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The Historical Significance of Philip Rivers’ NFL Resurgence · Sports History Network

• 0:57
  The
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  National
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  Football
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  League
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  is
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  turned
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  upside
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  down
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  near
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  the
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  end
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  of
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  2025.
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  We
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  have
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  quarterback
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  injuries
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  galore
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  and
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  we
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  have
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  a
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  quarterback
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  that's
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  a
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  grandfather
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  returning
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  to
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  the
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  National
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  Football
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  League.
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  Is
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  this
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  an
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  unprecedented
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  thing
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  for
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  Philip
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  Rivers
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  to
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  return?
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  If
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  so,
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  who
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  did
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  it
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  more,
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  Philip
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  or
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  somebody
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  else?
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  We
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  have
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  those
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  answers
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  and
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  more
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  coming
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  up
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  in
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  just
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  a
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  moment.
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  the
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  And
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  on
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  Christmas
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  visiting
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  Maybe
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  used
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  was
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  much
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  younger.
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  My
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  grandparents
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  were
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  still
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  alive.
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  So
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  maybe
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  this
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  is
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  an
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  appropriate
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  time
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  to
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  talk
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  about
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  a
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  grandparent
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  in
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  a
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  national
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  football
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  League.
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  It's
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  kind
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  of
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  unprecedented.
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  I
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  don't
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  know
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  if
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  it's
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  ever
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  happened
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  before.
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  Not
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  sure
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  even
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  how
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  to
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  research
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  that.
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  But
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  Philip
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  Rivers
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  recently,
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  as
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  far
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  as
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  two
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  or
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  three
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  weeks
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  ago
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  rejoined
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  the
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  Indianapolis
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  Colts
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  at
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  the
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  age
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  of
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  43.
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  A
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  grandfather
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  who
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  has
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  sat
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  out
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  of
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  the
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  NFL
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  since
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  the
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  year
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  2020,
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  so
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  five
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  year
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  hiatus
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  and
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  has
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  come
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  back
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  and
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  started
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  in
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  a
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  couple
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  of
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  NFL
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  games.
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  So
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  far
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  it
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  looks
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  like
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  he's
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  going
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  to
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  start
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  in
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  a
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  few
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  more.
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  So
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  very
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  appropriate
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  to
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  talk
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  about
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  a
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  grandparent
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  on
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  Christmas.
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  Christmas
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  release
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  of
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  an
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  episode
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  in
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  the
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  NFL.
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  Now
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  this
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  is
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  not
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  the
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  first
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  time
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  that
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  this
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  has
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  happened.
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  We're
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  going
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  to
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  talk
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  about
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  some
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  of
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  those
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  aspects
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  and
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  players
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  in
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  just
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  a
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  moment.
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  And
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  he's
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  not
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  even
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  the
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  longest
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  tenured
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  player
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  to
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  be
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  out
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  of
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  the
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  NFL
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  and
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  to
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  come
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  back
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  we'll
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  talk
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  about
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  those
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  two
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  and
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  historical
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  aspects
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  of
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  that.
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  But
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  it's
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  very
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  compelling
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  story.
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  He's
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  not
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  playing
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  up
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  to
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  what
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  he
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  used
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  to
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  at
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  least
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  in
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  his
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  first
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  two
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  games.
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  He's
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  got
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  some
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  balls
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  that
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  are
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  fluttering
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  quite
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  a
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  bit.
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  As
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  you
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  know.
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  We
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  talked
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  to
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  Ed
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  Cleese
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  just
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  the
• 3:25
  other
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  day
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  day
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  in
• 3:26
  our
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  big
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  bold
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  predictions
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  for
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  week
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  17,
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  that
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  week
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  16,
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  week
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  15,
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  Phillip
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  was
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  sort
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  of
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  off
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  the
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  mark
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  a
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  little
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  bit.
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  And
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  passes
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  were
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  not
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  as
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  crisp
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  as
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  you
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  would
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  expect
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  a
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  National
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  Football
• 3:38
  League
• 3:38
  quarterback.
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  But
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  they
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  were
• 3:40
  timely,
• 3:40
  they
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  were
• 3:41
  effective.
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  He
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  was
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  getting
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  his
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  team
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  in
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  the
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  right
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  plays
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  and
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  he's
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  helping
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  the
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  Colts
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  even
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  though
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  they
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  haven't
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  won
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  a
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  game
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  in
• 3:46
  the
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  first
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  two
• 3:47
  starts.
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  They
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  are
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  competitive
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  in
• 3:49
  the
• 3:49
  games
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  against
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  two
• 3:50
  very
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  good
• 3:50
  teams
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  in
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  Seattle
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  and
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  Denver
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  that
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  he
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  played
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  against.
