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Speaker 1: Be Around the NFL podcast, the worst podcast by dv

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Speaker 1: o A of all time or Your Money Back. Welcome

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Speaker 1: to another edition Around the NFL. My name is Dan

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Speaker 1: hansis joined in a virtual room filled with some hero

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Speaker 1: It's Greg Rosenthal, Mark Sessler, look a little A t

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Speaker 1: N long weekend boys, you know, took Monday's show up

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Speaker 1: with some logistical issues. We had a tackle and we

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Speaker 1: figured it was a good time to push things back

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Speaker 1: twenty four hours. Also gives uh, Mark another data process.

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Speaker 1: What's been a wild few days on the NFL grid.

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Speaker 1: I think, uh, you know, we talked about the huge

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Speaker 1: numbers boys that the A t N broadcast does, and

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Speaker 1: that will be back on Friday, but legitimately our podcast

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Speaker 1: downloads for the Deshaun Watson episode on Friday, We're massive,

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Speaker 1: according to Ricky Hollywood, and I think a part of

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Speaker 1: that goes back to directly you, Mr Sessler, and people

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Speaker 1: wanting to know how Mark feels right now. So I'm

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Speaker 1: just curious, because you're as passionate as a fan as

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Speaker 1: I've ever known, how you're feeling now that seventy two

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Speaker 1: or so hours have passed since the biggest trade in

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Speaker 1: NFL history since the herschel Walker deal. Read into that

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Speaker 1: however you want, Um, I would just I would say

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Speaker 1: waves of immense apathy towards that team, and apathy works.

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Speaker 1: It's i don't know, typically just sort of a discount

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Speaker 1: drowning in the waves of apathy. I can't stop not caring.

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Speaker 1: I'm at the stage where I'm getting a lot of um,

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Speaker 1: hateful tweets from certain Browns fans, and I you know what, great, Um,

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Speaker 1: I nothing really has changed, to be honest, I just again,

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Speaker 1: I feel kind of apathy. I'm not really being tugged

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Speaker 1: in one direction or another, and nor does it revolve

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Speaker 1: around me, So it's not about us. But I do

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Speaker 1: feel for you, Mark, um I you don't want to

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Speaker 1: this reason. And I can just imagine after coming out

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Speaker 1: of the weekend, there had to have been a thought

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Speaker 1: of like, oh wait, we gotta just like talk about

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Speaker 1: this every show for the rest of my life, three

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Speaker 1: times a week. It's it's not like it's it's not

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Speaker 1: like I will put that to the side, and that

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Speaker 1: we we covered that last week. It's over. No, it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be hanging out there for years. So and and

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Speaker 1: I was, I was honestly thinking about it because I

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Speaker 1: care for you, Mark and consider you a really good friend.

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Speaker 1: Like that, it such a seismic situation that has these repercussions.

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Speaker 1: And then I was thinking about a little deeper, and

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Speaker 1: I know You're Browns fandom obviously goes back to the eighties,

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Speaker 1: and like when you think about everything connected to Watson

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Speaker 1: like the only other thing that I could even connect to, like,

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Speaker 1: what's something similar, really similarly massive that would just change

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Speaker 1: the way you look at things. It's when the Browns,

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Speaker 1: you know, lost there, when Cleveland lost the Browns, And

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Speaker 1: that was another like major shot to the stomach for

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Speaker 1: totally different reasons, obviously, And now you you're living through

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Speaker 1: both these things with a break of however long it's

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Speaker 1: think that's a great point because I think that that

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Speaker 1: um moment in time forced Browns fans to decide what

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Speaker 1: Like there was a concept do you become a Ravens fan?

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Speaker 1: another team, and then when they do, uh, hang on

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Speaker 1: But like there was there seemed to be nothing but civic, total,

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Speaker 1: and like, uh, there is high emotion on both sides.

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Speaker 1: The idea of dropping it on the Friday kind of

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Speaker 1: In the past three weeks, these are just the trades

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Speaker 1: I'm legitimately Matt Ryan to the Cults. NFL research says

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Speaker 1: annoyed by all of this because I have been assigned

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Speaker 1: You're good. But there's like eighty five things that happened.

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Speaker 1: air looks. Don't subtweet Mark Sessler's I was absolutely saying that,

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Speaker 1: The professor he was known as. If you and if

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Speaker 1: They're caught in this spot which is different than Atlanta.

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Speaker 1: Atlanta's blowing it up the Saints. The Saints have, you know,

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Speaker 1: Michael Thomas and Alvin Camara and Cameron Jordan's and Davenport's

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Speaker 1: on his fifth year option, and lattinmore is getting a

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Speaker 1: ton of money and Jenkins like this is a veteran

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Speaker 1: team like there, they are trying to win. Now, you're right, Dan,

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Speaker 1: his numbers were great, like at one point in the

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Speaker 1: season he was number one in the league and e

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Speaker 1: p a per play he ended up fifth. I didn't

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Speaker 1: see that either, but I thought he was okay. He

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Speaker 1: was like a mid level quarterback. I don't see a

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Speaker 1: huge different between him uh and Matt Ryan necessarily, and

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Speaker 1: I think they're excited. And the money they gave him

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Speaker 1: showed the tastom experience is well over and that's been

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Speaker 1: the reporting there. They're not going to consider him at

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Speaker 1: quarterback and they decided to give Jamis more money than

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Speaker 1: I thought he needed. Maybe the Panthers were in on

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Speaker 1: him because he got twenty one guaranteed. That was significantly

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Speaker 1: different than all those other one B bridge quarterbacks. So

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Speaker 1: maybe the Panthers were sniffing around or someone was, maybe

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Speaker 1: the Seahawks, because to give him that much money was

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Speaker 1: a declaration, you are definitely our starter this year, and

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Speaker 1: we'll see about We'll see about the next year, but

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Speaker 1: we'll have to eat some money if if it's not

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Speaker 1: next year, I mean it will be. It's Jamis Winston

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Speaker 1: in a Saints offense minus Sean Payton. And I don't

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Speaker 1: know if there's any bigger winner this offseason than Tom

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Speaker 1: Brady and the Bucks because you are looking at his

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Speaker 1: Saints team of Falcons team both in flux, disorganized Carolina

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Speaker 1: totally disorganized, with no answer at quarterback right now. I mean,

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Speaker 1: there's no different though, to be fair, are other than

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Speaker 1: Sean Payton? Are they that different? Is the roster that different?

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Speaker 1: I don't think. I don't. I think that they're the

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Speaker 1: most competitive team in that division outside of the Bucks.

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Speaker 1: But I think that Sean Payton is one of the

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Speaker 1: two or three coaches that probably especially when you look

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Speaker 1: at what he did with Teddy Bridgewater, what he did

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Speaker 1: with Jamis. I'm giving them two or three more wins

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Speaker 1: a year with Sean Payton is coach. It's a tv

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Speaker 1: D with who they have now. If the Saints ended

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Speaker 1: up getting Watson and assuming the suspension that is to

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Speaker 1: come is in a complete season wipe out in two,

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Speaker 1: they would have been really scary to pare Watson with

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Speaker 1: Michael Thomas and whoever else and then that defense which

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Speaker 1: is still really good. Uh. Instead, yeah, I think they're

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Speaker 1: fringe E wild card contender. But you can't say that

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Speaker 1: about the Panthers or Falcons. I think Tampa seems like

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Speaker 1: a team that is going to walk to eleven or

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Speaker 1: twelve wins. But Brady has to stay Brady at some point.

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Speaker 1: They have to be a dominant defense. I mean, they

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Speaker 1: did shut out Tom Brady. They kept Dennis Allen because

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Speaker 1: of the defense, and so that's it's hard to count

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Speaker 1: on being like a number one defense, but that's that's

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Speaker 1: what they're counting on, and they're county on Dennis Allen

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Speaker 1: learning from his time with the Raiders. I have this

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Speaker 1: conversation with James Jones in my head um who works

485
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Speaker 1: with us at NFL Network, where like those players hated

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Speaker 1: Dennis Allen. Basically, I mean he was about. They did

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Speaker 1: not like that experience. People change, Greg I'm sure, I'm

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Speaker 1: sure they did, but he wasn't. He wasn't ready for

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Speaker 1: that experience the first time around. The players, I think

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Speaker 1: all but like revolted on Dennis Allen, but they seem

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Speaker 1: to like him in New Orleans, it's a little different.

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Speaker 1: All Right, let's uh take a break and we'll continue

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Speaker 1: to comb through the news. All Right, we're back. We're

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Speaker 1: just talking some of the big quarterback moves um before

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Speaker 1: we dive back in and get into the nitty gritty

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Speaker 1: on uh some more qub actions. So Jimmy G. Baker, Mayfield, Panthers, Seahawks, Like,

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Speaker 1: is there any sinner? I know there is a scenario,

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Speaker 1: but in terms of like, those guys feel like guys

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Speaker 1: that should be starting somewhere, and now those seem like

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Speaker 1: the only two unless those teams, you know, go with

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Speaker 1: a rookie through the draft. Like, is that where those

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Speaker 1: two guys are gonna end up one of one or

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Speaker 1: the other? Where is there a curveball in here somewhere? Probably?

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Speaker 1: I think Seattle is the team that makes sense for

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Speaker 1: Baker to me. I think John Lynch got caught bluffing

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Speaker 1: or just no one was that interested in Jimmy Garoppol.

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Speaker 1: I'm not buying these reports from Pro Football Talk that

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Speaker 1: he was telling people he had two seconds in hand

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Speaker 1: for Jimmy G and he was waiting for a better

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Speaker 1: draft pick. I I just I don't believe he ever

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Speaker 1: had those two seconds, And if that was true, what's

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Speaker 1: going on here? Because there, you know, I don't know

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Speaker 1: if anyone's taken Jimmy G. Period, He's like, he played

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Speaker 1: poorly and he's coming off a bump shoulder. So Baker

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Speaker 1: to see Hottle or Carolina for that matter, makes a

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Speaker 1: lot of sense to me. I don't know what's going

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Speaker 1: to happen with Jimmy G. I don't know necessarily that

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Speaker 1: he ends up starting anywhere. I mean, if you're the Browns,

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Speaker 1: you're not going to get much for Baker Mayfield at

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Speaker 1: all at this point because it is just clear that,

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Speaker 1: you know, I I thought more teams would be interested,

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Speaker 1: but we're at a sort of a saturation point where

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Speaker 1: to dance points, there's not a lot of landing spots.

