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Speaker 1: Welcome into Lounge presented by DraftKings. I'm Ryan Mink here

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Speaker 1: with Garrett Downing, and this is our second podcast of

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Speaker 1: the day, which tells you how busy of a day

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Speaker 1: it has been here for the Ravens. We already talked

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Speaker 1: about the big Trey Hendrickson move and obviously the Max

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Speaker 1: Crosby trade falling through. We heard from general manager Eric

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Speaker 1: DaCosta this afternoon breaking down what happened there, and in

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Speaker 1: the meantime, the Ravens also made three other reported additions,

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Speaker 1: with bringing back Cheetah bay Owuzia and adding safety Jalen

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Speaker 1: Hawkins on a two year, ten million dollar deal reportedly

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Speaker 1: and tight End durham Smytha blocking tight End. So a

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Speaker 1: lot to talk about here, Garrett, and let's start with, obviously,

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Speaker 1: the talking point around the NFL. The biggest talking point

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Speaker 1: is what happened with Max Crosby and how the Ravens

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Speaker 1: turned their attention to getting a deal done with Trey Hendrickson.

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Speaker 1: General manager Eric Tacosta was asked that today and I'll

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Speaker 1: start you know, it was very clear here in Comeric

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Speaker 1: DaCosta that there was not any celebration on the Ravens

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Speaker 1: end to get out of the Max Crosby deal. He

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Speaker 1: said he was quote gutted to lose Max Crosby, and

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Speaker 1: it was very clear about how much respect he has

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Speaker 1: for him as a player, said he's one of his

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Speaker 1: favorite players in the NFL and how he plays like

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Speaker 1: a Raven and the Ravens wanted him badly and they

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Speaker 1: are very disappointed to not have him in purple and black.

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Speaker 2: That was clear, and listening to Jacosta, he broke broke

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Speaker 2: it down. Did not get into the specifics of the

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Speaker 2: reports about a failed physical that's been out there, which

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Speaker 2: is what you'd expect. There's there's rules in place that

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Speaker 2: protect that kind of thing. But in terms of the

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Speaker 2: desire for the Ravens to have Max Crosby, that was clear.

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Speaker 2: The Ravens were fired up about the possibility of getting him,

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Speaker 2: and they were they felt like he was a player

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Speaker 2: who was going to make their team better. Eric talked

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Speaker 2: about how he has so much respect for the way

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Speaker 2: that Max Crosby plays the game, is one of his

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Speaker 2: favorite players, has been for a long time, and just

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Speaker 2: felt like he would have been a perfect Raven and so.

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Speaker 1: Which is the same things we were saying when the

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Speaker 1: reports came out that the Ravens traded two first round

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Speaker 1: picks for him. It's clear why they were willing to

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Speaker 1: give up, you know, and break character, break the mold

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Speaker 1: of what this franchise and how it's operated for so long,

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Speaker 1: and give up two first round picks. I mean they

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Speaker 1: still hold I shouldn't say hell, still hold Max Crosby

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Speaker 1: to a very high standard and really believe in him

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Speaker 1: as a person and a player. And then it's unfortunately,

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Speaker 1: it's just a shame that these things happened. And you know,

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Speaker 1: according to reports at least that the failed physical stood

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Speaker 1: in the way of making it happen. Well.

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Speaker 2: Eric said that Tuesday was a really difficult day. And

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Speaker 2: you bring Trey Hendrickson, you bring Max Crosby in, and

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Speaker 2: you have the opportunity to go through the entire evaluation process.

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Speaker 2: And they were really difficult conversations, he said at points

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Speaker 2: that he was just speechless at times, and they wanted

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Speaker 2: to find a way to make it work. They even

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Speaker 2: That was we'll get to that, but but they they

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Speaker 2: maneuver to that's that's let's save this deal basically, and

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Speaker 2: they weren't able to do it. Really disappointing. And when

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Speaker 2: you hear him talk about when you when you listen

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Speaker 2: to the press conference and hear him say things like

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Speaker 2: I'm gutted by this, you can tell how bad it

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Speaker 2: hurts not to be able to pull off this trade

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Speaker 1: This is the most aggressive move in Ravens franchise history

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Speaker 1: Jupiter meetings in Jupiter, Florida, with owner Steve Bashatti and

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Speaker 1: the rest of the leaders in the Ravens organization and

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Speaker 1: head coach Jesse Minner and down the line team president

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Speaker 1: Sashi Brown, that that's when they identified kind of that

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Speaker 1: they were going to go after it, yep. And Max

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Speaker 1: Crosby was the target that was going to be their

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Speaker 1: signature piece of this free agency period was pulling off

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Speaker 1: were offered the best deal to the Raiders ultimately with

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Speaker 1: He wanted it for the Ravens, but you know, short

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Speaker 1: information in front of you and make the best decision

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Speaker 1: for the Ravens, even though you know it's gonna be tough, right,

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Speaker 1: Like Eric Tacosta spoke to He's seen all the speculation

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Speaker 1: That's not what it was right, not at all. That's

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Speaker 1: not how the Ravens do business. And you know, if

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Speaker 1: you know the Ravens, you know that. Yeah. And but ultimately,

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Speaker 1: so he knew making this decision, he knew he was

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Speaker 1: put the Ravens first, and what's best for the Ravens.

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Speaker 1: And if the medical the information that you're getting on

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Speaker 1: he has regrets that in the way that it turned

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Speaker 1: process they brought in a lot of people and a

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Speaker 1: team doctors giving their opinion, and multiple team doctors reportedly

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Speaker 1: came back and said there's long term concern here. Everybody

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Speaker 1: early in the rehab process. But if multiple doctors are

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Speaker 1: coming back and saying there could be long term concerns here,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and as hard as it may be, exactly, and

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Speaker 2: that's just where the Ravens are. And like again, I

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Speaker 1: Of Max Crosby press conference.

