker 3: I said, I don't think any team has a Travis

539
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Speaker 3: Jones that comes off the bench right right, Like that

540
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Speaker 3: just doesn't happen everywhere. So you know, you look at

541
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Speaker 3: like an Eagles defense where they had a whole bunch

542
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Speaker 3: of d linemen. We can do the same thing. It's

543
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Speaker 3: a different scheme obviously, but we have like literally waves

544
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Speaker 3: of people who are hungry to make a name for

545
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Speaker 3: themselves but also conscious enough and you know, have enough

546
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Speaker 3: love between each other to play together, right right.

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Speaker 4: That's awesome.

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Speaker 2: Man.

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Speaker 1: I have one last question for you. This is a

550
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Speaker 1: random one. I'm just looking at you your thighs. I mean,

551
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Speaker 1: you have massive thighs. Do you have to specially order

552
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Speaker 1: pants that can fit over your I'm just looking at

553
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Speaker 1: I'm like, how does this man shot for pants?

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Speaker 5: No?

555
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Speaker 3: Man, this is out of date brand. I am kind

556
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Speaker 3: of into FASHIONA true religion makes like the best like

557
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Speaker 3: stretchy jeans everything.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

559
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Speaker 2: Yeah, Like I wear like a forty four.

560
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Speaker 3: It's not like crazy for a three hundred and fifty

561
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Speaker 3: found person, But like those those those pants fit my

562
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Speaker 3: legs well.

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Speaker 2: I'm comfortable.

564
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Speaker 3: I'm not like stuck into stuff like you know, most

565
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Speaker 3: of the guys, like athletes in general, like their waste

566
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Speaker 3: are smaller, and then like they train you to have

567
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Speaker 3: these big legs. I enjoy squatting and deadlifting and all

568
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Speaker 3: the others.

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Speaker 1: Do you still do that stuff.

570
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Speaker 3: They've done a great job with me of pairing some

571
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Speaker 3: things back and taking some things differently, so I don't

572
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Speaker 3: powerlift as much to do like an Olympic lifting stuff

573
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Speaker 3: that will help you be more explosive. So they changed

574
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Speaker 3: the way that I looked at weightlifting and just paired

575
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Speaker 3: it with better things like snatches and all that kind

576
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Speaker 3: of stuff. So I'm not just over using my upper

577
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Speaker 3: body over using my lower body. Scott Ron, everybody downstairs

578
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Speaker 3: has done a great job for me, just kind of

579
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Speaker 3: changing my mind stake. Okay, if you will, but no, man,

580
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Speaker 3: it's been awesome. But like I said, true religion does

581
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Speaker 3: a great job for me. Y'all can send me some

582
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Speaker 3: free gene great, No, I look for that elastic lasting

583
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Speaker 3: and cotton mixture that works like ninety eight.

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Speaker 2: To two percent.

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Speaker 1: So all right, Well, if I ever had in the

586
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Speaker 1: weight room, now I know true religion. Well, Mike, thanks

587
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Speaker 1: a lot, man, appreciate it.

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Speaker 4: I think that you should go, hey, can they do

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Speaker 4: a little tune up for you? I've seen you gie

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Speaker 1: That, We'll say, so you could probably help me.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you can be due for tune up down there,

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Speaker 4: go visit them. Look, I thought Mike Pierce was great.

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Speaker 4: I mean, this is a guy who I really like.

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Speaker 4: I think that I've liked him since the time he

621
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Speaker 4: was here as an undrafted free agent, and you know,

622
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Speaker 4: his career has been up and down, to be honest.

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Speaker 4: So he gets the contract in Minnesota, then he sits

624
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Speaker 4: out of COVID year, then he basically gets hurt and

625
00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:22,920
Speaker 4: never really plays much in Minnesota, comes back looking good

626
00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:25,119
Speaker 4: last year, gets hurt and he's starting to be like,

627
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Speaker 4: is this it? This is it? And he was kind

628
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Speaker 4: of wondering the same thing to a certain extent. And

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Speaker 4: to see him play all seventeen games, I'm really happy

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Speaker 4: for him get the contract extension. He's a really good

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Speaker 4: player and it's I'm happy for him.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure, when Michael Pierce is on the field

633
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Speaker 1: and healthy and feeling good, he's one of the best

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Speaker 1: news tackles in the game, you know. To his point, like,

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Speaker 1: if there's no Technology Hall of Fame, baby, wait, Like

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Speaker 1: I mean, if he'd been healthy his whole career, he'd

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Speaker 1: be in that news tackle Hall of Fame. Maybe, hey,

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Speaker 1: maybe he has another couple of great years and whatever.

