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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.
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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: Our superhero of the day is the Brewers' number five prospect,
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  Speaker 1: Andrew Fisher. You've heard of him. You'll hear of him again.
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  Speaker 1: Hit it, Armin.
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  Speaker 4: The 2-0.
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  Speaker 5: He swings and hammers it. deep to right. Boyd is
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  Speaker 5: 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 4: Holy cow.
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  Speaker 1: That is correct. 47 bombs.
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  Speaker 6: It's pretty amazing. It's amazing.
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  Speaker 1: Andrew Fisher at multiple levels. I was going to say
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  Speaker 1: across two, right?
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, I think so.
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  Speaker 1: High A and double A.
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  Speaker 2: That's amazing at any level, but, I mean, that is
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  Speaker 2: just absolutely because, wow, wow, wow.
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  Speaker 3: And it appears you hit twice with two Tennessee Vols. Thanks,
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  Speaker 3: Coach V, out there in San Francisco. Because Blake Burke,
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  Speaker 3: Manning now first base for the Nashville Sounds, he, what,
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  Speaker 3: had 30 of them things down at double.
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  Speaker 1: A as well.
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  Speaker 6: What an embarrassment of riches.
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  Speaker 3: And to have both of those guys coming up swinging
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  Speaker 3: a stick like that, Is it surprising to you that
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  Speaker 3: they didn't try to take the lottery ticket and take
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  Speaker 3: the swing at getting Fisher up here or just be
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  Speaker 3: slow playing it until he gets up here?
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  Speaker 4: Slow playing it.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not surprised.
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  Speaker 3: Dodgers brought up their number one DH prospect to take
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  Speaker 3: the swings for Otani over the next.
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  Speaker 1: Couple of weeks.
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  Speaker 3: I mean.
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  Speaker 1: 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. Mm-hmm. As the
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  Speaker 1: T-shirt said in the marketing slogan. But the person already
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  Speaker 1: called up Pratt and Lara. What do you want? Those
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  Speaker 1: are the two rookies that are going to be playing
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  Speaker 1: significant roles in the playoffs. I heard a lot of.
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  Speaker 3: People asking for it during the September call-ups, not the
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  Speaker 3: 40-man call-ups that you used to get. You get one
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  Speaker 3: guy on the batting side, one guy on the pitching side,
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  Speaker 3: asking if it would be Jesus Madej. Would it be
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  Speaker 3: Andrew Fisher coming up here? Well, yeah, but who's that
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  Speaker 3: guy taking at-bats from?
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  Speaker 4: Right.
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  Speaker 3: So that's one of the also tough parts of if
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  Speaker 3: you're going to bring the guy up here and interrupt
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  Speaker 3: a historic season, you might want to get him more
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  Speaker 3: at-bats than three a week, if that would be the case,
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  Speaker 3: if you bring somebody up here.
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  Speaker 2: That was always a unique thing about this team this year,
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  Speaker 2: and I said it multiple times.
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  Speaker 6: It sounds like hyperbole, but I really think it's true.
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  Speaker 2: I don't ever remember a season where the big league
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  Speaker 2: team has been doing so well. I mean, we're talking
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  Speaker 2: about the Brewers having either the best or close to
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  Speaker 2: the best record in baseball for a lot of the year.
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  Speaker 2: And so much of the conversation was about prospects coming up.
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  Speaker 6: It's never been. Usually it's because your team's bad or
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  Speaker 6: vice versa.
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  Speaker 2: It's like it's almost never like that where you exist
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  Speaker 2: as one of the best major league groups already. And
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  Speaker 2: all people were talking about was like Pratt coming up
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  Speaker 2: and Laura coming up. And when's it going to happen?
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  Speaker 2: And all these guys we have, you know, talk about
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  Speaker 2: Burke and Fisher and Pena and my day.
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  Speaker 6: And even people were bringing.
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  Speaker 1: Up Ricky Moniz.
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  Speaker 6: That's a fun name to say.
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  Speaker 4: Moniz. Yes.
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  Speaker 6: 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.
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  Speaker 6: Chris cast. He's also a man of the people.
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  Speaker 2: We got there late because of traffic and he still
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  Speaker 2: signed my son's card after warming.
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  Speaker 6: Up before the game. And we witnessed history tonight. That's
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  Speaker 6: 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 4: No, they pop.
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  Speaker 1: They fire the crickets up there.
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  Speaker 6: That is awesomely disrespectful.
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  Speaker 1: That is good stuff. That's good game.
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  Speaker 2: I slam in the cricket sound effect on opposing team
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  Speaker 2: home run.
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  Speaker 6: Well, it'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 6: That is good.
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  Speaker 1: That is the goal.
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  Speaker 3: That is the goal sounder instead of any Britney Spears,
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  Speaker 3: which again, I'm always down here.
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  Speaker 2: I 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 6: Everyone just gets out and play crickets. Like, we don't
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  Speaker 6: care what you do. That's hilarious.
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  Speaker 1: I love that.
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  Speaker 6: I got to hear that again. Sorry, guys. Here's the crickets.
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  Speaker 6: Boyd is back at the wall.
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  Speaker 5: It is gone and it is a record. Andrew Fisher's
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  Speaker 5: got his 47th and he stands all alone for the
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  Speaker 5: most home runs in a single season by a minor
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  Speaker 5: 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. But
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  Speaker 1: then there's a baseboard that had fallen off of the
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  Speaker 1: wall and there were like 10 crickets, dead ones there.
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  Speaker 1: And Armand's just like, and Armand didn't want to like
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  Speaker 1: step on any of them. to stop the noise.
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  Speaker 2: Well, 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 3: I went to the bathroom, and I thought Armin was
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  Speaker 3: just practicing a cricket sounder to be firing off on
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  Speaker 3: one of our 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 a bunch of crickets there. I'm like, I'm not
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  Speaker 2: going to try and go through each cricket here.
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  Speaker 3: We had a green cricket that you were really excited
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  Speaker 3: about in the building last week.
