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09/11/26 - Hour 3 · The Huddle

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  Speaker 1: Locked and loaded. It's the Friday edition of the huddle
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Hope you enjoyed sleeping in slackers. They finally way
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  Speaker 2: to wake up with the rest.
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  Speaker 1: Of the folks. You've been here since five, uh, holding
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  Speaker 1: football Friday. We're going to talk to the voice of
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  Speaker 1: the Packers, Wayne Larivian, about 20 minutes from right now.
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  Speaker 1: Order of business. We need to name our current electric superhero.
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  Speaker 2: Hometown company. The kind of companies that you want to
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  Speaker 2: be doing business with. Our superhero of the day is
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  Speaker 2: the Brewers' number five.
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  Speaker 1: Prospect, Andrew Fisher. You've heard of him. You'll hear of
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  Speaker 1: him again. Hit it, Armin.
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  Speaker 4: They're too out.
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  Speaker 1: He swings and hammers it deep to right. Boyd is
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  Speaker 1: back at the wall.
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  Speaker 4: It is gone, and it is a record.
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  Speaker 5: Andrew Fisher's got his 47th, and he stands all alone
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  Speaker 5: for the most home runs in a single season by
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  Speaker 5: a minor leaguer this century.
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  Speaker 1: Holy cow. That is correct. 47 bombs. It's pretty amazing.
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  Speaker 3: It's amazing.
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  Speaker 1: Andrew Fisher at multiple levels. And he's across two, right?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think so.
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  Speaker 1: High A and double A. That's amazing at any level,
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  Speaker 1: but that.
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  Speaker 2: Is just absolutely... Wow, wow, wow. And it appears you
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  Speaker 2: hit twice with two Tennessee Vols. Thanks, Coach V, out
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  Speaker 2: there in San Francisco. Because Blake Burke, Manning now first
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  Speaker 2: base for the Nashville Sounds, he, what, had 30 of
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  Speaker 2: them things down at double.
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  Speaker 1: A as well?
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  Speaker 3: What an embarrassment of riches.
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  Speaker 2: And to have both of those guys coming up swinging
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  Speaker 2: a stick like that, Is it surprising to you that
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  Speaker 2: they didn't try to take the lottery ticket and take
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  Speaker 2: the swing at getting Fisher up here or just be
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  Speaker 2: slow playing it until he gets up there?
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  Speaker 4: Slow playing it.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not surprised.
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  Speaker 2: Dodgers brought up their number one DH prospect to take
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  Speaker 2: the swings for Otani over the next couple of weeks.
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  Speaker 1: I mean.
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  Speaker 2: Right from double A. But that's a hell of a jump.
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  Speaker 2: I mean.
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  Speaker 1: From double A up here. I know people that we love.
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  Speaker 1: You know, chicks dig the long ball.
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  Speaker 2: Mm-hmm.
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  Speaker 1: As the T-shirt said in the marketing slogan. But the
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  Speaker 1: person already called up Pratt and Lara. What do you want?
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  Speaker 1: Those are the two rookies that are going to be
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  Speaker 1: playing significant roles in the playoffs.
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  Speaker 2: I heard a lot of people asking for it during
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  Speaker 2: the September call-ups, not the 40-man call-ups that you used
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  Speaker 2: to get. You get one guy on the batting side,
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  Speaker 2: one guy on the pitching side, asking if it.
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  Speaker 1: Would be Jesus Madej. Would it be Andrew Fisher coming
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  Speaker 1: up here?
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  Speaker 2: No.
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  Speaker 1: Well, yeah, but who's that guy taking at-bats from?
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  Speaker 4: Right.
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  Speaker 2: So that's one of the also tough parts of if
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  Speaker 2: you're going to bring the guy up here and interrupt
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  Speaker 2: a historic season, you might want to get him more
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  Speaker 2: at-bats than three a week, if that would be the case,
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  Speaker 2: if you bring somebody up here. That was always a
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  Speaker 2: unique thing about this team this year, and I said
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  Speaker 2: it multiple times. It sounds like hyperbole, but I really
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  Speaker 2: think it's true. I don't ever remember a season where
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  Speaker 2: the big league team has been doing so well. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: we're talking about the Brewers having either the best or
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  Speaker 2: close to the best record in baseball for a lot
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  Speaker 2: of the year. And so much of the conversation was
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  Speaker 2: about prospects coming up. It's never been, usually it's because
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  Speaker 2: your team's bad or vice versa. It's almost never like
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  Speaker 2: that where you exist as one of the best major
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  Speaker 2: league groups already and all people were talking about was
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  Speaker 2: like Pratt coming up and Lara coming up and when's
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  Speaker 2: it going to happen and all these guys we have.
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  Speaker 2: Talk about Burke and Fisher and Pena and Made and
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  Speaker 2: him and people.
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  Speaker 3: Were bringing up Ricky Money's. because that's a fun name
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  Speaker 3: to say.
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  Speaker 1: Monies, yes. And it's a great thing.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's exactly what the Brewers had in mind
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  Speaker 2: when they built the organization this way, to build this
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  Speaker 2: orchard of trees, to not just get one bite of
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  Speaker 2: an apple, to have apples growing all the time, to
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  Speaker 2: be able to eat and eat and eat. And that's
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  Speaker 2: the goal, and they've been able to do it. So
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  Speaker 2: it's a really unique, incredible thing. Congrats to Andrew Fisher. Also,
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  Speaker 2: I saw in the comments, I couldn't help reading the
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  Speaker 2: comments to the tweet here by the Biloxi Shuckers. Chris cast.
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  Speaker 2: He's also a man of the people. We got there
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  Speaker 2: late because of traffic and he still signed my son's card.
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  Speaker 3: After warming up before the game. And we witnessed history tonight.
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  Speaker 3: That's pretty cool.
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  Speaker 2: The only thing was that he was on the road. So,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, not much of a crowd pop.
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  Speaker 1: No, they popped. They fired the crickets up there.
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  Speaker 3: That is awesomely disrespectful.
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  Speaker 1: That is good stuff. That's good.
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  Speaker 2: Game ops guy slamming the cricket sound effect on opposing
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  Speaker 2: team home run. Wow.
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  Speaker 3: That's pretty fun.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to pitch that to our friends at the Milwaukee.
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  Speaker 1: That is good. That is the goal.
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  Speaker 2: That is the goal sounder instead of any Britney Spears,
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  Speaker 2: which again, I'm always down to hear some Britney. I
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  Speaker 2: always play lucky by Britney Spears, which is not bad,
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  Speaker 2: but I think that would be a good one.
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  Speaker 3: Everyone just gets silent and play crickets. We don't care
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  Speaker 3: what you do. That's hilarious.
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  Speaker 1: I love that.
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  Speaker 3: I gotta hear that again. Sorry, guys. Here's the crickets.
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  Speaker 1: Boyd is back at the wall. It is gone and
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  Speaker 1: it is a record.
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  Speaker 5: Andrew Fisher's got his 47th and he stands all alone
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  Speaker 5: for the most home runs in a single season by
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  Speaker 5: a minor leaguer this century.
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  Speaker 1: I didn't know if that was from their game ops
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  Speaker 1: and playing over the scoreboard or it was from our
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  Speaker 1: hallway outside because we had a cricket. I thought someone
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  Speaker 1: left a a little noise machine to prank us. Yes.
