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Jeff Legwold joins Kreckman & Lindhal 11-1-24 · Jeff Legwold ESPN Broncos Reports

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  Speaker 1: Jeff Lagwald is brought to you by the International Brotherhood
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  Speaker 1: of Electrical Workers ib e W Local sixty eight. You
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  Speaker 1: start with a job, you end with a career, Jeff
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  Speaker 1: Lakewald ESPN. He joins us right now here on a
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  Speaker 1: Friday afternoon ahead of Broncos Ravens. Here we are, Jeff,
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  Speaker 1: We're back in the world where Nanson Romo do a
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  Speaker 1: Broncos game to air quotes playoff teams at the moment,
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  Speaker 1: the five seed in the six seed in the AFC
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  Speaker 1: going head to head. The question is now is is
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  Speaker 1: bow Knicks ready to meet this moment? What do you
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  Speaker 1: think of this matchup of bow Knicks Number one going
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  Speaker 1: up against the Baltimore defense that a struggle, but also
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  Speaker 1: number two having to go punch for punch with Lamar Jackson.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think I think the Broncos will be aggressive.
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  Speaker 2: I think they will. They will ask bo Nicks to
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  Speaker 2: throw the ball early and often this Sunday, And you know,
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  Speaker 2: I think sometimes you know, folks think, you know, the
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  Speaker 2: right move against a tremendous offense is to keep the
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  Speaker 2: ball away from them. But I don't think it was
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  Speaker 2: an accident that in the days leading up to the
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  Speaker 2: Carolina game, Sean Payton told the a story of Bill
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  Speaker 2: Parcells before they faced the Chiefs, when Peyton was on
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  Speaker 2: the Giants staff, that they were going to have to
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  Speaker 2: go outscore, you know, the Chiefs, And I just think
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  Speaker 2: that's his philosophy coming into this game. I think he
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  Speaker 2: will think that there are plays to be made against
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  Speaker 2: that pass defense, and I think he believes bo Knicks
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  Speaker 2: can make them. So I think they will be aggressive,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, if that's the right decision, we will
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  Speaker 2: know Monday morning.
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  Speaker 3: All Right, that's interesting, Jeff. I mean, we saw that
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  Speaker 3: Michael Burton got released from the rosters. I guess going
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  Speaker 3: to go back on the practice squad. I'm sure we
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  Speaker 3: haven't seen the last of him. But with what you're
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  Speaker 3: describing to me, should we expect back around the forty
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  Speaker 3: plus pass attempts that we saw earlier in the year,
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  Speaker 3: And if so, are they ready to handle it now?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah? Andy, I don't know if it'll be in the
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  Speaker 2: pass attempts where we see the aggressiveness. I think it's
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  Speaker 2: more going to be. You know, Cleveland last week made
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  Speaker 2: plays against the other Raven safety, not Hamilton, but they
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  Speaker 2: went after Eddie Jackson, including on the game winning touchdown
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  Speaker 2: in the final minutes. When Baltimore, even despite their troubles
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  Speaker 2: on pass defense, they blitz. When they choose to blitz,
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  Speaker 2: they come with a lot of people, you know, the
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  Speaker 2: proverbial zero zero coverage, and on Cleveland's winning play last week,
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  Speaker 2: that was a zero blitz. So with the game on
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  Speaker 2: the line, they're willing to come after you. And I
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  Speaker 2: think in those situations, I think they're going to have
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  Speaker 2: two or three or three or four plays on the
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  Speaker 2: play sheet that they have drilled into Bonnicks that if
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  Speaker 2: you see it coming, this is what you should go with.
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  Speaker 2: So I think we'll see the aggressiveness in situations like that.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I don't know if it'll mean they pile
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  Speaker 2: up the attempts the attempts, but I think they will
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  Speaker 2: try to push the ball down the field when they
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  Speaker 2: think they have an advantage.
