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Speaker 1: what's up everybody? DJ? Bucky here on Move the Sticks

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Speaker 1: on a fun football episode today, Buck. Because we've got

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Speaker 1: I'm really excited to kind of talk about and kind

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Speaker 1: Let's go Texan Z that Jets a fun game taking

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Speaker 1: Buck and to me, when I look at this Texas

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Speaker 1: on Josh Johnson and see if he can win it. Defensively,

428
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Speaker 1: they gotta play for more pride. They gotta make sure

429
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Speaker 1: that everyone is committed to playing because there's going to

430
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Speaker 1: be major changes in the off season. You want to

431
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Speaker 1: make sure you play well. I think the defense plays

432
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Speaker 1: lights out. The changes may just come on the offensive side. Alright,

433
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Speaker 1: pick a winner, hair Buck, Redskins, jag Wars. I'm gonna

434
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Speaker 1: go with the Jaguars. I think the Jaguars are just

435
00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:06,080
Speaker 1: a little bit better for whatever reason, I don't know,

436
00:19:06,119 --> 00:19:08,560
Speaker 1: but I'm gonna go to Jacks. I'm gonna go with

437
00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:11,040
Speaker 1: the Jaguars. They just got They've got so much more talent.

438
00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:13,800
Speaker 1: You know, Sprinkles are out there roster. I just gotta do.

439
00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:16,560
Speaker 1: But they haven't played. But then they shut off the

440
00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:18,800
Speaker 1: Colts a couple of weeks ago, so maybe that's but

441
00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:22,760
Speaker 1: then they get bullied. But the Tennessee Tites on TV,

442
00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:24,960
Speaker 1: so I don't know what to do with them. Don't

443
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Speaker 1: ask me to believe any of these teams. I've got

444
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Speaker 1: to pick a winner. I'm doing er. I'm picking the Jacks.

445
00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:36,680
Speaker 1: Cowboys that Colts. This might be the sneaky good game

446
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Speaker 1: of the week. The eight and five Dallas Cowboys red

447
00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:42,280
Speaker 1: Hot going on the road to take on an Indianapolis

448
00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:45,199
Speaker 1: Colts team that faced the hot team the previous weekend

449
00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:48,200
Speaker 1: did just fine against the Houston Texans. If I cannot

450
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Speaker 1: wait to watch this Dallas Cowboys group go up against

451
00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:54,440
Speaker 1: a Colts team that, while they're a little bit streaky,

452
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Speaker 1: when they're at their best, the Colts can play with

453
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Speaker 1: anyone buck. I'm really excited just being a big time

454
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Speaker 1: matchup because these are two teams they don't get a

455
00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:03,320
Speaker 1: lot of attention, and when I look at the Dallas Cowboys,

456
00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:06,639
Speaker 1: it's all about their linebackers going against Eric Ebron, who

457
00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:09,359
Speaker 1: has emerged as a young star for the Indianapolis Colts.

458
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Speaker 1: When I look at the Cowboys linebackers Jalen Smith of

459
00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:15,119
Speaker 1: Laton Vanderes and even Sean Lee when he's healthy, the

460
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Speaker 1: two young fellas vander Esh and Jalen Smith, they may

461
00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:20,919
Speaker 1: be the best one to punch in the second level.

462
00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:23,399
Speaker 1: Their speed, their quickness, the ability to run down the

463
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Speaker 1: seams and cover. They make life miserable for quarterbacks because

464
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Speaker 1: they just don't give you the checkdowns and let you

465
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Speaker 1: gain and accumulate a lot of yards. I think this

466
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Speaker 1: is a game where their collective speed could make life

467
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Speaker 1: miserable for Andrew Luck in the middle of the field. Yeah,

468
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Speaker 1: that's speed. And one man thing that jumps out to me.

469
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Speaker 1: They don't they just don't miss tackles. They are very

470
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Speaker 1: secure tackling defense, especially those linebackers you mentioned. But man,

471
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Speaker 1: they're gonna have a challenge here. And Eric Ebron, that

472
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Speaker 1: player coming out of North Carolina that we all loved

473
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Speaker 1: and we all wrote up those glong reports. We had

474
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Speaker 1: to hide them for a little bit there in Detroit,

475
00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:57,680
Speaker 1: but they've re emerged. That mine was underneath a couple

476
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Speaker 1: of cushions in the couch buck. I hold it back

477
00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:01,760
Speaker 1: out and shined it all up, put it in the frame,

478
00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:03,640
Speaker 1: put it up on the wall. You see there right there.

479
00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:06,640
Speaker 1: Twelve receiving touchdowns, the best in the NFL. And it's

480
00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:09,040
Speaker 1: a variety of ways he's doing it. He's he's going

481
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Speaker 1: up and getting the ball at the highest point, he's

482
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Speaker 1: running after the catch, he's making people miss. Uh. He's

483
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Speaker 1: been outstanding, and more than anything else, he's on the

484
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Speaker 1: same page with his quarterback and Andrew Luck. They have

485
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Speaker 1: a special connection and they're gonna need it in this one.

486
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Speaker 1: I think the Dallas Cowboys are gonna be able to

487
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Speaker 1: run the football with Ezekiel Elliott, It's gonna be up

488
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Speaker 1: to Eric Ebrown in this Colts offense to keep pace. Look,

489
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Speaker 1: Greybron is going to have to have a monster game.

490
00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:33,040
Speaker 1: He's gonna have to have, maybe in a Mariy Cooper

491
00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:35,840
Speaker 1: light game, because Dallas Cowboys are going to be able

492
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Speaker 1: to run the football and Mary Cooper has proven to

493
00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:40,680
Speaker 1: be an unstoppable for since coming to Dallas. But their

494
00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:42,520
Speaker 1: defense is a good job of keeping a score low.