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  Speaker 1: But then there, there's a baseboard that had fallen off
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  Speaker 1: of the wall and there were like 10 crickets, dead
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  Speaker 1: ones there. And Armand's just like, and Armand didn't want
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  Speaker 1: to like step on any of them to like, Didn't
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  Speaker 1: want to add insult to injury.
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  Speaker 2: What happened was I started hearing it, and I said,
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  Speaker 2: is that a real cricket?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I thought someone left a little. Sounds like something
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  Speaker 1: KB would do.
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  Speaker 2: I went to the bathroom, and I thought Armin was
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  Speaker 2: just practicing a cricket sounder to be firing off on one.
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  Speaker 1: Of my takes.
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  Speaker 2: Which I do have usually ready. So you're like, oh,
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  Speaker 2: Armin's just got the cricket sounder going. And I'm like,
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  Speaker 2: is that a real cricket? And then I realized there
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  Speaker 2: was like a bunch of crickets there. I'm like, I'm
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  Speaker 2: not going to try and go through each cricket here.
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  Speaker 2: We had a green cricket that you were really excited
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  Speaker 2: about in the building last week.
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  Speaker 3: It's my cricket.
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  Speaker 2: Although that was a Katie did, which is one of
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  Speaker 2: those leaf bugs that camouflages itself. That thing was just
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  Speaker 2: walking around. I'm like, that's amazing because usually they're hiding
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  Speaker 2: in trees. That's right.
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  Speaker 2: Who's not?
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  Speaker 2: 60 months on select systems. But I would go with
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  Speaker 2: the new toy, the exciting new toy out there in
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  Speaker 2: Los Angeles, not Aaron Donald, who they know very well.
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  Speaker 2: Miles Garrett last night. How did his debut with the
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  Speaker 2: LA Rams go, Drew? It was his fourth career game
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  Speaker 2: without a sack. Now there's, there's parts of this, other
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  Speaker 2: parts of that for only his fourth game in his
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  Speaker 2: career without a sack, only fourth career game without a
• 8:09
  Speaker 2: sack is a ridiculous number to hear and read on
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  Speaker 2: the scroll. But 27-7, they get routed last night by
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  Speaker 2: the 49ers in their debut. And that undefeated season starts
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  Speaker 2: up with a massive hiccup for the LA Rams.
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  Speaker 1: Tough on that one.
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  Speaker 2: Two of eight was Matthew Stafford for just 17 passing
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  Speaker 2: yards against pressure last night. And one guy that was
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  Speaker 2: hot in his return to San Francisco.
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  Speaker 1: How about Debo Samuel?
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  Speaker 2: Six grabs. 48 yards, a touchdown as well. Ran it
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  Speaker 2: one time for 12 yards. And he was his best
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  Speaker 2: version when he was in San Francisco playing for Shanahan.
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  Speaker 2: And it looks like they might have unwrapped that toy
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  Speaker 2: once again in the 19 jersey last night.
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  Speaker 3: Is the old Debo Samuel back? I didn't know if
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  Speaker 3: we'd ever see it again.
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  Speaker 1: By the way, we began today with me kind of
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  Speaker 1: venting about this whole Rams undefeated talk. But just to
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  Speaker 1: look at their schedule, not only the jet lag game.
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  Speaker 1: But the Rams come home now, and they're going to
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  Speaker 1: face the Giants. Talk about it, yeah. And then, in
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  Speaker 1: consecutive weeks, they're facing Denver on the road, Philly on
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  Speaker 1: the road, and Buffalo at home. Yeah, that screams 17-0
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  Speaker 1: to me. Like, what are we talking about? That is
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  Speaker 1: a murderer's row on a gauntlet there. That is a
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  Speaker 1: brutal schedule. And so, as you said, I... I would
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  Speaker 1: bet more money on them going 1-2 than 17-0 and
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  Speaker 1: maybe even 2-3 to start the season.
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  Speaker 2: And they also play more primetime games than anybody else.
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  Speaker 2: A lot. They play a ton of primetime games. And
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  Speaker 2: that Bills game, I think, is a Monday night game
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  Speaker 2: that you mentioned. And bodyclockwise, if you're talking about jet
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  Speaker 2: lag still in a couple of weeks, they play that
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  Speaker 2: Philadelphia game is across the country, one of the longest
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  Speaker 2: flights you can have in the league.
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  Speaker 1: And that's a noon kick. So, I mean, that's not
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  Speaker 1: an easy one for them to be able to fire up.
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  Speaker 2: And that's the same place last year that they played
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  Speaker 2: at one of the best games of the year and
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  Speaker 2: lost on a blocked field goal. Scoop and score for
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  Speaker 2: a touchdown by Jordan Davis.
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  Speaker 1: And the division winner stuff matters because last year the Rams,
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  Speaker 1: had to go across the country and face Carolina 8-9
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  Speaker 1: in the playoff game because of where they finished in
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  Speaker 1: the division. So just folly. Anyway, who do you got
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  Speaker 1: for who's not hot?
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  Speaker 2: I was going to say Stafford and Garrett will be
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  Speaker 2: in there, but I also got a couple other possibilities here.
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  Speaker 2: And now I feel kind of bad just beating up
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  Speaker 2: on them because the Colorado Rockies are just always in
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  Speaker 2: the not category. But the team that people were expecting
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  Speaker 2: to be in the hot category fallen in the not
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  Speaker 2: category today. What about the Chicago White Sox? They lose three.
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  Speaker 2: They get swept by the Pirates this week.
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  Speaker 1: Their lead is.
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  Speaker 2: Now down to a game and a half in the
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  Speaker 2: AL Central. They're trying to hang on for days. They're
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  Speaker 2: not used to this situation. Man, they were putting out, Drew,
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  Speaker 2: they're putting out renderings of a new stadium. They're already
• 10:46
  Speaker 2: printing t-shirts. They're getting excited and they realize that they
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  Speaker 2: still got like 20 games left and getting swept by
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  Speaker 2: the Buccos. Not the way to be rolling hot into
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  Speaker 2: the postseason as the White Sox.
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  Speaker 1: Try to win their division. Very much not hot for
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  Speaker 1: the Southsiders there.
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  Speaker 2: It's a reminder for the Sox fans that they're still
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  Speaker 2: the Sox. They could blow it at any time, and
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  Speaker 2: you still aren't supposed to be. Now, congrats to them.
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  Speaker 2: They've had a great season.
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  Speaker 1: Unexpected.
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  Speaker 2: The fact that they could butt their lead is dwindling,
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  Speaker 2: but it is still the AL Central.
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  Speaker 3: Nobody wants to win the AL Central. That's true.
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  Speaker 1: It's also a reminder that, again, strength of schedule and
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  Speaker 1: team's records mean nothing in September. Because there's dangerous teams
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  Speaker 1: that are playing. These guys, I've seen teams play great
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  Speaker 1: games after the team party when everybody's hung over and
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  Speaker 1: they play.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe that's the secret. And hey man, Pirates, how about hot?
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  Speaker 1: Over 500 once again. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: They're in the quest for 81 wins. It's no longer
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  Speaker 2: the scheme show, right? Because he's not dominant, but they're
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  Speaker 2: a better team.
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  Speaker 1: They're improving.
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  Speaker 2: Dude, Jared Jones was phenomenal last night. He tossed seven innings.
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  Speaker 2: Brewers are going to see Braxton Ashcraft coming up, I believe,
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  Speaker 2: when they face off against Pittsburgh. He was an all-star
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  Speaker 2: for a reason. And, I mean, Pittsburgh's not close to
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  Speaker 2: the playoffs. They're four and a half games out. They
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  Speaker 2: thought that they were going to be close, but they're
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  Speaker 2: going to make this thing interesting.