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  Speaker 1: Talking to Jeff Legwell to ESPN Legy, the last four
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  Speaker 1: Broncos victories were against ninety seven year old Aaron Rodgers, Gardner,
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  Speaker 1: Minshew Spencer, Rattler, and Bryce Young. It's a slightly different
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  Speaker 1: challenge this week going up against Lamar Jackson. This is
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  Speaker 1: an excellent Broncos defense but vance Joseph loves loves loves
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  Speaker 1: to blitz. That may not be the best weapon here
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  Speaker 1: against Lamar Jackson. How do you think he attacks this
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  Speaker 1: Baltimore offense.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think they're gonna if they blitz, it'll be
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  Speaker 2: you know, sort of the containment variety. Bring the extra
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  Speaker 2: guy on the edge, and he doesn't fold the edge
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  Speaker 2: as much as he would against most core. He kind
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  Speaker 2: of hangs a little bit and closes steadily. You know,
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  Speaker 2: I just think, you know, you see it over and over,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I charted some of the Ravens games, and
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  Speaker 2: you just see it over and over. A team, a
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  Speaker 2: defense will have them backed up inside the fifteen to
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  Speaker 2: start a drive, and suddenly it's Lamar Scramble, Lamar scramble,
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  Speaker 2: a big pass, big pass, play down the hash and
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  Speaker 2: suddenly they're over the fifty. There was one in the
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  Speaker 2: in the Bengal game where it's or the Browns game
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  Speaker 2: rather last week, where it's Lamar Scramble, Lamar Scramble Derrick
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  Speaker 2: Henry for thirty nine yards. They're across the fifty. They
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  Speaker 2: just just Troy field position with him. In scramble situations,
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  Speaker 2: teams will have him backed up. They come after him. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: and then he destroys that idea just because of what
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  Speaker 2: he can do as a runner. And you know, every season,
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  Speaker 2: I I you know, I took, I took some guff
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  Speaker 2: when he came out in the draft, But I said
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  Speaker 2: then when I looked at him, I saw a guy
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  Speaker 2: work in progressions who who would be a pocket passer
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  Speaker 2: for somebody if they wanted him to be. But he's
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  Speaker 2: really really making defenses pay for mistakes and coverage. He's
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  Speaker 2: finding them quickly, quick slants, the two tight ends. Teams
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  Speaker 2: haven't really figured out. They're not the traditional three wide
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  Speaker 2: offense you see from everybody now. They do it with
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  Speaker 2: two tight ends, something I've you know, I've said on
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  Speaker 2: your Guys' show. I thought the Broncos should have and
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  Speaker 2: doing for years. But they used the two, their two
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  Speaker 2: tight ends lively and and you know they use those two. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: they're all over the formation. And he is just killing
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  Speaker 2: defenses with those two coming on the quick slants, the crossers,
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  Speaker 2: and they turn them into big plays.
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  Speaker 3: You know what, it's always a physical game in Baltimore.
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  Speaker 3: We saw throck Morton, Calvin Throckmorton's now up on the roster.
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  Speaker 3: What's the health of this offensive line.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I think rock Morton is they they were
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  Speaker 2: out of elevations for him, and they want him around
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  Speaker 2: because Wattenberg is still, you know, coming back from his
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  Speaker 2: injury and they don't really have a backup center without him,
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  Speaker 2: So he was out of elevation, so they had to
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  Speaker 2: decide what to do. So Burton still has elevations left
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  Speaker 2: from the practice squad, so I would expect him to
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  Speaker 2: be signed pretty quickly because he doesn't have to go
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  Speaker 2: through waivers because it's before the trade deadline and he's
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  Speaker 2: a vested player. So I would expect him to be
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  Speaker 2: signed in the practice squad and elevated for the game.
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  Speaker 1: Jeff Legwold, ESPN Leggie. Obviously, the struggles of the Baltimore
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  Speaker 1: secondary are although they're getting healthier out there. Marlon Humphrey
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  Speaker 1: and Nate Wiggins are expected to be able to play
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  Speaker 1: coming up here on Sunday. But when we're looking for
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  Speaker 1: ways that Denver can win this game and not just
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  Speaker 1: turn over luck or anything else like that, I mean
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  Speaker 1: show up and go toe to toe and win this
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  Speaker 1: game on the road on Baltimore. What does that game
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  Speaker 1: look like to you?
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  Speaker 2: Well, the Ravens have had three defensive linemen on the
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  Speaker 2: injury report this week, So I think the a good
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  Speaker 2: recipe for the Broncos is to run it well enough
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  Speaker 2: where play action becomes something that can work for you.
