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2026 NFL Week 1 Injuries & News | Who’s In, Who’s Out? | Tent Talk · Banter with the Boys

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  Get laced up! Let's go! It's time for Banter
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  with the Boys! No. It's too late. Here we are.
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  Yo, yo. Welcome back to Banter with the Boys.
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  Gridiron updates. We ain't stopping. We ain't
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  stopping. No going back. Turned down for what?
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  No. Okay, I like it. Anyway, this is Smeltzy.
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  You know, we're here. Did I say the name of the
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  show? Did I? You did, I think. Gridiron updates?
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  Yeah. Anyway, whatever. Jake's over here to my
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  Larry. What's up, Jake? Yeah. Yep. Yeah. R. You
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  know, I get the L thing, right? But if you go
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  like this, oh, you look for the L. Yeah. I was
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  like, that doesn't say it. That's not an R. Anyway.
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  Smooth. Oh, my God. We were pre -gaming. What's
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  up, Roberto? Just enjoying a little Memorial
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  weekend. Ready for some football to start on
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  April. Geez, you're in the past. Other day, Labor
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  Day weekend. Three -day weekend. This is off
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  to a really hot start. But yeah, I'm ready for
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  some football to start. I went to a high school
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  game last Friday, so I'm vibing it right now.
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  Right on. Was it a good game? It was. Kennedy
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  ended up beating Roosevelt 18 -13. Oh, that's
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  right. Hail Mary finish at the end. Pick. That's
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  right. That's right. Oh, I was there. No, I'm
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  just kidding. I was there, though. Anyway, Kev,
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  behind the cameras, of course, getting it right
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  for us. You know what I mean? All right. Let's
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  head right. Did you do the transition, or did
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  we decide we were doing that? Oh, yeah. We already
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  decided. No, we're not doing it. It's going to
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  be in the title. You already heard it. So now
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  I'm filling. Let's get ready for tent talk. Oh,
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  I wasn't ready. You knew it. It's coming, too.
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  Man, he slow played it out forever. Anyways.
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  Football. Aligned that 20 -footer up. Yeah, so
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  football. Injuries. Injuries. Right now, currently
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  monitoring the situation for Nick Bosa and CMC
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  and their availability for week one. They got
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  a big matchup. Actually, we'll be talking about
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  that game in our week one preview and picks.
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  Don't forget to check that episode out, which
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  will probably release after this one, I reckon.
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  Trevon Henderson has not practiced since August
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  24th. Problem. Also, D -tackle Christian Barrymore
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  and O -lineman Ben Brown for the Patriots also
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  did not practice yesterday, which would have
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  been Sunday, the day before Labor Day. And they're
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  only a few days out. So, do you think... Have
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  you seen anything on those guys? Do you think
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  that could change? I know Henderson not practicing
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  for a while. Is that a problem if he is ready
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  to go? I mean, yeah, I just think some of these
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  players, they're just going to hold out until
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  the very last minute on them. There's no point
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  in changing their designation, really. But you
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  don't know until you see whether they show up
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  on the field on Sunday. Unless anyone else has
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  them. insider information. Not on the Patriots.
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  I feel like the running backs, too, they're better
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  off. They're better off taking the time off and
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  you're less worried about it because you can
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  just slide them back in. There's not any timing
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  or rhythm or anything like that that you have
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  to reestablish with your QB. Like the Mike Evans
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  one. because he's questionable right now. I'd
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  be a little bit more worried about that. Someone
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  older. The Niners' entire receiving core right
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  now is rough. Yeah, pretty much. George Kittle
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  is questionable, too, with the Achilles. All
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  of them. Obviously, Pearsall's done. And then
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  who was the other one? Christian Kirk is also
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  struggling with the calf thing, I think. So draft
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  the rookie in fantasy late. That's right. There
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  it is. Oh, there's Rob's fantasy quick second.
