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Speaker 1: The Around the NFL Podcast. I don't know what time means.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to another edition Idea Around the NFL Podcast from London.

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Speaker 1: My name is Dan Hands. I am joined in a

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Speaker 1: arena filled with heroes, Mark Sessler, Chris Westling and Greg Rosenthal.

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Speaker 1: What is up boy? Hey Dan? Oh? Here we are

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Speaker 1: spread the big Oh do they call it that? Now?

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Speaker 1: We're at a big cricket match between England and India.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if it's actually big because it doesn't

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Speaker 1: mean anything, or the series was clinched, but they play anyway.

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Speaker 1: The stadium is packed out, it's it's it's rich with chef,

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Speaker 1: let's be honest. So so the minor breakdown that we

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Speaker 1: got on the way to the stadium was that essentially

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Speaker 1: the stakes do not exist because the series ended previously.

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Speaker 1: So it's kind of if the Calves and Warriors after

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Speaker 1: game five and people just don't want to go to work,

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Speaker 1: so let's pack up the stadium and enjoy the And

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Speaker 1: yet the crowd, we asked, and then the crowd reaction

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Speaker 1: is apparently no different. It's it's one of many things

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Speaker 1: about the sport that we don't understand that. Fascinating I

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Speaker 1: get it, and the explanation. Nick Pike from the NFL

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Speaker 1: UK office, he's been very nice. Everyone's been very nice,

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Speaker 1: especially with cricket trying to explain the sport to us

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Speaker 1: and it's kind of an impossible task and we're still

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Speaker 1: trying to wrap our head around it. We're stupid people.

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Speaker 1: It just yeah, it just seems fun. It just seems

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Speaker 1: and there's a bunch of dudes and white and we're

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Speaker 1: the match. So it's a pretty surreal thing and it's

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Speaker 1: just another another great experience for us here in London. Mark,

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Speaker 1: you are wearing sun glasses. You you are maybe not

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Speaker 1: living your best life right now. After we had a

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Speaker 1: long night last night we did, I mean all four

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Speaker 1: that's one way to describe it. But this, this scene

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Speaker 1: is fantastic. I actually would would double back and say

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Speaker 1: the options are to one sit in your office at

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Speaker 1: your keyboard and type away or be here doing this.

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Speaker 1: I don't care. If the stakes are low, I would

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Speaker 1: be here. They serve beer, they serve food, you're with friends.

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Speaker 1: There are incredibly attractive people all over the place. Why

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Speaker 1: extra large gin and tonic stand like with serious business

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Speaker 1: before eleven am, which you just don't see on a

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Speaker 1: typical Friday in most places. So what has been We've

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Speaker 1: this like? Near the top for you being at this

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Speaker 1: cricket match in terms of experiences? But there I wouldn't

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Speaker 1: say it's just quite as um. It's not making quite

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Speaker 1: know what I've noticed about London? How's that? How's it?

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Speaker 1: You go out to eight o'clock in the evening and

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Speaker 1: We we have a few days left here, but also

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Speaker 1: business to tend to on the podcast side of things,

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Speaker 1: and that includes, yes, talking about last night's season opener,

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Speaker 1: But let us start with what happened last night in

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Speaker 1: Philadelphia second and one A gie? It was right holes

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Speaker 1: puts Josh Perkins Emotions gives it to a Gi Puts

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Speaker 1: down when their first touchdown of the two thousand eighteen season. Yes,

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Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Eagles got off to a very slow start

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Speaker 1: Greg Rosenthal, the Atlanta Falcons not their best day by

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Speaker 1: any stretch. It was a sloppy game on both side,

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Speaker 1: out almost identically to the way that last year's divisional

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Speaker 1: yet there were such a dramatic difference in quality. I mean,

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Speaker 1: it is. These teams look nothing like they're gonna look

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Speaker 1: it only because of the viewpoints of the other three

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Speaker 1: how the game works. Well, now you're calling every trick

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Speaker 1: it was kind of a turning point for the Eagles

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Speaker 1: I mean, Matt Ryan was very inaccurate. He made far

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Speaker 1: all year and get one and back to Mariotta just

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Speaker 1: to contextualize how disappointing his year was last year. And

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Speaker 1: this is a team that actually want a playoff game

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Speaker 1: and he and he did play well, made some plays

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Speaker 1: against the Chiefs, but last year he finished last and

431
00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:52,520
Speaker 1: yards per tempt, passing, yards for game, passing, touchdowns, interceptions,

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Speaker 1: passer rating. Um. He needs to be a better player

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Speaker 1: for Tennessee to be convinced that he's the guy they

434
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Speaker 1: thought he was when drafted him early in the first round.

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00:23:02,359 --> 00:23:06,400
Speaker 1: Dolphins are a team should struggle on defense, that should

436
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Speaker 1: struggle to stop the run. And I think the Titans

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Speaker 1: running game. They don't have Jack Conklin back for a

438
00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:14,160
Speaker 1: little while, so their offensive line is not totally set.

439
00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:17,200
Speaker 1: But they're a team that should be a great running team,

440
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Speaker 1: and I think that's the way Mike Rabel wants to

441
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Speaker 1: do it. Let's move on and talk a little. Jimmy G.

442
00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:27,440
Speaker 1: It is time, Jimmy Garoppolo, who won five. She's just

443
00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:30,520
Speaker 1: feeling it back there. Paramour is in the house. She's

444
00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:33,000
Speaker 1: doing a little dance, a little Antoine walker shimmy. When

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00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:36,159
Speaker 1: she heard Jimmy G's name. She just gets excited. Jimmy

446
00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:40,920
Speaker 1: G who won five straight games with the Nights to

447
00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:43,000
Speaker 1: close out last season, but they still want six and

448
00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:45,800
Speaker 1: ten here they have a chance to make Oh you know,

449
00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:49,240
Speaker 1: I love him Greg a huge statement in Week one

450
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Speaker 1: in Minnesota, Mark Sessler, the Vikings are the favorites in

451
00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:56,080
Speaker 1: this game, but do you give San Francisco shot? I do.

452
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Speaker 1: I love this matchup for a lot For basically the offseason,

453
00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:02,320
Speaker 1: the narrative of Jimmy G and the Niners are just

454
00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:06,399
Speaker 1: going to play the role of, you know, upsetting the

455
00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:08,760
Speaker 1: Apple cart in the NFC rolled and potentially roll into

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Speaker 1: the wild card round. But now Jimmy G have to

457
00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:13,440
Speaker 1: win five straight last season. You put him up against

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Speaker 1: the defense that on paper looks like a super Bowl

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Speaker 1: level defense. You got the Kirk Cousins things going on.

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Speaker 1: It's the perfect test for Jimmy G in Week one

461
00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:23,719
Speaker 1: versus putting him up against some sort of tin Candidy

462
00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:25,840
Speaker 1: can kick with his foot forty ft across the field.

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Speaker 1: I think the Vikings defense is a lot better at

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Speaker 1: home too. This is one of the better home field

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Speaker 1: advantages in the league. To me, this is as much

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Speaker 1: as I like Jimmy G. This would be a major

467
00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:39,160
Speaker 1: upset if the forty win in there and won this game.

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Speaker 1: This is, by the way, the forty Niners Vikings game

469
00:24:42,359 --> 00:24:46,040
Speaker 1: is the early game on sky Sports today. Um, who

470
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Speaker 1: is who is the kind of player you're most excited

471
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Speaker 1: to see in this game? I want to see Dalvin

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Speaker 1: Cook on the field in games that count. Again, he

473
00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:56,720
Speaker 1: was a favorite or looking like a potential favorite for

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Speaker 1: Offensive Rookie of the Year before he tours a c L.

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Speaker 1: You got Kirk Cousins in his first game. Unfortunately, we

476
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Speaker 1: won't get Jerick McKinnon in his first game after he

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Speaker 1: tore his a c L. But it's gonna be. There's

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Speaker 1: a lot of fun subplots in this game. This would

479
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Speaker 1: be one of the games the most excited to watch.

480
00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:17,239
Speaker 1: George I loca, that's who we're looking forward to watch now.

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Speaker 1: Just getting Kirk Cousins, of course, I think everybody's gonna

482
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Speaker 1: be paying attention to how he does after getting paid

483
00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:26,040
Speaker 1: like a little George Kittle. He also seemed Cousins seemed

484
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Speaker 1: like so over the top after like his one bad

485
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Speaker 1: preseason game, and that's kind of how Kirk Cousins is

486
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Speaker 1: all the time. So I don't put too much into it.

487
00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:40,680
Speaker 1: But it has to be on his mind taking over

488
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Speaker 1: a new team and everything that's going on with him

489
00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:46,560
Speaker 1: like it's he does not feel comfortable yet. Here's the

490
00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:50,360
Speaker 1: this is the recipe that the Vikings thought they were

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Speaker 1: going for in terms of taking this thing and finally

492
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Speaker 1: winning a super Bowl. You have now would you believe

493
00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:58,760
Speaker 1: to be an upgrade at quarterback? And Kirk Cousins, he's

494
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Speaker 1: the first guy to ever change teams after a four

495
00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:03,960
Speaker 1: thousand yards season. He's in his prime. He's supposed to

496
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Speaker 1: make the offense better. The Vikings held twelve of their

497
00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:10,240
Speaker 1: sixteen opponents last year under twenty points. This is team

498
00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:13,240
Speaker 1: is as built if things go right to blow teams out.

499
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Speaker 1: So will they take care of business against San Francisco.

500
00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:18,280
Speaker 1: It's almost pointing if they don't go to the super Bowl,

501
00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:19,879
Speaker 1: and it's someone puts Kirk Cousins in a bit of

502
00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:22,679
Speaker 1: an odd position on some level. The Cowboys Panthers, by

503
00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:26,440
Speaker 1: the way, is the late afternoon game on Sky Sports.

504
00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:29,600
Speaker 1: Uh this weekend. We are speaking of Sky Sports. We

505
00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:35,480
Speaker 1: were there on um Wednesday, Wednesday, UH, and it was

506
00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:41,000
Speaker 1: we did a ton of media related things on I

507
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Speaker 1: guess uh. We started at the NFL UK office where

508
00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:50,439
Speaker 1: we did a round of interviews, press interviews. Um, I

509
00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:53,879
Speaker 1: did a fourteen second spot on Good Morning Football. Uh

510
00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:57,360
Speaker 1: what one of the press interviews? Uh? You know these

511
00:26:57,359 --> 00:27:00,359
Speaker 1: are journalists journals coming in and sitting in a conference

512
00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:04,280
Speaker 1: room and asking us, like, over and over and over again, Dan,

513
00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:08,080
Speaker 1: what do you think of Sam Donald? Strangely, guys, is

514
00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:12,239
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers overpaid? Popped up a lot? And now some

515
00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:14,760
Speaker 1: of these interviews are showing up in the local dailies.

