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Ian Furness 10/28 H1: Kudos to a former Mariner, Ross Tucker and the Seahawks evolving O-Line. · The Ian Furness Show

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  Speaker 2: to today. He was kind enough to change his schedule
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  Speaker 2: little bit into the NFL, just how about a little
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  Speaker 2: shout out to our good friend, Ben Williamson.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, there you go, Ben. Way to go. Way to go.
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  Speaker 2: Ben Williamson comes up with the clutch hit. Good for
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  Speaker 2: him last night, the former Mariner. Now, in fairness, I
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  Speaker 2: had to ask this question on our Mollywop group chat
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  Speaker 2: because Ben played 85 games for the Mariners last year.
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  Speaker 2: And he, I mean, incredible glove, right? Like really good glove,
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  Speaker 2: but wasn't a great hitter. ends up going to the
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  Speaker 2: Tampa Bay Rays. And that's a pretty good situation. What
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  Speaker 2: are you doing now? I don't know. Playing for a
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  Speaker 2: World Series. Now, they're more than likely not going to win. Remember,
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  Speaker 2: he was part of the three-team trade by the Mariners
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  Speaker 2: to the Rays. Rays sent Colton Ledbetter and a draft
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  Speaker 2: pick to the Cardinals. The Cardinals sent Brendan Donovan to
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  Speaker 2: the Mariners. Mariners sent basically Williamson along with a couple
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  Speaker 2: minor leaguers to the The Cardinals as well. So he
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  Speaker 2: was part of the Brendan Donovan trade, but it was
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  Speaker 2: a three-way deal. So that was kind of how that
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  Speaker 2: worked out. I had to look that up last night.
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  Speaker 2: I'm like, what was the deal? Why did they give
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  Speaker 2: up on Williamson? Great glove. I know he couldn't hit
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  Speaker 2: that well. Whatever. But Ben Williamson comes up last night. Now,
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  Speaker 2: bases loaded, nobody out. Just five infielders in. You put
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  Speaker 2: the ball in the air, you win the game.
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  Speaker 4: Right.
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  Speaker 2: But first pitch swinging, I heard Greg talking about this earlier.
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  Speaker 2: First pitch swing goes to the right side and it
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  Speaker 2: bounces into right field. But this is where I texted
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  Speaker 2: the boys last night. I'm like, we're all excited. And
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  Speaker 2: I'm happy for Ben Williams. Vial accounts seemed like a
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  Speaker 2: pretty good dude and kind of got a raw, I
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  Speaker 2: don't know if he got a raw deal here, I'd
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  Speaker 2: say necessarily, but it was just kind of like he
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  Speaker 2: was one of many people that got ripped. He hit
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  Speaker 2: 253 in 85 games and 295 plate appearances for Seattle.
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  Speaker 2: Now he didn't have a huge slugging percentage and what
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  Speaker 2: have you, but not a lot of power, 310 slug
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  Speaker 2: and all that.
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  Speaker 3: And all of that magnified when there's other struggles on
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  Speaker 3: the team.
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  Speaker 2: Right. But that's a team last year in 2025 that,
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  Speaker 2: in fairness, also went to the ALCS.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, they did.
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  Speaker 2: So they were good.
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  Speaker 4: They did.
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  Speaker 2: But he hit that ball, and I'm sure you saw it,
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  Speaker 2: rockets into right field. If ever there was an artificial
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  Speaker 2: turf hit, that was it.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Okay?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I said, Chris, help me out. Crawford, help me out.
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  Speaker 2: That was, because yeah, yeah. I mean, that's, that was,
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  Speaker 2: but hey, you know what? That's the, baseball is one
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  Speaker 2: of the most unique sports in the world because of
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  Speaker 2: every stadium, diamond, outfield, everything's different.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: There's nothing uniform. Like we're calling the game tonight. Got
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  Speaker 2: the Kraken in Toronto. It's 200 feet by 85 feet.
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  Speaker 4: Right.
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  Speaker 2: It's as simple as that.
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  Speaker 4: Right.
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  Speaker 3: Same surface for everyone.
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  Speaker 2: And as we know on Monday night when the Seahawks
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  Speaker 2: play the Chicago Bears, you know how wide the field is.
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  Speaker 3: Yep.
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  Speaker 2: 53 and a third yards wide.
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  Speaker 4: Yep.
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  Speaker 2: Russ told us that.
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  Speaker 3: That's right.
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  Speaker 2: Russ taught us that over the years.
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  Speaker 3: He also told us the separations and the preparation.
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  Speaker 4: It is.
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  Speaker 2: But that preparation is him knowing it's 53 and a
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  Speaker 2: third yard, whatever it was.
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  Speaker 3: Hashtag no time to sleep.
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  Speaker 2: No time to sleep.
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  Speaker 4: None.
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  Speaker 3: You just got to measure the football field. And do
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  Speaker 3: silly videos.
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  Speaker 2: We'll have Gary Parish on here. We might even do
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  Speaker 2: Gary Parish here soon because college basketball is starting. Just
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  Speaker 2: got a little preview before we have him on weekly.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I got to ask him, what's the word in the
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  Speaker 2: CBS world about Russ? Oh, I would love to know that.
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  Speaker 2: How are we doing?
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  Speaker 3: I would love to know that. Would he give us
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  Speaker 3: an honest answer?
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  Speaker 2: No, because Gary's a great company man. As he always
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  Speaker 2: tells us, CBS, America's most popular network, network of stars.
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  Speaker 2: So we can't, he probably won't give us the scoop
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  Speaker 2: on Russ, but yeah. But yeah, good for Williamson, man.
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  Speaker 2: That was cool. God, there's a big part of me
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  Speaker 2: rooting for Milwaukee though. All those fans that went down
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  Speaker 2: there Yeah. And I think Tampa is just such a
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  Speaker 2: god-awful sports town. I mean— It's right up there with Atlanta.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: And I get— you know, obviously, yeah.
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  Speaker 5: You want it for the diehard Tampa fans, but I
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  Speaker 5: just don't know how many diehard Tampa fans there really are.
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  Speaker 2: Well, last night, not many.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: That's a lot of Milwaukee fans. But you know what?
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  Speaker 3: They could watch the Brewers win there tonight. They didn't
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  Speaker 3: make the trip for nothing.