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  All right. You got one of those drafts tomorrow,
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  right? I do. I do. He's on my. That's why we're
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  working on Labor Day. Well, we work for free
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  anyway. But that's why we're here on Labor Day
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  is because of Roberto's fantasy draft. That is
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  true. So now, because of that, next week, you
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  got to tell us who you drafted, probably. All
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  right. And let the comment section either appreciate
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  you. Or hate you. All right, I'll throw it out
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  there now. My keepers is London and Alave. Keeper
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  League, auction. I am cheap, so 11 bucks total.
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  So I'll play with $89 tomorrow at the beginning
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  of the draft. Okay. My strategies go tier one,
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  running back high quickly. before the money settles
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  out. Because typically there's always that little,
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  after the first three guys goes, everyone gets
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  nervous. And then they actually spend over a
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  little bit. So you like playing the mental game.
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  I totally have a strategy and everything. Well,
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  in any auction keeper league, sorry, we're getting
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  deep into fantasy here, but you've got to set
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  up your next few years, too. So you've got to
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  find those rookies, like a Puka, Nakua, get them
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  for a buck or two, and then you keep them for
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  a while for cheap, and that's where your dynasty
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  starts. Okay. Hey, there we go. A little fantasy
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  in the middle of injuries from Roberto. And Puka's
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  one of those guys, I don't know, his legal scenario.
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  Right. That adds into the tent. Oh, God, bro.
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  That's messed up. Yeah, anyway. Also, Ashton
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  Gentry, he's also a big maybe for week one. Still
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  working back from last year's ankle injury. DeAndre
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  Swift, Roma Dunze, a couple of fellows that have
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  not practiced in a minute. But like you said,
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  you know, good chance some of these guys do actually
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  play. They're just waiting until the last minute.
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  And, of course, us doing this on Labor Day. A
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  lot of these guys don't play until Sunday. Yeah,
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  yeah. So, ugh. We're six days out. Right. So
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  we're not going to know a lot of that, but here
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  it is for you. Anyway, Tyler Warren's still working
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  back from his groin injury, but he could be ready
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  for week one as well. He should take his time.
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  Tyler Warren. Yeah. Yeah. Just groin injuries
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  and groin injuries in general. Who do they play
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  week one? Oh, Ravens. Yeah. You could take week
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  one off, right? Yeah, exactly. He's got it. Well,
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  Alec Pierce has also started to practice, but
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  he hasn't been officially announced as necessarily
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  playing. True. Brees Hall has been progressing.
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  What a guy. Another guy that's kind of. been
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  plagued by injuries early in his career. But
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  he's progressing and could also be ready by week
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  one, which is faster than originally thought.
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  You mentioned Tucker Kraft earlier. Tucker Kraft
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  is set to return week one against the Vikings,
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  naturally. And obviously that's one of Jordan
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  Love's favorite targets, don't we know it? Jamar
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  Chase and Tee Higgins both were limited in practice
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  after kind of those scares. I think that happened
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  right before we did last week's episodes, our
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  preseason episodes, but they've been kind of
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  kept out of practice. That's probably precautionary
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  at this point, but you would think they play
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  week one. And then what was his name? I didn't
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  even put his name in here. Tyler Smith, the left
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  guard for the Cowboys. I was just announced today.
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  He's out four to six weeks now needing thumb
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  surgery. That's not a good start for the Cowboys.
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  Nope. A team that, again, they always seem like
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  they have an opportunity every year, to be honest.
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  But, again, I just kind of, then something like
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  this happens, you know? Yeah, right, right. Any
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  other injuries that you guys had maybe on your
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  docket that I did not put in there? No. Nothing.
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  I think on a local front, as a Vikings fan, we're
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  kind of pretty much clean. I haven't seen really
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  much. And start the news off with it. 2 -2 is
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  back on the Vikings. Let's go to the bowl. Let's
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  go to the bowl, naturally. That's a really nice
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  addition, especially after losing Jamal Adams
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  earlier in the season. I wonder if he would have
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  came back, whether Jamal Adams was there or not.
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  You know what I mean? If Jamal Adams was healthy,
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  I wonder if Harry still comes back or not. Or
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  if like, oh, Jamal Adams got hurt. Well, I guess
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  I'll give it one more go. I think he would have.
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  I think he would have. I feel like the vibes
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  always, he was going to come back at some time.