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  So
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  extremely
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  interesting
• 3:57
  aspect
• 3:57
  to
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  look
• 3:58
  at.
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  But
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  let's
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  look
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  at
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  the
• 3:59
  historic
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  aspects
• 4:01
  of
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  this
• 4:02
  football
• 4:03
  return
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  to
• 4:04
  the
• 4:04
  National
• 4:05
  Football
• 4:05
  League.
• 4:06
  Five
• 4:06
  years
• 4:06
  for
• 4:07
  Philip
• 4:08
  Rivers.
• 4:09
  I
• 4:09
  guess
• 4:09
  you
• 4:10
  could
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  almost
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  want
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  to
• 4:10
  sing
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  the
• 4:11
  song
• 4:11
  Old
• 4:11
  man
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  river
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  as
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  you
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  go,
• 4:13
  but
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  not
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  a
• 4:14
  very
• 4:14
  appropriate
• 4:15
  Christmas
• 4:15
  song
• 4:15
  and
• 4:16
  not
• 4:16
  very
• 4:16
  a
• 4:17
  telling
• 4:17
  of
• 4:17
  what
• 4:17
  Philip
• 4:18
  Rivers
• 4:18
  is
• 4:18
  accomplishing.
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  But
• 4:20
  we
• 4:20
  do
• 4:20
  have
• 4:20
  some
• 4:21
  very
• 4:21
  compelling
• 4:22
  stories.
• 4:22
  And
• 4:22
  I
• 4:23
  guess
• 4:23
  one
• 4:23
  player
• 4:24
  that
• 4:25
  Phillips
• 4:25
  Rivers
• 4:26
  return
• 4:26
  has
• 4:26
  been
• 4:27
  compared
• 4:27
  to
• 4:28
  is
• 4:28
  another
• 4:28
  quarterback
• 4:29
  from
• 4:29
  about
• 4:30
  almost
• 4:30
  30
• 4:31
  years
• 4:31
  ago
• 4:32
  and
• 4:32
  that
• 4:32
  is
• 4:32
  Steve
• 4:33
  DeBurgh
• 4:34
  who
• 4:34
  in
• 4:35
  1978
• 4:36
  came
• 4:37
  into
• 4:37
  the
• 4:37
  National
• 4:37
  Football
• 4:38
  League
• 4:38
  with
• 4:38
  the
• 4:38
  San
• 4:38
  Francisco
• 4:39
  49ers
• 4:40
  and
• 4:40
  he
• 4:41
  retired
• 4:41
  in
• 4:41
  1993
• 4:43
  the
• 4:43
  first
• 4:44
  time
• 4:45
  in
• 4:45
  1993
• 4:46
  with
• 4:46
  the
• 4:47
  Miami
• 4:47
  Dolphins
• 4:47
  after
• 4:48
  playing
• 4:48
  just
• 4:48
  a
• 4:48
  handful
• 4:49
  of
• 4:49
  games.
• 4:50
  So
• 4:51
  he's
• 4:51
  retired
• 4:52
  in
• 4:52
  94,
• 4:52
  95,
• 4:53
  96,
• 4:54
  97.
• 4:56
  What
• 4:56
  happens
• 4:57
  1998?
• 4:58
  The
• 4:58
  Atlanta
• 4:59
  Falcons
• 4:59
  come
• 5:00
  calling
• 5:01
  with
• 5:01
  their
• 5:02
  starting
• 5:02
  quarterback
• 5:03
  Steve
• 5:03
  Chandler.
• 5:04
  They
• 5:04
  want
• 5:05
  a
• 5:05
  solid
• 5:05
  backup.
• 5:06
  They
• 5:06
  running
• 5:07
  for
• 5:07
  a
• 5:07
  playoff
• 5:08
  and
• 5:08
  super
• 5:08
  bowl
• 5:09
  run
• 5:09
  that
• 5:09
  year.
• 5:09
  Were
• 5:10
  the
• 5:10
  Falcons
• 5:10
  the
• 5:11
  dirty
• 5:11
  birds
• 5:11
  as
• 5:12
  they
• 5:12
  were
• 5:12
  known
• 5:12
  and.
• 5:13
  And
• 5:13
  Steve
• 5:14
  Deburgh
• 5:14
  played
• 5:15
  in
• 5:15
  that
• 5:16
  league.
• 5:16
  He
• 5:17
  had,
• 5:17
  he
• 5:17
  started
• 5:18
  in
• 5:18
  one
• 5:18
  game,
• 5:20
  played
• 5:20
  on
• 5:20
  the
• 5:20
  team
• 5:21
  for
• 5:21
  eight
• 5:21
  games.