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  Speaker 2: No, they can do that. Did you— yeah, I just— and I'll
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  Speaker 2: be honest. I know that the pilots left, went to Milwaukee.
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  Speaker 4: Right.
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  Speaker 2: You know, whatever. It was 1969. 70. Uh, and we
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  Speaker 2: didn't have a ballpark is I was talking to my money, our,
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  Speaker 2: our guy just behind the scenes, um, our stage manager
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  Speaker 2: up in, uh, for the crack and TV in our
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  Speaker 2: booth is named Robbie. Robbie is no word of a
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  Speaker 2: lie in his eighties. Wow. Still working. Great dude. Character
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  Speaker 2: beyond belief. Um, phenomenal. Uh, Edzo used to just bust
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  Speaker 2: his chops like nobody's business and he'd go right back
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  Speaker 2: at him. It was awesome. But Robbie, uh, You know,
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  Speaker 2: he was, of all of us, even though I'm old,
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  Speaker 2: I wasn't that old, could fill us in on Sick Stadium.
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  Speaker 2: And I was like, yeah, it was a dump. Like,
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  Speaker 2: it was literally a dump. And think about this. It's
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  Speaker 2: where the Lowe's is on Rainier Avenue. Can you imagine
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  Speaker 2: going to a baseball stadium down there?
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  Speaker 4: No.
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  Speaker 3: No, thank you.
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  Speaker 4: No.
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  Speaker 2: So for a lot of reasons, but a lot of
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  Speaker 2: it would just be getting there.
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  Speaker 3: It'd be a pain in the butt.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: So I don't have this big deal with Milwaukee necessarily
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  Speaker 2: like I do with Oklahoma City. I do have more
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  Speaker 2: of a problem with Tampa Bay, to be honest with you.
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  Speaker 4: Really?
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  Speaker 2: Because Tampa Bay for a long time, when George Argyris
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  Speaker 2: owned the Mariners back in, I guess, late 80s, early 90s,
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  Speaker 2: whenever it was, Tampa was the city that they were
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  Speaker 2: holding over our head all the time.
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  Speaker 3: That they could move there and yeah.
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  Speaker 2: You guys had 2,000 people to watch the Kansas City
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  Speaker 2: Royals on a Tuesday night at the Kingdome. Well, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: we suck and they suck.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, nobody's turning out for that game.
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  Speaker 2: No one's going to that game. Indoors when it's 85
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  Speaker 2: degrees outside? No, no one's going to that. So Tampa,
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  Speaker 2: I've always had a problem with in that regard.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: No fault of their own, but they don't care. And
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  Speaker 2: they don't spend money, and maybe they play the game
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  Speaker 2: the right way, but whatever.
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  Speaker 3: I think the Brewers are doing something wrong, too.
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  Speaker 2: So does Milwaukee, too. They didn't play the game the
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  Speaker 2: right way. But, yeah, I did find myself rooting for
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  Speaker 2: Ben Williamson yesterday. That was kind of cool that he
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  Speaker 2: got that hit, but it was off the turf. And
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  Speaker 2: then you watch a game, and it's like, I was
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  Speaker 2: thinking about this driving in today, because all the fans
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  Speaker 2: that were there, and what happens every year when Toronto
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  Speaker 2: comes here for baseball. People lose their mind. They lose
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  Speaker 2: their collective minds. My point always is buy a ticket.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: And don't sell your tickets if you have them.
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  Speaker 3: Give them to a Mariners fan.
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  Speaker 2: I have tickets.
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  Speaker 3: One weekend.
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  Speaker 2: I have tickets, and what I do is very simple.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, my God.
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  Speaker 2: Mike Benton is here. It's a very simple thing.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, wow.
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  Speaker 2: Hold on. I've got to make sure that camera's on. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: make sure that camera's on. If I have tickets for
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  Speaker 2: that game, what I do is I make sure they
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  Speaker 2: go to a Seattle fan.
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  Speaker 4: Period.
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  Speaker 2: End of story. Toronto is here tonight for hockey. And
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if it's going to be like it
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  Speaker 2: was in Calgary. We'll get into this maybe a little
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  Speaker 2: bit at 145 if you're still around. But I'll stand
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  Speaker 2: by for a second. But we'll see what it's like tonight.
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  Speaker 2: In Calgary the other night, it was nuts. Yeah. It
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  Speaker 2: was like a Toronto home game.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, I'm sure.
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  Speaker 2: For the Leafs when they were playing in the Saddledome
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  Speaker 2: for the last time ever. We'll see what it's like tonight.
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  Speaker 2: Because I know when the Blue Jays play here, but
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  Speaker 2: there's other Canadian hockey teams.
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  Speaker 4: Right.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Out west.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 3: It's not just... Calgary, Edmonton. Yeah, this is the easiest baseball.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so we'll see what it's like tonight. I'm sure
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  Speaker 2: there'll be a ton of Leafs fans in there. That's
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  Speaker 2: why it's a good night to have Coog Night, where
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  Speaker 2: we get a little bit of red in the arena.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: What are you doing? Putting on the foil. This guy.
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  Speaker 2: I've got to get a picture of this guy.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, my gosh.
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  Speaker 2: Is he on the YouTube right now?
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  Speaker 4: Yes, he is.
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  Speaker 2: When he's talking, they see him. If you're watching on
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  Speaker 2: the YouTube, I'll send a picture. It's Halloween, isn't it?
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  Speaker 4: Yet?
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  Speaker 2: It's Saturday, fella. We're getting there. Give me a smile.
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  Speaker 2: There he is. Mike Benton is here. I used to
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  Speaker 2: have a tooth knocked out.
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  Speaker 1: Not anymore.
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  Speaker 2: Mike, oh, you do have a tooth knocked out, don't you?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Did you get it replaced? About three years ago.
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  Speaker 4: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: Implant. So Benton is dressed up as one of the
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  Speaker 2: handsome brothers.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, did you go to dentalimplants.com?
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  Speaker 2: And how authentic am I as a handsome brother? Just
• 11:02
  Speaker 2: go back and look at the jersey for you YouTubers.
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  Speaker 2: That is fantastic. That's like the real thing. Where'd you
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  Speaker 2: get that? For the powers that be at this radio station.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, that can't be a cheap jersey. You should keep
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  Speaker 3: that forever.