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  Especially at some point, he would have said
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  no. And with him not saying no all the way up
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  till now, even if he hadn't signed already and
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  it was still like right now, I'm still thinking
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  he's probably going to sign. Have you seen the
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  little video on, well, you probably haven't.
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  He should, though. You should probably go follow
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  the Vikings fan page since that's your second
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  team, though. But the video they posted out the
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  other day, one of the Vikings social media pages,
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  whatever, of Harrison's at -home stretch recovery.
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  that he built himself with, like, 2x6s or whatever
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  from Home Depot or whatever. Yeah, you got to
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  go check it out. Here now? Ropes and pulleys
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  and stuff. He just built it now here? No, I think
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  he's had it. Okay. I think he's had it, but he's,
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  like, using it to stretch out and stuff. It's
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  hilarious. I'll have my bullet up here. But it's
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  pretty good. Yeah, I'm just glad he's back. That's
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  100 % it, Kev, that middle picture right there.
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  Yes. Alright, let's see that. Can we even put
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  that picture up? I don't know. Oh, while it's
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  on. What is that? It's just an image, though.
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  I don't know. We're working on it. It's like
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  an American Ninja Warrior thing going on right
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  there. And I was, like, listening. He uses it
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  to really, like, stretch out his body and stuff,
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  and he, like, recommends it heavily for those
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  older players or the ones that are starting to
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  age here. Yeah. I mean, if they're starting to
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  sell it, I think we're going to start sponsoring
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  it as part of the HS22. There it is. If you're
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  on YouTube, Kev just put the picture up. Can
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  we widen that out just a smidgen, Kev? Right
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  over there. Oh, yeah. There you go. Perfect.
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  That's a perfect shot. No, you don't need a full
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  screen. Poor Harrison. Kev's on top of this.
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  A full screen inbound, maybe. There it is. Harrison
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  Smith. Now I know what we're talking about. Trying
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  to see that little corner piece. That's not.
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  It's all right. It's good. He's got more hair
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  on his head than he usually does. Oh, you've
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  been doing some scouting. What do you think?
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  He's a HIMS guy or what? Look at us, all our
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  sponsors are dropped here. Oh, my God. All right,
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  anyway, there it is. Yeah, we're good. Thanks,
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  Harry. Harrison made a little visit here. Yep,
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  yep. Anyway. I'm excited. All right, other news.
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  Everybody's like, God. All right, Tua was named
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  the starter of the ATL. This is now the sixth
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  consecutive season the Falcons are starting a
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  different quarterback in a week. Juan. About
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  time they made the announcement. And didn't Penix,
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  he's injured. I don't think he's suiting up for
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  this game. Yeah, he is the third string quarterback.
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  Really? I thought he wasn't even suiting up.
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  No, he is. Okay. Yeah, but he's the number three.
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  Yeah, he's the number three. Due to injury, though.
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  Otherwise, he'd be the two. Right. So who is
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  the two again? We know. Isn't that that? I shouldn't
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  own this. Danny Hurley or something. One fantasy
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  guy. Because for a minute, Tua and Penix were
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  not looking good and both injured in preseason.
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  So homie was about to start, whoever it was.
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  I know his name. It's just a veteran that's just
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  been out there forever, I bet. No, I thought
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  it was some younger guy. I'm thinking of some
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  dude that went to Miami. No, that one's out of
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  date. This says Cooper Rush, but no, that's not
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  right. You know what? No, I think you might be
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  right. I think it is Cooper Rush. Oh, we're digging
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  deep for you guys. Now we got to know. We got
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  to know, everybody. I'm pretty sure. Possible
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  starter week one. Tua will be the starter. Cooper
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  Rush will be the backup. Penix will be inactive
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  on Sunday. Penix is not physically ready. That's
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  Schefter on X, so that's real. Real nice. Mostly
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  real. Yeah, mostly real. Per sources. Per the
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  source. Sources. Yeah, anyway. Okay. So there's
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  that. So anyway, wow, we went down that train
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  for no reason. Okay. Oh, yeah, okay. So we were
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  talking before we started here, just a little
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  quick preseason hot seat conversation with some
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  NFL coaches. Yes. We mentioned a couple off air.