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Speaker 1: You know, but he's one of the best in the game,

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Speaker 1: there's no doubt about it. And he's part of the

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Speaker 1: reason why the Ravens run the defense, and while the

642
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Speaker 1: defense as a whole has been so good.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and like I asked him about it, but I

644
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Speaker 4: do think that his presence in the middle gobbling up

645
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Speaker 4: blockers allows Rokwan Patrick Queen to fly all over the

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Speaker 4: place justin Matabka, to get more one on ones to

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Speaker 4: get out to the quarterback. I think that his work

648
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Speaker 4: is definitely noticed by the success of the players around him.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and when you have seen the Ravens run defense

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Speaker 1: get hit a little bit, it's primarily been a big

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Speaker 1: plays on the edges. Yeah, teams do not run up

652
00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:32,640
Speaker 1: the middle, generally speaking on the Baltimore Ravens. And I'm

653
00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:35,160
Speaker 1: sure during this week, during the bye week, they're doing

654
00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:38,000
Speaker 1: basically a self scout, right, That's what this team is doing.

655
00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:39,440
Speaker 1: Because you don't have an opponent, you don't know who

656
00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:41,800
Speaker 1: you're going to play, so you can't start scouting them.

657
00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:44,520
Speaker 1: I'm sure the defense is focused on, Hey, let's tighten

658
00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:47,040
Speaker 1: up the screws on the run d because that's kind

659
00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:48,440
Speaker 1: of been the one Achilles seal Well.

660
00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:50,480
Speaker 4: Patrick Quen basically said that yesterday in the locker room.

661
00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:52,680
Speaker 4: He made the point that there's been a few things

662
00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:54,040
Speaker 4: that have happened at the end of the season that

663
00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:58,120
Speaker 4: they're not pleased with defensively. Despite finishing, you know, with

664
00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:01,800
Speaker 4: a triple crown in terms of points, takeaways, and sacks,

665
00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:04,320
Speaker 4: there's still things that this defense wants to improve on.

666
00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:06,640
Speaker 4: And I think that he didn't spell it out, but

667
00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:08,560
Speaker 4: I think he's talking about giving up too many yards

668
00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:10,280
Speaker 4: on the ground. This defense doesn't want to give up

669
00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:12,440
Speaker 4: many yards on the ground. The Steelers put up some

670
00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:13,400
Speaker 4: big numbers on the ground.

671
00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:15,640
Speaker 1: Actually, if the Steelers end up being the divisional opponent.

672
00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:18,800
Speaker 4: Yeah, and they've had even before that game, there's been

673
00:30:18,840 --> 00:30:20,680
Speaker 4: some there's been some weeks where they've just allowed too

674
00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:23,320
Speaker 4: much on the ground, and this defense doesn't want to

675
00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:24,800
Speaker 4: give up anything. They definitely don't want to give up

676
00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:26,640
Speaker 4: one hundred plus yards on the ground. So I think

677
00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:27,960
Speaker 4: they're working on those things this week.

678
00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:30,000
Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure. Well, looking at the big news of

679
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,040
Speaker 1: the week for the Ravens and around the league, it's

680
00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:35,120
Speaker 1: been coaching changes. Right the past twenty four hours as

681
00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:38,560
Speaker 1: of recording, this have been massive in terms of the

682
00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:42,640
Speaker 1: business of coaching. And you have coach Saban Nick Saban

683
00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:46,280
Speaker 1: is out, Pete Carroll out with the Seahawks now Bill

684
00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:50,160
Speaker 1: Belichick and the Patriots part ways, that's been massive. There's

685
00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:54,480
Speaker 1: eight openings right now around the NFL for head coaches,

686
00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:58,200
Speaker 1: and the Ravens have some hot coordinators and not just coordinators,

687
00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:01,080
Speaker 1: other assistant coaches. So going through the list here, the

688
00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:03,280
Speaker 1: teams that are interested in talking to Mike McDonald are

689
00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:06,640
Speaker 1: the Commanders, the Panthers, and the Titans. Okay, then you

690
00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:09,959
Speaker 1: also have Todd munkin with two interview requests. That's the

691
00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:14,320
Speaker 1: Chargers and the Panthers, and then Anthony Weaver the Ravens

692
00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:19,160
Speaker 1: d line coach and also assistant head coach coach, the

693
00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:23,400
Speaker 1: Commanders and now also the Falcons. Sorry to keep them

694
00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:23,760
Speaker 1: all straight.

