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Speaker 1: three super Bowls came with the New England Patriots. New

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Speaker 1: that's the chess match in all of this. You know

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Speaker 1: they're watching that tape you with your division opponents. You

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Speaker 1: play him twice a year, so they watch two games

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Speaker 1: worth of tape and see what our answers were to

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Speaker 1: some of the things that they did. Uh. They work

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Speaker 1: very hard over the offseason to shore up some of

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Speaker 1: those things. So it really does take on a life

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Speaker 1: of its own every single game. So with this game

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Speaker 1: have some things that they haven't shown, and I'm sure

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Speaker 1: they have some things that they haven't shown for us.

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Speaker 1: So it's really about again going back to that those rules.

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Speaker 1: If if you're consistent and true to your rules, you

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Speaker 1: play sound defense, it gives yourself a chance. All right.

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Speaker 1: You mentioned Mark Andrews, two time pro bowler. He's got

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Speaker 1: thirty one touchdown since two thousand, seven of them have

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Speaker 1: come in six games against the Cleveland Browns. I don't

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Speaker 1: know how he does it. It's not like there's a

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Speaker 1: dynamic receiver that Richard Bateman has been very good for

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Speaker 1: them when on the field, but he hasn't played in

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Speaker 1: a couple of weeks. He just always gets open they

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Speaker 1: throw the ball. He has more catches than the next

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Speaker 1: three leading receivers on the Ravens combined. How does he

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Speaker 1: do it? What makes him so effective? How do you

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Speaker 1: stop him? Yeah? Well, again, he's a He's a very

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Speaker 1: good player starting physically right, Just a big, physical, uh

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Speaker 1: player that can can win on contested balls and can run.

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Speaker 1: So that combination of size and athleticism, it's you know,

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Speaker 1: then he's very savvy versus zones. Can knows how to

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Speaker 1: sit in zones, knows how to get open and zones

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Speaker 1: and going back to athleticism can win versus man. So again,

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Speaker 1: this is the unique challenge that Baltimore presents, certainly that

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Speaker 1: Mark Andrews presents. So I don't know that it's one

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Speaker 1: defense takes him away. I don't know that it's one

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Speaker 1: player takes him away. As long as you have a

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Speaker 1: plan uh to limit his ability because you know, I

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Speaker 1: go back to great players. He's gonna make a play.

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Speaker 1: He's gonna maybe make two plays. But if you can

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Speaker 1: limit those plays, if you can turn what you know,

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Speaker 1: if you can get him on the ground after a

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Speaker 1: ten yard game as opposed to him breaking a tackle

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Speaker 1: and going for a twenty yard game. I want to

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Speaker 1: ask you about Patrick Ricard because three straight Pro Bowls.

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Speaker 1: He is one of one right in the NFL, former

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Speaker 1: defensive lineman, term fullback. They use him in watching this

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Speaker 1: team in such a fascinating way where sometimes you know

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Speaker 1: he's kind of in the pistol and he's a lead blocker.

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Speaker 1: They love to run behind him, but they'll line him

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Speaker 1: up on one side of the wing and then send

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Speaker 1: him in motion, and he basically is an an early

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Speaker 1: pooler and they'll pull the backside garden. You watch last

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Speaker 1: weekends the Giants, all of their big runs came off

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Speaker 1: basically the same play, just they flipped it later on

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Speaker 1: in the game. What makes them so good? Why aren't

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Speaker 1: there more Patrick Ricards in the NFL and more teams

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Speaker 1: who kind of use that early downhill motion lead blocking. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he he is one of one, just in his size

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Speaker 1: and and his movement skills. Not a lot of guys

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Speaker 1: look like him. I give them, I give the player credit,

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Speaker 1: I give them credit for evolving his role over the years.

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Speaker 1: He's really taking on more of a role than he's

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Speaker 1: had before. And really he's doing jobs that other players

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Speaker 1: for them used to do. So he's really just expanding

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Speaker 1: his role. Uh you mentioned that fast motion. They're really

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Speaker 1: running the same place as if he aligned over there

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Speaker 1: to begin with. They're just bringing him from the other

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Speaker 1: side of the center, which causes some uh some once

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Speaker 1: the confusion causes some communication that has to occur with

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Speaker 1: your defense to understand. All right, this looks like it's

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Speaker 1: a three by one, but in reality, with this fast motion,

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Speaker 1: it's ending in a two by two. Now you've gotta

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Speaker 1: think about your run fits from the second level to

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Speaker 1: the third level when they end up in that formation