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  Jake, as a Ravens fan, actually said KOC, but
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  we were also thinking KOC potentially. Jake,
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  I'm curious before our thoughts why you thought
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  that KOC would be potentially on the hot seat.
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  And Rob, bless his heart, checked the internet
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  and it said it didn't mention KOC. So that's
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  great. I asked AI. So it's meant. Yeah. And no
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  mention of KOC. Which is interesting. But we
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  all three thought so. So it's interesting. But
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  it did come up some good ones. But go ahead there,
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  Jacob. Why the internet hates you. Why the internet
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  hates me. Because, like, KOC's in year five now.
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  The inconsistency and the changing of the quarterbacks
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  over the course of, like, each of the past four
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  years. Now, I understand some of that's not his
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  fault because he's not the one shopping for the
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  groceries. He's got to coach up and game. He's
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  the one that's got to cook with the girls. Chef
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  KOC. Yeah. Not Kyler Call of Duty Murray? No.
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  Who said that? Oh, yeah, Manglaze on YouTube.
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  Check him out. That's his username. Sorry. I'm
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  not trying to glaze him. We're done. But go look
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  at him. Yeah, Les is way more. Go look at him.
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  Or her. I don't know, actually. So we're in year
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  five. The inconsistency of the quarterback play
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  throughout all of this. Yes. I think is really
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  the biggest thing. So I would say mostly if people
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  are to be JJ is the, probably the quarterback
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  that's the biggest one because the year with
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  the quarterback whisperer year with all the randos
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  that ended up playing through it. I mean, that's
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  just like a whole bunch of injuries. Then we
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  had Sam and then, I mean, who made the decision
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  on Sam? Obviously not the grocery shopper. Right.
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  So that's the interesting part about it. Then
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  as a J .J., and he was supposed to be in the
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  quarterback whisperer, he had an opportunity
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  with a young guy, and now the world's just looking
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  at it as like, oh, maybe he's not the quarterback
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  whisperer. So what happens if Kyler Murray then
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  does excel this year? You see him signed to a
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  three -year deal so they don't let the Sam Darnold
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  situation happen again? I mean, they would have
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  to. They'd force their hand right there for sure.
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  We definitely signed Kyler if we are above 500.
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  And he's a significant part. Right on. Other
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  preseason hot seats. I was saying Aaron Glenn
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  just because, I don't know, the defensive -minded
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  coach. No picks. I mean, it's not all on him,
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  right? But that was wild. But this is year two,
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  right? Yeah. But that's what they're saying.
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  They're trying to be short -leashed with a lot
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  of coaches now in general. That's true. And it's
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  New York, too. Yeah. And so they're extra quick.
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  I hope he doesn't. I don't think it would be
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  fair. But it's the vibe is there that he could
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  be on the hot seat. Another one we had on the
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  list here was Zach Taylor with the Bengals. He's
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  kind of the KOC scenario, where everyone just
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  keeps getting hurt. What do you do? I've always
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  thought he's a good coach. But yeah, if you don't
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  have your weapons, and in the NFL that matters,
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  how much can you do? Also, as the head coach,
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  he's responsible for the defensive court. the
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  decisions of the defensive coordinator, too.
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  And they've had some not great defensive coordinators
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  the last couple of years, too. Well, they haven't
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  spent any money on that side, too, either, really.
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  That's also accurate. Didn't they bring a few
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  guys in this year, though? I mean, they're all
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  vet. They're like vet guys, too, though. Well,
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  I think even free agency, I thought they brought
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  in a couple guys. Yeah, they did. I think we
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  looked it up. I don't remember. I remember someone
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  pointing out on the internet that Bryant is out.
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  The safety, where did he go? The Giants? Or Bird?
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  It came from Seattle. Yeah, they added Dexter
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  Lawrence, Jonathan Adden, Boye Mafe. Who? There
• 16:48
  was a safety that someone picked up from Seattle.
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  Kobe Bryant. Oh, Kobe Bryant. Yeah. Someone mentioned
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  that he's out. I didn't see that, but noted.
