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Knicks Win Greatest Comeback NBA Finals History, Kenneth Walker III Fits in at Kansas City, Falcons QB Competition · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 1: Hey guys, welcome to The Daily Play with Joy Taylor.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks so much for joining me. Make sure you hit
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  Speaker 2: Joy Taylor. If you didn't see Game four of the
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  Speaker 2: Finals last night, you missed an instance classic, an all timer.
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  Speaker 1: It might be worth it when we're done talking to
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  Speaker 1: go watch.
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  Speaker 2: The highlights or just rewatch the entire thing, because it
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  Speaker 2: was absolutely spectacular. The Knicks pulled off the greatest comeback
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  Speaker 2: in NBA Finals history, beating the Spurs after trailing by
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  Speaker 2: twenty nine points early in the third quarter. San Antonio
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  Speaker 2: scored seventy six of their points in the first half,
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  Speaker 2: but were only able to score thirty in the entire
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  Speaker 2: second half as the next got hot and then obviously
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  Speaker 2: went on to get the win. Og and Anobi was
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  Speaker 2: spectacular stepped up as Jalen's wingman, scoring thirty three points,
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  Speaker 2: including seven three pointers and the game ceiling tip on
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  Speaker 2: Brunson's missed three. It was absolutely epic for the Knicks
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  Speaker 2: and completely devastating.
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  Speaker 1: For the Spurs.
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  Speaker 2: Wenby tried to find the words after the game. He said,
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  Speaker 2: I can't really explain it right now.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's just execution, greediness of some sort. We
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  Speaker 2: clearly weren't the most hungry in the second half. Watching
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  Speaker 2: this game and what was an absolute meltdown by the
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  Speaker 2: San Antonio Spurs was one part sickening to watch on
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  Speaker 2: the Spurs behalf, and then just pure elation from the nixt.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, when you see the energy in a building
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  Speaker 2: like that start to shift, you feel the crowd getting
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  Speaker 2: back into it, the shots are dropping, the Spurs are
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  Speaker 2: starting to make mistakes, and you could really feel that
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  Speaker 2: this was a once in a lifetime experience that you're watching.
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  Speaker 2: There were some things that happened that allowed the Knicks
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  Speaker 2: to climb back in, like the Spurs relying entirely too
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  Speaker 2: much on the three. They took twenty shots in the
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  Speaker 2: third quarter, twelve of them are threes.
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  Speaker 1: They only made two of those. You have a massive.
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  Speaker 2: Lead, you need to be dribbling the air out of
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  Speaker 2: the ball. You need to be taking really smart shots,
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  Speaker 2: you need to be moving the ball around, you need
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  Speaker 2: to be methodical. The fact that they did not have
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  Speaker 2: that sort of a game plan coming out of the
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  Speaker 2: half is really tragic to me. I think it not
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  Speaker 2: only shows the youth of the spurs, but also the coaching,
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  Speaker 2: like you've got to be able to stop the bleeding
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  Speaker 2: when you have that's kind of a lead, particularly on
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  Speaker 2: the road. They made eleven of their first sixteen three
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  Speaker 2: pointers and went totally cold in the second half, three for
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  Speaker 2: seventeen as the Knicks outscored them fifty eight to thirty.
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  Speaker 2: Do not fall in love with the three pointer. You
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  Speaker 2: don't need to be checking up these useless shots. You
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  Speaker 2: have a massive lead, you just have to wait it out.
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  Speaker 2: And then they couldn't the game out. They still had
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  Speaker 2: an opportunity. They were still up ten seconds. Dearn Fox
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  Speaker 2: does a terrible job of going up for a layup.
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  Speaker 2: You dribble the ball out and force them to value
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  Speaker 2: you have the lead again. Situationally, very I don't even
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  Speaker 2: want to say questionable, just not good situationally. I don't
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  Speaker 2: know what the coach was telling them to do there.
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  Speaker 2: It's a complete meltdown by everyone involved. Wemby was not
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  Speaker 2: very efficient, you could see. I mean him missing those
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  Speaker 2: two free throws at the end of the game was
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  Speaker 2: also very tragic and contributed to them not having the
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  Speaker 2: lead in the final seconds. It was a preventable loss,
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  Speaker 2: even with the Knicks surging comeback, and that I think
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  Speaker 2: is what's going to sting the Spurs.
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  Speaker 1: I think that's going to stay with them.
