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Episode 20: Catch a pass….. win a bag · Football Junkies podcast

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Triple back alert triple back alert triple back alert triple bag alert folks
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That's right
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I had already recorded the episode prior to these other two bag alerts and I'm thinking to myself
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Okay, everything is gonna be personally fine
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But guess what we got smacked with two more bag alerts to make it a triple bag alert
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Okay, DJ more gets paid Tristan works gets paid and David got chow got paid
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We're gonna talk about all three of their contracts. Okay, as well as is this a historic offseason
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for wide receiver contracts as well as my predictions on who will get paid next
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Okay, as well as the details have finally come out about Matthew Stafford's
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Restruction do we have to go over it
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We have to talk about it and what does this mean moving forward between him and the Rams all of this and more
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On what the 20th? That's right. We have made it to 20 episodes folks. Thank you everybody for your support
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We got a lot more coming down the road. So get so get ready cuz guess what?
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We ain't stopping. We'll never stop. All right. We're gonna keep on going. We're gonna keep on giving the bag alerts
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We're gonna keep on giving the analysis in the fix that all of you junkies need. I am your host
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Kale who currently is in Malibu, California
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sipping a
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Long Island looking at the beach and the dolphins go by who's ready lock it. I am let's go
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All right folks, okay, you know what? We're just gonna jump right into the news. Okay, we're gonna go right into the bag alerts
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We're not gonna delay anything. We're not gonna try to stall. We're gonna go deep into these bag alerts
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Okay, first bag alert. Okay, DJ more receiver for the Chicago beers
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Ain't a four year one hundred and ten million dollar deal. Okay, eighty two point six million in total guarantees
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And he's making twenty seven point five million a year, right? So when you look at it, that's a really good deal
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Honestly speaking here, right now, let's look at his stats before we go a little bit deeper into
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The bag alert, okay, so when you look at DJ Morris twenty twenty three stats, right?
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He had a hundred thirty six targets for ninety six receptions for one thousand three hundred sixty four yards eight touchdowns
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seventy point six catch percentage and
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And and and and and and I'm forgetting about this, but I'm glad so on of my notes
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5.6 receptions per game as well as
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80.2 receiving yards per game and when we look at this here, right?
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DJ more has been a dynamic receiver since coming into the league. Okay, I
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Remember when he was coming out of Maryland, there was a lot of people that were speculating like okay
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He's a first-round pick. He's a second-round pick is a third-round pick
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I would have easily taken him in the first round simply because of the skill set that he was bringing into the league
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Okay, you're talking about somebody who is able to create separation at a very high level
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You're talking about someone who can be a deep threat
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You're talking about somebody who you know once he gets the ball in his hands
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He's trying to go for the he's trying to go for the touchdown that that's his end goal his end goal is the end zone
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It's not to just get the first down or to get 15 yards or 20 yards
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No, he is trying to score every single time he gets the ball in his hands, right?
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And that is what the Chicago Bears are
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Basically keeping at this point because let's be real here folks the best thing they probably could have ever did
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Was get DJ more and then give the Panthers
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You know the first pick of that draft because honestly speaking it's looking like so far that
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Things are going to pay off pretty well for the Bears, especially for the offense because when you look at it
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They got the quarterback in Caleb Williams. They have the Andre Swift now
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They have Keenan Allen Roman Dunes a and DJ more that's a really potent offense folks
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I don't care what anyone says that is a sleeper of an offense that people are going to have to worry about
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Especially once Caleb Williams gets his feet wet and he really starts to understand
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You know the ins and outs of different defenses and whatnot man, you are talking about a big
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Problem, alright, so well actually, you know what? Let's let's actually give a little bit more detail into DJ more, right?
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So so far he has had four one thousand yard seasons, right and since 2019
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More has had over 100 targets in every season
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You are talking about a baller of a player
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You're talking about somebody who the Bears knew that they that they were gonna have to lock him up
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Okay, he he is a great player on and off the field. He doesn't get in trouble
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He's a dynamic, you know player and you know, basically
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He is who he he is what you see on tape
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You're talking about somebody who can do it all and he contributes at a very high level
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And you know, he's always wanting to make the big play. That's who DJ Morris
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So congratulations to him right in his bag alert now moving on to David gotcha, right defense attack before the Patriots
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He ain't a two-year
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21 million dollar deal. He gets 16.5 million guaranteed now when we look at this deal, right?
