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Ep.43: Help is on the way · Football Junkies podcast

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Bag alert, bag alert, bag alert, bag alert folks.
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That's right.
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We got football tonight, but we really don't care about that right now because we got a
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bag alert and we got some trades.
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Okay, some may well one of them is a major trade.
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The other one, not so much little bit questionable, but who really cares about that?
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Okay, D hop goes to Kansas City.
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That's right.
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D hop, Deandre Hopkins goes to Kansas City.
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Alvin Kamera gets a bag during the season.
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Jerome Baker goes from Seattle to Tennessee.
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Probably want to get him some good ribs.
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I heard they got some good ribs down there.
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Devin White goes to the Texans.
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Cooper cut trade rumors?
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Question mark?
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Maybe?
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I don't know.
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Steelers do something?
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Vikings and Rams preview tonight.
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John Merrick gives his vote of confidence for both Joe Shane and Brian Dabel and some
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junkie bombs about the state of college football right now, especially the quarterbacks.
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Okay, you're not going to like what I'm going to say, but it has to be said.
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Okay, all of this and more on the 43rd episode of the football junkies podcast.
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Okay, I am your host with the most your GM who currently is not on a team right now.
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But don't you worry about that.
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I am all these things and more.
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I am your chief.
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Bagrodamas, I am your chief head of the table, chief meteorologist, bag meteorologist.
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Okay.
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But most importantly, I'm your host, Kale.
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You already know what I'm getting ready to say.
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Okay.
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You already know on three, one, two, three, let's lock in.
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All right, folks, let's get into the meat and potatoes of everything that's going on
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in the league right now.
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I want to try to keep this episode fairly short since I since the other episode was
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an hour long.
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So maybe it'll work.
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Maybe it doesn't work.
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Most of the times it don't work.
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Who cares?
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But let's get into this bag.
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Let's okay.
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Alvin Kamara gets paid during the season.
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Okay.
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This was a shocker.
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This was a curve ball.
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Okay.
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He gets a two year, $24.5 million deal.
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He'll be making 12.2 million a year.
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Okay.
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Now, when you look at his stats last year, 180 attempts for 694 rushing yards, 3.9 yards
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per carry, five touchdowns and 15 rushes of 10 plus yards and more.
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Let's be real here, folks.
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Alvin Kamara has definitely been one of their most consistent offensive weapons since coming
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into the league.
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Okay.
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You are talking about one of the most balanced running backs in the league.
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Okay.
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You're talking about somebody who is just as good of a runner as well as a pass catcher,
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you know, in the backfield.
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He can do it all.
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Like he's definitely been a very key piece in all of this.
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And you know, with him looming and possibly being a free agent after this season, you
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know, you want to make sure that you want to try to prevent that from happening.
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Okay.
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Because there are some teams that would be willing to give 12 to $13 million a year for
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Alvin Kamara just because of what he brings to the table.
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Because originally, let's remember here, folks, during the summer, there was a little bit
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of a mini holdout that, you know, he was trying to look for more money and it wasn't trying
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to budge, but now I think they've come to the realization that, hey, it's time we lock
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up our guy.
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Because again, he's one of the best.
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He's one of the most consistent.
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He always plays and he shows up.
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He showed up.
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He has shown up every single time when they need him the most.
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Alvin Kamara is there and he always delivers.
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So congratulations to him on getting his back.
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Now let's get into these trade.
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Let's get into the most important one and then we'll get into the one that really doesn't
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matter the most.
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Okay.
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So DHOP, former Titans, was it Titans, Texans and Cardinals, now Chiefs, receiver DHOP has
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been traded from the Titans to the Chiefs.
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Okay.
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So this is the breakdown and everything.
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Okay.
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So the Titans receive a 20-25 conditional fifth round pick that can turn into a fourth round
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pick if DHOP makes it to the Super Bowl and he plays 60 of his snaps.
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The Titans also agreed to pay 2.5 million of his contract before shipping him off to
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Kansas City.
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So when we look at this, it was definitely expected.
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This was definitely a move that was definitely going to happen either now or after Sunday
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simply because the Chiefs need a receiver.
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They need receiver help bad.
