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OneLegUpAlex and Pags' Perspective Collaborate To Talk Super Bowl, Knicks and Life As Podcasters in Radio 2-13-25 · OneLegUpAlex Media

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Speaker 1: Here's your host, Alex Garrett. All right, well, a little
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Speaker 1: cross collaboration here with PEG's perspective. We had Dean Fresh
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Speaker 1: earlier in the week. Now we're getting Ryan Pagano mix
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Speaker 1: it up with some you know, fresh voices along with
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Speaker 1: some historical voices this week, right, Ryan.
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Speaker 2: Oh, certainly, And you can't get rid of your colleagues
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Speaker 2: on this pod, that's for sure.
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Speaker 1: There you go, All right, Ryan, Well, I know you
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Speaker 1: have a lot to say about this Super Bowl and
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Speaker 1: I'm wanting to recap this week with friends of mine
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Speaker 1: and people in the sports world. What was your take?
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Speaker 1: What is Pag's perspective on the Super Bowl?
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Speaker 2: You know, it was the matchup that nobody wanted, but
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Speaker 2: it actually turned out to be a pretty good game.
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Speaker 2: It's always fun to see the city of Philadelphia just
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Speaker 2: erupt an absolute chaos, especially when it comes to their birds.
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Speaker 2: Just an absolute blowout. Alex, and I know you might
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Speaker 2: not like to see that. As a Giants fan, I
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Speaker 2: get that.
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Speaker 1: Well, my wrong for being happy for Sa Kwan and
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Speaker 1: then he got his ring. I mean, look, the Giants
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Speaker 1: provided him with a great front line. I think it
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Speaker 1: would be even better for him, But he's succeeding else.
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Speaker 1: I can't knock him for that.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, you can't knock him for wanting to go to
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Speaker 2: a better situation. Philadelphia clearly offered that they've really mastered
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Speaker 2: these past few years how to build a team, and
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Speaker 2: I got to give a lot of credit to in
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Speaker 2: particular Howie Roseman. I still remember a couple of years
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Speaker 2: ago where Eagles fans just wanted him purged to Camden,
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Speaker 2: and next thing you know, he comes back a changed man.
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Speaker 2: If you will, finding all these studs in the draft,
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Speaker 2: building the Eagles back into a contender just a few
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Speaker 2: years after that Super Bowl run in twenty seventeen, building
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Speaker 2: them back up, even with mistakes like Jalen Rieger over
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Speaker 2: Justin Jefferson, it didn't really come back to haunt them
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Speaker 2: in the end. They still found studs all throughout the drafts,
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Speaker 2: whether it was first round, even in the later rounds.
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Speaker 1: And you could remember saying with Sirianni because a lot
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Speaker 1: of people wanted him gone after Week five, A lot
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Speaker 1: of people want him gone after last year's disaster.
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Speaker 2: If you remember, oh yeah, I was one of the
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Speaker 2: people that I'll throw myself into that category. I was
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Speaker 2: one of the people that thought, Nick Sirianni probably didn't
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Speaker 2: deserve another year, especially after that embarrassing playoff loss. But
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Speaker 2: that's the good thing about time, Alex is that it
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Speaker 2: can really change your perceptions on different human beings. And
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Speaker 2: that is never more prevalent than in the game of football.
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Speaker 2: And my perspective on Sirianni has really changed. Seeing him
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Speaker 2: with his kids celebrating on the camera after the game
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Speaker 2: really changed my mind about this.
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Speaker 1: Even sequon with his daughter that was precious.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, seeing these guys with their families after
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Speaker 2: the fact really just puts in a perspective how much
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Speaker 2: this means to them and how much they have to
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Speaker 2: sacrifice to.
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Speaker 1: Now let's dive into the personnel a little bit, because
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Speaker 1: on the defensive side, I guess Sweat was the big
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Speaker 1: player of the day on Sunday. But when Jason Kelsey retired,
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Speaker 1: was there a lot of concern that you heard, Hey,
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Speaker 1: how will this defensive line move on from Kelsey? Or
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Speaker 1: do you think they are They're past that now obviously.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean really doesn't seem like it's been much
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Speaker 2: of a problem as far as the old line goes. Yes,
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Speaker 2: losing a piece like Jason Kelcey is gonna really hurt.
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Speaker 2: We saw, especially in that twenty seventeen run, that he
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Speaker 2: was really the leader of that O line. And you
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Speaker 2: saw his speech at to the city of Philadelphia after
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Speaker 2: winning the Super Bowl. That speech doesn't want to make
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Speaker 2: you run through a brick wall, then, I genuinely don't
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Speaker 2: know what will. But even as one piece goes out,
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Speaker 2: it seems like it doesn't really make too much of
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Speaker 2: it of a difference to the rest of the quality
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Speaker 2: of the line. You still have guys like Jordan Mylotta,
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Speaker 2: a revival from former Jet Mackai Beckton, Mean Johnson still
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Speaker 2: wrecking it up as always hasn't seemed like much of
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Speaker 2: a problem for him.