695
00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:26,400
Speaker 4: It is it is, and honestly, you know, and all

696
00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:29,920
Speaker 4: those happened before the Seahawks job and the Patriots job

697
00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:32,160
Speaker 4: opened up so they could add a couple more to

698
00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:35,240
Speaker 4: their list. I know there's a lot of consternation out

699
00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:38,880
Speaker 4: there Amongst Ravens fans. Good, yes, because they're this is

700
00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:41,720
Speaker 4: a great coaching staff, got great coordinators, you have great

701
00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:44,520
Speaker 4: assistant coaches. I think that this is as good of

702
00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:47,560
Speaker 4: as any staff at John Harball has assembled here. And

703
00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:51,000
Speaker 4: when that when you have a great staff, other teams

704
00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:52,840
Speaker 4: take notice. And when you win a lot of games,

705
00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:53,920
Speaker 4: are you the number one seed?

706
00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:56,040
Speaker 1: Teams take not the best team in the NFL. People

707
00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:56,920
Speaker 1: want a piece of that action.

708
00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:59,719
Speaker 4: When you look at who's gotten head coaching jobs over

709
00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:02,520
Speaker 4: the last few years, it's been from teams that have

710
00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:04,920
Speaker 4: had success. And that's how that works. That's how it

711
00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:07,239
Speaker 4: works in the history of football. So when you win

712
00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:09,239
Speaker 4: a lot of games, other teams take notice and they

713
00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:11,200
Speaker 4: want to emulate that. And that's what's happening with the Ravens.

714
00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:13,120
Speaker 4: And I think that They've got a great mix of

715
00:32:13,680 --> 00:32:17,440
Speaker 4: coaches of a veteran coach like Todd Munkin who's done

716
00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:19,800
Speaker 4: it at the pro level the college level, had a

717
00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:22,120
Speaker 4: ton of success the last few years too, straight national

718
00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:25,280
Speaker 4: championships at Georgia. Then obviously comes here and helps Lamar

719
00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:30,000
Speaker 4: gonna win a second MVP. So look, I know there's nervousness.

720
00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:33,239
Speaker 4: I don't know how it's going to play out. You

721
00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:36,360
Speaker 4: root for the guys to get opportunities. Certainly, these are

722
00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:39,640
Speaker 4: great coaches who deserve opportunities, and you also want to

723
00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:42,200
Speaker 4: maintain the great thing that you've got going here. So

724
00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:44,040
Speaker 4: it's like you root for both, you know. It's kind

725
00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:47,160
Speaker 4: of that crazy situation that you know, Mike Pierce talked

726
00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:50,360
Speaker 4: about a little bit, like I love Mike McDonald love

727
00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:52,800
Speaker 4: right selfishly. You want them to stay delfish, You want

728
00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:54,920
Speaker 4: him to stay selfishly. You don't want them to get

729
00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:57,960
Speaker 4: the job. Yeah, but you're of course happy for them.

730
00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:01,600
Speaker 4: And look, eight head coach vacancies right now, that's a

731
00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:02,560
Speaker 4: quarter of the league.

732
00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:04,440
Speaker 1: Yea. The more that open up, the more nervous that

733
00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:09,600
Speaker 1: I get. Yeah, obviously, and but some of that there's

734
00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:13,520
Speaker 1: gonna be coaches who land you know coaches that lost

735
00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:15,760
Speaker 1: their head coaching job who land elsewhere as a head coach,

736
00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:18,960
Speaker 1: and they just the carousel yep, exactly, they land somewhere

737
00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:20,640
Speaker 1: else that's gonna fill some of them. And then there's

738
00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:22,520
Speaker 1: other you know, Baltimore is not the only team that

739
00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:25,280
Speaker 1: is having a lot of assistant coaches. Detroit as well.

740
00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:29,200
Speaker 1: There there's gonna be there's other hot names. Bobby Slow

741
00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:31,840
Speaker 1: from Texans is another big name. There's a bunch of them, right,

742
00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:37,080
Speaker 1: and so will the Ravens coordinators, and and Anthony Weaver

743
00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:40,120
Speaker 1: land one of those. I don't know. They'll definitely have

744
00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:42,280
Speaker 1: a good shot, it seems like, but it's not a

745
00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:45,720
Speaker 1: slam dunk, so let's not let's not freak out. This

746
00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:48,479
Speaker 1: guy isn't falling yet. And I will say this about it.