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Speaker 1: I don't imagine Jimmy G being traded to the Seattle

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Speaker 1: Seahawks inside the same division. Uh. I think Baker is

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Speaker 1: the more logical candidate there. It kind of just seems

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Speaker 1: like more of a fit for Seattle. But Seattle is

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Speaker 1: not running to chase after him either. I think the

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Speaker 1: problem with Baker Mayfield is that whoever takes him on,

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Speaker 1: you got him for one year, that's fine, but then

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Speaker 1: you're stuck with the same decision that Cleveland didn't want

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Speaker 1: to deal with, which is what do you do with

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Speaker 1: him next? Also, what's the rush right now? Wait till?

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Speaker 1: Like if Seattle only wants to give up let's say

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Speaker 1: a fourth for him, it's just wait till, wait till

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Speaker 1: the draft, like, wait until the second day of the

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Speaker 1: draft and send your offer. And you don't really They

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Speaker 1: apparently don't really care if they are just going in

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Speaker 1: with this Drew Lock geno possible poopoo platter, which seems crazy,

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Speaker 1: but they don't seem too worried about it. Yeah. I

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Speaker 1: don't think you inherit what the Browns did, because it

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Speaker 1: was a little more thorny with Baker because you had

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Speaker 1: him as the number one overall pick and he had

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Speaker 1: success and all that with with Seattle and really anywhere

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Speaker 1: he goes, he has no personal leverage at this point.

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Speaker 1: So it's just like he has to play out this

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Speaker 1: rookie deal and then if he's good enough, they'll do

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Speaker 1: business with him. If he's not, they're going to move on.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's kind of in a he's no longer

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Speaker 1: the Golden Child because he's not going to be connected

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Speaker 1: to the organization that saw him as the future. You know, well,

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Speaker 1: there's a chance he's a backup to I mean, which

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Speaker 1: is kind of a stunning departure from where we were

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Speaker 1: a year and a couple of months ago, when I

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Speaker 1: thought he played as well as almost he was a

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Speaker 1: top five quarterback down the stretch their playoff year. I

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Speaker 1: know that Baker over Carson Wentz in Washington. Yeah, well,

558
00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:55,240
Speaker 1: why he made a huge mistake for that Carson Wentz move.

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Speaker 1: That was that was a time in Washington. Fans are

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Speaker 1: are in their feelings right now. I like follow their

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Speaker 1: Espionnation site, which they do a great job, and it's

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00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:06,880
Speaker 1: all been like trying to like explain away like well,

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Speaker 1: you know, at the time it made sense and we

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Speaker 1: didn't know these guys would be available. That's fine, Uh,

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Speaker 1: they blew it because I got a wild card. I

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Speaker 1: would much rather have Baker Mayfield at the exact same price,

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Speaker 1: much less at a cheaper price like at it. I

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Speaker 1: think Baker's contract is an asset. I think the fact

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Speaker 1: you're only gonna have to give up a fourth round

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Speaker 1: pick for him is great. Like he's I would much

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Speaker 1: rather have him than Carson Wentz and Mariota for that matter.

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Speaker 1: That was that was like what when we were doing

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Speaker 1: flashpoint on Big Baker though people didn't know what was

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Speaker 1: gonna unfold, They didn't know available the timing, timing bang memo.

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Speaker 1: I have a Sessler on this one. I know where

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Speaker 1: Baker's going. Oh, it's a team that he would fit

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Speaker 1: in so well with that city and the perpetual chip

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Speaker 1: on its shoulder. And they're all scamps over there. We

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Speaker 1: know some of them. They secretly don't love their quarterback,

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00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:00,959
Speaker 1: but they don't love the raft and they didn't want

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Speaker 1: to get involved with the Shaun Watson the Eagles. They

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Speaker 1: trade for Baker and then stick him in the picture.

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Speaker 1: And then when Jalen disappoints them, Baker rises up and

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Speaker 1: it becomes a folk here over there is that crazy crazy,

585
00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:21,840
Speaker 1: but they have kind of the rich man They've got

586
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Speaker 1: like the slightly poorer Man's version of Baker already and

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Speaker 1: Gardner Minshew. I don't know, right, and it's not It's

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Speaker 1: not crazy though, because they went and got Gardner Minshew

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Speaker 1: a year ago in the same situation. So if they

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Speaker 1: wanted to upgrade, I I kind of think that this

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Speaker 1: one other potential landing spot that would be very um juicy,

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Speaker 1: which would be Pittsburgh. I just I don't see it.

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Speaker 1: I'm just saying, like, why not, Like you want to

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Speaker 1: talk about ship on the shoulder and would it work

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Speaker 1: out for the Steelers. It probably would work out quite well,

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Speaker 1: and that would blow that division up. You know, if

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Speaker 1: you were a Browns fan Mark, which you're not anymore,

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Speaker 1: but if you were a Browns fan, that would be

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Speaker 1: quite spicy as well. Maybe what if I became a

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Speaker 1: Steelers fan? How about that? I've heard this theory and

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Speaker 1: just hearing Mike Tomlin over the years, and knowing that

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Speaker 1: Mike Tomlin prepared defensive plans to stop Baker for the

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Speaker 1: last four years. I just don't think they'd be interested.

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Speaker 1: I just don't think, right, I just don't think that

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Speaker 1: they would think he's that dude. I think Carolina is

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Speaker 1: the is the other spot other in Seattle. That makes

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Speaker 1: sense to me. They're just spinning their wheels, They're just

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Speaker 1: trying things. They don't have anything. They seem they seem

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Speaker 1: like the Baker spot where they'd actually give up a pick,

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Speaker 1: not weight around to the draft, beat Seattle to the punch,

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Speaker 1: and I think that would make sense for them, I mean,

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Speaker 1: compared to what they have. Now, what else are you doing?

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Speaker 1: And you have that absurd photo out there of Dan

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Speaker 1: and i Um the evening following the first round of

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Speaker 1: teams draft. But we're at the cozy doing shots together,

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Speaker 1: slapping each other on the back because we both had

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Speaker 1: in Sam Donald and Baker Mayfield the aviers, and they'd

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Speaker 1: actually been competing for a job where neither one of

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Speaker 1: them or possibly even starting material at this point. Uh s.

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Speaker 1: I included that tweet in his column this week. I

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Speaker 1: I I regret nothing, mark Um. Optimism always lives within me,

622
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Speaker 1: hoping that that guy will be the guy. And now

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Speaker 1: there's someone else. My son was running around the playground

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Speaker 1: yesterday in his Zach Wilson shirt. My other son running

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Speaker 1: around in a Justin Herbert shirt. So there's a lot

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Speaker 1: of a lot of heat in the house in the

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Speaker 1: a f c UM. But anyway, let's uh hope is

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Speaker 1: a good thing. Mark Hope. We'll take you home time

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Speaker 1: talk here, all right, So the Browns. You know, we're

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Speaker 1: killing the Browns deservedly on Friday UM for their yes,

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Speaker 1: shameless pursuit and successful pursuit ultimately of the Shaun Watson.

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Speaker 1: And we were checking their Twitter feed and no one

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Speaker 1: now ument, no announcement, no announce And finally the team

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Speaker 1: announces the deal on Sunday that they have traded for

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Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson uh D and Jimmy Haslum that the co

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Speaker 1: owner's husband and wife. They all released statements. I think

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Speaker 1: Kevin Stefanski released a statement. I'm not even gonna bother

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Speaker 1: reading them because you know what it's all about. It's

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Speaker 1: all about the Browns trying to win with the franchise

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Speaker 1: quarterback and not any due diligence in any of that BS,

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Speaker 1: so I will spare you any of that. UM. And

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Speaker 1: they also make a move. They move on from case

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Speaker 1: Keenum as the backup quarterback. They bring in Jake Brisket. Wow,

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Speaker 1: Jacoby Bricett is slice me off a piece of that

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Speaker 1: Jake Briskey man, he really moves, He really moves around

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Speaker 1: the dial of the NFL trade. They've also trade case

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Speaker 1: Keenum to the Bills, so he replaces Mitch Robinski. It's

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Speaker 1: all a big game of musical chairs as the backup

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Speaker 1: to Josh Allen and Buffalo and finally Greg Matthew Stafford

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Speaker 1: gets a big fat extension. That's what happens when you

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Speaker 1: win a super Bowl. Yeah, I love that for the Rams.

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Speaker 1: That just happened so quietly. He sort of fits in

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Speaker 1: the middle tier. Now it's like people are trying a

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00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:10,719
Speaker 1: little too hard to give him credits, like, well, he

658
00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:13,360
Speaker 1: could have made more than that forty three million. It's like, okay,

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Speaker 1: he's doing fine. He also got like a huge rays

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Speaker 1: off that that last deal. Jake Brisket's gonna play games

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00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:22,440
Speaker 1: like Jake Brisket is gonna be a big factor. I

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Speaker 1: believe whether the Browns make the playoffs or not, because

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Speaker 1: I do expect that de Saun Watson suspension to happen.

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Speaker 1: We'll we'll see what it is, whether it's four or

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Speaker 1: six eight to who. We have no idea. We don't

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Speaker 1: even know for sure if it's there, but the way

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Speaker 1: they structured the contract indicated that they thought it was coming.

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Speaker 1: They did it in a way that he wouldn't lose

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Speaker 1: any money. H during the suspension. Um, he was amazing

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Speaker 1: the amount of leverage that he, you know, extracted out

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Speaker 1: of out of this Brown's front office. Uh. And I

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00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:56,959
Speaker 1: think Jake Briskett is kind of showing you that, like, hey,

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Speaker 1: we were gonna have to play some games with Jake Briskett.