• 5:22
  So
• 5:23
  after
• 5:23
  a
• 5:23
  five
• 5:23
  year
• 5:23
  hiatus,
• 5:24
  very
• 5:25
  similar
• 5:25
  to
• 5:26
  Philip
• 5:26
  Rivers,
• 5:27
  came
• 5:27
  out
• 5:28
  of
• 5:28
  retirement,
• 5:28
  played
• 5:29
  National
• 5:29
  Football
• 5:29
  League
• 5:30
  game
• 5:30
  with
• 5:30
  a
• 5:30
  quality
• 5:30
  start.
• 5:32
  Interesting.
• 5:33
  But
• 5:33
  even
• 5:34
  those
• 5:34
  two
• 5:35
  are
• 5:35
  not
• 5:35
  the
• 5:36
  most
• 5:36
  long
• 5:36
  tenured
• 5:37
  players
• 5:38
  to
• 5:38
  be
• 5:38
  out
• 5:38
  of
• 5:38
  the
• 5:39
  the
• 5:39
  National
• 5:40
  Football
• 5:40
  League.
• 5:41
  A
• 5:42
  non
• 5:42
  quarterback,
• 5:43
  Tony
• 5:43
  Manderich,
• 5:44
  who
• 5:44
  was
• 5:44
  a
• 5:45
  very
• 5:46
  highly
• 5:46
  touted
• 5:47
  college
• 5:47
  prospect
• 5:48
  when
• 5:48
  he
• 5:49
  came
• 5:49
  out
• 5:49
  into
• 5:49
  the
• 5:49
  NFL
• 5:50
  draft
• 5:51
  and
• 5:52
  he
• 5:52
  was
• 5:53
  out
• 5:53
  of
• 5:53
  the
• 5:53
  league
• 5:53
  though
• 5:53
  didn't
• 5:54
  have
• 5:54
  such
• 5:54
  a
• 5:54
  great
• 5:55
  beginning
• 5:56
  to
• 5:56
  his
• 5:56
  National
• 5:56
  Football
• 5:56
  League
• 5:57
  career.
• 5:57
  So
• 5:58
  from
• 5:58
  1991
• 5:59
  through
• 6:00
  with
• 6:00
  Green
• 6:00
  Bay,
• 6:01
  through
• 6:01
  1996,
• 6:03
  he
• 6:03
  was
• 6:03
  out
• 6:04
  of
• 6:04
  the
• 6:04
  league
• 6:05
  on
• 6:05
  a
• 6:05
  five
• 6:05
  year
• 6:06
  absence.
• 6:07
  Rejoined
• 6:07
  with
• 6:08
  Indianapolis
• 6:08
  in
• 6:08
  96
• 6:09
  and
• 6:09
  actually
• 6:10
  his
• 6:10
  second
• 6:11
  time
• 6:11
  around
• 6:11
  in
• 6:11
  the
• 6:11
  National
• 6:12
  Football
• 6:12
  League
• 6:12
  had
• 6:13
  a
• 6:13
  little
• 6:13
  bit
• 6:13
  more
• 6:13
  maturity,
• 6:14
  had
• 6:15
  some
• 6:15
  time
• 6:15
  maybe
• 6:15
  to
• 6:15
  review
• 6:16
  film
• 6:16
  and
• 6:17
  you
• 6:17
  know,
• 6:17
  hone
• 6:18
  his
• 6:18
  skills.
• 6:18
  Had
• 6:19
  a
• 6:19
  much
• 6:19
  better
• 6:19
  second
• 6:20
  half
• 6:20
  of
• 6:20
  his
• 6:20
  career
• 6:21
  after
• 6:21
  a
• 6:22
  five
• 6:22
  year
• 6:22
  absence.
• 6:23
  Interesting.
• 6:25
  If
• 6:25
  we
• 6:25
  go
• 6:26
  way
• 6:26
  back,
• 6:27
  we
• 6:27
  had
• 6:27
  a
• 6:28
  player
• 6:28
  that
• 6:28
  was
• 6:28
  called
• 6:29
  back
• 6:29
  to
• 6:30
  play
• 6:30
  in
• 6:30
  a
• 6:31
  championship
• 6:31
  game
• 6:32
  in
• 6:32
  the
• 6:32
  National
• 6:32
  Football
• 6:33
  League.
• 6:33
  Bronco
• 6:34
  Nagursky,
• 6:34
  the
• 6:34
  longtime
• 6:35
  Chicago
• 6:36
  Bear
• 6:37
  came
• 6:37
  out
• 6:37
  of
• 6:37
  the
• 6:38
  Minnesota
• 6:39
  Golden
• 6:39
  Gophers
• 6:40
  program.