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  Speaker 6: 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.
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  Speaker 4: That's right.
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  Speaker 6: That was crazy.
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  Speaker 1: LA Rams go?
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  Speaker 4: Drew?
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  Speaker 3: It was his fourth career game without a sack. Now there's,
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  Speaker 3: there's parts of this, parts of that for only his
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  Speaker 3: fourth game in his career without a sack. Only fourth
• 8:08
  Speaker 3: career game without a sack is a ridiculous number to
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  Speaker 3: routed last night by the 49ers in their debut. And
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  Speaker 3: that undefeated season starts up with a massive hiccup for
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  Speaker 3: the LA Rams.
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  Speaker 1: Tough on that one.
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  Speaker 3: Two of eight was Matthew Stafford for just 17 passing
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  Speaker 3: yards against pressure last night. And one guy that was
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  Speaker 3: hot in his return to San Francisco.
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  Speaker 1: How about Debo Samuel?
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  Speaker 3: Six grabs. 48 yards, a touchdown as well. Ran it
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  Speaker 3: one time for 12 yards. And he was his best
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  Speaker 3: version when he was in San Francisco playing for Shanahan.
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  Speaker 3: And it looks like they might have unwrapped that toy
• 8:46
  Speaker 3: once again in the 19 jersey last night.
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  Speaker 6: Is the old Debo Samuel back? I didn't know if
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  Speaker 6: 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 one and two than
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  Speaker 1: 17 or no, and maybe even two and three to
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  Speaker 1: start the season. And they also play more primetime games
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  Speaker 1: than anybody else.
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  Speaker 3: They play a ton of primetime games. And that bills game,
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  Speaker 3: I think is a Monday night game that you mentioned. And,
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  Speaker 3: you know, body clockwise, if you're talking about jet lag
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  Speaker 3: still in a couple of weeks, they play that Philadelphia
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  Speaker 3: game is across the country.
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  Speaker 1: One of the longest 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 3: And that's the same place last year that they played
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  Speaker 3: at one of the best games of the year and
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  Speaker 3: lost on a blocked field goal. Scoop and score for
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  Speaker 3: 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 eight
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  Speaker 1: and nine in the playoff game because of where they
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  Speaker 1: finished the division. So I just folly anyway, who do
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  Speaker 1: you got for? Who's not hot?
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  Speaker 3: Like, well, I think, I mean, I was going to
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  Speaker 3: say Stafford and Stafford and Garrett will be in there,
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  Speaker 3: but I also got a couple other possibilities here. And
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  Speaker 3: now I feel kind of bad just beating up on
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  Speaker 3: them because the Colorado Rockies are just always in the
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  Speaker 3: not category. But the team that people were expecting to
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  Speaker 3: be in the hot category fallen in the not category today.
• 10:31
  Speaker 3: What about the Chicago white socks? They lose three. They
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  Speaker 3: get swept by the pirates this week. Their lead is
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  Speaker 3: now down to a game and a half in the
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  Speaker 3: AL central. Try to hang on for D they're not
• 10:41
  Speaker 3: used to this situation. They were putting out drew. They're
• 10:44
  Speaker 3: putting out renderings of a new stadium. They're already printing t-shirts.
• 10:47
  Speaker 3: They're getting excited. And they realized that they still got
• 10:49
  Speaker 3: like 20 games left and getting swept by the buckos.
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  Speaker 3: Not the way to be rolling hot into the postseason
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  Speaker 3: 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. Like, they could blow it at any time, and, like,
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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 6: The fact that they could butt their lead is dwindling,
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  Speaker 6: but it is still the AL Central. Nobody wants to
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  Speaker 6: win the L-Central.
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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. Maybe that's the secret. And, hey, man, Pirates,
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  Speaker 1: how about hot? Over 500 once again.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, they're in the they're in the quest for 81 wins.
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  Speaker 3: It's no longer the scheme show, right? He's not dominant,
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  Speaker 3: but they're they're a better team. They're improving to Jared
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  Speaker 3: Jones was phenomenal last night. Toss seven innings. Brewers are
• 11:45
  Speaker 3: going to see Braxton Ashcraft coming up, I believe, when
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  Speaker 3: they face off against Pittsburgh. He was an all star
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  Speaker 3: for a reason. And I mean, Pittsburgh's not close to
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  Speaker 3: the playoffs. They're four and a half games out. They
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  Speaker 3: thought that they were going to be close, but they're
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  Speaker 3: 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.
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  Speaker 3: Well, listen, they were already said Cabo at this point
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  Speaker 3: for the last 10 years.
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  Speaker 6: So this is for them, I think.
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  Speaker 2: Single digits, they're close enough. They'll take a chance to
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  Speaker 2: reach for something. The tough part for them is that
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  Speaker 2: last wildcard spot. They'd have to beat out two teams.
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  Speaker 2: So it is unlikely, but hey, you never know. And reminder,
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  Speaker 2: we don't play game 163 anymore in baseball. So I
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  Speaker 2: don't know what the tiebreak situation would be if they
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  Speaker 2: got to that. I haven't looked into it.
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  Speaker 1: No need.
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  Speaker 4: No need.
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  Speaker 6: 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 3: Otherwise, losses by both the Diamondbacks versus the Rangers or
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  Speaker 3: the Padres at San Francisco. Just win and you're in.
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  Speaker 3: Just win and you're in and celebrate tonight. And let
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  Speaker 3: it just be the nice little cheers on a Friday
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  Speaker 3: night with the folks in Milwaukee.
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  Speaker 4: Right.
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  Speaker 3: We talked about the clinch in the playoff spot. Obviously,
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  Speaker 3: it's not going to be the full champagne shower. They'll
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  Speaker 3: wait till they do that with the Central Division. But
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  Speaker 3: let's get a good toast and a celebration for the folks.
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  Speaker 2: It doesn't have to be a wild celebration, but to
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  Speaker 2: raise something would be nice, even if it's, you know,
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  Speaker 2: a ginger ale or a LaCroix, you know, or I'm
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  Speaker 2: not saying you can't.
