WEBVTT - Happy Half Hour Episode 121: Schedule Release 2024

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<v Speaker 1>This week on a Happy Half Hour.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the things that kind of jumped out at

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<v Speaker 2>me about this schedule is you got the Saints in

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<v Speaker 2>week one, and then we think we know the Chargers

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<v Speaker 2>are going to be a certain way based on Jim

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<v Speaker 2>Harbaugh and Justin Herbert, but that's a whole new team.

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<v Speaker 2>And then you get either Gardner Minshew and Aidan O'Connell

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<v Speaker 2>and the Raiders in week three.

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<v Speaker 3>Touchdown cow whoa.

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<v Speaker 1>It's time for the Happy Half Hour presented by Southern Star,

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<v Speaker 1>an official bourbon of the Carolina Panthers. Here are your hosts,

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<v Speaker 1>Darren Gant and Cassidy Hill.

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<v Speaker 2>Hello, friends, and welcome to the Happy Half Hour. And

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<v Speaker 2>release night, I feel pretty good about opening a little

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<v Speaker 2>Carolina Panthers schedule D D D.

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<v Speaker 4>I can confirm that this sponsor is the highlight of

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<v Speaker 4>Darren's year so far.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's it's a good thing. I think this is

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<v Speaker 2>a true. One of the great truisms of the NFL

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<v Speaker 2>is know your personnel. So if if the good folks

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<v Speaker 2>at Southern Star are listening, know that I am on

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<v Speaker 2>your side and I am a fan of your product already.

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<v Speaker 3>Yea, so it's really in that teacup.

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<v Speaker 2>Dar No, no question it is brown. At any rate,

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<v Speaker 2>we got a schedule, gang, and as I am sure

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<v Speaker 2>you've all seen by furiously Refreshingpanthers dot com, now that

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<v Speaker 2>we're after eight pm on the East Coast here in

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<v Speaker 2>the United States of America, where sixteen of the seventeen

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<v Speaker 2>games will be played, you now know that Carolina Panthers

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<v Speaker 2>are in fact playing the people they were already going

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<v Speaker 2>to be playing in a specific order.

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<v Speaker 3>So right, we already knew who they were playing and where.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, now we.

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<v Speaker 3>Just know when.

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<v Speaker 2>Now we just know when. And it really does I

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<v Speaker 2>make fun of it sometimes because I do think the

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<v Speaker 2>marketing of it and the you know, over the topness

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<v Speaker 2>of the whole thing is altogether Yeah, when we released

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<v Speaker 2>the release release the other day, that was one of

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<v Speaker 2>my favorite moments. But no, it provides a framework and

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<v Speaker 2>it makes some of this stuff real. I mean, all

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<v Speaker 2>of this stuff has been an abstract concept so far

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<v Speaker 2>this season. And now that you know that on September

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<v Speaker 2>the eighth, Carolina Panthers are going to go to New

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<v Speaker 2>Orleans and see their old friends, the Saints and get

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<v Speaker 2>this thing started, that's when it becomes a little more real.

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<v Speaker 2>That's when it becomes hey, Okay, here's here's where we're at.

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<v Speaker 2>And again, if you haven't looked at this schedule, we're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be talking about it in thirty thousand foot kind

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<v Speaker 2>of views. Again, I encourage you visit, spend some time

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<v Speaker 2>on Panthers dot com, enjoy the videos, enjoy the schedule itself,

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<v Speaker 2>and buy tickets for the home games. That's the thing

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<v Speaker 2>we're trying to get you to do here, folks.

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<v Speaker 3>That's really what we're here for, and you can.

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<v Speaker 2>See it all yourself, but we're going to just kind

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<v Speaker 2>of talk about it in general terms. I think for me,

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<v Speaker 2>one of the things that jumped off the page first

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<v Speaker 2>is all of them games are on Sunday, which means

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<v Speaker 2>no Thursday night football, no Monday night football, no short weeks.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's the football takeaway from me. I mean, I

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<v Speaker 2>know people feel some sort of way about primetime games

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<v Speaker 2>and is it a sign of disrespect? Hey, the team

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<v Speaker 2>is doing fifteen last year. I think expecting a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of primetime appearances was probably unrealistic if you thought that

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<v Speaker 2>was going to be the case. But listen, from a

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<v Speaker 2>strictly football standpoint, being able to stay on the same

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<v Speaker 2>routine and to have regular rest before ever every game

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<v Speaker 2>is huge for the football people. And that's the thing.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, we can look at this thing for us

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<v Speaker 2>and what we think about it is one thing, But

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<v Speaker 2>for the football people, that regular rest is a big, big,

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<v Speaker 2>big deal.