• 6:41
  He
• 6:41
  retired
• 6:42
  in
• 6:42
  1937
• 6:43
  after
• 6:44
  a
• 6:44
  stellar
• 6:44
  career.
• 6:46
  He's
• 6:46
  not
• 6:46
  quite
• 6:47
  a
• 6:47
  quarterback,
• 6:48
  but
• 6:48
  he
• 6:48
  did
• 6:48
  throw
• 6:49
  one
• 6:49
  of
• 6:49
  the
• 6:49
  most
• 6:50
  important
• 6:50
  passes
• 6:51
  in
• 6:51
  National
• 6:51
  Football
• 6:51
  League
• 6:52
  history.
• 6:52
  If
• 6:53
  you
• 6:53
  remember
• 6:53
  back
• 6:53
  in
• 6:54
  the
• 6:54
  early
• 6:54
  30s,
• 6:54
  I
• 6:55
  believe
• 6:55
  it
• 6:55
  was
• 6:55
  in
• 6:55
  1932
• 6:56
  impromptu
• 6:57
  championship,
• 6:59
  that
• 6:59
  indoor
• 6:59
  game.
• 7:01
  He
• 7:01
  threw
• 7:02
  a
• 7:02
  pass
• 7:03
  that
• 7:03
  back
• 7:03
  then
• 7:03
  you
• 7:04
  had
• 7:04
  the
• 7:04
  five
• 7:05
  yard
• 7:05
  rule.
• 7:06
  A
• 7:06
  pass
• 7:06
  had
• 7:06
  to
• 7:07
  be
• 7:07
  thrown
• 7:07
  from
• 7:07
  five
• 7:08
  yards
• 7:08
  or
• 7:08
  more
• 7:08
  behind
• 7:09
  the
• 7:09
  line
• 7:09
  of
• 7:09
  scrimmage.
• 7:10
  It
• 7:11
  was
• 7:11
  very
• 7:11
  questionable
• 7:12
  when
• 7:12
  Nagurski
• 7:13
  released
• 7:13
  the
• 7:13
  ball
• 7:13
  where
• 7:13
  he
• 7:14
  was
• 7:14
  when
• 7:14
  he
• 7:14
  threw
• 7:14
  a
• 7:15
  touchdown
• 7:15
  pass.
• 7:16
  The
• 7:16
  only
• 7:16
  touchdown
• 7:17
  of
• 7:17
  the
• 7:17
  game
• 7:18
  as
• 7:19
  the
• 7:19
  Bears
• 7:19
  defeated
• 7:20
  the
• 7:20
  Portsmouth
• 7:20
  Spartans.
• 7:21
  Catching
• 7:22
  that
• 7:22
  pass
• 7:22
  was
• 7:23
  none
• 7:23
  other
• 7:23
  than
• 7:23
  Red
• 7:24
  Grange.
• 7:24
  And
• 7:25
  you
• 7:25
  can
• 7:25
  read
• 7:25
  a
• 7:25
  little
• 7:26
  bit
• 7:26
  about
• 7:27
  Red
• 7:27
  Grange
• 7:27
  in
• 7:27
  a
• 7:27
  recent
• 7:28
  book
• 7:28
  that
• 7:28
  we
• 7:28
  were
• 7:28
  a
• 7:29
  part
• 7:29
  of.
• 7:29
  Chris
• 7:29
  Willis
• 7:30
  authored
• 7:31
  a
• 7:31
  book
• 7:31
  of
• 7:31
  red
• 7:31
  Grange
• 7:32
  and
• 7:32
  100
• 7:33
  year
• 7:33
  anniversary
• 7:34
  scrapbook
• 7:34
  of
• 7:35
  the
• 7:35
  Barnstorming
• 7:36
  Years
• 7:36
  of
• 7:36
  The
• 7:36
  Chicago
• 7:37
  Bears
• 7:38
  1925
• 7:39
  through
• 7:39
  2025.
• 7:40
  So
• 7:40
  great
• 7:41
  book.
• 7:41
  You
• 7:41
  can
• 7:41
  catch
• 7:42
  it
• 7:42
  on
• 7:42
  Pigskin
• 7:43
  Dispatch,
• 7:43
  our
• 7:44
  Pigskin
• 7:44
  Dispatch
• 7:45
  store
• 7:45
  on
• 7:45
  pigskindispatch.com
• 7:47
  or
• 7:47
  anywhere
• 7:47
  on
• 7:47
  Amazon
• 7:48
  under
• 7:48
  Chris
• 7:49
  Willis's
• 7:49
  or
• 7:49
  my
• 7:50
  my
• 7:50
  name.