747
00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:51,800
Speaker 1: The further the Ravens go, the better their chances. I

748
00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:56,240
Speaker 1: think of keeping these coordinators, it could go with you.

749
00:33:56,280 --> 00:33:57,640
Speaker 4: Yes, I don't know if I agree with that.

750
00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:02,240
Speaker 1: Well, yeah, but traditionally a lot of those hires are made. Now,

751
00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:04,240
Speaker 1: some teams are patient and they weigh out the process,

752
00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:06,360
Speaker 1: but a lot of teams get antsy, So it depends

753
00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:09,640
Speaker 1: on how quick some of these other vacancies start filling up, Yeah, teams.

754
00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:12,520
Speaker 1: Teams do not like waiting around unless they know they

755
00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:14,880
Speaker 1: got their guy. Yeah, so it can go both ways.

756
00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:17,120
Speaker 1: You win the Super Bowl all of a sudden, Now

757
00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:19,959
Speaker 1: that just adds through your credentials, right, And some teams

758
00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:22,359
Speaker 1: might be willing to wait out the process to get

759
00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:25,480
Speaker 1: whatever they have a specific guy or But if they

760
00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:27,279
Speaker 1: have a specific guy and it's not one of the

761
00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:30,000
Speaker 1: Ravens coordinators, they really really like they're gonna make a move,

762
00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:31,840
Speaker 1: right if it's up in the air, because they're not

763
00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:34,400
Speaker 1: gonna want somebody else to steal their guys. So sometimes

764
00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:36,960
Speaker 1: it can work in your benefit that that coach is

765
00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:40,000
Speaker 1: not available to hire officially until after the Super Bowl.

766
00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:42,960
Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't know. I honestly don't think the getting

767
00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:45,640
Speaker 4: to the Super Bowl will have much of an impact

768
00:34:45,640 --> 00:34:48,319
Speaker 4: if the Ravens get there on the coaching carousel and

769
00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:50,520
Speaker 4: whether these guys end up getting hired. I just don't

770
00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:53,120
Speaker 4: think that the Eagles lost both coordinators last year.

771
00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:56,399
Speaker 1: Yea, right, that's recency bias, though there's teams. I mean,

772
00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:58,959
Speaker 1: the Patriots held their coordinators for a long long time

773
00:34:59,239 --> 00:35:01,360
Speaker 1: and those guys got pass over. Now maybe not because

774
00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:03,839
Speaker 1: of that maybe whatever. Yeah, but there you go back

775
00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:07,680
Speaker 1: before last year, Yes, the Eagles did, but coordinators. A

776
00:35:07,719 --> 00:35:10,200
Speaker 1: lot of teams who have not lost coordinators off Super

777
00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:10,760
Speaker 1: Bowl teams.

778
00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:13,400
Speaker 4: The Patriots lost the time, they lost Josh McDaniels twice.

779
00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:15,640
Speaker 4: They lost Charlie Weiss way back in the day, lost

780
00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:19,200
Speaker 4: Bill O'Brien, Like you know what years those happened in

781
00:35:19,239 --> 00:35:22,840
Speaker 4: the in the in the coaching search, like I don't know,

782
00:35:23,719 --> 00:35:26,680
Speaker 4: I just there's been like I mean the Chiefs they lost,

783
00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:27,960
Speaker 4: they lost Nagging. He came back.

784
00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:32,399
Speaker 1: We sat out there for a long, long, long long time.

785
00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:35,760
Speaker 4: He but he also has interview head coaching right right exactly.

786
00:35:36,520 --> 00:35:38,960
Speaker 4: So I don't know where it's gonna land, but I

787
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:42,840
Speaker 4: think that like it clearly speaks to the quality of

788
00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:45,960
Speaker 4: the Ravens coaching staff. And I also if they if

789
00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:48,000
Speaker 4: if the Ravens end up losing coaches, I got a

790
00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:49,480
Speaker 4: lot of faith in John Harbaugh to fill in with

791
00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:51,280
Speaker 4: other great coaches, build a great staff.

792
00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:55,560
Speaker 1: He's very good at doing that. And I'll say this also, uh,

793
00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:58,480
Speaker 1: just for those fans who are wondering how this process works,

794
00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:01,480
Speaker 1: those coaching interviews do not and basically own company time.