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<v Speaker 4>Even there are games in the four o'clock hour, two

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<v Speaker 4>of them are out West, so those will be like

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<v Speaker 4>one o'clock local time. And then Darren remind our listeners

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<v Speaker 4>and me, is it the first eight weeks or the

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<v Speaker 4>last eight weeks that can be flexed.

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<v Speaker 3>For prime time?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, there's a stretch late in the year that can

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<v Speaker 2>be flexed. I think it's from like week ten to

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<v Speaker 2>ten to seventeen minus week. You know, the week of

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<v Speaker 2>Christmas basically is the thing they're not gonna monkey around with,

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<v Speaker 2>but there is some opportunity. If the season goes really well,

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<v Speaker 2>they've become a lot more interesting than the network's anticipated

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<v Speaker 2>them being at this point, then you know, hey, they're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna get their opportunities to be seen. But I think

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<v Speaker 2>for right now, you know, as I look at this schedule,

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<v Speaker 2>one of the things that I kind of like about

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<v Speaker 2>it from their standpoint is all the heavies are in

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<v Speaker 2>the back end. Dave Canalis gets a chance to get

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<v Speaker 2>his feet wet as an NFL head coach with a

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<v Speaker 2>brand new team against the favorable half of the schedule

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<v Speaker 2>in the first two games in the first two months

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<v Speaker 2>of the year. And again, if you haven't refreshed Panthers

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<v Speaker 2>dot Com already, we're talking about starting the season at

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<v Speaker 2>New Orleans Chargers here for the September fifteenth home opener.

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<v Speaker 2>Then you go to Las Vegas in week three. Week

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<v Speaker 2>four brings Cincinnati, Joe Burrow comes into Bank of America

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<v Speaker 2>stadiums one everybody's gonna want to see. And then in

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<v Speaker 2>week five you go to Chicago before Atlanta comes here,

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<v Speaker 2>and then at Washington at Denver gets you through October,

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<v Speaker 2>and as you look at those teams, you might say

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<v Speaker 2>to yourself, hey, none of those teams went to the

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<v Speaker 2>playoffs last year, and you would be correct. And again,

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<v Speaker 2>when you're two and fifteen, all of this stuff is

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<v Speaker 2>kind of relative because they're looking at you the same way.

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<v Speaker 2>But on the whole, would you rather have all your

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<v Speaker 2>playoff teams? Would you rather be playing k C right

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<v Speaker 2>out of the shoot? Would you rather be, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>looking at the Cowboys and the Bucks and the Eagles

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<v Speaker 2>in the early stages of a new project. No, you

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<v Speaker 2>would not. You'd rather ease into this thing. And we

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<v Speaker 2>don't know what any of these teams are gonna look

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<v Speaker 2>like by this time either.

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<v Speaker 4>And this goes into the point of like it's once

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<v Speaker 4>you know, when you're playing these teams, you can kind

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<v Speaker 4>of start to figure out what the season might look like.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, I hesitate to put a number on anything

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<v Speaker 4>because it can always come back to bite you. But

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<v Speaker 4>you could feasibly go and be going into the by

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<v Speaker 4>at five hundred.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean, there's possibilities there. One of the things

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<v Speaker 2>that kind of jumped out at me about the schedule is,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, again, you got the Saints in Week one

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<v Speaker 2>and you kind of know what you're getting when you're

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<v Speaker 2>going to New Orleans. They bring in Chase Young this offseason,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's gonna change the way they look defensively. But

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<v Speaker 2>it's the Saint, so you kind of know what you're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna expect. And then in terms of expectations, we think

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<v Speaker 2>we know that Chargers are gonna be a certain way

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<v Speaker 2>based on Jim Harbaugh and Justin Herbert. But that's a

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<v Speaker 2>whole new team. I mean, it's Chargers minus Keenan All

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<v Speaker 2>and minus Mike Williams. So what are they gonna be? Like,

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<v Speaker 2>we have no idea right now. And then you get

