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Ep 25: Broken roots · Football Junkies podcast

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Bag alert, bag alert, bag alert, bag alert, bag alert folks.
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That's right.
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Evan makes Fierce and Inks a new deal.
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Gillie goes to the Viking Steelers.
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Yes, we have to talk about the Steelers.
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Unfortunately, yes, we do.
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Steelers and Bills.
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We got to talk about that game.
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We also got to talk about the Ravens and Falcons game.
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And we got a shocking revelation that has come out.
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Tua finally speaks on the relationship in the tenure of Brian Flores when he was the
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head coach for the Miami Dolphins.
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All of this and more.
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It's going to be, I'm trying to keep this a pretty short episode, but if it does, then
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well then hey, it is what it is.
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But guess what?
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All of this and more on the 25th episode.
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That's right.
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Only five episodes away from hitting the 30 episode mark.
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And I cannot wait.
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Okay.
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But until then, guess what?
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We're going to keep this thing going because why?
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You are listening to Bag Road Domus.
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You are listening to your chief, Bag Meteorologist.
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You are listening to the man who has made predictions that are going to come forth in
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the next three years, who was currently looking at draft classes three years in advance, who
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currently right now is a GM, former GM, who's now on the team right now, who currently
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has interviews lined up right now for assistant GM positions.
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But I'm not taking them right now because you got to get ready for the season.
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Okay.
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Right now we are in the great state of Texas.
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Okay.
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Eating some good Texas brisket.
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Okay.
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You already know what I'm getting ready to say because we all are going to say the same
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thing.
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I am your host, Kale.
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You already know what time it is.
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Lock in.
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All right, folks.
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Let's just, let's just do, well, you know what?
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Let's just go.
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Let's just go into everything.
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Okay.
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We're not going to sugarcoat it.
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We're not going to try to stall.
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We're not going to try to do any of these types of things right now.
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Okay.
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We're just going to go into the nook and cranny of all these topics because there's a lot
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to talk about.
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We're going to try to keep this very, very, very short as short as possible.
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Okay.
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So Evan McPherson, kicker for the Cincinnati Bengals, aka the Cincinnati Bumgles, okay.
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He paints a three-year, $16.5 million deal to stay with the Bengals.
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He gets $5.5 million a year.
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Okay.
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Now, not a whole lot to talk about this team-friendly deal, good deal, got it done.
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Someone got paid.
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That's all that matters.
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Nothing to, you know, in depth to really go over with this signing.
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You know, we have started to see that teams have prioritized kickers and punters more
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lately than what they used to.
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And it shows with, you know, the market somewhat resetting as frequent as it has been, you
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know, lately when you have people like him and you have Harrison Butcher and Justin Tucker
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and Elliot for the Eagles and, you know, kickers like that.
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I mean, you know, they do have to get paid, you know, pretty fairly.
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So, and it shows, you know, with Evan McPherson getting his deal.
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Congratulations to him.
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Let's get, let's keep this party started.
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Okay.
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Well, not the party.
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Let's keep this party going.
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What am I saying?
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What's going on with me?
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Right?
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I think it's the brisket.
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I think the brisket got to me.
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Now, moving on to other things.
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Okay.
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So, Stefan Gilmore, corner, aimed a one-year $10 million deal with the Vikings.
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Okay.
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He gets $7 million in total guarantees.
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Now, when you look at it, a team like the Vikings have definitely been in the market
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for a corner, you know, for a while, especially, you know, with the sudden passing of, of
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of Kari, Kari Jackson.
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I think it's safe to say that they, they don't have, well, this is what I'll say.
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The defense, the defense is lacking, especially, you know, with them losing to Neil Hunter
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to, to free agency.
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So, you know, having someone like a Stefan Gilmore who can be that veteran presence and
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somewhat, you know, build up the corners that they do have on that team definitely, you
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know, is, is a good, you know, a good situation, honestly, not to mention, you know, there,
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there is a new England connection there because why Brian Flores is the defensive coordinator
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over there, you know, with them.
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So, you know, you have that, you have that connection in place and whatnot.
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So all in all, it's a pretty good deal.
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You know, you get, you're getting a corner that, you know, can still go to toe.
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I can't even speak.
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Definitely is the brisket who can still go toe to toe with, you know, some of the best
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corners in the league, right?
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You're talking about somebody who can play both inside and outside as well as, you know,
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make tackles and do whatever, you know, he is asked and needed to do.