• 7:51
  Some
• 7:51
  great
• 7:51
  history
• 7:52
  there.
• 7:53
  But
• 7:53
  Bronco
• 7:54
  was
• 7:54
  not
• 7:54
  the
• 7:54
  longest
• 7:55
  tenured
• 7:55
  even
• 7:55
  though
• 7:56
  that
• 7:56
  was
• 7:56
  a
• 7:56
  five
• 7:56
  year
• 7:57
  absence.
• 7:59
  We
• 7:59
  come
• 7:59
  to
• 8:00
  one
• 8:00
  of
• 8:00
  my
• 8:01
  players
• 8:01
  that
• 8:02
  came
• 8:02
  out
• 8:02
  with
• 8:02
  my
• 8:03
  team,
• 8:03
  the
• 8:04
  Pittsburgh
• 8:04
  Steelers
• 8:05
  called
• 8:06
  up
• 8:06
  a
• 8:06
  quarterback
• 8:07
  in
• 8:08
  2002,
• 8:09
  Tommy
• 8:10
  Max.
• 8:10
  I'm
• 8:10
  sorry,
• 8:10
  2001
• 8:11
  Tommy
• 8:12
  Maddox,
• 8:13
  if
• 8:13
  you
• 8:13
  remember
• 8:13
  him,
• 8:14
  he
• 8:14
  was
• 8:14
  another
• 8:15
  really
• 8:15
  outstanding
• 8:16
  college
• 8:18
  star
• 8:19
  who
• 8:19
  just
• 8:19
  came
• 8:20
  into
• 8:20
  the
• 8:20
  NFL
• 8:20
  and
• 8:21
  just
• 8:21
  had
• 8:21
  all
• 8:21
  kinds
• 8:21
  of
• 8:22
  problems.
• 8:22
  Some
• 8:22
  of
• 8:22
  them
• 8:22
  were
• 8:23
  self
• 8:23
  inflicted.
• 8:23
  You
• 8:24
  can
• 8:24
  read
• 8:24
  about
• 8:24
  that
• 8:24
  on
• 8:25
  some
• 8:25
  other
• 8:25
  website
• 8:25
  where
• 8:26
  they're
• 8:26
  not.
• 8:26
  Positive
• 8:27
  football
• 8:27
  history.
• 8:28
  We're
• 8:28
  talking
• 8:28
  positive
• 8:29
  football
• 8:29
  history
• 8:30
  here
• 8:30
  in
• 8:30
  Pixie
• 8:30
  and
• 8:30
  Dispatch.
• 8:31
  But
• 8:31
  Tommy
• 8:31
  Maddox
• 8:32
  came
• 8:32
  out
• 8:32
  of
• 8:33
  college
• 8:33
  highly
• 8:33
  touted,
• 8:34
  didn't
• 8:34
  do
• 8:34
  so
• 8:35
  well
• 8:35
  in
• 8:35
  the
• 8:35
  NFL
• 8:36
  and
• 8:37
  in
• 8:37
  1995
• 8:38
  he
• 8:39
  left
• 8:39
  the
• 8:39
  league,
• 8:40
  bounced
• 8:40
  around
• 8:41
  a
• 8:41
  little
• 8:41
  bit,
• 8:42
  probably
• 8:42
  doing
• 8:42
  some
• 8:42
  odd
• 8:43
  jobs,
• 8:43
  playing
• 8:43
  in
• 8:43
  some
• 8:44
  odd
• 8:44
  leagues
• 8:45
  and
• 8:46
  ended
• 8:46
  up
• 8:46
  playing
• 8:46
  in
• 8:46
  the
• 8:46
  original
• 8:47
  XFL
• 8:48
  2001
• 8:51
  he
• 8:51
  had
• 8:51
  a
• 8:51
  good
• 8:52
  season
• 8:52
  in
• 8:52
  the
• 8:52
  XFL
• 8:53
  and
• 8:54
  he
• 8:54
  had
• 8:54
  another
• 8:54
  shot.
• 8:56
  He
• 8:56
  was
• 8:56
  the
• 8:56
  NFL
• 8:57
  player
• 8:58
  comeback
• 8:58
  player
• 8:58
  of
• 8:59
  the
• 8:59
  year
• 8:59
  in
• 9:00
  2002
• 9:00
  at
• 9:00
  the
• 9:00
  Pittsburgh
• 9:01
  Steelers
• 9:02
  as
• 9:02
  he
• 9:02
  led
• 9:02
  them
• 9:03
  into
• 9:03
  the
• 9:03
  playoffs
• 9:04
  and
• 9:04
  even
• 9:04
  won
• 9:04
  a
• 9:04
  playoff
• 9:04
  game.