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Speaker 1: Because of that, I'm going with the Cowboys to win

496
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Speaker 1: this one. Something about it. I don't know why. I

497
00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:50,600
Speaker 1: just can't totally commit and buy into this. Dallas Cowboys

498
00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:52,520
Speaker 1: team got a couple of bounces that went their way,

499
00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:56,439
Speaker 1: a couple of calls that went their way. Overtime game

500
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Speaker 1: at home. Andrew luck Buck he's the better quarter back

501
00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:02,719
Speaker 1: and that's gonna be the difference in this one. Eric Ebron,

502
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Speaker 1: You're North Carolina tar heel is gonna get in the

503
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Speaker 1: end zone and it's gonna be a close game. I'm

504
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Speaker 1: gonna say upper twenties, but I like the Colts at

505
00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:15,440
Speaker 1: home to be the Cowboys, Seahawks at forty Niners. I

506
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Speaker 1: see West match up here with the Seahawks taking on

507
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Speaker 1: the forty Niners and buck This Seattle team, man, it's uh.

508
00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:24,280
Speaker 1: It wasn't easy on the eyes watching that game the

509
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Speaker 1: other night against the Minnesota Bikes, but they find a

510
00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:28,440
Speaker 1: way to get it done. That's what they do. They're tough,

511
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Speaker 1: they're gritty, they're physical. I think the key to this

512
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Speaker 1: ball game again comes down to Seahawks establishing that run game,

513
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Speaker 1: controlling the line of scrimmage, even controlling the clock, because

514
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Speaker 1: this forty Niners offense can be a little bit dangerous.

515
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Speaker 1: I know there's a lot of missing pieces there, but

516
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Speaker 1: they can still be explosive at times. So I look

517
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Speaker 1: for that ball control to keep keep going here. For

518
00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:47,360
Speaker 1: the Seattle Seahawks, run the football, win the line of scrimmage,

519
00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:51,200
Speaker 1: especially up front on offense. That's the key for the

520
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Speaker 1: forty Niners is about trying to find a way to

521
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Speaker 1: continue continue to make big plays. They've been able to

522
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Speaker 1: get big plays with George Kittle. I think George Kittle

523
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Speaker 1: has to be the guy to kind of build the

524
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Speaker 1: game playing around let him work the middle of the field,

525
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Speaker 1: see if they can get a few plays over the

526
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Speaker 1: top of the defense. This Seattle team is tough, and

527
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Speaker 1: the last time they massed up it wasn't pretty. But maybe,

528
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Speaker 1: just maybe, in the next go round that San Francisco

529
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Speaker 1: for the Niners play a little better. I do believe

530
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Speaker 1: they'll play better, but I still think the Seahawks are

531
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Speaker 1: a better team. I think they'd continue to roll and

532
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Speaker 1: surprisingly make their way into the playoffs because I don't

533
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Speaker 1: think anybody saw the beginning of the year now the

534
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Speaker 1: Seahawks team to be four or five win team before

535
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Speaker 1: the season started. They have been one of the biggest

536
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Speaker 1: surprises in the NFL. I do think though division game,

537
00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:32,840
Speaker 1: this is a four Niners team member. Last year they

538
00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:35,480
Speaker 1: played pretty well finishing up the season with a lot

539
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Speaker 1: of backups on the field. I think they make this

540
00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:39,560
Speaker 1: game very competitive. This is dangerous here for the Seahawks,

541
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Speaker 1: and you better lock in, you better bring your a game.

542
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Speaker 1: But I think they control that line of scrimmage really

543
00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:46,320
Speaker 1: on both sides, and they went a low scoring affair.

544
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Speaker 1: I'll go with Seattle to win this one on the road,

545
00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:57,600
Speaker 1: But Patriots at Steelers, all right, this is a Big

546
00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:00,280
Speaker 1: one Patriots going to take on the Steelers. Pay it's

547
00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:03,399
Speaker 1: coming off a brutal loss against the Miami Dolphins on

548
00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:05,120
Speaker 1: that crazy play at the end of the game. Stealers

549
00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:07,960
Speaker 1: reeling having lost three straight. But Black look at the

550
00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:10,960
Speaker 1: key to this game for the New England Patriots. Uh.

551
00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:13,480
Speaker 1: To me, it's just being able to get that run

552
00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:16,320
Speaker 1: game cranked up. Get that balance going against the Pittsburgh

553
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Speaker 1: Steelers defense. That defensive front is very talented. They can

554
00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:21,840
Speaker 1: heat up the quarterback a little bit, both with inside

555
00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:24,600
Speaker 1: pressure and outside pressure. I want to maintain some balance.

556
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Speaker 1: You need to be physical. That's a That's why the

557
00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:28,480
Speaker 1: Patriots have been playing ball this year though, so I

558
00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:29,960
Speaker 1: don't think that'll be too big of a deal. Like

559
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Speaker 1: the Patriots here, be very physical, get that run game

560
00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:35,280
Speaker 1: going early nearest fun to show the Patriots getting to

561
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Speaker 1: run game going. I think the Pittsburgh Stealers need to

562
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Speaker 1: play a game that is more in control as opposed

563
00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:44,000
Speaker 1: to being explosive, meaning they need to run the football.

564
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Speaker 1: To me, need to make sure that they don't have

565
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Speaker 1: to put so much of it on Ben Roethlisberger. Bill

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Speaker 1: Belichick is gonna do a great job of taking a

567
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Speaker 1: b away. He's gonna try and also take away Juju

568
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Speaker 1: Smith Schuster. Someone is going to have to emerge to

569
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Speaker 1: be able to kind of balance out the attack and

570
00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:00,359
Speaker 1: really punished him for committing so much to the past.

571
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Speaker 1: Whether's James Conner, if he's come if he is able

572
00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:06,680
Speaker 1: to come back, Jalen Samuel stef seems really someone is

573
00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:08,439
Speaker 1: going to have to be able to be able to

574
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Speaker 1: give them some running yards out of the backfield, because

575
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Speaker 1: they can get some running yards and I'm not saying

576
00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:17,360
Speaker 1: a hune of yard game eighty yards something that makes

577
00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:19,360
Speaker 1: the newing the pages pay attention to the running game.