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  Thanks to whoever on the internet that pointed
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  that out. The Bengals are at least trying. We're
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  not perfect. No, right. Far from it, for sure.
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  But you're still here, right? But no, I mean,
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  the Bengals are at least trying defensively.
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  But yeah, no, you're right, for sure. That has
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  been an issue. And then Joe Burrow's health,
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  and then... Andrew Brown's healthy. Jake's a
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  good one to ask because he plays against the
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  Bengals the last few years. He's out there on
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  the field. I'm coaching against him. That's right.
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  They're the worst. Do they seem like he's the
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  coach of that team where there's a lot of his
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  failures versus bad shake, bad deck of cards?
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  It's kind of a mixed bag for them. It's very
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  similar to the 49ers, where it's just like they're
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  a really good team for the most part, but then
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  it's just like injury after injury just kind
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  of derails things. And then especially injuries
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  to Joe Burrow. Quarterback, obviously, we talk
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  about it. Everybody talks about it. It's the
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  most important position on the team. they're
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  a completely different team without Joe Burrow.
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  So some of that's not on him, but also, I mean,
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  the head coach, you're responsible, like I said,
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  offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator,
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  your strength and conditioning coaches, things
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  like that. If your players are continuously getting
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  hurt, you need to be evaluating these other individuals
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  and be like, what can we do to make sure that
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  these people don't... get hurt as often and recover
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  well. Why are we getting the cold so much? Right.
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  Wash your hands. No, that's good. That's a good
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  take, you know, because you play against him
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  twice a year. So you've seen a lot of his decisions
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  on a lot of the games against the Ravens. Another
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  one we had was Shane Steich and Colts. We were
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  kind of talking off air. I mean, I guess that's
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  all on Danny Dimes, right? Yeah, I think so.
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  Danny Dimes probably saved him last year because
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  they started out hot, and then when he got hurt,
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  and then they just tanked, fell off the cliff.
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  You're then looking at or pausing for a second
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  and being like, well, with Steichen, if we have
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  Steichen and Daniel Jones, a healthy Daniel Jones,
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  maybe it's a completely different conversation.
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  So I think... what happens this year is going
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  to say a lot for him. If Danny Dimes can stay
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  healthy. Yeah. And the next one on the list I'll
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  throw over to you here because it's your team,
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  Todd Bowles with the Buccaneers. My team? It's
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  not my team. But that makes sense. Possible hot
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  list. They kind of just seem to do just enough
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  right now to be able to sneak in and then battle.
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  They battle, though. I mean, that team does battle,
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  I will say that. But, I mean, if you lose Baker
• 20:00
  Mayfield, you also just... It's time to clean
• 20:03
  house in general and start fresh now at that
• 20:05
  point. I think that's a possibility with Baker
• 20:08
  Mayfield on the Vikings 27 train. But there's
• 20:11
  more candidates there, you know, in a deck of
• 20:12
  democracies. So Minnesota's going to have Kyler
• 20:15
  and Baker? Kyler and, well, we like our quarterbacks.
• 20:18
  We like stacking them. Kyler Murray 27, Joe Burrow
• 20:21
  27, and Baker Mayfield 27. There's some candidates
• 20:25
  there. There's a heck of a quarterback room.
• 20:27
  Stadium where they're playing in Australia, the
• 20:29
  wide angle view for later. Anyway. What are we
• 20:36
  talking about? Oh, that was... Oh, we were talking
• 20:37
  about Dan Quinn. That was Dan Quinn. It was the
• 20:39
  other one on the list. So you talk about Dan
• 20:42
  Quinn. I mean, Dan Quinn is... How many years
• 20:45
  is he on? Is this three? This is three. But Jane
• 20:48
  Daniels was gone for... Yeah, again, another
• 20:51
  starting quarterback hurt, and so the coach gets
• 20:54
  fired. And I think that's how it's going to kind
• 20:56
  of go this year, especially if they have a bad
• 20:59
  beginning. I think they could pull the trigger
• 21:01
  on him. Oh, early. Who knows? Say if they have
• 21:05
  a 1 -5 start, 1 -6. You're thinking possibly
• 21:09
  he is the first coach fired this year, though?