516
00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:18,040
Speaker 1: What was the greg What was there? They used a

517
00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:21,280
Speaker 1: choice line, Uh, something that I don't even remember saying

518
00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:23,919
Speaker 1: about Tom Brady that now I'm quoted in an English

519
00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:27,359
Speaker 1: paper of record that Brady asked like what superstar is

520
00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:29,720
Speaker 1: gonna fall off a clip? And you said, well, you

521
00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:33,359
Speaker 1: gotta mention to Tom Brady, Right, I guess so that

522
00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:35,760
Speaker 1: is now on record. So I guess I'm now back

523
00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:39,480
Speaker 1: in on the hashtag gradual decline. Uh, just because of

524
00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:43,040
Speaker 1: the British newspapers. And there's also a pull quote that

525
00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:46,119
Speaker 1: they enlarged where it says London NFL team is in

526
00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:50,240
Speaker 1: the pipeline, it's no pipe dream. Did we said that?

527
00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:52,520
Speaker 1: I don't know. I guess it's a lesson for us.

528
00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:54,440
Speaker 1: I'm not sure why we're learning this now that when

529
00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:58,119
Speaker 1: journals have microphones burning and we're on the record and

530
00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:00,960
Speaker 1: we say something that it is recorded. Well, I probably

531
00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:04,640
Speaker 1: said that because earlier that you definitely said Mark and

532
00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:08,080
Speaker 1: I went and saw, you know, the Minister of sport,

533
00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:11,760
Speaker 1: uh and she that's a humble brad. Yeah. And then

534
00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:14,680
Speaker 1: when we took a little tour, we you were really

535
00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:18,480
Speaker 1: impressed by the the toiletry well, not that it was

536
00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:21,840
Speaker 1: so essentially I feel like we've you know, got discussed this.

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00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:25,600
Speaker 1: There was a very ornate room, incredible wallpaper, looked like

538
00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:28,320
Speaker 1: something out of a Stanley Kubrick film to some degree,

539
00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:31,480
Speaker 1: but a panel of walling that they opened up and

540
00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:33,840
Speaker 1: inside of it just a toilet. And who is allowed

541
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Speaker 1: to use that toilet? Only one person on the entire planet.

542
00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:38,480
Speaker 1: Who is that person? It is the Queen. No one

543
00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:40,520
Speaker 1: else goes to the baths on the toilet but the Queen,

544
00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:44,600
Speaker 1: and we saw it. That's amazing, she has her own.

545
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Speaker 1: No one else in the world can use it. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I'm in a hotel room right now where I'm only

547
00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:52,200
Speaker 1: only person using But it's a little bit different but

548
00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:57,840
Speaker 1: when we when we were there, the minister Tracy Tracy right,

549
00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:02,040
Speaker 1: I should be getting this crowd. She she was rather

550
00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:04,560
Speaker 1: confident about getting a team in a super Bowl here

551
00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:07,560
Speaker 1: and annoyed that I didn't standpoint there. That's her job

552
00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:10,120
Speaker 1: to beat. Now I set you up. I want the

553
00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:12,400
Speaker 1: crowd has in full murmur. Something's going on. I wanted

554
00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:14,880
Speaker 1: to hear about that dirty throne that that the queen

555
00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:18,600
Speaker 1: left behind. It was Christine. I don't think she's been

556
00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:20,480
Speaker 1: there in a while. This has gone off the rails

557
00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:26,200
Speaker 1: sky Sports and they and we hung out with Neil Reynold.

558
00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:30,240
Speaker 1: You're never being allowed back, like just just Henry hearing

559
00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:33,120
Speaker 1: us talk about cricket is going to cancel any possibility

560
00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:36,480
Speaker 1: of making this trip again. And Mace and the whole

561
00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:38,719
Speaker 1: crew over there. We had a lot of fun. They

562
00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:43,040
Speaker 1: split us up for some of these media engagements and

563
00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:45,800
Speaker 1: it was just done at random, I think, But for

564
00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:50,800
Speaker 1: whatever reason, Mark and I were sent to their part

565
00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:53,920
Speaker 1: of the Sky Sports Giant complex. I've never seen anything

566
00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:55,760
Speaker 1: like it. That was We thought we were going to

567
00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:59,400
Speaker 1: do some regular, you know, sit down in their sports department.

568
00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:01,680
Speaker 1: Turns out we're getting Mike definitely look around it's a

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00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:06,880
Speaker 1: very like heavy serious rule. Yes, somber and somber is

570
00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:09,920
Speaker 1: a good word to describe it. And there's this big

571
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Speaker 1: set in the middle of the news room, uh that

572
00:30:12,360 --> 00:30:14,360
Speaker 1: me and Margot. All of a sudden go on, we

573
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Speaker 1: sit down and two very highly polished looking UH anchors

574
00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:22,720
Speaker 1: saddle up next to us. And it's at that point

575
00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:25,160
Speaker 1: mark that we realize that this is not some like

576
00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:28,800
Speaker 1: fun sit down to to shoot shoot shoot the ass

577
00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:33,000
Speaker 1: about American football, but yet an indictment or a massive

578
00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:35,960
Speaker 1: questioning of the entire sport. Yes, and uh, I mean

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Speaker 1: the way it played out. You know, normally you want

580
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Speaker 1: to get into the headspace if I'm ready for this,

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00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:40,840
Speaker 1: I'm gonna handle this all at things like I'm I'm

582
00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:42,560
Speaker 1: in sixth grade. I have no idea what I'm doing

583
00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:44,960
Speaker 1: sitting in this chair, I have no idea what to say.

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00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:48,000
Speaker 1: And then suddenly we get through this thing and Dan's

585
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:51,000
Speaker 1: final comment at one point that both anchors are like

586
00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:54,000
Speaker 1: swirling their hands just saying, please get done, please get done,

587
00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:57,240
Speaker 1: please finish your finish a comment bas we're just about

588
00:30:57,240 --> 00:30:58,960
Speaker 1: to go off, so like they rushed this off stage

589
00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:01,040
Speaker 1: and we go up stairs and west and West and

590
00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:03,720
Speaker 1: Gregor like floated out on a couch with like legs

591
00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:06,960
Speaker 1: over the cushions, like having this like breezy conversation about

592
00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:09,480
Speaker 1: fantasy football, just having a great time. Everyone's sitting around

593
00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:12,520
Speaker 1: drinking coffee and champagne. Oh look at these two. They're

594
00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:15,360
Speaker 1: just so great on air. Their careers are on fire.

595
00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:18,600
Speaker 1: And it's like when we were sitting at our like

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00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:24,080
Speaker 1: hardcore news interview for the CNN equivalent in the UK,

597
00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:27,920
Speaker 1: they're like, but just Colin Kaepernick deserved to play football.

598
00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:31,240
Speaker 1: And then we walked back and we're like, hammona hammamma.

599
00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:33,920
Speaker 1: And then when we walked downstairs and like, there's this

600
00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:37,280
Speaker 1: woman lounging on like a Chase couch with the boys,

601
00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:41,720
Speaker 1: And isn't fantasy football just the best? Like I'm not

602
00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:44,240
Speaker 1: sure I really played myself and I have so much

603
00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:46,600
Speaker 1: to say. I'm in such a relaxed movie like market

604
00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:55,560
Speaker 1: Ire sweating like those This is exactly how it was.

605
00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:58,760
Speaker 1: You can you can find Western Eyes leisurely appearance on

606
00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:01,320
Speaker 1: Facebook Live and you can never see what Dan and

607
00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:05,600
Speaker 1: market import that and embargo it and send it to

608
00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:08,000
Speaker 1: NFL dot com. Do not because what we said at

609
00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:09,760
Speaker 1: the end, probably they would not like at all. You

610
00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:12,200
Speaker 1: can watch our experience from sky Sports on NFL dot

611
00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:15,560
Speaker 1: Com and Twitter, but I would say, uh, just to

612
00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:19,400
Speaker 1: focus on the Greg and West adventure. Please our please

613
00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:24,320
Speaker 1: horrific ordeal. You also, to your credit, you both rebounded separately.

614
00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:27,880
Speaker 1: Later we taped a previous show for sky Sports, Inside

615
00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:29,920
Speaker 1: the Huddle with Neil Reynolds, which I believe is also

616
00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:33,280
Speaker 1: a podcast, And like you, you wiped off the flop

617
00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:36,160
Speaker 1: sweat and you and you did a great job that show.

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00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:38,400
Speaker 1: That was enjoyable. We were with our friend and that

619
00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:41,080
Speaker 1: felt like we're back in our zone. The first thing

620
00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:54,680
Speaker 1: was a bit traumatically. Colin Kaeperneck electric um. The Houston Texans, Oh,

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Speaker 1: one of the big um you know, still thinking about that,

622
00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:05,840
Speaker 1: it must have been harrowing. It was harrowing was the

623
00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:07,760
Speaker 1: Texans that they have a high ceiling, they have a

624
00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:10,760
Speaker 1: low floor, and they have what I imagined to be

625
00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:14,880
Speaker 1: or I feel is a almost impossible matchup to go

626
00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:20,000
Speaker 1: into Gillette against the Patriots. The Patriots, still stinging Greg

627
00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:23,720
Speaker 1: from that embarrassing Super Bowl loss, just couldn't get off

628
00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:27,880
Speaker 1: the field. On defense, Bill Belichick tarnished his legacy with

629
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Speaker 1: the Malcolm Butler Benching, which is a lot of great stuff.

630
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:33,280
Speaker 1: Tom Brady couldn't catch a ball, a lot of good

631
00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:36,120
Speaker 1: stuff at that game. But now it's a new start

632
00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:37,760
Speaker 1: and they're gonna take it out on the Texans. So

633
00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:41,960
Speaker 1: they always seem uh to handle in their building, well

634
00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:44,600
Speaker 1: except last year when you know, Texans kind of went

635
00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:47,320
Speaker 1: up and down the field on them and Deshaun Watson

636
00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:50,320
Speaker 1: gave them all sorts of problems and they it seems

637
00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:51,680
Speaker 1: like a team you do not want to play in

638
00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:53,640
Speaker 1: Week one because you have no idea what the Texans

639
00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:56,000
Speaker 1: are gonna throw on you, and I would expect them

640
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Speaker 1: to score a lot of points on the Patriots. I

641
00:33:58,040 --> 00:34:01,120
Speaker 1: don't see this as some game that if unwinnable for Houston.