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And you know, what did the GM say?
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Help is on the way.
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Help is on the way.
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Don't you worry.
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Help is on the way and they deliver.
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Let's be real here, folks.
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Everyone knew that the Chiefs were going to get a receiver before the trade deadline was
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over.
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At some point they were going to get somebody, whether it be Deontay, Adam Thielen, Mike
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Williams, DHOP, Deontay Adams, whoever was was floating around.
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They were going to add was not on the roster.
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You know, the receiver core is basically decimated with injuries, right?
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Juju is hurt, but she rice is out.
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You know, it's it's not looking good.
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It really is not looking good for the Chiefs.
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And that offense just hasn't had that spark that has few years.
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So it was definitely a much needed move.
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It's actually a great move, honestly speaking, because you only gave up a fifth round pick
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that can that will that has a chance of turning into a fourth round pick.
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And he's not carrying this large cap hit.
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And you know, it's basically, you know, the rest of a year, not the rest of a year, but
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it's basically a small rental.
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I mean, it's a win-win situation.
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Now you guys look a little bit more competitive and you guys could possibly, you know, take
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this thing to the Super Bowl, which I don't I don't expect, but you know, there's that.
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But again, I think the main point that I want to drive in this trade is they got someone
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who is still a great red zone threat, who was still a great, you know, deep threat.
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And he's just he is still playing at a very high level.
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Do he still has some of the best hands in league right now?
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Sure, he may not have the explosive that he had, you know, when he was in his prime, but
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best believe when he throw his hand up to let you know that he's open, he's going to
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he's going to come down with that ball.
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I don't care who's covering him.
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It could be sauce, PS2 and somebody else all covering D hop.
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D hop is going to get that ball.
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He is going to find a way to get the ball.
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So does this necessarily, you know, change the temperature for the chiefs?
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No, not really, because I still think that they need to that they have to wait for Isaiah
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Pacheco to get healthy and others on that offense to get healthy in order to be taken,
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you know, seriously, because again, Patrick Mahomes does not look good this season.
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He doesn't.
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He does not look good.
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If it wasn't for the defense and especially having Chris Jones, the chiefs would have
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lost.
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They would have lost on Sunday against the 49ers, most definitely because Patrick Mahomes
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looked horrible.
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But now that they have D hop and they have someone that he can rely on, hey, this may
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change the winds of fate.
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Who knows?
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Now, let's go into the other trade.
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So former dolphins.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, he definitely played for the dolphins.
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And now former Seahawks linebacker Jerome Baker has been traded from the Seahawks to
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the Titans.
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Does it make any sense?
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No, not one bit.
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So basically the Titans receive a 20, 25, four-round pick and Jerome Baker, the Seahawks receive
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Ernest Jones.
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Now, I don't understand why they made this trade.
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I don't understand why they made this move.
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Maybe they wanted to try to maybe get somewhat of a quote unquote upgrade.
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Maybe I don't know.
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It definitely doesn't make any sense.
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It's definitely a head scratcher if we're being real here simply because, you know,
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they traded for Ernest Jones not too long ago.
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So why are you Jerome Baker?
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I don't know.
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I don't know.
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I'm not in these front offices.
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I just report what's going on.
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Does it make any sense?
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But who cares, honestly, if we're being real here?
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Let's get into another free age, well, another major thing that has occurred.
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Devin White is going to the Texans.
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Yeah.
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Devin White is going to the Texans.
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So basically, you know, the Texans linebacker room has been decimated with injuries.
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Christian Harris is still on IR with a calf injury.
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Henry Tutu is still in concussion protocol.
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disease, I'll show you, still has a knee injury.
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So you know, they definitely needed to bring in somebody just to, you know, keep things
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afloat.
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And the best option is Devin White.
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Now granted, do I feel like Devin White, you know, should do I feel like Devin White
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shouldn't have been a free agent for sure?
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I feel like the Eagles missed out on using someone like a Devin White because they need
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someone like a Devin White because he's still he's still a good, rangy, you know, coverage
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linebacker.
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He still is.
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So I just don't understand why in the world you wouldn't want to use Devin White, but
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you know, onto greener pastures.