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  Speaker 1: They play all these teams that are in that race
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  Speaker 1: as well.
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  Speaker 2: I think they're close enough where they can still tell themselves, hey,
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  Speaker 2: until further notice, we're still in a wildcard chase. Well, listen,
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  Speaker 2: they were already said Cabo at this point.
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  Speaker 1: For the last 10 years.
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  Speaker 3: So this is for them, I think.
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  Speaker 1: Single digits, they're close enough.
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  Speaker 2: They'll take a chance to reach for something. The tough
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  Speaker 2: part for them is that last wildcard spot. They'd have
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  Speaker 2: to beat out two teams. So it is unlikely, but hey,
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  Speaker 2: you never know. And reminder, we don't play game 163
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  Speaker 2: anymore in baseball. So I don't know what the tiebreak
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  Speaker 2: situation would be if they got to that. I haven't
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  Speaker 2: looked into it.
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  Speaker 1: No need.
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  Speaker 2: No need.
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  Speaker 3: You're probably right about that.
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  Speaker 1: Brewers can clinch and punch their ticket to the playoffs
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  Speaker 1: tonight with a win.
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  Speaker 4: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: And what was it?
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  Speaker 2: Otherwise, losses by both the Diamondbacks versus the Rangers or
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  Speaker 2: the Padres at San Francisco. Just win and you're in.
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  Speaker 2: Just win and you're in and celebrate tonight. And let
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  Speaker 2: it just be the nice little cheers on a Friday
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  Speaker 2: night with the folks in Milwaukee. We talked about the
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  Speaker 2: clinch in the playoff spot. Obviously, it's not going to
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  Speaker 2: be the full champagne shower. They'll wait until they do
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  Speaker 2: that with the Central Division. But let's get a good
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  Speaker 2: toast and a celebration for the folks. It doesn't have
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  Speaker 2: to be a wild celebration, but to raise something would
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  Speaker 2: be nice, even if it's a ginger ale or a LaCroix.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not saying you can't. I'm just saying, just as
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  Speaker 1: long as it's bubbly.
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  Speaker 2: Crazy, because we got bigger parties coming.
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  Speaker 1: This guy's not AI. Isn't that incredible? The way you
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  Speaker 1: come up with this stuff.
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  Speaker 2: My point is because we got bigger parties coming. We
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  Speaker 2: got bigger parties. Once upon a time, that was our
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  Speaker 2: biggest party. So you don't want to blow your load
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  Speaker 2: early with the bubbly?
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  Speaker 1: That makes sense.
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  Speaker 3: Well, you know, I mean, you can get one of
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  Speaker 3: those sparkling grape juices or something like that.
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  Speaker 1: I think the boys deserve a nice bottle of champagne.
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  Speaker 3: No, they'll get a couple cocktails in, I'm sure.
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  Speaker 2: All right, let me get your reaction, guys, to a
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  Speaker 2: couple of comments I saw on YouTube earlier.
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  Speaker 3: We didn't get a chance to get into them.
• 13:52
  Speaker 2: From Johnny Cribbage, won't the Rams and Niners players fly
• 13:55
  Speaker 2: to Florida, Mexico, et cetera, to see their families all
• 13:57
  Speaker 2: over on the days off anyway, talking about the travel
• 14:00
  Speaker 2: and complaining about travel? I don't know what you guys think.
• 14:02
  Speaker 2: I don't know if they're going to do it now.
• 14:04
  Speaker 2: It's not a full bye week. They don't really probably.
• 14:08
  Speaker 1: And it's also not a 15-hour, 18-hour flight.
• 14:09
  Speaker 3: I'm sure most of them want to go to sleep,
• 14:12
  Speaker 3: but I could be wrong.
• 14:14
  Speaker 1: No, I mean, because now the 49ers get.
• 14:17
  Speaker 2: Or the Rams get it a little bit cushier on
• 14:19
  Speaker 2: the back end because they play Monday night against the Giants,
• 14:22
  Speaker 2: and I don't think they have to travel. The 49ers,
• 14:25
  Speaker 2: on the other hand, they don't have to travel. They
• 14:27
  Speaker 2: host the Dolphins coming up next week, so they get
• 14:29
  Speaker 2: a couple of byes because they get Arizona... and Miami
• 14:32
  Speaker 2: as a soft landing spot before they host the Broncos.
• 14:35
  Speaker 2: But they don't have to get on a plane now.
• 14:37
  Speaker 2: The 49ers do for the next month.
• 14:39
  Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know anything about anything. I'll
• 14:43
  Speaker 1: say that. I like that disclaimer. Yes. And I'm not
• 14:47
  Speaker 1: going to say I'm not a sports scientist or anything.
• 14:49
  Speaker 1: I'm not going to say what the 49ers did was,
• 14:50
  Speaker 1: but the Rams just like were flat anyway. I don't
• 14:53
  Speaker 1: think maybe it wasn't true. McVay swears. It wasn't had
• 14:55
  Speaker 1: nothing to do with travel. We just didn't show up
• 14:56
  Speaker 1: because they don't play anybody in the preseason. They might've
• 14:58
  Speaker 1: had a bad game. If it's a game had been
• 14:59
  Speaker 1: Santa Clara.
• 15:00
  Speaker 4: Yeah. Right.
• 15:01
  Speaker 1: Totally. But it is my experience. And I will plant
• 15:05
  Speaker 1: a flag on the Hill that if you treat overseas
• 15:09
  Speaker 1: international games, like a pain in the ass and a chore,
• 15:12
  Speaker 1: and you go into it with that attitude, the results
• 15:15
  Speaker 1: aren't going to be good. If you embrace it and say,
• 15:17
  Speaker 1: let's go, we're looking forward to it. Let's drink the coffee.
• 15:20
  Speaker 1: Let's talk to people. And you have that mindset. It's
• 15:23
  Speaker 1: much more conducive to success. And like, this is a
• 15:25
  Speaker 1: pain in the ass. Let's just check the box. Let's
• 15:27
  Speaker 1: just go there and take care of it. Cause The
• 15:29
  Speaker 1: Packers kind of had that attitude when they went to
• 15:30
  Speaker 1: London and it bit him in the ass and it
• 15:32
  Speaker 1: was awful. So just go the other way. Embrace it.
• 15:36
  Speaker 1: We want to spread the love of our great game.
• 15:38
  Speaker 1: We want to take it to the world. We want
• 15:40
  Speaker 1: to showcase our great sport and our athletes to a
• 15:42
  Speaker 1: new audience. Let's go and enjoy the culture. Let's enjoy
• 15:45
  Speaker 1: the trip. Our fans can come with us. We'll make
• 15:47
  Speaker 1: new fans to go the other way. hasn't worked and
• 15:51
  Speaker 1: will never work.
• 15:51
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I just don't think it will, Drew. Messaging matters.
• 15:55
  Speaker 2: Vibes matter. And there's an old saying that used to
• 15:58
  Speaker 2: be commonplace in football. Embrace the suck.
• 16:01
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 16:02
  Speaker 2: Embrace that. Embrace every part of it and figure out
• 16:05
  Speaker 2: a way to make something good.
• 16:06
  Speaker 1: We have to go play this game. We get to go.
• 16:08
  Speaker 1: It's a get to thing. Let's go.
• 16:10
  Speaker 4: Hell yeah.
