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Can LeBron James and Lakers Survive OKC and Boston Collapses as Sixers Make Historic Comeback · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 1: Hey guys, welcome to The Daily Play with Joy Taylor.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks so much for joining us. Make sure you hit
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  Speaker 1: Joy Taylor. Hope you all had an amazing weekend. It
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  Speaker 1: certainly was if you're an NBA fan. The first round
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  Speaker 1: of the NBA Playoffs wrapped up on Sunday night with two,
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  Speaker 1: count them, two game sevens for NBA fans to enjoy.
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  Speaker 1: One thing about me, Love me a Game seven. So
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  Speaker 1: the Pistons started it off, making the Magic disappear in Detroit.
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  Speaker 1: Cad Cunningham and Spias Harris both went for thirty and
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  Speaker 1: Jakins kicked in sixteen off the bench. The Magic are
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  Speaker 1: the fifteenth team to give up a three to one
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  Speaker 1: series lead in NBA Playoffs history, and you know, it
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  Speaker 1: was a pretty tough thing to watch. After the Magic
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  Speaker 1: went up to oh in this series, head coach Jamal
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  Speaker 1: Mosley referenced Kobe and saying the job's not done. Well,
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  Speaker 1: he was right. The job certainly was not done, and
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  Speaker 1: the Magic's season is over. Overall, it was a great series.
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  Speaker 1: It was probably a little more embarrassing on the Detroit
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  Speaker 1: Piston side of things because they were the number one seed,
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  Speaker 1: but they got out of there. Magic is the magic.
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  Speaker 1: Season's over and Detroit will be moving on to play
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  Speaker 1: the Cleveland Cavaliers. After a one to fourteen one h
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  Speaker 1: two win over the Toronto Raptors in a Game seven
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  Speaker 1: on Sunday night, despite the Raptors attempts to claw back
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  Speaker 1: into the series behind Scottie Barnes and RJ Barrett, the
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  Speaker 1: Calves regained their composure and Jarrett Allen was the anchor
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  Speaker 1: monster performance twenty two points, nineteen rebounds, and Donovan Mitchell
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  Speaker 1: added twenty two of his own and also a huge
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  Speaker 1: jump into the stands. Lots of effort in this game.
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  Speaker 1: After the game, Mitchell spoke about the mentality of finally
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  Speaker 1: finishing off a tough Toronto squad. He said, we don't
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  Speaker 1: want to let it get to that point, but gave
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  Speaker 1: Seven's are what you live for. Toronto's tough, physical team.
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  Speaker 1: They never stopped fighting, especially after that game six shots.
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  Speaker 1: We knew we had to dominate the glass and control
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  Speaker 1: the pace tonight. So I don't know if Cleveland is
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  Speaker 1: a contender after the series. They barely escaped the Toronto
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  Speaker 1: team and it took seven games and historic rebounding night
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  Speaker 1: from Jared Allen. I mean, this whole series was very
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  Speaker 1: back and forth. I don't think it was as lopsided
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  Speaker 1: as people thought. I just am not sure about what
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  Speaker 1: they are capable of as far as winning a championship.
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  Speaker 1: Backcourt's still a little shaky. James Harden disappearing for stretches
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  Speaker 1: of the games, which you know is actually pretty normal,
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  Speaker 1: but they're gonna need to count on him in big moments,
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  Speaker 1: and I think based off the way that the Pistons
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  Speaker 1: and Cavs series both went, I think we'll get another
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  Speaker 1: long series between the two of them, and I don't
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  Speaker 1: know if either of them are real contenders for the chip.
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  Speaker 1: So in other NBA news, the Lakers are moving on
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  Speaker 1: after a dominant twenty point win in Houston on Friday night,
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  Speaker 1: officially eliminating the Rockets. Despite the tired legs and absence
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  Speaker 1: of Luca, Lebron and Austin Reeves, took control, built an
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  Speaker 1: eighteen point halftime lead, and after the win, Lebron spoke
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  Speaker 1: about the party took and closing us out on the road.
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  Speaker 1: He said, we didnt want to go back to LA
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  Speaker 1: for Game seven. We knew the pressure was on them
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  Speaker 1: to stay alive, and we wanted to be the aggressors.
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  Speaker 1: Austin reeves being back in the lineup just changes our geometry.
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  Speaker 1: It gives us that extra brain on the floor. Now
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  Speaker 1: we get a couple days to rest before we had
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  Speaker 1: to Okay See, that's a different beast. But we're ready
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  Speaker 1: for the challenge. They had a ninety eight to seventy
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  Speaker 1: eight victory over Houston. I do think that having Austin
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  Speaker 1: back is very important. I would agree with Lebron on that,
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  Speaker 1: but I don't know if they're going to go to
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  Speaker 1: Okay See with fresh legs. Lebron still had to give
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  Speaker 1: you a pretty hard thirty five minutes, and you know
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  Speaker 1: Shay and the thunder of Bens sitting resting since Monday,
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  Speaker 1: closing their series out in a sweep. So the Lakers
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  Speaker 1: needed every alecvantage to get past that Rocket team, even
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  Speaker 1: if they didn't make it to seven. So they're now
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  Speaker 1: going to go face the defending champs who are faster, younger, rested, healthier,
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  Speaker 1: unless Luca can magically walk through the door, which they're
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  Speaker 1: hoping to get him back for Game waner game two,
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  Speaker 1: but obviously he's been out for a while. I don't
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  Speaker 1: know if this is gonna be a long series. I
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  Speaker 1: hope so, I hope it's competitive. As I said earlier,
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  Speaker 1: I love a Game seven. I would love to see
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  Speaker 1: this be some sort of historic type of matchup. But
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  Speaker 1: you know, I know everyone's gonna say the thunderswept the
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  Speaker 1: regular season series. I don't think the Lakers are gonna
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  Speaker 1: get swept. That's not on the table for me. I
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  Speaker 1: don't think that's gonna happen. And I don't much care
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  Speaker 1: about regular season series. When it comes to the playoffs.