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  Speaker 6: I'm just saying it just as 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
• 13:22
  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.
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  Speaker 6: So you don't want to blow your load early with
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  Speaker 6: the bubbly?
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  Speaker 1: That makes sense.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you know, I mean, you can get one of
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  Speaker 2: those sparkling grape juices or something like that. I think
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  Speaker 2: the boys deserve a nice bottle of champagne.
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  Speaker 6: No, they'll get a couple cocktails in, I'm sure.
• 13:44
  Speaker 2: All right, let me get your reaction, guys, to a.
• 13:48
  Speaker 6: Couple of comments I saw on YouTube earlier. We didn't
• 13:51
  Speaker 6: 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 2: And it's also not a 15-hour, 18-hour flight.
• 14:09
  Speaker 6: I'm sure most of them want to go to sleep,
• 14:12
  Speaker 6: but I could be wrong.
• 14:14
  Speaker 1: No, I mean, because now the 49ers get.
• 14:17
  Speaker 3: Or the Rams get it a little bit cushier on
• 14:19
  Speaker 3: the back end because they play Monday night against the Giants,
• 14:22
  Speaker 3: and I don't think they have to travel. The 49ers,
• 14:25
  Speaker 3: on the other hand, they don't have to travel. They
• 14:27
  Speaker 3: host the Dolphins coming up next week, so they get
• 14:29
  Speaker 3: a couple of byes because they get Arizona... and Miami
• 14:32
  Speaker 3: as a soft landing spot before they host the Broncos.
• 14:35
  Speaker 3: But they don't have to get on a plane now.
• 14:37
  Speaker 3: 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. McVeigh 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 3: Yeah.
• 15:01
  Speaker 4: 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 than 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. is hasn't worked
• 15:50
  Speaker 1: and won't, will never work.
• 15:51
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 15:52
  Speaker 1: I just, I don't think it will drew like the
• 15:54
  Speaker 1: messaging matters. Vibes matter. And they're used.
• 15:56
  Speaker 3: There's an old saying that used to be commonplace in the,
• 15:59
  Speaker 3: in football embrace the suck.
• 16:01
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 16:02
  Speaker 3: Embrace that. Embrace every part of it and figure out
• 16:05
  Speaker 3: 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.
• 16:09
  Speaker 4: Let's go. Hell yeah. 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. This is what
• 16:23
  Speaker 1: football players have been telling themselves for a long time
• 16:25
  Speaker 1: in the training. I love that part of it. And
• 16:28
  Speaker 1: that should be the mindset now. Hire me as a
• 16:31
  Speaker 1: vibes coach. That's true. Like you said, I don't know
• 16:34
  Speaker 1: that it had anything. I don't know the science of it.
• 16:36
  Speaker 3: I don't know all the maturations of your dehydration levels,
• 16:40
  Speaker 3: but I do know that if you go out there
• 16:42
  Speaker 3: pissing and moaning the whole time, it's going to be
• 16:44
  Speaker 3: 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 6: And guess what?
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: McCaffrey thought he was getting slurred.
• 16:53
  Speaker 3: It was hilarious on 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've gone, you might've paid to go there anyway on
• 17:06
  Speaker 2: your vacation.
• 17:07
  Speaker 4: Yes.
• 17:07
  Speaker 6: It's a work week, but you know what? It's still
• 17:09
  Speaker 6: something you can experience.
• 17:10
  Speaker 3: Now, what if Stan Cronky was thinking like, if this
• 17:12
  Speaker 3: all worked, then he was going to let McVay have
• 17:15
  Speaker 3: the big cat out of the bag in the post game. Like,
• 17:17
  Speaker 3: Now the owner is going to pay for you to
• 17:19
  Speaker 3: take all your families out here so you can enjoy
• 17:20
  Speaker 3: it either way.
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: And Crocky's just sitting in the back.
• 17:22
  Speaker 4: Sweet.
• 17:23
  Speaker 1: Maybe I'll just save some cash. I don't know. These
• 17:25
  Speaker 1: guys don't deserve to go on any vacations. Maybe I'm
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: actually going to close that. Maybe I'll even close down
• 17:29
  Speaker 1: the menu a little bit earlier on here on steak
• 17:32
  Speaker 1: on Thursday.
• 17:32
  Speaker 6: Come on, fellas.
• 17:33
  Speaker 3: Yep.
• 17:34
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• 18:04
  Speaker 1: always a treat. The voice of the Packers, Wayne Larrabee,
• 18:06
  Speaker 1: is going to join the party right here as we
• 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 7: One of my favorites as far as city goes, I
• 18:44
  Speaker 7: like Minneapolis. I think it's a great town. But as
• 18:47
  Speaker 7: far as the stadium goes, it's all predicated on me
• 18:53
  Speaker 7: and where I have to sit and call.
• 18:54
  Speaker 4: The game from. Media starts with me. 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. Oh, no.
• 19:06
  Speaker 3: So we're talking corner end zone up into the rafters
• 19:09
  Speaker 3: up by where they kill the birds and those with
• 19:11
  Speaker 3: 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 3: Could only imagine how far away they looked from the
• 19:23
  Speaker 3: action last night at that at the cricket stadium. Wayne,
• 19:26
  Speaker 3: I thought of you because they were set really far
• 19:29
  Speaker 3: back on those on those sidelines last night.
• 19:31
  Speaker 7: Those 100,000 fans, Billy, I mean, they were so far
• 19:35
  Speaker 7: away from the field. You know, I would think in
• 19:38
  Speaker 7: the front row, you probably needed binoculars to see it.
• 19:43
  Speaker 7: Not an ideal stadium for NFL football, but what a
• 19:46
  Speaker 7: spectacle down there.
• 19:47
  Speaker 4: It looks sensational. Really did. Yeah.
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: It looked gorgeous.