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Speaker 1: I don't know how he's a fitting Kevin Stefanski's offense,

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Speaker 1: Like he's the opposite of a quick jrigger guy. He

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00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:08,960
Speaker 1: just he holds onto the ball forever. Uh. And that

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Speaker 1: is not what Stefanski liked about Baker Mayfield. They are

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Speaker 1: being linked to Will Fuller. Uh. There is talk that

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00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:20,400
Speaker 1: they could potentially look to bring Jarvis Landry back. Like

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Speaker 1: I do think that. Uh. We're being told that players

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00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:27,040
Speaker 1: felt a certain way about Baker Mayfield and they're gonna

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Speaker 1: feel different about playing with a true franchise quarterback, whether

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Speaker 1: we like the situation or not. Um, you could see

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Speaker 1: Brissette playing up to ten games, so it's a that

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Speaker 1: was a key signing, and uh, I guess you know,

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00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:41,480
Speaker 1: Case keenum out the door, and something isn't right in

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Speaker 1: the stew when Watson was able to sit out or

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00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:47,120
Speaker 1: was forced to sit out an entire season with the

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Speaker 1: Texans who got paid for it, whatever it was, it

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00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:53,080
Speaker 1: was something million or some huge number to not play

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Speaker 1: and just work out at the facility. And then the Browns,

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Speaker 1: who get a lot of credit for being smart in

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Speaker 1: their front office with Andrew Berry friends, it was smart

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Speaker 1: and it was part of the negotiation, which is, yeah,

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Speaker 1: we'll pay you one million in bass salary in the

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Speaker 1: first year to deal to protect you from being financially

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Speaker 1: penalized for what you allegedly did to all these women.

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Speaker 1: And it's like, at the end of the day, when

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Speaker 1: the dust clears and he's playing again, he'll be essentially

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Speaker 1: not penalized at all for um what happened, at least

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Speaker 1: on the financial side of things, which also doesn't feel

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Speaker 1: right and maybe something that the NFL will look to

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Speaker 1: address because that was quite a circumventing of the good

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Speaker 1: faith of what a contract is supposed to represent. Any well,

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Speaker 1: and right like because you know, yes, it's fair to

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Speaker 1: look at the Browns and critique them entirely for what happened,

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Speaker 1: But what about the NFL in general? The way that

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Speaker 1: this whole thing has gone down is a bad look

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Speaker 1: for the league. It's a terrible look for the NFL.

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00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:55,320
Speaker 1: Came that down the money too, despite all those pitches,

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Speaker 1: It's like most of these contracts, it's just like people

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Speaker 1: are like, oh, well, can we have an organization where

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Speaker 1: where free agents want to play. It's just like, just

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Speaker 1: pay him. Whoever pays the most, like basically gets him.

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Speaker 1: That's exactly what happened, right. Von Miller went from the

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Speaker 1: beautiful climate of southern California and everything that comes with

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Speaker 1: l a as somebody who presents himself was both a

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Speaker 1: pro athlete with with the guy that hides his eyes

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Speaker 1: on entertainment and being in front of a camera. They

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Speaker 1: went up to Buffalo, you know I because they paid

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Speaker 1: him a ton of money and he only lives there

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Speaker 1: part time during the season, and then he could do

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Speaker 1: whatever he wants. Things are different now. You don't you

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00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:33,680
Speaker 1: don't pack up the you know, an old truck and

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00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:35,959
Speaker 1: drive to wherever you play and then you live there

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Speaker 1: for seven years or until your nee gets blown out

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Speaker 1: and then go work at a factory. It's a little

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Speaker 1: All right, all right, let's stop here for a break.

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Speaker 1: We'll be right back. Oh grave digger, who did a

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00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:59,120
Speaker 1: great job last week filling in for Ricky? Where is Ricky?

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Speaker 1: Ricky can jumping? How are you? Are you engaged? Let's

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Speaker 1: start that. I am not no awkward, sorry to disappoint. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I know, but Ricky, I thought that you had the

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00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:14,680
Speaker 1: like you were describing the way that um it operates

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00:38:14,719 --> 00:38:16,640
Speaker 1: for the two of you, that you could have extended

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00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:20,480
Speaker 1: the the invitation to get married, and so you also

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00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:22,600
Speaker 1: chose not to do that. From your end, From your end,

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Speaker 1: it's like, oh yeah, no, it's definitely probably gonna be me.

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00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:29,400
Speaker 1: And and there are there have been purchases. But she

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00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:32,680
Speaker 1: was even expecting it. It was too obvious. Everyone's commented, tweeting,

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Speaker 1: commenting on Instagram. You know, we had what does she

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00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:39,799
Speaker 1: need to do to prove herself? She's oh, she's proving it.

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Speaker 1: Like I said, there have been purchases made. No, there's

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Speaker 1: no the windows not closed. The dollhouse window potentially. No, yeah, yeah, no,

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Speaker 1: it's good. I just gotta keep her on her toes.

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Speaker 1: You know, it was too like, you know, easy to

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Speaker 1: expect that. And you said you listened back to the

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Speaker 1: shows last week and you you saw that you call

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Speaker 1: got some sniper fire, perhaps mostly from me, But at

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Speaker 1: any point when you were on the beach celebrating, did

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Speaker 1: it occur to you that you were missing perhaps the

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Speaker 1: busiest week in the history of the Around the NFL podcast.

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Speaker 1: I mean, listening back to you guys like you clearly

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00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:17,399
Speaker 1: needed material to keep coming back to the ocean bit,

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00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:22,120
Speaker 1: so it didn't seem that busy to me. She's upset. Listen, Ricky,

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Speaker 1: it's good to have you back. Don't leave during free

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00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:26,359
Speaker 1: agency week again, please, we need you know, I mean, hey,

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Speaker 1: Justin did did a great job. He did the grave digger.

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Speaker 1: Also speaking of a great job the Titans, great job

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Speaker 1: by the Titans. They pulled the trigger around a trade

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Speaker 1: for Robert Woods, who became expendable in Los Angeles after

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Speaker 1: the trade, after the signing of Alan Robinson. So Tennessee

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Speaker 1: acquires Robert Woods. And you're seeing this a lot. And

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Speaker 1: again it's why the commanders and everyone that roots for

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00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:56,879
Speaker 1: that organization is annoyed because it's like, wait, I don't

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Speaker 1: have to give up multiple mid round picks, and I'm

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Speaker 1: taking out a lot of salary. The Titans acquire Robert

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Speaker 1: Woods from the Rams in exchange for round pick, because

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Speaker 1: you're also taking on his contract and he's a really

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Speaker 1: good fit, Greggy for what the Titans are about. They're

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Speaker 1: a hard nosed team. They run the football. Everyone knows

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Speaker 1: if you follow uh Robert Woods and the Rams that

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Speaker 1: he's known as this great team player and a great

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Speaker 1: blocker and a great receiver, just a good all around player.

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Speaker 1: This he's got Titans written all over him. Yeah, great

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Speaker 1: blocking receiver, a possession guy to pair with with a J. Brown.

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Speaker 1: It's a nice compliment. He's guaranteed ten million dollars this year,

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Speaker 1: which is not much for a wide receiver these days.

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Speaker 1: It's you know, it's almost half what Kristen Kirk makes,

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Speaker 1: and then he's not really do that much money in

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Speaker 1: future years. I this was a reminder of how cold

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Speaker 1: the NFL business can be, though, Like the Watson News

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00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:49,560
Speaker 1: is one thing in terms of like you can look

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00:40:49,560 --> 00:40:52,200
Speaker 1: at things in a cynical way if you wanted that

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Speaker 1: all that matter, All teams care about his money and winning.

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Speaker 1: Like this Robert Woods move was the one that struck

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Speaker 1: me about that too, because all they've talked about is

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Speaker 1: he's the captain, maybe the leader of this team, and

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Speaker 1: they just had an opportunity to upgrade with Alan Robinson.

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Speaker 1: But it's not like Alan Robinson's way younger. He's like

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Speaker 1: a year younger. He's not coming off an injury. He's

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Speaker 1: a different skill set. They had an opportunity to upgrade,

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Speaker 1: and so they did it, and they were ready to

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Speaker 1: cut Robert Woods. They like, Robert Woods was not going

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Speaker 1: to be on this team anymore. The fact that they

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Speaker 1: gave him up for a six round pick indicates they

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00:41:24,239 --> 00:41:26,320
Speaker 1: would have just cut him if no one was offering

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Speaker 1: a six round pick, and that that's called business. But

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Speaker 1: that's that's the NFL. I'm with you. I mean, I

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Speaker 1: I can trying to think of another wide out that,

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Speaker 1: when he was lost to injury, was more widely praised

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Speaker 1: um as a locker room guy and as a blocker.

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Speaker 1: I mean, how often do you even hear that kind

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00:41:43,680 --> 00:41:45,920
Speaker 1: of stuff. It's like he was so central to their

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Speaker 1: attack and what they do. He's now been replaced. I

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Speaker 1: love the move for the Titans. It fills a huge need.

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Speaker 1: They didn't have a ton of money to go out

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Speaker 1: and get a lot of players this offseason, but this

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Speaker 1: was a savvy lever poll for Tennessee. Also took a

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Speaker 1: picture with my son Walker was very nice to him

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00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:05,360
Speaker 1: when when Walker said that was his favorite that yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's nice. Nice classic man and check it out Instagram.

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Speaker 1: The Titans also acquire Austin Hooper. They signed him to

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Speaker 1: a one year, six million dollar contract, formerly of the Browns.

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00:42:19,040 --> 00:42:20,840
Speaker 1: Free to pick up a couple of years ago. Didn't

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Speaker 1: really pop for Cleveland, so Titans hope to get him

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Speaker 1: in a bounce back here. Big Bone Randy Randy Bullock

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Speaker 1: also comes back, the kicker who replaced Sam fiking Uh

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Speaker 1: in Week two and had a pretty good year, so

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Speaker 1: they say, yeah, we'll bring him back. Hopefully it doesn't

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Speaker 1: screw us. In other wide receiver news, the Chiefs signed

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Speaker 1: Juju Smith Schuster, formerly of the Steelers, one year, ten

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Speaker 1: point seven five million contract. Greggy another contract I like

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Speaker 1: here looks smart teams make smart moves. That's cool because

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Speaker 1: Juju has never come close to replicating the success of

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Speaker 1: his first two years in the league, and yet how

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Speaker 1: much do you connect his fall off statistically the last

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Speaker 1: couple of years to a couple of injuries and also

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Speaker 1: Big Ben becoming a statue, couldn't really play anymore. Now

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Speaker 1: you're pairing with Patrick Mahomes, when everyone's concentrating on those

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00:43:06,200 --> 00:43:09,440
Speaker 1: studs on that offense, Juju gonna eat. Yeah, you're you

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Speaker 1: rarely get a second chance in life, and I think

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Speaker 1: Jiuju made a mistake resigning with the Steelers last year

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Speaker 1: when the Chiefs offered him the same or more money,

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Speaker 1: and so he's like, well, I shouldn't have done that.