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00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:21,560
Speaker 1: I think then you'll kind of loosen the coverage and

579
00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:22,920
Speaker 1: they will be able to hit them over top with

580
00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:25,560
Speaker 1: some big place. Pittsburgh has to play that way to

581
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Speaker 1: be able to beat the Patriots because the Patriots have

582
00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:29,439
Speaker 1: had their number for so long. They gotta play a

583
00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:32,399
Speaker 1: little slower, not faster against the Patriots this week. All right,

584
00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:34,040
Speaker 1: we gotta pick a winner here. There's both these teams

585
00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:36,400
Speaker 1: coming off brutal losses and Steelers having lost three straight games?

586
00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:38,560
Speaker 1: Is it four straight? Who do you like in this one? Man?

587
00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:40,040
Speaker 1: I'm gonn going to Patriots. I just don't have a

588
00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:41,840
Speaker 1: lot of confidence. And the Steelers right now, I don't

589
00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:44,359
Speaker 1: know if they know who they are um and there's

590
00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:48,240
Speaker 1: so much drama in term war always swirling around this team.

591
00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:50,200
Speaker 1: I just think the Patriots are a better team. I

592
00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:52,720
Speaker 1: think the chemistry gives them an opportunity to win, and

593
00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:55,320
Speaker 1: I think the Patriots they rebound and they get one here.

594
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Speaker 1: If you're the Steelers, you've got to turn over the Patriots.

595
00:25:57,440 --> 00:25:59,080
Speaker 1: I just don't have the confidence of Steelers can get

596
00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:02,600
Speaker 1: that done. Only one interception their last six games. Defensively,

597
00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:04,280
Speaker 1: I don't think they turn over the Patriots. I think

598
00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:06,159
Speaker 1: they lose and the Patriots they go on the road

599
00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:12,320
Speaker 1: and get a big win. Eagles that Ram alright, Buck,

600
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Speaker 1: Eagles going to take on the Ram and Buck. When

601
00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:16,880
Speaker 1: I look at the Eagles team trying to find out

602
00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:19,520
Speaker 1: what they can do to slow down this Rams offense,

603
00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:22,840
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a challenge. This Eagles secondary is depleted.

604
00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:25,120
Speaker 1: They've got to find a way. I think they've got

605
00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:26,800
Speaker 1: to find a way to drum up some pressure on

606
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Speaker 1: Jared Goff and maybe that's being ultra aggressive and sending rushers.

607
00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:33,240
Speaker 1: I don't know, uh. Either way, you can be in trouble.

608
00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:35,840
Speaker 1: You send too many guys, you get left a little

609
00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:38,520
Speaker 1: bit outnumbered on the back end if you play soft

610
00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:41,679
Speaker 1: in conservative Jared goff led by his coach On McVeigh

611
00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:43,840
Speaker 1: is gonna pick you apart. So I just I find

612
00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:45,879
Speaker 1: a tough way. Uh find it tough to come up

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Speaker 1: with the way where the Eagles win this ball game.

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Speaker 1: It doesn't look good on paper. No, it doesn't look

615
00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:52,000
Speaker 1: good on paper, but this is a game from Sean McVeigh.

616
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Speaker 1: To get back on track, their offense has to get

617
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Speaker 1: back on track. They need to go back and kind

618
00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,320
Speaker 1: of get back to who they are offensively, meaning run

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Speaker 1: the game through Tied Gurley, not only as a runner

620
00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:03,200
Speaker 1: but as a receiver. When Ty Gurley is very effective

621
00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:05,480
Speaker 1: and touching the ball a lot, it allows the rest

622
00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:07,760
Speaker 1: of the guys to really settle into their roles. They

623
00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:10,560
Speaker 1: are a team that plays better as a unit than individually.

624
00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:13,680
Speaker 1: But the main player on the unit to five star

625
00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:15,639
Speaker 1: player on the unit, as Todd Gurley, you have to

626
00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:17,639
Speaker 1: make sure that he gets enough touches to have an

627
00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:22,840
Speaker 1: impact on the game that makes life easier for everybody involved. Yeah,

628
00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:24,800
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go I'm gonna go with the with the

629
00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:26,719
Speaker 1: Rams to get this one done. I mean, I'm right,

630
00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:29,600
Speaker 1: go any other way, right, it has to be the Rams.

631
00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:31,359
Speaker 1: We're in agreement. The Rams get it went over. The

632
00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:40,480
Speaker 1: Eagles Saints at Panthers. I love what the NFL did

633
00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:42,760
Speaker 1: when they put all these division games at the back

634
00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:44,919
Speaker 1: half of the schedule, and we got a good one

635
00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:47,080
Speaker 1: here with a New Orleans Saints sitting at eleven and two.

636
00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:49,800
Speaker 1: Look at the record there, six and seven the Carolina Panthers.

637
00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:52,720
Speaker 1: They've been reeling, but you can throw those records in

638
00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:54,919
Speaker 1: the garbage can. When these teams get together on a

639
00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:57,439
Speaker 1: Monday night stage, Buck, this is gonna be a phone

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Speaker 1: to watch. It is going to be a phone when

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Speaker 1: a watch because as we get to watch two New

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Speaker 1: school running backs, Christian McCaffrey Alvin Kamar get to do

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Speaker 1: their thing on a major stage. And when you look

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Speaker 1: at these running backs, the reason that the New School

645
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Speaker 1: backs because they can run it, they can catch it,

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Speaker 1: they can make plays in the passing game. They really

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Speaker 1: puts your defense in the bond. Alvin Kamar has been outstanding.