• 9:05
  If
• 9:05
  you
• 9:05
  remember
• 9:05
  that
• 9:05
  great
• 9:06
  comeback
• 9:06
  win
• 9:07
  the
• 9:07
  Steelers
• 9:07
  had
• 9:08
  over
• 9:08
  the
• 9:08
  Cleveland
• 9:08
  Browns
• 9:08
  after
• 9:09
  being
• 9:09
  down,
• 9:09
  I
• 9:10
  don't
• 9:10
  know
• 9:10
  what
• 9:10
  they
• 9:10
  were,
• 9:11
  probably
• 9:11
  three
• 9:11
  or
• 9:11
  four
• 9:12
  touchdowns
• 9:12
  in
• 9:12
  the
• 9:12
  second
• 9:13
  half
• 9:13
  and
• 9:13
  they
• 9:14
  just
• 9:14
  went
• 9:14
  on
• 9:14
  A
• 9:15
  miraculous
• 9:16
  thing
• 9:16
  really
• 9:16
  earned
• 9:17
  back
• 9:17
  his
• 9:17
  name
• 9:18
  of
• 9:18
  the
• 9:18
  Tommy
• 9:18
  Gun
• 9:19
  Maddox
• 9:20
  offense.
• 9:21
  And
• 9:21
  then
• 9:21
  you
• 9:22
  know,
• 9:22
  2003
• 9:22
  he
• 9:23
  had
• 9:23
  a
• 9:23
  so
• 9:23
  so
• 9:23
  year
• 9:25
  then
• 9:26
  you
• 9:26
  know,
• 9:26
  kind
• 9:26
  of
• 9:26
  had
• 9:27
  an
• 9:27
  injury
• 9:28
  week
• 9:28
  Two
• 9:29
  against
• 9:29
  the
• 9:29
  Baltimore
• 9:30
  Ravens
• 9:30
  and
• 9:31
  a
• 9:31
  young
• 9:31
  rookie
• 9:31
  named
• 9:32
  Ben
• 9:32
  Roethlisberger
• 9:33
  came
• 9:33
  in
• 9:33
  to
• 9:34
  start
• 9:34
  and
• 9:34
  went
• 9:34
  on
• 9:34
  a
• 9:34
  15
• 9:35
  and
• 9:35
  one
• 9:36
  run
• 9:36
  the
• 9:37
  rest
• 9:37
  of
• 9:37
  that
• 9:37
  year
• 9:37
  and
• 9:37
  lost
• 9:37
  in
• 9:38
  the
• 9:38
  AFC
• 9:38
  Championship
• 9:39
  game.
• 9:39
  And
• 9:39
  Tommy
• 9:40
  Maddox
• 9:40
  never
• 9:40
  saw
• 9:41
  the
• 9:41
  field
• 9:41
  again
• 9:42
  after
• 9:42
  that.
• 9:43
  But
• 9:43
  six
• 9:44
  years
• 9:44
  out
• 9:44
  of
• 9:44
  the
• 9:44
  National
• 9:45
  Football
• 9:45
  League
• 9:45
  for
• 9:45
  Tommy
• 9:46
  Maddox,
• 9:47
  but
• 9:47
  even
• 9:47
  he
• 9:48
  is
• 9:48
  not
• 9:49
  the
• 9:49
  longest
• 9:49
  tenured
• 9:50
  one
• 9:50
  that
• 9:50
  in
• 9:50
  our
• 9:50
  research
• 9:52
  we
• 9:52
  had
• 9:52
  a
• 9:52
  guy
• 9:52
  that
• 9:53
  was
• 9:53
  a
• 9:53
  Heisman
• 9:53
  Trophy
• 9:54
  winner,
• 9:55
  very
• 9:55
  highly
• 9:56
  touted
• 9:56
  out
• 9:56
  of
• 9:56
  Boston
• 9:57
  College,
• 9:57
  came
• 9:58
  into
• 9:58
  the
• 9:58
  league
• 9:59
  again,
• 9:59
  did
• 10:00
  not
• 10:00
  have
• 10:00
  a
• 10:00
  very
• 10:00
  good
• 10:01
  NFL
• 10:02
  career
• 10:02
  early
• 10:02
  on
• 10:03
  and
• 10:03
  left
• 10:03
  the
• 10:04
  league,
• 10:04
  end
• 10:04
  up
• 10:04
  going
• 10:05
  to
• 10:05
  the
• 10:05
  cfl,
• 10:05
  having
• 10:06
  good
• 10:06
  time.
