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USMNT Surges to Knockouts, Olivia Miles’ Stellar Rookie Season, and Dolphins Projected Bottom-Feeder · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 1: So here are words that happened and said. Since nineteen thirty, the.
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  Speaker 2: US men's national team has won back to back World
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  Speaker 2: Cup games, and with a little help from Paraguay, we
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  Speaker 2: have won our group and guaranteed a spot in the knockout.
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  Speaker 2: Realm so well done, gents. Before the tournament, the conversation
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  Speaker 2: was about how far the US could go. Now after
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  Speaker 2: two very impressive wins, the most impressive wins in US
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  Speaker 2: men's national team history in American men's soccer history, the
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  Speaker 2: narrative is now shifting and the expectations are growing, and
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  Speaker 2: defender Chris Richards, who has started both games for the US, said,
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  Speaker 2: I don't think it's ridiculous to say that we want
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  Speaker 2: to win it. We went to lift a trophy by
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  Speaker 2: the end of this everyone is going to think that's
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  Speaker 2: very dramatic to say. And when I saw quote, I
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  Speaker 2: did feel like we were getting ahead of ourselves. I
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  Speaker 2: don't want to look too far ahead just because we
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  Speaker 2: have already clinched another game outside of group d but.
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  Speaker 1: You do have to believe that you're capable of doing it.
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  Speaker 2: And soccer culture in the US obviously is not what
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  Speaker 2: it is around the world. We do not have the expectations,
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  Speaker 2: we do not have the investments, we do not have
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  Speaker 2: the culture here in the US. And them winning a
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  Speaker 2: World Cup, particularly when it is in the Americas, I
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  Speaker 2: do think would greatly change that. I was having a
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  Speaker 2: conversation about the World Cup and what the expectations for
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  Speaker 2: the World Cup being in North America, what it would
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  Speaker 2: mean for US men's soccer and just the soccer culture
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  Speaker 2: in America, because it is very different for women's soccer
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  Speaker 2: and men's soccer.
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  Speaker 1: Women's soccer's done in the States.
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  Speaker 2: We went all types of World Cups, and we have
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  Speaker 2: a great, great, great play and some of the best
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  Speaker 2: in the world. And for women's soccer, it is a
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  Speaker 2: sport that women start playing very early, that take very
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  Speaker 2: seriously very early.
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  Speaker 1: There's huge investments in it now.
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  Speaker 2: It's not the same for the men and them going
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  Speaker 2: deep in the World Cup, them having dominant performances, playing
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  Speaker 2: the way they're playing, I do think would make a
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  Speaker 2: very big difference for the culture of men's soccer in
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  Speaker 2: the United States. Much smaller countries with much lower rankings
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  Speaker 2: are competing in winning games the World Cup.
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  Speaker 1: Why not the US?
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  Speaker 2: Of course, Like I said, US men's soccer culture is
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  Speaker 2: different than it is in the smaller countries. Their investment
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  Speaker 2: begins at a younger age. But according to the last
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  Speaker 2: official FIFA World Rankings on June eleventh, the State US
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  Speaker 2: was seventeen best men's international team in the world, and
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  Speaker 2: they have moved up at least four spots ahead of
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  Speaker 2: the official World rankings update today, So we are already
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  Speaker 2: climbing in the rankings, and we are one of the
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  Speaker 2: first three teams to qualify for the second round, along
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  Speaker 2: with Germany and Mexico. So I'm not going to say
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  Speaker 2: we're going to go win the whole thing, but it
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  Speaker 2: would be incredible, and I like that they are dreaming big.
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  Speaker 2: You have to be a little bit delirious, a little
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  Speaker 2: bit delusional to achieve something that hasn't been done before. Obviously,
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  Speaker 2: them having these wins on home soil for the first
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  Speaker 2: time since nineteen ninety four has added a huge flair
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  Speaker 2: to the moment. They are aggressive, they are trying to score,
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  Speaker 2: they are going after the goal, which, like I enjoy
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  Speaker 2: and I know if you are an American who is
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  Speaker 2: just getting into soccer, you want to see some action.
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  Speaker 1: And they are not afraid to shoot the ball.
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  Speaker 2: They are taking shots on goal, which I want, like,
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  Speaker 2: if you're down there, be aggressive. So yeah, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: I think it's a great spot for the US men's
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  Speaker 2: national team to be in.
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  Speaker 1: They've had two great wins.