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Speaker 1: Now I need to go back to the history books
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Speaker 1: because I don't remember ever not only just a Super
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Speaker 1: Bowl winning team a head coach becoming a head coach,
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Speaker 1: which in the host city. I mean, now Kellen Moore
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Speaker 1: goes to the Saints. It's a geeky thing that he
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Speaker 1: just coached the Egos to a Super Bowl and now
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Speaker 1: he's gonna be coaching it on that sateelline. That's never
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Speaker 1: happened before in my lifetime that I can remember.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I can't really think of any other time that
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Speaker 2: that's happened, and that's kind of more so of an
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Speaker 2: indictment on nobody really wanting to take the Saints job.
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Speaker 2: You can make that argument because this off season for
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Speaker 2: the Saints was just defined by so many coaches turning
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Speaker 2: them down. Mike McCarthy being the big one, used to
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Speaker 2: be New Orleans's O coordinator back in the early two
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Speaker 2: thousands when they won their first ever playoff game, actually
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Speaker 2: against the Greate Issue on Turf Rams in two thousand.
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Speaker 2: Mike McCarthy was the O coordinator of that squad and I
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Speaker 2: remember him being a very hot commodity in the head
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Speaker 2: coaching market that off season. I think he was rumored
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Speaker 2: to go to Tampa Bay when Tony Dungee was fired
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Speaker 2: after the one season. Ultimately they went with John Gruden
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Speaker 2: and McCarthy ended up a couple of years later with
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Speaker 2: the Past Hackers. And you know, regardless of his criticisms
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Speaker 2: throughout his time in Green Bay and Dallas, he's still
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Speaker 2: a former Saint that has shown that he can light
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Speaker 2: it up on the biggest stage when it matters the most.
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Speaker 2: And you never know, maybe Kellamont could speaking.
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Speaker 1: Of that coaches real quick. The reinvention of Sean Payton
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Speaker 1: after Bountygate with Denver. I mean, that's that's pretty cool
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Speaker 1: too to see. So, you know, New Orleans is a
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Speaker 1: rich history. I talk with Luke Tourminello and we even said,
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Speaker 1: you know, it's gonna be a rough, rough offseason for
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Speaker 1: them because they're walking in a situation where Derek Carr's
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Speaker 1: not one hundred percent is he even their future? Like,
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Speaker 1: I don't even know what their future is right now
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Speaker 1: in New Orleans.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, the rest of the team has just been banged
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Speaker 2: up so badly it's really impossible to figure out what
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Speaker 2: their other problems are. And it's really no wonder why
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Speaker 2: Saints fans are calling for Mickey Loomis's head at this point.
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Speaker 2: It speaks volumes when he has been employed with the
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Speaker 2: Saints as their general manager longer than I have been alive.
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Speaker 2: For context, I was born in the July of two
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Speaker 2: thousand and two. He was appointed GM in May of
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Speaker 2: two thousand and two. So yeah, he built up a
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Speaker 2: super Bowl winning team. But it's really the cold hard
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Speaker 2: truth of the sports industries that everybody's got an expiration date.
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Speaker 2: And clearly after the Drew Brees retirement and Sean Payton leaving,
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Speaker 2: it was really just a matter of time before Loomis's
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Speaker 2: expiration date arrived. But nonetheless, he's still gonna be revered
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Speaker 2: by Saints fans for that Super Bowl winning team in nine.
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Speaker 3: There's no question.
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Speaker 1: All right, gotta ask you this for PEG's perspective, you're
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Speaker 1: also hot on the Knicks right now. I mean, another
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Speaker 1: big win last night. Karl Anthony Towns has been the
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Speaker 1: difference maker all season long? Am I right in that?
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Speaker 3: Most? Certainly one hundred percent?
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Speaker 1: So what is Pag's perspective on this? Because you're a
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Speaker 1: huge Knick fan.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, huge Knicks fan, And I'll admit there there have
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Speaker 2: been a few times this season where it seemed like
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Speaker 2: this team wasn't really as fun as the twenty twenty
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Speaker 2: fourth squad that almost made it to the conference finals.
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Speaker 2: Of course, leads into the Pacers in a seventh game,
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Speaker 2: and there was just something about every loss Alex where
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Speaker 2: it seemed like Knicks fans were just ready to jump
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Speaker 2: off the train after every loss in well, let's go
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Speaker 2: the runs done.
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Speaker 3: But then again they.
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Speaker 1: Win five or six in a row, they lose to
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Speaker 1: I think it was the Bulls or one of those teams. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, it's the end of the world, Like, no,
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Speaker 1: we don't operate like that exactly.