• 10:07
  That's
• 10:07
  Doug
• 10:07
  Flutie,
• 10:09
  if
• 10:09
  you
• 10:09
  remember
• 10:09
  that.
• 10:09
  So
• 10:09
  this
• 10:10
  is
• 10:10
  a
• 10:10
  Heisman
• 10:10
  winner.
• 10:11
  He
• 10:11
  had
• 10:12
  a
• 10:12
  nine
• 10:12
  year
• 10:12
  layoff,
• 10:14
  his
• 10:14
  start
• 10:14
  to
• 10:14
  finish
• 10:14
  in
• 10:15
  the
• 10:15
  National
• 10:15
  Football
• 10:15
  League
• 10:16
  when
• 10:16
  he
• 10:16
  returned
• 10:17
  to
• 10:17
  the
• 10:17
  Bills
• 10:17
  in
• 10:18
  1998
• 10:19
  and
• 10:19
  he
• 10:20
  played
• 10:20
  well,
• 10:20
  he
• 10:20
  made
• 10:20
  the
• 10:21
  Pro
• 10:21
  bowl.
• 10:21
  He
• 10:22
  was
• 10:22
  a
• 10:22
  comeback
• 10:22
  player
• 10:22
  of
• 10:23
  the
• 10:23
  year,
• 10:23
  much
• 10:23
  like
• 10:23
  Maddox
• 10:24
  was
• 10:24
  and
• 10:24
  he
• 10:24
  led
• 10:25
  the
• 10:25
  Bills
• 10:25
  to
• 10:25
  playoffs
• 10:26
  in
• 10:26
  each
• 10:26
  of
• 10:27
  his
• 10:27
  two
• 10:27
  seasons
• 10:28
  starting
• 10:28
  in
• 10:29
  Buffalo.
• 10:31
  Definitely
• 10:31
  a
• 10:32
  great
• 10:32
  player,
• 10:33
  went
• 10:33
  on,
• 10:33
  played
• 10:34
  a
• 10:34
  little
• 10:34
  bit
• 10:34
  with
• 10:34
  the
• 10:34
  Patriots
• 10:35
  and
• 10:36
  has
• 10:36
  that,
• 10:37
  that
• 10:37
  last
• 10:38
  drop
• 10:38
  kick
• 10:38
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• 10:39
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• 10:39
  Football
• 10:39
  League
• 10:39
  history
• 10:40
  thus
• 10:40
  far
• 10:42
  back
• 10:42
  in
• 10:42
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• 10:42
  early
• 10:42
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• 10:43
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• 10:43
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• 10:44
  and
• 10:45
  still
• 10:46
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• 10:46
  a
• 10:46
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• 10:47
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• 10:47
  But
• 10:47
  yeah,
• 10:48
  Doug
• 10:48
  Flutie
• 10:49
  a
• 10:49
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• 10:49
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• 10:50
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• 10:50
  with
• 10:50
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• 10:51
  So
• 10:51
  those
• 10:51
  are
• 10:51
  some
• 10:52
  of
• 10:52
  the
• 10:52
  players
• 10:52
  that
• 10:52
  we
• 10:53
  came
• 10:53
  up
• 10:53
  not
• 10:54
  to
• 10:54
  diminish
• 10:54
  what
• 10:54
  Philip
• 10:55
  Rivers
• 10:55
  is
• 10:55
  doing,
• 10:56
  but
• 10:56
  to
• 10:57
  honor
• 10:58
  Philip
• 10:58
  Rivers
• 10:59
  and
• 10:59
  all
• 10:59
  these
• 10:59
  other
• 11:00
  players
• 11:00
  who
• 11:00
  many
• 11:01
  of
• 11:01
  them
• 11:01
  came
• 11:01
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• 11:01
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• 11:01
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• 11:02
  much
• 11:02
  better
• 11:02
  careers
• 11:03
  in
• 11:03
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• 11:03
  National
• 11:03
  Football
• 11:03
  League
• 11:04
  the
• 11:04
  second
• 11:04
  time
• 11:04
  around.
• 11:06
  Maybe
• 11:06
  that'll
• 11:06
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• 11:06
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• 11:07
  for
• 11:07
  Philip
• 11:08
  Rivers,
• 11:08
  but
• 11:08
  man
• 11:09
  did
• 11:09
  he
• 11:09
  have
• 11:09
  a
• 11:09
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• 11:10
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• 11:10
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• 11:10
  Fame
• 11:10
  career
• 11:11
  his
• 11:11
  first
• 11:11
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• 11:12
  in
• 11:12
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• 11:12
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• 11:12
  So
• 11:12
  I
• 11:13
  doubt
• 11:13
  it's
• 11:13
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• 11:13
  to
• 11:13
  happen.