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If now we do have to talk about the the biggest news that everybody, especially Steelers fans
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have been raving about since the news came out, so according to Diana Roussini from the
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athletic, she reported, I think a few days ago, basically stating that, you know, Cooper
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Cup is available.
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He's available for trade.
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And you know, when I first when I first got the news, I was just like, maybe I don't know.
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It seems a little bit too good to be true.
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But you know, as time went by, it was just like, yeah, that actually sounds like a really
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good situation and a really good option for the Steelers.
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And you know, this is this is what I'll say because I was arguing with people about this
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move that were basically saying, oh, well, what about the money this than the other blah,
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blah, blah.
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Let me tell you something.
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Next year, he's only guaranteed $5 million.
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He's only guaranteed $5 million.
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Now, the Rams are looking for a second round pick and they're willing to take on some of
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his salary.
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So I think right now he's making I think his salary this year is like nine, nine million
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around that ballpark.
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So if they're willing to take some of it, maybe about three, three to five million, that's
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easy to work with now granted the second round pick, you know what, I'm gonna have to put
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in my GM hat.
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Where's my GM hat?
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There we go.
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Now, this is what I will say me personally, I would do it simply because Cooper Cup, regardless
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of what anybody would say, is still one of the best receivers in the league.
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Granted, I understand he's been banged up, you know, lately, I get all of that.
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But guess what?
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When he is on that field, he is one of the best receivers in the league.
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I will continue to say that and I will continue to beat on the table and say, because again,
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Cooper Cup has that both inside and outside versatility.
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He's a really good blocker.
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He doesn't he doesn't bring all this drama, you know, with you.
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He's just a blue collar, put your head down, get to work type of receiver.
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And that's what, you know, that's what a lot of teams need, especially for the Steelers.
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If I'm the Steelers, I'm picking up the phone and I'm giving them exactly what they want.
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I'm doing it.
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And this is what I will say.
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And I'm going to be very honest here for just a quick moment, you're going to hear a little
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bit of my fandom.
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Omar, you have to get this done.
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You have to get this done simply because the time now, if you really want to maximize this
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maximize this year, if you really want to see where the team is, you have to somewhat
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be all in.
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Now I'm not saying you have to get rid of all your draft picks and, you know, destroy
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your cap space for players.
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I'm not saying that.
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But listen, you got a little bit of a spark on Sunday.
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You want to keep on building off of that spark.
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You want to turn that spark into a full blown wildfire.
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You want that simply because if you add Cooper Cup, that's an instant upgrade to the offense.
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You basically have somebody that's going to take a lot of attention away, which then opens
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up the field for other players like George Pickens, Calvin Austin, Pat Friar move and
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company.
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I'm just saying.
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I understand that you want to wait and, you know, play it safe and whatnot.
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You can't play it safe with this.
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You can't.
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You whiffed on Brandy Nyewick.
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You wasn't able to get Devonte Adams.
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I don't know what's going on with the whole Mike, Mike Williams situation.
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You have to get a receiver.
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If you want to be serious, if you want to do more than just win just one playoff game,
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if you really want to make a run, you have to do this because guess what?
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If you don't do this, there's going to be another team that's going to be lurking.
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That's going to be, that's going to be a little bit more aggressive and get Cooper Cup.
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And then guess what?
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Then you're going to be ass out and then you're going to be saying, well, we tried to do the
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best that we could, but you know, we were just trying to be patient.
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No, forget about being patient.
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Patient doesn't get you anything.
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What patient gets you is a, is the end of your season while everybody else's season
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is still going on.
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Let's be, let's be real here.
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We still haven't forgot about how you whiffed on Deontay Johnson.
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We still haven't forgot about that.
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If you trade for Cooper Cup, you make things right.
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Once again, you're back in the good graces because right now the stain that is on Omar
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Cohn's, you know, track record right now is the Deontay Johnson trade.
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Now granted, I understand that he did it because Deontay Johnson was calling, was causing
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a little bit of riffraff and he was being a little bit more public about his views and
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opinions about the lack of quarterback play.
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I get all of that, but it, it, you solved one problem.