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Speaker 1: and you're given a guy who's three or pounds of

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Speaker 1: running start to hit somebody. And you've seen that kind

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Speaker 1: of over the years become a bigger staple in in

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Speaker 1: the NFL. I think to Trent Williams and San Francisco

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Speaker 1: that we're putting him in motion quite a bit. So

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Speaker 1: that's certainly something that you're seeing bounce around the league

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Speaker 1: right now, all right, So that's them in a nutshell. Offensively,

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Speaker 1: they'll use a lot of tight ends. We don't know

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Speaker 1: about j. K. Dobbins, Kenny and Drake, who has had

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Speaker 1: some good games against the Browns in the past before

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Speaker 1: your time, have a nice game last week. But that's

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Speaker 1: kind of who they are. Defensively, it's a lot of names,

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Speaker 1: you know. It's a lot of guys who have been

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Speaker 1: around this league for a long time. Calais Campbell's the

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Speaker 1: Jason Pierre Paul's, if Justin Houston is able to come back,

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Speaker 1: Marcus Peters, Marlon Humphrey, a lot of veterans, A veteran group. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's a really good groups. You mentioned, it's a lot

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Speaker 1: of faces and names and players that we know. It's

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Speaker 1: a first time coordinator, but he was there for so

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Speaker 1: many years. Was gone just for one year when he

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Speaker 1: was a defensive coordinator at Michigan. So Mike McDonald does

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Speaker 1: a nice job with this group. There's a lot of

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Speaker 1: similarities to what they've done under Wink Martindale, and there's

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Speaker 1: also some differences and we've kind of drilled into those

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Speaker 1: differences and what they're doing through the first six games

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Speaker 1: of his young tenure, some of the new things that

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Speaker 1: they're doing. So aware of that, but at the end

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Speaker 1: of the day, it's it's so similar to what they've done.

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Speaker 1: It's just a question of, again, what are those adjustments

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Speaker 1: that they're going to bring to our game. It feels like,

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Speaker 1: and correct me if I'm wrong, but in the past

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Speaker 1: they played a lot more cover three than they are.

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Speaker 1: This year feels like this year they're kind of like

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Speaker 1: a cheesecake factor. They're playing like everything. Yeah, they are,

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Speaker 1: but it's it's it's percentage wise. So they've played a

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Speaker 1: lot last season. Maybe they're playing a little bit higher

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Speaker 1: percentage of shell, maybe a little bit higher percentage of zone,

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Speaker 1: but at the end of the day, it's it's the defense.

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Speaker 1: The structure hasn't necessarily changed, but the amount of times

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Speaker 1: and the percentage that they're doing things, maybe it's adjusted

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Speaker 1: a little bit. And they're the number one in terms

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Speaker 1: of dime percentage in the league. So that's something you

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Speaker 1: get to go against a lot, certainly here in our

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Speaker 1: training camp. What do they benefit And we saw a

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Speaker 1: team last week that did that, But you know, Kyle

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Speaker 1: Dugger is an elite player and they're without Marcus Williams,

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Speaker 1: so that kind of hurts them a little bit in

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Speaker 1: that dime look. With those dime looks, you're really you're

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Speaker 1: adding safety on the field often times that are comfortable

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Speaker 1: playing in and around the box, that are good blitzers,

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Speaker 1: that can play tight ends and man coverage that can

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Speaker 1: drop in zone. So I think they have a nice

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Speaker 1: They do a nice job of using their versatile safeties

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Speaker 1: and and some guys come in and play the back half.

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Speaker 1: Some guys come in like thirty six, and he may blitz,

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Speaker 1: he may be playing man coverage. So there's a real

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Speaker 1: versatility to their package of dime there all right, And

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Speaker 1: then this is the one stat that just jumped out

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Speaker 1: of me because it's so unique and I think that

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Speaker 1: we would all like to get off to a fast start.

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Speaker 1: In Baltimore, they have taken the lead in every single

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Speaker 1: game they played this year. They have not allowed a

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Speaker 1: single point on an opponent's opening driving. Those are the

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Speaker 1: scripted play typically, that's where you've got your best stuff

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Speaker 1: for what you're expecting to come. How have they been

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Speaker 1: able to do that? Is there anything unique that's jumped

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Speaker 1: out to you on tape or is it just that's

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Speaker 1: just what's happened. Yeah, obviously we want to start fast.

