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Aaron Donald Out of Retirement Back on Rams, OBJ Makes Giants Roster, Belichick Gets Signature College Win · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 1: Hey, guys.
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  Speaker 2: Welcome to The Daily Play with Joy Taylor. Thanks so
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  Speaker 2: Aaron Donald is back, and that is horrible news for
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  Speaker 2: the rest of the NFL. When he retired in March
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  Speaker 2: 2024 after 10 NFL seasons, Donald was a three-time defensive
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  Speaker 2: player of the year, eight-time first-team All-Pro, and a 10-time
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  Speaker 2: Pro Bowl selection, and had already been the 2014 Defensive
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  Speaker 2: Rookie of the Year, ready to walk straight into the
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  Speaker 2: Hall of Fame upon eligibility. Since the Rams' June 1st
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  Speaker 2: trade for Miles Garrett, Donald has been putting himself through a, quote,
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  Speaker 2: very strict regimented process that was similar to what he
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  Speaker 2: did when he played to see whether he could return.
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  Speaker 2: And that is what Sean McVay said. And now, thanks
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  Speaker 2: to permission from his wife, she tweeted, I.
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  Speaker 1: Let him out the house, y'all. We appreciate it, Erica.
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  Speaker 2: Donald is back to help the Rams chase a second
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  Speaker 2: title with the team that drafted him with the number
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  Speaker 2: 13 pick in 2014. So I was pretty positive that
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  Speaker 2: he was retired. I do tend to believe players when
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  Speaker 2: they retire. I do remember my friend Shady McCoy saying
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  Speaker 2: he was definitely going to be back and that he
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  Speaker 2: was not going to stay retired.
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  Speaker 1: I think he was the first one on that.
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  Speaker 2: And now it's true because everyone is going to talk
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  Speaker 2: about the defensive line that has two defensive players of
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  Speaker 2: the year on it, including the most recent winner of
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  Speaker 2: that award, the newly acquired Myles Garrett. And the Rams
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  Speaker 2: added talent to the back end, acquiring Super Bowl-winning cornerbacks
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  Speaker 2: Jalen Watson and Trent McDuffie to strengthen the secondary. The
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  Speaker 2: offense is obviously still operated on the field by the
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  Speaker 2: reigning MVP Matthew Stafford, who has plenty of weapons with.
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  Speaker 1: Him, and obviously the brain of Sean McVay.
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  Speaker 2: So I, obviously, not a hot take, feel like the
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  Speaker 2: Rams are set up to be the most dominant team.
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  Speaker 2: They obviously have a lot of big names, but I
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  Speaker 2: think more than that, they're a great run organization. that
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  Speaker 2: are extremely well coached and adding Aaron Donald, not only
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  Speaker 2: adds obviously the experience and the skill, but it just
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  Speaker 2: creates scheming problems for opposing offenses that are just an
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  Speaker 2: absolute nightmare. The Rams have been a team that has
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  Speaker 2: been on the cusp the past few years, and this
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  Speaker 2: is incredibly exciting, exciting news. I can't wait to watch
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  Speaker 2: them this year. And, you know, Aaron Donald, like I said,
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  Speaker 2: is a future Hall of Famer.
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  Speaker 1: So to have him.
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  Speaker 2: Back, it seems like, you know, obviously he didn't want
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  Speaker 2: to participate in training camp, which makes sense.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he's a retired player.
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  Speaker 2: Training camp is not the most fun time of the season. I,
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  Speaker 2: you know, think he would be doing, you know, kind
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  Speaker 2: of minimal work there anyway. So it's really, really, really
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  Speaker 2: exciting news for the NFL to have him back and
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  Speaker 2: for the Rams and not exciting news for anyone who
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  Speaker 2: has to line up across from them this year. Speaking
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  Speaker 2: of returns, Odell has been back in New York this offseason.
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  Speaker 2: And on Sunday, he officially made the Giants roster. So
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  Speaker 2: this is a feel-good story to me in a time
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  Speaker 2: that can feel like a sea of negativity. OBJ has
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  Speaker 2: been very positive in his approach to training camp. And
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  Speaker 2: as a result, he has made the Giants 53-man roster
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  Speaker 2: before final cuts on Friday.
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  Speaker 1: He said, it would mean everything to me if I
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  Speaker 1: made it.
