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Is Lucas Patrick Done In New Orleans? | Saints Host Free Agent OG From Titans · AFR Saints

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  Speaker 1: New Orleans Saints are moving through this second wave of
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  Speaker 1: free agency right now. It's a good time to bring
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  Speaker 1: our guy Ross Jackson back onto the show, of course
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  Speaker 2: Hey man, how are you heybody doing great? Thanks be
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  Speaker 2: having me on.
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  Speaker 2: Hey.
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  Speaker 1: Let's start with I guess the most current news here.
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  Speaker 1: ESPN's Jeremy Fowler reported just a bit ago that the
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  Speaker 1: Saints are hosting free agent offensive guard help me out here,
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  Speaker 1: Dylan Rata radms. Okay, fill us in on what you
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  Speaker 1: know about about Raddin and what the story is here
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  Speaker 1: from the New Orleans perspective.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, former North Dakota State University offensive lineman, and I
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  Speaker 2: really really enjoyed his tape back in twenty twenty one,
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  Speaker 2: but he was coming in. He was a second rounder
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  Speaker 2: by the by the Tennessee Titans draft and kind of
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  Speaker 2: in the mid fifties, but was a fringe first round
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  Speaker 2: guy that year. He's actually the reason, Matt why anytime
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  Speaker 2: that there's a North Dakota State University offensive lineman and
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  Speaker 2: a draft I go and watch their tape because Ratten's
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  Speaker 2: was awesome. I mean, just an absolute mall or very physical,
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  Speaker 2: kind of violent guy, particularly in the run game, and
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  Speaker 2: you know has had to kind of bounce around a
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  Speaker 2: little bit position to position. Since he got into the
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  Speaker 2: pros back in twenty twenty one, he's played both tackle
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  Speaker 2: spots and both guard spots, with the majority of his
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  Speaker 2: starting stats coming last year at right guard. Started fifteen
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  Speaker 2: games there, missed two games with a shoulder injury, but
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  Speaker 2: not a lot of injury history, although he did have
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  Speaker 2: a late twenty twenty two ACL injury, but that seems
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  Speaker 2: to not be an issue anymore at this point. So
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  Speaker 2: really athletic, very physical, and violent guy that I think
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  Speaker 2: could potentially be a starter for the Saints who need
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  Speaker 2: to address that left guard spot here over the course
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  Speaker 2: of regions against the draft.
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  Speaker 1: I love that I'm sitting here trying to pronounce his
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  Speaker 1: name and Ross is citing his tape from twenty twenty.
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  Speaker 1: That's why you do what you do.
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  Speaker 2: He was so much fun.
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  Speaker 1: That's that's why you're a Saints expert. That's why I'm
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  Speaker 1: sitting here giving a hot takes and asking questions. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: So it would stand a reason that there's a need.
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  Speaker 1: And I saw that Lucas Patrick, who's really a versatile
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  Speaker 1: guy for the Saints this year, is taking a free
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  Speaker 1: agent visit to Cincinnati, so catch us up. There is
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  Speaker 1: there a desire potentially to bring Patrick back to New Orleans.
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  Speaker 2: I'm sure there's likely some interest there, but I think
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  Speaker 2: for Lucas Patrick, He's also taken a visit with the
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  Speaker 2: Seattle Sea are still looking to address their offensive line.
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  Speaker 2: They had hosted him on the same day they hosted
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  Speaker 2: Tevin Jenkins, and Jenkins today signed with the Cleveland Browns
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  Speaker 2: up out of nowhere, and so I think Seattle still
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  Speaker 2: along with Cincinnati, are still looking to address that. So
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  Speaker 2: I think there's probably a greater chance that he ends
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  Speaker 2: up with one of those two teams, then he returned
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  Speaker 2: than it is that he returns to New Orleans. But
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  Speaker 2: I would say that the door is probably open there.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, we've seen the Saints trying to play this
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  Speaker 2: a little bit of run it back tune over the
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  Speaker 2: course of the off season, particularly over in the offensive side,
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  Speaker 2: So it wouldn't be a shock to see a guy
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  Speaker 2: like Lucas Patrick back. But I think the Saints are
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  Speaker 2: probably looking for a more consistent, younger, potentially starter, and
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  Speaker 2: that's one of the reasons why Rattens makes a lot
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  Speaker 2: of sense. He's going to turn twenty seven in the
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  Speaker 2: matter of eight days, and so if you end up
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  Speaker 2: finding this guy and you're able to get better play
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  Speaker 2: out of a timosee, then all of a sudden, you've
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  Speaker 2: got a potential starter for at least the next future,
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  Speaker 2: a piece of your piece of your future in terms
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  Speaker 2: of the next few years. The sealing with a guy
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  Speaker 2: like Radens is probably gonna be a little bit more appealing.