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  Speaker 2: They have I don't want to say exceeded expectations, but
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  Speaker 2: they have certainly shown up in flare and dominance and
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  Speaker 2: the fine group stage match between Turkey and the USN's
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  Speaker 2: national team is June twenty fifth at nine pm Central.
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  Speaker 1: So switching to the W second overall.
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  Speaker 2: Pick, Olivia Miles has had a breakout season for the
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  Speaker 2: Minnesota Lakes. She has been a star. She's been incredible
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  Speaker 2: to watch. You haven't seen her play, tune in she is.
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  Speaker 2: She's having an amazing season. She has absolutely hit the
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  Speaker 2: scene in every single way. But this past Wednesday she
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  Speaker 2: had a career high thirty one points and a dominant
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  Speaker 2: went over the Sparks in LA and then on Friday
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  Speaker 2: had a little bit of a dot so thirty one
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  Speaker 2: points career high. Obviously, she's a rookie and then she
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  Speaker 2: had a season low seven points on one of ten shooting.
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  Speaker 1: That's how hoops goes sometimes.
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  Speaker 2: She needed to rely on her veteran teammates to get
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  Speaker 2: the win against the Golden State Valfyris and it was
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  Speaker 2: a close win and Links coach Cheryl Reeves saw all
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  Speaker 2: of it as a positive.
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  Speaker 1: She said she needed a game like this.
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  Speaker 2: This is a tremendous growth point for her. When things
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  Speaker 2: don't go your way, how do you show up? She
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  Speaker 2: saw physicality, She saw a guest aggressive trapping.
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  Speaker 1: They play hard, they fly around, they protect the paint.
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  Speaker 1: It would have been easy to be frustrated. We are
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  Speaker 1: not going to hide from this.
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  Speaker 2: We are going to stand right in this and keep
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  Speaker 2: working and see what we can find. The gravity to
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  Speaker 2: her was terrific for the rest of our team. Maybe
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  Speaker 2: her numbers weren't gotty, but the impact that she still
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  Speaker 2: had in the game was tremendous.
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  Speaker 1: I actually really like this.
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  Speaker 2: I like a growth mindset from the coach, the support
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  Speaker 2: that she has from her teammates. This is what you
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  Speaker 2: need to have when you have a young star. The
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  Speaker 2: line graph isn't always pointing up, so what happens when
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  Speaker 2: there's a dip in the Libby Miles case, her teammates
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  Speaker 2: and her coaches picked.
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  Speaker 1: Her up and they still got the women. And that's
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  Speaker 1: why you have bets.
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  Speaker 2: Courtney Williams NIA Coffee Kaylen McBride Coffee.
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  Speaker 1: Finished with twenty two points.
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  Speaker 2: Williams at twenty one points and twelve rebounds for her
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  Speaker 2: first twenty point double double since August of twenty twenty four.
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  Speaker 1: She said, I've been doing this a little minute now
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  Speaker 1: a long minute.
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  Speaker 2: So whatever I can help with, I take pride in
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  Speaker 2: being a good Reality is I'm going to be a
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  Speaker 2: part of Live's journey for the rest of her life now,
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  Speaker 2: just like my VET was for me, an incredible vet
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  Speaker 2: to have. I really like that this happens for Alvia
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  Speaker 2: Miles because when you are a young player and you
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  Speaker 2: are getting all this buzz, and you're getting all this
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  Speaker 2: attention and you're playing well, obviously that's where the buzz
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  Speaker 2: is coming from, and you have this moment, it can
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  Speaker 2: start to feel overwhelming, like you're welcome to the league moment.
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  Speaker 2: She obviously gets great bets around her. This is an
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  Speaker 2: organization that is well put together, and I'm excited for her.
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  Speaker 2: I'm excited to see what she does this year. I've
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  Speaker 2: talked about this before. I'm really excited for this rookie
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  Speaker 2: class and the way that the league is trending and
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  Speaker 2: the way that they have come in pro ready.
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  Speaker 1: Has been really impressive, particularly Elvia Miles. So it's been
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  Speaker 1: a shop on the football field, the NFL football field.
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  Speaker 2: So ESPN's computer model, the Football Powered Index, has predicted
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  Speaker 2: the ten worst teams in the NFL next season. Here's
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  Speaker 2: the list, starting with number ten, Giant Commanders, Saints Panthers,
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  Speaker 2: at seven, Tennessee Titans, Raiders, Cleveland Browns, New York Jets.