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  Speaker 2: Seeing my four-year-old son at the game yelling and just
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  Speaker 2: looking at me, he told one of his friends, people
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  Speaker 2: always want to take a picture with my dad. He
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  Speaker 2: must be the best. Just made me laugh because I
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  Speaker 2: want to show him lead the way. I want to
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  Speaker 2: be a good example for him, be a good man.
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  Speaker 2: I love him so much. He's only 33 years old.
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  Speaker 2: And obviously, you know, our iconic moment of him as
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  Speaker 2: a 22-year-old rookie making the catch, starting his career with
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  Speaker 2: three straight Pro Bowl seasons.
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  Speaker 1: And then, you know, he went to Cleveland.
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  Speaker 2: And Cleveland is, as we know, a very, very interesting
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  Speaker 2: place to try and have success at. So since then,
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  Speaker 2: he's played for the Clevelands, got injured helping the Rams
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  Speaker 2: in the Super Bowl, was great before that.
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  Speaker 1: In that Super Bowl.
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  Speaker 2: And he played for the Ravens and the Dolphins before
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  Speaker 2: sitting out last season. So I love that he's back
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  Speaker 2: in New York, some unfinished business. He's a global sensation,
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  Speaker 2: a one-namer. And I think John Harbaugh, who coached him
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  Speaker 2: in Baltimore, is now the Giants head coach. And I
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  Speaker 2: think this is a good situation for Jackson Dart, Cam Scadaboo,
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  Speaker 2: the wide receiver core. There's a lot of young players there.
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  Speaker 2: And Odell is somebody who is a certified superstar. So
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  Speaker 2: even if he is not the same player that he
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  Speaker 2: was in his rookie and early seasons, he still has
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  Speaker 2: the experience and knows that city very well. So I
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  Speaker 2: like this move for them. I like this move for Odell.
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  Speaker 2: They don't have to rely on him. They have young
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  Speaker 2: players and he can contribute where he needs to contribute
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  Speaker 2: and also provide a little stability and knowledge to that
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  Speaker 2: wide receiver room and.
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  Speaker 1: To that offense. So I I really, really like this
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  Speaker 1: for Odell and for the Giants. I think this is
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  Speaker 1: a good move.
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  Speaker 2: And finally, the college football season has begun and it
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  Speaker 2: came with a Bill Belichick signature win as a college coach.
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  Speaker 1: It was not in America. Neither team scored 20 points.
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  Speaker 2: It was a 15-10 win in Dublin, Ireland as the
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  Speaker 2: Tar Heels knocked off the Horned Frogs to kick off
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  Speaker 2: year two of the Belichick experience in Chapel Hill.
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  Speaker 1: He is 74 years old, former.
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  Speaker 2: GOAT who won 16 rules and NFL head coach and
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  Speaker 2: was four and eight in his college debut with the
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  Speaker 2: Tar Heels last year. That was a season that began
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  Speaker 2: with a 48 to 14 home loss to TCU in
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  Speaker 2: primetime on Labor Day. It has seemed like the Belichick
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  Speaker 2: Tar Heel chaos has died.
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  Speaker 1: Down a little bit. You know, we're not hearing constant
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  Speaker 1: stories about them.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe he has established a little bit of stability there.
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  Speaker 2: in Chapel Hill. They've got a week off to regroup
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  Speaker 2: before taking on East Tennessee State. And then the real
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  Speaker 2: test will be against Notre Dame on October 3rd. I
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  Speaker 2: am so excited that football is back.
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  Speaker 1: College football is back.
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  Speaker 2: We are about to have a really, really fun, interesting season.
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  Speaker 2: There's a lot of things to follow, a lot of
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  Speaker 2: storylines to follow. And this is a good start for Belichick.
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  Speaker 1: A win is a win.
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  Speaker 2: And... Sometimes you have to consider that being in another
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  Speaker 2: country is going to influence how you play. So I
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  Speaker 2: love that for Bill. I want to see the greats
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  Speaker 2: be successful. I didn't really agree with him going to
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  Speaker 2: college football as a coach. Felt like he had already
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  Speaker 2: proven enough and given enough to the game. But, you know,
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  Speaker 2: as pretty much everyone has told me, coaches have to coach.
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  Speaker 2: So 74 years old, still coaching college football.
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  Speaker 1: God bless.
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  Speaker 2: And I hope it's an interesting and good season on
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  Speaker 2: the field.
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