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You know, this is someone of a you know, just I wouldn't say like a like a small deal
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I would say this is sort of like an insurance policy
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Honestly, and the reason why I say that is because with things unveiling with
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Christian Barmore, correct?
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The Patriots are in a situation where they have to figure out exactly what are they going to do moving forward because
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There is no timetable for Christian Barmore coming back
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It's not because he has blood clots and blood clots can be a little bit difficult to you know to deal with it
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What now right and so the Patriots are trying to figure out exactly?
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You know, what can they do to somewhat quote unquote stop the bleeding when it comes to the defensive line position?
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Right because Christian Barmore was literally their best defensive tackle. Okay, and you know, David gotcha
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He is
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Hey, he's not someone where like his stats are gonna are gonna woo you over and whatnot
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He's somewhat of a complimentary player who you know, he he can get his hands dirty
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That's who David got a gotcha is and so, you know, they basically, you know, we're thinking to themselves
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Okay, we'll give him this small extension probably bring in somebody which they did they brought in Mike Purcell and
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you know, just go from there and try to see what happens now and
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You know and this this this wasn't in my notes, but I think it definitely does need to be talked about
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The Patriots are somewhat in in a contract situation with
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Matthew Jodon now for those who don't know Matthew Jodon is looking for more money, but the problem is I
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Don't think the Patriots are trying to pay him the money that he probably wants and what you're starting to see now is a trend
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Where a lot of teams are not?
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I'm trying to
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Let go of their players and you know, I had this conversation with you know with with Luke
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You know shout out shout out to Luke because he definitely brought it up, you know players like Brandon IE
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We drew it on
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T Higgins and whatnot are basically being held captive, right?
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And in a way where you know, the team doesn't want to pay them, but they don't want to trade them
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So it's like exactly what the hell do you want to do, right? Especially for someone like a Brandon IE
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We're if we're being real here folks
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There is no reason under the Sun that the 49ers should still be able to pay a lot of their players
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There's just no way they have lyric
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They have multiple players on that team on both sides of the ball that they have reset at their markets
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Okay, Deebo Trent Williams, Christian McCaffrey, George Kittle if I'm not mistaken
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Nick Bosa
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Fred Warner if I'm not mistaken as well, you know when when they had Eric Armstead and the Forrest Buckton, right?
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So I just don't understand
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Why is there so much of a holdout hold in type of situation with a lot of teams now?
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Like if you guys aren't willing to pay the player let him go
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Let him go just let him go recoup a draft pick or draft picks in return and use those draft picks to try to figure out
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What you want to do moving forward because if you don't guess what's gonna happen the longer that this holds down
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The worst is gonna look on y'all and guess what as the days go by
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That value that was once in place is now going is now dissipating
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We literally saw that with Justin Fields because remember
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When when the word was going out that you know that the Bears are going to trade Justin Fields
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A lot of people were speculating that the Bears were going to be looking for this boatload of picks and you know
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High draft picks and whatnot
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He didn't even go he didn't even go he didn't go to the Patriot
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I mean not the Patriot excuse me. He didn't even go to the Pittsburgh Steelers for a third round pick, right?
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Justin Fields didn't even go for a third round pick. So as the days go by
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The value for someone like a Junon or Brandon are you is going to fall and you won't have as much leverage
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I don't care who the player is. I don't care what their stats say. I don't care what major accomplishment
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They have achieved over their career
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It still does not stop the fact that they have to do something
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Now instead of trying to play the long game, okay
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Now it may work for certain players who may not have a whole lot of leverage who may not have
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Achieve the things that these type of players have achieved
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But when you're someone like a Junon who you know that if you go on to any of these any of these other playoff
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Calibre caliber teams like the Ravens like the Lions like the 49ers or even the Chiefs
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Guess what? Oh, you're a difference maker. Oh that changes the whole
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Playing field because why you are someone alone who can who can go and create and can be a
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Disruptor and create a big play when a big play is needed not to mention guess what?
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Offense are now going to have a problem on trying to game playing you and the other pass rusher that you're going up
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That you're teaming up with right?
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So I say all that to say this
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Patriots if you guys are not going to pay Jude on you might as well
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Just want to let him go at this point the team is still going through rebuild team is still trying to you know
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Figure themselves out. They they don't even know what's left and right and what's right and left
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They don't know any of that. They're still going through, you know, the heartaches of you know of a very tough rebuild
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So just let him go just let him go. It's not gonna hurt you guys
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It's not now granted
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It'll be different if he gets traded within the division then it's like that's gonna be bad because you have to see him
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Twice the season, but if you trade him outside of the division who really cares at this point, right?