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  Speaker 2: Something special going down tonight. So are you guys all
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  Speaker 2: dressing up?
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  Speaker 1: On radio?
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  Speaker 2: I'm not going to spoil it. Well, you just did.
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  Speaker 2: You're dressed up. It's a hint for you. There's no
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  Speaker 2: way that you... I'm giving no more hints. There's no
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  Speaker 2: way you dressed up and the other two knuckleheads aren't.
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  Speaker 2: I'm giving no more hints.
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  Speaker 4: All right.
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  Speaker 3: Al loves a costume.
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  Speaker 2: I can see Al loving a costume.
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  Speaker 4: Fitz.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, no, he'll do it. Okay, so you guys will
• 11:32
  Speaker 2: be looking good on the radio side tonight. I didn't
• 11:33
  Speaker 2: get the memo for TVs. We're playing it straight. It's
• 11:36
  Speaker 2: going to be very hard for me to focus for
• 11:38
  Speaker 2: the pregame show. I'm like Ned Braden. We're playing this
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  Speaker 2: last one. I'm like the Hanson brothers. We're playing this
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  Speaker 2: last one straight.
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  Speaker 4: Okay, coach.
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  Speaker 2: I'm playing it straight.
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  Speaker 5: I hope your good friend from your last postgame show
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  Speaker 5: comes by and sees you this time.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 3: The one that was hanging out.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that guy. He's still hung over.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. Dave's a killer.
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  Speaker 2: Dave's a killer. Are you around today at 145?
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  Speaker 4: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, we'll get more from you at 145 with the
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  Speaker 2: Daily Power Play. Ross Tucker joins us next.
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  Speaker 1: With Ross Tucker, host of the Ross Tucker Football Podcast
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  Speaker 2: Now, here's Ian with Ross Tucker. Ross Tucker, thanks to
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  Speaker 2: kind enough to move things around for us this week
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  Speaker 2: with our schedule. Ross, thank you. How are you?
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  Speaker 4: It is my pleasure. I'm doing awesome. How are you doing?
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  Speaker 2: I'm good. I'm good. Yeah, normally I would be out
• 12:59
  Speaker 2: at the Seahawks facility today. Normally at this time we'd
• 13:02
  Speaker 2: be sitting down with a Seahawks player, but they're not
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  Speaker 2: really off today, but there's no media until tomorrow. As
• 13:09
  Speaker 2: Jim Harbaugh once famously said with the 49ers, Wednesday's a Thursday,
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  Speaker 2: Thursday's a Friday, Saturday's a Sunday. blah, blah, blah, with
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  Speaker 2: the game on Monday Night Football. So we're out there tomorrow.
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  Speaker 2: Ross is on with us today. So good for all
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  Speaker 2: parties because I tell you, the trade was made yesterday,
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  Speaker 2: and the first thing I thought of is, well, it's
• 13:25
  Speaker 2: a good thing we have a former offensive lineman in
• 13:27
  Speaker 2: the NFL on who just happened to call a game
• 13:29
  Speaker 2: with the Colts a week ago. His name's Ross Tucker.
• 13:31
  Speaker 2: So let's get your reaction first and foremost on the
• 13:34
  Speaker 2: Seahawks making a trade and picking up one of the best,
• 13:37
  Speaker 2: if not the best, guards in the business in Quentin Nelson.
• 13:41
  Speaker 4: Well, good timing because I called the Colts and the
• 13:45
  Speaker 4: Vikings on Sunday. And interesting, I was not necessarily expecting
• 13:51
  Speaker 4: the Colts to do this already. You know, I thought
• 13:54
  Speaker 4: they might see how the three games go or at
• 13:58
  Speaker 4: least two of them. But they elected to just move
• 14:03
  Speaker 4: both Nelson and Buckner after one game, after Chris Ballard
• 14:09
  Speaker 4: was let go. You know, I have seen some criticism
• 14:14
  Speaker 4: of their interim GM, Ed Dodd, some people suggesting that
• 14:18
  Speaker 4: perhaps if they had waited till closer to the deadline,
• 14:21
  Speaker 4: some people think deadlines spur action, that maybe they could
• 14:25
  Speaker 4: have gotten more in return. You know, I think you
• 14:29
  Speaker 4: could also argue those guys could get hurt, too. Mm-hmm.
• 14:33
  Speaker 4: You know? Mm-hmm. And so maybe they didn't want to
• 14:36
  Speaker 4: take that chance to veterans on expiring contracts. So I
• 14:42
  Speaker 4: thought they should get what they could get. Quentin Nelson
• 14:45
  Speaker 4: is probably playing about as well as he ever has.
• 14:48
  Speaker 4: He's having a really, really good year. It'd be hard
• 14:52
  Speaker 4: for me to have more respect for a player than
• 14:56
  Speaker 4: when you watch the way he goes about his business
• 14:59
  Speaker 4: week in, week out, no matter how successful or not,
• 15:03
  Speaker 4: you know, the team is. And I know he really
• 15:05
  Speaker 4: liked Indy. He met his wife there. It didn't really
• 15:09
  Speaker 4: sound like he was looking to leave, but I'm sure
• 15:11
  Speaker 4: he's excited about the opportunity of playing in that environment,
• 15:17
  Speaker 4: playing for a Super Bowl contender, and really having that
• 15:21
  Speaker 4: type of atmosphere both in and out of the building
• 15:25
  Speaker 4: because it's not a good one right now in Indy.
• 15:28
  Speaker 2: Well, I mean, I hadn't thought of it until you
• 15:31
  Speaker 2: just kind of mentioned it a little bit. Here's a
• 15:33
  Speaker 2: guy that in Nelson, he actually played his college football
• 15:40
  Speaker 2: in the same state, right? At Notre Dame in Indiana. So,
• 15:44
  Speaker 2: you know, leaving that, leaving the state to come out West,
• 15:47
  Speaker 2: but you played the position in the NFL. So he's,
• 15:51
  Speaker 2: you said he's playing really well. He's playing great. And,
• 15:54
  Speaker 2: you know, he's been a, he's been a first team,
• 15:55
  Speaker 2: you know, all pro and all that, but you've played
• 15:57
  Speaker 2: that position. What separates Nelson from others who play that position?