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So I mean, all in all, it was a great signing.
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Me personally, I definitely wanted the Steelers to go after Stefan Gilmore, but clearly that's
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not had, that's not, you know, that's not a priority, I guess.
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So, you know, here we are.
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But honestly speaking here, I am definitely surprised that he was able to get the deal
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that he, that he got simply because, you know, teams, teams may, may try to play the, oh,
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you know, you're a little bit up in age game and, you know, all those different type of
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tactics to try to convince players, you know, to take less and all those different type
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of things.
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But for him to still, you know, have a market and for him to get the deal that he got, that
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definitely shows that he still does have a strong market within the league and that team
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still do view him as a very versatile corner, you know, despite him being, you know, up
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in age, you know, because we've seen corners do not age that well.
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They don't.
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Some corners have aged, you know, gracefully and then there's others that just been like,
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it's, it's just a nose dive.
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I'm talking about a straight nose dive down.
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So all in all, congratulations to Stefan Gilmore Vikings.
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You guys just got somebody great.
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And hopefully that, you know, maybe, maybe in practice, you know, you can have a one-on-one
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matchup with him and Justin Jefferson, which actually might, which actually might make
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Justin Jefferson actually a whole lot better as well.
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All in all, it's a great situation.
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It really is.
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So, you know, congratulations to them.
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Now, you know, we do have to, you know, we would definitely do have to talk about it.
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So the Steelers and Bill's game.
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Now, before we go any further, I just want to let everybody know I have, I had to think,
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oh, I had to think over this.
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I had to sleep on it.
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I had to drink some water over it.
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I had to do a whole lot of things just to find the words to say about this, right?
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And this is what I will say.
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I'm just going to be completely honest here.
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Relax.
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Relax.
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R-E-L-A-X.
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Relax.
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Okay.
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The reason why I'm saying that is because this, this is why the preseason is important
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because you're able to see the, the, the nicks and the weaknesses of your team.
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Correct.
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And sometimes when you, when you're seeing, you know, the preseason game, sometimes our
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emotions can, can alter and sort of cloud our judgment and our opinions about our team
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because it definitely did for me.
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It definitely did.
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But this is what I will say because I know everybody's been talking about Broderick Jones.
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Yes.
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Broderick Jones should be playing at left tackle.
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Yes.
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That, that, that is, that is a point that I can definitely agree on that, you know, he
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doesn't need to be taking more reps at left tackle.
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If everyone has been saying from Omar to Tomlin to Mr. Rooney himself, if everyone has been
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saying that he is, that he's supposed to be the franchise left tackle, well, then you
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have to put him over there in order for him to get comfortable at playing left tackle.
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That's the only way that this thing works.
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You can't, you can't continue to flip flop him and have him play right tackle and then
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left tackle and then left tackle to right tackle.
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You can't continue to do that.
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At some point he has to get his footing at one position.
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That's just what it is at the end of the day.
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Why is it that, you know, basically Broderick has basically been shuffled at different positions
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but Dan, but, but we're keeping Dan more strictly at left tackle and mind you, this is the same
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person that, you know, everybody complains about and say that, you know, Dan Moore is
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not good.
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It's time for him to, you know, hang it up and go somewhere else, different opportunity,
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trade him, cut him, whatever the case may be, all those different types of things.
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But it's like y'all don't give Broderick Jones an inadequate, you know, leg up in competition.
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You don't because why he's mainly been at right tackle.
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May I remind you folks that the reason why he played right tackle is because Chukes ran
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his mouth on the sideline and people were trying to tell him to be quiet and in doing
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so, guess what happened?
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Mike benched him.
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That's what happened.
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That I mean, that's what happened, right?
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And so I understand, you know, he probably was the, you know, the best option to play
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at right tackle.
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Okay, cool.
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That season has passed.
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There's a whole different season, right?
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You drafted Troy Fortuno.
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I get it.
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Troy Fortuno is still hurt, but you still have other people.
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You have Dylan Cook.
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You have Spencer Anderson.
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You still have other people that you can test out at right tackle for now because you still
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need somebody behind Troy Fortuno just in case, you know, anything crazy happens.
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You need that.
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You do.
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And how in the world do you know what you have as far as secondary offensive linemen,
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especially swing tackles, if you don't give them a chance?
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How?
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Like really think about that for a second here, folks, because honestly, whether we want to
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do a minute or not, yes, this offense is going to go through some, some, you know, some difficult
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times.