• 16:11
  Speaker 3: It matters.
• 16:11
  Speaker 1: That's what I'm talking about. It's a get to. Same
• 16:14
  Speaker 1: thing we tell ourselves when we wake up at four
• 16:16
  Speaker 1: in the morning. I get to wake up. We get
• 16:18
  Speaker 1: to wake up here. We get to do another 110.
• 16:20
  Speaker 1: This is what people have been telling.
• 16:22
  Speaker 2: This is what football players have been telling themselves for
• 16:24
  Speaker 2: a long time in the training. I love that part
• 16:27
  Speaker 2: of it. That should be the mindset now. It hired
• 16:31
  Speaker 2: me as a vibes coach.
• 16:32
  Speaker 1: That's true. Like you said, I don't know that it
• 16:34
  Speaker 1: had anything. I don't know the science of it.
• 16:36
  Speaker 2: I don't know all the maturations of your dehydration levels,
• 16:40
  Speaker 2: but I do know that if you go out there
• 16:42
  Speaker 2: pissing and moaning the whole time, it's going to be
• 16:44
  Speaker 2: a lot easier for you to go into a salty mood.
• 16:47
  Speaker 1: McCaffrey went and got a haircut. Kittle drank the coffee. Yeah,
• 16:50
  Speaker 1: let's go.
• 16:51
  Speaker 3: And guess what?
• 16:52
  Speaker 2: McCaffrey thought he was getting slurred. It was hilarious on
• 16:54
  Speaker 2: the haircut deal.
• 16:55
  Speaker 4: Shocking.
• 16:56
  Speaker 2: You might actually enjoy yourself on a trip in a
• 16:57
  Speaker 2: new environment. I mean, people do take vacations. That was
• 17:00
  Speaker 2: the ironic thing to me. It's like if you're going
• 17:02
  Speaker 2: to complain about going for a week, it's like you
• 17:04
  Speaker 2: might have paid to go there anyway on your vacation.
• 17:07
  Speaker 3: Yes, it's a work week, but you know what? It's
• 17:08
  Speaker 3: still something you can experience.
• 17:10
  Speaker 2: Now, what if Stan Kroenke was thinking, like, if this
• 17:12
  Speaker 2: all worked, then he was going to let McVay have
• 17:15
  Speaker 2: the big cat out of the bag in the postgame?
• 17:16
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: Now the owner is going to pay for you to
• 17:19
  Speaker 2: take all your families out here so you can enjoy
• 17:20
  Speaker 2: it either way.
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: And Crocky's just sitting in the back. Sweet. Maybe I'll
• 17:24
  Speaker 1: just save some cash.
• 17:24
  Speaker 3: I don't know.
• 17:25
  Speaker 1: These guys don't deserve to go on any vacations. Maybe
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: I'm actually going to close that.
• 17:28
  Speaker 2: Maybe I'll even close down the menu a little bit earlier.
• 17:31
  Speaker 1: On here on steak on Thursday. Come on, fellas.
• 17:33
  Speaker 3: Yep.
• 17:34
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• 18:04
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• 18:06
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• 18:08
  Speaker 1: get ready for Packers-Vikings on Sunday. You're in the huddle,
• 18:12
  Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio, Wisconsin. Continuing the Friday edition of the
• 18:17
  Speaker 1: huddle football Friday edition of the huddle football season is
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: upon us. Drew Olson, Bill Schmidt, Armin Sarian, and we
• 18:23
  Speaker 1: are joined by royalty boys and girls. Ladies and gentlemen,
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: voice of the Packers. Wayne Larravee joins us as we
• 18:30
  Speaker 1: are on the final Friday before the season kicks off. Wayne,
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: welcome to the program. Where does Minneapolis rank on your
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: list of road cities and places to open a season?
• 18:40
  Speaker 4: One of my favorites as far as city goes, I
• 18:44
  Speaker 4: like Minneapolis. I think it's a great town. But as
• 18:47
  Speaker 4: far as the stadium goes, it's all predicated on me
• 18:53
  Speaker 4: and where I have to sit and call the game from.
• 18:56
  Speaker 3: Media starts with me.
• 18:57
  Speaker 4: Media begins with me.
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: That's right. So is it a good vantage point? I
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: know it's a loud place. Our location in.
• 19:02
  Speaker 4: That stadium absolutely stinks.
• 19:06
  Speaker 2: Oh, no. So we're talking corner end zone up into
• 19:09
  Speaker 2: the rafters up by where they kill the birds with
• 19:11
  Speaker 2: those panels?
• 19:13
  Speaker 4: Corner end zone, yeah. Pretty high up and far away
• 19:18
  Speaker 4: from the action. Let me put it that way.
• 19:21
  Speaker 2: Could only imagine how far away they looked from the
• 19:23
  Speaker 2: action last night at the cricket stadium, Wayne. I thought
• 19:26
  Speaker 2: of you because they were set really far back on
• 19:29
  Speaker 2: those sidelines last night.
• 19:31
  Speaker 4: Those 100,000 fans, Billy, I mean, they were so far
• 19:35
  Speaker 4: away from the field. You know, I would think in
• 19:38
  Speaker 4: the front row, you probably needed binoculars to see it.
• 19:43
  Speaker 4: Not an ideal stadium for NFL football, but what a
• 19:46
  Speaker 4: spectacle down there. It looks sensational, really did.
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it looked gorgeous.
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: It looked like the first row would have been, Drew,
• 19:52
  Speaker 2: when they put us in the far corner at the
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: Final Four.
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: You're like, oh, sweet, basketball game and a football state.
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: This would be awesome. Oh, wait, we're in the concourse.
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: Got it. As far away as you can be. Yeah,
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: binoculars aren't going to help you. Just watch the TV monitor.
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: Binoculars won't help you. You're too far away. Wayne, there's
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: been so many angles to this week one, unscouted looks.
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: Kyler Murray, Jonathan Gannon. One of the things I was
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: looking forward to in this game was the Packers opening,
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: playing the Vikings in the post Harrison Smith era. And
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: it's like, wait, not so fast. He's still around haunting us.
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: How big a factor is Harrison Smith going to be
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: in this game? And by the way, kudos to him
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: for just skipping camp. That's a veteran play.
• 20:35
  Speaker 4: Yeah, it really was a better ultimate veteran play. I mean,
• 20:39
  Speaker 4: I imagine that was, you know, they kind of honored
• 20:41
  Speaker 4: him a little bit, but not so much at the
• 20:43
  Speaker 4: end of the game last year when we were up there.
• 20:45
  Speaker 4: And so you figure, okay, well, Harrison Smith's done and,
• 20:49
  Speaker 4: you know, had a great career. And then it turns
• 20:52
  Speaker 4: out that this is a pretty good ploy for missing
• 20:55
  Speaker 4: training camp. If you're a, I don't know, 15-year veteran player,
• 20:58
  Speaker 4: you don't need training camp, do you really? So he's
• 21:02
  Speaker 4: an ultimate Packers killer. I mean, he's as much a
• 21:05
  Speaker 4: Packers killer as Randall Cobb was a Bears killer. And
• 21:12
  Speaker 4: the quarterback from Purdue, I can't think of his name.
• 21:15
  Speaker 4: who beat the Packers with, I mean, four or five,
• 21:17
  Speaker 4: six different teams.
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: Yes, Kyle Orton.
• 21:21
  Speaker 4: Including 2011 with Kansas City. Quarterback out of Purdue, I
• 21:25
  Speaker 4: just can't think of his name at the moment. Kyle Orton, yes.