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<v Speaker 2>either Gardner Minshew and Aiden O'Connell and the Raiders in

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<v Speaker 2>Week three.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, of those first ten teams, Darren, I would

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<v Speaker 4>honestly say, the Bengals are the only ones you're facing

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<v Speaker 4>before the bye that already have an established quarterback, wide

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<v Speaker 4>receiver duo and an established defense. Other than that, I mean,

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<v Speaker 4>you get you're gonna have to face Kleb Williams. That's

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<v Speaker 4>the last two number ones facing off. Even though that's

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<v Speaker 4>a one o'clock game, I think people are gonna have

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<v Speaker 4>their eyes on that to see if you know it's

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<v Speaker 4>gonna be Bryce versus Caleb. That's exactly what it's gonna be.

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<v Speaker 4>But you're getting them in week five. I mean, I

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<v Speaker 4>think it usually takes and you can probably speak to

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<v Speaker 4>this better than I can, it usually takes a quarterback,

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<v Speaker 4>wide receiver, new offense, a rookie quarterback, a good first

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<v Speaker 4>half of the season. And that's that's pretty liberally, I

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<v Speaker 4>would say conservatively, it takes a good three fourths of

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<v Speaker 4>his first season to really get comfortable and so you

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<v Speaker 4>catch them early, which which kind of bodes well when

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<v Speaker 4>you do have a returning quarterback. Yes, it's albeit a

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<v Speaker 4>two and fifteen team, but a returning quarterback he's going

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<v Speaker 4>to have Adam Thlan, who he's already comfortable with. You've

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<v Speaker 4>got some consistency there that these other teams other than

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<v Speaker 4>the Bengals won't really have already.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And as I looked those last two games in October,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, you you've got, you know, at Jaden Daniels

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<v Speaker 2>and the what the artist formerly known as the Washington

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<v Speaker 2>football team, and then your guess is as good as

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<v Speaker 2>mine at quarterback for the Broncos in Week eight, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>that's is that Bo Nicks, Is that Jared'stidham is it

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<v Speaker 2>Zach Wilson.

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<v Speaker 3>Could be playing quarterback for the I have no idea.

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<v Speaker 2>It's you know, Sean Payton might try to find a

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<v Speaker 2>way to get through to come back. You never know,

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<v Speaker 2>but it is It's definitely reasonable when you look at

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<v Speaker 2>that thing early on in the season. And I think

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<v Speaker 2>that's a positive because, as we've discussed all off season,

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<v Speaker 2>it's a whole new deal. You know, we can try

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<v Speaker 2>to guess what we think this offense is going to

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<v Speaker 2>look like, what Bryce is going to be like, what

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<v Speaker 2>the passing game is going to be like, with a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of new parts but a lot of it's going

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<v Speaker 2>to be let's learn together. And the way this this

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<v Speaker 2>schedule sets up kind of gives you that opportunity. When

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<v Speaker 2>you looked at this thing, what was the other stuff

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<v Speaker 2>that kind of jumped off the bat at you.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, obviously you're going to be facing the defending Super

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<v Speaker 4>Bowl champs. You do get them coming off a bye

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<v Speaker 4>which you know could be favorable. But it's still Kansas City.

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<v Speaker 2>Right And again that's Week twelve. Kansas City here on

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<v Speaker 2>November twenty fourth, the week after the bye week which

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<v Speaker 2>they earned after the trip to Germany to face the

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<v Speaker 2>Giants here did in that.

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<v Speaker 4>Bye week after Germany is huge. I know it seems

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<v Speaker 4>like a given, but I covered a team who turned

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<v Speaker 4>down the bye week after the international game and it

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<v Speaker 4>bit them in the butt like nothing you've ever seen.

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<v Speaker 4>And so having that bye week there is huge. The

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<v Speaker 4>two games in the top half of the schedule that

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<v Speaker 4>could be a little bit more difficult, the Chargers and

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<v Speaker 4>the Bengals. You get them both at home in September,

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<v Speaker 4>both teams. That mean the Chargers are going to be

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<v Speaker 4>coming from seventy two no humidity that I'm not saying

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<v Speaker 4>that these are all like a surefire win, but there

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<v Speaker 4>it's a favorable schedule before that bye week, and then

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<v Speaker 4>only two sets of back to back road games at

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<v Speaker 4>Washington and at Denver. Washington at least you're in the