795
00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:04,520
Speaker 1: It happens on personal time is basically what John Harball said.

796
00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:07,960
Speaker 1: It's late at night, it might be weekends, you know,

797
00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:10,040
Speaker 1: that's kind of when they knock that stuff out. So

798
00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:12,359
Speaker 1: and this is just part of like we said, this

799
00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:14,480
Speaker 1: is how it works, right, So there's no like, oh,

800
00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:16,400
Speaker 1: you know, are they are they locked in or are

801
00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:19,200
Speaker 1: they focused? Yes, they're doing their job first and foremost

802
00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:22,920
Speaker 1: don't worry about that. This this kind of stuff is

803
00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:24,200
Speaker 1: just part of the business.

804
00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:27,719
Speaker 4: Yeah, totally. And as I said, when you have success,

805
00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:30,080
Speaker 4: other teams around the league want a piece of that.

806
00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:33,359
Speaker 4: And so the other news this week, so the Ravens

807
00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:35,720
Speaker 4: are practicing. We kind of laid out the practice schedule

808
00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:39,160
Speaker 4: in the podcast earlier this week, but they're practicing Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.

809
00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:41,239
Speaker 4: Practice on Saturday is at the stadium to kind of

810
00:36:41,239 --> 00:36:43,960
Speaker 4: simulate game atmosphere of you going down to the stadium,

811
00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:46,040
Speaker 4: you go to the game on the weekend, keeping a routine,

812
00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:48,960
Speaker 4: keeping a routine. And so they're focused on themselves this

813
00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:51,399
Speaker 4: week from a self scouting process and working on those

814
00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:53,120
Speaker 4: things that we talked about. All right, So the other

815
00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:55,120
Speaker 4: news this week is on the injury front, and so

816
00:36:55,160 --> 00:36:57,719
Speaker 4: the Ravens are practicing, as we said, some guys who

817
00:36:57,760 --> 00:36:59,960
Speaker 4: are back on the practice field, which was encouraging. Kyle Hamill,

818
00:37:00,239 --> 00:37:02,480
Speaker 4: I think at the top of that list, he's somebody

819
00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:04,680
Speaker 4: who you know, missed time, is dealing with that knee injury.

820
00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:06,880
Speaker 4: He talked with the media on Wednesday, was the Media

821
00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:08,760
Speaker 4: Good Guy. You got the Media Good Guy Award.

822
00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:09,399
Speaker 1: He is a good guy.

823
00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:13,040
Speaker 4: So that's the top award for him. That's the honor

824
00:37:13,120 --> 00:37:15,960
Speaker 4: that he cares about the most this year. But so

825
00:37:16,040 --> 00:37:17,680
Speaker 4: he was back and he said to reporters that he

826
00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:20,440
Speaker 4: was basically a full participant, so really encouraging to have

827
00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:23,280
Speaker 4: him back. Kevin Zeitler was back, Gina Stone was back,

828
00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:27,880
Speaker 4: and Devin DuVernay, Thank you. Devin DuVernay was designated for

829
00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:30,560
Speaker 4: a return from injured reserve from the back injury. Now,

830
00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:31,919
Speaker 4: the raven has got a good thing going with Tylan

831
00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:34,600
Speaker 4: Wallace and Justice Hill the two returners who have stepped

832
00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:36,960
Speaker 4: into that role. But Devon is also a good player

833
00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:40,160
Speaker 4: can fill a role on offense. So I think whether

834
00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:42,680
Speaker 4: the Ravens activate him will depend a on his health,

835
00:37:42,719 --> 00:37:45,080
Speaker 4: how he feels getting back into the swing of things,

836
00:37:45,239 --> 00:37:46,640
Speaker 4: and then also what they want to do from a

837
00:37:46,719 --> 00:37:48,200
Speaker 4: roster composition standpoint.