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So I mean hey it is what it is at this point if you guys if you guys aren't going to pay
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Then you have to figure out what's the next step?
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At this point and I'll just leave it at that now on to the mega bag alert
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Okay, the mega bag alert, you know what I was waiting. I was waiting
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I literally woke up the next day when you and I was looking at my phone
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I'm like, all right cool. I'm going on a walk with my dog and whatnot. Next thing I know I kept on hearing my phone
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Like what's going on is someone calling me something going on no
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Tristan worse got paid
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Tristan worse got paid folks. Isn't that crazy?
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Isn't that crazy Tristan worse got paid?
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You know, we have we also have something we also have to talk about that as well, but let's just get into the details first
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Okay, now Tristan worse. Okay tackle for the buccaneers
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Ain't a five-year
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140.6
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$3 million deal. He gets eighty eight point twenty four million in
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Guarantees, okay now when we look at Tristan worse Tristan worse already has had someone of a really good career
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So far, right?
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You're looking at someone who was an all-pro who was a Super Bowl champion who has played both left tackle and right tackle at an
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Elite level, right?
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This is someone who is one of the best right tackles. Well, I don't even say right time
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I would say one of the best tackles, right?
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When you when you look at someone like a Pinesu well Tristan worse is right there with him
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You know pretty this is what I was saying me personally
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I had a feeling that something was going to come down the pipeline sooner or later because
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The buccaneers realized that you know, they need someone like a Tristan worse on their team
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You can't let someone like that go you just can't you're talking about someone who can play right tackle at the elite level and
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Left tackle at the league level that is rare
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That is rare. That is rare. You don't just see that, you know every single draft
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You don't no matter who the person is no matter what school they went to. Okay, you don't see that. That's a very rare
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Okay, what we are we are witnessing right now is someone who is able to be a swing tackle
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And an all-pro level on both sides of the ball, right? That's what we're seeing and you know
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They finally were able to fairly compensate him and you know now he is the highest pay tackle
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In the league now me personally when I when I was putting down my notes and I was going to do a prediction
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You know for for his deal
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Originally the deal that I had for Tristan worse was four years 120 million which would be 30 30 million a year
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He got 28.1
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Petty right. I know 28.1
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Million so I say all that to say this, you know congratulations to the Buccaneers you guys, you know, definitely prioritized
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Making sure that you take care of your own players, which is great. Honestly
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But you know who is to say that you guys won't be somewhat of a dark horse within your division
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Because as of right now in my opinion
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The only other team that they really have to worry about is the Falcons and that's not even a whole lot really
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Honestly speaking here. Okay, they can do something the buccaneer
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The buccaneers could definitely make some noise
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especially if they if they try to maybe you know make a splash and maybe free agency or a trade or something
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They might be able to make some noise now granted. I understand that they've lost, you know, some people and whatnot and you know
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Every team does but they can still do they can still make some noise
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Now isn't going to be on the offensive side of the defensive side. I don't know again
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I keep telling you guys my crystal ball is on recall
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I have to return it back to the crystal ball store in order for me to get a refund or a
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replacement now moving forward, okay
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We have to talk about this offseason when it comes to the receiver position, right?
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We just have to talk about that
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Because in my years of watching
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Football now, I know I probably sound very old when I say this I have never seen so many so many players in one position
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Get paid big money. I'm talking about big
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Money, right? So let's just go over some of the notable receiver contracts as happened in this offseason alone, right?
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So you have Justin Jefferson, right?
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So you have Justin Jefferson four years 140 million. I'm on Ross St. Brown four years 120 million
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Jalen waddle three years 84.75 million
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Nico Collins three years 72.75 million AJ Brown three years 92 million
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Devonte Smith three years 75 million Michael Pittman three years 70 million Jerry Judy three years 52.5 million
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And now you have DJ more right now all great deals, you know in their own, you know respect us, right?
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But you still have four contracts that are lingering that out of those four contracts if we're being real here
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Two of those might get close to resetting the market or they will reset the market, right?