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<v Speaker 4>same time zone. You know, it's a short flight back,

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<v Speaker 4>so that's not going to be difficult. Denver, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>it's it's a little tough, but it's not a long

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<v Speaker 4>stretch of bad road games are or undoable. The other

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<v Speaker 4>back to back road games are at Tampa and at Atlanta. Again,

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<v Speaker 4>that's not a bad road trip, and so and I

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<v Speaker 4>think you had already into this out no primetime games,

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<v Speaker 4>no holiday games. It'll be nice not playing on Christmas

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<v Speaker 4>for a while. I feel like it's spent three or

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<v Speaker 4>four years in a row I've played on Christmas.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, and I feel you know. And again, we'll throw

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<v Speaker 2>it back to last season, just briefly, because we don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to think back on last season too too long.

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<v Speaker 2>But Cassi g Hill's first game here with us at

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<v Speaker 2>the Carolina Panthers happened to be.

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<v Speaker 3>On Christmas Eve.

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<v Speaker 2>Christmas Eve. What kind of jerk hired her to start

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<v Speaker 2>on Christmas Eve? Oh wait, that was me? But yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>that's that's what I end up. I mean, selfishly, when

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<v Speaker 2>I get a glimpse at this schedule, my very first

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<v Speaker 2>thing is, where's this football team I cover around Thanksgiving?

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<v Speaker 3>Right?

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<v Speaker 2>Check? That would be at home. Where's this football team

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<v Speaker 2>I cover on Christmas? Check? That would be at home.

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<v Speaker 2>This is great for Darren? Do that? Yeah, I mean

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<v Speaker 2>that's how I always And it's funny. Different guys on

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<v Speaker 2>this on the team probably look at the same way.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, old dudes with kids like Jay Jansen are

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<v Speaker 2>probably thinking about the holidays stuff just as well. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>anybody with kids is going to be looking at it

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<v Speaker 2>that way. But that's just kind of how I've always

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<v Speaker 2>My big three things always when I look at the

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<v Speaker 2>schedule for Darren purposes are Thanksgiving, Christmas, how cold am

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<v Speaker 2>I going to be in the second half of the year,

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<v Speaker 2>and really, other than at Philadelphia in week fourteen on

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<v Speaker 2>December eighth, not a lot of cold weather in our

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<v Speaker 2>future other than that which we get here in Mayberry.

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<v Speaker 4>And I'm actually kind of excited about that because have

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<v Speaker 4>you ever been to Philly around Christmas?

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<v Speaker 2>I have been, Yes, I've spent some time. Yes, it

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<v Speaker 2>is really something.

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<v Speaker 4>One more selfish note was, since we're being selfish for

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<v Speaker 4>a second.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think we're in titled, I'm.

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<v Speaker 4>Really excited that two of the preseason games are in

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<v Speaker 4>the Northeast. Like, yeah, take me to that cooler weather

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<v Speaker 4>in August for a little bit.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's it's kind of nice. Those preseason dates at

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<v Speaker 2>New England and at Buffalo are going to be Let's

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<v Speaker 2>just promise that nobody kicks anything in Buffalo. Okay, because

0:13:00.800 --> 0:13:03.199
<v Speaker 2>preseason gets Buffalo, do it? We don't even want to

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<v Speaker 2>talk about that.

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<v Speaker 3>I feel like there's a story there there.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, there is, Well, we'll do that off the air.

0:13:07.559 --> 0:13:10.040
<v Speaker 2>We're just not gonna invoke that anymore than already have.

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<v Speaker 2>But anyway, so there's a schedule, and now it's a

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<v Speaker 2>little more real. We'll, uh, you know, we'll we'll, we'll

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<v Speaker 2>get a chance to digest this all a little more deeply.

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<v Speaker 2>This thing just came out tonight, as you folks know,

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<v Speaker 2>so uh, that's why we had to record this emergency

0:13:25.559 --> 0:13:27.880
<v Speaker 2>happy half hour to get it in your hands as

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<v Speaker 2>quickly as we possible possibly could. But as always, there's

0:13:32.520 --> 0:13:36.760
<v Speaker 2>other stuff going on. Cassy, you are our eyes and

0:13:36.840 --> 0:13:39.839
<v Speaker 2>ears at Rookie Minnie camp last weekend. I actually took

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<v Speaker 2>a couple of days to you know, oh see my

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<v Speaker 2>daughter graduate from college. No congratulations, baby girl. We're all

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<v Speaker 2>very proud of her. We love her. She's the best.