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Speaker 1: They want to start fast. Easier said than done. They've

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Speaker 1: done it going into the fourth quarter of all six

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Speaker 1: of their games they've led. The only one they tied

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Speaker 1: was the Buffalo game, so they they've had the lead,

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Speaker 1: they've scored first and all their games. So I think

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Speaker 1: for us, you know, you do want to start fast.

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Speaker 1: You do want on offense and defense to be really

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Speaker 1: sound and what you're doing, especially when you go on

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Speaker 1: the road because you know the crowd as a factor

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Speaker 1: early and then part of starting fast, the second part

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Speaker 1: of that is finishing strong. So for us that that

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Speaker 1: is an emphasis where we do want to be at

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Speaker 1: our best offensively, defensively, special teams as the game starts

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Speaker 1: versus an opponent that's done a nice job there, and

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Speaker 1: then you gotta play that sixty minute game. You gotta

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Speaker 1: be ready to pick up speed after you start fast

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Speaker 1: and then finish strong. Coach, thank you so much for

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Speaker 1: the time. Best of luck against the Ravens on Sunday

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Speaker 1: in Baltimore. Great thanks, Nathan. All Right, we'll be back

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Speaker 1: with more of the Kevin sa Fancy Show all along

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Speaker 1: the University Hospitals Cleveland Brown's Radio network. I feel like

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Speaker 1: I have people in the building that can tell me

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Speaker 1: the truth, and I think that's really important because I

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Speaker 1: don't want this to be a place where I don't

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Speaker 1: get the truth from our guys. This is the Coach

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Speaker 1: Kevin Stefanski Show. You're listening to the University Hospitals Cleveland

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Speaker 1: Browns Radio Network. Here are your hosts, Nathan Sagura and

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Speaker 1: Gerard Jerry. Be sure to stop by the free Twisted

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Speaker 1: T Tailgate pregame party prior to every home game. Twisted

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Speaker 1: Ttailgate is located on the west side of First Energy

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Speaker 1: Stadium and combines the atmosphere of a beer garden with

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Speaker 1: live music, food and drink options, along with areas for socializing.

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Speaker 1: The tailgate opens four hours party kickoff, and it's open

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Speaker 1: to fans with a ticket to the game. Nathan Sigura,

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Speaker 1: Gerade Cherry with you. It's the Kevin Stefanski Show, all

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Speaker 1: along the University Hospitals Cleveland, Brown's radio network, and it's

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Speaker 1: time now, Gerard, to go around the league. Let's start

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Speaker 1: with the Jets and the Giants New York, New York.

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Speaker 1: They are combined at nine and three through the first

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Speaker 1: six weeks. Which team sustains this and makes the playoffs

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Speaker 1: either neither or both? Both? Really simple? Both? And why

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Speaker 1: I say both because right now I'm seeing some lackluster

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Speaker 1: football across the board in the National Football League, and

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Speaker 1: these two teams in particular, Nathan, seemed like they want

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Speaker 1: that smoke. Seemed like they love the idea of being

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Speaker 1: out on a football field and competing for sixty four minutes,

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Speaker 1: four quarters, and all that entails with four pail three phases,

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Speaker 1: complimenting each other and doing what's necessary. Dirty. It's not pretty,

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Speaker 1: but they're finding ways to get the job done. They

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Speaker 1: certainly are. I think that Jets teams a lot of fun.

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Speaker 1: Breese Hall is a stud, Garrett Wilson is a stud.

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Speaker 1: Corey Davis is very good, Elijah Moore is a stud.

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Speaker 1: And then you go on the defense, Sauce Gardner and

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Speaker 1: they drafted you know, a Johnson, they got Carl Lawson.

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Speaker 1: They just get there. Are a fun team. Zach Wilson

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Speaker 1: back healthy. Now they're fun. What did you make though

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Speaker 1: of Elijah Moore who's now experiencing winning football for the

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Speaker 1: first time in his young it's only second year in

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Speaker 1: the league. He said he wants a trade. They have

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Speaker 1: said they will not trade him, but he said he

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Speaker 1: wants a trade after he's not really getting utilized as

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Speaker 1: much as he would like in this offense. Well, if

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Speaker 1: he becomes uh, I mean he's already right there. You're

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Speaker 1: winning and you're complaining, I get rid of the guy.

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Speaker 1: I mean, if we're winning and we're having success and

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Speaker 1: you're not and you're worried about yourself, ultimately, that's not

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Speaker 1: gonna bowl well for your team coaches, So I'd make

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Speaker 1: an example out of them. Met old school thought process,

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Speaker 1: antiquity Gerard, but again different day and age where we

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Speaker 1: don't do that. We pretty much let guys be restless

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Speaker 1: and speak their peace. But if he does become a

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Speaker 1: distraction locker room, you tell you move him on, listen,

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Speaker 1: send him right over here to Cleveland. I'll take Elijah More.