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I'm really care at this point, but
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Basically what I have been well not know I've been seen but basically what happened was there was a video circuit
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you know circulating on social media and
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basically it was brand-new at practice and
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You know, he walked up to John Lynch and you know, he was dapping up John Lynch
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Everybody was smiling and then Kyle Shanahan dapped him up like in a really, you know, happy
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You know, not happy pose, but like in a really happy
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Move right so in your mind, you're thinking oh shoot a deal just got done
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Someone's about to get paid or oh he got trade or something like that. No
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No, I don't know. I literally waited. I literally waited an entire day
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Just to see if anything crazy was gonna happen and nothing happened
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But there were a lot of conflicting reports because you had some people speculating and basically saying, you know from their side that
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You know a deal could be coming soon. You have some people saying a trade could be happening soon
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You have people like Adam Schefter basically saying like there's you know, there's no deal imminent
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You just have a whole bunch of better and better
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And it's it's basically gotten to a point where nobody really knows I don't care if you have an insider
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That's you know, that's been working with the 49ers for 20 plus years
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You can't even really believe them at this point. You just can't you can't I don't know what's going on
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I don't know what to say about it, but again, that's not my team. So I could really care less now
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Let's get into my predictions and then spot racks predictions
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For these next four receiver contracts, right? And this this will probably be a relatively short
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Episode because I want to save the longer episodes for when the regular season starts
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And I want to be able to go a little bit more in-depth
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About certain things because there's gonna be more news to talk about there's gonna be more information coming out
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There's gonna be more just things just overall just to
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Discuss honestly speaking here now. Let's get into these predictions, right?
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So for CD land me personally I predict a four-year
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137.8 million dollar deal which would be 34.45 million dollars a year now
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We look at spot racks market value, correct spot racks is four years
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136.1, which would be 34 point
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Not 34 point but 34 million a year, right?
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So we sort of have the same idea honestly
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I just boosted minds up just a little bit. They kept theirs at you know, just 34 flat, right now for CD
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Lam situation CD Lam is a little bit
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You know awkward because he is fighting for a deal
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while
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Dak is looking for a deal and Michael Parsons looking for a deal and
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To add the sweet cherry on top
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Michael is looking to reset the market as well as CD Lam is looking to reset the market. So you you're he's in a situation
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Where he's where he's trying to figure out like you know, am I gonna get paid am I not gonna get paid because
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Jerry's tone lately has somewhat been a little bit confused
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But at the same time, I think he realizes that you know a major change
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Needs to occur at this point because you know, they've basically been doing the same thing for the past
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You know 10 or 15 years and hasn't gotten him anywhere, right?
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You know, you continue to say this is our year. This is our year
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This is our year gonna be better this year than the last year
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We're gonna be better than this year than the last two years when it's like no you're just not you're going you are going to suck
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You are not going anywhere the last time you were relevant. Guess what? I was only one years old. I think
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Was I was I I don't know don't care about it
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Moving forward, okay
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That was the last time that everyone was like, whoa
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Gotta be careful with the cowboys man. They're gonna give us problems this no, man
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Ain't nobody worried about no dad on cowboys
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Especially now you got to pay that 60 million
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You got to reset the market for CDLM and you got to reset the market for Michael Parsons
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Ain't nobody worried about no dad on cowboys
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I'm gonna be the first to say it and we got to face the cowboys this year
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So guess what when we beat the cowboys best believe I'm gonna do an entire episode
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Dedicated to that one game you heard it here for you heard it here first. Yes. I am that petty your GM is that petty
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I will literally call it
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Cowboy the team that always loses
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That's gonna be the title for that for that game and I cannot wait to make it
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Who I might even make a compilation about it of all the things that happened during that game
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Okay, that's what I might do now moving back to the conversation. Okay
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Let's be real here Jerry's Jerry realizes that you know
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Nine times out of ten. He's probably gonna fire Mike McCarthy, right?