• 19:50
  Speaker 3: It looked like the first row would have been drew
• 19:52
  Speaker 3: when they put you in, when they put us in
• 19:54
  Speaker 3: like the far corner at the final four, you're like, Oh,
• 19:57
  Speaker 3: sweet basketball game in 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.
• 20:05
  Speaker 4: 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 too far away. Wayne, there's been
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: so many angles to this, 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.
• 20:38
  Speaker 7: I mean, I imagine that was, you know, they kind
• 20:40
  Speaker 7: of honored him a little bit, but not so much
• 20:43
  Speaker 7: at the end of the game last year when.
• 20:45
  Speaker 4: We were up there.
• 20:45
  Speaker 7: And so you figure, okay, well, Harrison Smith's done and,
• 20:49
  Speaker 7: you know, had a great career. And then it turns
• 20:52
  Speaker 7: out that this is a pretty good ploy for missing
• 20:55
  Speaker 7: training camp. If you're a, I don't know, 15-year veteran player,
• 20:58
  Speaker 7: you don't need training camp, do you really?
• 21:00
  Speaker 4: So he's an ultimate Packers killer.
• 21:04
  Speaker 7: I mean, he's as much a Packers killer as Randall
• 21:07
  Speaker 7: Cobb was a Bears killer. And the quarterback from Purdue,
• 21:13
  Speaker 7: 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 7: Including 2011 with Kansas City.
• 21:24
  Speaker 4: Quarterback out of Purdue. I just can't think of his
• 21:26
  Speaker 4: name at the moment. Kyle Orton. Yes. There's certain guys
• 21:30
  Speaker 4: that kill certain teams.
• 21:31
  Speaker 7: Right.
• 21:32
  Speaker 3: And, yeah, Kyle Orton was a pain in the ass.
• 21:33
  Speaker 3: Kyle Orton. The amount of times that 18 jersey with
• 21:37
  Speaker 3: a beard trotted out and just lit you up. There
• 21:40
  Speaker 3: are certain guys that do it.
• 21:42
  Speaker 7: Packers are undefeated going into Kansas city. It's like about
• 21:45
  Speaker 7: week 13 or 14. And the chiefs just.
• 21:48
  Speaker 4: Fired their coach.
• 21:51
  Speaker 7: Kyle Horton gets to start the quarterback. And my gosh,
• 21:55
  Speaker 7: I mean, it was no contest. It seemed like, you know,
• 21:58
  Speaker 7: it just, it was inevitable. I remember he was going
• 22:01
  Speaker 7: to win that game.
• 22:02
  Speaker 4: And that's the only loss the Packers had until the
• 22:04
  Speaker 4: 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 3: They say don't hire the interim because then they show
• 22:22
  Speaker 3: that game. They show that game and maybe it's the
• 22:24
  Speaker 3: proofs in the pudding. Wayne, one of the conversations you
• 22:28
  Speaker 3: and I had all preseason long was about Marshawn Lloyd.
• 22:32
  Speaker 3: Now we didn't necessarily know that it was going to
• 22:33
  Speaker 3: be his show. Most likely as we roll into Minnesota,
• 22:37
  Speaker 3: but there's a backfield consisting of a bunch of guys
• 22:40
  Speaker 3: that I think have like 30 combined NFL carries. And
• 22:43
  Speaker 3: then Chris Brooks out of the Lloyd, Caleb Johnson, who
• 22:46
  Speaker 3: I think can give you something on offense at, with
• 22:49
  Speaker 3: some familiarity in the offense when he was playing at
• 22:52
  Speaker 3: Iowa and Chris Brooks, who do you anticipate you're going
• 22:56
  Speaker 3: to be calling out in the formation the most coming
• 22:58
  Speaker 3: up on Sunday?
• 22:59
  Speaker 7: Well, I think they'll probably start with Marshall and Lloyd
• 23:01
  Speaker 7: and see how it goes early on with him. And,
• 23:04
  Speaker 7: you know, Matt LaFleur has always played with running back
• 23:07
  Speaker 7: by committee when he's had these situations, play the hot hand,
• 23:11
  Speaker 7: you know, go with the hot hand. So if Lloyd
• 23:13
  Speaker 7: gets off to a good start, he could see a
• 23:15
  Speaker 7: lot of action, but I think what their idea is
• 23:18
  Speaker 7: to kind of rotate these guys in. Caleb Johnson, probably
• 23:21
  Speaker 7: the fewest snaps. But Marshawn Lloyd and Chris Brooks. Brooks
• 23:26
  Speaker 7: had a good game against this Vikings defense last year.
• 23:28
  Speaker 7: 11 carries, I believe he had 48 yards or something
• 23:32
  Speaker 7: like that last year in the ballgame at the end
• 23:35
  Speaker 7: of the season. So I think they're going to, knowing coaches,
• 23:38
  Speaker 7: knowing what they like to do early in the season,
• 23:40
  Speaker 7: 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 Larrabee joining us, the voice of the Packers, brought
• 23:48
  Speaker 1: to us by Miller Lite. Legendary moments start with a light.
• 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.
• 24:12
  Speaker 7: And Hargrave, you know, the little bit we've seen of him,
• 24:15
  Speaker 7: in practice and in camp, when he's on the field,
• 24:19
  Speaker 7: he can be a difference maker. He still has some
• 24:21
  Speaker 7: juice left, and I think they brought him along the
• 24:23
  Speaker 7: right way. They've got him set and prepared for the
• 24:26
  Speaker 7: regular season. He didn't play a lot of minutes in
• 24:31
  Speaker 7: any preseason game. Matter of fact, I don't think he
• 24:33
  Speaker 7: played in a preseason game. He did some work, obviously,
• 24:36
  Speaker 7: in training camp and the joint practice with the Cardinals,
• 24:40
  Speaker 7: but This is a guy that I think they have
• 24:43
  Speaker 7: some plans for in the rotation on that defensive line, guys.
• 24:46
  Speaker 7: They're going to be rotating at least six guys on
• 24:49
  Speaker 7: that defensive line all season long. And Hargrave's a big
• 24:52
  Speaker 7: part of that rotation.