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  Speaker 1: Number two is Arizona Cardinals.
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  Speaker 2: The Miami Dolphins were predicted to be the worst in
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  Speaker 2: the NFL next season. Now, I am not surprised about
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  Speaker 2: Miami being.
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  Speaker 1: At the top of this list.
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  Speaker 2: They have had sixty nine transactions this offseason. They released
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  Speaker 2: to they signed Malik Willis as his replacement. They have
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  Speaker 2: a new coach, they got they traded away Jalen Waddle.
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  Speaker 2: This is how I see the next the new season
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  Speaker 2: laying out. I've had it with the Dolphins. I understand
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  Speaker 2: that they needed to make an aggressive change to end
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  Speaker 2: the McDaniels and to.
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  Speaker 1: A era which while.
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  Speaker 2: Was very fun, wasn't incredibly successful, and I think it's
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  Speaker 2: time the Dolphins take building an actual organization that can
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  Speaker 2: actually compete in December January.
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  Speaker 1: Seriously, it's very tempting to bring in a lot of fast.
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  Speaker 2: Pieces and create a flashy offense and sell tickets that way.
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  Speaker 1: What is better is if you build a team that is.
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  Speaker 2: Dominant and violent in the trenches so that you can
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  Speaker 2: compete when it's cold out.
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  Speaker 1: Miami could not compete if it was less than fifty degrees.
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  Speaker 1: That's ridiculous.
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  Speaker 2: Now, part of that was TOUA part of that moves
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  Speaker 2: McDaniel's style and how you put the offense together. But
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  Speaker 2: it's a n up already, Like it can't be that
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  Speaker 2: you're just a warm weather team so you can never
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  Speaker 2: compete in what it's cold.
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  Speaker 1: Then you have to be the best in the league.
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  Speaker 2: You have to have home field advantage throughout the playoffs.
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  Speaker 2: That's an unruly ridiculous bar to set, when instead you
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  Speaker 2: should be able to build your team to be able
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  Speaker 2: to compete in the snow, in the rain, in the cold.
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  Speaker 1: This is football.
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  Speaker 2: And every year with the Dolphins, I hear the same thing,
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  Speaker 2: Oh well, they're.
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  Speaker 1: Speedy, Flashet, but I don't care about that win games.
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  Speaker 2: They have a new coach and not new to the NFL,
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  Speaker 2: but a new quarterback to Miami. They have a bunch
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  Speaker 2: of new players. I have very little faith that they're
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  Speaker 2: going to be good this year. They're projected to have
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  Speaker 2: four and a half wins. I'm absolutely hunting for the
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  Speaker 2: under because they need a quarterback, a real quarterback that
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  Speaker 2: can really play when it's cold. They need to go
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  Speaker 2: for somebody who does not have an injury history in college.
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  Speaker 2: Somebody who can run the ball, can take hits, and
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  Speaker 2: can and actually run an offense, go through reads to
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  Speaker 2: a very talented player, but he is not somebody who
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  Speaker 2: can sustainably win in the.
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  Speaker 1: NFL and be available.
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  Speaker 2: And we saw that and I have heard it from
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  Speaker 2: fans forever about Tua. I wasn't rooting, to be right.
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  Speaker 2: It just seems like the writing was on the wall
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  Speaker 2: from college that he was going to have those kinds
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  Speaker 2: of issues in the NFL. So I'm hoping that the
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  Speaker 2: Dolphin get it turned around.
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  Speaker 1: I don't hope that they do it.
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  Speaker 2: The season, though, because they need to get a quarterback.
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  Speaker 2: They need to invest in a quarterback now. The players
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  Speaker 2: are going to go out there and try and win.
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  Speaker 2: Of course, players and coaches do not tank.
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  Speaker 1: That's not how it works.
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  Speaker 2: The organization isn't going to tank, they're just not the The
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  Speaker 2: organization may tank, but the players and the coaches are not.
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  Speaker 2: So I hope that they lose, they take the under
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  Speaker 2: of the four and a half wins and they are
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  Speaker 2: able to get a quarterback for their future and make
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  Speaker 2: the right choice and build the team properly.
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  Speaker 1: So that they can actually compete when it matters.
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  Speaker 2: But quarante ESPN, we're going to get my wish because
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  Speaker 2: they're gonna be the worst in the NFL, although I
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  Speaker 2: don't think that's going to happen.
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