642
00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:03,160
Speaker 1: That was the game against the Patriots last year that

643
00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:05,560
Speaker 1: had me I feel like I uttered it once or

644
00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:08,720
Speaker 1: twice incorrectly on the podcast lash or that the Texans

645
00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:10,279
Speaker 1: were the team that would scare me if I was

646
00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:12,040
Speaker 1: New England the an f C playoffs because they were

647
00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:14,799
Speaker 1: so bizarre and you have no offensive line and yet

648
00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:16,840
Speaker 1: it did not matter at all. And this is the

649
00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:18,840
Speaker 1: team that we talked about a bit of a boom

650
00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:21,600
Speaker 1: or bus based on the health, and what version we

651
00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:23,440
Speaker 1: get to J. J. Watt, what version we get of

652
00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:25,840
Speaker 1: DeShawn Watson? If the line can do anything to stop

653
00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:28,880
Speaker 1: a defense. It's amazing how seasons turn like that, because

654
00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:32,279
Speaker 1: it was not unreasonable after that game to say that

655
00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:34,920
Speaker 1: the Texans will give the Patriots problems. It was the

656
00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:37,600
Speaker 1: game where you said Deshaun Watson's for real. It was

657
00:34:37,640 --> 00:34:40,800
Speaker 1: the game where you knew that the Patriots had serious

658
00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:43,720
Speaker 1: issues on defense. And I'm not sure if those issues

659
00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:47,000
Speaker 1: are really fixed. We saw a slightly better pass rush

660
00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:49,239
Speaker 1: in the preseason, but I don't know if that's gonna

661
00:34:49,239 --> 00:34:52,400
Speaker 1: hold better looking roster. I think the Patriots is going

662
00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:55,120
Speaker 1: to be so different that I don't think. I mean,

663
00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:57,839
Speaker 1: I'm sure Bill Belichick smarting from losing that Super Bowl,

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Speaker 1: But to me, this team, what about having his legacy

665
00:34:59,719 --> 00:35:02,839
Speaker 1: tarn It is so totally different. I mean, you know,

666
00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:07,799
Speaker 1: he's he's five and three in the Super Bowl. He'll survive. Uh.

667
00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:10,440
Speaker 1: And although because I forgot, I like that we're in

668
00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:13,840
Speaker 1: preview season again because football is back. That's fun. I

669
00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:16,439
Speaker 1: did forget. When I set Greg up on a Patriots game,

670
00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:19,760
Speaker 1: he immediately explains why the Patriots are really up against

671
00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:24,480
Speaker 1: it this point. It was thirty three last year and

672
00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:28,839
Speaker 1: there's no J. J. Watt there against the Patriots taking over.

673
00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:32,120
Speaker 1: That's all my point. You're right, though, I didn't remember

674
00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:35,200
Speaker 1: that how well they played in the year before in

675
00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:37,440
Speaker 1: the in the playoffs. But you don't know what the

676
00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:40,320
Speaker 1: Texans defense is going to be. You don't know how

677
00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:42,959
Speaker 1: ready Clowney is for the season. I mean that's something.

678
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:46,440
Speaker 1: Watching Thursday Night football, I it was bad because everyone

679
00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:50,040
Speaker 1: was dog tired after thirty plays, and it was just like,

680
00:35:50,080 --> 00:35:53,920
Speaker 1: which which team can make plays while they're insanely tired.

681
00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:56,520
Speaker 1: It's a different week than than any other week. But

682
00:35:56,880 --> 00:35:59,160
Speaker 1: if Watt and Clowney actually can play the whole game

683
00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:01,440
Speaker 1: and they're doing their thing, it could be a problem.

684
00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:04,640
Speaker 1: When note looking at the ACU weather update, it is

685
00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:08,480
Speaker 1: meant to be sixty seven degrees with partly sunny skies

686
00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:11,520
Speaker 1: stadium on Sunday. Now there's just a bunch of dudes

687
00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:14,680
Speaker 1: wearing white standing on the field and there are twenty

688
00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:18,719
Speaker 1: people in active conversation. Will these guys are just chilling out.

689
00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:21,040
Speaker 1: People are getting I think it's sort of everyone's sort

690
00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:23,680
Speaker 1: of fooling employers and fooling everything. I don't know. I

691
00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:25,680
Speaker 1: don't know what the what the overall game plan, just

692
00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:28,239
Speaker 1: like in any change in baseball, right, it's yeah, it's

693
00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:31,319
Speaker 1: two hours of play though, and then after those two

694
00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:34,480
Speaker 1: hours the two teams do have a forty five minute

695
00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:38,839
Speaker 1: lunch which they together eat together, which is not a joke.

696
00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:41,640
Speaker 1: Is kind of the moment where as Americans, we just

697
00:36:41,719 --> 00:36:44,719
Speaker 1: don't really understand what's happening. There's a tea break later

698
00:36:44,719 --> 00:36:49,560
Speaker 1: to Henry's like, tisk tisk, please enjoy my sport. I'm

699
00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:52,480
Speaker 1: enjoying it, Henry, I just don't get it. Moving on,

700
00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:55,600
Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are heading to the super Dome

701
00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:59,560
Speaker 1: to play the Saints. The Bucks will be without Jamis Winston,

702
00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:07,440
Speaker 1: who gets his suspension for off the field mouthfeasance smashing. Uh.

703
00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:10,440
Speaker 1: And now the Saints get a chance to take the

704
00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:13,239
Speaker 1: next step after their heartbreaking lost in the divisional playoffs.

705
00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:18,400
Speaker 1: On the Miracle on the media Um Minneapolis, Alvin Kamara

706
00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:22,359
Speaker 1: starts the season without mark ingram there Um as their

707
00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:25,120
Speaker 1: top running back. Mark Seessler, your thoughts on this game.

708
00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:27,400
Speaker 1: I mean, if you're the Saints, you have to believe

709
00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:29,680
Speaker 1: internally that you have one of the most complete teams

710
00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:33,439
Speaker 1: in the NFC, the entire NFL, and this is the team,

711
00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:36,960
Speaker 1: the Bucks that I think the Bucks probably will be

712
00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:39,920
Speaker 1: better than some believe. When I don't know, you're right,

713
00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:44,399
Speaker 1: there is an uproar suddenly, Dan putting the mic through

714
00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:46,360
Speaker 1: the window to get a little bit of ambient crowd

715
00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:50,359
Speaker 1: noise happening. Is the chef no longer cooking? Is he

716
00:37:50,560 --> 00:37:54,880
Speaker 1: not up anymore? Alistair cook? I mean you honestly be

717
00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:59,480
Speaker 1: asking us for tangible up final friendly? Not friendly? His final?

718
00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:03,760
Speaker 1: What is the called test test? Is? What is a

719
00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:09,279
Speaker 1: illustrious career of the chef retiring at age thirty two? Interesting? Sorry? Mark,

720
00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:11,480
Speaker 1: go on, no no problem. I think actually what you

721
00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:13,839
Speaker 1: did was probably more critical than what I was about

722
00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:16,480
Speaker 1: to say about this game. But the Saints very complete

723
00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:20,120
Speaker 1: and if you don't handle your business here, How's that?

724
00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:24,200
Speaker 1: How's that? How's that? How's that? How's that? Every year?

725
00:38:24,239 --> 00:38:26,719
Speaker 1: There's every year there's a shocking upset in Week one

726
00:38:27,239 --> 00:38:29,759
Speaker 1: where it makes you think differently about a team. And

727
00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:33,440
Speaker 1: I wonder Tampa Bay's defensive line front seven will have

728
00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:36,200
Speaker 1: a chance to push around the Saints because the Saints

729
00:38:36,239 --> 00:38:38,040
Speaker 1: offensive line was one of the best in the league.

730
00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:40,920
Speaker 1: Last year. But this is a revamp front seven for

731
00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:45,120
Speaker 1: the Bucks with Jason Pierre Paul Vida Vellay. They look

732
00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:47,160
Speaker 1: pretty stacked on that line. Now, this is one offense

733
00:38:47,239 --> 00:38:49,440
Speaker 1: that looks great in the preseason. If anyone cares, I

734
00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:51,520
Speaker 1: know nobody does. We've been through this before. The Bucks

735
00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:54,919
Speaker 1: had the worst past defense. Yeah really um last year.

736
00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:58,240
Speaker 1: But if they're front seven is much improved, everything flows

737
00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:00,839
Speaker 1: in a better direction. If they play the Saints, well,

738
00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:03,040
Speaker 1: they beat the Saints in a game that Saints desperately

739
00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:06,720
Speaker 1: wanted to win, and Week seventeen, I've never heard about

740
00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:12,160
Speaker 1: that game before. This also would be like the worst.

741
00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:15,800
Speaker 1: We've also talked about this season too much. This always

742
00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:18,600
Speaker 1: happens every week. One preview is that we've were kind

743
00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:20,880
Speaker 1: of run out of things to say about these teams.

744
00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:24,520
Speaker 1: But it's kind of steroids because how many times have

745
00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:27,280
Speaker 1: you guys heard someone asked me to explain my thoughts

746
00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:31,680
Speaker 1: and Sam Donald and the optimism roughly fifty times in

747
00:39:31,719 --> 00:39:34,920
Speaker 1: the past four days. Let's move on to Jacksonville Jaguars,

748
00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:40,040
Speaker 1: London's uh preferred franchise, kind of maybe open their season

749
00:39:40,080 --> 00:39:42,920
Speaker 1: at the Metal Lands against the New York Giants. The

750
00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:45,640
Speaker 1: Giants coming off that disastrous three and thirteen, but they

751
00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:48,759
Speaker 1: have a new head coach and a new running back

752
00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:51,840
Speaker 1: and sat Kwan Barkley who missed a lot of the

753
00:39:51,880 --> 00:39:55,880
Speaker 1: preseason with a hamstring in hamstring issue west but now

754
00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:58,240
Speaker 1: he gets to face off against one of the league's

755
00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:01,239
Speaker 1: top defenses. That's a fun mat to watch, it is.

756
00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:04,879
Speaker 1: And you joked about this being London's team, the Jaguars,

757
00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:06,959
Speaker 1: but that's been one of the things I've noticed this week.

758
00:40:07,239 --> 00:40:11,960
Speaker 1: Even though so many people here have disparate rooting interests,

759
00:40:12,520 --> 00:40:16,880
Speaker 1: the coverage of the Jaguars is certainly headlining the NFL

760
00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:19,840
Speaker 1: here that they do feel like the home team for London.

761
00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:22,720
Speaker 1: And and there's gonna be a lot of people interested

762
00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:25,560
Speaker 1: in this game here. I think, to borrow Greg's phrase

763
00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:27,279
Speaker 1: on on the mystery the Giants to me may be

764
00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:29,959
Speaker 1: the biggest mystery in the league. How much Sae Kwon

765
00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:32,600
Speaker 1: Barkley in that offensive line improvement will breathe new life

766
00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:35,400
Speaker 1: into Eli's career, can't you know? Dell Beckham back? And

767
00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:38,799
Speaker 1: then the defense an entirely new scheme, a new coordinator,

768
00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:42,400
Speaker 1: Guys like Jason Pierre Paul are gone. What's this defense

769
00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:45,040
Speaker 1: gonna be like people are into the Jaguars. I think

770
00:40:45,080 --> 00:40:47,279
Speaker 1: there are a lot of people's second favorite team, and

771
00:40:47,600 --> 00:40:49,440
Speaker 1: you know, an American view is like, oh, how can

772
00:40:49,520 --> 00:40:51,799
Speaker 1: you have a second favorite team. It's like, well, to

773
00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:54,840
Speaker 1: be a fan here, you came upon your team in

774
00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:57,239
Speaker 1: a strange way. We have we've we probably said it

775
00:40:57,239 --> 00:40:59,439
Speaker 1: the other night, but like there's no casual fans here.