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Speaker 1: You could argue that he might be the most important

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Speaker 1: offensive weapon outside of Drew Brees. His versatility, his ability

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Speaker 1: to exploit mismatches on the perimeter. Really makes the Saints

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Speaker 1: offense very difficult to defend. He has to touch the ball.

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Speaker 1: I think the magic number is fifteen. Fifteen touches for

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Speaker 1: Alvin Kamar typically leads to a win. I want to

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Speaker 1: see the New Orleans Saints feed the pig early and

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Speaker 1: often in this game. Well, I look at Christian McCaffrey

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Speaker 1: and what he's doing catching the football out of the backfield,

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Speaker 1: and it's exactly what we saw from him at Stanford.

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Speaker 1: And some people question that you remember that when he

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Speaker 1: was picked. Some of that maybe a little bit earlier

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Speaker 1: for Christian McCaffrey. Well, he's got a six catches. He's

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Speaker 1: on record to put up numbers during a surpass what

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Speaker 1: Matt Forte did. So he's he's outstanding in the passing game,

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Speaker 1: and he's showing he candle a little bit of load

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Speaker 1: in the run game as well, putting his dropping his pads,

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Speaker 1: running through tackles, making people miss. He's a dynamic player.

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Speaker 1: And this has been a really a train wreck here

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Speaker 1: for this Carolina Panthers offensive late, but it hasn't been

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Speaker 1: for Christian McCaffrey. He has been money each and every week.

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Speaker 1: You see it here. That was a blowout game against

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Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steelers. He showed up. He shows up each and

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Speaker 1: every week. And if they're gonna pull this off at

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Speaker 1: home against a team right now sitting in the Catbirds

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Speaker 1: seat with the number one overall seed, Christian McCaffrey needs

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Speaker 1: to have a big game. He does have to have

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Speaker 1: a big game. The problem with the Carolina Panthers they're

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Speaker 1: struggling on both sides of the ball. Defensively, they have

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Speaker 1: just been victimized by the big plays. And then on offense,

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Speaker 1: Cam Newton isn't playing great and North Turner, for whatever reason,

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Speaker 1: isn't running Cam Newton inside the five. I think they

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Speaker 1: have a couple of opportunities to score touchdowns and it

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Speaker 1: doesn't go their way. Give me these Saints. I think

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Speaker 1: they win this one. Last three games, Drew Brees is

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Speaker 1: only combined to throw for four hundred and ninety nine yards.

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Speaker 1: He is due for a big game and I think

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Speaker 1: he finds it in this one. Working against this pant

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Speaker 1: their secondary. I know what's on the road. It will

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Speaker 1: be a big time environment there on Monday Night football.

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Speaker 1: But Dreweries ain't losing this one. The Saints that they

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Speaker 1: go in there, they get their twelfth win and hold

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Speaker 1: on to the number one seed in the NFC. Well, man,

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Speaker 1: I can't wait to share this conversation that I had

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Speaker 1: with Neil Reynolds. He is all annoying everything about American

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Speaker 1: football in the UK. This guy is on it. Listen

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Speaker 1: to this conversation. I am excited to be joined by

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Speaker 1: Neil Reynolds, who is everything football in the UK. Uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, how, how's everything going? What is it like

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Speaker 1: to cover American football in the UK? Well, first of all,

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Speaker 1: I normally asked the questions on a Sunday night experience.

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Speaker 1: I'm normally asking you the questions. So um, I think

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Speaker 1: over the years, you know, there have been times where

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Speaker 1: we're you're kind of part evangelists. You're trying to spread

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Speaker 1: the word, you're trying to grow the interest. I would

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Speaker 1: say for the last really the last decade, since we

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Speaker 1: had the regular season games here, it feels like we're

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Speaker 1: we're able to cover the sport very seriously. It eels

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Speaker 1: like we're a market like Miami or a New York

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Speaker 1: that London is becoming a genuine NFL market, And you know,

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Speaker 1: I think we see that with the likes of yourself

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Speaker 1: coming over and being on Sky Sports with us. We

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Speaker 1: had Rob Bryan this year, Solomon wild Carts. You know,

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Speaker 1: the level of guests we have compared to you know,

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Speaker 1: five ten years ago is incredible. So I like to

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Speaker 1: think that we can cover the game the same way

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Speaker 1: you do in terms of talking about it seriously and

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Speaker 1: not not having gimmicks and let the sports sell itself,

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00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:32,320
Speaker 1: which is it's a great sport. It's funny that you

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Speaker 1: bring you immediately brought up the London game and for me,

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Speaker 1: like sitting states that I've always wondered what is the

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Speaker 1: impact of those games that are played in Wembley Stadium

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Speaker 1: and the like, like how much of the UK crowd

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Speaker 1: is really consuming football and being passionate about it. What

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Speaker 1: has been the impact of the NFL playing those games

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Speaker 1: over here a couple of times a year. So I

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Speaker 1: think there's a couple of things. Obviously that that lends

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Speaker 1: itself across all aspects of the business. So everything's bigger

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Speaker 1: than it used to be, so TV ratings, sponsorship, But

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Speaker 1: I think more than that, it's the it's kind of

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Speaker 1: the fan growth and the young fans that are coming in,

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Speaker 1: so you know, there were kind of two cycles of

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Speaker 1: popularity for the NFL here in the UK. One was

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Speaker 1: in the in the mid eight is when we had

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Speaker 1: the American Bowl games and the late eighties, and they're

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Speaker 1: they're all guys my age and their faulties that like

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Speaker 1: the sport and stayed with it all the way through

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Speaker 1: and and now you're seeing young fans come in and

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Speaker 1: and you know, I'm seeing young players and young flag

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Speaker 1: football players, and I'm seeing the university game here being

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Speaker 1: the fastest growing university sports. So I think it's impacted

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Speaker 1: across the board in all aspects of the business, as

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Speaker 1: you would expect when you bring the real thing here.

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Speaker 1: But I think it's the fact that it's now driving

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Speaker 1: new fans, it's bringing in younger fans, and it's bringing

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Speaker 1: in people that want to try and play the game.