• 16:05
  Speaker 4: Really, really unique combo of exceptional physical ability. You know,
• 16:12
  Speaker 4: he is a big man. I mean, he is, you know,
• 16:15
  Speaker 4: built like a refrigerator. You know, 335 pounds, I would guess.
• 16:21
  Speaker 4: But he moves very, very well. High school basketball player.
• 16:25
  Speaker 4: I actually called the U.S. Army Bowl when he was
• 16:30
  Speaker 4: in it. And, you know, so I watched his high
• 16:32
  Speaker 4: school basketball highlights. And for 300 pounds, I mean, he
• 16:36
  Speaker 4: could really move. So you have outstanding physical ability, just
• 16:42
  Speaker 4: the size and speed combo, combined with a guy that
• 16:46
  Speaker 4: has really unique mental capabilities for the position. There have
• 16:53
  Speaker 4: been a number of plays over the years where you've
• 16:57
  Speaker 4: seen him pick up blitzes or make up for others'
• 17:00
  Speaker 4: mistakes that I would say is... Very unusual. And then
• 17:06
  Speaker 4: I think maybe the biggest one for me is his temperament.
• 17:12
  Speaker 4: He is looking to finish. He is looking to physically
• 17:16
  Speaker 4: punish people. He sets the tone and a mindset for
• 17:21
  Speaker 4: an entire line. He will fill it in great with
• 17:25
  Speaker 4: Zabel and Sundell and those guys. I think John Schneider
• 17:29
  Speaker 4: recognizes how much value there is. in having guys with
• 17:36
  Speaker 4: certain mindsets. Obviously they had it when they brought in
• 17:39
  Speaker 4: Leonard Williams on defense, but Quentin Nelson is playing for keeps.
• 17:44
  Speaker 4: And I mean, that's why he's going to be a
• 17:45
  Speaker 4: Hall of Fame player. Yeah. You know, you got to
• 17:47
  Speaker 4: have it all. You have to have the unique physical ability,
• 17:51
  Speaker 4: the unique mental football intelligence. But then the big one
• 17:56
  Speaker 4: for me that I think really, really separates is just
• 18:01
  Speaker 4: his ability demeanor, his temperament, his love for the game,
• 18:10
  Speaker 4: and his love for physically punishing people. It's okay to
• 18:13
  Speaker 4: say that. You're not trying to injure anybody, but he
• 18:16
  Speaker 4: might be trying to hurt him a little bit. You know,
• 18:17
  Speaker 4: that's okay. That's good. That's why God invented football.
• 18:22
  Speaker 2: It's not a nice game. I had a guy tell
• 18:25
  Speaker 2: me when I was doing a cracking game, one of
• 18:27
  Speaker 2: our guys said, you know, hockey's not a nice game.
• 18:29
  Speaker 2: Football's not a nice game. It's okay to not be nice.
• 18:32
  Speaker 2: The finishing part of it.
• 18:36
  Speaker 4: The whole sport, my understanding, was designed originally to be
• 18:41
  Speaker 4: a productive way for young males to get out their aggression.
• 18:45
  Speaker 4: You know, like a healthy way for young men to
• 18:49
  Speaker 4: get out their aggression. That makes sense to me.
• 18:54
  Speaker 2: That attitude, the finishing part of it you talked about,
• 18:59
  Speaker 2: that aggression. you've been a part of a million offensive lines,
• 19:03
  Speaker 2: college and pros that probably translates, right? That elevates everybody else.
• 19:07
  Speaker 2: That attitude elevates everybody else. You, you kind of follow
• 19:10
  Speaker 2: the leader in that regard.
• 19:11
  Speaker 4: Two aspects of that. One is it, it just kind
• 19:18
  Speaker 4: of rubs off on the other guys a little bit
• 19:20
  Speaker 4: because I think, you know, on a scale of one
• 19:23
  Speaker 4: to 10, let's say you're one, you're not, you're not,
• 19:26
  Speaker 4: you're a one, you're not really a finisher. Um, You're
• 19:28
  Speaker 4: not that type of guy or 10 you live for.
• 19:31
  Speaker 4: You live for trying to put people down. You can't
• 19:35
  Speaker 4: really go from a two to a nine, you know? Right.
• 19:38
  Speaker 4: But if you have Quentin Nelson, who's a 10, you
• 19:41
  Speaker 4: can go from a five to a seven or a
• 19:43
  Speaker 4: three to a five. So it can raise everybody's game
• 19:47
  Speaker 4: a little bit. And then the truth is, number one,
• 19:52
  Speaker 4: that guy starts getting praise for it and you want
• 19:55
  Speaker 4: the praise for it. But then you start to realize
• 19:59
  Speaker 4: that you kind of look bad if you're not doing that.
• 20:03
  Speaker 4: You know, if one guy's downfield every play, knocking guys over,
• 20:08
  Speaker 4: picking up the running back, being an enforcer, and you're
• 20:11
  Speaker 4: just standing there, it's not a great look.
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: I like it, Ross Tucker joining us right now, right
• 20:17
  Speaker 2: to my Northwest Handling Systems. They want to run their
• 20:21
  Speaker 2: wide zone. He's as good as there is at that.
• 20:24
  Speaker 2: Pass blocking, hasn't given up a sack. We've talked about that.
• 20:27
  Speaker 2: What about the other guys in the move? We're assuming,
• 20:29
  Speaker 2: and honestly, Ross, because we get kicked out of practice tomorrow,
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: probably before they even do anything outside of a little
• 20:36
  Speaker 2: bit of stretching. We probably won't know until the middle
• 20:40
  Speaker 2: or the end of the warm-ups on Monday night what
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: it's going to look like. The assumption would be Gray
• 20:45
  Speaker 2: Zabel moves to right guard and Bradford goes to the bench.
• 20:49
  Speaker 2: That would be the assumption, but we're not sure. What
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: kind of transition would that be for Gray Zabel, who's
• 20:55
  Speaker 2: spent his career in the NFL so far playing on
• 20:57
  Speaker 2: the left side moving to the right side?
• 21:01
  Speaker 4: Well, I think I read or heard, did he play
• 21:03
  Speaker 4: right side at some point at North Dakota?
• 21:06
  Speaker 2: He played everywhere at North Dakota, including the tackle positions, yes.