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Speaker 1: I wanted to give a knowes. I wanted Elijah More

641
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Speaker 1: bad in the draft last year. I love that kid

642
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Speaker 1: out old miss See. That's right there, Nathan. Why would

643
00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:25,400
Speaker 1: you want a guy on your locker rooms? Alreadys complaining

644
00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:28,800
Speaker 1: he's winning, needs complaining. You know what, Sometimes young guys

645
00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:31,640
Speaker 1: they're immature, they don't get it, and you know what,

646
00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:35,240
Speaker 1: we need talent, talent what David and Joku requested a

647
00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:39,800
Speaker 1: trade and the Brown said no, And guess what, he

648
00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:42,200
Speaker 1: kind of paid his dues. He blocked he wasn't getting

649
00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:44,520
Speaker 1: the ball as much, and then he was rewarded with

650
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Speaker 1: fifty million dollars. And now he's a stud and somebody

651
00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:50,960
Speaker 1: you would never worry about or never think about. You.

652
00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:52,680
Speaker 1: You know, it's just one of those things I think

653
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Speaker 1: young guys deal with. And I'll bet on the talent

654
00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:57,120
Speaker 1: that's me. I'll give me a talent. And that's a

655
00:29:57,160 --> 00:30:00,520
Speaker 1: great example. I would come back and say of following

656
00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:03,640
Speaker 1: right now, we need to establish what our culture is,

657
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Speaker 1: and I wouldn't bury get someone like that who's already

658
00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:09,960
Speaker 1: who probably do more damage to it than good a

659
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Speaker 1: mal content as you would like town. All right, I'm

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Speaker 1: with you on that, all right. After busy Week six

661
00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:18,760
Speaker 1: in the NFL, who are contenders? Who are pretenders? I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna give you a team, you tell me, contender or pretender?

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Speaker 1: The Vikings five and one contender without a shadow of doubt.

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Speaker 1: I couldn't agree with you anymore on that one. I

665
00:30:29,560 --> 00:30:33,320
Speaker 1: liked that team again, justin Jefferson Dalvin Cook feeling Kirk

666
00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:35,400
Speaker 1: Cousins is much better than people think. And then that

667
00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:38,160
Speaker 1: defense is starting to play well. I like the Vikings.

668
00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:41,520
Speaker 1: The Dallas Cowboys four and two. They get Dak Prescott

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Speaker 1: back this week, defense travels contender. Agreed, when you have

670
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Speaker 1: a d like that, you're always a contender. The forty

671
00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:52,400
Speaker 1: nine or three and three on the season. They go

672
00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:54,840
Speaker 1: to day host Kansas City this week. They likely will

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Speaker 1: be three and four. One of those losses, of course,

674
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Speaker 1: and the slop to the Bears in week one. They

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Speaker 1: beat the under any other circumstance, I'm sure of it.

676
00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:05,360
Speaker 1: That week and then their injuries they are missing and

677
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Speaker 1: I know this because my my dad boots on the

678
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Speaker 1: ground Pedro. Basically eight of their starters on defense, they're

679
00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:16,160
Speaker 1: decimated by injury, but a dangerous team. Still are they still?

680
00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:19,360
Speaker 1: Can they survive this early tough patch or are they

681
00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:21,880
Speaker 1: out of it six games? So I'm gonna give them

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Speaker 1: a benefit of doubt and say contenders. Contenders. Okay, I'm

683
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Speaker 1: with you too, Tampa Bay, Tom Brady Turmoil. They just

684
00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:35,960
Speaker 1: lost to the Steelers, Garrode. I can't believe I'm about

685
00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:42,040
Speaker 1: to say this. And Tom, you can't miss practice on Wednesdays,

686
00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:44,160
Speaker 1: and maybe he's been doing it all season time. And

687
00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:46,800
Speaker 1: then Friday fly out to a wedding. I get that,

688
00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:49,280
Speaker 1: but then not fly with your team that just sets

689
00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:52,120
Speaker 1: for the game itself and you meet him there. That

690
00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:54,960
Speaker 1: doesn't speak well of team cultures. So I'm gonna have

691
00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:59,160
Speaker 1: to say pretenders. Bill Belichick declined the invitation to that

692
00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:01,640
Speaker 1: very same sting with Robert Kraft because he said, we

693
00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:03,920
Speaker 1: got a game that I've got to focus on, and

694
00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:07,160
Speaker 1: he did just that. The Green Bay Packers three and three.