838
00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:49,960
Speaker 1: Right, if they have an open roster spot, then they

839
00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:52,520
Speaker 1: certainly could do that. Also, if they do that, then

840
00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:55,440
Speaker 1: they can bring back one more player. You can only

841
00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:57,399
Speaker 1: do it eight times in a season. You would think

842
00:37:57,400 --> 00:37:59,759
Speaker 1: that one last player that will be saved for the

843
00:37:59,760 --> 00:38:05,120
Speaker 1: big No. Mark Andrews. You talked about players who return

844
00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:07,520
Speaker 1: to practice. I'll be the bad cop here. The players

845
00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:10,440
Speaker 1: that were not back out there, Zave Flowers at the

846
00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:12,920
Speaker 1: top of that list. And then also the Ravens are

847
00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:15,160
Speaker 1: still missing a Daffioway he went down with an ankle

848
00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:19,239
Speaker 1: injury in that season finale. The regular season finale, del

849
00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:22,240
Speaker 1: Sean Phillips Emily Carrison also were not out there at practice.

850
00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:23,080
Speaker 4: And Marlin Humphrey too.

851
00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:24,960
Speaker 1: And Marlon Humphrey Yes, sorry, he was on He was

852
00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:28,400
Speaker 1: working out on the side, not in uniform, not practicing,

853
00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:31,200
Speaker 1: but he was out on the field technically speaking.

854
00:38:31,320 --> 00:38:31,560
Speaker 4: Yeah.

855
00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:34,279
Speaker 1: So look, and Dalvin Cook made his debut. We forgot him. Yeah,

856
00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:36,320
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook in his first practice on Wednesday.

857
00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:38,600
Speaker 4: Yeah, there's excitement about Dalvin Cook. I think that there's

858
00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:40,640
Speaker 4: going to be an opportunity for him. I mean, John

859
00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:43,880
Speaker 4: Harbaugh talked this week about how he'll have a chance.

860
00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:44,799
Speaker 4: You know, I think that they.

861
00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:45,760
Speaker 1: Be a legitimate weapon.

862
00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:48,759
Speaker 4: Yeah, And the question was posed to him basically, is

863
00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:51,200
Speaker 4: this just an insurance play? And he was kind of like, no,

864
00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:53,320
Speaker 4: this is really good player who could make an impact

865
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Speaker 4: for our team.

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00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:54,120
Speaker 2: Yeah.

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00:38:54,160 --> 00:38:56,360
Speaker 4: So he's on the practice squad right now, but he

868
00:38:56,440 --> 00:38:59,160
Speaker 4: has three game day elevations available coming up on the

869
00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:01,960
Speaker 4: practice squad. If the Ravens only got to win three,

870
00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:07,319
Speaker 4: baby keep rolling here, that's three games championship. So I

871
00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:10,120
Speaker 4: think that there's there's potential for Daln cook To. I

872
00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:11,680
Speaker 4: don't know who knows he could step into making an

873
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:14,000
Speaker 4: immediate impact on this offense. He has that type of ability.

874
00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:17,120
Speaker 1: I think he certainly could so exciting things for sure.

875
00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:19,840
Speaker 1: Now we wait and see who the Ravens are going

876
00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:22,400
Speaker 1: to play before we do that, Garrett, you want to

877
00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:24,920
Speaker 1: make some picks here. Yeah, he thinks are winning is

878
00:39:24,960 --> 00:39:26,320
Speaker 1: winning on Wildcard weekend?

879
00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:27,600
Speaker 4: Well, let's go through that. You want to go through

880
00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:29,520
Speaker 4: the AFC teams and then we can predict who obviously

881
00:39:29,560 --> 00:39:30,800
Speaker 4: the Ravens would end up playing.

882
00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:35,840
Speaker 1: Yes, okay, Houston, Texas Cleveland Browns, Yes in Houston.

883
00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:39,560
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think that the Browns are going to win.

884
00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:42,720
Speaker 1: The Okay, you think Joe Flacco wins.

885
00:39:43,239 --> 00:39:45,560
Speaker 4: I I do. I think that. I think the Browns

886
00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:49,800
Speaker 4: are playing well. I think that Houston. Look, I actually

887
00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:51,879
Speaker 4: think it's going to be a pretty close game, and

888
00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:54,319
Speaker 4: I think that the Browns end up edging them out.

889
00:39:54,360 --> 00:39:58,200
Speaker 4: I think great defense against you know, a rookie quarterback.

890
00:39:58,239 --> 00:40:00,520
Speaker 4: They could get their hands on the football. So I

891
00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:01,600
Speaker 4: think that the Browns win that game.

892
00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:06,640
Speaker 1: Who do you got, Browns?

893
00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:08,000
Speaker 4: You're also going Browns?

894
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:08,839
Speaker 2: All right? Yeah?