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  Speaker 1: The adjustments are, you know, way more intense than the postseason.
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  Speaker 1: But mostly this is just hope that it's a longer
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  Speaker 1: series because I just want Lebron in the playoffs for longer.
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  Speaker 1: So the Sixers. The Sixers also Saturday Night, whoo, they
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  Speaker 1: have done them possible, a historic three to one series comeback,
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  Speaker 1: dethroning the number two seed Boston Celtics with a one
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  Speaker 1: O nine, one hundred Game seven victory. I was so
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  Speaker 1: impressed with the Sixers. Now, Jason Tatum was sidelined due
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  Speaker 1: to a last minute knee injury, and they lacked the
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  Speaker 1: firepower to stop dwell Embid thirty four points and twelve rebounds,
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  Speaker 1: and they are going to the Eastern Conference semifinals for
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  Speaker 1: a date with the New York Knicks. Really really really
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  Speaker 1: crazy series, really crazy game. Tyrese Maxey spoke about finally
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  Speaker 1: breaking the Boston curse. He said, we had a chance
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  Speaker 1: to beat them three years ago and didn't do it.
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  Speaker 1: We came in and got it done tonight. Our fans
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  Speaker 1: deserve will win, especially after the performance we put on
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  Speaker 1: earlier in the series. I'm proud of this team. That's
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  Speaker 1: the dominance as you go into a playoff game with
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  Speaker 1: I don't care about Jason Tatum not playing. That's listen.
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  Speaker 1: There's injuries. It happens. That's the way that it goes.
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  Speaker 1: There's no asterisk on this. Like the Celtics had every
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  Speaker 1: opportunity to win with him on the floor. They lost
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  Speaker 1: this series, which I say all the time out Boston
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  Speaker 1: because they became indiction to the three point and didn't
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  Speaker 1: want to attack the rim. The Sixers aren't lucky. They're
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  Speaker 1: very resilient. They have a really talented team. They came together,
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  Speaker 1: everyone contributed at a very high level. I don't know
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  Speaker 1: what this next series is going to look like. I
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  Speaker 1: don't think they're going to bully the Knicks, and the
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  Speaker 1: Knicks are not afraid of the paint, and it's gonna
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  Speaker 1: be a very different matchup when we're talking about going
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  Speaker 1: up against the Knicks and Karl Anthony Towns and Mitchell
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  Speaker 1: Robinson's it's gonna be very different. I do think this
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  Speaker 1: will be another long series, maybe not a Game seven,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm gonna probably pick the Knicks in this series.
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  Speaker 1: But I am still so impressed with what the Sixers
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  Speaker 1: were able to do, just really amazing. And I'm sure
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  Speaker 1: we're gonna be talking about what the Celtics plan is
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  Speaker 1: for a long time to come. So let's get into
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  Speaker 1: some NFL news, all right. The Ravens. The Ravens and
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  Speaker 1: Diego Pavio are a big story right now. Diego pavia
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  Speaker 1: was a baller at Vanderbilt, then he went undrafted. He
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  Speaker 1: became the first Heisman finalist to go undrafted in over
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  Speaker 1: a decade, twelve years. But the Ravens signs him, and
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  Speaker 1: new Baltimore head coach Jesse Winters says that the undrafted
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  Speaker 1: rookie needs to accept the challenge. He said, so now
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  Speaker 1: that he's in the door, and it's like, show us
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  Speaker 1: what you can do, and just like all the undrafted rookies,
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  Speaker 1: that's what I would say, we see as an opportunity
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  Speaker 1: to bring in a player that could potentially be something,
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  Speaker 1: and that's really what's in it for us. Now. This
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  Speaker 1: was obviously controversial because he was a Heisman finalist and
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  Speaker 1: he had an incredible an incredible college season, obviously being
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  Speaker 1: a Heisman finalist, he was a Heisman runner up and
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  Speaker 1: first team All American at Vanderbilt. But his size was
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  Speaker 1: a factor. He's five to ten and the pre draft
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  Speaker 1: process he wasn't really great. And here's the thing about
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  Speaker 1: this snub. It's not just about hype. Bryce Young and
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  Speaker 1: Kyler Murray both were number one overall picks. They're not
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  Speaker 1: that tall, okay, so you could still be quote unquote
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  Speaker 1: short and go number one. He was an undrafted free
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  Speaker 1: agent because he spent the draft process giving red flags
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  Speaker 1: two teams. And I really believe that when you're talking
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  Speaker 1: about the quarterback position, you are going to be evaluated
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  Speaker 1: well above and beyond whatever other Every other position is evaluated,
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  Speaker 1: and they're looking for reasons not to take you. They're
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  Speaker 1: not looking for reasons to take you. They want to
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  Speaker 1: make sure that they are making the right choice when
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  Speaker 1: it comes to drafting that position, and listen, it's one
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  Speaker 1: of the hardest, with not the hardest positions to evaluate.
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  Speaker 1: There are always bus so you know, in their own way,
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  Speaker 1: they kind of won by being able to get him
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  Speaker 1: in the door as an undrafted rookie. But now's your
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  Speaker 1: opportunity to show what you can really do. And I
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  Speaker 1: think this is probably a good lesson that you know,
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  Speaker 1: what you do in college is important in the resume
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  Speaker 1: that you put together, but when it comes to the
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  Speaker 1: draft process, everything gets elevated to a whole other level.
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  Speaker 1: So I'm really interested to see how this goes with
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  Speaker 1: him there and how it all turns out. For more
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