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<v Speaker 3>Don't graduate as a trap, which.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't let her hear you say that, please. So anyway, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>somebody hire a baby girl. But you were here for

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<v Speaker 2>Rookie Minnie camp and and it wasn't a rookie minting

0:14:01.920 --> 0:14:03.880
<v Speaker 2>camps all these one of those things. It's it's a

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<v Speaker 2>mile post but not you know, it's not terribly significant

0:14:07.679 --> 0:14:10.080
<v Speaker 2>because they're not running around in pads, you can't really

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<v Speaker 2>tell a whole lot, and it's such a limited cast.

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<v Speaker 2>But from what you saw out there this weekend, what

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<v Speaker 2>came what came across one.

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<v Speaker 4>Thing, and this is gonna sound cliche, but I promise

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<v Speaker 4>you is true from having what stood out there for

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<v Speaker 4>the two days of rookiemnting camp is Xavier Lagette is fluid,

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<v Speaker 4>and that's something that you don't always use for a

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<v Speaker 4>guy that's, you know, over six feet two twenty five ish.

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<v Speaker 4>I think there's been a little bit of discrepancy about

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<v Speaker 4>his height, but I'd say around six two ish.

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<v Speaker 2>He's a big He's big, is what we're trying to say.

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<v Speaker 4>Very clearly, a big guy. And he's so fluid. He's

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<v Speaker 4>so smooth. He has a speed. We already knew that,

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<v Speaker 4>but there were several times he was either going to

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<v Speaker 4>the sideline or cutting across the middle where he could

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<v Speaker 4>just kind of flip and either you know, catch it

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<v Speaker 4>over his shoulder or turn around, and you know, if

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<v Speaker 4>there was a defender there, which there wasn't, but if

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<v Speaker 4>there had been a defender there, you would realize he

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<v Speaker 4>would have been blocking him out. He was just so

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<v Speaker 4>so smooth, and that's the word that came out that

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<v Speaker 4>I kept thinking of the most while watching him, right,

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<v Speaker 4>because you expect somebody that's that big to be a

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<v Speaker 4>little bit more of a bruiser with their style, but

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<v Speaker 4>he's not. And so it was interesting that that was noticeable.

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<v Speaker 4>And then he came to the podium after that first practice.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, he did not come to a podium.

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<v Speaker 3>He came to electric thank you very much after that first.

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<v Speaker 4>Practice, and made a point to bring that up himself

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<v Speaker 4>and said that that was something that he had been

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<v Speaker 4>knocked for during the draft process because he felt, and

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<v Speaker 4>you know, this is always up to his discretion, but

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<v Speaker 4>he felt at South Carolina he wasn't asked to be

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<v Speaker 4>that type of receiver. He was asked to be a

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<v Speaker 4>you know, somebody that just ran go routes, deep routes,

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<v Speaker 4>get down there and win a fifty to fifty ball

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<v Speaker 4>and win a contested catch, which he can do is

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<v Speaker 4>a bigger guy, but he never felt like he was

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<v Speaker 4>asked to kind of be that everything guy in the

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<v Speaker 4>middle of the field. He said, so I want, he said,

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<v Speaker 4>that's something that was brought up to me a lot

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<v Speaker 4>during the draft process, to the point that even coaches

0:16:04.480 --> 0:16:06.680
<v Speaker 4>of NFL teams were saying something to him about it,

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<v Speaker 4>so he worked with two different receiver schools during the

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<v Speaker 4>draft process to really focus on that specifically that part

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<v Speaker 4>of his game. And I think it stood out right

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<v Speaker 4>away Darren Richard, right.

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<v Speaker 2>And I thought that was cool reading your stuff coming

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<v Speaker 2>out of the weekend. I mean, when a guy walks

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<v Speaker 2>in the door, you know, as a first round pick,

0:16:25.320 --> 0:16:28.040
<v Speaker 2>there's obviously expectations that go with that, But when you

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<v Speaker 2>walk in the door aware of what you need to

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<v Speaker 2>work on, and you begin with here's what I'm trying

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<v Speaker 2>to get better at, that's always a good place. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>for all the other stuff that's going to happen. You

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<v Speaker 2>want guys to come in with something to prove, not

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<v Speaker 2>necessarily a chip on their shoulder type of thing, but

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<v Speaker 2>here's what I've got to get better at. Here's what

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<v Speaker 2>I want them to coach me up on and improve on.