895
00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:11,040
Speaker 4: So then we let's go to the three to six game,

896
00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:14,160
Speaker 4: that is the Chiefs against the Miami Dolphins in Kansas

897
00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:17,279
Speaker 4: City the Ice Bowl. Ice Bowl twenty twenty four. That's

898
00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:21,200
Speaker 4: gonna be freezing cold there with tamp's below zero, probably

899
00:40:21,239 --> 00:40:25,640
Speaker 4: a kickoff solowero below zero, and I've seen win shills

900
00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:29,080
Speaker 4: like in the minus twenty so not exactly ideal for

901
00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:31,120
Speaker 4: a team coming up from South Florida. I've got the

902
00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:33,520
Speaker 4: Chiefs winning that game. I think that the weather will

903
00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:35,640
Speaker 4: be a factor. I also think that, you know, the

904
00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:38,080
Speaker 4: Chiefs a struggle, but we've seen this from them before.

905
00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:40,000
Speaker 4: They weren't exactly rolling at the end of last season.

906
00:40:40,040 --> 00:40:42,400
Speaker 4: They ended up winning the Super Bowl. So I've got

907
00:40:42,400 --> 00:40:43,359
Speaker 4: the Chiefs winning that game.

908
00:40:44,320 --> 00:40:46,960
Speaker 1: Did. Oh. I'm glad that those two teams are playing

909
00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:49,560
Speaker 1: each other because I think those are two really talented

910
00:40:49,560 --> 00:40:51,839
Speaker 1: teams and one of them's got to go. So I'm

911
00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:54,840
Speaker 1: happy either way that result goes. You know, if Patty

912
00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:56,799
Speaker 1: Mahomes is out of the playoffs.

913
00:40:56,320 --> 00:40:59,000
Speaker 4: You're okay with that, thank buddy.

914
00:40:59,120 --> 00:41:02,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, So either way, I'm good with that result.

915
00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:02,640
Speaker 2: All right.

916
00:41:02,719 --> 00:41:05,960
Speaker 4: And then the finale in the AFC, which is Sunday afternoon,

917
00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:07,840
Speaker 4: is Buffalo against the Steelers.

918
00:41:08,080 --> 00:41:09,640
Speaker 1: We gonna agree on all three of these. I don't

919
00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:10,560
Speaker 1: like where this is going.

920
00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:12,640
Speaker 4: I uh, well, that that just means it's not going

921
00:41:12,719 --> 00:41:15,040
Speaker 4: to play out that way. But if we do agree,

922
00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:17,200
Speaker 4: I think that Buffalo is going to beat the Steelers.

923
00:41:17,719 --> 00:41:18,480
Speaker 1: Yeah, I would agree.

924
00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:19,000
Speaker 4: Yeah.

925
00:41:19,040 --> 00:41:21,640
Speaker 1: I mean I do think that that's a closer game

926
00:41:21,640 --> 00:41:23,879
Speaker 1: than it would seem on paper. I think that it's

927
00:41:23,880 --> 00:41:26,440
Speaker 1: supposed to be super windy again, another game with the

928
00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:30,080
Speaker 1: elements cold, really really windy. Now Josh Allen has played

929
00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:32,000
Speaker 1: in that it reminds me of the playoff game the

930
00:41:32,120 --> 00:41:35,959
Speaker 1: Ravens played up in Buffalo here a few years ago.

931
00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:39,520
Speaker 1: That the win that night was just wild, mad crazy.

932
00:41:39,560 --> 00:41:42,719
Speaker 1: It just it made for a crazy game. Crazy weather

933
00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:45,359
Speaker 1: can sometimes level the playing field totally. And so I

934
00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:48,080
Speaker 1: think the Steelers are a team that has run the ball.

935
00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:50,520
Speaker 1: It wouldn't shock me if Mason Rudolph throws the ball

936
00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:51,440
Speaker 1: less than ten times.

937
00:41:51,520 --> 00:41:53,239
Speaker 4: Yeah, if it ends up if the forecast ends up

938
00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:56,359
Speaker 4: coming true and they end up being thirty mile an

939
00:41:56,400 --> 00:41:57,120
Speaker 4: hour wins and.

940
00:41:57,080 --> 00:41:59,960
Speaker 1: It's the Steelers are not going to throw the ball.

941
00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:02,400
Speaker 4: Well, that that's the thing is honestly, if that is,

942
00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:05,840
Speaker 4: if that is the weather, like that can't be equalizer,

943
00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:08,839
Speaker 4: especially against Buffalo's passing attack. And then if that's the.