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  Speaker 2: I don't see unless they get on a run in
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  Speaker 2: Game five that they are able to stretch this series
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  Speaker 2: out any longer. That is a big emotional that's a
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  Speaker 2: big emotional pill to swallow. I really don't see how
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  Speaker 2: the Spurs recover from this. And look, this doesn't mean
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  Speaker 2: that they're not going to win in the future. It
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  Speaker 2: doesn't mean Wemby's not going to have an incredible career.
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  Speaker 2: This is the nixt moment they have been able to
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  Speaker 2: overcome everything. They have been on a generational run. This
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  Speaker 2: was absolute ice in their veins moments to not, for
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  Speaker 2: one second in this game ever believe that they were
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  Speaker 2: out of it when clearly everyone else did. I mean
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  Speaker 2: I certainly did just mailing it in and the Spurs
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  Speaker 2: certainly did as well. As Wenby said, you just you
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  Speaker 2: lost all momentum, you lost all your fight and your urgency,
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  Speaker 2: and you just can't do that.
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  Speaker 1: The game is not over.
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  Speaker 2: Unbelievable all time comeback, biggest comeback in NBA Finals history.
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  Speaker 2: A tragic loss for the Spurs, particularly because even with
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  Speaker 2: that incredible climb back into the game, you still had
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  Speaker 2: an opportunity to win it at the end, and strategically
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  Speaker 2: and in those biggest moments, you didn't make the right decisions,
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  Speaker 2: and that I think is.
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  Speaker 1: A lack of experience. I think it's a lack of strategy.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's coaching, and I think they need to
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  Speaker 2: consider adding another piece with Wemby if this is the
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  Speaker 2: direction that they're going to go in next year. And
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  Speaker 2: of course they want to be competing for championships and
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  Speaker 2: they will be with a player like Wenby on the court,
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  Speaker 2: but those type of things just cannot happen in the
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  Speaker 2: NBA Finals. You're not going to recover, especially against a
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  Speaker 2: team like the New York knicksher as hungry as they are,
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  Speaker 2: who have the stars and the shot making ability that
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  Speaker 2: they have. They never ever ever were out of it,
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  Speaker 2: and they showed that. Game five is back in San
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  Speaker 2: Antonio with the Knicks up three to one on Saturday.
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  Speaker 2: So switching to football, it has been a month since
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  Speaker 2: the Chiefs reported that we're going to sign mb Super
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  Speaker 2: Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker the third. Since then, he has
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  Speaker 2: reported Chiefs camp looking super buff and is to make
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  Speaker 2: an impact on his teammates, including another Super Bowl MVP winner,
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  Speaker 2: Patrick Mahomes. The said, he's a great football player. It's
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  Speaker 2: special the way he's able to run the football, catch
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  Speaker 2: the football. I'm kind of built like him. He's going
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  Speaker 2: to help us a lot on this team. His former
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  Speaker 2: team Walker, the Seattle Seahawks are going to do a
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  Speaker 2: ring ceremony tomorrow, so he is reportedly in Seattle for it.
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  Speaker 2: But the Seahawks open the season against the Patriots in
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  Speaker 2: Super Bowl rematch, and he will get his first chance
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  Speaker 2: to suit up in the regular season for the Chiefs
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  Speaker 2: against Denver on Monday night Week one. I think this
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  Speaker 2: is a huge signing for the Chiefs. He's already endeared
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  Speaker 2: himself to the team and the O line jumping in
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  Speaker 2: pass blocking drills. He's obviously clearly impressed Patrick Mahomes. The
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  Speaker 2: Chiefs don't seem to be resting this year. I thought
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  Speaker 2: this was a wash year for the Chiefs, but Mahomes
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  Speaker 2: is way ahead of schedule after his injury and they
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  Speaker 2: are clearly still tweaking to stay on top now. They've
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  Speaker 2: had a little bit of a controversial offseason far as
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  Speaker 2: their signings, because they focused mostly on defense and Kenneth
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  Speaker 2: Walker is the only major offensive piece that they've added,
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  Speaker 2: but they, you know, obviously finished the season disappointing last year,
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  Speaker 2: missed the playoffs for the first time since twenty fourteen.