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Okay, it's going to happen.
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That is the process, the natural process that happens when you have a lot of turnover,
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the, you know, the type of turnover that we have had in one off season.
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May I remind people, especially Steven's nation, Kenny is gone.
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Well, I'm never mind.
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Kenny is gone.
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Mason Rudolph is gone.
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Mitchell Biscay is gone.
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All three quarterbacks are gone.
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Right.
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And so they brought in Kyle Allen, Justin Fields and their Russell Wilson.
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That's a lot of turnover on top of you trade away the auntie Johnson.
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You get a new offensive coordinator.
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You draft another tackle.
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You draft another center.
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You draft another guard.
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The the original center, he's basic.
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He's basically, you know, out for the season with the torn rotator cuff.
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So now you have to move your rookie center and make him the starting center.
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Right.
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It's a lot of change.
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And so what happens is when there's a lot of change, a team, regardless of what side
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the ball is, they're going to go through these growing pains and these growing pains are
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not fun.
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They're not, they've never been fun.
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They're never fun for anybody.
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But that is why you have preseason is in place so that can so that they can maneuver
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those type of things.
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They can build those reps, develop that chemistry and be prepared for the regular season.
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Right.
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Because let's be real here.
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Arthur Smith probably hasn't even used 20% of the real plays that he probably wants
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to use once the regular season starts.
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Right.
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These are probably just like, I wouldn't say dummy plays, but these are just like, you
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know, sort of like the, the bare minimum type of plays that you probably would use, you
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know, just for everybody to get comfortable, you know, develop reps, chemistry, all those
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different types of things.
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Right.
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And even then, when we look at the quarterback, you know, position, I can, I mean, although
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Russ is quote unquote the pole position, which I've never even heard of that term before
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until this off season, until Mike Tomlin said it, although Russ is at the pole position,
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we've seen that Justin Fields has developed more chemistry with his receivers and the
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offense compared to Russ.
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Now granted, a lot of that is because Russ was hurt in the beginning of training camp
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because he messed up his calf, pushing up a sled, which again, that was a dumb idea.
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Why in the world do we continue to do these dumb things?
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Tomlin, why?
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Think about that for a second.
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But you know, when you, when you look at it, Justin Fields has definitely done a little
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bit more.
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And the only reason why I'm saying a little bit more is he can, of course, he can, he
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can still, you know, extend plays because why he's still mobile?
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He can still run.
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So I mean, of course that that's going to be, you know, a good situation.
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But as far as anything else, no, at this point, my expectation for the last preseason game
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is when we want to see the offense, especially the first team offense, be able to put some
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points on the board.
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That is my expectation.
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That is the thing that I want to see.
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I don't, I don't necessarily want to see this dominate game where like every single time
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they get on the field, you know, they're scoring a touchdown first play.
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I don't want to see that.
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I want to be able to see them put points on the board.
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I want to see a level of consistency that shows that one, this offense is in a good place.
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Two, there's chemistry.
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The chemistry is good.
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And three, the offensive line is together.
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That's what I want to see.
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I don't want to see a bunch of, you know, just, just sloppiness because that's what that
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that's basically what we've been seeing lately is flat out sloppiness when it comes to the
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offense.
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The defense is the defense.
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I don't have nothing to say about the defense because why the defense is the defense.
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You don't have to worry about the defense because why the defense is always going to
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be intact.
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It is the offense that has been lackluster for the, for the last couple of years and
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they have to pick it up.
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They have to pick it up.
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The defense can't continue to, to ball out, you know, every single week and then the off
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season, I mean, and then the offense is basically, you know, dragging, you know, they have to,
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they don't necessarily have to be a top five offense or a top three offense or the best
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offense in the league, but dammit, you have to be a good offense.
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You have to be able to one, chew the clock, um, weaken the defense, make the defense tired
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and put points on the board.
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That's what you have to, and if you cannot do those things, then we have a bigger problem
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that needs to be addressed.
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And I get it.
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There's still people that are still banking on, you know, the Steelers, you know, possibly
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trading, you know, the world trying to trade for someone like a brand.
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Now you can whatnot folks.
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Let me tell you something.
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If you think that that trade is going to go down, if you think that that's going to move
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the needle, if you think that's going to, you know, be a dynamic type of change, you
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are sadly mistaken.
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You are.
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Okay.
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He, he has been, he has been in the headlines basically almost all summer long.
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It's it's drawing out too long.