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Speaker 1: So it's funny you brought up the American Bowl. But

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Speaker 1: the first thing that came to mind when I was

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Speaker 1: thinking about the UK and American Football NFL Europe, um,

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Speaker 1: what kind of lasting impact? Because you guys did a

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Speaker 1: great documentary on NFL Europe and all of the things,

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Speaker 1: and there were a lot of NFL people involved obviously

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Speaker 1: in that. What was the lasting impact or effect of

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Speaker 1: NFL Europe on the growth of American football. Obviously, I

752
00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:21,080
Speaker 1: think with so obviously it gave. It gave that it

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00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:24,640
Speaker 1: filled that gap when the the American Bowls went away.

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00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:27,000
Speaker 1: So the American Bowl series kind of ran its course.

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Speaker 1: And I think that's because, you know, we have a

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Speaker 1: really knowledgeable fan base here, you know, and it's not

757
00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:36,360
Speaker 1: as obviously not as big as America, but it's it's

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00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:39,640
Speaker 1: it's knowledgeable enough that they know all the ins and

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00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:41,640
Speaker 1: outs of the game, and they knew the American Bowl

760
00:33:41,680 --> 00:33:44,880
Speaker 1: would see Joe Montana take the snap for the opening

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Speaker 1: series and then he spend the rest of the day

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Speaker 1: on the bench. So so what NFL Europe initially did

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Speaker 1: was filled that void when the American Bowls went away.

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Speaker 1: But I also think that's why NFL Europe went away

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Speaker 1: because I think the fans, especially here in the UK,

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00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:00,160
Speaker 1: wasn't the same in Germany and Germany they just love

767
00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:02,200
Speaker 1: to have a good time. They just wanted the experience

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00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:06,360
Speaker 1: of the tailgate and the game and they were happy

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Speaker 1: to have a party. In the UK, the popularity of

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Speaker 1: NFL Europe started to fade because they knew that again

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Speaker 1: wasn't the top level. They knew that that was the

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Speaker 1: third string quarterback or the backup running back. So what

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00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:26,000
Speaker 1: that kind of that sort of served to remind NFL

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Speaker 1: New York, I think, and NFL UK there is a

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00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:33,400
Speaker 1: fan base there, but it's kind of gone to sleep

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00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:36,799
Speaker 1: and it's sort of latent. Let's let's throw him a

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00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:39,920
Speaker 1: regular season game and see what happens. And so it

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Speaker 1: went from there really and that was so I think

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Speaker 1: although NFL Europe closed down, NFL You're up closed the

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00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:46,600
Speaker 1: summer of two thousand and seven. We had our first

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00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:49,799
Speaker 1: regular season game the October of two thousand and seven,

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Speaker 1: and I don't think we would have had one without

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00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:56,279
Speaker 1: the other happening. So it's funny. So um, I think

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00:34:56,280 --> 00:34:58,960
Speaker 1: about the Jacksonville Jaguars coming over a couple of times

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00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:01,280
Speaker 1: a year and play of their games which are different

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00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:04,800
Speaker 1: than just other American teams, and so it's Jacksonville is

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00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:07,920
Speaker 1: trying to build maybe a fan base here. How do

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00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:11,760
Speaker 1: UK fans pick their favorite in a FIEL team? Wow?

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Speaker 1: I mean it's some of it can be passed down

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00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:18,239
Speaker 1: from parents to two sons now, but I think it's

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00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:22,520
Speaker 1: it's completely random. I mean, my, my My team was

792
00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:25,160
Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins because I switched on the TV in

793
00:35:25,239 --> 00:35:28,320
Speaker 1: the eighties and trotting off the bench was a rookie

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00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:30,800
Speaker 1: quarterback that all the commentators were getting excited about, and

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00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:32,640
Speaker 1: it was Dan Marino. He threw a couple of touchdown

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00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:35,040
Speaker 1: passes in a loss to the Raiders and that was it.

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00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:38,239
Speaker 1: So everyone has a different way and a reason for

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00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:41,120
Speaker 1: getting into their their team. I think I think the

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00:35:41,239 --> 00:35:43,520
Speaker 1: Jags are starting to build a profile here now, especially

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00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:46,560
Speaker 1: with younger fans, because they get out into schools. They

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00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:49,480
Speaker 1: do school programs, flag football. So I think if you're

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00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:52,239
Speaker 1: a new fan. My two daughters are Jags fans because

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00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:56,000
Speaker 1: to come and play every year, and I think that

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00:35:56,040 --> 00:35:58,200
Speaker 1: helps having a team that's committed to come back year

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00:35:58,239 --> 00:36:00,160
Speaker 1: in and year out. I think if we have had

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00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:03,320
Speaker 1: a franchise here, I think a lot of the fans

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00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:05,640
Speaker 1: are so dedicated to their teams. Do you think they

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00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:07,520
Speaker 1: would work. Do you think they would they would work

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00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:10,520
Speaker 1: if if they decided to put an NFL franchise in London,

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Speaker 1: do you think it would actually be a successful Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm convinced it would be, and there's a number of reasons.