• 24:54
  Speaker 3: Wayne, when you see and also on that front, I'm
• 24:57
  Speaker 3: excited to see the rotation at defensive end as they're
• 25:00
  Speaker 3: going to live here without Micah Parsons. We know for
• 25:03
  Speaker 3: the first couple of weeks. I really was encouraged with
• 25:06
  Speaker 3: what we saw out of Lucas Van Ness during camp.
• 25:08
  Speaker 3: Aaron Sorrell played well in this stadium in that week
• 25:12
  Speaker 3: 18 fourth preseason game that the Packers and Vikings played
• 25:15
  Speaker 3: at the end of the regular season last year. And
• 25:18
  Speaker 3: Brenton Cox has played in NFL games. Then I Dennis
• 25:20
  Speaker 3: Sutton showed something in the preseason. What are you looking
• 25:23
  Speaker 3: from that edge rusher group? Cause everybody's eyes most importantly
• 25:26
  Speaker 3: and quickly we'll go to number 90 and Van Ness.
• 25:29
  Speaker 4: Yeah, absolutely. Van Ness.
• 25:30
  Speaker 7: But you know, I think there are several other guys
• 25:35
  Speaker 7: on that front line who could kind of step up.
• 25:37
  Speaker 7: Brenton Cox is a guy I think is poised to
• 25:40
  Speaker 7: have a breakout year. A couple years ago, he had
• 25:43
  Speaker 7: four sacks in about a five-game period. We know what
• 25:46
  Speaker 7: he's capable of, and now he's healthy, and I think
• 25:49
  Speaker 7: that's a guy to keep an eye on, number 57,
• 25:51
  Speaker 7: Brenton Cox, in that rotation of pass rushers. Barron Sorrell
• 25:56
  Speaker 7: had a nice camp, a little quieter camp than– Van
• 26:00
  Speaker 7: Ness had, but Lucas is the guy to keep an
• 26:02
  Speaker 7: eye on, obviously. And I think, Billy, they're ready to
• 26:06
  Speaker 7: get some interior push. I think their defensive tackle position
• 26:10
  Speaker 7: is as good as it's been, and I'd say the
• 26:13
  Speaker 7: last 10 years. And I think they've got some people
• 26:15
  Speaker 7: up front who can handle the run. Jonathan Ford has
• 26:19
  Speaker 7: had a great camp up front. You know, we mentioned Hargrave.
• 26:23
  Speaker 7: I think Devontae Wyatt is ready to really make an
• 26:25
  Speaker 7: impact on this team and make a big impact in
• 26:29
  Speaker 7: the game. So, these are guys up front that can
• 26:32
  Speaker 7: really aid the guys coming in from the edges.
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: And if that happens, if those guys do have a
• 26:37
  Speaker 1: big game and a big push, I had two fever
• 26:42
  Speaker 1: dreams with this. One was Edger and Cooper having like
• 26:44
  Speaker 1: 12 tackles because the Vikings like to run wide and
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: Coop likes to go sideline to sideline. Didn't he have
• 26:49
  Speaker 1: a breakout game a couple years ago against the Vikings there? Cooper,
• 26:53
  Speaker 1: do you remember?
• 26:53
  Speaker 7: I believe he did, Drew. I don't know the numbers specifically,
• 26:57
  Speaker 7: but Yeah, I agree with you. The Vikings like to
• 27:00
  Speaker 7: run that outside zone. And with Aaron Jones, he looks
• 27:04
  Speaker 7: for the cutback lanes behind that zone blocking and does
• 27:08
  Speaker 7: a great job with that. And Edger and Cooper is
• 27:10
  Speaker 7: the kind of athlete the Packers will need on the
• 27:12
  Speaker 7: field to contend with that. And I think besides contending
• 27:17
  Speaker 7: with the run, he's a guy I look to rush
• 27:19
  Speaker 7: the quarterback a little bit more than what we saw
• 27:21
  Speaker 7: 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 7: Not a bad play to be honest with you. You know,
• 27:48
  Speaker 7: it's interesting and watching a little bit this week. John
• 27:53
  Speaker 7: who Smith is going to figure in this game plan.
• 27:55
  Speaker 7: I mean, He knows this offense, and he's been around
• 27:59
  Speaker 7: enough of these guys who have run this offense to
• 28:03
  Speaker 7: know his way around, and I think they've got plans
• 28:05
  Speaker 7: for him this week. They're not saying a lot about it,
• 28:07
  Speaker 7: but it wouldn't surprise me, Drew, that bingo card comes
• 28:11
  Speaker 7: up for you.
• 28:12
  Speaker 4: 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.
• 28:18
  Speaker 3: Nah, it's just the way football and sports works. And
• 28:20
  Speaker 3: bingo card or the Pottawatomie Sportsbook, your sport, their stadium.
• 28:27
  Speaker 3: Johnny Smith, 8-1 to score a touchdown, 35-1 to score
• 28:30
  Speaker 3: the first touchdown. I kind of like that. If you're
• 28:32
  Speaker 3: interested in those certain things. Wayne Larrabee brought to you
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  Speaker 3: by Pottawatomie Sportsbook, your sport, our stadium, Wisconsin Concrete Coatings,
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• 28:41
  Speaker 3: legendary moments start with a light. Wayne, we had a
• 28:43
  Speaker 3: couple of lights at the Pottawatomie Sportsbook last night, Thursday
• 28:46
  Speaker 3: night huddle. We're excited for you to join us out
• 28:48
  Speaker 3: there for a couple of those coming up as well.
• 28:51
  Speaker 3: Last night starts, the first two weeks start kind of
• 28:54
  Speaker 3: with a dud, but these divisional games to start out
• 28:57
  Speaker 3: week number one, so much talk and the buzzword was
• 29:00
  Speaker 3: always the unscouted looks. The unscouted looks, we don't want
• 29:04
  Speaker 3: to give away any of our unscouted looks. How much
• 29:06
  Speaker 3: unknown do you really think there is between these two
• 29:09
  Speaker 3: teams and these two coaching staffs that are going in
• 29:11
  Speaker 3: on Sunday?