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Speaker 2: Like you still have these forty point performances from Karl
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Speaker 2: Anthony Towns and Jalen Brunson. They're just single handedly carrying
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Speaker 2: this team once again. And yeah, Karl Anthony Towns really
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Speaker 2: has been the big difference maker because now you've got
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Speaker 2: Julius Randall missing time with the Timberwolves, dud to injury,
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Speaker 2: still a great player when he's on the course.
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Speaker 1: And oh my god, the three point dude who actually
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Speaker 1: caused a scuffle when he was back here. Vincenzo. What's
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Speaker 1: he been doing out there?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, Devincenzo, you don't really hear a lot about it now,
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Speaker 2: mostly because he's just been invisible record for the Timberwolves.
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Speaker 2: And I hate to see that because he was so
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Speaker 2: clutch for the Nicks last year. But you know, it
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Speaker 2: really is tough to keep everybody happy, especially when this
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Speaker 2: is a business. He didn't want to be the fifth option.
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Speaker 2: I can't really blame him, especially for his performance just
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Speaker 2: last season, really stepping it up when other guys on
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Speaker 2: the team went down with injuries. But that's really the cold,
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Speaker 2: hard truth of the sport.
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Speaker 1: All right. You know, I got to ask about pagas
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Speaker 1: perspective because you're on the Spreaker team as well, Right,
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Speaker 1: that's your flagship, So what can we expect when we
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Speaker 1: listen to PAGs perspective? All right?
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Speaker 2: Well, more so the same current news topics that I've
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Speaker 2: really been pumping out a lot lately. Actually coming off
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Speaker 2: my second straight day of uploading all current news related events.
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Speaker 2: So Wednesday night I published an episode about Kanye West's
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Speaker 2: anti Semitic Super Bowl ad and just kind of ranting
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Speaker 2: about that. And then earlier today, the day that we're
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Speaker 2: recording this, I just uploaded an episode another one about
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Speaker 2: President Trump and how he's barring AP reporters from the
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Speaker 2: White House Press Corps, and being a former news director
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Speaker 2: of my college's radio station, I really wanted to use
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Speaker 2: that perspective that I've gained from a journalistic perspective.
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Speaker 1: It is both sides, but I think that just sounds unnatural.
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Speaker 1: I think AP should be allowed in there, right, Yeah.
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Speaker 2: I Mean they've been involved with the Press Corps for
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Speaker 2: god knows how long, so it does feel a little weird,
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Speaker 2: especially when they're the ones pumping out the style guides
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Speaker 2: for all these other news organizations to see. But on
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Speaker 2: the topic of PAX perspective, Alex, I've also started up
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Speaker 2: a new series because you know, I'm a big Isles
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Speaker 2: fan and even yeah, and even when they're in the break,
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Speaker 2: I've actually started up a series recently called The Cross
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Speaker 2: Islanders Park where where I'm recapping New York Islanders games,
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Speaker 2: giving sound bites from play coaches.
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Speaker 1: Really really feel like you're channeling your w RHU producer
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Speaker 1: skills right.
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Speaker 3: There, exactly.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, because I've done so much of that with the Islanders,
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Speaker 2: pumping out all these features and doing updates for the
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Speaker 2: team to me personally, eats by one way of staying
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Speaker 2: connected with the team and not just as a fan.
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Speaker 1: Shout out to Kinger and shout out to Picker, and
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Speaker 1: shout out to Hick.
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Speaker 3: Corey right Maulin of course.
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Speaker 1: All all them, all the.
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Speaker 2: Digital crew at the Islanders and the radio people. I mean,
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Speaker 2: I still love him to death.
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Speaker 1: Very cool, and I think Corey was the guy that
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Speaker 1: covered the event with the Viscardi School last year, if
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Speaker 1: I'm not mistaken.
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Speaker 2: So yeah, Corey was there. If I'm not I'm pretty sure.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, he's pretty much the number one guy running the
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Speaker 1: digital team.
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Speaker 2: I also got to give a shout out as well
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Speaker 2: to Rachel Lucier. She's also part of that Isles digital team.
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Speaker 2: But what you might not know, Alex, she was my
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Speaker 2: mentor going into WRU back in the summer of twenty
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Speaker 2: twenty one.
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Speaker 1: So how about that. And now you're at nine to
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Speaker 1: seventy by.
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Speaker 2: The way, Yeah, it's just kind of funny how these
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Speaker 2: things work.
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Speaker 1: And every Radig Martinek and watching him play in a
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Speaker 1: wheelchair was very interesting to watch him have to adapt
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Speaker 1: to that because obviously Radick is a legend with the Islanders.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean he played there, I believe a couple
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Speaker 2: stints if I recall, But you know, he started there
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Speaker 2: in the very early two thousands, kind of a bleak
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Speaker 2: time for the franchise, even as they made that playoff
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Speaker 2: run in one oh two, losing in the first round.
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Speaker 2: But he ended up finishing his career there, I believe.
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Speaker 1: And with the Boldly situation, it was a bit confusing
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Speaker 1: at that point, wasn't it. I mean, was Di Pietro
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Speaker 1: was there and then it got a little hairy after that.