776
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:02,640
Speaker 1: You know, I had the experience last night of kind

777
00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:05,719
Speaker 1: of having that UK fan experience, which the game was

778
00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:08,120
Speaker 1: delayed forty minutes, which didn't help. But the game started

779
00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:11,120
Speaker 1: at two uh, it ended at five. I you know,

780
00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:14,600
Speaker 1: I tweet was tweeting about it, and there's sixties seventy

781
00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:17,279
Speaker 1: British people staying up to watch a game of two

782
00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:20,399
Speaker 1: teams that they don't even follow. So they'll like one

783
00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:22,520
Speaker 1: team that that's their team, but they'll also kind of

784
00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:24,520
Speaker 1: route on other teams and they just like the sport

785
00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:26,799
Speaker 1: I think as a whole. And I think that kind

786
00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:29,520
Speaker 1: of allows them to just root on the Jaguars because

787
00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:32,480
Speaker 1: what's good for the Jaguars in theories kind of good

788
00:41:32,520 --> 00:41:36,200
Speaker 1: for London football and they play this defensive style and

789
00:41:36,239 --> 00:41:39,319
Speaker 1: I think they're a terrible matchup for the Giants in

790
00:41:39,360 --> 00:41:41,400
Speaker 1: Week one, even though I think it'll be a much

791
00:41:41,440 --> 00:41:43,920
Speaker 1: better Giants defense offense this year, Like this is a

792
00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:48,200
Speaker 1: rough way to start. Uh. Greg was really solid analysis.

793
00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:53,319
Speaker 1: But I have to say, I, you know, I'm kind

794
00:41:53,320 --> 00:41:56,319
Speaker 1: of I like that the Giants on some level. They're

795
00:41:56,320 --> 00:41:58,560
Speaker 1: not my team, but they're New York teams, so I

796
00:41:58,840 --> 00:42:03,120
Speaker 1: don't mind when they succeed. And uh. Also I like

797
00:42:03,360 --> 00:42:07,680
Speaker 1: Eli Manning uh starting over with a new coaching staff

798
00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:12,640
Speaker 1: and with Odell Beckham and say Kwon Barkley and snarling

799
00:42:12,719 --> 00:42:19,320
Speaker 1: Shepherd is improved defense and rocking meadow Lands and a

800
00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:22,280
Speaker 1: Jaguars team that still thinks Blake Bortles is the answer

801
00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:27,399
Speaker 1: and reasons and so many more. Hey, luncheon, and I'm

802
00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:36,319
Speaker 1: gonna look it up, lock it up. One that's going

803
00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:39,080
Speaker 1: out on a limb just blew out Erica's years and

804
00:42:39,239 --> 00:42:42,839
Speaker 1: all twenty five thousand people just looked over at us.

805
00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:46,520
Speaker 1: Stop interrupted, All right, let's keep no. I believe, and

806
00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:48,160
Speaker 1: I think the Giant Giants are gonna win, and I

807
00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:50,319
Speaker 1: think they're gonna win ten games, so I gotta back

808
00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:52,640
Speaker 1: it up. I'm sorry, Eric, Are you okay? I'm good.

809
00:42:54,840 --> 00:42:58,480
Speaker 1: Erica was boozing a little bit last night, Stunner, that's

810
00:42:58,520 --> 00:43:01,440
Speaker 1: not what happened her or canal has just been destroyed

811
00:43:01,480 --> 00:43:03,759
Speaker 1: by your chance. Yeah you like you didn't have a

812
00:43:03,760 --> 00:43:07,640
Speaker 1: headache before that. Moving on to Kansas City Chiefs tenant

813
00:43:07,719 --> 00:43:11,640
Speaker 1: six last season, Uh, really bitterly disappointing playoff loss to

814
00:43:11,680 --> 00:43:14,560
Speaker 1: the Titoons of all teams. Uh, so what do they do?

815
00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:18,239
Speaker 1: They begin the future with Patrick Mahomes, They trade Alex

816
00:43:18,239 --> 00:43:22,120
Speaker 1: Smith away, so it's mahomess um debut as the starter

817
00:43:22,520 --> 00:43:28,279
Speaker 1: against the Chargers, Greg who I know you love to death. Well,

818
00:43:28,280 --> 00:43:31,000
Speaker 1: how about this at home against a rookie quarter but

819
00:43:31,160 --> 00:43:33,680
Speaker 1: not a rookie quarterback, but a guy starting as uh

820
00:43:34,120 --> 00:43:37,240
Speaker 1: his first season as the starter. Why not get behind

821
00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:39,279
Speaker 1: your team right now and say they're gonna take care

822
00:43:39,320 --> 00:43:41,680
Speaker 1: of business, not blow it and do it some stupid

823
00:43:41,760 --> 00:43:44,520
Speaker 1: Chargers thing where they kicked the game away or blow

824
00:43:44,520 --> 00:43:46,359
Speaker 1: it at the end. Go win a football game here,

825
00:43:46,440 --> 00:43:49,320
Speaker 1: I think they will. I think Week one is the

826
00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:51,399
Speaker 1: time wuld be afraid of playing Andy Reid. I think

827
00:43:51,400 --> 00:43:53,960
Speaker 1: there's a reason why he always wins games. Coming off

828
00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:56,440
Speaker 1: of bye week is a reason why the Patriots had

829
00:43:56,480 --> 00:43:58,359
Speaker 1: no clue what was about to hit them in Week

830
00:43:58,440 --> 00:44:01,320
Speaker 1: one a year ago. Not that they've started every season

831
00:44:01,360 --> 00:44:04,440
Speaker 1: like that, but just with that Arsenal, I think they're

832
00:44:04,480 --> 00:44:06,680
Speaker 1: gonna end up cooking up a few plays that just

833
00:44:06,800 --> 00:44:11,000
Speaker 1: catch the Chargers off balance, and overall the Chiefs are

834
00:44:11,040 --> 00:44:13,520
Speaker 1: just a better coach team, certainly offensively, I don't I

835
00:44:13,520 --> 00:44:15,400
Speaker 1: don't know if yeah, when we worried a little bit

836
00:44:15,440 --> 00:44:17,600
Speaker 1: about the defense, there are I think I think this

837
00:44:17,719 --> 00:44:20,400
Speaker 1: is a mismatch when the Chargers have the ball, like

838
00:44:20,440 --> 00:44:22,080
Speaker 1: this is the I think is my favorite game, and

839
00:44:22,160 --> 00:44:23,920
Speaker 1: watch the week. If this is gonna be a game

840
00:44:23,960 --> 00:44:25,440
Speaker 1: in the thirties, I don't care it's a Week one.

841
00:44:25,520 --> 00:44:27,520
Speaker 1: This has to be a start all your players fantasy

842
00:44:27,680 --> 00:44:30,919
Speaker 1: matchup that the Chargers to me are the better team.

843
00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:32,600
Speaker 1: And even if they take an early lead and you

844
00:44:32,640 --> 00:44:35,600
Speaker 1: worry about Boston Ingram, then the Chiefs will just have

845
00:44:35,680 --> 00:44:38,120
Speaker 1: to keep passing because we don't trust their defense. We

846
00:44:38,120 --> 00:44:41,319
Speaker 1: don't trust that secondary certainly, so that if they have

847
00:44:41,360 --> 00:44:44,239
Speaker 1: to play catch up, this could be a fantasy boon.

848
00:44:44,480 --> 00:44:47,719
Speaker 1: Andy Reid against Anthony Lynn. I just got spooked a

849
00:44:47,760 --> 00:44:50,200
Speaker 1: little bit. I am right now in sort of a

850
00:44:50,280 --> 00:44:54,319
Speaker 1: late Diane Keaton period where I'm wearing sunglasses, and I'm

851
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Speaker 1: soon to have a large top hat on me and

852
00:44:56,840 --> 00:44:59,160
Speaker 1: just room everywhere with that. And I'll put a pant

853
00:44:59,239 --> 00:45:03,520
Speaker 1: suit on soon, big baggy, like a pat suit. I

854
00:45:03,560 --> 00:45:06,080
Speaker 1: could see that you're not You're not getting that Chiefs

855
00:45:06,120 --> 00:45:09,360
Speaker 1: Chargers analysis anywhere else. You know. Well, it's like sometimes

856
00:45:09,360 --> 00:45:10,960
Speaker 1: you just run out of things to say, so you

857
00:45:11,040 --> 00:45:14,880
Speaker 1: must come up with something else. Moving. The Washington Redskins

858
00:45:15,000 --> 00:45:18,719
Speaker 1: open their season against the Arizona Cardinals. This game will

859
00:45:18,719 --> 00:45:23,080
Speaker 1: be played in Arizona. Mark Alex Smith making his Redskins debut.

860
00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:26,680
Speaker 1: Cardinals have Sam Bradford at quarterback at least from now,

861
00:45:26,760 --> 00:45:30,680
Speaker 1: and David Johnson welcome back to the uh NFL after

862
00:45:30,760 --> 00:45:32,760
Speaker 1: missing almost all of last year with that wrist injury.

863
00:45:32,760 --> 00:45:35,360
Speaker 1: It's funny because we haven't asked, also multiple times, like

864
00:45:35,400 --> 00:45:39,480
Speaker 1: about all these players coming back, right, And it's obviously

865
00:45:39,520 --> 00:45:42,200
Speaker 1: the quarterbacks get the attention, the Andrew lux the and

866
00:45:42,320 --> 00:45:45,920
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, the Teddy Bridgewaters. But David Johnson seems to

867
00:45:45,920 --> 00:45:48,959
Speaker 1: get lost in that conversation sometime. And it's easy because

868
00:45:48,960 --> 00:45:51,239
Speaker 1: one year removed to forget how dominant he was, how

869
00:45:51,280 --> 00:45:53,400
Speaker 1: much of a central figure he was in that offense.