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  Speaker 7: Billy, my estimation would be four to five plays each side,
• 29:17
  Speaker 7: you know, four to five things that that they haven't
• 29:20
  Speaker 7: shown anywhere else. A new wrinkle they came up with
• 29:23
  Speaker 7: during the offseason, you know, that kind of thing. Is
• 29:28
  Speaker 7: it a major factor?
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  Speaker 4: It can be. I mean, in one of these plays
• 29:31
  Speaker 4: breaks for a touchdown and they win the game.
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  Speaker 7: That's huge. But this is the unknown. But I think
• 29:38
  Speaker 7: and I've been thinking a lot about this. in watching
• 29:40
  Speaker 7: the first two games of the season. These coaches, I
• 29:45
  Speaker 7: don't care how close they are to their teams. And
• 29:47
  Speaker 7: I know they've been with their teams through OTAs and
• 29:50
  Speaker 7: minicamp and now training camp.
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  Speaker 4: All right. But at least 25 percent of your team
• 29:56
  Speaker 4: is new blood, new people. OK, that's every year.
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  Speaker 7: Furthermore, you are limited by rule how much you can
• 30:04
  Speaker 7: work with your players during the offseason program. You are
• 30:08
  Speaker 7: limited with how many practices you can have in training camp.
• 30:13
  Speaker 7: So there are a lot of unknowns that go into
• 30:16
  Speaker 7: a season today than was the case 30 years ago.
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  Speaker 4: And I think that's that's huge.
• 30:22
  Speaker 7: And I don't think any of these guys, Matt LaFleur,
• 30:25
  Speaker 7: Kevin O'Connell, none of these guys know exactly.
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  Speaker 4: What they have. They have a feel for their teams,
• 30:31
  Speaker 4: but they just don't know how they're going to come out.
• 30:33
  Speaker 7: Look at the Rams last night. Look at the Niners. Gosh,
• 30:36
  Speaker 7: were the Niners physical? They just basically out-physicaled the Rams.
• 30:40
  Speaker 7: They just knocked them down, and the Rams never got up.
• 30:44
  Speaker 7: You know, who saw that coming?
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  Speaker 4: Virtually no one.
• 30:47
  Speaker 7: So this is really– early in the season, this is really–
• 30:52
  Speaker 7: These guys haven't played.
• 30:54
  Speaker 4: They've played a couple of series. We don't know what
• 30:56
  Speaker 4: they are. And I think coaching staffs are wondering as well.
• 31:00
  Speaker 3: And it might be one of the reasons why that
• 31:02
  Speaker 3: Monday night game might be the best primetime game played
• 31:04
  Speaker 3: because Sean Payton and Andy Reid are going to play
• 31:07
  Speaker 3: their guys in the preseason. They're going to get their
• 31:09
  Speaker 3: guys out there and get them a lather. We joked
• 31:11
  Speaker 3: about it that maybe college should have a preseason. Well,
• 31:14
  Speaker 3: the first couple of weeks, Wayne, you've talked about it
• 31:16
  Speaker 3: a lot, is basically an extension of the preseason for
• 31:18
  Speaker 3: the NFL and maybe now more than ever before.
• 31:24
  Speaker 4: I can't agree with you more.
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  Speaker 7: And, you know, you're right that Andy Reid and, you know,
• 31:31
  Speaker 7: Sean Payton get their guys a number of snaps. Matt
• 31:34
  Speaker 7: LaFleur put his starters in for two games, not full games,
• 31:38
  Speaker 7: mind you, but, you know, got them in there. Got
• 31:41
  Speaker 7: a few snaps into him, but nobody's ready, Billy, to
• 31:44
  Speaker 7: play four quarters. And we really saw it in that
• 31:46
  Speaker 7: Seattle game. You know, the Rams game was such a mismatch,
• 31:50
  Speaker 7: but the Seattle game was hotly contested in that fourth quarter.
• 31:53
  Speaker 4: And I guarantee I could see it on TV. Those
• 31:56
  Speaker 4: guys were really dragging. They aren't right. Nobody is ready
• 32:00
  Speaker 4: to play four quarters of tackle football, live tackle football,
• 32:05
  Speaker 4: boys and girls. Understand that, especially if you're making investments
• 32:09
  Speaker 4: in these games.
• 32:10
  Speaker 1: Come on. And Billy loves that. I'm eyeing him up
• 32:12
  Speaker 1: right now. Another thought I had in the shower, Wayne.
• 32:15
  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?
• 32:20
  Speaker 1: Keyshawn Nixon or Brandon Cisse?
• 32:26
  Speaker 4: That's a really good question.
• 32:28
  Speaker 1: I guess it depends on how it goes earlier in
• 32:30
  Speaker 1: the early series, but I don't know.
• 32:34
  Speaker 7: Well, when we were scrimmaging the Cardinals in practice, and
• 32:38
  Speaker 7: it was the two-minute offense, and the Cardinals had their
• 32:42
  Speaker 7: first-string offense out there, and Jacoby Brissett was tearing apart
• 32:46
  Speaker 7: Keyshawn Nixon. And then when they got into the double
• 32:49
  Speaker 7: red zone, went over the top to Marvin Harrison over
• 32:53
  Speaker 7: Brandon Cisse.
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  Speaker 4: So take that for what it means, but that's– I
• 32:59
  Speaker 4: would think they would probably test the kid, I would guess. Yeah.
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  Speaker 7: But they know what they have on the other side
• 33:06
  Speaker 7: is they play Keyshawn Nixon enough to know.
• 33:08
  Speaker 1: It's going to be equal opportunity, right?
• 33:11
  Speaker 3: They're not going to be against throwing at either one.