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Speaker 1: I'm out. And I think he's kind of misunderstood as

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Speaker 1: a player, very hard nosed player. As long as he

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00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:28,120
Speaker 1: stays healthy, he's exactly what they need. I'm sick of

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00:43:28,120 --> 00:43:32,080
Speaker 1: waiting for like DeMarcus Robinson or Miko Hardman to turn

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00:43:32,120 --> 00:43:34,879
Speaker 1: into something that they're not. They're useful players, but they

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00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:37,359
Speaker 1: needed another reliable why don't and they got one. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: they don't really have time for prospects to slowly grow

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Speaker 1: into what they would hope. I mean, they were sitting

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Speaker 1: right in their super Bowl window, and I think Juju

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00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:49,160
Speaker 1: is a big bounce back candidate there. Oh, looks like

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Speaker 1: we have boys some developing news because Darius Smith agreed

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Speaker 1: to terms with the Vikings. According to Ian Rappaport, a

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Speaker 1: source tells me in three year deal based value of

851
00:44:06,040 --> 00:44:09,440
Speaker 1: forty two million, worth up to forty seven million with

852
00:44:09,520 --> 00:44:14,440
Speaker 1: incentives fourteen million a p y average per year. Is

853
00:44:14,480 --> 00:44:17,040
Speaker 1: that more than the Ravens we're gonna pay him or

854
00:44:17,080 --> 00:44:20,560
Speaker 1: about the same. It could be it is more on paper,

855
00:44:20,800 --> 00:44:23,399
Speaker 1: but there could be some funny money because if ever

856
00:44:23,480 --> 00:44:25,839
Speaker 1: there was an agent in a player that's gonna tack

857
00:44:25,920 --> 00:44:27,719
Speaker 1: on some fake years to make it look like they

858
00:44:27,760 --> 00:44:29,560
Speaker 1: got more, this would be the time. So you gotta

859
00:44:29,640 --> 00:44:31,400
Speaker 1: kind of see the terms. What's the gear, what's the

860
00:44:31,400 --> 00:44:33,960
Speaker 1: first two years? It's probably in the same ballpark though,

861
00:44:35,719 --> 00:44:40,280
Speaker 1: also Daniel Hunters roster bonus, which was a robust eighteen

862
00:44:40,320 --> 00:44:43,200
Speaker 1: million UM triggered on Sunday, so they've got both. The

863
00:44:44,160 --> 00:44:46,720
Speaker 1: Vikings fans are excited about this. They've been waiting for

864
00:44:47,280 --> 00:44:50,080
Speaker 1: something to happen. It's been quiet up there in Minnesota.

865
00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:52,880
Speaker 1: Like they were mocked. They were making fun of almost

866
00:44:52,920 --> 00:44:55,279
Speaker 1: like they sent out a tweet free agent visit. It

867
00:44:55,360 --> 00:44:57,600
Speaker 1: was like the first one of those that refersed areas.

868
00:44:57,800 --> 00:45:00,480
Speaker 1: So you're on the board here in Minnesota, you're doing things.

869
00:45:01,160 --> 00:45:05,680
Speaker 1: The Bengals they keep doing the thing. The Duke Tobin

870
00:45:05,760 --> 00:45:07,719
Speaker 1: lie to us. I feel like we we point blank

871
00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:10,520
Speaker 1: asked Duke Tobin at the combine. It's okay, by the way,

872
00:45:10,520 --> 00:45:12,360
Speaker 1: if he lied, because they don't say anything they're not

873
00:45:12,360 --> 00:45:15,200
Speaker 1: supposed to. We said, dude, everybody knows you're gonna fix

874
00:45:15,239 --> 00:45:17,640
Speaker 1: your offensive line. That's what's gonna happen in free agencies like,

875
00:45:17,680 --> 00:45:20,359
Speaker 1: oh no, we like the guys. We have a don't know. Uh.

876
00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:26,280
Speaker 1: And then they signed Alex Kappa. Uh, they get Ted Carras,

877
00:45:26,680 --> 00:45:31,360
Speaker 1: carrass Carros, Ted Carris, and now lie All Collins formerly

878
00:45:31,400 --> 00:45:35,040
Speaker 1: the Cowboys. Three or thirty million dollar contract. Good job

879
00:45:35,080 --> 00:45:38,680
Speaker 1: by Cincinnati. The first visit for Collins was to Cincinnati.

880
00:45:38,719 --> 00:45:41,319
Speaker 1: He doesn't get out of the building without signing a deal.

881
00:45:41,440 --> 00:45:45,120
Speaker 1: So they have now rebuilt that line three out of

882
00:45:45,120 --> 00:45:49,640
Speaker 1: five now, did Um and Mark they've done their job.

883
00:45:49,680 --> 00:45:54,239
Speaker 1: Now Sometimes us uh football people who think we we

884
00:45:54,360 --> 00:45:56,719
Speaker 1: get the game, we were now going to go through

885
00:45:56,760 --> 00:45:59,520
Speaker 1: the entire summer and season be like, oh, Cincinnatis fixed

886
00:45:59,520 --> 00:46:01,839
Speaker 1: their offensive line. Everything's gonna be awesome now and then

887
00:46:01,880 --> 00:46:04,080
Speaker 1: it doesn't turn out that way. But that's where I

888
00:46:04,160 --> 00:46:06,480
Speaker 1: stand right now. Cincinnatis fixed their offensive line and it's

889
00:46:06,480 --> 00:46:09,000
Speaker 1: not gonna be a problem anymore. Well, the one thing

890
00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:12,080
Speaker 1: that they were not good at doing was drafting lineman

891
00:46:12,120 --> 00:46:15,399
Speaker 1: and developing them. So you've got known quantities at least.

892
00:46:15,480 --> 00:46:17,920
Speaker 1: And I'm not saying these are perfect additions. But like

893
00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:20,960
Speaker 1: Kappa did not give up a sack last year, Um

894
00:46:20,960 --> 00:46:23,400
Speaker 1: regarded as a super tough player. So I in general,

895
00:46:23,480 --> 00:46:25,640
Speaker 1: you're you're essentially what the Chiefs were a year ago.

896
00:46:25,680 --> 00:46:29,479
Speaker 1: You were throwing bodies at a massive like position of need.

897
00:46:29,760 --> 00:46:32,000
Speaker 1: It's all about your quarterback. Like, I have no problem

898
00:46:32,040 --> 00:46:34,120
Speaker 1: with what they've done. I think that this is the

899
00:46:34,160 --> 00:46:35,960
Speaker 1: way to do it. And I don't know if general

900
00:46:35,960 --> 00:46:38,239
Speaker 1: managers typically come on our show to break news. I

901
00:46:38,239 --> 00:46:39,759
Speaker 1: think they like to chop it up a little bit,

902
00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:43,160
Speaker 1: but we seem to not maybe always draw um the

903
00:46:43,160 --> 00:46:46,560
Speaker 1: most richest headline breaking uh concepts from them. I just

904
00:46:46,600 --> 00:46:49,359
Speaker 1: I'm just saying. I looked eye to eye to Duke

905
00:46:49,400 --> 00:46:51,319
Speaker 1: and I asked him that question. I think I did.

906
00:46:51,360 --> 00:46:53,480
Speaker 1: Maybe I didn't. He lied to you, Now you did.

907
00:46:53,480 --> 00:46:56,840
Speaker 1: He had a bunch of stats about what their offensive

908
00:46:56,840 --> 00:46:59,040
Speaker 1: line did, and then he used the same stats on

909
00:46:59,080 --> 00:47:01,640
Speaker 1: the podium a little later, so you know what he did.

910
00:47:01,680 --> 00:47:04,840
Speaker 1: And he was like, well, you try to block Aaron

911
00:47:04,920 --> 00:47:07,640
Speaker 1: Donald and who are all the other guys that they

912
00:47:07,680 --> 00:47:10,280
Speaker 1: faced during the playoff run? Uh? And he just ticked

913
00:47:10,280 --> 00:47:15,439
Speaker 1: off all these tight ends. We're actually not that us.

914
00:47:15,480 --> 00:47:17,600
Speaker 1: I don't think that we'd be the targets to help. Yeah,

915
00:47:17,600 --> 00:47:19,120
Speaker 1: they got to figure out how to coach the position.

916
00:47:19,120 --> 00:47:21,799
Speaker 1: But Lyle Collins seems like a great pick up. Nice

917
00:47:21,880 --> 00:47:25,040
Speaker 1: we only got twenty million dollars guaranteed. He was three

918
00:47:25,080 --> 00:47:28,080
Speaker 1: for thirty. His market was a little depressed because the

919
00:47:28,120 --> 00:47:32,839
Speaker 1: Cowboys did him somewhat dirty, cutting him a little late

920
00:47:32,880 --> 00:47:34,880
Speaker 1: in the process. Patriots try to get him in the building.

921
00:47:34,880 --> 00:47:37,759
Speaker 1: They end up keeping Trent Brown instead, but I think

922
00:47:37,800 --> 00:47:40,759
Speaker 1: they would have liked Lyle Collins, Like that was the

923
00:47:40,800 --> 00:47:44,720
Speaker 1: exact same contract that the Steelers resigned their right tackle

924
00:47:45,680 --> 00:47:48,319
Speaker 1: chock A Chrea for, And it's like those are not

925
00:47:48,360 --> 00:47:52,040
Speaker 1: equal players. Collins is you know, any team would much

926
00:47:52,200 --> 00:47:55,279
Speaker 1: much much rather have him, so that the value of

927
00:47:55,280 --> 00:47:58,000
Speaker 1: it also worked out. They've done a nice job. All right,

928
00:47:58,080 --> 00:48:03,400
Speaker 1: Let's hit on some more moves here. Running back return Lombardi.