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Well, you somewhat solved one problem to create another.
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That's essentially what you did.
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And now you're trying to rewrite this wrong and it hasn't gotten you anywhere.
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It hasn't.
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You were too patient with the brand night you look situation.
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What happened that blew up in your face.
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There's been multiple, you've had multiple opportunities to get a receiver and you've
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been quote unquote too patient.
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You cannot do it because guess what?
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There is a team like the Eagles in company who are just lurking, lurking, waiting to
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figure out, okay, can we do this?
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Okay, maybe if we move this money around and we do this, this and this, maybe we can create
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a little bit of cash space right here, move this over, push this back to that.
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Make the trade now.
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Make the trade now after this, after tonight's game, you have to make that trade pronto like
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Hancho, because if you don't, and if you whiff on this, people are going to come at you.
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People are going to be very critical at you because why Russell Wilson?
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I understand this is his first game with the Steelers, but that offense, it showed a lot.
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This is the second game where the offense looks very fluid.
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You want to keep on building off of this.
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You want to the defense is playing, you know, at their playing like like their like their
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head is on fire.
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The offense is starting to get there.
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If you really want to know what you have, you got to bring in some weapons.
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You have to bring in some weapons.
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Who knows?
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Now, I'm not saying this team could, if we get a Cobra Cup and whatnot, will this make
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this team, you know, a Super Bowl team?
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No, I'm not saying that.
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What I am saying is this can make this team a whole lot more competitive than what people
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expect.
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That's all I'm saying.
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And I'll just leave it there.
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Okay.
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Now, moving on to the other things that do need to be discussed.
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We got football tonight, folks.
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Yes.
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That's right.
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We got football tonight.
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So Vikings and Rams play tonight.
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Honestly, I feel like a lot is on a lot is on the line for both will mainly for the Rams
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than it is for the for the Vikings.
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And I'll I'll get into that in a little bit.
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But these are just a few junkie nuggets that I have, you know, rolled down and whatnot.
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So this is what I'll say.
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So the Vikings are coming off a loss to the Lions, of course, 2931.
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The Rams are coming off a W against the Raiders, which is cool.
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There is optimism that both Puka, Nakuha and Cobra Cup will play tonight, which is definitely
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some some big news.
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And in all six games, Matthew Stafford has thrown for less than two touchdowns this season.
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Now this is what I will say.
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The Rams offense has not looked good since Puka and Cobra Cup has been out.
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It has not.
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And, you know, this is a very important game for the Rams, because this game is going to
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determine if there's going to be a fire sale or if there's hope.
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That's big.
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They're at a crossroads right now, and they're trying to figure out exactly, you know, what
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exactly do do they want to do moving forward, because I guarantee you if the Rams win tonight's
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game, it'll calm down the trade rumors for Cobra Cup.
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It will.
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Now I'm not saying it will completely extinguish it, but it will definitely tamp it down just
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a little bit.
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But if the Rams lose tonight, it's going to heighten up those it's going to heighten
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up those trade rumors.
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And then you'll probably see a quicker turnover, you know, of a trade happening for Cobra a
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little bit longer and whatnot, because remember, the trade deadline got pushed back by by a
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week.
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So next week is the last full week of, you know, observing and figuring out what teams
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want to do moving forward.
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Right.
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And you know what, I think I'm going to explain more of that in another episode.
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I think I think I need to do that just so just so we can just so we can break things
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down because there is a bigger there was a bigger topic that that that needs to be discussed
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with that.
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And yeah, I'll just leave it at that.
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But you know, for me, what I am expecting tonight is basically a game where the Vikings
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are going to be aggressive.
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They're going to be aggressive.
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They're going to be, you know, they're going to show they're going to bounce back and they're
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going to continue to be dominant.
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Granted, you know, it was a very close game.
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It was still anybody's game with with their game against the against the Lions.
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But you know, if they want to get back on straight street, if they want to get back
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into the W column, this is the night.
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This is the night.
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This is the team.
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All those different types of things.
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Okay.
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But that Vikings defense, they're going to do their thing.
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They're going to impose.
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They're going to try to impose their will on that Rams offense.