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Speaker 1: They've lost to both of those New York teams back

696
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Speaker 1: to back. Pretenders What's what's going on there? Gerade? What's

697
00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:18,680
Speaker 1: going on there? Aaron Rodgers. Uh, he always gives off

698
00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:21,560
Speaker 1: a little bit of a weird vibe. They made obviously

699
00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:23,920
Speaker 1: a decision that I don't know if they financially could

700
00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:26,640
Speaker 1: afford him or what Davante Adams leaving was not replaced

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Speaker 1: adequately at this point, they're an interesting team that it

702
00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:32,080
Speaker 1: seems like they're in a little bit of turmoil. Well,

703
00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:33,680
Speaker 1: I think you've got that, and I still think you

704
00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:37,120
Speaker 1: got the residue from last season of this whole idea

705
00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:40,240
Speaker 1: of one I don't want to be here and the

706
00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:43,000
Speaker 1: drama that went along with that. And then on top

707
00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:46,080
Speaker 1: of that, if you don't have the playmakers that he

708
00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:48,840
Speaker 1: trusts right now in the in the building, then what

709
00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:51,280
Speaker 1: are you gonna do? So I get why they're struggling,

710
00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:53,520
Speaker 1: and they seem like a team that just simply doesn't

711
00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:57,160
Speaker 1: care about winning football games. You had a lead in

712
00:32:57,280 --> 00:33:02,680
Speaker 1: London and you're showcasing in London the our favorite American pasttime,

713
00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:04,880
Speaker 1: and guys have to be conscious of this. And then

714
00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:06,360
Speaker 1: you go out there and do what you did and

715
00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:07,920
Speaker 1: let the Giants come back and beat you. And then

716
00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:11,560
Speaker 1: you're at home and then you lose again. It is

717
00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:14,240
Speaker 1: it's a stunning thing. And you know you talked about

718
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Speaker 1: you know you don't want guys who are mal contents,

719
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Speaker 1: And I would say, well, do you want somebody who's

720
00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:21,160
Speaker 1: out there doing ayahuasca in the off season as your quarterback?

721
00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:24,160
Speaker 1: Like that can't be good for your brain, It can't be.

722
00:33:24,240 --> 00:33:26,000
Speaker 1: But again, you're gonna give him a pass because of

723
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Speaker 1: what he's one of the best passes I've ever doing.

724
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Speaker 1: Of course, he most certainly is talking about Aaron Riders.

725
00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:33,160
Speaker 1: All right, give me your rank of the top three

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00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:35,440
Speaker 1: teams in the NFL from one to three, and I'll

727
00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:37,280
Speaker 1: give you the kind of the consensus that people think

728
00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:39,440
Speaker 1: are the top teams in the NFL, and that of

729
00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:43,840
Speaker 1: course would be Philly, Buffalo, and Kansas City. Philly undefeated,

730
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Speaker 1: Buffalo and Casey just had a great game with Buffalo

731
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Speaker 1: coming out on top. Who are your top three teams

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00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:51,080
Speaker 1: in the NFL drun. I'm gonna sit with Philly because

733
00:33:51,080 --> 00:33:53,200
Speaker 1: I think they're a complete football team when they haven't

734
00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:55,960
Speaker 1: lost the game. Then I'll throw Buffalo into the mix.

735
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Speaker 1: But my third team is gonna shock you, and I'm

736
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Speaker 1: gonna go with the Cowboys with that Scott being back,

737
00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:02,320
Speaker 1: you don't think they're gonna be better at passing the

738
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Speaker 1: football and being more explosive on the offensive end, and

739
00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:06,960
Speaker 1: especially if they can commit to the run. I put

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Speaker 1: them on the Chiefs right now. With that Deally over

741
00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:14,080
Speaker 1: the Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes, I love it. Gerarde hot

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Speaker 1: takes abound right there. That's fun. That's what we like

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Speaker 1: to do here on the Kevin Stefanski Show. All right,

744
00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:23,640
Speaker 1: we're continuing to go around the league here, fact or fiction.

745
00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:28,280
Speaker 1: The Chiefs are the leading candidate to land Odell Beckham Jr.

746
00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:31,280
Speaker 1: And then part two of that doesn't really matter, doesn't

747
00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:34,520
Speaker 1: really matter. Ah does he really want to go to Buffalo?