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It's it's just unnecessary at this point.
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We need to continue to move forward with the idea that someone like a brand, IEU is not
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going to be on this team.
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Now, maybe later in the season, someone might be available that, you know, it'll be a better
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situation in an easier situation to, um, you know, to, to take care of than this.
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Okay, cool.
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Fine.
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But to say that, you know, you need someone like a brand, IEU it.
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No, you don't, you don't need a brand.
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IEU again, I'm not getting into it if you want me to, if you want to hear why there are
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at least a few episodes before this one that I have said it multiple times on why brand
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and IEU is a bad move, um, for the Steelers.
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So, um, all in all, I just want to see improvement.
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I want to, I want to have a little bit of momentum, you know, with the offense in this
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preseason game that can be sort of carried into the first week of the season.
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That's what I want to see because may I remind Steelers nation that they have to go up against
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the Falcons and the Falcons had made a lot of, a lot of moves in this all season.
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They have, they got a stable quarterback in her cousins.
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They still have the weapons.
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Um, was it Drake London?
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Yeah.
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Drake London, you still have Kyle Pitts and you have Bijan Robison.
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You have the offensive line.
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Look at the defense, Judon, Grady Jarrett, Justin Simmons, Jesse Bates, AJ Turrell,
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they got some dogs on that team.
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They got some dogs on the team.
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That's not a team that you can't just, you know, sleep on and whatnot.
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No, you have to, you got to ball out now because if you don't, you're going to have
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another, um, another situation like how we did last season where we took the Texas for
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granted and guess what they did?
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They, they ran over us.
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They beat us.
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They beat us down and you don't want that.
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You don't want to be embarrassed.
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You just don't, especially with, with a lot of things that are riding on this season,
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you need to come out guns.
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You need to be able to, you know, to let people know like, Hey, listen, we can be a dark horse.
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We're going to be a team that, that, you know, it's going to be a thorn in your side, you
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know, as the season progresses.
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But again, done with them.
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Now moving on to the other game that that was that definitely caught my attention.
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Uh, the Ravens and Falcons, right?
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So, and I, this was probably somewhat of a hot take.
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Me personally, I feel like the Ravens are probably go and get another backup quarterback.
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I, I, I, I truly believe that.
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And the reason why I say that is because if they get someone like a Ryan Tannehill, that
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can be a backup.
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Oh, who that, that's, that's a good backup right there.
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That's a really good backup because right now can you really trust Josh Johnson?
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Can you really trust the other quarterback as well?
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No, you can't.
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You just can't.
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But if you have someone like a Ryan Tannehill who, you know, if you need him to, you know,
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to finish the game, he can do it.
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If you need him to play a game, you know, he can do it, right?
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Because everything is already in place.
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You got Derek Henry, you got the receiving Corey, Garth, Mark Andrews, perfectly fine.
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Okay.
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Cool.
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Um, also I do believe that the Ravens are definitely going to be highly, um, involved
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in trying to get, um, another guard.
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I just, I don't know what it is with Ben Cleveland.
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I think they just do not believe him, Ben Cleveland at all.
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I think Ben Cleveland is not a good guard.
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I think at best he'll probably be maybe a good backup guard.
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I just don't think he, he's a good starting guard.
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I don't.
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Um, and I wouldn't be surprised if, if the Ravens, you know, try to do a little bit of
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digging and maybe try to see if they can pick up somebody from, from cut down day or, you
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know, trades or whatever the case may be personally.
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Um, and I do think they probably do need another patch rusher.
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I do because, um, they cannot, they cannot rely just on, you know, Adafi away and David
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a job, oh, um, to try to bail them out.
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And then Calvin, no, okay.
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This isn't the same Calvin, no, from the Patriots, right?
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This is a Calvin, no, that he could probably give you four, maybe five, maybe six or seven
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sacks, you know, this season, right?
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This isn't someone that's going to be as consistent like, like how he was, um, in his previous
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years.
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And if we're being real here, I think a move that's not really being talked about as much
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that definitely hurt them was Jadevion clown.
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You know, going to the Panthers.
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I do believe that because if they had Jadevion, I think they still would have been in a really
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good place.
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Right.
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I really do believe that.
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I really do.
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But you know, David a job, oh really?
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I mean, he there, there was definitely some flashes.
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You know, there was definitely some flashes.
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It definitely, you know, was looking good.
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It really was.
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And you know, I'm still rooting for David a job, oh, because, you know, when he was coming
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out of Michigan, he was projected to be a first round pick.