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Nine times out of ten. He's probably gonna let one of those three players go right because again, you cannot pay all
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Three of them you just can't okay, but it also doesn't help that
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Next year's draft class is not an offensive draft class, right as well as okay
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Walk with me. Okay, the quarterback class is not good either. Well, I wouldn't say it's not good
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Let me let me rephrase that before everyone starts. Oh, you're you're just gonna shoot down all of those college kids
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No, let me let me explain. Okay, the quarterback class is not as strong as it has been
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You know a few years prior, right? This this quarterback draft class sort of reminds me of that Kenny Pickett
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Sam Howe Brock Purdy type of draft class. Okay, where it's like
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It's not really the best. It's a lot of you know, second to third tier quarterbacks
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These guys are really your franchise quarterbacks and guess what we got Kenny Pickett in the first round, but I'm not gonna do it
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Not gonna do it. I was not going to do it, but just know I called it and I was right now
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Back to the situation that came okay
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So that's just my prediction for CD lane. Okay moving forward to brand IU brand IU it for me
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My prediction is a four year 125 point six million dollar deal, which would be about 31.4 million
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Spot racks market value for him is four years 104 point six million, which would be 26 point two million a year now
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When we look at that number, right, especially spot racks number
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Um, there was a report, you know, I think maybe like a few weeks one
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I'm a few weeks. I think maybe like a month or two ago
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I mean and I talked about it in previous episodes
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Basically saying that the 49ers had had an offer on the table and it was 26 million a year and brand and I you did not want it and
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You know brand IU it you know is trying to get that 30 plus million a year type of deal now
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The thing that works in brand IU ex-favor is he's a really good route runner, right?
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His route tree is very diverse. So that so that sort of sticks out, you know
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For for his skillset and for him to get paid
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However, the problem is he's in a situation where he's bumping elbows with Trent Williams because Trent Williams guess what?
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He's in a holdout and guess what they'll probably prioritize Trent Williams over
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Over brand now you look unfortunately
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I'm just I'm just being honest here folks because whether we want to admit or not
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It is easier to replace receiver than it is an elite left tackle. It is okay
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There's not just it's not a bunch of you know elite left tackles just sitting home either eating Doritos playing Rainbow Six siege
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Okay, it's just not it's just not okay. So I think it'll be it'll it's still gonna be a difficult, you know
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Negotiation between Brandon I you and the 49er assembly because there's been a lot of confusion, right?
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You have one minute. He doesn't want to be there, you know, doesn't want to be there and you know, he's letting it be
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No, he's being on the table. Let me go trade me trade me trade me next thing, you know
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Guess what? He wants to go to Washington wants to team up with his boy Jane and Daniels, okay?
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next many you know, he's liking he's liking pictures of Mike Tomlin in his pose and then he's you know liking other things with
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Steelers and whatnot that he got Steelers fans all up in a bunch and you know rooting for him and everything
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So it's a bunch of back-and-forth a lot of confusion on his end and again not to mention guess what?
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They have to pay Brock Purdy next year and that's not gonna be
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Somewhat of a of an easy feat as well because guess what he's been a really good quarterback
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I could make a strong case that he's probably been a better quarterback than Jimmy Garoppolo was when they got up
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And I'm willing to die on that hill. I'm willing to die on that hill because
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If they if Brock Purdy wins the Super Bowl, right?
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And it doesn't necessarily he doesn't necessarily have to have this crazy season
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I mean this crazy game in the Super Bowl, but if he wins just the Super Bowl
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That is 60 plus million that you have to automatically dedicate to Brock Purdy
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I don't care who you have to cut who you have to restructure
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I don't care if you have to give everybody restructures and everybody makes only 2.6 million a year
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Brock Purdy is gonna get his he is going to get his mark my words
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You heard it here first on episode 20 the 20th episode catch a pass win a bag episode
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Okay, that is the title. I love that title. It got a little ring to it moving forward
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Okay, now which Marge chase the situation, right?
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So for me personally, this is my this is my prediction for years
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124.5 million which is 31.12 million a year
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Okay, spot racks market value for him is three years 91.5 million which is 30.5 million a year now again
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The bangles are in a situation like all these others where you know, they're trying to figure out who are they going to prioritize, right?
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So they've already taken care of Joe Burrell cool, right?
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but at the same time you have two of your best receivers who are also looking for money, right and
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And you know Jamar Chase is the one he is the alpha in that receiving room
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But the problem is T Higgins can also do the same thing as well. So it's like who do you prioritize first?