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00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,160
Speaker 1: I think ultimately he's gonna hunt for the team was

749
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Speaker 1: in the best spot to win. I can see him

750
00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:43,239
Speaker 1: going to the Chiefs and fitting him very well there.

751
00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:45,319
Speaker 1: But heck, I can also make a run for him

752
00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:48,200
Speaker 1: in Green Bay as well. But yeah, I'll go ahead

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00:34:48,200 --> 00:34:50,759
Speaker 1: and say, yeah, the Chiefs. I'll say that closer proximity

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00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:53,200
Speaker 1: to Los Angeles, So yes, I could see them going

755
00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:56,120
Speaker 1: to the Chiefs. I think the Rams need him. I

756
00:34:56,120 --> 00:34:57,640
Speaker 1: think number one, he should go back for the Rams.

757
00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:00,480
Speaker 1: They need him. They're kind of pretend there's though they

758
00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:03,360
Speaker 1: have a lot of issues. Green Bay would be interesting,

759
00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:05,319
Speaker 1: but we already talked about them now they they have

760
00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:08,160
Speaker 1: their struggles. Kansas City I think makes a lot of

761
00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:09,719
Speaker 1: sense and that would be certainly that'd be fun to

762
00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:13,319
Speaker 1: see him play with Patrick Mahomes. All right, Gerard, thank

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Speaker 1: you so much for the quality entertainment and insights hot takes.

764
00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:19,880
Speaker 1: As always off the TV land. We will talk to

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Speaker 1: you this Sunday on the call. When you're down on

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00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:24,279
Speaker 1: the sidelines for the Browns and the Ravens. Let's go,

767
00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:28,160
Speaker 1: let's go. All right, when we come back, I'm gonna

768
00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:31,840
Speaker 1: sit down with Donovan People's Jones. But remember, in football,

769
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Speaker 1: making a big hit after the whistle can be huge trouble.

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00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:37,480
Speaker 1: Knowing when to stop his critical for football players and

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00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:41,040
Speaker 1: for gamblers. So always at a time limit before gambling,

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Speaker 1: and keep things fun. Learn more and keep it fun.

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Speaker 1: Ohio dot com are exclusive one on one with Donovan

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Speaker 1: People's Jones. Next here on the University Hospitals Cleveland, Brown's

775
00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:56,520
Speaker 1: radio network. This is Brown's cornerback Donzel Award, Donovan Jones.

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Speaker 1: This is Joe Mattonio and you're listening to the University

777
00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:02,640
Speaker 1: Hospitals Cleveland was radio network. University Hospitals of your hometown

778
00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:05,640
Speaker 1: Medical Team, an official healthcare provider of the Cleveland Browns.

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00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:08,520
Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Kevin Stefanski Show, all along the

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00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:12,000
Speaker 1: University Hospitals Cleveland Brown's radio network. Very happy now to

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00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:14,800
Speaker 1: be joined by Donovan People's Jones, the Browns wide receiver,

782
00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:17,400
Speaker 1: led the team in the yards last week against the Patriots,

783
00:36:17,760 --> 00:36:20,240
Speaker 1: coming off of four straight games with more than fifty

784
00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:23,640
Speaker 1: yards dv J. What's starting to click for you and Jacoby?

785
00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:27,719
Speaker 1: Just getting used to each other, getting um, building the chemistry, UM,

786
00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:30,239
Speaker 1: continue to get better, continue to see things the same

787
00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:33,440
Speaker 1: way UM, and like I said, just continue to get

788
00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:35,520
Speaker 1: better and continue to trust the game plan. When you

789
00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:37,880
Speaker 1: talk about getting better, where have you improved since you

790
00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:40,399
Speaker 1: were a rookie? Oh? Man, I feel like a lot

791
00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:43,960
Speaker 1: of things. Awareness my body, UM, knowledge of the offense,

792
00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:51,839
Speaker 1: knowledge of defenses, UM knowledge knowledge, knowledge is power right experience? Yeah?

793
00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:54,080
Speaker 1: For sure. Do you ever kind of look back and say, Wow,

794
00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:55,840
Speaker 1: I got to be in a receiver with Odell, with

795
00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:58,360
Speaker 1: Jarvis and now with a Mari Cooper And what have

796
00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:01,080
Speaker 1: you kind of learned from those guys? Man, it's a blessing.