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<v Speaker 2>And if he can do that, then I think they've

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<v Speaker 2>got an opportunity to make some strides on offense, because again,

0:16:57.200 --> 0:16:59.320
<v Speaker 2>look at what they've done all off season. They go

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<v Speaker 2>get t Johnson, who what does he do? He gets

0:17:02.840 --> 0:17:06.240
<v Speaker 2>open and makes place, So you go get a big

0:17:06.280 --> 0:17:08.399
<v Speaker 2>go get it guy, and when he walks in the

0:17:08.440 --> 0:17:11.960
<v Speaker 2>door working on you know, his ability to get open,

0:17:12.040 --> 0:17:14.000
<v Speaker 2>his ability to get it out of breaks. You kind

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<v Speaker 2>of like the possibilities that creates for Bryce showing in

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<v Speaker 2>the offense.

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<v Speaker 4>Especially because when you looked at this receiving corps before

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<v Speaker 4>the draft and you say, Okay, what do they need.

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<v Speaker 4>They need a guy that can go deep, and that

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<v Speaker 4>felt like that's what they got with Xavier rel Get.

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<v Speaker 4>But now if he can do some of this other

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<v Speaker 4>stuff as well, so to speak, that just allows Dave

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<v Speaker 4>Canalis bride ends it to kind of interchange these receivers

0:17:37.480 --> 0:17:39.440
<v Speaker 4>and you're never going to know what one specific guy

0:17:39.520 --> 0:17:42.679
<v Speaker 4>is going to do. And so if that's what Leaguett

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<v Speaker 4>is focusing on this offseason, that's going to pay dividends

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<v Speaker 4>in the season because now they can line all three

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<v Speaker 4>of them up anywhere.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, no doubt. And in Jonathan Brook's second round pick,

0:17:52.480 --> 0:17:54.960
<v Speaker 2>not doing a lot. Obviously, he's still coming back off

0:17:54.960 --> 0:17:57.280
<v Speaker 2>that ACL He's gonna be doing a lot of watching

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<v Speaker 2>and rehabit on the side for a little bit, but

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<v Speaker 2>all signs are positive with him. The other one that

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<v Speaker 2>I was going to ask you about is Jitavian Sam Sanders. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>JT walked in the door, sit in the bar high

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<v Speaker 2>for himself.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes he did.

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<v Speaker 1>And I like that.

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<v Speaker 4>I know he's got a little he's got a little

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<v Speaker 4>something something to him. He's got a little umph and

0:18:16.520 --> 0:18:18.080
<v Speaker 4>it's just hard not to like the kid.

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<v Speaker 2>He's uh, tell people to stop trying to FaceTime me.

0:18:21.280 --> 0:18:22.879
<v Speaker 2>The schedules already out.

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<v Speaker 4>People, you don't they're extrained to reach you about your

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<v Speaker 4>extended car warned.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, something like that. Either that or I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>how to turn the sound off on my computer.

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<v Speaker 3>Grandma baron over here. Yeah, we'll show you.

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<v Speaker 4>So the thing about j T is is he's so

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<v Speaker 4>like sure of himself, but in a not in a

0:18:42.800 --> 0:18:45.720
<v Speaker 4>cocky way, and you just can't help. But like a

0:18:45.800 --> 0:18:47.320
<v Speaker 4>kid like that, he knows what he does, and he

0:18:47.359 --> 0:18:50.439
<v Speaker 4>knows what he does well and how to make that

0:18:50.480 --> 0:18:53.280
<v Speaker 4>work on a football field. I thought the most interesting

0:18:53.320 --> 0:18:55.680
<v Speaker 4>thing that kind of came out of his press conference,

0:18:55.680 --> 0:18:57.680
<v Speaker 4>and we didn't write about it on Panther's dot comya

0:18:57.680 --> 0:19:00.120
<v Speaker 4>because we want to talk to other rookies, is that

0:19:00.160 --> 0:19:03.240
<v Speaker 4>he has started leading a study group for any and

0:19:03.320 --> 0:19:06.679
<v Speaker 4>all that want to come, you know, sort of informal.