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Speaker 1: I mean there was, there was a lot going on
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Speaker 1: in that era.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, after seven o eight it just got
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Speaker 2: really really hairy because d Pietro's body failed him and
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Speaker 2: then you have guys like u Yan Donnis and Joey
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Speaker 2: McDonald starting a net. It was certainly an interesting time
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Speaker 2: for this team.
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Speaker 1: All right, So you're following the Islanders hardcore. Are they
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Speaker 1: gonna stick with one in the future. I mean, I
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Speaker 1: feel like he's still a great coach. He's rallying them
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Speaker 1: almost nine and a night out, so they've reeled off
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Speaker 1: if he wins in a row here.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, they certainly have. The special teams especially has made
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Speaker 2: a big improvement And for once, I can't believe I'm
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Speaker 2: saying this, but this is actually credit to Lou Lambarello.
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Speaker 2: He made some moves even as other guys on their
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Speaker 2: blue line went down. He brought in Scott Perudovich. He
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Speaker 2: brought in Tony DiAngelo, while a very controversial figure.
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Speaker 1: But Rena's after they brought him in, they been winning
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Speaker 1: a lot more since he came in.
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Speaker 2: So yeah, Lou specifically brought them in to quarterback the
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Speaker 2: power play and quarterback the power play. They have done
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Speaker 2: seen a massive improvement in their special teams since those acquisitions,
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Speaker 2: so it almost seems like they've been firing on all
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Speaker 2: cylinders now. Yes, they are coming off of two straight
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Speaker 2: losses to Winnipeg and Minnesota going in of the Ford
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Speaker 2: Nations break, So whether or not they'll be able to
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Speaker 2: keep that up when they come back in about a
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Speaker 2: week and a half against the Stars at home, it's
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Speaker 2: really anybody's guess how they're gonna play out of the gate.
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Speaker 2: But there's definitely a lot to be optimistic gone on.
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Speaker 1: Them for all three teams because the Devils are in
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Speaker 1: the running too. Let's not mistake that the break couldn't
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Speaker 1: have come in a better time, am I right?
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Speaker 2: Certainly couldn't have. And then your Rangers are starting to
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Speaker 2: make a bit of a comeback too, and.
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Speaker 1: It's gonna be fun. It's gonna be Crider Versavanta Jad
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Speaker 1: and we'll see how fun that is on the ice
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Speaker 1: and whatnot. We were gonna go up to Boston, by
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Speaker 1: the way, but it's gonna be too snowy to go,
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Speaker 1: so not not this weekend, but maybe one year.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know you'll get there at some point, that's
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Speaker 2: for sure.
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Speaker 1: All right. One last thing, because you're a big basketball guy.
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Speaker 1: We did talk about the Knicks, but you texted me
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Speaker 1: like two in the morning, three in the morning, don't
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Speaker 1: gets to the Lakers. And I'm like, what is he
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Speaker 1: talking about? What's PEG's perspective on this major trade? And
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Speaker 1: I asked Blue Terminello this, I'm gonna ask you. Does
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Speaker 1: it open the floodgates for more craziness as far as
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Speaker 1: these big star traders. That's open a floodgate here?
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Speaker 3: Yeah, certainly.
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Speaker 2: And if there's one thing that this Luka Doncicz trade proved,
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Speaker 2: it's that no trade proposals are stupid. And I talked
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Speaker 2: about this on another podcast one that my friend runs
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Speaker 2: called Primetime Sports. I mentioned on there how in two
14:18
Speaker 2: K NBA two K, you could put that exact same
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Speaker 2: trade into the trade generator and the MAVs will reject
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Speaker 2: that trade. It doesn't go through. The most ironic part
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Speaker 2: about that is the fictional GM and the game saying
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Speaker 2: Luka Doncic is somebody we consider untouchable. We will only
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Speaker 2: consider trading him if the package that you give us
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Speaker 2: blows us away. And this offer just doesn't. Haven't hasn't
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Speaker 2: done that, mind you, It's the same exact package that
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Speaker 2: the Lakers traded to get him. In real life, Let's
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Speaker 2: just say this has moved some tectonic plates.
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Speaker 1: And I know that you're a fan of of people
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Speaker 1: dictating their moves by games, like Woody Johnson, not what
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Speaker 1: was it You want to draft a certain guy because
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Speaker 1: his kids said don't draft him, and then you know
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Speaker 1: it's just me.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, they didn't want to trade for Jerry Judy because
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Speaker 2: his Maddened rating was too low. And then they sign
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Speaker 2: a wide receiver Mike Williams, whose mad In rating was
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Speaker 2: higher than Jerry Judy. But you know it really speaks
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Speaker 2: volumes when he only lasted not even half a season
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Speaker 2: with the Jets. I know that was to get Devanta
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Speaker 2: Adams on the team, bringing one of Aaron Rodgers old buddies.