• 21:28
  Speaker 4: There's certain guys that kill certain teams.
• 21:31
  Speaker 2: And yeah, Kyle Orton was a pain in the ass.
• 21:35
  Speaker 2: The amount of times that 18 jersey with a beard
• 21:37
  Speaker 2: trotted out and just lit you up. There are certain
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: guys that do it.
• 21:42
  Speaker 4: Packers are undefeated going into Kansas city. It's like about
• 21:45
  Speaker 4: week 13 or 14 and the chiefs just fired their coach.
• 21:51
  Speaker 4: Kyle Horton gets to start the quarterback. And my gosh,
• 21:55
  Speaker 4: I mean, it was no contest. It seemed like, you know,
• 21:58
  Speaker 4: it just, it was good. Inevitable. I remember he was
• 22:01
  Speaker 4: going to win that game. And that's the only loss
• 22:03
  Speaker 4: the Packers had until the playoffs that year.
• 22:04
  Speaker 2: They dumped a Gatorade and Romeo Cornell's head. I mean,
• 22:07
  Speaker 2: that was Romeo Cornell. I think that one, that game.
• 22:09
  Speaker 2: And they were so that was like a huge celebration.
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: Wayne, go ahead.
• 22:14
  Speaker 4: That game got him the job, and it was a
• 22:16
  Speaker 4: setback for another four years for the Chiefs.
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: That's true.
• 22:20
  Speaker 2: They say don't hire the interim because then they show
• 22:22
  Speaker 2: that game. They show that game and maybe it's the
• 22:24
  Speaker 2: proofs in the pudding. Wayne, one of the conversations you
• 22:28
  Speaker 2: and I had all preseason long was about Marshawn Lloyd. Now,
• 22:32
  Speaker 2: we didn't necessarily know that it was going to be
• 22:34
  Speaker 2: his show most likely as we roll into Minnesota, but
• 22:38
  Speaker 2: there's a backfield consisting of a bunch of guys that
• 22:40
  Speaker 2: I think have like 30 combined NFL carries and then
• 22:43
  Speaker 2: Chris Brooks.
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: Out of the Lloyd, Caleb Johnson, who.
• 22:46
  Speaker 2: I think can give you something on offense at with
• 22:49
  Speaker 2: some familiarity in the offense when he was playing at
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: Iowa and Chris Brooks, who do you anticipate you're going
• 22:56
  Speaker 2: to be calling out in the formation the most coming
• 22:58
  Speaker 2: up on Sunday?
• 22:59
  Speaker 4: Well, I think they'll probably start with Marshall and Lloyd
• 23:01
  Speaker 4: and see how it goes early on with him. And,
• 23:04
  Speaker 4: you know, Matt LaFleur has always played with running back
• 23:07
  Speaker 4: by committee when he's had these situations, play the hot hand,
• 23:11
  Speaker 4: you know, go with the hot hand. So if Lloyd
• 23:13
  Speaker 4: gets off to a good start, he could see a
• 23:15
  Speaker 4: lot of action, but he's, I think what their idea
• 23:18
  Speaker 4: is to kind of rotate these guys in. Caleb Johnson,
• 23:21
  Speaker 4: probably the fewest snaps. But Marshawn Lloyd and Chris Brooks.
• 23:25
  Speaker 4: Brooks had a good game against this Vikings defense last year.
• 23:28
  Speaker 4: 11 carries, I believe he had 48 yards or something
• 23:32
  Speaker 4: like that last year in the ballgame at the end
• 23:35
  Speaker 4: of the season. So I think they're going to, knowing coaches,
• 23:38
  Speaker 4: knowing what they like to do early in the season,
• 23:40
  Speaker 4: they'll go with the veteran hand for the most part.
• 23:43
  Speaker 4: But I think Marshawn Lloyd will get his opportunity.
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: Wayne Larive joining us, the voice of the Packers, brought
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• 23:50
  Speaker 1: We're hoping for a legendary start to the season Sunday
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: at U.S. Bank Stadium, Packers and Vikings, 325 kickoff. One
• 23:58
  Speaker 1: of the guys that we'll be hearing a lot about
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: between now and hopefully on the field Sunday, Javon Hargrave,
• 24:06
  Speaker 1: playing against his former team. He's going to have some
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: extra motivation, wouldn't you think, Wayne?
• 24:11
  Speaker 4: Oh, absolutely. And Hargrave, you know, the little bit we've
• 24:14
  Speaker 4: seen of him, in practice and in camp, when he's
• 24:18
  Speaker 4: on the field, he can be a difference maker. He
• 24:20
  Speaker 4: still has some juice left, and I think they brought
• 24:22
  Speaker 4: him along the right way. They've got him set and
• 24:25
  Speaker 4: prepared for the regular season. He didn't play a lot
• 24:28
  Speaker 4: of minutes in any preseason game. Matter of fact, I
• 24:32
  Speaker 4: don't think he played in a preseason game. He did
• 24:35
  Speaker 4: some work, obviously, in training camp and the joint practice
• 24:39
  Speaker 4: with the Cardinals, but This is a guy that I
• 24:42
  Speaker 4: think they have some plans for in the rotation on
• 24:44
  Speaker 4: that defensive line, guys. They're going to be rotating at
• 24:47
  Speaker 4: least six guys on that defensive line all season long,
• 24:51
  Speaker 4: and Hargrave's a big part of that rotation.
• 24:54
  Speaker 2: Wayne, when you see, and also on that front, I'm
• 24:57
  Speaker 2: excited to see the rotation at defensive end as they're
• 25:00
  Speaker 2: going to live here without Micah Parsons, we know, for
• 25:03
  Speaker 2: the first couple of weeks. I really was encouraged with
• 25:06
  Speaker 2: what we saw out of Lucas Van Ness during camp.
• 25:08
  Speaker 2: Aaron Sorrell played well in this stadium in that Week
• 25:12
  Speaker 2: 18 fourth preseason game that the Packers and Vikings played
• 25:15
  Speaker 2: at the end of the regular season last year. And
• 25:18
  Speaker 2: Brenton Cox has played in NFL games. Danai Dennis-Sutton showed
• 25:21
  Speaker 2: something in the preseason. What are you looking from that
• 25:23
  Speaker 2: edge rusher group? Because everybody's eyes, most importantly and quickly,
• 25:27
  Speaker 2: will go to No. 90 in Van Ness.
• 25:29
  Speaker 4: Yeah, absolutely, Van Ness. But, you know... I think there
• 25:34
  Speaker 4: are several other guys on that front line who could
• 25:36
  Speaker 4: kind of step up. Brenton Cox is a guy I
• 25:39
  Speaker 4: think is poised to have a breakout year. A couple
• 25:42
  Speaker 4: years ago, he had four sacks in about a five-game period.
• 25:46
  Speaker 4: We know what he's capable of, and now he's healthy,
• 25:48
  Speaker 4: and I think that's a guy to keep an eye on,
• 25:50
  Speaker 4: number 57, Brenton Cox, in that rotation of pass rushers.