929
00:48:03,520 --> 00:48:06,600
Speaker 1: Lenny returned to the Bucks to Brady effect. He I

930
00:48:06,600 --> 00:48:09,200
Speaker 1: think he had a goodbye Instagram post to the people

931
00:48:09,239 --> 00:48:11,400
Speaker 1: of Tampa. He did, and he erased it, you know,

932
00:48:11,719 --> 00:48:14,120
Speaker 1: seconds after Tom Brady he did. When like no one

933
00:48:14,239 --> 00:48:16,759
Speaker 1: really wanted to give Leonard Pointy that big money. It

934
00:48:16,840 --> 00:48:19,200
Speaker 1: supposedly he was asking for eleven or twelve million. I

935
00:48:19,239 --> 00:48:21,240
Speaker 1: was like, that wasn't happening for But he's a proven

936
00:48:21,320 --> 00:48:23,560
Speaker 1: perfect fit on that team and has been good for

937
00:48:23,600 --> 00:48:26,400
Speaker 1: them for a couple of years. So, uh, Cordorrel Patterson

938
00:48:26,400 --> 00:48:30,160
Speaker 1: this one. I don't know why ce pat was so like,

939
00:48:30,160 --> 00:48:32,239
Speaker 1: like pumped up about going back to the Falcons the

940
00:48:32,280 --> 00:48:34,279
Speaker 1: whole time. Did he not have a market after what

941
00:48:34,320 --> 00:48:36,400
Speaker 1: he did last year? Why? Why is he maybe just

942
00:48:36,440 --> 00:48:39,880
Speaker 1: likes in Atlanta? Maybe shouldn't overthink it. I think he

943
00:48:39,920 --> 00:48:42,319
Speaker 1: went to the the team that offered him the most

944
00:48:42,360 --> 00:48:45,040
Speaker 1: money most most likely. I think everyone kind of looked

945
00:48:45,040 --> 00:48:48,360
Speaker 1: at his first eight years and was like, well, Arthur

946
00:48:48,400 --> 00:48:50,600
Speaker 1: Smith did this magical thing with him, But I don't

947
00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:53,400
Speaker 1: know if we have that same idea of how to

948
00:48:53,440 --> 00:48:55,840
Speaker 1: make him special. Let's just let Arthur's just use the

949
00:48:55,880 --> 00:48:58,160
Speaker 1: plays that Arthur Smith used in the playbook. I don't know,

950
00:48:58,360 --> 00:49:01,680
Speaker 1: is it that I don't know? I think he also

951
00:49:01,760 --> 00:49:03,920
Speaker 1: thrived in a scenario where there were no weapons, so

952
00:49:04,000 --> 00:49:05,719
Speaker 1: it's like he's not going to be the same guy

953
00:49:05,760 --> 00:49:08,560
Speaker 1: with him and Russell Gauge and now it's just him

954
00:49:08,640 --> 00:49:11,400
Speaker 1: and Rashad Penny also returned to the Seahawks, the former

955
00:49:11,440 --> 00:49:13,800
Speaker 1: first round pick who was just like a total bust,

956
00:49:14,200 --> 00:49:17,520
Speaker 1: the first round pick, right, yeah, total bus And then

957
00:49:17,520 --> 00:49:19,960
Speaker 1: he got healthy finally and balled out at the end

958
00:49:20,000 --> 00:49:21,520
Speaker 1: of last season, and that was enough to get him

959
00:49:21,520 --> 00:49:26,319
Speaker 1: a second contract with Seattle and one more player returning,

960
00:49:26,920 --> 00:49:30,160
Speaker 1: uh well not directly, but now he's back. The Patriots

961
00:49:30,160 --> 00:49:35,480
Speaker 1: make move and signed the offensive lineman Trent Brown, Rossell

962
00:49:35,560 --> 00:49:38,399
Speaker 1: Douglas and Tany Robert Towny and also back with their

963
00:49:38,400 --> 00:49:42,200
Speaker 1: teams with the Packers. Your thoughts on those moves, fellas

964
00:49:42,400 --> 00:49:47,360
Speaker 1: also Fletcher Fletcher Cox and Zach Pascal to the Eagles.

965
00:49:48,239 --> 00:49:51,920
Speaker 1: I I think that they are reminders and as Patriots

966
00:49:51,960 --> 00:49:55,719
Speaker 1: fans get more frustrated um by the day of just

967
00:49:55,800 --> 00:50:00,360
Speaker 1: like the lack of new blood being added to this team,

968
00:50:00,440 --> 00:50:03,040
Speaker 1: it is a reminder half of my top one oh

969
00:50:03,040 --> 00:50:06,480
Speaker 1: one for instance, is still available and there's plenty of

970
00:50:06,640 --> 00:50:08,719
Speaker 1: good players not in that top one on one. This

971
00:50:08,760 --> 00:50:11,520
Speaker 1: free agency market has moved slower than others, so like

972
00:50:11,960 --> 00:50:14,959
Speaker 1: freegency is not over by by any means, and there's

973
00:50:14,960 --> 00:50:18,000
Speaker 1: that there's a lot of players still out there that

974
00:50:18,080 --> 00:50:21,760
Speaker 1: are going to make very meaningful contributions who just didn't

975
00:50:21,840 --> 00:50:23,520
Speaker 1: have the market that they thought they were gonna have.

976
00:50:23,600 --> 00:50:27,240
Speaker 1: But some you know, really good players, Dwayne Brown, Jandevian Clowney, Tyrone,

977
00:50:27,239 --> 00:50:30,360
Speaker 1: Matthew like they're they're players, Stephan Gilmour, There's there's a

978
00:50:30,400 --> 00:50:33,640
Speaker 1: fairly big name players still available, and there's good players

979
00:50:33,640 --> 00:50:36,160
Speaker 1: almost at every position available. So it's like, all right,

980
00:50:36,360 --> 00:50:38,000
Speaker 1: we'll come down, we'll see what it looks like in

981
00:50:38,040 --> 00:50:40,240
Speaker 1: three weeks. I think one of the bigger question marks

982
00:50:40,280 --> 00:50:42,799
Speaker 1: going into the next season is if what we saw

983
00:50:42,880 --> 00:50:45,560
Speaker 1: from Penny is who he is or who he was

984
00:50:46,080 --> 00:50:48,239
Speaker 1: uh down the stretch in a in a flash of

985
00:50:48,280 --> 00:50:50,560
Speaker 1: the Pan type scenario, because they have Chris Carson as

986
00:50:50,560 --> 00:50:53,879
Speaker 1: well and potentially no good quarterbacks, so they're gonna need

987
00:50:53,920 --> 00:50:56,000
Speaker 1: both those guys. But I mean, the way Penny Penny

988
00:50:56,000 --> 00:50:58,920
Speaker 1: looked like a version of Barry Sanders down the stretch,

989
00:50:58,960 --> 00:51:01,560
Speaker 1: if if that's who he is, uh, I would be

990
00:51:01,600 --> 00:51:04,000
Speaker 1: concerned for the rest of the of the division. We

991
00:51:04,000 --> 00:51:06,759
Speaker 1: were there for a big Rashad Penny game on the

992
00:51:06,840 --> 00:51:12,160
Speaker 1: Tuesday afternoon football Seahawks rams that we're in there by

993
00:51:12,200 --> 00:51:15,560
Speaker 1: Penny in that in that game, I don't Barry Sanders. Wow,

994
00:51:17,000 --> 00:51:21,120
Speaker 1: I'm just saying he looked like a ten times better

995
00:51:21,239 --> 00:51:27,360
Speaker 1: version of himself. Le But I was going to Zack Center,

996
00:51:28,400 --> 00:51:31,560
Speaker 1: like a Zack Center in August type dominance. Well that

997
00:51:31,640 --> 00:51:33,719
Speaker 1: isn't that is that's fair? I mean that's I don't

998
00:51:33,760 --> 00:51:37,480
Speaker 1: know if ever put up whatever seven hundred yards in

999
00:51:37,520 --> 00:51:41,279
Speaker 1: five games or whatever. Penny preseason tape, right, there's a

1000
00:51:41,280 --> 00:51:44,920
Speaker 1: reason why Mark was over the moon. Well that's not

1001
00:51:45,000 --> 00:51:47,080
Speaker 1: the reason. That's just you know, the other the same

1002
00:51:47,120 --> 00:51:52,080
Speaker 1: reason he like Toby Gerhardt, Slander and Peyton hillis I

1003
00:51:52,120 --> 00:51:56,120
Speaker 1: appreciated his playing ability. Mark stuff the ballot box to

1004
00:51:56,120 --> 00:51:59,120
Speaker 1: get Peyton hillis on the cover of Madden. It's like

1005
00:51:59,360 --> 00:52:04,319
Speaker 1: you need this Wait what my sound? My sound is

1006
00:52:04,360 --> 00:52:06,239
Speaker 1: now a sound drop. I just want to clarify to

1007
00:52:06,280 --> 00:52:09,319
Speaker 1: the listeners that's not that's me live. I don't think

1008
00:52:09,320 --> 00:52:11,960
Speaker 1: they can tell the difference. What let's hear whatever this

1009
00:52:12,160 --> 00:52:15,040
Speaker 1: is does that even me, I don't even know. Oh

1010
00:52:15,080 --> 00:52:19,719
Speaker 1: that's you, that's you. That's uh the I agree with

1011
00:52:19,760 --> 00:52:24,359
Speaker 1: your point, and it's also your watch out. Daddy's about

1012
00:52:24,360 --> 00:52:27,520
Speaker 1: to come down the runway and start talking right. Welcome

1013
00:52:27,560 --> 00:52:29,560
Speaker 1: to my world, Greg, Like, no one knows what I'm

1014
00:52:29,560 --> 00:52:32,440
Speaker 1: talking about in the show, because what I say is

1015
00:52:32,440 --> 00:52:35,759
Speaker 1: a sound drop from four months ago. You know, we're

1016
00:52:35,760 --> 00:52:38,719
Speaker 1: working on AI technology for you, Mark. And actually, if

1017
00:52:38,719 --> 00:52:41,640
Speaker 1: you think about it, think about this, Mark, I didn't.

