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Mac & Bone Hour 2: Final Panthers Predictions · Mac & Bone Podcast

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  Speaker 1: I think he is a very versatile guy. He can
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  Speaker 1: play outside. He can play in the slot. I think
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  Speaker 1: in my opinion, I'd love to hear that because I
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  Speaker 1: think he's best.
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  Speaker 2: In the slot.
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  Speaker 1: His skill set just really fits well in the slot.
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  Speaker 1: He's not like the guy that's just going to like
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  Speaker 1: make a move and run right by you.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 1: And he has the ability to make those plays still.
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  Speaker 1: So I do like him at the X receiver a lot.
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  Speaker 1: But to move him in on third downs and to
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  Speaker 1: motion him and get him in stacks and to run
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  Speaker 1: choice routes and be a big body that just has
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  Speaker 1: some really good change direction skills. I played basketball with
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  Speaker 1: him and he can move. I mean, he can play basketball.
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  Speaker 1: And usually what happens when you're a good basketball player
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  Speaker 1: and you can cross over and you can drive, like
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  Speaker 1: usually that fits really well with releases and top of
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  Speaker 1: route stuff, which he's really good at.
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  Speaker 2: That is Adam Thielen.
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  Speaker 3: Very interesting stuff there on the Fantasy Football Happy Hour
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  Speaker 3: with Matt Berry. He's talking about why he thinks the
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  Speaker 3: best spot for TMAC is the slot.
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  Speaker 2: And he thinks it would be a great idea.
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  Speaker 3: He started by saying, I'm so glad to hear that
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  Speaker 3: they are talking about using him more in the slot.
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  Speaker 2: And you heard him explain why.
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  Speaker 3: And if anybody knows what it takes to be a
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  Speaker 3: slot receiver, it's Adam Thielen. A lot of production bone
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  Speaker 3: from that slot spot. So it'll be interesting to see
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  Speaker 3: how much T-Mac is used in the slot. He also
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  Speaker 3: had a clip, and I'm sure we'll use it at
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  Speaker 3: some point, but he raved about Jalen Coker.
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  Speaker 4: When you hear Thielen talk about T-Mac in the slot,
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  Speaker 4: when we talked about it throughout the summer that the
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  Speaker 4: Panthers may want to play him there more, it really
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  Speaker 4: makes the drafting of Brazel interesting. make a lot of
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  Speaker 4: sense of what they envisioned it to look like, right?
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  Speaker 4: I know that you and I, and I was not
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  Speaker 4: really big on what the Tennessee wideouts have done at
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  Speaker 4: the NFL level from the Josh Heupel system, so that's
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  Speaker 4: what I was thinking about. But when you think about
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  Speaker 4: what Brazel's skill set is... and how that would affect
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  Speaker 4: how they want to use TMAC, well, then it makes
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  Speaker 4: a lot of sense why they gravitated towards Brazel as
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  Speaker 4: that wide out in the.
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  Speaker 2: Draft, right?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, well, it's something they desperately were missing, man. They
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  Speaker 3: don't have a dude with that profile. But yeah, you
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  Speaker 3: could see how TMAC in the slot, Brazel... You know,
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  Speaker 3: occupying multiple guys, bringing that safety to respect his speed
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  Speaker 3: and T-Max working underneath. I'm sure they'll still find plenty
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  Speaker 3: of ways to work him underneath. It also needs to
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  Speaker 3: be mentioned, too. Jalen Coker is damn good in the
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  Speaker 3: slot as well. So I think you want to work
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  Speaker 3: both guys in there. You want to be multiple. You
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  Speaker 3: want to be versatile. Let's talk about this. And so
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  Speaker 3: is Darren Waller also.
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  Speaker 2: 100%.
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  Speaker 4: We're going to call it the swap machine offense.
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  Speaker 3: 100%. Let's talk about this season.
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  Speaker 5: All right.
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  Speaker 2: We have been, some of us have been all over
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  Speaker 2: the place.
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  Speaker 3: Some of us have been adding wins, taking wins away
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  Speaker 3: when injuries started happening, putting wins back up when they
• 3:26
  Speaker 3: went to FanFest, Vinny.
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  Speaker 2: But now is the time.
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  Speaker 3: This is the time to go on record with our
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  Speaker 3: official final predictions.
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  Speaker 2: And we want your final predictions. We have seen the preseason.
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  Speaker 3: Um, we have seen the offense score one touchdown for
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  Speaker 3: five drives, the first team offense. We've seen the joint. Well, I, we,
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  Speaker 3: I've seen one of the joint practices. The other one
• 3:47
  Speaker 3: we all read about, um, in Jacksonville, um, We know now, unfortunately,
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  Speaker 3: we don't have Pat Jones to start the season, and
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  Speaker 3: it's week to week with.
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  Speaker 2: A back injury.
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  Speaker 3: And we know we don't have Skorton, and we don't
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  Speaker 3: have the first two tackles, starting tackles from last year
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  Speaker 3: to start the season. What is everybody's final win total number?
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  Speaker 3: And how many of you are playoff believers? David Tepper
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  Speaker 3: talked yesterday, Bone, about the importance of back-to-back winning seasons, right? Well,
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  Speaker 3: we can't do that this year because even though they
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  Speaker 3: went to the playoffs last year and won the division,
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  Speaker 3: they have a winning season. But back-to-back playoff seasons would
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  Speaker 3: signify the same sort of thing. It would signify, hey,
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  Speaker 3: it wasn't fluky. You're starting to sustain and build something.
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  Speaker 3: What's your final prediction? How many wins?