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00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:17,759
Speaker 1: So I think the fan basis is there. We sell

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00:36:17,760 --> 00:36:22,200
Speaker 1: out the games within hours and minutes. We have up

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00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:24,360
Speaker 1: to four games a year, so we're not We're not

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Speaker 1: far away. UM. I think there's three things you need

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00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:30,160
Speaker 1: to have to to have a a franchise or or

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00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:32,200
Speaker 1: to start and look at a franchise. One is the

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00:36:32,239 --> 00:36:35,759
Speaker 1: fan support and the commissioner and Mark Waller both said

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Speaker 1: this year that London is ready. You need stadiums. We

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Speaker 1: have Wembley Stadium and we have the new stadium at

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Speaker 1: Tottenham Hotspur. And you need government support in my opinion,

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00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:48,920
Speaker 1: and we have high level government support for that. So

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Speaker 1: I think I think the next time there is a

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Speaker 1: the Rams moved from St. Louis to Los Angeles, or

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00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:57,520
Speaker 1: when whenever there's the next a team that's kind of

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Speaker 1: in the mix to be considered, I think London is

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Speaker 1: in the conversation. I really, I really genuinely believe that,

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Speaker 1: And and I know that that upsets some people in

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00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:11,799
Speaker 1: America because it's American football, It's the NFL, it is

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00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:16,080
Speaker 1: everything American, No it could possibly be. But then I

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00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:19,560
Speaker 1: look at Tampa Bay having to give away tickets for

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00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:23,040
Speaker 1: their game against Carolina, I see empty seats in Washington.

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00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:26,319
Speaker 1: I see empty seats in San Francisco. We don't have that,

834
00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:29,040
Speaker 1: so why should we be denied a team. We love

835
00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:31,760
Speaker 1: it as much as people are living in in Miami

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00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:33,840
Speaker 1: and New York because we can watch everything now. We

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Speaker 1: watch you on NFL Network, We listened to all the podcasts,

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00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:39,000
Speaker 1: We get all the programming the same we get all

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Speaker 1: the games that we bring on Sky Sports. So I

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00:37:40,719 --> 00:37:43,960
Speaker 1: think it could happen. There's just a small matter of

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00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:47,960
Speaker 1: logistics to get to overcome, right, So it's always funny. Obviously,

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00:37:48,040 --> 00:37:51,000
Speaker 1: the best way to impact American football from the ground

843
00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:53,680
Speaker 1: up is they have a team here. But I want

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00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:55,280
Speaker 1: to go a little deep because you have a unique

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00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:57,520
Speaker 1: perspective obviously being a fan, but you have a son

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00:37:57,880 --> 00:38:02,439
Speaker 1: there players American football, and just kind of shared light

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00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:07,840
Speaker 1: on the challenges of being um a young American football

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00:38:08,040 --> 00:38:12,080
Speaker 1: in a country dead hasn't fully adopted American football where

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00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:14,160
Speaker 1: you have the hours that we have over in the States. Yes,

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00:38:14,200 --> 00:38:16,960
Speaker 1: so I mean, just from a very basic level, you've

851
00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:18,320
Speaker 1: got to go and find a team. You've got to

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00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:21,279
Speaker 1: find My son, George plays for the Kent Exiles and

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00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:24,200
Speaker 1: now he's UM. He's a quarterback for the Great Britain

854
00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:29,120
Speaker 1: under nineteens team. Um, but it's you've got to It's

855
00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:31,120
Speaker 1: not right there on your doorstep, you know, it's you've

856
00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:33,719
Speaker 1: got you have We have to travel twice a week

857
00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:36,840
Speaker 1: for practice, thirty five forty minute drive to to his

858
00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:40,080
Speaker 1: practice site because obviously the teams are spread thin. Um,

859
00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:42,560
Speaker 1: just from a parent point of view, my son studies

860
00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:46,799
Speaker 1: physical education at school and you have to have footage

861
00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:50,719
Speaker 1: of you playing certain sports and he's not allowed to

862
00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:53,319
Speaker 1: use American football because it's not a part of the

863
00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:56,359
Speaker 1: school's program. So there are little steps all the way,

864
00:38:56,440 --> 00:39:00,160
Speaker 1: you know, and you know, I think it's it's where

865
00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:03,360
Speaker 1: do you go next with that? As well. My son, um,

866
00:39:03,400 --> 00:39:05,600
Speaker 1: you know, it's done quite well at his position, and

867
00:39:05,640 --> 00:39:08,359
Speaker 1: obviously now playing for Great Britain, he wants to see how,

868
00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:10,440
Speaker 1: you know, can I ever progress? And they they will,

869
00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:12,960
Speaker 1: they will talk about it. They will see the states

870
00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:14,600
Speaker 1: and they will want to go and do it. So

871
00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:16,799
Speaker 1: it's finding that sort of pathway. And you know, I

872
00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:19,799
Speaker 1: think the NFL will eventually have plans to help out

873
00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:22,360
Speaker 1: some of those younger players. But yeah, I think the

874
00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:25,239
Speaker 1: biggest challenges it's not right there on your doorstep, and

875
00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:27,719
Speaker 1: you have to find it and then you know the

876
00:39:28,239 --> 00:39:30,200
Speaker 1: so for example, when you play for Great Britain, they

877
00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:32,960
Speaker 1: get together for camps. We we drive four and a

878
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:35,279
Speaker 1: half hours to the to the practice site, you know,

879
00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:38,359
Speaker 1: to um and and kids are doing the same coming

880
00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:40,600
Speaker 1: down from Scotland. They're coming from all over the country.

881
00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:43,600
Speaker 1: When you play in the national playoffs, which they've reached

882
00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:46,640
Speaker 1: the Kent Exiles reached the last couple of years, you've

883
00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:48,680
Speaker 1: got to travel four hours and then everyone meets and

884
00:39:48,719 --> 00:39:51,160
Speaker 1: plays all the games together. So it's more that kind

885
00:39:51,160 --> 00:39:52,840
Speaker 1: of just not you know, you can't it's not like

886
00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:56,840
Speaker 1: you can play high school games all within your region

887
00:39:56,880 --> 00:39:59,600
Speaker 1: and things like that. It's a truly national league. And

888
00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:02,279
Speaker 1: but yeah, I think that's growing as well, and you

889
00:40:02,320 --> 00:40:06,160
Speaker 1: see kids playing and the levels pretty decent for you know,

890
00:40:06,239 --> 00:40:08,239
Speaker 1: for the fact that they're they're kind of starting out.