• 25:55
  Speaker 4: Barron Sorrell had a nice camp, a little quieter camp than–
• 26:00
  Speaker 4: Van Ness had, but Lucas is the guy to keep
• 26:02
  Speaker 4: an eye on, obviously. And I think, Billy, they're ready
• 26:06
  Speaker 4: to get some interior push. I think their defensive tackle
• 26:09
  Speaker 4: position is as good as it's been, and I'd say
• 26:12
  Speaker 4: the last 10 years. And I think they've got some
• 26:15
  Speaker 4: people up front who can handle the run. Jonathan Ford
• 26:18
  Speaker 4: has had a great camp up front. You know, we
• 26:21
  Speaker 4: mentioned Hargrave. I think Devontae Wyatt is ready to really
• 26:25
  Speaker 4: make an impact on this team and make a big
• 26:28
  Speaker 4: impact in the game. So, Um, these are guys up
• 26:31
  Speaker 4: front that can really aid the guys coming in from
• 26:33
  Speaker 4: the edges.
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: And if that happens, if those guys do have a big,
• 26:38
  Speaker 1: big game and a big push, my, uh, I had
• 26:41
  Speaker 1: two fever dreams of this. One was Edger and Cooper
• 26:43
  Speaker 1: having like 12 tackles. Cause they, the Vikings like to
• 26:46
  Speaker 1: run wide and coop likes to go sideline to sideline.
• 26:49
  Speaker 1: Didn't he have a breakout game a couple of years
• 26:50
  Speaker 1: ago against the Vikings there? Cooper, do you remember?
• 26:53
  Speaker 4: I believe he did drew. I, I don't know the
• 26:56
  Speaker 4: numbers specifically, but. Yeah, I agree with you. The Vikings
• 27:00
  Speaker 4: like to run that outside zone. And with Aaron Jones,
• 27:03
  Speaker 4: he looks for the cutback lanes behind that zone blocking
• 27:07
  Speaker 4: and does a great job with that. And Edgerin Cooper
• 27:10
  Speaker 4: is the kind of athlete the Packers will need on
• 27:12
  Speaker 4: the field to contend with that. And I think besides
• 27:16
  Speaker 4: contending with the run, he's a guy I look to
• 27:19
  Speaker 4: rush the quarterback a little bit more than what we
• 27:21
  Speaker 4: saw last year.
• 27:22
  Speaker 1: So I see a big game for him. And then
• 27:24
  Speaker 1: also in my fever dream came to me in the shower.
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: Like there's that Reddit thread shower. The best thinking goes
• 27:29
  Speaker 1: on there because of the way football and sports works.
• 27:32
  Speaker 1: Tucker craft is the guy he's going to, but I
• 27:34
  Speaker 1: had this thing, like the first touchdown pass to a
• 27:36
  Speaker 1: Titan this year is going to be to John who Smith.
• 27:38
  Speaker 1: And it's not going to be to Tucker craft. We're
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: all going to go. Who had that on their bingo card?
• 27:41
  Speaker 1: I'm putting it on mine right now.
• 27:45
  Speaker 4: Not a bad play to be honest with you. You know,
• 27:48
  Speaker 4: it's interesting and watching a little bit this week. John
• 27:53
  Speaker 4: who Smith is going to figure in this game plan.
• 27:55
  Speaker 4: I mean, He knows this offense, and he's been around
• 27:59
  Speaker 4: enough of these guys who have run this offense to
• 28:03
  Speaker 4: know his way around, and I think they've got plans
• 28:05
  Speaker 4: for him this week. They're not saying a lot about it,
• 28:07
  Speaker 4: but it wouldn't surprise me, Drew, that bingo card comes
• 28:11
  Speaker 4: up for you. See?
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: I mean, it's crazy because you think, oh, well, obviously,
• 28:15
  Speaker 1: Tucker Kraft coming off injury and he's got chemistry with
• 28:17
  Speaker 1: Jordan Love. Nah, it's just the way football and sports works.
• 28:20
  Speaker 2: And bingo card or the Pottawatomie Sportsbook, your game, your sport,
• 28:25
  Speaker 2: their stadium. Johnny Smith, 8-1 to score a touchdown, 35-1
• 28:29
  Speaker 2: to score the first touchdown. I kind of like that.
• 28:32
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  Speaker 2: Miller Lite, legendary moments start with a light. Wayne, we
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  Speaker 2: had a couple of lights at the Pottawatomie Sportsbook last night,
• 28:46
  Speaker 2: Thursday night huddle. We're excited for you to join us
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  Speaker 2: out there for a couple of those coming up as well.
• 28:51
  Speaker 2: Last night starts, the first two weeks start kind of
• 28:54
  Speaker 2: with a dud, but these divisional games to start out
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  Speaker 2: week number one, so much talk and the buzzword was
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  Speaker 2: always the unscouted looks.
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  Speaker 1: The unscouted looks, we don't want to give away any
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  Speaker 1: of our unscouted looks. How much unknown do.
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  Speaker 2: You really think there is between these two teams and
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  Speaker 2: these two coaching staffs that are going in on Sunday?
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  Speaker 4: Billy, my estimation would be four to five plays each side.
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  Speaker 4: Four to five things that they haven't shown anywhere else.
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  Speaker 4: A new wrinkle they came up with during the offseason.
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  Speaker 4: That kind of thing. Is it a major factor? It
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  Speaker 4: can be. I mean, in one of these plays breaks
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  Speaker 4: for a touchdown and they win the game. That's huge.
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  Speaker 4: But this is the unknown. But I think and I've
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  Speaker 4: been thinking a lot about this. in watching the first
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  Speaker 4: two games of the season. These coaches, I don't care
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  Speaker 4: how close they are to their teams. And I know
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  Speaker 4: they've been with their teams through OTAs and minicamp and
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  Speaker 4: now training camp. All right. But at least 25 percent
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  Speaker 4: of your team is new blood, new people. Okay, that's
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  Speaker 4: every year. Furthermore, you are limited by rule how much
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  Speaker 4: you can work with your players during the offseason program.
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  Speaker 4: You are limited with how many practices you can have
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  Speaker 4: in training camp. So there are a lot of unknowns
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  Speaker 4: that go into a season today than was the case
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  Speaker 4: 30 years ago. And I think that's huge. And I
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  Speaker 4: don't think any of these guys, Matt LaFleur, Kevin O'Connell,
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  Speaker 4: none of these guys know exactly what they have. They
• 30:29
  Speaker 4: have a feel for their teams, but they just don't
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  Speaker 4: know how they're going to come out. Look at the
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  Speaker 4: Rams last night. Look at the Niners. Gosh, were the
• 30:36
  Speaker 4: Niners physical? They just basically out-physicaled the Rams. They just
• 30:40
  Speaker 4: knocked them down, and the Rams never got up. Who
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  Speaker 4: saw that coming? Virtually no one. Early in the season,
• 30:48
  Speaker 4: this is really... These guys haven't played. They've played a
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  Speaker 4: couple of series. We don't know what they are. And
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  Speaker 4: I think coaching staffs are wondering as well.
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  Speaker 2: And it might be one of the reasons why that
• 31:02
  Speaker 2: Monday night game might be the best primetime game played
• 31:04
  Speaker 2: because Sean Payton and Andy Reid are going to play
• 31:07
  Speaker 2: their guys in the preseason. They're going to get their
• 31:09
  Speaker 2: guys out there and get them a lather. We joked
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  Speaker 2: about it that maybe college should have a preseason. Well,
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  Speaker 2: the first couple of weeks, Wayne, you've talked about it
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  Speaker 2: a lot, is basically an extension of the preseason for
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  Speaker 2: the NFL and maybe now more than ever before.
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  Speaker 4: I can't agree with you more. You're right that Andy
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  Speaker 4: Reid and Sean Payton get their guys a number of snaps.