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Speaker 2: And so Tacosta said, like, I know fans are disappointed.

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Speaker 2: the equation. But then the Ravens have to move forward,

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Speaker 2: and that's like the hard reality of it. But the

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Speaker 1: We on the notion that we can squash is that

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Speaker 1: the Ravens pivoted to Trey Hendrickson because he was still

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Speaker 1: Eric Tacosta spelled out the process with Trey Hendrickson in

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Speaker 1: saying that that began when the Ravens lost Tyler Linderbaum

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Speaker 1: And so they went back and said, well, you know,

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Speaker 1: We're pursuing that aggressively. How about we also try to

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Speaker 1: when their pursuit of Trey Hendrickson began was really on

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Speaker 1: so that was mutually exclusive from Max then coming in

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Well, the other piece two is Tacosta said that if

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Speaker 2: they had found out information sooner on Max Crosby, then

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Speaker 2: that would not have materially changed.

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Speaker 1: Basically the effect the insinuation being.

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Speaker 2: Would you have kept Linderbaum if if you knew Crosby

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Speaker 2: that's the case. Specifically, you set your price. He told

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Speaker 2: You already got it, and so you you set your

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Speaker 2: You set your price, is the point. And the Ravens

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Speaker 2: did that with Tyler Linderbaum, and the Raiders blew away

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Speaker 2: the Crosby deal falling through earlier would not have allowed

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Speaker 2: the Ravens to keep Tyler Linderbaum. Those two things were

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Speaker 1: Right, and I mean it was we talked about it

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Speaker 1: on the first episode. But the prospect of potentially getting

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Speaker 1: Max Crosby and Trey Hendrickson, oh my gosh, I mean,

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Speaker 1: a shame. And that's kind of the big picture point

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Speaker 1: really bummed that that didn't work out, excited to get

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Speaker 1: Trey Hendrickson, a great player, but what could have been?

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Speaker 1: You know, you there will for a long time because

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Speaker 1: of this, and of course, like how long Max Scrossey

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Speaker 1: all that stuff will factor into this, but like what

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Speaker 1: that taste in your mouth. Unfortunately.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I totally agree. Now in terms of Trey Hendrickson, like.

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Speaker 2: There's both these things are going kind of happening simultaneously.

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Speaker 2: There's a disappointment about the Moxx Crosby deal, and there's

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Speaker 2: also the excitement around Trey Hendrickson. And I don't want

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Speaker 2: to completely.

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Speaker 1: Gloss over that fact totally.

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Speaker 2: He's going to be at some point, you know, in

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Speaker 2: press conference, I'm sure, But you know, Trey Hendrickson is

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Speaker 1: The Ravens also made three other reported editions, some of

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Speaker 2: DaCosta said it was cool to see that video didn't

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Speaker 3: Make of that what you will. We'll see when up

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Speaker 1: Well, the breaking news out of that is that you

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Speaker 1: work out, gotcha?

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Speaker 2: Yeah exactly. And then lastly the center conversation about replacing

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Speaker 2: try to address that spot. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely. Eric Takasa certainly made it clear that he was

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Speaker 1: really bummed to lose Tyle Linnenbaum and talked about several

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Speaker 1: much he loves those guys and will forever consider them

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Speaker 1: become kind of callous to it when you've seen so

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Speaker 1: many Ravens free agents leave that you're just like, well,

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Speaker 1: But like when you're the GM who drafted these guys

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Speaker 1: tough Tyler Linnenbaum. Certainly you know at or near the

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Speaker 1: top of that list, right, I mean, this is a

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Speaker 1: multi time Pro Bowl or homegrown guy. The Ravens have

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Speaker 1: a long history of locking those guys up and not

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Speaker 1: losing many of them. The first round picks who go

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Speaker 1: were not able to sign him to another deal after

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Speaker 1: now in terms of replacing talent bomb, I think there

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Speaker 1: in part because of coach Ledford, the Ravens new offensive

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Speaker 1: first round like they did with Tyler Linderbaum. So their

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Speaker 1: ability to draft and develop a replacement for Tyler, I

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Speaker 1: think they're very confident in their ability to do so

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Speaker 1: as long as as well as Corey Bullock. They already

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Speaker 1: how do we go spend that money on a different center? Now,

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Speaker 1: there were reports that they were in on Jenkins, who

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Speaker 1: spend as much as where did he end up landing Browns? Browns?

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Speaker 1: I think it was the Browns? Correct, Thank you very much.

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Speaker 1: It's been a whirlwind. Yeah, so obviously didn't match that price.

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Speaker 1: But his Eric Costa thought wasn't, gosh, I got to

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Speaker 1: go out and spend the equivalent money to find Tyler

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Speaker 1: Linerbaums was let's go get Trey Hendrickson.

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Speaker 2: Right.

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Speaker 3: So there's a lot that's happening and it's changing.

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Speaker 1: I should say that Eric also did say did not

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Speaker 1: I should also say that he said they will probably

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Speaker 1: have some in They'll be kicking the tires on that

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Speaker 1: and they could very well sign another veteran still before

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Speaker 1: they get to the draft.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, So as always, you can email us with the

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Speaker 2: lounge at Ravens dot nf dot net. Lots of news

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Speaker 2: happening this week, and I will continue to break it

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Speaker 2: down for you all throughout the rest of this week.

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Speaker 3: Thank you for listening, and we'll be back with you

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Speaker 3: again soon