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Speaker 2: But that only worked so well, and by well, I
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Speaker 2: mean it worked horribly.
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Speaker 1: All Right, two more questions, A. Will you listen to
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Speaker 1: Lucas Farra and change your name and Paganos rituals or
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Speaker 1: that's off the table.
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Speaker 3: Right I met I'm still considering that.
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Speaker 2: I mean, I got to figure out what ritual is
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Speaker 2: to talk about here, but you know, nothing's off the table.
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Speaker 1: Secondly, Secondly, you mentioned the Jets, and today they officially
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Speaker 1: part away with Aaron Rodgers. Uh, I don't think the
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Speaker 1: Giants are in the I don't think that they should
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Speaker 1: go for them. But what are your thoughts on that?
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Speaker 1: And then I want to end the show by saying,
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Speaker 1: you agree with me that the Giants should be motivated
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Speaker 1: by what happened on Sunday and how how did both
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Speaker 1: teams move on and how do they both get motivated
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Speaker 1: by what they saw from the Eagles. I feel like
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Speaker 1: there's a system that can be built here in New
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Speaker 1: York and and for both teams. Right it's it's corners
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Speaker 1: stoning around even a running back. Maybe both teams need
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Speaker 1: to do that. I mean, look here in New York
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Speaker 1: they have Bryce Breese Hall and Tyrone Tracy. Corners on
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Speaker 1: those guys and they could be in the playoffs next year.
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Speaker 2: Yes, surround them with the line, give them a good QB,
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Speaker 2: a good defense, which the Jets already have. Giants have
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Speaker 2: some pieces on the other side of the ball, and
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Speaker 2: you're set for a very good future.
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Speaker 1: Ryan Byrne is one of the tallest defensive guys I've
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Speaker 1: ever seen.
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Speaker 3: Did you notice that?
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Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, it is just me and have been
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Speaker 1: really incredible though, and I'm hoping Kavon's fully healthy this year.
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Speaker 1: But yeah, motivation do you think so ony his win
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Speaker 1: for the Egos as a motivation not only for the
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Speaker 1: Jets and Giants, the whole league to see what they
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Speaker 1: could do.
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Speaker 2: Hey, we could do it too, Yeah, one hundred percent.
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Speaker 2: Well for the Giants, if you're John Mara, you just
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Speaker 2: got to invest in getting yourself a good night's sleep,
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Speaker 2: because it was very infamous on Hard Knocks for saying
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Speaker 2: that if he let Saquon Barkley go and never mind
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Speaker 2: to Philadelphia, that he was gonna lose a lot of
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Speaker 2: sleep over that. Sure enough, first year with them wins
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Speaker 2: the Super Bowl, lets him get away. Now, the consolation
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Speaker 2: price isn't all too bad because you get Tyrone Tracy.
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Speaker 2: He showed a lot of flashes just last season and
17:32
Speaker 2: he could very well be the feature back for the
17:35
Speaker 2: Giants for years to come. But with that being said,
17:38
Speaker 2: they still got to build around the guy. Whether that
17:41
Speaker 2: means getting a veteran QB like Matt Stafford's been in
17:45
Speaker 2: a bunch of rumors, Yeah, of course, Aaron Rodgers getting cut.
17:49
Speaker 2: You know, the the rumors are there and It's definitely
17:53
Speaker 2: very clear that the Giants could very well go the
17:55
Speaker 2: rookie QB route. You bring in a vet, just bench
17:59
Speaker 2: the rookie the tire season, let them learn from somebody
18:03
Speaker 2: who's been there before, proved it on the biggest stage.
18:07
Speaker 2: Rogers and Stafford being Super Bowl champions in the past.
18:12
Speaker 2: You got yourself a pretty good formula to developing another
18:16
Speaker 2: rookie QB.
18:17
Speaker 1: Well, I was gonna say, how, I'm gonna say, packs
18:19
Speaker 1: perspectives to keep the name going here exactly.
18:22
Speaker 2: Yeah, I gotta keep the theme, but packs perspectives.
18:24
Speaker 1: On the continual drafting of quarterbacks, It's like, I get it,
18:29
Speaker 1: But at the same time, some of these seems to
18:32
Speaker 1: prioritize their line first.
18:35
Speaker 2: Yeah, they really do, because you've seen it with guys
18:38
Speaker 2: like David Carr for example, promising, promising quarterbacks that just
18:44
Speaker 2: get ruined because none of these teams have good lines
18:49
Speaker 2: to surround them with. You can't have I mean, you
18:52
Speaker 2: could have a promising rookie QB, yes, but if you
18:54
Speaker 2: don't have the brick wall in front of him to
18:57
Speaker 2: protect him, then the heck is are gonna right.
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Speaker 1: And so that's why I think the priority needs to
19:03
Speaker 1: be on that and again, you give Tracy a good line,
19:06
Speaker 1: you give the Breeze Hall a good line. You got too,
19:09
Speaker 1: maybe I'm being boldier Hall of Fame running back. So
19:12
Speaker 1: they just look.