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  Speaker 2: It's just ether being a younger option than the way
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  Speaker 2: that things kind of transpired over the course of last
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  Speaker 2: year with Lucas Patrick, which was a strong start, but
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  Speaker 2: just the lack of ability to stay healthy and a
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  Speaker 2: lack of ability to play consistently throughout.
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  Speaker 1: He's on Twitter at Ross Jackson NOLA. Give m a follow.
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  Speaker 1: What does their interest in a guy like Radden's mean
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  Speaker 1: for the recent signing of Will Clap and a recent
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  Speaker 1: draft pick in Nick SALDEVERI, Well, the.
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  Speaker 2: Biggest thing that it probably did was that it made
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  Speaker 2: me can my piece about my critical they avoid my
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  Speaker 2: scathing review of them not addressing their starting offensive line.
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  Speaker 2: I had to delete that piece the second that I
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  Speaker 2: had that one ready. Well, I haven't signed him yet,
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  Speaker 2: so we'll see, but at least the efforts there. I
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  Speaker 2: think guys like little Clap as well as Landing Young
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  Speaker 2: are excellent depth signings and dredge of their ability to
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  Speaker 2: be versatile. You know, you've got a guy in Will
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  Speaker 2: Clap that can play all three interior spots, center and
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  Speaker 2: both guard spots. And then you have a guy in
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  Speaker 2: Landing Young that is a you know, born and Britt's
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  Speaker 2: tackle but has transitioned over to playing a little bit
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  Speaker 2: more on the interior offensive line here over the course
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  Speaker 2: of the past two years. And so those guys effectively
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  Speaker 2: amongst the two of them, and then you add in
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  Speaker 2: a guy like let's just say Nick sal Deverari, for instance,
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  Speaker 2: you add him man, and all of a sudden, you've
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  Speaker 2: got guys that can man your entire offensive line as
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  Speaker 2: depth pieces if you need. And we know that that's
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  Speaker 2: some sustincts have had to turn to in the recent past.
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  Speaker 2: So I think that those guys are probably signed with
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  Speaker 2: the expectation, especially on one year deals, that they'll be
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  Speaker 2: depth players but have starter but have starter potential, or
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  Speaker 2: could they intribute looked at and starters in a pinchriest
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  Speaker 2: and say, but I think the idea here is still
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  Speaker 2: try to find somebody that can go out there and
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  Speaker 2: be your day one week one starter at left guard.
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  Speaker 1: Could that player be part of the draft class? I mean,
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  Speaker 1: could they draft the the interior alignment instead of trying
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  Speaker 1: to find in free agency?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, certainly could, and that's something you don't have to
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  Speaker 2: spend a first round pick on. I know a lot
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  Speaker 2: of people have talked about Will Campbell out of LSU.
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  Speaker 2: A lot of some NFL teams see him as a guard.
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  Speaker 2: A lot more NFL teams see him as a tackle,
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  Speaker 2: especially after he came in and had positive measurements on
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  Speaker 2: his arm length, which was going to be a big
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  Speaker 2: question mark around him. But unless you're gonna, you know,
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  Speaker 2: move one of your other tackles in l a. Stwong
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  Speaker 2: afore Trevor fitting into the interior that you're probably not
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  Speaker 2: going to draft a tackle at number nine. And so
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  Speaker 2: if you can find somebody like I don't know, Gray
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  Speaker 2: is Able, maybe out of North Dakota State University, I
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  Speaker 2: think I've yeah, I always got to gravitate towards those
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  Speaker 2: guys now, But he's the guy that a potential late
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  Speaker 2: first round pick, but could be there at forty. A
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  Speaker 2: Georgia offensive lineman Tate Radlete feels like an immediate starter
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  Speaker 2: to me. A sub five second forty yard dash during
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  Speaker 2: a time at the combine, really impressive, tenacious guy with
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  Speaker 2: good speed and good athleticism. You could certainly find those
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  Speaker 2: guys in the draft class. But one thing that we
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  Speaker 2: do know about the Saints is they like to take it.
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  Speaker 2: They like to take care of needs and free agency
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  Speaker 2: so that they can go into the draft and still
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  Speaker 2: invest in those positions they want to, but not necessarily
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  Speaker 2: be in a situation where they have to walk away
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  Speaker 2: with somebody in the draft to be a day one starter.
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  Speaker 2: I think they'd like to take care of that with
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  Speaker 2: a veteran first, and then if they draft somebody that
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  Speaker 2: ends up competing and winning or injuries, put them in
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  Speaker 2: that position and they'll be well prepared with what they
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  Speaker 2: can do in the draft class. But I think they
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  Speaker 2: want to handle things in free agency first.