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: But since he's been in Seattle, any rep that we
• 21:12
  Speaker 2: have seen, including OTAs, rookie minicamp, minicamp, training camp, and
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: games have all been at left guard, yes. But he
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: has played elsewhere.
• 21:19
  Speaker 4: Yeah. It is more of an adjustment than people realize.
• 21:24
  Speaker 3: Because.
• 21:25
  Speaker 4: When you're in a left-handed stance, your left foot is back,
• 21:30
  Speaker 4: your right foot's forward, your left hand's down. Anytime someone
• 21:35
  Speaker 4: makes an inside move on you, your right arm and hand,
• 21:39
  Speaker 4: that is your dominant arm. That's your inside arm. And
• 21:43
  Speaker 4: so then he's done thousands of reps doing that the
• 21:48
  Speaker 4: last couple years. Now, all of a sudden, you have
• 21:52
  Speaker 4: to flip it. And... The best way I would describe it,
• 21:56
  Speaker 4: there are other versions of this that are maybe not
• 21:59
  Speaker 4: as PG, but it's like brushing your teeth with the
• 22:04
  Speaker 4: other hand. So if you're normally a right-handed brushing your teeth,
• 22:09
  Speaker 4: you can get the job done with your left hand.
• 22:13
  Speaker 4: It's not pretty, but if you do it every day,
• 22:16
  Speaker 4: a lot for five days in a row, you can
• 22:21
  Speaker 4: be passable. doing it with the other hand. And then
• 22:25
  Speaker 4: if you do it every day for weeks, by like
• 22:30
  Speaker 4: week three or four, you almost forget and you feel
• 22:33
  Speaker 4: like you've always done it with your left hand. So
• 22:36
  Speaker 4: Zabel just needs the reps. The worst game he'll have
• 22:41
  Speaker 4: on the right side, if that's what happens, will be
• 22:44
  Speaker 4: this first one. I like it.
• 22:46
  Speaker 2: Do it make sense at all to now they rotated Stevens,
• 22:50
  Speaker 2: the rookie and Christian Haynes, who they just released yesterday
• 22:53
  Speaker 2: while Bradford was out at right guard during games, you know,
• 22:57
  Speaker 2: that was a 60-40 split a lot of times. Would
• 22:59
  Speaker 2: it make any sense at all for them to think
• 23:01
  Speaker 2: the same thing was able to kind of get him
• 23:03
  Speaker 2: up to speed with Bradford and rotate, or do you
• 23:05
  Speaker 2: think they're just going to... We're all playing a guessing
• 23:07
  Speaker 2: game here, but if you're the player, what would you
• 23:09
  Speaker 2: want on the right side?
• 23:12
  Speaker 4: Every snap. Yeah, every snap. Rip the Band-Aid off. Put
• 23:17
  Speaker 4: him out there. We just talked about how It really
• 23:20
  Speaker 4: is just a matter of getting used to it and reps. Well,
• 23:23
  Speaker 4: the sooner you can get used to it, the sooner
• 23:25
  Speaker 4: you can get those reps, the better. I'm not really
• 23:28
  Speaker 4: a believer of rotating because, you know, it's not quite
• 23:34
  Speaker 4: like quarterbacks, but as an offensive lineman, there are plays
• 23:38
  Speaker 4: where you're kind of setting something up for later. You
• 23:43
  Speaker 4: might change your split. You might change your set. You know,
• 23:47
  Speaker 4: there might be a good opportunity for you to jump
• 23:49
  Speaker 4: the guy and act like it's a run when it's
• 23:52
  Speaker 4: really a pass. And that might help you later on
• 23:55
  Speaker 4: in the game when it's obvious pass. You really want
• 23:59
  Speaker 4: all those opportunities to try to manipulate the mind of
• 24:04
  Speaker 4: the D lineman you're going against.
• 24:07
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• 24:27
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• 24:29
  Speaker 2: He goes to the San Francisco 49ers. Some thoughts on that?
• 24:36
  Speaker 4: First of all, I do think the whole concept of
• 24:40
  Speaker 4: an interim GM, and I said this on today's Ross
• 24:43
  Speaker 4: Tucker football podcast, Ian, is fascinating. Obviously, this has to
• 24:50
  Speaker 4: be an ownership decision in Indy to move on from
• 24:54
  Speaker 4: these guys and to try to recoup assets. I will
• 24:58
  Speaker 4: just tell you, I don't think it's a very good
• 25:00
  Speaker 4: opportunity for a rebuild. They don't have a young quarterback
• 25:04
  Speaker 4: that they believe in. They don't have a first-round pick.
• 25:07
  Speaker 4: So you're selling these guys for middle-round picks. I guess
• 25:12
  Speaker 4: it helps, especially if you think you're going to let
• 25:14
  Speaker 4: them go in free agency anyway. But it's a long
• 25:19
  Speaker 4: road for the Colts. And by the way, they have
• 25:22
  Speaker 4: one of the best running backs in the NFL, who's
• 25:23
  Speaker 4: only 27, one of the best young tight ends in
• 25:25
  Speaker 4: the NFL, one of the best young receivers in Alec Pierce.
• 25:29
  Speaker 4: Everybody wanted him in free agency. So this does not
• 25:33
  Speaker 4: feel like a... Miami Dolphins last year situation where they
• 25:38
  Speaker 4: were going to have oodles of cap debt and needed
• 25:44
  Speaker 4: to totally start from scratch. So this situation for the
• 25:47
  Speaker 4: Colts is, to me, very different and very interesting. I
• 25:52
  Speaker 4: think a third and fifth for Quentin Nelson, maybe. I
• 25:57
  Speaker 4: think a fourth for Buckner. That's it. That's a little
• 26:00
  Speaker 4: bit surprising. Because you're talking about a difference-making defensive tackle.
• 26:06
  Speaker 4: I think it's the second most important position after quarterback
• 26:10
  Speaker 4: in the league. So I feel like you could say
• 26:13
  Speaker 4: the Seahawks and Niners both got good deals. I would
• 26:18
  Speaker 4: say I feel like the Niners especially got a good deal.
• 26:22
  Speaker 4: And Buckner can still play. He was having a good year.
• 26:25
  Speaker 4: And the Niners desperately needed someone like him. When they
• 26:30
  Speaker 4: get him and now they're going to get Bosa back
• 26:33
  Speaker 4: after the bye, look out because they already had some
• 26:36
  Speaker 4: guys on the D-line like Halton and Diggy Zua that
• 26:39
  Speaker 4: were making plays.