870
00:45:53,880 --> 00:45:57,520
Speaker 1: This to me. You've got Adrian Peterson going against David

871
00:45:57,600 --> 00:46:00,640
Speaker 1: Johnson and what is what The Cardinal were another team

872
00:46:00,640 --> 00:46:02,560
Speaker 1: that just simply has been a bit forgotten, I think,

873
00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:04,959
Speaker 1: without a little bit lack of an identity after post

874
00:46:05,040 --> 00:46:07,239
Speaker 1: Bruce Arians, and they might be a team that I

875
00:46:07,280 --> 00:46:09,480
Speaker 1: could wouldn't be surprised to see he goes seven and nine,

876
00:46:09,520 --> 00:46:11,479
Speaker 1: eight and Nate and surprise. Some teams play a little

877
00:46:11,480 --> 00:46:15,040
Speaker 1: bit of a spoiler. How about Adrian Peterson officially announced

878
00:46:15,040 --> 00:46:19,440
Speaker 1: as the starter, already already taken Rob Kelly's job, your

879
00:46:19,480 --> 00:46:22,560
Speaker 1: loving life like, it's feels good too that you've been

880
00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:25,000
Speaker 1: on Adrian Peterson corner at least for a few more.

881
00:46:25,160 --> 00:46:26,920
Speaker 1: But now the game start, we gotta see if it

882
00:46:27,120 --> 00:46:30,280
Speaker 1: is he gonna stay healthy and is he gonna actually perform?

883
00:46:30,360 --> 00:46:32,720
Speaker 1: But things, I mean, you work, say you were calling

884
00:46:32,719 --> 00:46:35,319
Speaker 1: this west when he was without a job, so you're

885
00:46:35,480 --> 00:46:39,359
Speaker 1: definitely he is now set up to prove people wrong. Yeah,

886
00:46:39,719 --> 00:46:42,439
Speaker 1: you know, a couple of days before they signed him,

887
00:46:42,880 --> 00:46:46,120
Speaker 1: Jake Gruden said Rob Kelly's our starter, and then Adrian

888
00:46:46,160 --> 00:46:48,680
Speaker 1: Peterson got in there and basically blew the doors off

889
00:46:48,680 --> 00:46:51,640
Speaker 1: that he impressed him so much. Uh, in a short

890
00:46:51,680 --> 00:46:54,080
Speaker 1: time there that they knew obviously he was the better

891
00:46:54,120 --> 00:46:57,760
Speaker 1: runner UM before we move on to the next game

892
00:46:58,520 --> 00:47:02,280
Speaker 1: UH and he take ways Greg from our live show

893
00:47:02,440 --> 00:47:07,040
Speaker 1: on Tuesday from the Curtain Club. It was a great experience.

894
00:47:07,040 --> 00:47:09,040
Speaker 1: If you haven't checked it out, please check it out

895
00:47:09,080 --> 00:47:12,520
Speaker 1: on UH podcast. Also we post We've posted some clips

896
00:47:12,800 --> 00:47:15,799
Speaker 1: on our social media after after the show, we had

897
00:47:15,800 --> 00:47:20,120
Speaker 1: a meet up at another establishment that went past midnight.

898
00:47:20,200 --> 00:47:23,319
Speaker 1: That was a lot of fun. To your thoughts, just

899
00:47:23,360 --> 00:47:25,560
Speaker 1: how much fun it was, I mean, and that I

900
00:47:25,600 --> 00:47:27,480
Speaker 1: can't wait to do it again. And I'm glad that

901
00:47:27,520 --> 00:47:29,920
Speaker 1: our first live show was in London, like that felt

902
00:47:29,960 --> 00:47:33,440
Speaker 1: like the right audience for us. They were so they

903
00:47:33,480 --> 00:47:36,040
Speaker 1: were excited. I think we all had a blast, and

904
00:47:36,080 --> 00:47:39,120
Speaker 1: I think it's something we're gonna keep doing. Like and

905
00:47:39,160 --> 00:47:42,040
Speaker 1: now now we showed the NFL that we can we

906
00:47:42,080 --> 00:47:43,600
Speaker 1: can do this, and I think it's something that they

907
00:47:43,600 --> 00:47:45,439
Speaker 1: don't know. I think we're gonna be doing this during

908
00:47:45,440 --> 00:47:48,080
Speaker 1: the season. We have some hopes that could be happening

909
00:47:48,280 --> 00:47:51,160
Speaker 1: UM in the States during the season, and like Let's fly,

910
00:47:51,560 --> 00:47:53,560
Speaker 1: I think we were like thinking going in like we

911
00:47:53,560 --> 00:47:55,719
Speaker 1: were sitting up at a table upstairs on the sort

912
00:47:55,760 --> 00:47:59,439
Speaker 1: of rooftop bar slash diner area of this hotel, thinking,

913
00:47:59,440 --> 00:48:01,000
Speaker 1: you know what, we should have done some sort of

914
00:48:01,440 --> 00:48:04,160
Speaker 1: dry run of a live show somewhere else, because now

915
00:48:04,239 --> 00:48:06,239
Speaker 1: we're about to do it, it's ten minutes away, a

916
00:48:06,280 --> 00:48:08,319
Speaker 1: little a little bit nervous, but then we rolled in

917
00:48:08,640 --> 00:48:12,120
Speaker 1: and the energy of the crowd was fantastic. I felt

918
00:48:12,160 --> 00:48:13,680
Speaker 1: it was one of the most i want to say,

919
00:48:13,680 --> 00:48:16,840
Speaker 1: easy shows to do, but enjoyable shows to do that

920
00:48:16,880 --> 00:48:18,880
Speaker 1: we've ever done. And the minute we sat down in

921
00:48:18,920 --> 00:48:21,719
Speaker 1: those chairs with that crowd, it just came naturally. The

922
00:48:21,840 --> 00:48:25,920
Speaker 1: energy was there. I love sort of the interaction afterwards too.

923
00:48:26,520 --> 00:48:29,080
Speaker 1: The two things that almost every single person came up

924
00:48:29,120 --> 00:48:31,920
Speaker 1: and said to me were, we all feel like your

925
00:48:31,960 --> 00:48:33,959
Speaker 1: friends that were like the fifth member of the show

926
00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:35,920
Speaker 1: that we were sitting down with you guys when we

927
00:48:35,960 --> 00:48:40,440
Speaker 1: listened to the podcast, which is great, great to hear. Well, yeah,

928
00:48:40,560 --> 00:48:43,560
Speaker 1: Erica's friend too. Of course, Erica was a sort of

929
00:48:43,560 --> 00:48:45,920
Speaker 1: a secret star of the night place you knocked out

930
00:48:45,920 --> 00:48:49,719
Speaker 1: of the park. Also, how how many people have a

931
00:48:49,800 --> 00:48:53,959
Speaker 1: grandpa or a sister, or a brother or a son

932
00:48:54,560 --> 00:48:57,000
Speaker 1: or something in their lives who went through cancer. And

933
00:48:57,160 --> 00:48:58,600
Speaker 1: I heard that from a lot of people that they

934
00:48:59,280 --> 00:49:01,800
Speaker 1: really got a lot out of us talking about it

935
00:49:01,840 --> 00:49:05,000
Speaker 1: on the show. That was a career highlight for me,

936
00:49:05,120 --> 00:49:07,520
Speaker 1: a career highlight for all the guys. So to be

937
00:49:07,560 --> 00:49:11,160
Speaker 1: able to experience that here with you guys in the UK,

938
00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:14,520
Speaker 1: that we're able to come out, uh, that was awesome.

939
00:49:14,520 --> 00:49:17,040
Speaker 1: And if you did miss out on that, UM this

940
00:49:17,080 --> 00:49:19,560
Speaker 1: week on Saturday twelve pm, will be on stage at

941
00:49:19,640 --> 00:49:24,560
Speaker 1: Piccadilly Circus the Big NFL kickoff event. Also, if you

942
00:49:24,600 --> 00:49:28,480
Speaker 1: have tickets, we have two shows at the BAFTA Theater Um.

943
00:49:28,719 --> 00:49:31,480
Speaker 1: We have to check believe that's sold out, but I'm

944
00:49:31,520 --> 00:49:35,480
Speaker 1: sure the scalper market is intense, so spare no expense

945
00:49:35,520 --> 00:49:38,000
Speaker 1: because it will be an unforgettable show. We have to

946
00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:39,800
Speaker 1: see if we can get our walk up song because

947
00:49:39,840 --> 00:49:41,960
Speaker 1: that's one part of the show that was not on

948
00:49:42,040 --> 00:49:46,600
Speaker 1: the recorded podcast that I think was my personal favorite.

949
00:49:46,680 --> 00:49:49,840
Speaker 1: Like ever since I was a little boy, it's basically

950
00:49:49,840 --> 00:49:53,360
Speaker 1: been my dream to come out to a live show

951
00:49:53,640 --> 00:49:56,120
Speaker 1: of some sort. I didn't have a sport to play,

952
00:49:56,160 --> 00:49:58,200
Speaker 1: so it really took a while for this to come together.

953
00:49:58,760 --> 00:50:02,719
Speaker 1: And here the sound ounds of Pharaoh manch get the

954
00:50:03,120 --> 00:50:07,480
Speaker 1: up and then jump onto the stage and just feel

955
00:50:07,640 --> 00:50:10,360
Speaker 1: the energy from the crowd. And the song is actually

956
00:50:10,520 --> 00:50:14,040
Speaker 1: Simon says. Simon says, is the official name, but everyone

957
00:50:14,080 --> 00:50:17,080
Speaker 1: knows the important part is in the parentheses. Ironically, and

958
00:50:17,120 --> 00:50:19,920
Speaker 1: that was an episode of Greg Likes Rap. Ironically. The

959
00:50:19,960 --> 00:50:22,840
Speaker 1: song that I came out to was called in the Bushes,

960
00:50:23,000 --> 00:50:26,160
Speaker 1: Sorry Erica, a little post work by Oasis, which was

961
00:50:26,200 --> 00:50:30,040
Speaker 1: a little nod uh to the English people here. Mark,

962
00:50:30,120 --> 00:50:33,160
Speaker 1: of course, sorry Erica for the general language that you're

963
00:50:33,239 --> 00:50:36,440
Speaker 1: unfurling in general to a room. I mean, the sailor's

964
00:50:36,520 --> 00:50:40,240
Speaker 1: language is out of control. The two of you go ahead,

965
00:50:40,239 --> 00:50:44,319
Speaker 1: how please shadow figure angry behind me. I just heard

966
00:50:44,760 --> 00:50:52,200
Speaker 1: a deep exhale. Mark came out. He's like, let's not

967
00:50:52,239 --> 00:50:56,520
Speaker 1: give Erica too much credit here, please. Mark came out

968
00:50:56,520 --> 00:50:58,759
Speaker 1: to the world by and you know off her second No,

969
00:50:58,880 --> 00:51:04,000
Speaker 1: I did not, and uh has a touching a song

970
00:51:04,160 --> 00:51:07,840
Speaker 1: that you want to tell the audience. Well, well, what

971
00:51:08,000 --> 00:51:09,840
Speaker 1: did we talk about this on the show already? I

972
00:51:09,880 --> 00:51:13,120
Speaker 1: can't remember. I believe that part was cut out. It's

973
00:51:13,160 --> 00:51:16,000
Speaker 1: called empty Me Out by Liz Vice, and it's I'm

974
00:51:16,040 --> 00:51:18,719
Speaker 1: not a religious man. It's it's a little bit about religion,

975
00:51:18,840 --> 00:51:21,879
Speaker 1: a lot about religion. But when I was getting out

976
00:51:21,920 --> 00:51:26,120
Speaker 1: of surgery last summer and completely dependent upon other people.