• 33:14
  Speaker 3: And I also imagine, Wayne, the guy underneath the helmet,
• 33:18
  Speaker 3: Justin Jefferson, is going to say, hey, let me see
• 33:21
  Speaker 3: this rookie here real quick in the first series.
• 33:23
  Speaker 1: If I'm lined up.
• 33:24
  Speaker 3: On him, I'm going to take him mano a mano
• 33:26
  Speaker 3: and just make sure you don't miss the one.
• 33:27
  Speaker 4: In the eight.
• 33:28
  Speaker 7: Yeah, and this kid, you know, it's funny, Billy, because
• 33:31
  Speaker 7: watching him and talking to him a little bit during
• 33:33
  Speaker 7: camp and all. I don't think he's your typical rookie cornerback.
• 33:38
  Speaker 7: Is he a little green? Of course, all rookies are.
• 33:41
  Speaker 7: But this kid has the mental makeup, I think, the
• 33:44
  Speaker 7: toughness physically and especially mentally, which is just as important
• 33:49
  Speaker 7: as the physical aspect to hold up in these situations.
• 33:53
  Speaker 4: And I think, you know, will he get beat? Sure,
• 33:55
  Speaker 4: they all get beat. But this kid doesn't make the
• 33:58
  Speaker 4: same mistake twice, and he gets better every day.
• 34:01
  Speaker 3: The secondary Wayne, you've seen a lot of good secondaries
• 34:04
  Speaker 3: in your time. I still think the safety room right
• 34:07
  Speaker 3: now has a chance to be the best unit on
• 34:09
  Speaker 3: the football team. Javon Bullard, if in there and healthy
• 34:13
  Speaker 3: locked in with Xavier McKinney and Evan Williams, just how
• 34:15
  Speaker 3: good can that triumvirate be, especially in the defense that
• 34:18
  Speaker 3: they're playing now where you're going to see all three
• 34:21
  Speaker 3: of them on the field pretty much the exact same time.
• 34:23
  Speaker 4: Yeah, exactly. Uh, I think that could be really good.
• 34:26
  Speaker 7: You know, the only thing holding bullet back, uh, is
• 34:29
  Speaker 7: the interceptions, the turnover plays. But his coverage is very good.
• 34:33
  Speaker 7: He's physical. He can take on the run. Being a
• 34:37
  Speaker 7: safety by trade, playing in the slot, I think he's
• 34:41
  Speaker 7: really done a super job. I think Evan Williams has
• 34:43
  Speaker 7: a chance to be a star, and Xavier McKinney already
• 34:46
  Speaker 7: is one.
• 34:46
  Speaker 4: So that's a great trio. Catan Oladapo brings a different
• 34:51
  Speaker 4: kind of physical element to that group, a bigger player
• 34:55
  Speaker 4: who can really step up to the linebacking core on
• 34:57
  Speaker 4: a regular basis. and play there if need be. So
• 35:00
  Speaker 4: they've got some good depth and versatility.
• 35:03
  Speaker 7: Certainly that, along with defensive tackle, may be the two
• 35:06
  Speaker 7: deepest positions on the defense.
• 35:08
  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 Packers
• 35:14
  Speaker 2: DBs last year that got dropped. If they squeeze those,
• 35:17
  Speaker 2: the whole... Gotta squeeze the balls.
• 35:19
  Speaker 1: Exactly.
• 35:20
  Speaker 2: The whole outlook of the season could be different.
• 35:25
  Speaker 6: So that's just the way I look at that.
• 35:27
  Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, you're right, Armin.
• 35:28
  Speaker 7: And they had like, I want to say, 14 takeaways
• 35:31
  Speaker 7: last year, which was way down from what they had
• 35:33
  Speaker 7: the year before. You know, maybe half of what they
• 35:36
  Speaker 7: had the year before. So, you know, and we've talked
• 35:39
  Speaker 7: about it.
• 35:40
  Speaker 4: Turnovers are part skill, part coaching and a lot of luck.
• 35:45
  Speaker 4: The bounce of the ball going your way.
• 35:47
  Speaker 7: But according to some of the metrics and there are
• 35:50
  Speaker 7: metrics out there for everything in pro football. But Xavier
• 35:53
  Speaker 7: McKinney unofficially led the NFL and dropped interceptions last year.
• 35:57
  Speaker 7: The year before, he caught them all and led the
• 35:59
  Speaker 7: league with eight interceptions. So that's how it goes year
• 36:02
  Speaker 7: to year.
• 36:02
  Speaker 1: Great stuff. Wayne, safe travels.
• 36:05
  Speaker 3: Enjoy.
• 36:05
  Speaker 1: I don't know if you're going to Manny's or Murray's,
• 36:07
  Speaker 1: but there's great steak to be had in Minneapolis for sure.
• 36:10
  Speaker 4: You got it, guys. Have a great weekend. We'll talk
• 36:13
  Speaker 4: to you Monday.
• 36:13
  Speaker 1: We'll talk to you Monday. Can't wait. Wayne Leary, the
• 36:16
  Speaker 1: voice of the Packers. Billy, he's brought to us by?
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• 36:28
  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, a trope cliche, Kyle Murray,
• 36:36
  Speaker 1: Kyler Murray's not tall, but he hasn't had that many
• 36:38
  Speaker 1: passes batted down compared to like Justin Herbert's like, they're
• 36:41
  Speaker 1: like neck and neck. Justin Herbert's like six, six, six,
• 36:44
  Speaker 1: big statue.
• 36:45
  Speaker 7: Yeah.
• 36:45
  Speaker 1: But I want to see the Packers bat down a pass.
• 36:47
  Speaker 3: Maybe we got to get our boy Anthony Campbell into
• 36:49
  Speaker 3: the game because that was all he was doing at
• 36:50
  Speaker 3: Ray Nitschke Field.
• 36:51
  Speaker 1: It seems like Van Ginkle does it twice a week.
• 36:53
  Speaker 1: I'd like to see.
• 36:54
  Speaker 3: Yeah, and it feels like he picks off 70% of
• 36:57
  Speaker 3: the ones he tips up into the air.