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Because
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Whether we want to admit it or not. Okay, they the bangles are in a situation where they cannot let both of them go
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Because they know if they let the both if they let one or even both of them go that is it
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Because guess what everybody has mainly feared the bangles because of the offense. It's never been the defense
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It's only been the offense because you had you know that that tandem of Burrell
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Jamar Chase T Higgins then Joe mixing at the time, but now that Joe makes has been traded
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It's mainly Burrell Higgins and Chase, right? So it's a very, you know, rocky situation
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And also doesn't help that, you know, the owner has sort of like
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Said but not really said like, you know, we're not really, you know talking about contracts, you know
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This this offseason. There's a time and a place for it blah blah blah
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I talked about it in a previous episode and made a whole rant alert about it
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But um, you know, do I do I think something might be able to get hashed out? There's a possibility
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Do I think it's gonna be drawn out and I think it's probably gonna get ugly before it gets good? Yes
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because I mean come on here the this is probably the best receivers that we have seen since AJ Green, right and
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You you have to compensate them. You just have to there's not a bunch of Jamar chases and T Higgins
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Just sitting around sitting on the hands of saying, oh pick me pick me. It's not that so they have to figure out exactly
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What are they going to prioritize? Who are they going to pay first and how they're going to get a deal done now for a Tyree kills
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situation I
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Really couldn't come up with a number and there wasn't no market value for him
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Because he's already making 30 million a year. So the question is how would how an extension look for him?
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Because whether we want to admit or not
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He is still a top five receiver in the league
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He is still a dynamic receiver and he is still someone that is going to give teams problems. Okay, but the question is
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How much how much money is he looking for like that?
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That is that is the number one thing that sort of like irritates me as a fan
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but also as a
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podcaster because
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Okay, you have all these players they're in holdouts, but it's like what is the number, right?
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The insiders will talk about anything and everything else, but it's like what is the number?
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What is the ballpark that the player wants and what is the ballpark that the organization is willing to do business with?
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Right because you know for someone like a Tyreek Hill, how much money can you really give him?
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Right, they just paid to a they just paid Jayla waddle now. They're getting ready to figure out what they're gonna
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Be with you like, you know, if you're a dolphins fan
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You have to be concerned because they're really trying to put a mortgage, you know on this offense and thinking that it's going to
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Just win them a Super Bowl when it's like no
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Defense wins championships that mantra will continue to stand and withstand the test of time
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Defense will always win
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Championships now moving on to the Matthew Stafford
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Restructure details right because they finally were able to come out so we can finally, you know talk about them and whatnot, right?
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So essentially it is a one-year 40 million dollar deal according to Tom Pellecero
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Shout out to who Tom Pellecero. Thank you so much for the information. All right
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Matthew Stafford gets a 12.5 million dollar signing bonus. He gets 23.5 million guaranteed this year
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He gets four million guaranteed
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For a March roster bonus and he has forfeited his 2025 guarantees
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An important note with all of this as well as both sides will reassess
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Once the season is over now when we look at this situation, this could be this could be one or two things, right?
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They are they have come to terms that this could be possibly the last year that you know that they're going to you know
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Work together and that Matthew Stafford may want to go to another team may want to retire or whatever the case may be right as
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Well as you know, the Rams are continuing to move forward. They are still trying to
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You know pass themselves up and continue to be competitive
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while at the same time moving forward because yes, they've won the Super Bowl they won it recently
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You know who's in highs for raise for raise, but at the same time
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They they still need to continue to move forward, right?
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And they've done that with you know, the picks that they made and you know
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Moving off of people and people walking away from the game case in point and redondo then Andrew Whitworth and in company
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So it's just right that you know that they basically make sure that he is
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compensated and basically they move that money from next year to this year so that it doesn't really necessarily affect them if
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He you know decides to retire or anything like that. So, you know
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Just a little bit of housekeeping notes. Nothing really major to really discuss now. This is the last thing I'll talk about
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Well, actually, you know what? No, it won't be lie
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I
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So before be before Tristan works got his deal my prediction for him was a four-year
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$120 million deal, which would be 30 million a year
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But clearly I was wrong so I apologize, but it was definitely close though, right now
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We do have to talk about what happened last night with the Hall of Fame game now
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for those of you who do not know the Hall of Fame game has definitely had a lot of
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Infamy then notoriety, okay?