• 26:40
  Speaker 2: Yeah, there's no doubt about that. Ross Tucker joining us here. Ross,
• 26:45
  Speaker 2: we didn't even get to the game last week. Were
• 26:48
  Speaker 2: you surprised by Seattle's domination of that Chiefs offense, especially
• 26:51
  Speaker 2: Ken Walker?
• 26:52
  Speaker 4: I don't know if surprise is the word. I mean,
• 26:57
  Speaker 4: I picked the Seahawks to win the game. It felt
• 27:01
  Speaker 4: like that was going to be the game the Chiefs
• 27:02
  Speaker 4: would lose. Yeah. I mean, they're a good team. They
• 27:05
  Speaker 4: weren't going to go 17-0. They were going to lose
• 27:07
  Speaker 4: some game. And so a Sunday night on the road
• 27:11
  Speaker 4: at Seattle against that defensive front, defense in general, in
• 27:17
  Speaker 4: a game in which, you know, the Seahawks are going
• 27:19
  Speaker 4: against their former running back. Seahawks had 10 days because
• 27:22
  Speaker 4: they played the previous Thursday coming off a loss. I mean,
• 27:26
  Speaker 4: that felt like it was time for a Chiefs loss.
• 27:30
  Speaker 4: I would say the manner in which they did it
• 27:33
  Speaker 4: was really dominant and really impressive. That's the part that
• 27:38
  Speaker 4: jumped out to me more than just them winning. I
• 27:40
  Speaker 4: kind of thought they'd win, but I don't know that
• 27:42
  Speaker 4: I thought they would hold them to three points.
• 27:45
  Speaker 2: Yeah, then the reward is they get Caleb Williams and
• 27:48
  Speaker 2: the Bears. Caleb Williams winning a hell of a high
• 27:50
  Speaker 2: level right now, right? For the Bears, they get that
• 27:52
  Speaker 2: Monday night. That's your reward. Hey, good job. Next up,
• 27:55
  Speaker 2: the Bears. That's life in the NFL, right?
• 28:00
  Speaker 4: Super Bowl champs, and that game is going to be awesome. Really,
• 28:03
  Speaker 4: really looking forward to it.
• 28:04
  Speaker 2: I want to get a quick thought. You've got a
• 28:06
  Speaker 2: good one this week, too. You've got the Ravens and
• 28:09
  Speaker 2: the Bills. Sounds like Lamar is back. The Bills. Ravens
• 28:12
  Speaker 2: are 4-3, I would say. Maybe use the term scuffling.
• 28:15
  Speaker 2: Bills humming along at 5-1, I believe, coming off the
• 28:18
  Speaker 2: bye week, right? So that's a good one on CBS
• 28:21
  Speaker 2: on Sunday at 10 o'clock our time.
• 28:24
  Speaker 4: Should be fantastic. I mean, you're talking about the two
• 28:28
  Speaker 4: best quarterbacks, the two best teams to have not made
• 28:34
  Speaker 4: the super bowl over whatever it is the last nine
• 28:37
  Speaker 4: or 10 years since those guys have been there. I mean,
• 28:39
  Speaker 4: they've won a number of MVPs between them, even the
• 28:43
  Speaker 4: years when they don't win it, they're right there. And
• 28:48
  Speaker 4: every year people kind of think, is this the year?
• 28:51
  Speaker 4: Is this the time? And unfortunately for them, it is,
• 28:54
  Speaker 4: it has not been to this point. And I don't
• 28:57
  Speaker 4: know if this year will be either because, But they
• 29:00
  Speaker 4: are maybe the two most entertaining quarterbacks in the NFL.
• 29:04
  Speaker 4: I'm expecting Lamar Jackson to play in a game that
• 29:07
  Speaker 4: the Ravens really need now. They're reeling a little bit
• 29:09
  Speaker 4: after losing two in a row in the division.
• 29:11
  Speaker 2: We'll have that at 10 a.m. on CBS out here
• 29:14
  Speaker 2: in Seattle on Sunday. In the meantime, let's tell folks
• 29:17
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• 29:20
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• 29:22
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• 29:26
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  Speaker 2: Enjoy, my friend. We'll talk to you next Thursday. Back
• 29:57
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• 29:59
  Speaker 2: fact that you were able to switch it around for
• 30:02
  Speaker 2: us today because we definitely wanted to get your insight
• 30:03
  Speaker 2: on Quentin Nelson. Great stuff. Thank you. We'll talk to
• 30:05
  Speaker 2: you in seven, eight days, I guess. Thanks, Ross.
• 30:08
  Speaker 4: My pleasure. See you.
• 30:09
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• 30:40
  Speaker 2: This stuff from Ross Tucker, I'm glad we got, I mean,
• 30:43
  Speaker 2: love having Ross on every week, but this was even probably,
• 30:46
  Speaker 2: I would say, put in the category more important to
• 30:49
  Speaker 2: get his insight. NFL player, played, you know, he played
• 30:53
  Speaker 2: five years in the league, you know, and played the
• 30:57
  Speaker 2: guard position, knows the guard position, and I thought the.
• 31:00
  Speaker 3: And also just saw him on Sunday.
• 31:02
  Speaker 2: And just saw him on Sunday. Yeah, because there was,
• 31:04
  Speaker 2: Softie was bringing this up yesterday, I don't know who
• 31:05
  Speaker 2: it was, was saying, you know, somebody said that they
• 31:08
  Speaker 2: struggled against Minnesota. Well, I mean, a lot of people
• 31:11
  Speaker 2: struggle against Minnesota's defense this year, by the way. And
• 31:13
  Speaker 2: when your quarterback's awful like Daniel Jones is and all
• 31:16
  Speaker 2: those things, that's going to happen. I thought that, you know,
• 31:20
  Speaker 2: what he said about moving from the left to the right,
• 31:22
  Speaker 2: you know, there's going to be a transition for Gray Zabel.
• 31:26
  Speaker 2: I would still assume that we will see Gray Zabel
• 31:29
  Speaker 2: at the right guard position on Sunday.
• 31:31
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 31:31
  Speaker 2: Or Monday, I guess.
• 31:32
  Speaker 4: Sorry. Yeah, Monday. That's right.