977
00:51:26,239 --> 00:51:29,840
Speaker 1: Keisha's mom came and stayed with us. Rhoda and I

978
00:51:29,920 --> 00:51:31,719
Speaker 1: sort of taught her that song. She learned all the

979
00:51:31,760 --> 00:51:33,960
Speaker 1: lyrics and she would sing it, you know, sort of

980
00:51:34,000 --> 00:51:36,000
Speaker 1: at my bedside while she prayed for me. So is

981
00:51:36,040 --> 00:51:39,120
Speaker 1: it big call back from It was a little tough

982
00:51:39,160 --> 00:51:41,959
Speaker 1: to follow that up with like dune dune dunt. Yeah,

983
00:51:43,120 --> 00:51:46,279
Speaker 1: it worked, Dune dun dun um. Watched the best of

984
00:51:46,320 --> 00:51:49,239
Speaker 1: the live show on Twitter. On our various handles, you

985
00:51:49,239 --> 00:51:51,360
Speaker 1: could you could get that. Let's move on back to

986
00:51:51,400 --> 00:51:55,040
Speaker 1: the games. The Dallas Cowboys UH nine at seven tough

987
00:51:55,080 --> 00:51:58,600
Speaker 1: season last year, dealing with the Zeke Elliot drama. UH.

988
00:51:58,640 --> 00:52:04,160
Speaker 1: They now travel to Charlotte to face the Panthers West. UH.

989
00:52:04,320 --> 00:52:09,640
Speaker 1: Two young quarterbacks UH that are sometimes inconsistent, Dak Prescott

990
00:52:09,680 --> 00:52:12,200
Speaker 1: and Cam Newton square off here. Does Dak have the

991
00:52:12,239 --> 00:52:14,600
Speaker 1: weapons to hang in a game like this? That's a

992
00:52:14,600 --> 00:52:17,120
Speaker 1: good question. I don't think anybody knows the answer, because

993
00:52:18,000 --> 00:52:20,239
Speaker 1: this is a game where the two biggest question marks

994
00:52:20,239 --> 00:52:23,360
Speaker 1: are the offensive line without starting center Travis Frederick for

995
00:52:23,400 --> 00:52:26,480
Speaker 1: the Cowboys UH, and then the Panthers are just beat

996
00:52:26,520 --> 00:52:29,960
Speaker 1: up all over on the offensive line. So is is

997
00:52:30,080 --> 00:52:32,880
Speaker 1: zee Oli gonna be able to establish the run um?

998
00:52:32,920 --> 00:52:35,160
Speaker 1: Are those wide receivers and tight ends good enough to

999
00:52:35,280 --> 00:52:37,440
Speaker 1: keep Dak Prescott in a game with Cam Newton? I

1000
00:52:37,480 --> 00:52:40,560
Speaker 1: think those are legitimate questions after an offseason of the

1001
00:52:40,960 --> 00:52:45,920
Speaker 1: Panthers defensive line repeatedly getting upset that they weren't ranked

1002
00:52:46,000 --> 00:52:49,600
Speaker 1: among the top ten defensive lines by NFL dot Com

1003
00:52:49,640 --> 00:52:52,839
Speaker 1: and bringing this up repeatedly that no one respects them.

1004
00:52:52,880 --> 00:52:56,360
Speaker 1: This is a nice spot to get something over on what,

1005
00:52:56,840 --> 00:52:59,000
Speaker 1: in theory is one of the best offensive lines in

1006
00:52:59,000 --> 00:53:03,240
Speaker 1: the league, but probably isn't anymore because if the rookie

1007
00:53:03,320 --> 00:53:07,359
Speaker 1: Connor Williams is playing the preseason, is any indication they

1008
00:53:07,400 --> 00:53:09,759
Speaker 1: might have a couple of weeks spots right now? And

1009
00:53:09,800 --> 00:53:11,279
Speaker 1: we haven't seen that for a few years. And if

1010
00:53:11,280 --> 00:53:13,840
Speaker 1: you take away if suddenly the Cowboys offensive line is

1011
00:53:13,880 --> 00:53:16,600
Speaker 1: not what it was and that was their entire identity.

1012
00:53:16,640 --> 00:53:18,879
Speaker 1: We brought that up on the show roughly seventy five

1013
00:53:18,920 --> 00:53:22,680
Speaker 1: thou times. What is this offense? And what are the

1014
00:53:22,719 --> 00:53:27,000
Speaker 1: Cowboys Zeke Elliott under a hundred yards? And this is reductive,

1015
00:53:27,040 --> 00:53:30,239
Speaker 1: but like if you do that, do you feel like

1016
00:53:30,239 --> 00:53:32,440
Speaker 1: you're gonna lose to the Cowboys if you can control

1017
00:53:32,719 --> 00:53:36,399
Speaker 1: Elliott and he is against a run defense that could

1018
00:53:36,400 --> 00:53:39,120
Speaker 1: stuff him this game. I don't know if Dak Prescott

1019
00:53:39,160 --> 00:53:41,240
Speaker 1: has been set up properly by his team to carry

1020
00:53:41,280 --> 00:53:43,120
Speaker 1: the day if he has to, So that's a big subplot.

1021
00:53:43,239 --> 00:53:44,799
Speaker 1: I think he can have a great season. It's one

1022
00:53:44,800 --> 00:53:47,439
Speaker 1: of the reasons Week one is my favorite week because

1023
00:53:47,520 --> 00:53:50,960
Speaker 1: it's been the longest since you've seen football and because

1024
00:53:51,040 --> 00:53:53,480
Speaker 1: all of these conceptions that we have about the team

1025
00:53:53,520 --> 00:53:55,640
Speaker 1: are probably going to be blown up over the next month.

1026
00:53:55,680 --> 00:53:58,239
Speaker 1: You you really don't know. It's it's one of the

1027
00:53:58,280 --> 00:54:01,440
Speaker 1: Bill Belichick cliches that I actually do believe that it's

1028
00:54:01,480 --> 00:54:03,680
Speaker 1: every year is like a totally different year, and you

1029
00:54:03,760 --> 00:54:06,640
Speaker 1: might as well just throw away the one before it. Alright,

1030
00:54:06,719 --> 00:54:12,680
Speaker 1: moving on the soil, the Seattle Seahawks. Everything must die

1031
00:54:12,719 --> 00:54:15,880
Speaker 1: in the end, Mitill High to face the Denver Broncos,

1032
00:54:16,480 --> 00:54:20,359
Speaker 1: and uh, the Broncos have case Keenum the quarterback. They're

1033
00:54:20,400 --> 00:54:23,640
Speaker 1: trying to turn things around after a rough two thousand seventeen.

1034
00:54:23,920 --> 00:54:26,160
Speaker 1: But the question mark a lot of people are gonna

1035
00:54:26,200 --> 00:54:28,600
Speaker 1: have here is how old the Seahawks defense look no

1036
00:54:28,800 --> 00:54:33,160
Speaker 1: Richard Sherman, no Camp Chancellor, Michael Bennett, Cliff Avril, Sheldon

1037
00:54:33,280 --> 00:54:36,840
Speaker 1: Richardson all history. It's a new beginning for the Seahawks

1038
00:54:36,880 --> 00:54:39,000
Speaker 1: and an uncertain one. Yeah, I mean you can you

1039
00:54:39,040 --> 00:54:42,080
Speaker 1: can say that these two teams are both mystery teams.

1040
00:54:42,080 --> 00:54:44,120
Speaker 1: I feel every one of these teams that we're discussing

1041
00:54:44,120 --> 00:54:47,920
Speaker 1: your mystery teams. But Seattle is fascinating to me simply

1042
00:54:47,960 --> 00:54:52,040
Speaker 1: because they've had such an entrenched identity for so long,

1043
00:54:52,520 --> 00:54:55,040
Speaker 1: entirely maybe through the entire run of this podcast, and

1044
00:54:55,080 --> 00:54:57,399
Speaker 1: now we're looking at the Seahawks team that we are

1045
00:54:57,440 --> 00:54:59,800
Speaker 1: waiting to find out who they are. And the Broncos

1046
00:54:59,840 --> 00:55:03,520
Speaker 1: all fence with case Keenum. Where keenom to me? I mean, listen,

1047
00:55:03,600 --> 00:55:05,920
Speaker 1: Suddenly you're in an offense that I think is completely

1048
00:55:05,960 --> 00:55:08,120
Speaker 1: different in terms of talent level than the Vikings. But

1049
00:55:08,120 --> 00:55:10,720
Speaker 1: there are some young pieces here. I think Courtland Sutton

1050
00:55:10,800 --> 00:55:12,600
Speaker 1: is going to be one of the Rookie of the

1051
00:55:12,680 --> 00:55:15,200
Speaker 1: Year candidates if Case Keenum can get it done. From

1052
00:55:15,200 --> 00:55:18,640
Speaker 1: a quarterback perspective, I am so high on this Broncos

1053
00:55:18,719 --> 00:55:23,000
Speaker 1: rookie class. I love watching games at Investco Field. There's

1054
00:55:23,040 --> 00:55:27,640
Speaker 1: a little revenge factor here for super something. Now this

1055
00:55:28,400 --> 00:55:33,319
Speaker 1: there's a lock up one of our that's a call

1056
00:55:33,400 --> 00:55:36,600
Speaker 1: back to one of our favorite running through lines of

1057
00:55:36,640 --> 00:55:40,319
Speaker 1: this week. Now this is London. So last night we

1058
00:55:40,320 --> 00:55:43,400
Speaker 1: were out with a bunch of friends, ourselves and other friends,

1059
00:55:43,400 --> 00:55:47,240
Speaker 1: and we probably did roughly four to five video skits

1060
00:55:47,400 --> 00:55:49,719
Speaker 1: of I mean, I wish we could put tempose on

1061
00:55:49,719 --> 00:55:52,799
Speaker 1: the mic. This is described Come on tampose, guys. Now

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Speaker 1: this is London. Uh So we're gonna put together a

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Speaker 1: sizzle reel of all of our various videos right now.

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Speaker 1: This is London. That's the only thing Eric said she

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Speaker 1: has she has eight words in her so you can

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Speaker 1: say something else right now. This is London. So she's

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Speaker 1: mentally sick. So we gotta get her held right after

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Speaker 1: today's cricket match, which is over and approximately six hours.