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It has been a game where a lot of people have gotten like, you know
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Seasons ending injuries because of how bad the the field was and you know, you see the legends and you see how the legends have like
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You know, they've gotten so big and you know, they went from you know being this dude is like
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Oh, he looks he he's alright. And that's the you know, this dude got a gut. Okay. He got a beer belly. Okay, um
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But you know that the kickoff I think personally I just I
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Don't know. I just I have to see more. I have to see more. I think that that's the that's the best way for me to look at it
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I'm not gonna bash and say oh, this is the worst thing in the world
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This is horrible the NFL needs to take it back to what it used to be. No and the reason why I say that is because they
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Realize that the older well that the traditional kickoff has caused more major injuries
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Than what they like to see right a lot of times when those kickoffs happen
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People are getting knocked out. They are getting what have not moved
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You're talking about very scary situations and you know the league probably as best as possible
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And was the best way to do that with implementing a new kickoff and it shows now. I will say this
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If you are a team that has someone that is super fast, there's a guarantee
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He could probably score almost every single time if the blocking is correct and whatnot it
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It's gonna get done. I guarantee you by the playoffs
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one of those coaches are
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Going to do something super crazy when it comes to the to the kickoff watch what I say
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Watch what I'm gonna be surprised if it's either Andy Reed Kyle Shanahan
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Sean McVeigh one of those guys or even Mike or
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Or Mike McDaniels one of those one of those guys they're gonna do something crazy with this
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I know they are because there's no way that you know if you got someone like I'm gonna say necessary like a Tyree kill
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But if you have someone that can run at least a 4-2 or maybe like a 4-3. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah
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They're they're taking that to the crib. They're taking that to the crib almost every single time, especially if that blocking is on point
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Good Lord
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Good God of mine, but you know the the game of force they didn't in because of inclement weather
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but
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You know, let's just wait and see what happens next week whether we have a actually a full
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List of teams are playing because guess who is playing next week folks the six time
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six time
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six time
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six time
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six time
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six time
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Six time Pittsburgh Steelers. That's right. We play next Friday. Cannot wait
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We have so much to talk about that might be an entire bonus episode for that
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I am so hyped for now. I want to thank you guys so much for all of you guys support
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Okay, I want to especially thank my parents for supporting me with this journey
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Because if it wasn't for them, I definitely wouldn't have went went through with this because you know this this all
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started because
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I and I remember it very vividly. I
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I think we were taking we were taking my mom out for
38:02
for her birthday and you know news news was circulating that
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The the Panthers were trying to get the number one pick and you know
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The Bears were shopping in and whatnot and then like literally as I was getting ready to eat
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News broke that you know the trade had happened basically that you know
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The Panthers now had the number one spot and whatnot and you know my parents and as well as my friends
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I forgot about them as well. But you know my parents and my friends basically said like you know, why don't you start a podcast?
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You know you this is something that you you definitely love talking about
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And you know you cover it a lot, you know a lot of information about it
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So why don't you do it? And you know for the longest time? I definitely put you know put it off
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I was like nah, I just don't really want to do it and whatnot. I don't think I could do it
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I don't think I could you know listen to myself talk and whatnot and I don't know how I'll be able to do it
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but you know
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For me to be able to get to the 20th episode and to I don't understand
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There's probably some that you know to think oh, it's just a 20th episode
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But this this means a lot to me because I didn't expect for me to make it to 20 episodes
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I just did it, you know, and if you don't want to listen to this you can skip it all the way to the end and
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That's perfectly fine
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But I just feel like I have to do this and I have to
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Recognize the people that definitely you know supporting me and have been supporting me
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Throughout this entire process. So
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This is an amazing feeling
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To anybody out there that is you know looking to do something different looking to do something new looking to do something out of the box
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Do it
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Just do it and I must don't look at the support
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Don't look at the people that's not liking your post
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Don't look at the the people that that say that you're that they're your friends and whatnot and you know
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They're not liking your stuff. Don't look at that stuff
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Be laser focused on what you want to create be laser focused on what you want to put out be consistent with it and
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Let your voice and let your you know creativity shine and because guess what there's gonna be somebody out there
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That's gonna be attached to it. That's gonna love it. That's gonna be you know an avid follower of
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Of whatever you do. Okay, if you would have told me that I have a consistent, you know following in Europe and Brussels
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You know on the West Coast of America on the East Coast of America in the Midwest
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I think a little bit in Canada shoot even in the Philippines. I would have called you a liar
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But you know, it's happened. So I want to think every single person
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From the bottom of my heart for this
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This is you know, this is the first 20 episodes and you know, we're gonna keep going till we get to 40 and
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60 80 to 100 and you know moving forward. So
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I would not be surprised if there's gonna be another episode coming out soon
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Especially with all this brand-new I you would come stuff coming in and you know circulating or whatnot would not be surprised
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But as always I love you guys. I appreciate you guys so much. Thank you so guys
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I love you guys so much and you know
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This is the start of something great and I hope I hope you guys
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You know stay along with me as we go on this journey of being football junkie. So peace of love. I'm out
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