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Because again, the Rams offense is it hasn't been as productive and granted that a lot
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of that has to do with with injuries and whatnot.
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But you know, are they going to continue and keep the that they have when they won the
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Super Bowl?
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Or are they going to start taking calls for certain people stock up their draft picks
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and then just build through the draft?
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That's just how I look at it.
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Now I could I could definitely be wrong.
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Now on to the one of the last things.
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Wow, we're only at 20 minutes.
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Oh, wow.
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I told you guys this this episode is going to be fairly short, you know, because I don't
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want to try to I don't want to try to give you guys these long, like super, super, super,
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super long episodes.
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I want to try to give you a mix of long episodes and short episodes just so you guys can have
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a, you know, a mixed bag of everything.
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So last night, well, yesterday afternoon slash night, basically John Merrill, you know, went
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public and somebody asked him about, you know, will he be firing both Brian Dable and Joe
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Shane?
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And basically he to some things up basically said that he is going to be more patient than
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what he has in recent years and give them time to show them, you know, that they can
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turn things around, which that's that's perfectly fine.
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But I think my gripe is, I think at this point, Joe Shane has to show John Merrill, the owner
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of the Giants, exactly what what is his plan moving forward, because there needs to be
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a plan because the offense is lackluster.
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The offense is lacking of talent.
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And you took away one of the most important key pieces of the offense because you decided
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that you didn't want to pay him.
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On top of that, you decided that you wanted to keep Daniel Jones instead of possibly drafting,
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you know, the quarterback for the future, because let's be real here.
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Daniel Jones does not look good.
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That contract that they gave him is starting to look like it was a bad deal.
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And I get it, you know, not every deal that you give, you know, your players is going
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to be great and whatnot, and it's going to, you know, age like wine and, you know, as
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time moves forward, I get all of that.
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But the offense is lacking of talent.
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Malik neighbors is learning their best offensive weapon.
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And he's only one person.
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He's only one person.
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I'm not saying that, you know, you have to, you know, blow a whole bag on the offense.
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But, you know, you didn't help yourself by not trying to keep say, the tone in the way
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that he was basically, you know, talking to say, he was he basically was talking himself
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out of re-signing say, even though say, Kwan said, Hey, I want to be here.
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I've told you multiple times, I would like to be a giant.
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And you decided that you were not going to pay say, Kwan and basically said, well, there's
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no need to pay a sequel.
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There's no need to pay a running back that much amount of money.
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Well, I beg to differ, sir, because right now that running back is having one of the
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best seasons of his life with the Eagles.
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And he's way more healthier.
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Just saying, like, let's be real here.
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Darius Layton most likely is going to get traded because he is the main person that
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everybody has been, you know, speculating that he's definitely going to get traded.
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Jaylen Hyatt.
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I mean, what is he really done?
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What else do you have?
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Okay.
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Theo Johnson is a rookie and he definitely does look good.
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He definitely has been, you know, productive and whatnot.
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But him and Malik neighbor is only two people.
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You have to do more.
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You have to do more.
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If you were persisting and getting Brian Burns, you have to do the same for the offense and
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granting the defense.
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They have Tibidot.
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You have Dexter Lawrence and you have Brian Burns.
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Okay, cool.
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Three three pieces that you can sort of build off of.
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But that's only one side of the ball.
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You still have to, you know, do more for the offense as well, because if you don't do anything
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for the offense, guess what?
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You're not going to go anywhere.
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Brian Dable needs an adequate quarterback.
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He needs adequate weapons in order to maximize his chances of winning because let's be real
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here, folks.
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Washington looks dangerous.
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Washington is going to be a problem moving forward.
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They are going to be a problem.
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They are going to be a hot destination for free agents next year.
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Watch what I say.
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You heard it here first on the football junkies podcast.
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They are going to be a problem because why?
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Leadership is stable.
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The quarterback is playing dynamic and, you know, they have a lot of catch base.
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So they're going to be able to bring in some big fish.
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If we're being real here, all all Washington really has to do is just boost up that defense
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a little bit more, just a little bit, just a few, a few areas.
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I would definitely say pass rush and the defensive line, especially the interior defensive line
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definitely has to be bolster up a little bit more.