891
00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:10,239
Speaker 1: So that to me is the big thing that I

892
00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:13,640
Speaker 1: kind of am excited about because people are actually playing,

893
00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:16,040
Speaker 1: because I think once you play, I think you understand

894
00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:18,160
Speaker 1: the sport even more. And so it was funny cause

895
00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:20,840
Speaker 1: you talked about your son having dreams of going from

896
00:40:20,840 --> 00:40:23,520
Speaker 1: playing for Great Britain to being able to play in

897
00:40:23,560 --> 00:40:26,919
Speaker 1: the States, and so recently we have seen more international

898
00:40:26,960 --> 00:40:29,439
Speaker 1: players come from over here to make their way into

899
00:40:29,480 --> 00:40:31,920
Speaker 1: the National Football League. We just saw joined my to

900
00:40:32,040 --> 00:40:36,160
Speaker 1: just get drafted. What does it do for the country

901
00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:38,879
Speaker 1: when they do see one of their own go make

902
00:40:38,920 --> 00:40:41,440
Speaker 1: it into the National Football League? Oh well, that trusts

903
00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:43,319
Speaker 1: me and they know they see it that they all

904
00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:46,840
Speaker 1: talk about it. They see Uh. So Fabardos with the

905
00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:50,319
Speaker 1: Carolina Panthers f a wash that. There have been some

906
00:40:50,360 --> 00:40:53,240
Speaker 1: of those cross there's been some of those player pathway

907
00:40:53,719 --> 00:40:58,399
Speaker 1: athletes that have come from different places. So you have, uh,

908
00:40:58,480 --> 00:41:01,480
Speaker 1: you have professional rugby players of switched sports. I think

909
00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:05,359
Speaker 1: we're the ones that really resonate. Are like Fabarda who

910
00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:08,200
Speaker 1: played five games of amateur football for the London Warriors

911
00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:11,239
Speaker 1: and then got spotted by the Dallas Cowboys, had to

912
00:41:11,239 --> 00:41:14,040
Speaker 1: try out with them, and then now is playing weekend

913
00:41:14,040 --> 00:41:16,760
Speaker 1: and week out with the Panthers. Those things are huge,

914
00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:21,520
Speaker 1: those those wins for the you know, to show you

915
00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:24,440
Speaker 1: can go from amateur football in the UK to the

916
00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:27,360
Speaker 1: to the NFL. But you just need a pathway, you

917
00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:30,319
Speaker 1: need you need some help. It's not like it's it's

918
00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:33,880
Speaker 1: not like it's as accessible as it is in the

919
00:41:34,040 --> 00:41:37,000
Speaker 1: in the States. So I think that offers up hope

920
00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:40,000
Speaker 1: for the for the young players. I know from talking

921
00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:42,400
Speaker 1: to f A, he embraces the fact that he's a

922
00:41:42,520 --> 00:41:45,319
Speaker 1: role model and they wanted. All the guys that I've

923
00:41:45,360 --> 00:41:48,120
Speaker 1: met and worked with from the Player Pathway program, they

924
00:41:48,120 --> 00:41:50,479
Speaker 1: all want to give back. They all want to because

925
00:41:50,520 --> 00:41:52,319
Speaker 1: if they didn't have the help, they wouldn't be there.

926
00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:54,480
Speaker 1: So I think we're going to see more and more,

927
00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:58,200
Speaker 1: more and more kids going into American colleges, more and

928
00:41:58,239 --> 00:42:02,480
Speaker 1: more kids going into um you know, into the into

929
00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:06,319
Speaker 1: the professional ranks. But really the I think the big

930
00:42:06,320 --> 00:42:08,080
Speaker 1: thing is to sort of get them into colleges because

931
00:42:08,040 --> 00:42:11,240
Speaker 1: then you can really you can really learn, So that

932
00:42:11,239 --> 00:42:13,879
Speaker 1: that's seeing more and more of those that's the kind

933
00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:16,520
Speaker 1: of next step. That's the next bit for for me

934
00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:18,640
Speaker 1: to see that this game has really grown and not

935
00:42:18,719 --> 00:42:22,720
Speaker 1: just probably upset the NFL now, but back in the eighties,

936
00:42:22,920 --> 00:42:25,920
Speaker 1: I think the NFL rolled into town, played an American

937
00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:29,160
Speaker 1: Bowl game, sold as many T shirts as they could,

938
00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:32,560
Speaker 1: put it on TV, and then disappeared until the next

939
00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:36,040
Speaker 1: summer and then they come back again. It's not like

940
00:42:36,080 --> 00:42:38,680
Speaker 1: that now that we're laying down genuine roots and the

941
00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:41,000
Speaker 1: kind of roots I think you see around a franchise.

942
00:42:41,680 --> 00:42:43,719
Speaker 1: I really believe that we're laying down the kind of

943
00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:46,000
Speaker 1: roots that you see around an NFL franchise here in

944
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:48,960
Speaker 1: London and across the UK. It's funny because one thing

945
00:42:49,160 --> 00:42:52,360
Speaker 1: I do know that as the game continues to grow,

946
00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:54,839
Speaker 1: the one person who will be on every goal will

947
00:42:54,880 --> 00:42:58,200
Speaker 1: be Neo Reynolds. Thanks so much spending a little time

948
00:42:58,239 --> 00:43:01,000
Speaker 1: with us talking about everything that is going on in

949
00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:03,720
Speaker 1: the UK when it comes to American football. I've certainly

950
00:43:03,800 --> 00:43:06,879
Speaker 1: enjoyed my time working with you, working with Jeff Ryan Boat,

951
00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:09,239
Speaker 1: working with Scott Sports. It has been a and I

952
00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:11,120
Speaker 1: opening experience and I can't wait to come back and

953
00:43:11,120 --> 00:43:18,640
Speaker 1: do it again. No, I absolutely am surprised because because

954
00:43:19,320 --> 00:43:21,000
Speaker 1: I didn't know what I was what I was going