• 11:14
  He'll
• 11:14
  be
• 11:14
  better
• 11:14
  than
• 11:15
  that,
• 11:15
  but
• 11:15
  you
• 11:16
  never
• 11:16
  know.
• 11:16
  Maybe
• 11:17
  he
• 11:17
  can
• 11:18
  miraculously
• 11:19
  get
• 11:19
  somehow
• 11:20
  get
• 11:20
  the
• 11:20
  Colts
• 11:21
  into
• 11:21
  the
• 11:21
  playoffs
• 11:22
  and
• 11:22
  do
• 11:23
  some
• 11:23
  damage
• 11:23
  or
• 11:23
  at
• 11:24
  least
• 11:24
  win
• 11:24
  some
• 11:24
  games.
• 11:24
  But
• 11:24
  it
• 11:25
  sure
• 11:25
  is
• 11:25
  a
• 11:25
  lot
• 11:25
  of
• 11:25
  fun
• 11:25
  to
• 11:25
  talk
• 11:26
  about.
• 11:26
  It's
• 11:26
  fun
• 11:27
  to
• 11:27
  go
• 11:27
  back
• 11:27
  and
• 11:27
  preserve
• 11:28
  the
• 11:28
  history
• 11:29
  based
• 11:29
  on
• 11:30
  what
• 11:30
  his
• 11:30
  action
• 11:31
  is
• 11:31
  and
• 11:31
  coming
• 11:31
  back
• 11:32
  at
• 11:32
  the
• 11:32
  age
• 11:32
  of
• 11:32
  43.
• 11:33
  And
• 11:34
  the
• 11:34
  other
• 11:35
  funny
• 11:35
  thing
• 11:35
  about
• 11:36
  him
• 11:36
  is
• 11:37
  when
• 11:37
  he
• 11:38
  came
• 11:38
  back,
• 11:38
  Philip
• 11:39
  Rivers
• 11:40
  replaced
• 11:41
  Riley
• 11:41
  Leonard,
• 11:42
  the
• 11:42
  rookie
• 11:42
  from
• 11:42
  Notre
• 11:43
  Dame.
• 11:44
  And
• 11:44
  Rivers
• 11:45
  has
• 11:45
  children
• 11:46
  older
• 11:46
  than
• 11:47
  Riley
• 11:47
  Leonard
• 11:48
  is
• 11:48
  the
• 11:49
  man
• 11:49
  who
• 11:49
  replaced
• 11:50
  them
• 11:50
  has
• 11:50
  children
• 11:51
  older
• 11:51
  than
• 11:51
  him.
• 11:52
  Kind
• 11:52
  of
• 11:52
  an
• 11:52
  odd
• 11:53
  situation.
• 11:53
  I
• 11:53
  don't
• 11:53
  know
• 11:53
  if
• 11:53
  we
• 11:54
  will
• 11:54
  see
• 11:54
  that
• 11:54
  again.
• 11:55
  Not
• 11:55
  sure
• 11:55
  about
• 11:55
  the
• 11:55
  whole
• 11:56
  grandfather
• 11:56
  thing
• 11:56
  again,
• 11:57
  but
• 11:58
  we
• 11:58
  can
• 11:58
  tell
• 11:58
  you
• 11:59
  probably.
• 11:59
  Doug
• 11:59
  Flutie
• 12:00
  with
• 12:00
  his
• 12:00
  nine
• 12:00
  year
• 12:00
  absence
• 12:01
  is
• 12:01
  probably
• 12:01
  the
• 12:01
  longest
• 12:02
  tenured
• 12:03
  man
• 12:03
  to
• 12:03
  play
• 12:04
  in
• 12:04
  the
• 12:04
  NFL,
• 12:05
  leave
• 12:05
  the
• 12:05
  NFL
• 12:06
  and
• 12:06
  then
• 12:06
  return
• 12:07
  and.
• 12:08
  But
• 12:08
  what
• 12:08
  are
• 12:08
  your
• 12:09
  thoughts?
• 12:09
  Who,
• 12:09
  who
• 12:09
  are
• 12:10
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• 12:10
  of
• 12:10
  the
• 12:10
  people
• 12:10
  that
• 12:11
  you
• 12:11
  have
• 12:11
  that
• 12:11
  maybe
• 12:11
  somebody
• 12:12
  we
• 12:12
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• 12:12
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• 12:12
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• 12:13
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• 12:13
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• 12:13
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• 12:13
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• 12:14
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• 12:15
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• 12:15
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• 12:15
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• 12:15
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• 12:15
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• 12:16
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• 12:16
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• 12:16
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