• 31:34
  Speaker 2: On Monday, that we would still see him there. The
• 31:38
  Speaker 2: silly talk that's out there, oh, they're going to move
• 31:40
  Speaker 2: him to center. They're going to move him to tackle. Zabel,
• 31:42
  Speaker 2: that is. I'm like, guys, come on. Like, it's the
• 31:45
  Speaker 2: middle of the season.
• 31:46
  Speaker 3: Yeah, people still on the text line. They're going to
• 31:49
  Speaker 3: move him to left tackle.
• 31:50
  Speaker 2: I'm like, why would they? There's just guys.
• 31:53
  Speaker 3: Also, you don't know anything more than anyone else. You
• 31:55
  Speaker 3: don't know they're.
• 31:56
  Speaker 2: Going to do that. Let's just give your head a
• 31:59
  Speaker 2: shake for a second, will you please? Like, they're not
• 32:01
  Speaker 2: moving a guy that has played his entire NFL career
• 32:04
  Speaker 2: to albeit a season and a half, but a lot
• 32:07
  Speaker 2: of games because they played 17, 18, 19, 20, and
• 32:11
  Speaker 2: he's played 27 games at left guard.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 32:16
  Speaker 2: Like the move to, as I thought Ross articulated quite well,
• 32:21
  Speaker 2: the move from left guard to right guard is going
• 32:23
  Speaker 2: to be enough of a transition. Where your hand is,
• 32:26
  Speaker 2: you know, where your dominant foot is, how you, you know,
• 32:30
  Speaker 2: what hand you reach with, all those things. That's a
• 32:33
  Speaker 2: significant thing. if you're a swing tackle, like Josh Jones,
• 32:36
  Speaker 2: who's the back.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Like that's his job. He'll take reps in practice at
• 32:41
  Speaker 2: both places. Like we saw him in training camp, your
• 32:43
  Speaker 2: left guard or your left tackle, right tackle. Like he's
• 32:46
  Speaker 2: got to be ready to go in. If Lucas gets
• 32:47
  Speaker 2: hurt or if cross gets hurt, he's got to be
• 32:50
  Speaker 2: ready for that.
• 32:50
  Speaker 4: Right. Right.
• 32:51
  Speaker 3: That makes sense.
• 32:52
  Speaker 2: So, but if you're gray's able, you're not, they're not.
• 32:55
  Speaker 2: And we have, I'll just say me, but I mean,
• 32:59
  Speaker 2: I think we can include everybody media wise, but I'll
• 33:03
  Speaker 2: just include myself. I didn't watch every single snap of
• 33:09
  Speaker 2: every single OTA minicamp and training camp practice over the
• 33:12
  Speaker 2: last two years. But I watched, and those are the
• 33:15
  Speaker 2: ones we can see. We can't see, you know, and
• 33:18
  Speaker 2: I don't want to sound salty by any means. This
• 33:21
  Speaker 2: is just the way the NFL works. Once they go
• 33:23
  Speaker 2: into regular season mode, you know, we're out there. We
• 33:26
  Speaker 2: can kind of get an eye on stuff. And then
• 33:28
  Speaker 2: as soon as they start doing anything besides stretching, We're
• 33:31
  Speaker 2: back inside, and we're not watching practice. And that's probably
• 33:35
  Speaker 2: the way it should be. You don't want to give
• 33:36
  Speaker 2: the other teams a competitive advantage. It kind of goes
• 33:39
  Speaker 2: even to the Jed Fish stuff with the quarterback. Why
• 33:41
  Speaker 2: would Jed Fish tell anybody who the starting quarterback is
• 33:44
  Speaker 2: at Nebraska? He'd be foolish to.
• 33:46
  Speaker 3: Yeah, you don't have to.
• 33:47
  Speaker 2: No, let Nebraska prepare for both guys, Brown and DeMond.
• 33:51
  Speaker 2: But as far as CS, yeah. But I haven't watched
• 33:54
  Speaker 2: them all, but I've watched enough. I don't ever, and
• 33:56
  Speaker 2: I just asked around a little bit to other guys.
• 33:58
  Speaker 2: We'll talk to Corbin about it coming up at 2 p.m. Really,
• 34:01
  Speaker 2: Zabel has been a left guard since day one. He's certainly,
• 34:05
  Speaker 2: I don't think, ever taken a snap in the NFL field, camp,
• 34:10
  Speaker 2: training camp, practice, what have you, at tackle. They're not
• 34:13
  Speaker 2: moving him to tackle, and they're not moving Quinton Nelson,
• 34:15
  Speaker 2: who's the best guard ever, at least in this, I
• 34:17
  Speaker 2: shouldn't say ever, the best guard in this generation. They're
• 34:20
  Speaker 2: not moving him to tackle. That's not why you picked
• 34:23
  Speaker 2: him up.
• 34:24
  Speaker 1: Right.
• 34:24
  Speaker 2: You brought him in here to play guard, to help
• 34:27
  Speaker 2: the interior of your offensive line. where he can dominate,
• 34:30
  Speaker 2: and all the things that Ross just talked about, the
• 34:33
  Speaker 2: intangibles that he brings, that's why you brought him in here.
• 34:36
  Speaker 3: Yeah, Fela talked about it yesterday, too.
• 34:38
  Speaker 2: Fela talked about it, too. Fela mentioned it yesterday. Like,
• 34:40
  Speaker 2: you brought him in here to change the attitude and
• 34:42
  Speaker 2: upgrade everything, and the whole boat rises. And again, guards
• 34:46
  Speaker 2: are guards, tackles are tackles.
• 34:48
  Speaker 5: I think that people just think because you're on the
• 34:50
  Speaker 5: offensive line, it's just interchangeable. It's like, well, that's when
• 34:53
  Speaker 5: your offensive line has problems, when you're just constantly moving pieces.
• 34:56
  Speaker 2: And even at the center position, like, just That's a
• 35:00
  Speaker 2: hard enough thing because, like, you know, snapping the ball
• 35:04
  Speaker 2: on the right counts before you snap it. Okay, we're
• 35:07
  Speaker 2: reading everything. We're making the line calls. All the things
• 35:10
  Speaker 2: that you've got to do as a center. If you
• 35:12
  Speaker 2: want to move Zabel to center in the offseason, probably sure.