• 36:58
  Speaker 1: That's true, but I would like to see a batted
• 37:02
  Speaker 1: down pass at the line of scrimmage. Yeah, and I'll
• 37:04
  Speaker 1: throw in Campbell.
• 37:05
  Speaker 3: I don't know how many rushes he's going to get
• 37:07
  Speaker 3: in the game, but I will tell you one guy
• 37:08
  Speaker 3: that I think is a good chance for it. Wayne
• 37:10
  Speaker 3: mentioned Brenton Cox. Keep your eye out on the night
• 37:12
  Speaker 3: Dennis Sutton. He's going to get rushes in this game,
• 37:15
  Speaker 3: and he's got serious thighs.
• 37:16
  Speaker 1: When we played at Lambeau, he had a high motor.
• 37:18
  Speaker 1: I liked it. Big time. Big time.
• 37:20
  Speaker 4: 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.
• 37:30
  Speaker 4: 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. We learn that from talking football. Billy
• 37:48
  Speaker 1: and I will be helming Packers OT at the tail end.
• 37:51
  Speaker 1: Armin's there for the whole boat. You got Doug Russell
• 37:54
  Speaker 1: starting locally at, that would be at 11. And then
• 37:58
  Speaker 1: the official network pregame show with Dennis Krause and Mike
• 38:01
  Speaker 1: Heller and James Jones and Wes Hotquist starts at 1.
• 38:04
  Speaker 1: kickoff at three 25.
• 38:05
  Speaker 3: And Wayne and those boys will fire up what at
• 38:07
  Speaker 3: two o'clock with their, their look inside us bank stadium,
• 38:11
  Speaker 3: get you ready to roll.
• 38:12
  Speaker 1: Very, very excited.
• 38:13
  Speaker 3: And also excited to be doing that right after coming
• 38:16
  Speaker 3: off the heels of a big Badgers dub folks on 13,
• 38:19
  Speaker 3: 10 W IBA.
• 38:20
  Speaker 1: Listen to us on a, on Saturday night, late night.
• 38:24
  Speaker 3: Almost 40-point favorites against the Leather Knights.
• 38:28
  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 3: Let's send everybody over to State Street Brats very excited
• 38:38
  Speaker 3: 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 3: Because they don't need to see the second string Badgers offense,
• 38:48
  Speaker 3: even though you might want to see what Ryan Hopkins
• 38:50
  Speaker 3: can do.
• 38:51
  Speaker 6: No, you want to get celebratory.
• 38:52
  Speaker 1: You want to go and enjoy.
• 38:52
  Speaker 2: Right, you want to get celebratory because they covered that
• 38:55
  Speaker 2: 40 or whatever.
• 38:55
  Speaker 6: What was it, 40?
• 38:56
  Speaker 1: I think it's 36 and a half.
• 38:57
  Speaker 6: Yeah, it's a lot of points, Mike, when YouTube was asking.
• 39:01
  Speaker 1: What's our wake and bake story, Billy? Is that our
• 39:03
  Speaker 1: fever dream of Badgers and Packers both winning? Because when's
• 39:06
  Speaker 1: the last time that happened?
• 39:07
  Speaker 3: Well, yeah, I was kind of thinking it might have
• 39:09
  Speaker 3: to be. And, you know, more importantly, we'd mentioned on
• 39:12
  Speaker 3: the Thursday Night Huddle, and if you were missing us
• 39:14
  Speaker 3: last night at the Thursday Night Huddle, you got 12
• 39:16
  Speaker 3: more opportunities starting up next Thursday to do so and
• 39:18
  Speaker 3: to hit the phrase that pays. and walk away with
• 39:20
  Speaker 3: one of those sweet gift cards from Pottawatomie casino hotel.
• 39:25
  Speaker 3: But they're mentioning the last time Wisconsin put up 50
• 39:29
  Speaker 3: points in a football game. And I was trying to
• 39:31
  Speaker 3: go through rack my brain. Badgers haven't done it against. No,
• 39:34
  Speaker 3: not against Eastern Washington. Nebraska in a Big Ten championship game.
• 39:38
  Speaker 3: Against Purdue three years ago in 2024. So it wasn't
• 39:42
  Speaker 3: one of these directional schools. I was thinking it would
• 39:44
  Speaker 3: be a Middle Tennessee and insert Eastern Michigan here. They
• 39:48
  Speaker 3: got Buffalo at home a couple of years ago. Instead,
• 39:50
  Speaker 3: it was a Big Ten game, and that was in
• 39:52
  Speaker 3: a fever dream where they won three straight Big Ten games.
• 39:55
  Speaker 1: Your boy is very excited.
• 39:56
  Speaker 3: Was thinking there was a bowl game in the eyes,
• 39:58
  Speaker 3: thinking that it was lining up to be a run
• 40:02
  Speaker 3: to the Big Ten title and instead fell down the
• 40:05
  Speaker 3: back of the dinosaur. So let's start out with a
• 40:07
  Speaker 3: 50 piece in the first one since Purdue came to
• 40:09
  Speaker 3: Camp Randall starting up tomorrow night.
• 40:12
  Speaker 1: 615 kick at Camp Randall. Let's do that early and often.
• 40:17
  Speaker 3: Also, the Rams 20 point loss is the worst that
• 40:20
  Speaker 3: they've had. All last year, they didn't lose one game
• 40:25
  Speaker 3: by a 20-piece. This performance was the worst they had
• 40:27
  Speaker 3: in a full calendar year on EPA per drive, and
• 40:30
  Speaker 3: Matthew Stafford's performance was worse than any he had all
• 40:34
  Speaker 3: of last year, according to the EPA police, Drew. The
• 40:37
  Speaker 3: jet lag game was real. Or maybe it's just week one.
• 40:42
  Speaker 1: There you go. We'll have to see.
• 40:43
  Speaker 4: 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.
• 40:56
  Speaker 4: Peace.