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WNBA Finals Game 7 on Halloween, Heat’s First Giannis-Era Win & Bears Go All-In for Jeffrey Simmons · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 1: Hey everyone, welcome to the Daily Play with Joy Taylor.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks so much for joining me.
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  Speaker 2: at the Daily Play Joy Taylor. We are getting a
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  Speaker 2: game seven in the WNBA finals on Halloween at Valhalla.
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  Speaker 1: Hello, game seven, the best two words in all of sports.
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  Speaker 1: I am so excited.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, we suffered through this game six matinee situation with
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  Speaker 2: the Atlanta Dream. I'm so glad that's over, but it
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  Speaker 2: was worth it because they defended home court and won
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  Speaker 2: game six 80-69 to push the series back to Golden
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  Speaker 2: State for Game 7. I'm not going to say I
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  Speaker 2: manifested this because I'm a witch, but I'm just saying.
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  Speaker 1: Halloween. Game 7.
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  Speaker 2: Right? I feel like I'm a little bit responsible. Alicia
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  Speaker 2: Gray and Ryan Howard, very responsible, led the scoring charge
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  Speaker 2: for Atlanta, scoring 20-plus points each. And Angel Reese had
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  Speaker 2: 15 points and 14 rebounds to help power the dream
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  Speaker 2: to a season-saving win.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, ladies. What a ridiculous
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  Speaker 1: situation to be in in the first place.
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  Speaker 2: Noon Pacific Standard time on a random Thursday is not
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  Speaker 2: how we want a WNBA champion crowned, especially after this season.
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  Speaker 2: So listen, a primetime game seven in Valhalla on a weekend.
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  Speaker 2: I do not care that it is Halloween. People are
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  Speaker 2: home watching their televisions. This is much better than a
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  Speaker 2: Thursday afternoon. I love this for the WNBA.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you.
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  Speaker 2: Sports gods. Thank you, Atlanta Dream. Wonderful performance to avoid elimination.
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  Speaker 2: I love a game seven probably more than maybe.
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  Speaker 1: Anything that I like experiencing. A game seven is spectacular.
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  Speaker 1: It's so good.
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  Speaker 2: Everything comes down to the line. Everything is high pressure
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  Speaker 2: and tension. It's a beautiful concoction of competition. I love
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  Speaker 2: a game seven. I am so excited for this. And
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  Speaker 2: this is what the WNBA deserves.
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  Speaker 1: Can't wait.
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  Speaker 2: Staying in hoops, my Heat finally got their first win
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  Speaker 2: of the Giannis era, beating the Hawks 129-117. And of course,
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  Speaker 2: Giannis and Bam needed to come together and put up
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  Speaker 2: big numbers together because that is the point.
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  Speaker 1: Everything was getting put.
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  Speaker 2: On BAM while they were 0-4. I did not really
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  Speaker 2: appreciate it. I think that Giannis, as a superstar, should
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  Speaker 2: shoulder most of the blame. I don't care if he's
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  Speaker 2: putting up statistics. I don't care if he's doing his
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  Speaker 2: job statistically. If they are not winning as a superstar,
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  Speaker 2: as the number one, as the MVP, as the champion,
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  Speaker 2: it falls on you. I do not understand how that
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  Speaker 2: is falling on BAM. If it was any other superstar
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  Speaker 2: in the league, we would be putting that at his feet.
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  Speaker 1: However.
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  Speaker 2: They figured it out, got their win. I think that
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  Speaker 2: they will get it on track. I have big hopes
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  Speaker 2: for them this season and I have big hopes and
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  Speaker 2: expectations for Giannis. Like this is, in my opinion, his
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  Speaker 2: big moment. Also, Bam became the Heat's career leader in
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  Speaker 2: rebounds in that win passing the OG, Udonis Haslam.
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  Speaker 1: So big game historically for the Heat as well.
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  Speaker 2: And finally, there was a big transaction in the NFL today.
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  Speaker 2: The Seahawks traded for Quentin Nelson and the Niners got
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  Speaker 2: their guy DeForest Buckner back.
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  Speaker 1: However, the Bears, made.
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  Speaker 2: A big move on Wednesday trading for Titans stud defensive
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  Speaker 2: tackle Jeffrey Simmons. He is leaving the one in six
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  Speaker 2: Titans for a 2027 and 28 first round pick plus
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  Speaker 2: a 27 fourth round pick from the Bears for a
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  Speaker 2: 2028 fifth round pick and Simmons, obviously big, big, big
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  Speaker 2: price to pay for Simmons, who's an elite player and
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  Speaker 2: been playing at a very high level.
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  Speaker 1: However, I love this for the Bears.
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  Speaker 2: He's a 29-year-old tackle, spent his entire NFL career with
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  Speaker 2: the Titans after being drafted in the first round in 2019,
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  Speaker 2: over eight seasons, 46 and a half sacks, 72 tackles
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  Speaker 2: for loss and 96 quarterback hits. This is a huge
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  Speaker 2: upgrade for the Bears defensive line who has really struggled
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  Speaker 2: to generate pressure under defensive coordinator Dennis Allen. Their standard
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  Speaker 2: pass rush has produced 25% pressure rate over the past
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  Speaker 2: two seasons, which is the fourth lowest by any defense
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  Speaker 2: in that time. They are five and two. They have
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  Speaker 2: Caleb Williams.
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  Speaker 1: Go for it.
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  Speaker 2: Push all the chips in the middle of the table.
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  Speaker 2: I like when a team gives up picks for this
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  Speaker 2: exact reason. You are not a rebuilding team if you're
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  Speaker 2: the Bears. You are not a young team if you're
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  Speaker 2: the Bears. Yes, obviously, first round picks are very valuable,
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  Speaker 2: but so is a proven player. who you know will
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  Speaker 2: produce and has produced year after year after year. So
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  Speaker 2: I love this for the Bears. I like when teams
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  Speaker 2: go all in. It has been rewarded for teams like
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  Speaker 2: the Rams. And I think that the Bears are in
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  Speaker 2: a similar position. So I love what they're doing here.
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  Speaker 2: Congrats to Ryan Poles.
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  Speaker 1: Great choice. Thanks so much for joining me.
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