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  Speaker 1: All right, a couple more for you. So we're focusing
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  Speaker 1: on offensive line here and notably that left guard spot.
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  Speaker 1: What are the other through the first big wave of
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  Speaker 1: free agency? What are the other priorities positions of need,
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  Speaker 1: free agency or draft?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I would say wide receivers still a place where
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  Speaker 2: I could see this team invest and linebacker. Those are
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  Speaker 2: two places where I could see the Saints going for
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  Speaker 2: a veteran and not necessarily being too worried about getting younger,
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  Speaker 2: which has been a big demand of this team over
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  Speaker 2: the course of this offseason. I think both of those
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  Speaker 2: spots are places where you're looking for veteran experience. I
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  Speaker 2: had a story over at Louisiana's What's That Met earlier
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  Speaker 2: this week that was about the linebacker position and the
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  Speaker 2: gap between experience. Right, you've got over one hundred and
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  Speaker 2: forty starts in the career of tomorrow, Davis, You've got
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  Speaker 2: forty eight starts in the career of Pete Warner, and
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  Speaker 2: then after that, your next linebacker with the most starts
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  Speaker 2: is ne Fi Sool with two starts in his career.
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  Speaker 2: And so I think, and while I think you know
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  Speaker 2: they like ne Fi fool, while we know that that's
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  Speaker 2: the case, I think that there are guys that are
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  Speaker 2: out there on the market that allow you to kind
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  Speaker 2: of create kind of a middle class of experience within
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  Speaker 2: that position room that could certainly be helpful for this team.
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  Speaker 2: So I would say that those are two spots. And
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  Speaker 2: then I'm curious to know if they're curious to see
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  Speaker 2: if the Thinks feel really good about where they are
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  Speaker 2: at cornerback or if they might look to see if
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  Speaker 2: they can still find a fourth starting caliber corner to
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  Speaker 2: go along with Isaac Adam Clelly mcintry and Alonte Taylor.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, before you go, we have a story up over
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  Speaker 1: Louisiana Sports one Net, one of the betting site sports
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  Speaker 1: betting Dot Ag updated the odds now that this first
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  Speaker 1: wave of free agency has gone the odds for the
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  Speaker 1: eight division winners and probably not a great surprise, but
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  Speaker 1: the Saints are picked last in the NFC South, also
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  Speaker 1: the worst odds to win the NFC. What do you make,
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  Speaker 1: if anything, of the fact that through this wave of
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  Speaker 1: free agency, the odds makers anyway don't seem to think
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  Speaker 1: the Saints have actually improved.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I can't say that I blame them, right because
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  Speaker 2: every place that they have signed somebody that's a fresh space,
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  Speaker 2: it's kind of been accompanied with a loss. Right, they
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  Speaker 2: signed Justin Reid, which is easily the best acquisition of
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  Speaker 2: the off season so far in terms of a new
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  Speaker 2: face that came on the heels of losing the Will
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  Speaker 2: Harris people outside of New Orleans and odds bakers and
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  Speaker 2: all those other people that, look, they have the big
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  Speaker 2: buildings for a reason, right, but you know people that
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  Speaker 2: are doing that, those are in their frame of reference,
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  Speaker 2: lateral moves for all as they know. And so I
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  Speaker 2: think that where the Saints have been doing a lot
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  Speaker 2: of billing needs because of departure, they haven't done a
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  Speaker 2: ton of going out there and getting the big names
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  Speaker 2: that incite the you know, that excite the odds makers
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  Speaker 2: and things like that. So with that being the case,
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  Speaker 2: you're going to start where you're finished. The things finish
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  Speaker 2: at the bottom of their division, if it's amongst the
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  Speaker 2: bottom of the conference, and that's likely where they're going
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  Speaker 2: to remain for the most part unless they make a
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  Speaker 2: big move that's going to get more national attention. So
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  Speaker 2: it might take up until the draft than to actually
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  Speaker 2: do that. And so unless these odds makers are looking
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  Speaker 2: at what happened with the coaching staffs and the changes
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  Speaker 2: there as kind of a net positive and the things
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  Speaker 2: kind of haven't really moved the needle for themselves in
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  Speaker 2: the eyes of those, you know, those onlookers, and so
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  Speaker 2: I'm not super surprised to see that be the case.
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  Speaker 1: For news, he has Ross Jackson and Louisiana Sports dot Net.
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  Speaker 1: we always appreciate the time. Thank you, Thanks man.
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  Speaker 2: Do you take care of say safe, Talk to you soon.
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  Speaker 1: Be well.