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  Speaker 4: Matt LaFleur put his starters in for two games, not
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  Speaker 4: full games, mind you, but got them in there. Got
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  Speaker 4: a few snaps into him, but nobody's ready, Billy, to
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  Speaker 4: play four quarters. And we really saw it in that
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  Speaker 4: Seattle game. You know, the Rams game was such a mismatch,
• 31:50
  Speaker 4: but the Seattle game was hotly contested in that fourth quarter.
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  Speaker 4: And I guarantee I could see it on TV. Those
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  Speaker 4: guys were really dragging. Nobody is ready to play four
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  Speaker 4: quarters of tackle football, live tackle football, boys and girls.
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  Speaker 4: Understand that, especially if you're making investments in these games.
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  Speaker 1: Come on. And Billy loves that. I'm eyeing him up
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  Speaker 1: right now. Another thought I had in the shower, Wayne.
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  Speaker 1: Third down, Kyler Murray's back to pass. Who are the
• 32:18
  Speaker 1: Vikings and Kevin O'Connell, who are they going to pick on?
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  Speaker 1: Keyshawn Nixon or Brandon Cisse?
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  Speaker 4: That's a really good question.
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  Speaker 1: I guess it depends on how it goes earlier in
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  Speaker 1: the early series, but I don't know.
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  Speaker 4: Well, when we were scrimmaging the Cardinals in practice and
• 32:38
  Speaker 4: it was the two minute offense and the Cardinals had
• 32:41
  Speaker 4: their first string offense out there and Jacoby Brissett was
• 32:45
  Speaker 4: tearing apart Keyshawn Nixon. And then when they got into
• 32:49
  Speaker 4: the double red zone, went over the top to Marvin
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  Speaker 4: Harrison over Brandon Cisse. So take that for what it means,
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  Speaker 4: but that's, uh, I would think they would probably test
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  Speaker 4: the kid. I would guess. But they know what they
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  Speaker 4: have on the other side is they played Keyshawn Nixon
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  Speaker 4: enough to know.
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  Speaker 1: It's going to be equal opportunity, right?
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  Speaker 2: They're not going to be against throwing at either one.
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  Speaker 2: And I also imagine, Wayne, the guy underneath the helmet,
• 33:18
  Speaker 2: Justin Jefferson, is going to say, hey, let me see
• 33:21
  Speaker 2: this rookie here real quick in the first series. If
• 33:23
  Speaker 2: I'm lined up on him, I'm going to take him
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  Speaker 2: mano a mano and just make sure you don't miss
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  Speaker 2: the one in the eight.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, and this kid, you know, it's funny, Billy, because
• 33:31
  Speaker 4: watching him and talking to him a little bit during
• 33:33
  Speaker 4: camp and all. I don't think he's your typical rookie cornerback.
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  Speaker 4: Is he a little green? Of course, all rookies are.
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  Speaker 4: But this kid has the mental makeup, I think, the
• 33:44
  Speaker 4: toughness physically and especially mentally, which is just as important
• 33:49
  Speaker 4: as the physical aspect to hold up in these situations.
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  Speaker 4: And I think, you know, will he get beat? Sure,
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  Speaker 4: they all get beat. But this kid doesn't make the
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  Speaker 4: same mistake twice, and he gets better every day.
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  Speaker 2: The secondary, Wayne, you've seen a lot of good secondaries
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  Speaker 2: in your time. I still think the safety room right
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  Speaker 2: now has a chance to be the best unit on
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  Speaker 2: the football team. Javon Bullard, if in there and healthy,
• 34:13
  Speaker 2: locked in with Xavier McKinney and Evan Williams. Just how
• 34:15
  Speaker 2: good can that triumvirate be, especially in the defense that
• 34:18
  Speaker 2: they're playing now, where you're going to see all three
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  Speaker 2: of them on the field pretty much the exact same time?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, exactly. I think that could be really good. You know,
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  Speaker 4: the only thing holding Bullard back– is the interceptions, the
• 34:30
  Speaker 4: turnover plays. But his coverage is very good. He's physical.
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  Speaker 4: He can take on the run. Being a safety by trade,
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  Speaker 4: playing in the slot, I think he's really done a
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  Speaker 4: super job. I think Evan Williams has a chance to
• 34:44
  Speaker 4: be a star, and Xavier McKinney already is one. So
• 34:47
  Speaker 4: that's a great trio. Catan Oladapo brings a different kind
• 34:52
  Speaker 4: of physical element to that group, a bigger player who
• 34:55
  Speaker 4: can really step up to the linebacking core on a
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  Speaker 4: regular basis. and play there if need be. So they've
• 35:01
  Speaker 4: got some good depth and versatility. Certainly that, along with
• 35:04
  Speaker 4: defensive tackle, may be the two deepest positions on the defense.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe it's just anecdotal, but it just sure feels like
• 35:11
  Speaker 2: there were so many interceptions on the hands for.
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  Speaker 3: Packers DBs last year that got dropped.
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  Speaker 2: If they squeeze those, the whole outlook of the season
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  Speaker 2: could be different.
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  Speaker 3: So that's just the way I look at that.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, you're right, Armin. And they had like,
• 35:29
  Speaker 4: I want to say, 14 takeaways last year, which was
• 35:32
  Speaker 4: way down from what they had the year before. You know,
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  Speaker 4: maybe half of what they had the year before. So,
• 35:38
  Speaker 4: you know, and we've talked about it. Turnovers are part skill,
• 35:43
  Speaker 4: part coaching, and a lot of luck. The bounce of
• 35:46
  Speaker 4: the ball going your way. But according to some of
• 35:49
  Speaker 4: the metrics, and there are metrics out there for everything
• 35:51
  Speaker 4: in pro football. But Xavier McKinney unofficially led the NFL
• 35:55
  Speaker 4: and dropped interceptions last year. The year before, he caught
• 35:58
  Speaker 4: them all and led the league with eight interceptions.
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  Speaker 1: Fantastic.
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  Speaker 4: That's how it goes year to year.
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  Speaker 1: Great stuff. Wayne, safe travels.
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  Speaker 2: Enjoy.
• 36:05
  Speaker 1: I don't know if you're going to Manny's or Murray's,
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  Speaker 1: but there's great steak to be had in Minneapolis for sure.
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  Speaker 1: Say good food there, man.
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  Speaker 4: You got it, guys. Have a great weekend. We'll talk
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  Speaker 4: to you Monday.
• 36:13
  Speaker 1: We'll talk to you Monday. Can't wait. Wayne Lurvie, the
• 36:16
  Speaker 1: voice of the Packers. Billy, he's brought to us by?
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  Speaker 2: Brought to us by Miller Lite. Great legendary moments start
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  Speaker 1: Another thing I had in my mind's eye is that
• 36:30
  Speaker 1: the Packers, what they need to do, and this is
• 36:32
  Speaker 1: a little bit of a trope, a cliche. Kyler Murray's
• 36:35
  Speaker 1: not tall. But he hasn't had that many passes batted
• 36:39
  Speaker 1: down compared to like Justin Herbert's. They're like neck and neck.
• 36:42
  Speaker 1: Justin Herbert's like 6'6. 6'6, big statue, yeah. But I
• 36:45
  Speaker 1: want to see the Packers bat down a pass.
• 36:47
  Speaker 2: Maybe we got to get our boy Anthony Campbell into
• 36:49
  Speaker 2: the game because that was all he was doing at
• 36:50
  Speaker 2: Ray Nitschke Field.