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00:56:19,760 --> 00:56:23,799
Speaker 1: Just another grand mystery to unpack. Boys, please identifying with

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00:56:23,880 --> 00:56:28,240
Speaker 1: my sport cookie cookie with thirty one runs or whatever?

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Speaker 1: What are they called thirty one? It's sixty to nothing India.

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00:56:32,440 --> 00:56:37,120
Speaker 1: Wake up, bros. They're playing India right. I don't know

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00:56:37,160 --> 00:56:39,799
Speaker 1: if India is batted yet. That's it's just like a

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00:56:39,880 --> 00:56:42,799
Speaker 1: slow pace, so you take turn. I don't It is

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Speaker 1: the Dictionary definition of a slow burned sport. This is

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00:56:45,960 --> 00:56:52,279
Speaker 1: after two point five overs. Yeah, the chef is cooking. Chef, chef,

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00:56:52,880 --> 00:56:54,400
Speaker 1: you're not gonna like what you see. How about you

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00:56:54,440 --> 00:56:57,200
Speaker 1: locked up the Broncos. I'm taking the Broncos with the loco.

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Speaker 1: I like that. How About Kim Griffin starting the first

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00:57:00,560 --> 00:57:04,480
Speaker 1: game of his NFL career. I mean, I know it's

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00:57:04,520 --> 00:57:07,760
Speaker 1: because there's an injury to kJ right is a primary reason,

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00:57:07,800 --> 00:57:11,080
Speaker 1: but he also looked like a player that absolutely belonged

1083
00:57:11,120 --> 00:57:13,319
Speaker 1: and could make an impact pretty early in his career.

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00:57:13,320 --> 00:57:15,400
Speaker 1: I agree with that, But also West, you point out

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00:57:15,400 --> 00:57:17,520
Speaker 1: the rookie class Bradley Chubb in the in the in

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00:57:17,560 --> 00:57:21,720
Speaker 1: the preseason looked fantastic and what this defense can do

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00:57:22,080 --> 00:57:25,160
Speaker 1: from a past rushing perspective, that would concern me if

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00:57:25,160 --> 00:57:28,400
Speaker 1: I'm Russell Wilson. I also think because of what Chakeem

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00:57:28,480 --> 00:57:33,400
Speaker 1: Griffin's overcome, it's almost overlooked, Uh that the that the

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00:57:33,400 --> 00:57:35,680
Speaker 1: these two brothers are on the same team, not not

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00:57:35,800 --> 00:57:39,320
Speaker 1: that that's not talked about, just like insane, Like it's

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00:57:39,360 --> 00:57:41,680
Speaker 1: insane that, Okay, this is a new Seahawks defense and

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00:57:41,720 --> 00:57:43,960
Speaker 1: we've got the two Griffin you know, brothers in the

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00:57:44,000 --> 00:57:45,800
Speaker 1: back doing it. I mean, it's great. It makes me

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00:57:45,840 --> 00:57:47,640
Speaker 1: want to root for them. I'm rooting again to you

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00:57:47,680 --> 00:57:51,600
Speaker 1: this week, Chris Wilt, I can handle it to the playoffs.

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00:57:52,120 --> 00:57:58,760
Speaker 1: A little annoyed that Chubb is not Cleveland Brown. I mean,

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00:57:58,840 --> 00:58:02,800
Speaker 1: I'm annoyed about roughly things. It's one of the things

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00:58:02,800 --> 00:58:08,720
Speaker 1: I'm annoyed about moving on Sunday Night Football. Uh. Rivalry.

1100
00:58:08,760 --> 00:58:12,640
Speaker 1: It's a very honest take their right. That's unbarnessed truth

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00:58:12,720 --> 00:58:17,680
Speaker 1: from Mark Settler. Uh. Something happened with the chef. H No,

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Speaker 1: I think they're all gonna go have to now. Um.

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00:58:21,240 --> 00:58:25,480
Speaker 1: The Bears and the Packers at Lambeau Lambeau, nice job,

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00:58:26,440 --> 00:58:30,560
Speaker 1: schedule makers. Fun uh fun robbery, great setting. But what

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00:58:30,600 --> 00:58:32,760
Speaker 1: they could not have planned at the time was that

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00:58:32,800 --> 00:58:35,760
Speaker 1: one of the best defensive players of the past decade

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00:58:35,920 --> 00:58:39,480
Speaker 1: would be traded to the road team. So Khalil Mack

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00:58:39,520 --> 00:58:42,240
Speaker 1: will make his debut on Sunday Night Football in front

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Speaker 1: of al Chris Michelle and the world. Greg Rosatal, It's

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00:58:48,080 --> 00:58:51,000
Speaker 1: amazing that in a game where Aaron Rodgers is returning

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00:58:51,080 --> 00:58:54,320
Speaker 1: that like, I'm as almost as excited when the Bears

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00:58:54,400 --> 00:58:56,720
Speaker 1: have the ball, like the Bears. The Bears are the

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00:58:56,720 --> 00:58:58,760
Speaker 1: team of around the NFL. I don't want to hear

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00:58:58,800 --> 00:59:01,360
Speaker 1: any of the people honk and that we curse them

1115
00:59:01,400 --> 00:59:03,760
Speaker 1: if they go five and eleven. They could go five

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00:59:03,800 --> 00:59:06,120
Speaker 1: and eleven, but they'll be a more interesting five and

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00:59:06,160 --> 00:59:08,640
Speaker 1: eleven than John Fox. They probably they should be better

1118
00:59:08,680 --> 00:59:11,600
Speaker 1: with that defense, but if anything, they'll be watchable. Well,

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Speaker 1: this is my favorite team of a t L because

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Speaker 1: it's a team that could potentially deep six and I

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00:59:19,160 --> 00:59:22,080
Speaker 1: would enjoy the disaster aspect of it. What I love,

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Speaker 1: and we've talked about Mike Petton being the new d

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Speaker 1: C for the Packers, is that you look at the

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Speaker 1: quarterbacks that Mike Petton had when he was with the Jets,

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Speaker 1: having to win those games all based on defense, and

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Speaker 1: then when he's with the Browns, you're getting Johnny Manziel.

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00:59:35,680 --> 00:59:38,760
Speaker 1: You're getting Josh McCown, who is a nice player, but please,

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's never really had anyone. Now you have

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00:59:41,720 --> 00:59:44,480
Speaker 1: a Petton defense paired with Aaron Rodgers. This is one

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Speaker 1: of the bigger factors in the NFC for all these

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00:59:46,920 --> 00:59:48,760
Speaker 1: teams that we call Super Bowl teams. By the way,

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00:59:48,960 --> 00:59:52,440
Speaker 1: India is no longer shut out. They have scored. Um.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if it's a run or a point something.

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Speaker 1: I know I'll get tweets about it. That feels lopsided

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Speaker 1: a little bit. I think that's why the crowd got

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00:59:59,600 --> 01:00:02,720
Speaker 1: into it. We are, you know. Uh. One of the

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Speaker 1: biggest reminders that the preseason is meaningless is r G

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Speaker 1: three's rookie year the first game against the Saints, when

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Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan slow played the entire league throughout the preseason.

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Speaker 1: And I wonder if there's gonna be sort of shades

1141
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Speaker 1: of that with Naggie and Trabisky here in that offense.

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Speaker 1: They didn't they didn't tip their hand on anything in

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Speaker 1: the preseason. Do we trust Trabisky to be an RG

1144
01:00:24,600 --> 01:00:27,640
Speaker 1: three Rookie of the Year type player? Sure? I have

1145
01:00:27,680 --> 01:00:29,360
Speaker 1: no idea what he's gonna be. And you know what,

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01:00:29,880 --> 01:00:32,960
Speaker 1: let's let's find out. Moving on to Monday Night Football,

1147
01:00:33,120 --> 01:00:35,000
Speaker 1: and as it is the case, as is the case

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Speaker 1: every year, there are two uh Monday Night games in

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01:00:38,440 --> 01:00:42,120
Speaker 1: Week one will start with the New York Football Jets

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01:00:42,600 --> 01:00:46,640
Speaker 1: with Sam Donald making his NFL NFL debut, the youngest

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Speaker 1: Week one starting quarterback since the league merger. Modron uh

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01:00:51,440 --> 01:00:53,880
Speaker 1: So it is a new era of Jet football, and

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01:00:53,920 --> 01:00:58,320
Speaker 1: they are going into to Detroit to face Alliance team

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Speaker 1: that I imagine, with the Jets having no pass rush,

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01:01:02,400 --> 01:01:06,120
Speaker 1: a really promising secondary. But I worry about that pass

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Speaker 1: rush and how uh that will fare against Matthew Stafford

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01:01:10,560 --> 01:01:15,600
Speaker 1: and a really great trio of receivers in Goladay, Marvin Jones,

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01:01:16,400 --> 01:01:19,720
Speaker 1: Uh and Golden Tape. I don't know if it played

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Speaker 1: into the thinking of starting Donald week one. I'm sure

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Speaker 1: it didn't, but this is a perfect start for him.

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Speaker 1: I think this is one of the teams that you

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Speaker 1: can pass protect against. I think it's one of the

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Speaker 1: teams that came out of the preseason with more questions

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01:01:33,200 --> 01:01:36,280
Speaker 1: than just about any defense of just they don't know

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Speaker 1: who's gonna play in Matt Patricia, Like Bill Belichick, I

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01:01:39,440 --> 01:01:41,080
Speaker 1: think it's just gonna try to figure it out over

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Speaker 1: the first month, and I think you might be happy

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Speaker 1: to play the Lions, especially their defense in September, compared

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Speaker 1: to where they are later in the year. I think

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Speaker 1: it's a game that Donald can can play well. Dan,

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Speaker 1: we went to the Lego story yesterday, Legs for our children,

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Speaker 1: and we're gonna be It's not a humble Bragg. It's

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Speaker 1: simply a purchase. So we are going to be landing

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01:02:00,200 --> 01:02:03,080
Speaker 1: on Monday, a couple hours before Monday Night football. Are

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01:02:03,080 --> 01:02:05,000
Speaker 1: you gonna roll into your house? Your kids are gonna

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01:02:05,000 --> 01:02:06,640
Speaker 1: want to sit down and build like with you and

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Speaker 1: hug you and climb on you. Are you gonna lock

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01:02:08,600 --> 01:02:10,680
Speaker 1: onto this game? What does Dan the dad do in

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01:02:10,720 --> 01:02:12,840
Speaker 1: this situation? We're laying in a half time and then

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Speaker 1: we have to go through customs, so that's in trouble.

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01:02:16,440 --> 01:02:20,520
Speaker 1: That is gonna have the game DVRD like no spoilers, please, gentlemen.

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Speaker 1: I don't know how it's gonna play out with balancing that.