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  Speaker 2: And they've the last three games, they've been very proficient
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  Speaker 2: in play action. I think it's sort of a concession
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  Speaker 2: on Sean Payton's park to do something a little different
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  Speaker 2: than he's done over the years, and I think they
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  Speaker 2: if they're willing to do that, and then you know,
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  Speaker 2: you hit those big plays when you have a chance.
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  Speaker 2: I think that's the recipe. But you know, it's been
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  Speaker 2: sort of analytically proven that play action works pretty well
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  Speaker 2: even if you're not running the ball well. But if
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  Speaker 2: they can get enough going to really make the put
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  Speaker 2: stress on the on the Ravens linebackers and get them
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  Speaker 2: toward the line of scrimmage even a yard or two,
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  Speaker 2: that even opens up things against the secondary that hasn't
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  Speaker 2: always shown, they can close it off and I think
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  Speaker 2: they will go after. Like I said, Eddie Jackson, the
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  Speaker 2: other raven safety, I think we'll have a busy day, all.
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  Speaker 3: Right, Let's have a little fun. Let's lighten the mood.
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  Speaker 3: Their leg, it's a Friday, it's a sky Friday. You know,
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  Speaker 3: once upon a time, your buddy John l Wait kind
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  Speaker 3: of had a freak out because he got tired of
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  Speaker 3: people trying to sneak around and figure out what kind
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  Speaker 3: of Halloween candy he gave out. You ever done one
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  Speaker 3: of those stories? You ever tried to figure out what
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  Speaker 3: the Calloween candy a choice was by a given player.
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  Speaker 3: Do you know what bo Nicks gave out last night?
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  Speaker 2: You know, I do not know if he actually gave
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  Speaker 2: any candy out last night. You know, I'm not sure.
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  Speaker 1: Are the kids allowed to go in the gated community
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  Speaker 1: to go see a lot of.
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  Speaker 3: Kids try to get into the gated community.
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  Speaker 2: That's a longer driveway to go up.
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  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 2: You know when I was a kid, we just went
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  Speaker 2: to the row houses. You know, it was easy. You know,
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  Speaker 2: he could hit them all in a hurry. So but uh, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I would often just ask guys what they gave out.
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  Speaker 2: I've done that story for sure.
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  Speaker 3: What's the most interesting answer guy's given you? Has anyone
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  Speaker 3: ever said anything other than candy? Did anyone go and
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  Speaker 3: give a couple of dollars out or something?
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  Speaker 1: Or a nice HOGI?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, Hogy.
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  Speaker 2: I did have guys tell me they were they miscalculated
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  Speaker 2: and they ran out of candy, so they like gave
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  Speaker 2: out coins, you know, for the rest of.
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  Speaker 3: The coins and gold to balloons taking that commercial every
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  Speaker 3: What kind of coins are we talking about?
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  Speaker 2: No, Kruger rams, I have no idea.
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  Speaker 3: What a flat pennies?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, railroad track pennies flatt.
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  Speaker 1: I got a gross in my tops card right here.
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  Speaker 1: You want a few of these kids come out.
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  Speaker 3: He's a twenty with the rookie, the rock Morton. Here,
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  Speaker 3: here's my card.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Back when they would pose them like in the
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  Speaker 2: throwing motion or jumping over a hurdle or something.
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  Speaker 1: Hell yeah, that's what we're talking about, all right. Jeff
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  Speaker 1: Legwald everybody ESPN. He joins us every Friday. Jeff Lagwald
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  Speaker 1: brought to you by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
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  Speaker 1: ib e W Local sixty eight. You start with the job,
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  Speaker 1: you end with the career. Jeff, have a wonderful trip
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  Speaker 1: to to lovely Maryland and enjoy what is supposed to
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  Speaker 1: be a slightly unseasonably warm day out there. Looking at
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  Speaker 1: it about sixty degrees, so good conditions for the Broncos
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  Speaker 1: to pull an up set.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, I think they'll take a sixty degree
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  Speaker 2: day there anytime you can get one.
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  Speaker 1: Seriously, Yeah, it should be a good one. Jeff Legwall
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  Speaker 1: of ESPN