1018
00:52:41,680 --> 00:52:43,600
Speaker 1: This isn't how I looked at it originally, but maybe

1019
00:52:43,920 --> 00:52:46,600
Speaker 1: ultimately this is the way to look at it. You

1020
00:52:46,640 --> 00:52:49,600
Speaker 1: are an emotional man. Some of these things that happened

1021
00:52:49,640 --> 00:52:53,040
Speaker 1: in the NFL are traumatizing to you. Sometimes you just

1022
00:52:53,080 --> 00:52:56,520
Speaker 1: need a break. How about in the future when the

1023
00:52:56,520 --> 00:52:59,839
Speaker 1: Browns do something hideous, Mark real, Mark sets it out

1024
00:53:00,560 --> 00:53:03,520
Speaker 1: and we have a Mark what was that? Let's do

1025
00:53:03,600 --> 00:53:07,600
Speaker 1: this and we're ready to roll. I would say as

1026
00:53:07,640 --> 00:53:11,200
Speaker 1: an experiment, like I literally vanish from the show for

1027
00:53:11,320 --> 00:53:14,600
Speaker 1: like three weeks in June and see if anyone even notices.

1028
00:53:15,239 --> 00:53:16,880
Speaker 1: Can you just get I just need a few more

1029
00:53:16,920 --> 00:53:19,600
Speaker 1: Why don't we start just banking these Can you just

1030
00:53:19,640 --> 00:53:23,200
Speaker 1: say this is a huge story. I'll do that right now,

1031
00:53:24,080 --> 00:53:27,919
Speaker 1: this is a huge story. What else do we need? Greg,

1032
00:53:27,960 --> 00:53:32,239
Speaker 1: Let's go. I think I'll just say this. I'll okay,

1033
00:53:32,320 --> 00:53:36,040
Speaker 1: we go. I'll just say this. Can you say you

1034
00:53:36,160 --> 00:53:38,200
Speaker 1: nailed it? Dan? We're just gonna stand on that point.

1035
00:53:40,280 --> 00:53:42,279
Speaker 1: Here we go. All right, you nailed it, Dan, I

1036
00:53:42,280 --> 00:53:44,719
Speaker 1: think we do. I don't like that take. Let's try again. Um,

1037
00:53:44,800 --> 00:53:46,400
Speaker 1: well you nailed it, Dan. I think we just we

1038
00:53:46,440 --> 00:53:52,880
Speaker 1: stay right there with that. Wow, Greg, what a great point, Greg,

1039
00:53:52,920 --> 00:53:54,920
Speaker 1: an excellent point by you, and a great article on

1040
00:53:54,960 --> 00:54:00,880
Speaker 1: the site. All right, let's be standish the news. That

1041
00:54:00,960 --> 00:54:06,400
Speaker 1: was fun. Jamison Crowder Duke Johnson to the Bills. Jameson

1042
00:54:06,400 --> 00:54:08,920
Speaker 1: Crowder is a good receiver if he could stay healthy,

1043
00:54:08,920 --> 00:54:10,640
Speaker 1: and now he gets to play with Josh Allen. So

1044
00:54:10,680 --> 00:54:13,160
Speaker 1: it's another one of those when crowd is making big

1045
00:54:13,200 --> 00:54:15,920
Speaker 1: plays in January next year. Oh, it's good to have

1046
00:54:15,960 --> 00:54:18,440
Speaker 1: people that are smart making more his decisions. Gerald Everett

1047
00:54:18,760 --> 00:54:21,719
Speaker 1: to the Chargers. Do you like that? You guys like that?

1048
00:54:21,840 --> 00:54:25,400
Speaker 1: You like that he's like the new Jared Cook replacing

1049
00:54:26,520 --> 00:54:29,399
Speaker 1: the old Jared Cook. I I love the Bills off

1050
00:54:29,440 --> 00:54:32,680
Speaker 1: season in general. I feel like they are my Super

1051
00:54:32,719 --> 00:54:35,879
Speaker 1: Bowl favorites. They are probably going to be the Super

1052
00:54:35,960 --> 00:54:38,600
Speaker 1: Bowl favorites along with the Chiefs. I would imagine. The

1053
00:54:38,719 --> 00:54:41,120
Speaker 1: only problem I guess they both have is they're both

1054
00:54:41,160 --> 00:54:43,200
Speaker 1: in the A n F A f C. So you

1055
00:54:43,200 --> 00:54:46,279
Speaker 1: could make the argument that the Rams you have a

1056
00:54:46,280 --> 00:54:49,759
Speaker 1: better path than than either of those teams. You know

1057
00:54:49,760 --> 00:54:53,400
Speaker 1: I'm about to begin, or I have already started. Just

1058
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Speaker 1: one up on NFL dot com, the post first wave

1059
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Speaker 1: of free agency power rankings, and I did something, now

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Speaker 1: this is my third year doing it, that I've never

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Speaker 1: done before. I always had this hard and fast rule

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00:55:05,360 --> 00:55:08,359
Speaker 1: that whoever wins the Super Bowl, I keep them at

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00:55:08,440 --> 00:55:11,800
Speaker 1: number one through the off season, barring something insane happening

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Speaker 1: with the roster, and it hasn't happened in the past

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00:55:13,680 --> 00:55:15,880
Speaker 1: two years with the champions. And then I keep them

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Speaker 1: at number one till they lose. It's like I just

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00:55:17,719 --> 00:55:19,399
Speaker 1: leave them there and they're they're fine, and then once

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00:55:19,400 --> 00:55:21,520
Speaker 1: they lose, I could recalibrate. And then I realized that

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00:55:21,560 --> 00:55:23,840
Speaker 1: was a little too rigid, so I dropped a bombshell

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Speaker 1: on the old dot com and I haven't even checked

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00:55:25,680 --> 00:55:28,480
Speaker 1: my mentions. I can't even imagine what people are saying

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00:55:28,840 --> 00:55:31,040
Speaker 1: I did. Put the Bills at number one in the

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00:55:31,080 --> 00:55:34,040
Speaker 1: Power rankings. I have the Rams at two, and I

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00:55:34,719 --> 00:55:39,279
Speaker 1: saw I saw the von Miller changing of address is

1075
00:55:39,360 --> 00:55:42,399
Speaker 1: just enough to flip them. What do you think, bold move,

1076
00:55:42,520 --> 00:55:44,759
Speaker 1: stupid move? Okay with saying the Bills are the best

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00:55:44,800 --> 00:55:48,280
Speaker 1: team in the league right now. I like the concept

1078
00:55:48,320 --> 00:55:51,120
Speaker 1: of shaking it up, um, just to break from your

1079
00:55:51,120 --> 00:55:54,640
Speaker 1: old patterns. I the A f C is so rugged

1080
00:55:54,680 --> 00:55:57,400
Speaker 1: that I I just not sure that. Like I I

1081
00:55:57,400 --> 00:55:59,399
Speaker 1: struggled to put the Bills at number one. I don't

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00:55:59,400 --> 00:56:02,399
Speaker 1: know if the Bills psychologically could handle being number one,

1083
00:56:02,680 --> 00:56:05,600
Speaker 1: but a strong argument for it. Strong argument, Well, this

1084
00:56:05,680 --> 00:56:09,040
Speaker 1: is it's starting to turn into your Tom Brady gradual decline.

1085
00:56:09,200 --> 00:56:13,040
Speaker 1: Take though, um, you know as a as a high

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00:56:13,040 --> 00:56:16,360
Speaker 1: placed Rams you know source pointed out in Indianapolis to

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00:56:16,440 --> 00:56:19,239
Speaker 1: you Dan, you ranked them dead last when there was

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00:56:19,320 --> 00:56:23,080
Speaker 1: eight teams left in the playoffs, dead last. Then when

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00:56:23,080 --> 00:56:25,319
Speaker 1: there was four teams left in the playoffs, you rank

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00:56:25,400 --> 00:56:28,040
Speaker 1: them dead last. And then in the Super Bowl you

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00:56:28,080 --> 00:56:33,319
Speaker 1: even ranked them behind the Cincinnati Bengals, who had appropriately.

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00:56:33,400 --> 00:56:37,279
Speaker 1: Using the word dead last is kind of misleading. Yes,

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00:56:37,360 --> 00:56:40,680
Speaker 1: I had them in the divisional playoffs. I mean to

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00:56:40,760 --> 00:56:43,080
Speaker 1: be fair that wasn't you know I there there were

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00:56:43,120 --> 00:56:46,120
Speaker 1: some teams there you could certainly argue that they would

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00:56:46,120 --> 00:56:48,520
Speaker 1: have been, that they had had more talent and a

1097
00:56:48,560 --> 00:56:51,120
Speaker 1: better resume at that moment that you know the type

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00:56:51,120 --> 00:56:54,200
Speaker 1: the only the only one I regret was the divisional

1099
00:56:54,280 --> 00:56:58,400
Speaker 1: round placement at eight. But you know what, those playoffs

1100
00:56:58,400 --> 00:57:01,840
Speaker 1: are crazy, those are weird. In almost this trophy right here,

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00:57:01,920 --> 00:57:06,239
Speaker 1: I almost regret the last one too, because why should

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00:57:06,239 --> 00:57:09,360
Speaker 1: I regret it? Because you, first of all, eventually you

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00:57:09,440 --> 00:57:11,400
Speaker 1: pick the Rams to win the game. So it's just

1104
00:57:11,440 --> 00:57:14,080
Speaker 1: like be consistent because you want to get it right. Ultimately,

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00:57:14,360 --> 00:57:16,280
Speaker 1: if you have the choice, don't you want to have

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00:57:16,600 --> 00:57:18,960
Speaker 1: the team that wins be number one? Well, when I

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00:57:18,960 --> 00:57:21,120
Speaker 1: wrote the Power Ranks, it was almost two weeks before

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00:57:21,160 --> 00:57:23,040
Speaker 1: the game. And don't I have the option of changing

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00:57:23,160 --> 00:57:25,800
Speaker 1: my mind? You do. I'm just saying, you're saying, it's like,

1110
00:57:26,120 --> 00:57:28,480
Speaker 1: no regrets I got I made the wrong decision. Why

1111
00:57:28,600 --> 00:57:31,880
Speaker 1: not regret it? Why not? Just because it doesn't matter.