797
00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:03,120
Speaker 1: It's a blessing. All of those guys are you know,

798
00:37:03,160 --> 00:37:06,000
Speaker 1: elite receivers, um, guys that I've looked up to since

799
00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:09,200
Speaker 1: I was younger. And I mean, it's really has just

800
00:37:09,239 --> 00:37:11,040
Speaker 1: been a blessing to play with all of them and

801
00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:14,240
Speaker 1: get to know him as like as people. Amari certainly

802
00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:16,400
Speaker 1: different than those two, right, and and not only the

803
00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:19,040
Speaker 1: way that he approaches the game, the way he runs

804
00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:21,799
Speaker 1: his routes, but also he's a quieter guy than than

805
00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:24,040
Speaker 1: either Jarvis or Odell. What's kind of been like getting

806
00:37:24,080 --> 00:37:26,239
Speaker 1: the room with him and somebody who is just such

807
00:37:26,280 --> 00:37:28,920
Speaker 1: a precise route runner. Yeah, it's good. Um, you know,

808
00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:30,680
Speaker 1: he's been on top of the game for a long time.

809
00:37:31,239 --> 00:37:35,480
Speaker 1: UM you know the things that he's done with creating separation,

810
00:37:35,560 --> 00:37:38,920
Speaker 1: getting open using his body. He's a bigger guy, Um,

811
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Speaker 1: to make to make defenders back off is just great.

812
00:37:42,719 --> 00:37:46,160
Speaker 1: So he really understands that. He understands, you know, leverages,

813
00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:49,160
Speaker 1: he understands movement skills. So it's been has been fun

814
00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:51,960
Speaker 1: to watch him and for you you seem to understand that.

815
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Speaker 1: And it feels like and let me say that, I

816
00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:55,680
Speaker 1: said it's on the broadcast the other week, it feels

817
00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:57,960
Speaker 1: like you make a lot of tough catches where you

818
00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:00,880
Speaker 1: are fully extended, diving one way or the other, away, running, diving,

819
00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:04,040
Speaker 1: coming this way, diving. How have you gotten so good

820
00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:08,000
Speaker 1: in those situations that making those catches? Really just trusting,

821
00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:10,120
Speaker 1: trusting my technique. Trusting at the ball is going to

822
00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:12,440
Speaker 1: be somewhere within my frame. And I got a pretty

823
00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:14,600
Speaker 1: big frame, and I feel like I can make you know,

824
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Speaker 1: any catch that's in my frame, and you do. These

825
00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:21,040
Speaker 1: guys are that you're like holy man, but like, how

826
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Speaker 1: do you catch that one? Sir? Yes, sir, I bet

827
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Speaker 1: you like that. That's good. Not only are you contributing

828
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Speaker 1: in the passing game, but in this offense, if you

829
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Speaker 1: want to play wide receiver, you've got to block. And

830
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Speaker 1: I think that's one of the things that maybe the

831
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Speaker 1: casual fan doesn't see. But in our pin pull scheme,

832
00:38:34,120 --> 00:38:36,719
Speaker 1: that's you often blocking the edge so that you can

833
00:38:36,719 --> 00:38:39,480
Speaker 1: pull the guards or the center back around you. How

834
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Speaker 1: did you become so proficient at that? And what do

835
00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:44,080
Speaker 1: you like about it? It's really just giving great effort um,

836
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Speaker 1: being listening to coaching, taking coach coaching from you know,

837
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Speaker 1: not only CEO, but coach Callaghan and Stefanski. You know

838
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Speaker 1: where they want me, where to run is going, you

839
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Speaker 1: know who needs to be cut off by my position

840
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Speaker 1: and really just you know, using my physical strengths being

841
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Speaker 1: able to you know, block bigger guys, um, having a

842
00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:04,759
Speaker 1: want to, not being scared um. And then I mean

843
00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:06,480
Speaker 1: I just love blocking far backs. I think we got

844
00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:09,080
Speaker 1: the best back room in the league. So it's been

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Speaker 1: it's been a pleasure blocking for Nick and career and

846
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Speaker 1: it's probably nice, right, you know, if you do your job,

847
00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:15,319
Speaker 1: it's not you know, Okay, I'm gonna do this. I'm

848
00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:17,239
Speaker 1: gonna get like three yards. That's when you have a

849
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Speaker 1: chance for forty fifty to the house type runs. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I definitely always gotta stare with your guy because you know,

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Speaker 1: Sometimes it is? Yeah, for sure, for sure, Nick, get

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Speaker 1: that great run uh in the last one? All right,

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Speaker 1: let's talk about you mentioned CEO Chato Shay, the wide

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Speaker 1: And you know so much talk to this week about

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Speaker 1: what is he kind of taught you and that relationship,

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Speaker 1: how it's benefited you. I mean, he's he's been around

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Speaker 1: apply that to to my game. All right, Ravens, big game.