0:19:06.800 --> 0:19:09.359
<v Speaker 4>They look at the playbook, they look at film, but

0:19:09.440 --> 0:19:11.600
<v Speaker 4>he's just kind of taking that extra step to pull

0:19:11.640 --> 0:19:16.280
<v Speaker 4>guys together outside of their scheduled time together and kind

0:19:16.280 --> 0:19:18.480
<v Speaker 4>of say, hey, let's look over this again so that

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<v Speaker 4>we can all be on the same page when we're

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<v Speaker 4>coming back in here, right, And you know, coaches probably

0:19:22.720 --> 0:19:23.280
<v Speaker 4>going to love that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, these rookies come in I mean in every year,

0:19:26.240 --> 0:19:29.760
<v Speaker 2>a rookie class comes in behind, obviously because their veteran

0:19:29.760 --> 0:19:32.480
<v Speaker 2>teammates have been here, you know, going through off season

0:19:32.560 --> 0:19:34.639
<v Speaker 2>workouts and that kind of stuff for weeks and weeks.

0:19:34.960 --> 0:19:37.840
<v Speaker 2>They're walking in behind immediately. But this year it's a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit less because it is a brand new staff.

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<v Speaker 2>So while the Adam Thielens of the world have been

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<v Speaker 2>working through this offense with Bryce for weeks, it's still new.

0:19:47.040 --> 0:19:50.320
<v Speaker 2>You know, they're still you know, four weeks into this process,

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<v Speaker 2>so it's not as much of a head start as

0:19:52.760 --> 0:19:55.000
<v Speaker 2>it is, you know, in a normal situation where a

0:19:55.040 --> 0:19:58.439
<v Speaker 2>coach is coming off of you know, an off season

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<v Speaker 2>and building into the second and third year of a plan.

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<v Speaker 4>And then the thing you said about him setting a

0:20:03.080 --> 0:20:05.280
<v Speaker 4>high bar for himself just gonna touch on that he

0:20:05.320 --> 0:20:07.359
<v Speaker 4>did it's that high bar for himself. He said, I

0:20:07.359 --> 0:20:08.960
<v Speaker 4>want to be the next Greg Olsen. I want to

0:20:08.960 --> 0:20:12.040
<v Speaker 4>be the next face of this offense. And I did

0:20:12.080 --> 0:20:15.600
<v Speaker 4>the age math and Olsen is someone that senders would

0:20:15.600 --> 0:20:16.840
<v Speaker 4>have watched a lot growing up.

0:20:17.440 --> 0:20:18.840
<v Speaker 3>And he did say he did watch him.

0:20:19.119 --> 0:20:21.720
<v Speaker 4>You know, they always probably say that, but he did

0:20:21.760 --> 0:20:23.760
<v Speaker 4>mention watching him a lot growing up, and he said

0:20:23.840 --> 0:20:25.680
<v Speaker 4>he was kind of the first wave of this new

0:20:25.720 --> 0:20:28.680
<v Speaker 4>tight end. And that's exactly what Sanders is as well.

0:20:28.680 --> 0:20:32.480
<v Speaker 4>He's an incredible pass catcher. He called over six hundred

0:20:32.520 --> 0:20:35.960
<v Speaker 4>balls at Texas the last two years apiece. It's over

0:20:36.000 --> 0:20:39.639
<v Speaker 4>twelve hundred in his last two years total. And so

0:20:39.880 --> 0:20:41.639
<v Speaker 4>I'm sorry, six hundred yards.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, if he caught six hundred passes at Texas, he

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<v Speaker 2>would have probably been a first round pick.

0:20:46.960 --> 0:20:48.640
<v Speaker 3>Six hundred yards each year.