1112
00:57:33,320 --> 00:57:35,919
Speaker 1: It's in the end, it's largely meaningless. But like, where

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00:57:35,920 --> 00:57:39,560
Speaker 1: do you have the Bengals by the way in your rankings? Um,

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00:57:39,720 --> 00:57:43,120
Speaker 1: thank you for the following. That's a great mark. Thank

1115
00:57:43,120 --> 00:57:46,400
Speaker 1: you did make it more of a question than a point,

1116
00:57:46,440 --> 00:57:50,840
Speaker 1: but I'll take it. The Bengals I have at a

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00:57:50,960 --> 00:57:57,120
Speaker 1: very respectable number four. So that's where we're at, all, right,

1118
00:57:58,520 --> 00:58:00,600
Speaker 1: here we go, And I kept the Brownies fourteen. I

1119
00:58:00,600 --> 00:58:02,880
Speaker 1: don't know, let's see this quarterback, like, when is he

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Speaker 1: gonna play? I don't know. You know, the Browns are

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00:58:08,080 --> 00:58:10,320
Speaker 1: the real deal, now shut up. I don't know if

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00:58:10,320 --> 00:58:15,040
Speaker 1: the Bengals would make my top seven, right, sorry, Westling Brows,

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Speaker 1: even after these reinforcements on the line. I just you

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00:58:20,320 --> 00:58:23,200
Speaker 1: just look at the other teams that you could put there,

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00:58:23,200 --> 00:58:28,880
Speaker 1: the Chiefs certainly, the Packers. Um, you're right after that,

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00:58:29,000 --> 00:58:33,040
Speaker 1: it gets it gets Um. They're not a classic super

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00:58:33,080 --> 00:58:34,960
Speaker 1: Bowl team where you just you lock them in at

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Speaker 1: number two. They're not. They're not that show me that

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00:58:38,360 --> 00:58:41,320
Speaker 1: you can coach the offensive line. Um, but you're right.

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00:58:41,400 --> 00:58:43,840
Speaker 1: Maybe there's not any like locks ahead of him now

1131
00:58:43,880 --> 00:58:45,800
Speaker 1: that I really think about. I put the Bucks ahead

1132
00:58:45,840 --> 00:58:47,400
Speaker 1: of him too, so I think I probably have them five.

1133
00:58:47,560 --> 00:58:49,400
Speaker 1: And that high ranking ram source is not going to

1134
00:58:49,480 --> 00:58:52,040
Speaker 1: be happy when he sees this either, But he is

1135
00:58:52,080 --> 00:58:54,640
Speaker 1: a very nice man and he's probably flipping out right

1136
00:58:54,640 --> 00:59:03,840
Speaker 1: now in his office. I have it top ten Bills, Rams, Chiefs, Bengals, Bucks, Niners, Packers, Chargers, Broncos, Titans. Ten.

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Speaker 1: That's the top tip for me. All right, check it

1138
00:59:08,080 --> 00:59:13,080
Speaker 1: out NFL dot com slash asut. Finally, in the news

1139
00:59:13,760 --> 00:59:16,840
Speaker 1: mark a little thought exercise. I had been my parents

1140
00:59:16,840 --> 00:59:19,680
Speaker 1: got into town yesterday. I've been really busy, um and

1141
00:59:19,720 --> 00:59:21,720
Speaker 1: I did not get a chance. I set this aside

1142
00:59:21,760 --> 00:59:24,800
Speaker 1: to have it on the tab open tab, this athletic

1143
00:59:24,840 --> 00:59:29,080
Speaker 1: report on the dysfunction around urban Meyer and I haven't

1144
00:59:29,080 --> 00:59:31,040
Speaker 1: had a chance to read it. I'm looking forward to it.

1145
00:59:31,360 --> 00:59:33,720
Speaker 1: But I was hoping if I could test you in

1146
00:59:33,800 --> 00:59:37,360
Speaker 1: real time, as a man who has written literally hundreds

1147
00:59:37,400 --> 00:59:40,520
Speaker 1: upon hundreds of news articles for the Old Around the

1148
00:59:40,640 --> 00:59:43,800
Speaker 1: NFL blog on NFL dot com, if you can give

1149
00:59:43,800 --> 00:59:47,000
Speaker 1: me a nice lead, uh, in real time on the

1150
00:59:47,080 --> 00:59:50,720
Speaker 1: athletic story that you would put up on dot com.

1151
00:59:50,800 --> 00:59:54,520
Speaker 1: Let's do this. You're asking me to verbalize like the

1152
00:59:54,600 --> 00:59:57,080
Speaker 1: sentence I would actually use to open. Give me the

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00:59:57,120 --> 01:00:05,680
Speaker 1: sentence or the opening graph. Yeah, I would say, uh,

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01:00:06,120 --> 01:00:08,080
Speaker 1: I don't have any idea, to be honest, like the

1155
01:00:08,200 --> 01:00:11,680
Speaker 1: article I perused, like found it. That was a tough

1156
01:00:11,720 --> 01:00:14,440
Speaker 1: one because I think that, alright, Gregg, he's gonna try.

1157
01:00:14,480 --> 01:00:19,240
Speaker 1: He's written maybe thousands going back, he should leave this off.

1158
01:00:20,200 --> 01:00:25,120
Speaker 1: From the outside, the urban Meyer experience in Jacksonville looked

1159
01:00:25,120 --> 01:00:28,880
Speaker 1: like a mess period. It might have been even worse

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01:00:28,920 --> 01:00:33,480
Speaker 1: than we imagined. And then and then then get into

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01:00:33,480 --> 01:00:37,520
Speaker 1: the details we might need like a Jason Zummalt narration

1162
01:00:37,560 --> 01:00:41,320
Speaker 1: of that one that that's a lead. My favorite part

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01:00:41,360 --> 01:00:43,880
Speaker 1: about this article is that DJ Chark is like the

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01:00:43,880 --> 01:00:46,360
Speaker 1: only guy on the record just slamming urban Meyer the

1165
01:00:46,360 --> 01:00:51,240
Speaker 1: whole time. You know, just like this prepared it was

1166
01:00:51,480 --> 01:00:54,640
Speaker 1: toxic the coach. It would sound seemed like a terrible

1167
01:00:54,760 --> 01:00:57,480
Speaker 1: job for the spot to be for the coaches. He

1168
01:00:57,600 --> 01:01:01,400
Speaker 1: made some racist comments to John Brown, like saying that

1169
01:01:01,440 --> 01:01:03,480
Speaker 1: he was slow to pick up things because he's from

1170
01:01:03,560 --> 01:01:06,880
Speaker 1: the South. Like everything about it just makes this guy

1171
01:01:06,960 --> 01:01:09,920
Speaker 1: seem like the biggest fraud that's ever been uh an

1172
01:01:10,000 --> 01:01:12,680
Speaker 1: NFL head coach. And my big my biggest takeaway is

1173
01:01:12,760 --> 01:01:15,560
Speaker 1: kind of like sweet, just like, forget whatever happened with

1174
01:01:15,600 --> 01:01:18,520
Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence. Now I'm ready to just ignore all of

1175
01:01:18,560 --> 01:01:21,440
Speaker 1: that and be excited about Trevor Lawrence moving forward, because

1176
01:01:21,440 --> 01:01:24,680
Speaker 1: this situation was that miserable. I meant the article had

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01:01:24,720 --> 01:01:27,960
Speaker 1: so many um like overt things like you just mentioned

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01:01:28,000 --> 01:01:30,880
Speaker 1: that showed what kind of um leader he was or

1179
01:01:30,960 --> 01:01:33,439
Speaker 1: lack of a leader. But there were some bizarre little

1180
01:01:33,480 --> 01:01:37,000
Speaker 1: peculiarities to where at one point um he was telling

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01:01:37,040 --> 01:01:40,400
Speaker 1: offensive players that he wanted them to dunk the ball

1182
01:01:40,440 --> 01:01:42,880
Speaker 1: over the goal post whenever they scored, even though they

1183
01:01:42,880 --> 01:01:44,960
Speaker 1: would be openly fined by the league to do it

1184
01:01:45,040 --> 01:01:47,120
Speaker 1: like that that he was what what is this guy?

1185
01:01:47,200 --> 01:01:50,520
Speaker 1: Just sounded about his bizarre and detached as possible, right,

1186
01:01:50,520 --> 01:01:52,560
Speaker 1: and he would like deny that he took players out

1187
01:01:52,560 --> 01:01:54,840
Speaker 1: of the games to his coaches, He's like, why why

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01:01:54,840 --> 01:01:56,800
Speaker 1: are you saying that? You know I didn't do that,

1189
01:01:56,840 --> 01:01:58,720
Speaker 1: and it's just like what you told us to take

1190
01:01:58,760 --> 01:02:02,479
Speaker 1: about like this, what a what a clown show? Well

1191
01:02:03,800 --> 01:02:05,120
Speaker 1: here's the one that stood out to me, and I

1192
01:02:05,160 --> 01:02:07,320
Speaker 1: couldn't even I can't even tell you because again I

1193
01:02:07,360 --> 01:02:10,840
Speaker 1: have to read it. But is it true that in

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01:02:10,880 --> 01:02:13,680
Speaker 1: the articles revealed that urban Meyer didn't know who Aaron

1195
01:02:13,720 --> 01:02:17,160
Speaker 1: Donald was? Like who is this ninety nine guy? Yes,

1196
01:02:17,760 --> 01:02:20,440
Speaker 1: I mean according to a staffer, that was like inside

1197
01:02:20,480 --> 01:02:22,200
Speaker 1: the building they were about to play the Rams and

1198
01:02:22,200 --> 01:02:24,200
Speaker 1: He's like, this guy sounds like he could be a

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Speaker 1: problem for us. Who what is going on with the

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Speaker 1: cons How did not how were there not? How is

1201
01:02:30,200 --> 01:02:37,960
Speaker 1: there not a single La ravial magnifico during your vetting

1202
01:02:37,960 --> 01:02:41,160
Speaker 1: process and interview process to realize that the guy didn't

1203
01:02:41,160 --> 01:02:44,240
Speaker 1: know the league? I mean, and that makes me cons

1204
01:02:44,360 --> 01:02:48,280
Speaker 1: like he's a con man because he was a con man.