955
00:43:21,080 --> 00:43:26,840
Speaker 1: into in terms of like how much um knowledge uh

956
00:43:26,920 --> 00:43:28,400
Speaker 1: there would be in the UK when it came to

957
00:43:28,400 --> 00:43:30,839
Speaker 1: American football. How much would I have to I want

958
00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:32,520
Speaker 1: to say, dumb it down, but how much would I

959
00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:35,600
Speaker 1: have to simplify what I'm trying to tell you that

960
00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:38,759
Speaker 1: I'm watching to projecting to the crowds. And what I've

961
00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:41,560
Speaker 1: found is, oh, no, people are consuming that people are

962
00:43:41,560 --> 00:43:44,400
Speaker 1: staying up late, like for the listeners just to know

963
00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:48,000
Speaker 1: the But the Sunday night game, the Sunday night game

964
00:43:48,080 --> 00:43:50,880
Speaker 1: comes on at one a m. Here, So if you

965
00:43:50,920 --> 00:43:54,719
Speaker 1: are a football fan, you have to be so dedicated

966
00:43:54,920 --> 00:43:57,680
Speaker 1: when it comes to sacrificing your time to watch these games.

967
00:43:58,000 --> 00:44:01,239
Speaker 1: It is amazing to me to see that and to

968
00:44:01,920 --> 00:44:04,360
Speaker 1: see the consumption that so many people are passionate about it.

969
00:44:04,440 --> 00:44:06,600
Speaker 1: So for me, it has really been I opening to

970
00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:07,880
Speaker 1: see that and then to talk to some of the

971
00:44:07,880 --> 00:44:11,120
Speaker 1: people in the UK office about you're talking about international

972
00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:13,480
Speaker 1: pathway programs, what they're trying to do the young people,

973
00:44:13,480 --> 00:44:16,920
Speaker 1: to grow the grassroots programs. I'm excited to see what

974
00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:20,120
Speaker 1: the international flavor kind of produces for us. See what

975
00:44:20,160 --> 00:44:22,480
Speaker 1: I did, I ended up switch in. You had to

976
00:44:22,520 --> 00:44:25,319
Speaker 1: get in, you couldn't do it. Hey, thanks so much

977
00:44:25,360 --> 00:44:28,200
Speaker 1: for coming on my pleasure. Well there you go, Buck.

978
00:44:28,280 --> 00:44:31,920
Speaker 1: It's uh, it's definitely gonna be an exciting weekend of

979
00:44:32,200 --> 00:44:36,040
Speaker 1: NFL football, and it starts really Thursday Night game is

980
00:44:36,080 --> 00:44:38,799
Speaker 1: gonna be huge. But then we have Saturday football, which

981
00:44:38,840 --> 00:44:41,120
Speaker 1: I love. I'll go along some Sunday football. Hate to

982
00:44:41,120 --> 00:44:43,440
Speaker 1: see the college regular season come to an end, but

983
00:44:43,520 --> 00:44:45,080
Speaker 1: the good news is we get a new day of

984
00:44:45,160 --> 00:44:48,080
Speaker 1: NFL football with the with these Saturday games Texas Jets,

985
00:44:48,080 --> 00:44:51,239
Speaker 1: Brown's Broncos. That's gonna be fun. It's gonna be a

986
00:44:51,239 --> 00:44:52,759
Speaker 1: lot of fun. I mean, you love football at this

987
00:44:52,840 --> 00:44:55,880
Speaker 1: time of year. Holiday season is coming. Nothing better than

988
00:44:55,960 --> 00:44:59,400
Speaker 1: enjoying the holidays with a little football. I'm excited about all.

989
00:44:59,440 --> 00:45:02,359
Speaker 1: And I'm also said about the playoffs being right on

990
00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:05,520
Speaker 1: the horizon. I just think the best football has always

991
00:45:05,520 --> 00:45:07,120
Speaker 1: played in the pullseason, So I'm excited toe which teams

992
00:45:07,120 --> 00:45:10,000
Speaker 1: are gonna get in the tournament. And it was all offense, offense, offense.

993
00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:11,719
Speaker 1: It seems over the last couple of weeks we've seen

994
00:45:11,760 --> 00:45:14,919
Speaker 1: the defenses. Uh step up? Is that going to happen

995
00:45:15,000 --> 00:45:18,000
Speaker 1: this week? To be determined? Looking forward to watching the

996
00:45:18,040 --> 00:45:21,359
Speaker 1: games this weekend and recapping them right here on move

997
00:45:21,440 --> 00:45:24,759
Speaker 1: the sticks and uh bucky next week? Right, you're you're back.

998
00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:26,120
Speaker 1: You're gonna have been a little couple of weeks over

999
00:45:26,120 --> 00:45:27,560
Speaker 1: there in London. We get you back in the in

1000
00:45:27,560 --> 00:45:30,799
Speaker 1: the States next week. Yeah, come back. I should be

1001
00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:33,399
Speaker 1: back in the studio on Tuesday and talk about all

1002
00:45:33,440 --> 00:45:35,799
Speaker 1: the experiences. A lot of goodts stuff going on over here.

1003
00:45:35,920 --> 00:45:37,640
Speaker 1: NFL UK some of the things they're doing with the

1004
00:45:37,680 --> 00:45:41,600
Speaker 1: international players, we may see some more international guys make

1005
00:45:41,600 --> 00:45:43,000
Speaker 1: their way to the draft. Can way to talk about

1006
00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:46,000
Speaker 1: it all? Well, well we kept that when Bucky gets

1007
00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:47,680
Speaker 1: back in town. But that's gonna do it for us today.

1008
00:45:47,719 --> 00:45:50,160
Speaker 1: Thank you guys for listening to Move the Sticks. Thanks

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1010
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1011
00:45:56,640 --> 00:45:58,359
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1012
00:45:58,360 --> 00:46:01,440
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1013
00:46:01,480 --> 00:46:06,640
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