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The only reason why he fell was because he, he messed up his Achilles during his pro day.
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That's the only reason why.
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And you know, do you, do you want to take that risk and have him, you know, play, you
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know, and have him take, you know, 10, 15, 20, maybe, you know, more reps.
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Do you really want to do that?
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Or do you want to try to bring in another pass rusher and maybe try to see if you can,
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you know, do, do something with it at this point?
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Like these are serious conversations that, that, you know, the Ravens are probably having
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behind closed doors because although yes, they are still a very competitive team.
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There is a lot of holes that, that do need to be addressed in order for them to really
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be as competitive as what they need to be.
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That's just my personal opinion.
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I could be wrong Ravens fans.
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I could be wrong move, but that's just how I personally feel.
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I feel like if they go and they get a guard and if they get another good patch rusher,
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doesn't necessarily have to be, you know, a, a, a well-known patch rusher, but just someone
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that can, you know, that, that can do something, I think they're going to be in a good spot.
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I think they're going to be in a really good spot personally.
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As far as, as far as, you know, everything else, you know, the Ravens are the Ravens.
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Their defensive line, I think it definitely needs to be buffed up a little bit more too,
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especially the, the interior because outside of just a man, a bouquet, I mean, I think
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they still have Brent, Brent urban.
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If I'm not mistaken, you probably do need maybe somebody else because the Falcons were
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running the ball.
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They were running.
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They were talking about parting the Red Sea type of running.
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Okay.
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And, you know, if you're, if you're Ravens fan, you probably don't, don't like to see
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that personally.
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You just don't.
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So, you know, let's, let's wait and see.
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Maybe maybe EDC will, you know, we'll do something.
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Maybe not.
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I don't know, but hey, let's see.
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Now onto the bigger topic that's definitely been talked about lately.
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I think that does need to be addressed.
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So Tua has finally spoken out about, you know, his relationship with Brian Flores, former
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Miami Dolphins head coach on the Dan Liebertard show.
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Shout out to Dan Liebertard, by the way, for putting out this great content.
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Now, I'm just going to read the quote.
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It's going to be a long quote.
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So bear with me folks, but I want to read the quote and then we're going to, you know,
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discuss it.
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Okay.
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Cool.
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So basically this is what Tua said on Brian Flores and I quote, if you woke up every
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morning and I told you that you suck at what you did, that you don't belong doing what
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you do, that you shouldn't be here, that this guy should be here, that you haven't earned
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this right.
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And then you have somebody else come in and tell you, dude, you are the best fit for this.
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You are accurate.
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You are the best, whatever you are this, you are that.
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How would that make you feel listening to one or the other?
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You see what I'm saying?
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And then you hear it and hear it regardless of what it is, the good or the bad, and you
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hear it more and more.
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You start to actually believe that I don't care who you are.
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You could be the president of the United States.
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If you have a terrible person that's telling you things that you don't want to hear or
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probably shouldn't be hearing, you're going to start to believe that about yourself.
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That sort of what ended up happening.
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It's basically been two years of training, training that out of me, not just me, but
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a couple of the guys as well as that have been here since my rookie year all the way
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till now.
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Now this is a very bomb-drop, bombshell of a quote when it comes to it because he's
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finally been able to speak about this because let's be real here, folks.
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That entire situation with Brian Flores and the Dolphins was not a good situation.
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It was just a nasty situation all around.
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It really was.
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When we really look at it, although the defense was pretty good, you can tell that too unmentally
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was not there.
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You can tell that at times in the season he was definitely checked out mentally and that
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his confidence, his self-confidence about himself was definitely down.
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You can definitely see that and it showed.
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You know, this somewhat opens up to another bigger conversation that, listen, those coaches
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that were under Bill Belichick have not been successful.
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They have not.
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They have not been successful and they are under the impression that they can act like
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and do the same thing that Bill Belichick did with Tom Brady.
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Let me tell you something here, folks.
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Without relationship between Bill Belichick and Tom Brady, you will never see a relationship
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like that ever again.
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You're talking about somebody who verbally would basically pick apart every single minute
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detail that Tom Brady was doing and Tom took it on the chin.
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Tom took it on the chin.
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He took it on the chin and he just kept on pushing and he improved himself and he got
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better.
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Those coaches, Matt Patricia, I think, well, not Joe Douglas.
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I forgot his name.
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He was the coach for the Giants for a moment.