1205
01:02:48,680 --> 01:02:52,400
Speaker 1: He was like a Ponzi scheme as a coach. How

1206
01:02:52,440 --> 01:02:55,680
Speaker 1: about this? How about this for a lead? Ready the

1207
01:02:55,760 --> 01:02:59,800
Speaker 1: con men hired a con man? Period in that story?

1208
01:03:00,280 --> 01:03:04,520
Speaker 1: That is really good? Dang, I like, there's better yours

1209
01:03:04,560 --> 01:03:08,120
Speaker 1: a little more professional like Mike Florio approved. That was

1210
01:03:08,160 --> 01:03:12,360
Speaker 1: a little more a t n there's little I like

1211
01:03:12,440 --> 01:03:14,520
Speaker 1: yours better. You got to know as an editor when

1212
01:03:14,560 --> 01:03:18,360
Speaker 1: you can, when you can juice it up this This

1213
01:03:18,400 --> 01:03:23,120
Speaker 1: guy was literally on Fox talking about leadership like he

1214
01:03:23,200 --> 01:03:25,959
Speaker 1: was getting passed around a lot of the best people

1215
01:03:26,000 --> 01:03:28,880
Speaker 1: in our industry, being like, listen to Urban Myers rant

1216
01:03:28,880 --> 01:03:32,400
Speaker 1: about leadership when he was like on that Fox college football,

1217
01:03:34,120 --> 01:03:39,040
Speaker 1: what's going on in the NFL? What is up with you? NFL?

1218
01:03:40,320 --> 01:03:44,680
Speaker 1: And finally al Michaels, thank Christ has moved off the

1219
01:03:44,680 --> 01:03:51,520
Speaker 1: one yard line. He got his deal with Amazon. Uh.

1220
01:03:51,520 --> 01:03:54,520
Speaker 1: It is a deal that reportedly gets him quote Joe

1221
01:03:54,560 --> 01:03:59,800
Speaker 1: Buck money after Buck and Aikman went together over to

1222
01:04:00,200 --> 01:04:06,760
Speaker 1: Monday Night Football and um, you know this from of course,

1223
01:04:06,840 --> 01:04:11,720
Speaker 1: there's only one source. Andrew Marshaunt to the New York Post. Um,

1224
01:04:11,800 --> 01:04:14,640
Speaker 1: he will become the new voice of Thursday Night Football.

1225
01:04:15,440 --> 01:04:18,840
Speaker 1: And guess what who will be his partner? Well, guess

1226
01:04:18,840 --> 01:04:20,320
Speaker 1: we'll guess who it is. I don't know, do you

1227
01:04:20,360 --> 01:04:24,280
Speaker 1: guys know? I do know it's Kirk curb Street. Good.

1228
01:04:24,400 --> 01:04:27,640
Speaker 1: That's a good partner. They did a nice job. We

1229
01:04:27,680 --> 01:04:31,240
Speaker 1: are set up really well now with these after years

1230
01:04:31,240 --> 01:04:34,880
Speaker 1: of us all complaining we have Monday Night Football, well

1231
01:04:34,920 --> 01:04:40,000
Speaker 1: we have Sunday Night Football, our guy Tariko and Collinsworth

1232
01:04:40,280 --> 01:04:43,640
Speaker 1: Monday Night Football. Now we have Buck and Aikman and

1233
01:04:44,080 --> 01:04:47,080
Speaker 1: if you so desire, the Manning cast with Peyton and Eli.

1234
01:04:47,440 --> 01:04:49,960
Speaker 1: And then you go to Thursday and you have al

1235
01:04:50,040 --> 01:04:53,400
Speaker 1: Michaels and Kirk Herb Street, who is an awesome college guy,

1236
01:04:53,480 --> 01:04:55,080
Speaker 1: so he knows all the guys coming to league and

1237
01:04:55,080 --> 01:04:58,840
Speaker 1: he's just a really talented, polished broadcaster. We have finally

1238
01:04:58,920 --> 01:05:02,040
Speaker 1: figured it out. Now, if we could just keep these guys.

1239
01:05:02,880 --> 01:05:06,000
Speaker 1: I mean al is almost eighty. Uh, you know, but

1240
01:05:06,440 --> 01:05:08,760
Speaker 1: if we keep this for a few years, we're cooking

1241
01:05:09,160 --> 01:05:12,280
Speaker 1: with gas slash grease mark. There have been weak spots

1242
01:05:12,480 --> 01:05:16,040
Speaker 1: in these prime time lineups for ages. We've we have complained,

1243
01:05:16,080 --> 01:05:19,400
Speaker 1: and I think we've rightfully complained, especially with Monday night football.

1244
01:05:19,440 --> 01:05:22,560
Speaker 1: But you even dip into the new talent on Sunday

1245
01:05:22,600 --> 01:05:24,960
Speaker 1: as well beyond Romo, like Greg Olsen looks like he's

1246
01:05:25,000 --> 01:05:26,800
Speaker 1: going to be awesome for as long as he wants

1247
01:05:26,800 --> 01:05:28,840
Speaker 1: to do this as well, so you can't there are

1248
01:05:28,840 --> 01:05:32,440
Speaker 1: there are less Um. I guess Trent Green's out there, uh,

1249
01:05:32,680 --> 01:05:34,800
Speaker 1: which is a good thing. I'm sure he's a nice man,

1250
01:05:34,880 --> 01:05:38,640
Speaker 1: but like I find his analysis somewhat exceedingly bland, and

1251
01:05:38,720 --> 01:05:40,760
Speaker 1: that's not as acceptable as it used to be. Got

1252
01:05:40,880 --> 01:05:43,360
Speaker 1: to wipe the grid of these clowns. Well, we don't

1253
01:05:43,360 --> 01:05:45,160
Speaker 1: know for sure who's gonna be number one at Fox,

1254
01:05:45,160 --> 01:05:47,760
Speaker 1: so that is that'll be interesting to track. It seems

1255
01:05:47,800 --> 01:05:51,280
Speaker 1: like Burkhard and Olson are the logical we don't know

1256
01:05:51,400 --> 01:05:54,520
Speaker 1: that great. I think they'd be great, but because you

1257
01:05:54,560 --> 01:05:58,160
Speaker 1: need you obviously need a pipeline of younger teams that

1258
01:05:58,240 --> 01:06:01,560
Speaker 1: are going to become the iconic older guys, and I

1259
01:06:01,600 --> 01:06:05,400
Speaker 1: think Olsen has showed and burkhard big time. That guy's

1260
01:06:05,400 --> 01:06:07,080
Speaker 1: a rising star. We've had him on the show, and

1261
01:06:07,160 --> 01:06:09,160
Speaker 1: we're all good with Tony row. I know people like

1262
01:06:09,200 --> 01:06:11,640
Speaker 1: to get on Tony now and I've done it as well.

1263
01:06:11,680 --> 01:06:14,320
Speaker 1: But Tony Romo is still a great big game announcer

1264
01:06:15,080 --> 01:06:17,520
Speaker 1: with nance. So we we we did. I think it's

1265
01:06:17,520 --> 01:06:21,800
Speaker 1: it's a miracle, but I think we finally did it. Somehow.

1266
01:06:21,920 --> 01:06:24,200
Speaker 1: He is doing the radio on the big games. But

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01:06:24,320 --> 01:06:27,000
Speaker 1: you know, we maybe when our retires, I'll get into

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Speaker 1: one of these big cheers. Miracle I tried. I had

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Speaker 1: it cued up and then Greg started talking. I said, miracle,

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Speaker 1: here comes the Al Michael's most famous drop in the

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Speaker 1: history of sports broadcasting. It's not your fault. Just sometimes

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Speaker 1: you hope these things line up and didn't, and we're

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Speaker 1: just gonna live with it. I mean, we are not

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Speaker 1: iconic broadcasters. That's what's been proven, repeated the debate around

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Speaker 1: that that is that's proven. All right, So there you go.

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Speaker 1: You're caught up on the League of thirty two. We'll

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Speaker 1: be back on Thursday. Well I won't be back. I'm gonna,

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Speaker 1: you know, well, sir Daddy Rich is gonna be a

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Speaker 1: daddy down there in Anaheim for a few days. Going

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Speaker 1: down to Disneyland. I'm gonna look for the original Tom

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Speaker 1: Brady with the very average male face, the guy that

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Speaker 1: was on the teacup on the what was it the

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Speaker 1: Dumbo ride? And I think that that human being actually

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Speaker 1: does not exist at this point, he was removed from society.

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Speaker 1: What if I just see that there's like a statue

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Speaker 1: of Brady on that ride and uh, but it's actually

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Speaker 1: what's that? It's the guy from the movie with the

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Speaker 1: spaceballs and the wasn't that somebody got put in clay

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Speaker 1: like the statue? Are you talking about Hans Solo? What

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Speaker 1: if that Tom Brady is trapped in the the clay

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Speaker 1: the heartened Clay carbon Nite, I believe referring to Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's a possibility. There was a You've convinced me, all right,

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Speaker 1: so I won't be around for a Thursday show, but

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Speaker 1: you guys are gonna hold it down. Who's who's sitting

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Speaker 1: in the chair. Clay Bonne will be involved profession I

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Speaker 1: don't know, my Nadia four who knows. I'll get crazy, alright,

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Speaker 1: enjoy it, boys, and I'll be back with you next week,

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Speaker 1: so uh enjoy, uh enjoy the rest of the week

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Speaker 1: with with the Boys and Ricky and uh we will

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Speaker 1: be back and the Friday Show is back as well

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Speaker 1: around the NFL broadcast, So set your DVRs or however

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Speaker 1: you anding media, Connie Fox on that one. Yeah, nice gang,

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Speaker 1: nice gang. All right, let's go. Stan handsOn signing off

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Speaker 1: for the Old Boss and Quiet Storm and Ricky Hollywood.

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Speaker 1: Until then, beat the call s