• 35:15
  Speaker 2: I mean, bye week doesn't make sense. I don't think
• 35:19
  Speaker 2: Sundell's been a problem at all. Like, I think most
• 35:21
  Speaker 2: people believe that Sundell's been pretty solid. Yeah. You're just
• 35:23
  Speaker 2: trying to upgrade your offensive lines. The way you upgrade
• 35:26
  Speaker 2: is not by moving around multiple pieces. You're already doing
• 35:29
  Speaker 2: that with a backup left tackle for the couple weeks,
• 35:31
  Speaker 2: more than likely with the injury to cross. So, yeah,
• 35:34
  Speaker 2: I think just– and Hugh talked about it yesterday with Softee.
• 35:38
  Speaker 2: I thought he said it really well. Like, just knock
• 35:42
  Speaker 2: me over with a feather if they move one of
• 35:43
  Speaker 2: those guys to the tackle position. I'm the same way.
• 35:45
  Speaker 2: I just can't fathom them doing that. It just doesn't
• 35:48
  Speaker 2: make sense. These guys are too smart with what they do.
• 35:50
  Speaker 2: So let's just move on from that and understand that
• 35:53
  Speaker 2: Zabel's going to have an adjustment over the next few days.
• 35:56
  Speaker 2: Probably playing right tackle or right guard. He's going to
• 35:58
  Speaker 2: play right guard. Let's just put it right there. Will
• 36:01
  Speaker 2: he be sharing? I think my only question is, will
• 36:04
  Speaker 2: he share time with Bradford? Will Bradford start and Zabel
• 36:08
  Speaker 2: come in? I'm going to guess they're going to go
• 36:10
  Speaker 2: with the younger guy, and he's going to be your
• 36:12
  Speaker 2: right guard on Monday night against the Bears.
• 36:14
  Speaker 4: Okay.
• 36:14
  Speaker 2: That would be my guess. That seems to make the
• 36:16
  Speaker 2: most sense. That's the most logical thing we can conclude.
• 36:19
  Speaker 2: But we don't know, and we'll listen in. We'll play
• 36:23
  Speaker 2: Mike McDonald when he speaks tomorrow. We'll have that audio
• 36:26
  Speaker 2: for you on the show. I'm going to guess he's
• 36:28
  Speaker 2: going to do nothing to give you any type of insight,
• 36:30
  Speaker 2: and honestly, nor should he. Right. Nor should he.
• 36:34
  Speaker 3: Yeah, you should leave some things as a mystery.
• 36:36
  Speaker 2: He will be asked all those questions, and he will
• 36:38
  Speaker 2: give you nothing, and you'll like it.
• 36:40
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 36:40
  Speaker 2: You'll like it. That's what he's going to give you,
• 36:42
  Speaker 2: and you'll like it. I love what Ross said to
• 36:45
  Speaker 2: wrap it up with this. I love what he said
• 36:48
  Speaker 2: about the attitude that this guy brings, and he's a, quote, finisher.
• 36:53
  Speaker 2: Like there's finesse– listen, there are linemen that are kind
• 36:56
  Speaker 2: of more finesse and, you know, they've got the light
• 36:59
  Speaker 2: feet and they're just like you're never going to get
• 37:01
  Speaker 2: by them and they do this. And then there's other
• 37:03
  Speaker 2: guys that are just– especially the interior guys that are
• 37:05
  Speaker 2: just flat-out maulers. And that's what Bradford has been. Like
• 37:09
  Speaker 2: if you want to look at what Bradford's strengths are
• 37:10
  Speaker 2: over the years, Anthony Bradford's strength, by and large, is
• 37:14
  Speaker 2: the fact that this dude is an absolute mauler in
• 37:17
  Speaker 2: the run game. Maybe his past pro's not great, not
• 37:20
  Speaker 2: the most athletic guy.
• 37:21
  Speaker 3: Not a mauler like Dave, by the way.
• 37:23
  Speaker 2: Not a mauler like Dave. This is mauler, M-A-U-L-E-R, not M-A-H-L-E-R.
• 37:29
  Speaker 3: Much more beneficial to a football team.
• 37:32
  Speaker 2: Or even probably a radio station. Well, you know, probably.
• 37:35
  Speaker 2: All of the above.
• 37:35
  Speaker 4: Probably.
• 37:36
  Speaker 2: But this is what this guy is. And I think
• 37:40
  Speaker 2: the whole boat rises, as Ross said, with this guy
• 37:42
  Speaker 2: coming in. I'm excited, man. I can't wait to see
• 37:44
  Speaker 2: him play on Monday night and just have that attitude
• 37:45
  Speaker 2: out there. And everyone else will have that attitude. You'll
• 37:48
  Speaker 2: follow along. It's going to be great. John Schneider, Hall
• 37:51
  Speaker 2: of Fame. Let's go. Just get the plaque made right
• 37:55
  Speaker 2: now because he's going to the Hall of Fame someday.
• 37:57
  Speaker 2: And he should go in the Hall of Fame someday,
• 37:59
  Speaker 2: what he's been able to do.
• 38:00
  Speaker 4: Okay.
• 38:01
  Speaker 2: We'll take a break. We'll come back. College football. Is
• 38:04
  Speaker 2: there a chance, Ashley? For a college football playoff berth
• 38:09
  Speaker 2: for one of the two schools in the northwest of
• 38:11
  Speaker 2: the United States of America. Those two schools would be
• 38:14
  Speaker 2: Oregon and Washington. They both are sitting with three losses.
• 38:17
  Speaker 2: A lot of talk about the SEC getting three lost
• 38:19
  Speaker 2: teams in the college football playoff this year. What about
• 38:22
  Speaker 2: the team? If Washington were to run the table, can
• 38:24
  Speaker 2: they get in? If Oregon were to run the table,
• 38:26
  Speaker 2: can they get in?
• 38:27
  Speaker 3: I haven't thought about that.
• 38:29
  Speaker 4: I mean, now.
• 38:30
  Speaker 2: That's because you haven't thought about them running the table.
• 38:32
  Speaker 3: Right, right, yes.
• 38:34
  Speaker 2: With Dylan Rayola and the two-headed quarterback monster here. We'll
• 38:37
  Speaker 2: talk about that coming up next. It's our guy, Stuart Mendel.