• 21:13
  Like, are you going as far as to say that? Aaron
• 21:15
  Glenn would be, I think, just because he's in
• 21:17
  New York. Sure. But that's kind of, I don't know.
• 21:25
  Well, let's see here. Let's see here real quick.
• 21:27
  The Commanders, they open at Philadelphia. That
• 21:33
  could be an L. They open at Dallas. I mean, that's
• 21:36
  a toughie, too. That could also be an L. And,
• 21:38
  again, I ride for Dallas for some dumb reason.
• 21:41
  And I hate Dallas. And then they have Seattle
• 21:46
  at home. But, again, that's to defend a Super
• 21:48
  Bowl chance. Yep. And then the Colts come to
• 21:51
  your house as well. Or, no, I'm sorry. That's
• 21:53
  an international game. So who knows with the
• 21:57
  travel on that, right? And then the Giants might
• 21:59
  be your first relief. And then who knows how
• 22:02
  the Giants are playing. They could be playing
• 22:03
  okay by then as well. Dax and Dart might be throwing
• 22:05
  darts at that point. And then at San Fran, I
• 22:08
  mean, that's a gauntlet to start the season right
• 22:11
  there. Good luck, Dan. They're pulling for you.
• 22:15
  So Roberto was saying Dan Quinn could be fired
• 22:18
  before bye week, which is week seven for the
• 22:21
  commanders. Could be. I'm not saying he is, but
• 22:23
  he could be. I've seen more of your things. And
• 22:26
  then quickly here. That's right. I had to change
• 22:28
  my shirt before this. There was a couple of dark
• 22:32
  horses that AI came up with that I thought was
• 22:34
  really interesting. Nick Cerani from the Eagles.
• 22:41
  Dark Horse? I feel like the fans kind of love
• 22:43
  him there. No, the fans love to hate him. I don't
• 22:47
  know. They love to hate everybody, though, I
• 22:49
  suppose. Eagles fans, you tell me what you think
• 22:53
  of that. Is Sirianni go first or Jalen Hurts?
• 22:58
  You know, in that situation. And I don't mind
• 23:02
  Jalen Hurts. Again, I would take him in purple.
• 23:04
  Jalen Hurts, 27 Vikings? No. What an interesting
• 23:08
  thought. Just wondering what the fan base thinks.
• 23:11
  And then Matt Lefer for the Packers. That would
• 23:18
  have to be one ugly season. I would agree. These
• 23:22
  are dark horses. You're just spitballing here.
• 23:26
  Brian Schottenheimer for the Cowboys. I feel
• 23:30
  like that's always a hot seat, though. Dallas,
• 23:32
  yeah. Like, every other year is a hot seat if
• 23:34
  you're the head coach of Dallas Cowboys. Like,
• 23:36
  you'll have a really good season. You'll make
• 23:37
  the playoffs lose. And they're like, well, there's
• 23:39
  next year. And then you won't do well. And they're
• 23:42
  like, oh, no. Like, I felt like Mike McCarthy
• 23:45
  was on the hot seat for every year, actually,
• 23:47
  towards the end. And he never won. I don't know.
• 23:50
  Whatever. So, interesting. So, there's your AI
• 23:54
  dark horse hot seats. What's our sponsor? Chat
• 23:57
  GPT. Co -pilot. Oh, co -pilot. Thank you, co
• 24:00
  -pilot. Thank you. All right, thanks. Did it
• 24:02
  say thank you back? Shut it. Shut it. Rude. All
• 24:06
  right, anyway. What? It didn't make me say anything.
• 24:13
  Anyway, let's wrap up the tent talk. episode.
• 24:18
  Dang, I kind of missed my hands. How do you do
• 24:20
  that? Anyway, Jake, thanks for being here. Thanks
• 24:23
  for having me. You'll be on week one, previewing
• 24:26
  picks, naturally. Yeah, I will. We're ripping
• 24:28
  that next. Roberto, I'll be there too. Thank
• 24:32
  you. You're an amazing coach. You football fan.
• 24:35
  Yes, I am. And then Kev behind the camera. Thanks,
• 24:38
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