19:12
Speaker 2: Good and listen. You could say what you want about
19:15
Speaker 2: Evan Neil and him being a massive disappointment in New York.
19:18
Speaker 2: That being said, I will never be mad with investing
19:21
Speaker 2: in the line, even if it means using your first
19:23
Speaker 2: round pick on an old lineman. I will never be
19:26
Speaker 2: mad with building in the trench.
19:27
Speaker 1: Well, I think it was more because he was such
19:28
Speaker 1: a He had such an attitude about it too. I
19:30
Speaker 1: mean he wasn't just uh, he was telling people to go, yeah,
19:34
Speaker 1: you're making It's like, what are you doing, dude?
19:37
Speaker 2: Because that made a lot of huge headlines on the
19:38
Speaker 2: fan back then.
19:40
Speaker 3: But what reason.
19:40
Speaker 1: We both love sports, but we also love news. So
19:42
Speaker 1: tell us how you strike a balance on both.
19:46
Speaker 2: On PEG's perspective, Oh, striking a balance. That's a very
19:49
Speaker 2: good question. You know, more so comes down to what
19:53
Speaker 2: the topics of the day really are. Because when I
19:55
Speaker 2: first created this podcast, I really wanted to give myself
19:58
Speaker 2: a platform to be a to talk about all these
20:02
Speaker 2: current events, whether it's new sports pop culture related. I
20:05
Speaker 2: did a lot of that back on the morning show
20:08
Speaker 2: at my college's radio station, where we just talked a
20:12
Speaker 2: lot about the news of the day. Wasn't really sports oriented,
20:14
Speaker 2: so to speak, but that was more current topics of
20:17
Speaker 2: the day, kind of similar to MPRS All Things considered, sure,
20:21
Speaker 2: if that makes sense. So I really enjoyed doing that,
20:25
Speaker 2: even though it was a bit of a hassle waking
20:28
Speaker 2: up early to.
20:28
Speaker 1: Because you're young, Ampstead, because you're younger, and I feel
20:32
Speaker 1: like you have this idea that I have when I
20:34
Speaker 1: started eleven years ago, which is you gotta tap into
20:37
Speaker 1: this generation or generations before or after us, because if
20:41
Speaker 1: we can just tell them, hey, especially for me, if
20:43
Speaker 1: I tell them how our tax dollars are being spent,
20:46
Speaker 1: that drives me because I want us to be informed, right,
20:49
Speaker 1: I mean that's why we started these podcasts.
20:50
Speaker 2: Yeah, not only be informed, but also just be completely
20:54
Speaker 2: transparent about it. It's the reason why DOGE was formed
20:57
Speaker 2: in the first place. It's the reason why Elon Musk
21:00
Speaker 2: just wants our government to be completely transparent.
21:04
Speaker 1: Is he president? I asked you this off air. Is
21:06
Speaker 1: he presents everything makes it seem like he's the president,
21:08
Speaker 1: and apparently Trump's just his puppet. I don't know exactly
21:12
Speaker 1: what's going on.
21:13
Speaker 2: There, but well, you can try to impeach Elon, but
21:16
Speaker 2: it's only going to get you so far because he's
21:18
Speaker 2: not currently sinning president. I mean, there's no denying that
21:21
Speaker 2: he has a big influence in Trump's decisions, especially in
21:24
Speaker 2: his second term, no question, But it's still Trump calling
21:28
Speaker 2: the shots in the end, regardless of what anybody wants.
21:30
Speaker 3: You know, it's funny.
21:31
Speaker 1: Trump will make him aware of that, pretty suon if
21:33
Speaker 1: things look the way they are, meaning if he looks
21:36
Speaker 1: to be more powerful, Trump will find a way to say, no,
21:39
Speaker 1: I'm still president.
21:40
Speaker 2: And a lot of pundits have been saying that perhaps
21:42
Speaker 2: there have been a couple of cracks forming in that
21:44
Speaker 2: Trump Elon relationship. Whether or not those cracks are actually
21:47
Speaker 2: legitimate or not, it's really anybody's guess.
21:51
Speaker 1: Is that right? That is so funny to me, He's crazy.
21:54
Speaker 3: Yeah.
21:54
Speaker 2: All we can really do is just sit around until
21:57
Speaker 2: we actually know for certain that there are.
21:59
Speaker 3: Cracks, all right.
22:00
Speaker 1: One last thing, it's SNL fifty big fan of SNL or.
22:04
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I watch it every now and then.
22:06
Speaker 2: If I'm able to. Of course, well, we get.
22:09
Speaker 1: To work with an slah with.
22:11
Speaker 2: A certain former SNL cast member, you know, Joe Piscapo,
22:15
Speaker 2: And you've had a couple more of those cast members
22:18
Speaker 2: I know.