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Brian Flores, Josh McDaniels, everywhere they went as head coaches have been a shit show.
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Just an all-out shit show.
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I'm talking about the biggest shit show you could possibly think of because why?
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They think that, guess what?
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If Bill can do it, I can do it and that's the wrong mentality to have.
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That's why Josh McDaniels got fired the way that he got fired because why?
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He thought that he was Bill.
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He thought that he could do the same thing that Bill do and it don't work like that.
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It don't.
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It don't.
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Not to mention, their production wasn't really that good either.
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We didn't look at it.
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That's why Matt, what the whole situation with Matt Patricia?
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That's why Darius Lane wanted to get traded to the Eagles because he could not handle,
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I mean not handle, but it was just so much just downright harassment from someone like
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a Matt Patricia that he's just like, no, the hell with this?
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I can go.
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I don't have to be here.
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I can go because what you're not going to do is just disrespect me like this.
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You're just not going to do it.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm a grown man just like you.
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You're just not going to do that.
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It shows.
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It definitely shows.
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We can, if we can be real here, that's probably why ownership probably took and changed the
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mindset that they did because of what happened with Brian Flores.
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There were multiple reporters, insiders, you name it, that were reporting these things
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that there was a lot of friction in that locker room and on that team with Brian Flores and
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company.
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There was.
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There were a lot of players that were definitely rubbed the wrong way.
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Tua wasn't the only person.
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Tua was just the only person that's come out publicly about it and said something about
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it.
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But for Tua to show this level of strength to finally talk about it, definitely says a
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lot that he's finally come to peace and come to terms with that point in his career.
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And now that he has, he definitely looks like he's in a better place.
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He does.
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And it shows.
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When they hired Mike McDaniel, they definitely made a lot of changes.
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Revan the offensive line, traded for Tyreek Hill, got Jalen Waddle, got Raheem Mostard
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and company.
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They just surrounded Tua with just not only weapons, but they tried to build up his confidence
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even more, which is important because if your quarterback does not have any confidence,
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they're really not going to show.
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They're not going to be able to really, their mentors won't be there, basically, is what
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I'm saying.
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And it definitely looked like and sounded like Brian Flores was definitely destroying
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his confidence week by week.
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And that probably took a toll on Tua.
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And it probably did.
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And it shows.
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And not to be disrespectful, but that's probably why Brian Flores didn't get another head coaching
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opportunity because they probably heard about all of those things.
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GMs and owners and whatnot, they probably heard more in-depth information about what
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happened with Brian Flores when he was in Miami than what we will probably ever know.
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And they're probably like, no, we just can't have that.
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And that's why you see a lot of times a lot of those coaches from that Bill Belichick
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tree do not transition and get head coaching, Josh, because why?
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Number one, they're just their mentality to players is somewhat similar to bills and
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players nowadays, they don't want that.
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They don't care about that.
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They don't give a damn about that.
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But what they do value, though, is respect.
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And if you as a coach are not giving them the respect and if you are not trying to coach
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them and to help them to be better, but instead you are more of like being an ass about every
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single small little thing and just being anal about every little detail and what they're
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not doing and how they're not the best and that they're never going to be anything, that
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weighs on you mentally.
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Imagine coming to work every single day and your boss basically tells you, you're shit.
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You're a horrible employee.
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You're the worst employee I've ever had.
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You'll never be anything.
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You'll never progress.
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You'll never achieve your goals and all those different types of things.
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At first it won't affect you, but as time goes on, it starts to get into your psyche.
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And then as time really continues to go on, at some point you'll start believing those
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things and that's somewhat what happened with Tula's situation.
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He'd somewhat believed that he didn't deserve to be a quarterback for the Dolphins, didn't
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deserve to do the best that he could do.
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And it basically took for them to fire Brian Flores and to bring in someone like I might
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make Daniels to be like, hey, listen, we're going to build you up.
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We're going to figure out what your weaknesses, we're going to try to master them as best
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as possible and we're going to try to work with you and try to make you a better quarterback.
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And it shows because why?
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He got the big deal.
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That signals that he is the franchise quarterback.
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They made a lot of great moves just to surround him with weapons and pieces and whatnot.
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So all in all, they definitely made the right decision now than to keep Brian Flores because
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again, like I said before, early on into this episode, it just sounded like it was just
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a storm of just bull every single day with that team.
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But I'm going to end it here.
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there probably could be an end to this, you know, conundrum.
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