• 36:51
  Speaker 1: It seems like Van Ginkle does it twice a week.
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  Speaker 1: I'd like to see.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and it feels like he picks off 70% of
• 36:57
  Speaker 2: the ones he tips up into the air.
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  Speaker 1: That's true, but I would like to see a batted.
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  Speaker 1: down pass at the line of scrimmage.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: And I I'll throw in a Campbell.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know how many rushes he's going to get
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  Speaker 2: in the game, but I will tell you one guy
• 37:08
  Speaker 2: that I think is a good chance for it. Wayne
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  Speaker 2: mentioned Brenton Cox.
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  Speaker 1: Keep your eye out. I'm denied.
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  Speaker 2: Then a sudden he's going to, he's going to get
• 37:14
  Speaker 2: rushes in this game and he's got serious size played
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  Speaker 2: at Lambeau.
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  Speaker 1: He had a high motor. I liked it. Big time,
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  Speaker 1: big time.
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  Speaker 2: All right.
• 37:20
  Speaker 1: When we come back, we'll close up shop. Final thoughts,
• 37:24
  Speaker 1: a little wake and bake story for you as well.
• 37:26
  Speaker 1: You're in the huddle Fox sports radio, Wisconsin. Oh baby.
• 37:31
  Speaker 1: Football Friday, final segment for us this week, although we're
• 37:37
  Speaker 1: all going to be right back here at these cozy
• 37:41
  Speaker 1: workstations of ours come Sunday. Come on now. We get
• 37:45
  Speaker 1: to do it.
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  Speaker 3: We learn that.
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  Speaker 1: We get to do it.
• 37:47
  Speaker 3: We learn that from talking football.
• 37:48
  Speaker 1: Billy and I will be helming Packers OT at the
• 37:50
  Speaker 1: tail end. Armin's there for the whole boat. We've got
• 37:53
  Speaker 1: Doug Russell starting locally. That would be at 11. And
• 37:58
  Speaker 1: then the official network pregame show with Dennis Krausey And
• 38:01
  Speaker 1: Mike Heller and James Jones and Wes Hotquist starts at 1,
• 38:04
  Speaker 1: kickoff at 325.
• 38:05
  Speaker 2: Wayne and those boys will fire up, what, at 2
• 38:07
  Speaker 2: o'clock with their look inside U.S.
• 38:10
  Speaker 1: Bank Stadium, get you ready to roll. Very, very excited.
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  Speaker 2: And also excited to be doing that right after coming
• 38:16
  Speaker 2: off the heels of a big Badgers dub. Folks on
• 38:19
  Speaker 2: 1310 WIBA listening to us on Saturday night.
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  Speaker 1: Late night.
• 38:24
  Speaker 2: Almost 40-point favorites against the Leather Knights.
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  Speaker 1: So let's cover that bad boy. And let's run it
• 38:30
  Speaker 1: up early and put it away and ice it and
• 38:32
  Speaker 1: not get booed coming off the field at halftime. Progress.
• 38:35
  Speaker 1: Baby steps.
• 38:35
  Speaker 2: Let's send everybody over to State Street Brats very excited
• 38:38
  Speaker 2: and ready to in-vibe and celebrate.
• 38:40
  Speaker 1: And have people leave after jump around, not out of disgust,
• 38:42
  Speaker 1: but out of joy. And we've seen enough of a beatdown.
• 38:45
  Speaker 2: Because they don't need to see the second string Badgers offense,
• 38:48
  Speaker 2: even though you might want to see what Ryan Hopkins
• 38:50
  Speaker 2: can do.
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  Speaker 3: No, you want to get celebratory.
• 38:52
  Speaker 1: You want to go and enjoy.
• 38:52
  Speaker 3: Right, you want to get celebratory because they covered that
• 38:55
  Speaker 3: 40 or whatever. What was it, 40?
• 38:56
  Speaker 2: I think it's 36 and a half. Yeah, it's a
• 38:58
  Speaker 2: lot of points, Mike, when YouTube was asking. What's our
• 39:02
  Speaker 2: wake and bake story, Billy? Is that our fever dream
• 39:04
  Speaker 2: of Badgers and Packers both winning? Because when's the last
• 39:06
  Speaker 2: time that happened?
• 39:07
  Speaker 1: Well, yeah, I was kind of thinking it might have
• 39:09
  Speaker 1: to be.
• 39:10
  Speaker 2: And more importantly, we'd mentioned on the Thursday Night Huddle,
• 39:13
  Speaker 2: and if you were missing us last night at the
• 39:14
  Speaker 2: Thursday Night Huddle, you got 12 more opportunities starting up
• 39:17
  Speaker 2: next Thursday to do so and to hit the phrase
• 39:19
  Speaker 2: that pays. and walk away with one of those sweet
• 39:21
  Speaker 2: gift cards from Pottawatomie Casino Hotel. But they're mentioning the
• 39:27
  Speaker 2: last time Wisconsin put up 50 points in a football game.
• 39:30
  Speaker 2: And I was trying to go through, rack my brain.
• 39:32
  Speaker 2: Badgers haven't done it against. No, not against Eastern Washington.
• 39:35
  Speaker 2: Nebraska in a Big Ten championship game. Against Purdue three
• 39:40
  Speaker 2: years ago in 2024.
• 39:42
  Speaker 1: So it wasn't one of these directional schools.
• 39:44
  Speaker 2: I was thinking it would be a Middle Tennessee and
• 39:46
  Speaker 2: insert Eastern Michigan here. They got Buffalo at home a
• 39:49
  Speaker 2: couple of years ago. Instead, it was a Big Ten game,
• 39:52
  Speaker 2: and that was in a fever dream where they won
• 39:54
  Speaker 2: three straight Big Ten games.
• 39:55
  Speaker 1: Your boy is very excited.
• 39:56
  Speaker 2: Was thinking there was a bowl game in the eyes,
• 39:58
  Speaker 2: thinking that it was lining up to be a run
• 40:02
  Speaker 2: to the Big Ten title and instead fell down the
• 40:05
  Speaker 2: back of the dinosaur. So let's start out with a
• 40:07
  Speaker 2: 50-piece and the first one since Purdue came to Camp
• 40:09
  Speaker 2: Randall starting up tomorrow night.
• 40:11
  Speaker 1: 6-15 kick at Camp Randall. Let's do that early and often.
• 40:17
  Speaker 2: Also, the Rams, 20-point loss is the worst that they've
• 40:20
  Speaker 2: had All last year, they didn't lose one game by
• 40:25
  Speaker 2: a 20-piece. This performance was the worst they had in
• 40:28
  Speaker 2: a full calendar year on EPA per drive, and Matthew
• 40:31
  Speaker 2: Stafford's performance was worse than any he had all of
• 40:34
  Speaker 2: last year, according to the EPA police, Drew. The jet
• 40:37
  Speaker 2: lag game was real. Or maybe it's just week one.
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  Speaker 1: There you go. We'll have to see.
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  Speaker 2: All right.
• 40:44
  Speaker 1: We're going to do it again on Monday. Hopefully Brewer's Celebration,
• 40:47
  Speaker 1: Packers Celebration, Wayne Larraville join us again on Monday on
• 40:50
  Speaker 1: the back end We'll see you at 5 a.m. Have
• 40:52
  Speaker 1: a great weekend, and we'll talk to you after the
• 40:55
  Speaker 1: Packers-Vikings game.
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  Speaker 3: Peace!