944
00:42:08,719 --> 00:42:11,719
Speaker 1: Case, they have in previous years.

945
00:42:11,719 --> 00:42:13,759
Speaker 4: But like that's the classic game that the Steelers end

946
00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:15,960
Speaker 4: up winning. Are we talking ourselves into a Steelers win here?

947
00:42:16,239 --> 00:42:16,640
Speaker 4: Like that?

948
00:42:16,680 --> 00:42:18,440
Speaker 1: I do think it's gonna be a close game, all right,

949
00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:19,240
Speaker 1: So I don't think.

950
00:42:19,080 --> 00:42:21,959
Speaker 4: That defense there just picked two winners for that game.

951
00:42:22,080 --> 00:42:24,000
Speaker 4: It's gonna be the Bills or the Steelers tie. It's

952
00:42:24,040 --> 00:42:28,480
Speaker 4: a tie. So we we both agreed, which would mean

953
00:42:28,520 --> 00:42:30,160
Speaker 4: that if it plays out the way that we think

954
00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:34,000
Speaker 4: it would come into Joe Flacco and the Browns come

955
00:42:34,040 --> 00:42:38,360
Speaker 4: to town in the divisional rounds. So I I honestly

956
00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:40,839
Speaker 4: the one I feel the least confident in my picks

957
00:42:40,840 --> 00:42:42,879
Speaker 4: on is that game. I think I feel the least

958
00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:45,200
Speaker 4: confident in the Browns Texans game. I think that could

959
00:42:45,239 --> 00:42:48,759
Speaker 4: go either way, and I think that Texas team is

960
00:42:48,800 --> 00:42:49,360
Speaker 4: really talented.

961
00:42:49,640 --> 00:42:51,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I think that's I think so. And then obviously,

962
00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:54,040
Speaker 1: if the Texans win that game and it's chalk, then

963
00:42:54,080 --> 00:42:56,480
Speaker 1: the Ravens World face the Houston Texans here at M

964
00:42:56,480 --> 00:42:57,360
Speaker 1: and T Banks Stadium.

965
00:42:57,400 --> 00:42:59,200
Speaker 4: So all right now before you do that, the last

966
00:42:59,200 --> 00:43:00,680
Speaker 4: thing we got to do before we wrap up. Oh,

967
00:43:00,680 --> 00:43:02,799
Speaker 4: the dog is the dog. You can't you can't get

968
00:43:02,840 --> 00:43:05,600
Speaker 4: by this week without giving out our Dog of the

969
00:43:05,600 --> 00:43:08,440
Speaker 4: Week for Week eighteen against Steelers. So you got to

970
00:43:08,440 --> 00:43:12,879
Speaker 4: bring in your little post award here. Okay, the rain,

971
00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:14,000
Speaker 4: the rain was the dog.

972
00:43:14,840 --> 00:43:20,320
Speaker 1: The rain. Nah, We're giving it to Trenton Simpson.

973
00:43:20,440 --> 00:43:20,840
Speaker 4: I like it.

974
00:43:21,040 --> 00:43:24,360
Speaker 1: Possible preview of the future, Trent and Simpson getting the

975
00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:28,919
Speaker 1: extensive defensive action and really played well. So yep, there

976
00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:31,960
Speaker 1: you go, the rookie Dog the Week, the first rookies

977
00:43:31,960 --> 00:43:32,720
Speaker 1: sin save Flowers.

978
00:43:32,760 --> 00:43:37,680
Speaker 4: All right, well, congratulations to Trenton. Enjoy everybody watching the games.

979
00:43:37,200 --> 00:43:39,799
Speaker 1: This is one of the best weekends of the year, you.

980
00:43:39,800 --> 00:43:42,399
Speaker 4: Know, I know that there's like exactly, there's nervous disc

981
00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:45,280
Speaker 4: because you know, we're all antsy La Marsett's antsy to play.

982
00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:47,920
Speaker 4: You know what, Sit back, relax. Ravens earned this first

983
00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:51,600
Speaker 4: round by enjoy watching these games. Have fun, and we'll

984
00:43:51,600 --> 00:43:53,879
Speaker 4: see who the Ravens end up playing or this after

985
00:43:53,920 --> 00:43:55,799
Speaker 4: the games this weekend. So thank you for watching, thank

986
00:43:55,800 --> 00:43:57,680
Speaker 4: you for listening. We'll be back with you next week.