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  Speaker 2: And they're hoping that Kenneth Walker will provide a really
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  Speaker 2: traditional run threat that has mostly lacked since Mahomes became
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  Speaker 2: the starter. And they want someone who is capable of
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  Speaker 2: carrying the offense and producing the first one thousand yard
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  Speaker 2: rusher for the franchise since twenty seventeen. They want a
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  Speaker 2: Saquon Barkley Philadelphia Eagles type of impact, and he Kenneth
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  Speaker 2: Walker is going to have to prove that what he
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  Speaker 2: did last year was not just standout year. It was
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  Speaker 2: his best year thirteen hundred yards, which was twenty second
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  Speaker 2: in the NFL, and he averaged four point six rushing
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  Speaker 2: yards per tenth and both of those were career highs.
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  Speaker 2: And he split time with Zach Charbonnet in Seattle. Last year,
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  Speaker 2: their offense was sixteenth and a five twentieth in yards
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  Speaker 2: per rush, twenty third yards per playing, twenty fifth in
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  Speaker 2: rush yards per game, So this was obviously an area
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  Speaker 2: of need. There was some conversation about them potentially adding
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  Speaker 2: some things to their offensive line. You know, the offensive
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  Speaker 2: line has been a conversation for the Chiefs for some
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  Speaker 2: time now, particularly in the Super Bowls. I you know,
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  Speaker 2: I'm not questioning the Chiefs.
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  Speaker 1: That's I think they've earned our trust at this point.
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  Speaker 2: I do think that this was a good move, especially
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  Speaker 2: when you're talking about Mahomes coming off of a major
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  Speaker 2: injury to be able to rely on in every down.
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  Speaker 1: Back, It's going to be on him to prove that
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  Speaker 1: he can carry that.
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  Speaker 2: But if they are a traditional running team with Patrick Mahomes,
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  Speaker 2: that is going to be a very dangerous situation. And
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  Speaker 2: of course I'm always just very impressed that they continue
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  Speaker 2: to not just rest and they are constantly tweaking to
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  Speaker 2: try and stay on top. So staying in the NFL,
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  Speaker 2: the Falcons have a lefty quarterback competition going, or at
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  Speaker 2: least they want to, between Michael Pennix and to a tongue,
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  Speaker 2: Bi Looa, who is their off season edition. Atlanta's new
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  Speaker 2: offensive coordinator Alex vam Pelt said that it's tough to
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  Speaker 2: have a competition when both guys aren't competing at the
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  Speaker 2: same level. Right now, it'll happen at some point. Mike's
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  Speaker 2: done a really good job of getting himself where he
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  Speaker 2: is right now. Really impressed it to take seven on
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  Speaker 2: seven reps and go out and compete. That's been really great,
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  Speaker 2: But there's really no competition until we can actually evaluate
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  Speaker 2: him equally. Pennick just returned to seven on seven reps
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  Speaker 2: after tearing his ACL in Week eleven of last season.
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  Speaker 2: I have seen a lot of Tua, obviously, being a
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  Speaker 2: Dolphins fan, I like Michael Pennix. I don't love this move.
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  Speaker 2: I'm just never a fan of quarterback competitions. There's like
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  Speaker 2: only been one ever and I can't think of it
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  Speaker 2: off the top of my head that I've actually felt
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  Speaker 2: was useful. If you have more than one quarterback, you
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  Speaker 2: don't have a quarterback. And obviously to ended up overall
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  Speaker 2: having a disappointing run in Miami and based off of,
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  Speaker 2: you know, the expectations and what.
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  Speaker 1: He was paid.
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  Speaker 2: I see Penix as a quarterback that has potential, but
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  Speaker 2: obviously they don't feel like he has earned fully the
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  Speaker 2: starting role yet. I imagine that Tua will probably end
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  Speaker 2: up winning the starting role, not just because Pennix is
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  Speaker 2: a bit behind, because of his injury. But you know,
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  Speaker 2: Tuitt has so much more experience as a starter. He
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  Speaker 2: has so much more experience with NFL offenses, so I
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  Speaker 2: think he will end up looking more impressive in.
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  Speaker 1: Camp.
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  Speaker 2: But what's actually going to translate and what's the best
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  Speaker 2: thing for the future, I don't know. I mean, the
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  Speaker 2: Falcons have Kevin Stefanski, who is someone who has proven
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  Speaker 2: himself as a coach in this league.
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  Speaker 1: I think this will be a.
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  Speaker 2: Topic throughout NFL training camp, and that is a division
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  Speaker 2: that is pretty winnable, so we'll see what they end
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  Speaker 2: up doing. But as of right now, they are planning
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  Speaker 2: on a quarterback competition in Atlanta. For more than this
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