22:18
Speaker 1: And maybe we'll be at the outside hard Rock thirty
22:21
Speaker 1: Rock and just see what we can see on Sunday.
22:23
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a big day here in the city
22:25
Speaker 1: for that. They're barricades all over NBC studios.
22:27
Speaker 2: By the way, of course, when I'm not gonna be there.
22:30
Speaker 1: I know, we'll tell us you're going to Tampa. You're
22:32
Speaker 1: going to Port Saint Lucy to scout out the Mets
22:35
Speaker 1: for everybody up here in New York that.
22:36
Speaker 3: At some point.
22:37
Speaker 2: But well, tomorrow, Alex, I'm actually leaving for the windy
22:41
Speaker 2: city of Chicago. It's gonna be kind of fun. They're
22:45
Speaker 2: dealing with negative degree weather. But I'm going up there
22:48
Speaker 2: to visit family. My cousin's son, he's getting baptized over
22:53
Speaker 2: the weekend, so it's gonna be very awesome to see him.
22:58
Speaker 2: Two weeks from now, Yes, it will be at Mets
23:00
Speaker 2: spring training, so there's a lot to look forward to there.
23:03
Speaker 2: Of course, them adding Wan Soto, but also them bringing
23:06
Speaker 2: back Pete Alonzo's Sean Manaiya and even Klay Holmes bringing
23:11
Speaker 2: him in.
23:11
Speaker 1: We were able to get to Amazing Day. But were
23:13
Speaker 1: you surprised that fans were so vocal with Steve Cohen
23:17
Speaker 1: because I feel like the Met fan base doesn't always
23:20
Speaker 1: shot down ownership like that, but they did. They were like, hey,
23:23
Speaker 1: sign the guy, and I guess he listened, right.
23:26
Speaker 2: Yeah, And that's actually something I talked about a month
23:28
Speaker 2: ago here on Pack's perspective, just all the interesting headlines
23:32
Speaker 2: to come from Amazing Day, but seeing the reactions to
23:37
Speaker 2: the Met fans and attendance wanting them to resign Pete Alonzo.
23:40
Speaker 2: I think that played a big part in Alonso coming
23:43
Speaker 2: back to the Mets in the first place. He realized
23:45
Speaker 2: how much the fans meant to him there, and you know,
23:49
Speaker 2: his met legacy was on the line.
23:51
Speaker 1: Yeah.
23:52
Speaker 2: With this free agency, he's only one good season away
23:55
Speaker 2: from becoming the Mets' all time home run leader. I
23:58
Speaker 2: believe he's only twenty seven be away from breaking down.
24:01
Speaker 1: Said I was to say, hit home run two hundred,
24:03
Speaker 1: that was pretty cool last year twenty.
24:06
Speaker 2: Four, even in a down year for Alonzo, which you
24:09
Speaker 2: know for him is thirty five or so Homer's eighty
24:12
Speaker 2: nine RBIs. That's still pretty good either way from the guy.
24:15
Speaker 1: All right, if you want to post this on your podcast,
24:17
Speaker 1: you can any questions you have for me before we
24:19
Speaker 1: sign out to because I know you're an interviewer as well,
24:22
Speaker 1: so ah.
24:23
Speaker 2: Man, you're putting me on the spot here. I mean,
24:26
Speaker 2: you know, the one thing that I have told friends
24:29
Speaker 2: in the past because we were just talking about the
24:30
Speaker 2: Mets now, but I still tell everybody. And I don't
24:34
Speaker 2: mean this just to you know, suck up to Yankee
24:36
Speaker 2: fans and all that, but I truly believe that the
24:39
Speaker 2: Yankees have had the better off season by far. They've
24:43
Speaker 2: They've added a lot of big pieces and you know,
24:47
Speaker 2: Max Freed, Cody Bellinger, Devin Williams, Paul Goldschmid Max, to
24:52
Speaker 2: be honest, I need, yeah, yeah, to be honest, I
24:54
Speaker 2: feel like they've just had the better off season there.
24:57
Speaker 2: So you know, I don't know what your thoughts are
24:59
Speaker 2: about that and how optimistic are you for this Yankee season?
25:02
Speaker 2: Because I also saw you were meeting a couple Yanks salums.
25:06
Speaker 1: That was very cool, especially Hall of Famer New Hall
25:08
Speaker 1: of Famer Ce Sabathia. I mean, you can't make that.
25:11
Speaker 2: Yeah, CC Sabathia. Man, he looks taller in person.
25:14
Speaker 1: And he shared that post on on his Instagram, which
25:16
Speaker 1: is pretty goold. Yeah, but let me tell you, I
25:19
Speaker 1: still think they needed that infielder. I see everybody on
25:21
Speaker 1: XA and go for Nolan Ernado. Guy is not always
25:25
Speaker 1: a good He may not be the best in the clubhouse.