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And then for the offense, all they need is another receiver and maybe a more productive
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tight end.
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And then bam, you have yourself a complete team, a young complete team that is ready
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to decimate and destroy.
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But you can't do that, Joe Shane.
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That's why you decided that you wanted to trade for Brian Burns and pay all that money
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to him when you should have done the right thing and taken care of a say, Kwame Barkley,
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but hey, that's on you, sir.
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But again, back to the main point at hand, John Merrick, you have to basically say, okay,
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listen, Brian Dabel, you're cool.
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Continue to keep coaching.
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You're doing a great job with with the situation, you know, the, with the team is in right now
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for Joe Shane, I need to see at least a five to 15 point plane of exactly, okay, we're
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going to address these, these positions and free agency.
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We're going to address this position in the draft.
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We're going where we've been looking at these prospects right here.
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We feel like with these prospects, they will give us the best chance of being, you know,
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competitive and they will provide an instant upgrade to that particular position compared
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to just, you know, just doing willy nilly, right?
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Like come on, it you have to do better because why the cowboys are weak.
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The Eagles don't look that good.
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This is the time now where you have to really build yourself up.
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That's all I'm saying.
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Now, last thing I want to talk about because I'm talking about it a whole lot is college
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football.
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Yes, college football.
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Now, this is what I will say and I'm just going to be very honest here and I understand
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that, you know, the season is, is we're starting to reach somewhat of the midpoint of college
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football.
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I get all that, but these quarterbacks really don't look that good.
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They don't Carson Beck does not look like a first round pick.
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Jaylen Millrow does not look like a first round pick.
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Both of those two do not look like first round picks.
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If we're being real here, the only two quarterbacks right now that I would take in the first
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round is either Cam Ward or should or those are the only two Miami.
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Miami looks like old Miami.
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Honestly speaking here in Colorado, I don't think this I don't think this is the year
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that people can sleep on Colorado.
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Colorado looks like a very dangerous team that can, you know, put points on the board,
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but at the same time when they need to make a play, they can make a play.
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And I'm not saying that just because they have Travis Hunter, but you know, there's
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something different about this Colorado team.
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It is.
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And, you know, the defense looks better.
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The offense looks way more productive and way more consistent.
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And you know, they have a chance.
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They do.
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Now am I saying that they're going to be able to compete with, you know, a Michigan or Ohio
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State or LSU?
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No, I'm not saying that, but I do think that they can make a run.
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I do believe that they can do it because again, this Georgia team does not look good.
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It doesn't.
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And then Alabama, Alabama for a damn sure does not look good.
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And you know, this is sort of, I wouldn't say, I wouldn't say it's a spit in the face,
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but it's definitely, we have to appreciate Nick Saban a little bit more.
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And I, and granted, I understand, you know, we've seen all the clips of him, you know,
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chewing out his, you know, his players and whatnot, but you know why he did that?
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Because there was a level of expectation and discipline when you were, when you were going
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to Alabama.
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And now you just don't see that.
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A lot of the things that are happening now on, on Alabama's team, they would have never
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happened with Nick, Nick Saban.
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They wouldn't have.
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There is a standard for every single person coming into that college when, when they were
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under Nick Saban.
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I don't care if he was a five star prospect.
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I don't care if he was a one star prospect.
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I don't even care if he was a no, no star prospect.
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There was a set level of standards and expectations that you had to meet every single day, every
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single game.
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And if you did not do it, you're going simple as that.
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And Jalen Milrow, he has not looked that good.
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Carson Beck has not looked that good.
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All these other quarterbacks have not really looked that good.
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And it's sort of scary because it sort of feels like that one year where it was McAruel,
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Malik Willis, Kenny Pickett, Will Leviss and, and, and all those various quarterbacks.
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That's really the vibe that I'm getting off this year.
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Now can things change?
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Sure.
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You know, even if they were to change just a little bit, I still don't think that it
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would move the needle substantially to say, Oh, Jalen Milrow is the first round pick or
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Carson Beck is the first round pick.
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I just don't see it.
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I'm just being completely honest here, but I want to end this episode right here.
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