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01:02:25,240 --> 01:02:27,200
Speaker 1: I'm assuming I'm not gonna be alive by the time

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01:02:27,280 --> 01:02:30,360
Speaker 1: Monday afternoon rolls around, so there's no sense planning that

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01:02:30,440 --> 01:02:34,200
Speaker 1: far ahead, like someone will take you out or Dan

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01:02:34,280 --> 01:02:38,080
Speaker 1: parishes just before a franchise quarterback Lands and Floria Park.

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Speaker 1: Uh yeah, so I could see it would be incredible

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Speaker 1: if Donald got off to a fast start here, and

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Speaker 1: it is. It is not the worst matchup um at all. Uh,

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01:02:50,320 --> 01:02:52,360
Speaker 1: but the Lines should win this game, though, I mean

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01:02:52,400 --> 01:02:56,160
Speaker 1: the Lions should take care of business against uh middling

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01:02:56,560 --> 01:03:00,480
Speaker 1: or worst Jets team with a rookie quarterback twenty one

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Speaker 1: years old. If the Lions do not take care of business,

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Speaker 1: I'd be very worried. In Detroit, the people in the

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01:03:04,800 --> 01:03:08,960
Speaker 1: Desert think the Jets are the worst team in the league.

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Speaker 1: Way in terms of over under wins, you're saying. Matt

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Speaker 1: Patricia also making his debut, of course, so we'll see

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Speaker 1: how that goes. Finally, UH, the Los Angeles Rams, last

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Speaker 1: year's team of around the NFL, traveled to the black

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Speaker 1: Hole UH to face the Raiders. A traumatic week for

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Speaker 1: Raiders fans after Clel Mack was traded. But now there's

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Speaker 1: a season that begins, and and we'll see, um West

1203
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Speaker 1: how things go for the Raiders and Derek Carr and

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01:03:38,720 --> 01:03:41,320
Speaker 1: the beginning of the John Gruden era. A really stiff

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Speaker 1: test in Week one. Yeah, you know, we just talked

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Speaker 1: about the Jets saying the people in Vegas think they

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Speaker 1: could be the worst team in the league. I think

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Speaker 1: maybe the only thing keeping the Raiders from that category

1209
01:03:50,520 --> 01:03:53,320
Speaker 1: is they have a veteran quarterback. And it's much easier

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Speaker 1: to see a season going sideways for a team with

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Speaker 1: a rookie quarterback. UH and not much surrounding talent. But

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Speaker 1: the Raiders. To me, that defense was already terrible. Now

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Speaker 1: you lose Khalil Mack, you do have some interesting rookies,

1214
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Speaker 1: and then the offense, all these plans you made for

1215
01:04:08,480 --> 01:04:11,040
Speaker 1: wide receivers are walking out the door, and what do

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Speaker 1: you have left. I think the Raiders are a team

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01:04:15,440 --> 01:04:19,480
Speaker 1: that are easy to dismiss because of Gruden. But one

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Speaker 1: thing Gruden, actually, you can't look at that statement. Imagine

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Speaker 1: saying that back January. The Raiders are easy to dismiss

1220
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Speaker 1: because of Gruden, right, because it's some of the moves

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Speaker 1: that were made in just the way that he talks.

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Speaker 1: But one thing Gruden was good at was like winning

1223
01:04:33,320 --> 01:04:36,600
Speaker 1: seven games, like he was a Let's put that on

1224
01:04:36,640 --> 01:04:38,600
Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame. Let's play a lot of veterans,

1225
01:04:38,640 --> 01:04:42,240
Speaker 1: Let's play things very safe. Let's get rid of right

1226
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Speaker 1: like he played it so safe that he was always

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Speaker 1: a seven to nine win type of team. And I

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Speaker 1: think there's not many huge reasons why the Raiders can't

1229
01:04:50,600 --> 01:04:54,200
Speaker 1: be that with a good offensive line, with those rookie

1230
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Speaker 1: defensive lineman, I mean, they might have the best like

1231
01:04:57,280 --> 01:05:00,680
Speaker 1: a group of rookie defensive lineman. You know that we've

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01:05:00,680 --> 01:05:02,200
Speaker 1: seen in a little bit if they can all come

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01:05:02,240 --> 01:05:05,120
Speaker 1: through good defenses, don't play a bunch of rookie offense.

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01:05:05,640 --> 01:05:07,680
Speaker 1: And that said, I mean this is a Rams team.

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01:05:07,840 --> 01:05:11,440
Speaker 1: I found this fascinating that we learned got in heavy

1236
01:05:11,560 --> 01:05:14,000
Speaker 1: to try to trade for Khalil Mack. They do need

1237
01:05:14,000 --> 01:05:16,720
Speaker 1: pass rush help. But can you imagine had they pulled

1238
01:05:16,720 --> 01:05:18,480
Speaker 1: that off and they were not in the deep distance.

1239
01:05:18,480 --> 01:05:20,360
Speaker 1: It just that they were they were outbid to some

1240
01:05:20,720 --> 01:05:23,439
Speaker 1: more proof by the way that I'm completely convinced that

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01:05:23,920 --> 01:05:26,720
Speaker 1: the Rams, somehow, through a loophole that the league or

1242
01:05:26,760 --> 01:05:29,480
Speaker 1: the media is not aware of, do not operate under

1243
01:05:29,520 --> 01:05:31,600
Speaker 1: the salary Well, they actually have a better salary cap

1244
01:05:31,680 --> 01:05:34,200
Speaker 1: situation than many other teams going in the next season.

1245
01:05:34,560 --> 01:05:37,200
Speaker 1: You can push money into next year. You know, you

1246
01:05:37,320 --> 01:05:40,400
Speaker 1: have a rookie quarterback on his running contract, so you

1247
01:05:40,520 --> 01:05:43,760
Speaker 1: have a lot of minimum players that Wade Phillips coaches

1248
01:05:43,840 --> 01:05:46,320
Speaker 1: up to help, like a guy like Troy Hill or whatever.

1249
01:05:46,320 --> 01:05:48,440
Speaker 1: That they're one of the youngest rosters in the leg.

1250
01:05:48,720 --> 01:05:52,040
Speaker 1: They're a young team, and uh, despite the not playing

1251
01:05:52,080 --> 01:05:53,920
Speaker 1: in the preseason, I think they're going to be so

1252
01:05:53,960 --> 01:05:57,640
Speaker 1: well coached and so prepared that they take this one easily.

1253
01:05:57,800 --> 01:05:59,520
Speaker 1: And I'm gonna lock that well, and it is. It's

1254
01:05:59,520 --> 01:06:02,120
Speaker 1: a student first mentor. You're locking it up, locking up

1255
01:06:02,120 --> 01:06:05,000
Speaker 1: a road team. I like that, Greg, I mean it's

1256
01:06:05,440 --> 01:06:07,240
Speaker 1: the Raiders may be the worst team in photag also

1257
01:06:07,320 --> 01:06:10,400
Speaker 1: out of games. I'll say this, that's factor. This is

1258
01:06:10,440 --> 01:06:13,400
Speaker 1: a student mentor type thing. Grewden and McVeigh. I mean

1259
01:06:13,440 --> 01:06:17,760
Speaker 1: they essentially harping copies of each other. Shout out to

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Speaker 1: the London fans. This game begins at three fift am

1261
01:06:21,160 --> 01:06:23,440
Speaker 1: and there will be people that we've met that are

1262
01:06:23,480 --> 01:06:25,160
Speaker 1: going to sit up and watch this thing. That's the

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01:06:25,160 --> 01:06:28,520
Speaker 1: difference between London and anywhere else. If you're overseas, you

1264
01:06:28,560 --> 01:06:30,520
Speaker 1: are pulling late night shifts, then you're rolling up into

1265
01:06:30,520 --> 01:06:33,560
Speaker 1: your data entry job at five am two hours later

1266
01:06:33,600 --> 01:06:35,800
Speaker 1: with nothing, no sleep under your belt. Well, sit down.

1267
01:06:36,400 --> 01:06:38,720
Speaker 1: I've talked to some of these was so confused. Who

1268
01:06:38,840 --> 01:06:42,280
Speaker 1: is sitting down in this scenario? The data the company,

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01:06:42,360 --> 01:06:45,000
Speaker 1: the data entry company has got all these employees that

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Speaker 1: have gotten no sleep, and you're trying to get the

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Speaker 1: entry the data. You're not getting any data. There was

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Speaker 1: an NFL game last night, were dominanting wire profits dying

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Speaker 1: on Mondays and Tuesday mornings and this is why Friday

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Speaker 1: mornings to It's part of the appeal here sort of

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Speaker 1: like how assess sort of how Americans celebrate like St.

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Speaker 1: Patrick's Day and Sinco de Mayo. When when there's an

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Speaker 1: NFL game at three fifteen in the morning here, it's

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Speaker 1: a bit of an event and they're sort of a um.

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Speaker 1: There's sort of a perverse you're getting away with something

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Speaker 1: feeling when you're up at three fifteen watching football and

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Speaker 1: drinking beer and everyone else has to go to work

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Speaker 1: the next day, cheat and life. Okay, there is our

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Speaker 1: week one preview reminder twelve pm will be on stage

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Speaker 1: a Piccadilly Circus at the NFL Kickoff event and then

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Speaker 1: two shows at the bath to UH check out that

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Speaker 1: secondary market and don't be afraid to spend, spend spend.

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Speaker 1: Watch our experience from sky Sports on NFL dot Com

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Speaker 1: and Twitter and hit quick rundown of our Sunday at

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Speaker 1: sky Sports. UH for you Locals five pm British and

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Speaker 1: UH pregame show six pm. Niners. Vikings will be involved

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Speaker 1: with studio segments with Neil Reynolds, Rob Ryman, Rob Bryan

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Speaker 1: Salomon who we had some beers with Rob Ryan the

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Speaker 1: other day, he was fun to talk to UH Solomon

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Speaker 1: Wilco and then UH after the Cowboys Panthers game during

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Speaker 1: that game which is local, will be part of those

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Speaker 1: studio segments during that game as well. And then, of course,

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Speaker 1: because that is not something we we take it very seriously,

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Speaker 1: the Definitive the Flagship Recap show every Sunday night will

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Speaker 1: be up late grinding. Grind thirty is when we record

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Speaker 1: the week one recap, which you'll go up live on Monday,

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Speaker 1: so make sure you check that out. Thank you UH

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Speaker 1: to everyone for listening, and we will now get back

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Speaker 1: to our cricket match which has hours and hours to go.

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Speaker 1: It is six to one at eight local time. Thanks

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Speaker 1: for listening. UH. Until then, this is Dan Hansas signing

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Speaker 1: off for the Quiet Storm, the Mailman, the Old Boss,

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Speaker 1: and I'll loose Cannon with ere Buds on on Still

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Speaker 1: Sunday