25:28
Speaker 1: I don't know. His personality doesn't seem always great. But
25:32
Speaker 1: but they do need another bat. I mean, they just
25:34
Speaker 1: lost out on Bregman now, and that's gonna be a
25:37
Speaker 1: big deal when he comes to the Bronx in a
25:38
Speaker 1: Red Sox uniform. We thought him in Answer Universe was bad.
25:41
Speaker 2: Imagine him coming back in the Red so treachery. So
25:45
Speaker 2: but also, you know, thoughts on the contract. I thought
25:47
Speaker 2: it was a big overpay from the moment that well, because.
25:51
Speaker 1: He is older now and I think he's been a year.
25:54
Speaker 1: He's been a little injured too, right, So there's that also,
25:57
Speaker 1: I mean there's he.
25:58
Speaker 2: Just hasn't been his twenty nineteen self, which is about
26:00
Speaker 2: to happen.
26:01
Speaker 1: And the Ashles were not their twenty even twenty twenty
26:05
Speaker 1: when they last won itself.
26:06
Speaker 3: They have not been twenty seventy two.
26:07
Speaker 1: Yeah, they've not been that either.
26:09
Speaker 2: But now they're also trying out two v out in
26:11
Speaker 2: left field. I mean, do you get what they're trying
26:13
Speaker 2: to do now, Alex.
26:14
Speaker 1: Well, what I'm trying to figure out is how you know,
26:17
Speaker 1: and I met manager Boone. He's great, is how he's
26:20
Speaker 1: just trying to figure out, well, who's gonna play first base?
26:22
Speaker 1: It's like they have no infield play it yet it
26:25
Speaker 1: drives me, drives me crazy.
26:27
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's like that happened in Costello sketch here because
26:29
Speaker 2: I'm on first, what's on second? I don't know who's
26:31
Speaker 2: on third? Because I'm waiting applies for the infield.
26:33
Speaker 1: Here, I'm waiting anyway, Pag's perspective, you can find him
26:36
Speaker 1: here on your spriggered out or everywhere right, Spotify and elsewhere.
26:40
Speaker 3: Well soon to be on Spotify.
26:42
Speaker 1: Well soon enough, you'll get there. You'll get there.
26:43
Speaker 3: Yeah, well we're a getting there.
26:44
Speaker 1: Were When you get your first syndication through Speaker, it
26:47
Speaker 1: is so fun because like, wow, I'm actually elsewhere.
26:50
Speaker 2: So yeah, I still recall when I made my first
26:52
Speaker 2: dollar on Speaker. I was like, Okay, I actually made
26:55
Speaker 2: it only took me almost a year.
26:57
Speaker 1: Do you get people asking you all the time, how
26:59
Speaker 1: do I start? What you're doing? Now? I get that
27:01
Speaker 1: question sometimes and I always say, well, just start, even
27:03
Speaker 1: if it's a free account, just start. And the biggest
27:06
Speaker 1: thing you can't be afraid of is who's listening. Just talk,
27:10
Speaker 1: Just talk. That's why we started these things, Just talk.
27:12
Speaker 2: And you know that podcast that I mentioned to you earlier,
27:14
Speaker 2: Primetime Sports, was founded by one of my friends and
27:17
Speaker 2: two of his other colleagues at his job. I think
27:20
Speaker 2: part of the inspiration actually was because my friend saw
27:24
Speaker 2: that I started up my platform here on spreaker now
27:27
Speaker 2: branded he I don't believe he's on Spreaker, but he's
27:30
Speaker 2: He's on Spotify YouTube. They've also been posting a lot
27:34
Speaker 2: of TikTok Instagram clips as well, so they've been kind
27:37
Speaker 2: of hacking the algorithm there and doing a pretty good
27:39
Speaker 2: job at that.
27:40
Speaker 1: Well, there you go. And I know the FYP for
27:43
Speaker 1: you pages ever, that's how I got linked on my
27:45
Speaker 1: show yesterday, the for you page.
27:47
Speaker 2: So yeah, that was a heck of an interview.
27:49
Speaker 1: Well I'm alway president. There you go. I'm always excited
27:52
Speaker 1: to share my updates with you and I like when
27:54
Speaker 1: you get to share your updates with us here on
27:56
Speaker 1: the One Leg Up Network. We'll be doing this collab
27:58
Speaker 1: again for sure.
27:59
Speaker 2: That's how we grow radio guys. Alex appreciate it as.
28:01
Speaker 1: Always, and Happy World Radio Day speaking oh thank.
28:04
Speaker 2: You, Yes, World Radio Day every February thirteenth. Just a
28:08
Speaker 2: great time to reflect back on all the experiences of
28:11
Speaker 2: my radio career that have helped shape me to where
28:14
Speaker 2: I am right now.
28:15
Speaker 1: Amen to that, Ryan Pagano Pag's perspective, check him out,
28:19
Speaker 1: and thanks for being a great colleague and friend.
28:21
Speaker 3: Same to you as well, Alex, thank you