0:20:48.800 --> 0:20:52.720
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And again, good production out of that position is

0:20:52.760 --> 0:20:55.560
<v Speaker 2>something that they haven't necessarily had. I mean nothing against

0:20:55.560 --> 0:20:57.920
<v Speaker 2>any of the existing guys. Tommy Tremble, I think is

0:20:57.960 --> 0:21:01.359
<v Speaker 2>still kind of turning into something new in front of

0:21:01.400 --> 0:21:03.439
<v Speaker 2>us every year. He's added a little something to his

0:21:03.480 --> 0:21:06.520
<v Speaker 2>game every off season, and I think he's continued to

0:21:06.560 --> 0:21:09.159
<v Speaker 2>grow into a player. But having that kind of thread

0:21:09.200 --> 0:21:12.800
<v Speaker 2>at that position is something they haven't had. So I'm

0:21:12.840 --> 0:21:14.919
<v Speaker 2>looking forward to getting the training camp and kind of

0:21:14.920 --> 0:21:18.240
<v Speaker 2>seeing what that looks like in real life, because there

0:21:18.320 --> 0:21:20.719
<v Speaker 2>is so much new being thrown together, and there is

0:21:20.760 --> 0:21:25.040
<v Speaker 2>so much that we're gonna kind of learn together as

0:21:25.080 --> 0:21:29.159
<v Speaker 2>we watch this thing. But definitely getting that first glimpse

0:21:29.160 --> 0:21:31.800
<v Speaker 2>of them seeing some of those highlights, you know, seeing

0:21:31.800 --> 0:21:35.760
<v Speaker 2>big o'xl you know, up there twisting and making catches

0:21:35.800 --> 0:21:39.040
<v Speaker 2>and doing things in rookie mini camp, It's like, okay,

0:21:39.359 --> 0:21:41.080
<v Speaker 2>that's a thing. And then even in some of the

0:21:41.160 --> 0:21:44.600
<v Speaker 2>video from this week during a you know, off season

0:21:44.680 --> 0:21:47.159
<v Speaker 2>workouts here now that the veterans and rookies are together,

0:21:47.200 --> 0:21:50.439
<v Speaker 2>and you see Bryce throwing to him, you see Bryce

0:21:50.560 --> 0:21:54.000
<v Speaker 2>working with some of these new targets like okay, all right,

0:21:54.040 --> 0:21:56.760
<v Speaker 2>I see what they were thinking. So anyway, that.

0:21:56.840 --> 0:21:59.800
<v Speaker 4>Is a one small qualifier before we finished just what

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<v Speaker 4>in terms of the schedule, yep, you know, we keep

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<v Speaker 4>looking at Okay, you know the first half of these

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<v Speaker 4>games there there's a lot of winnable games in there.

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<v Speaker 4>They're facing rookie quarterbacks. I think they face like four

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<v Speaker 4>rookie quarterbacks or something like that. Potentially depending on who's

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<v Speaker 4>lining up for some of these teams, but this is

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<v Speaker 4>still Yes, you have a coaching staff on defense that returned,

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<v Speaker 4>a coaching staff on offense that have worked together, and

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<v Speaker 4>a quarterback who's more familiar with his receivers this year,

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<v Speaker 4>but this is still a new staff, a first time

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<v Speaker 4>head coach, and the staff coming in and implementing a

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<v Speaker 4>new offense. So there's gonna be some growing pains on

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<v Speaker 4>both sides. So just remember that when you're looking at

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<v Speaker 4>the schedule.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and again, as we mentioned, no playoff teams from

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<v Speaker 2>last year in the first half of that schedule, you

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<v Speaker 2>don't see a playoff team from twenty twenty three until

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<v Speaker 2>post by.

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<v Speaker 3>And then you see nothing but penal and then.

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<v Speaker 2>You see five out of your next six opponents where

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<v Speaker 2>teams who were involved in the playoffs last year. So

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<v Speaker 2>it's obviously you never know when that stuff's going to

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<v Speaker 2>carry over from year to year. We don't know you

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<v Speaker 2>know how things are going to change between now and

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<v Speaker 2>November December, but at least now we know the who's

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<v Speaker 2>and the winds and the where So it's always a

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<v Speaker 2>it's always a mile post during an off season. Now

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<v Speaker 2>it's real, and now you can start making plans. Now

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<v Speaker 2>you can buy your plane tickets, figure out where you

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<v Speaker 2>want to go on the road. We'll see in Las

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<v Speaker 2>Vegas in September. We'll see in Germany in November. It's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be cool. It's a season. Now, it's a schedule.

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<v Speaker 2>It's real, it's tangible, and we can put our hands

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<v Speaker 2>on it and print it out and start thinking about

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<v Speaker 2>what the next six months of our lives are going

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<v Speaker 2>to be like. So as we give you guys a

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<v Speaker 2>chance to digest it all, you can digest it all

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<v Speaker 3>The happiest of happy happen.

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<v Speaker 2>Here we go