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Speaker 1: Obviously we know we haven't gotten what we wanted the

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Speaker 1: watch them, what do you see? They're they're great Teama corners,

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Speaker 1: Marcus Peters, Marlon Humphrey, multiple time Pro Bowlers, both of them.

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Speaker 1: What do they try to do to receivers? They got

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Speaker 1: a good corners, a big physical they got a good

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Speaker 1: Do you like going against maybe a big physical corner

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Speaker 1: more than maybe a smaller shift your guy, or do

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Speaker 1: you not care. Um, I like I like just playing football, man,

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Speaker 1: I like play football. Whoever's out there is out there,

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Speaker 1: just give me the ball. Yeah. Do you feel like

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Speaker 1: productive This is one of the best stretches of your

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Speaker 1: career right in terms of you, I've got in the

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Speaker 1: end zone yet, but that will come even awful close.

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Speaker 1: You got the ball right on the one yard line

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Speaker 1: a few times. But do you feel like you're just

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Speaker 1: to do to get open so you can get the

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Speaker 1: football from Jacoby. Yeah, definitely, Um is there every game.

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Speaker 1: You know, we have a great scheme and our offense,

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Speaker 1: you know, has the ability for me to get open,

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Speaker 1: for me to understand different coverages and you know what

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Speaker 1: I have to do. Where's the different looks and um,

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Speaker 1: just just just playing with my team and trusting the process. Donovan.

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Speaker 1: It is always a pleasure talk to you. Love seeing

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Speaker 1: you succeed out there. Looking for more of that on

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Speaker 1: Sunday against the Ravens. Fans mark your calendars for Face

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Speaker 1: we come back. Wrapping things up here, It's the Kevin

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Speaker 1: Safanski Show on the University Hospitals Cleveland Brown's Radio network.

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Speaker 1: I feel like I have people in the building that

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Speaker 1: can tell me the truth, and I think that's really

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Speaker 1: important because I don't want this to be a place

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Speaker 1: where I don't get the truth from our guys. This

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Speaker 1: is the Coach Kevin Stefanski Show you're listening to. The

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Speaker 1: October and the Cardiac Club of First Energy Stadium, beginning

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Speaker 1: at seven pm. Tickets are fifty dollars and space is limited.

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Speaker 1: For more information, visit Cleveland Browns dot com. We're called

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Speaker 1: four four oh five zero five zero stock up and

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Speaker 1: step up time for me? Whose stock is up for

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Speaker 1: this Cleveland Browns football team. Well, you gotta tip your

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Speaker 1: cap obviously to the all time sack leader in Miles Garrett,

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Speaker 1: but my stock up is going to continue to be

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Speaker 1: m j Emerson. He is the number fifteen cornerback at

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Speaker 1: Pro Football Focus last week's six Cackles team I two

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Speaker 1: passes defense. He's got the lowest completion percentage allowed in

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Speaker 1: our secondary and the lowest rating allowed when targeted amongst

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Speaker 1: our cornerback. So I love what he's been able to

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Speaker 1: do for this football team in terms of step up.

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Speaker 1: So many candidates yelled a frohole, You're gonna have to

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Speaker 1: step up for Wyatt Teller our defense. You're all gonna

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Speaker 1: have to step up. Grant Delpin gotta be better. Jacob

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Speaker 1: Phillips gotta be better. Jeremiahsukormoa gotta be better. Ronnie Harrison,

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Speaker 1: we need to see what we saw from you a

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Speaker 1: year ago when you were a dominant player in this

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Speaker 1: very game. So we need a lot of people to

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Speaker 1: step up and also add the interior of our defensive line.

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Speaker 1: Taven Brian and Jordan Elliott. It's the Browns and the

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Speaker 1: Ravens this Sunday, one pm from Baltimore. Our coverage on

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Speaker 1: the University Hospitals Cleveland Browns Radio Network starts at nine

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Speaker 1: a m. I want to thank Gerod Cherry for being

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Speaker 1: with us tonight. Is always also a big thank you

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Speaker 1: to our coordinating producer Meredith Kane and our executive producer

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Speaker 1: Jason Gibbs. It's a big one, folks, the two and

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Speaker 1: four Browns, the three and three Ravens. You've been listening

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