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  Speaker 2: And are you a playoff believer? I think you are,
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  Speaker 2: Bone Man. What do you say?
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  Speaker 4: I had not put my name on the 10-win board
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  Speaker 4: at all in the offseason, but I did it today.
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  Speaker 4: I saved it for this moment right there. It now
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  Speaker 4: says T-Bone, and the number 10 is circled. I'm landing
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  Speaker 4: on 10 wins as Tampa Tammy's in the hallway right now.
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  Speaker 4: Tampa Tammy, don't you dare laugh at our 10-win prediction.
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  Speaker 4: Don't you dare, girl. Hey, Tammy, Dabo Sweeney's on the
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  Speaker 4: phone looking for a job right now.
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  Speaker 2: He might want to go see what's up.
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  Speaker 3: Hey, turn her into Tiger Tammy today. Oh, she's not
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  Speaker 3: laughing now, is she? Little old Clemson, Tammy. Little old Clemson.
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  Speaker 2: Lane Kippen's in the lobby out there. Say what's up.
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  Speaker 4: Mac, I think this team is going to be... She
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  Speaker 4: showed me we're number one right now. That's a ratings number.
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  Speaker 4: I'm distracted momentarily. Focus, focus, focus. I think this team
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  Speaker 4: will be built very much. So in the vein of
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  Speaker 4: what those early two thousands Panthers teams were like, ironically,
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  Speaker 4: the ones that Dan Morgan played for, I think the
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  Speaker 4: defense is going to be great.
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  Speaker 2: I think the run game is going to be good.
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  Speaker 4: And I think the offense is going back to be
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  Speaker 4: good enough to not beat itself and and to give
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  Speaker 4: the team a chance to win. Is it going to
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  Speaker 4: be a spectacular offense? No, I don't think so. But
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  Speaker 4: I think with the defense, with the run game, once
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  Speaker 4: they figure out the offensive line and they get used
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  Speaker 4: to each other, I think this is going to be
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  Speaker 4: very much an early 2000s Panther team that can win
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  Speaker 4: 10 games and win the South back-to-back.
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  Speaker 2: I like it.
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  Speaker 4: I'm not saying they're going 12 or 13, but it's
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  Speaker 4: going to be a team that resembles a lot of
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  Speaker 4: what we think of When we think of those years
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  Speaker 4: of Panther football.
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  Speaker 2: I like it.
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  Speaker 3: And that's what Dan Morgan wants to build here, right?
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  Speaker 3: Like the teams he played on. So take that, Tampa Tammy.
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  Speaker 2: Take that. Did you see her face when I said Clemson?
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  Speaker 2: She got sad.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, that was. That flipped the script on her right there.
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  Speaker 3: That was a good call. I forgot she was a
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  Speaker 3: Clemson fan, too. She had a look in her eye like,
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  Speaker 3: we might need to kill you. All right.
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  Speaker 2: So let's. All right.
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  Speaker 3: So I'll jump in, Bone. I. am unfortunately not going
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  Speaker 3: to be a member of the 10 win club. All right.
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  Speaker 3: I'm unfortunately not going to be a member of that,
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  Speaker 3: but I will start my own nine win club. I
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  Speaker 3: would like to join that nine on nine, uh, where
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  Speaker 3: I still believe we're winning the NFC South. I think
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  Speaker 3: nine wins will win this division. I do think the
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  Speaker 3: saints are getting better. I do think there'll be there
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  Speaker 3: with us. I do think Tampa will do some good
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  Speaker 3: things if they're healthy, but I still wonder bone. About
• 7:06
  Speaker 3: Todd Bowles, it feels like things were falling apart in
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  Speaker 3: terms of his relationship with guys. I do wonder how
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  Speaker 3: long Baker stays fully healthy with the way he plays.
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  Speaker 3: I think it's a close three-way division race with the
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  Speaker 3: Falcons eating our absolute dust. But I think the Panthers
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  Speaker 3: win the division with nine wins. It's a tougher schedule
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  Speaker 3: this year, at least going into the season. But last
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  Speaker 3: year's schedule, Bone, we thought was supposed to be the
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  Speaker 3: 25th toughest going into the season. It ended up being
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  Speaker 3: the eighth toughest, and we still won the division. It
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  Speaker 3: ended up being a top 10 schedule. And yeah, we
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  Speaker 3: won eight games. We backed in.
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  Speaker 2: It was a pretty tough schedule. And we got a
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  Speaker 2: couple of big wins along the way.
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  Speaker 3: I expect us to get a couple of wins bone
• 7:45
  Speaker 3: where we're underdogs again, where people don't expect us to win. Unfortunately,
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  Speaker 3: we'll probably trip up to a team somewhere where it's like,
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  Speaker 3: how did we lose that game? But I think the defense,
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  Speaker 3: like you said, is taking a step forward. I think
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  Speaker 3: it's going to be a top 10 unit. And I
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  Speaker 3: do think the running game now, again, Brooks is an
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  Speaker 3: X factor, right? How healthy can he stay? But I
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  Speaker 3: do think the running game can be better from last year.
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  Speaker 3: I think Chuba's on a mission. I think he's disappointed
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  Speaker 3: the way last year went. But those guys got to
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  Speaker 3: stay healthy. I think Bryce takes another jump. I think
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  Speaker 3: the Idzik play calling thing is a very positive factor
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  Speaker 3: for the offense and for Coach Canales as a game manager.
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  Speaker 3: And I think T-Mac and Coker are guys that are
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  Speaker 3: going to improve. And I think Waller brings a skill
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  Speaker 3: set we.
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  Speaker 2: Have not had.
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  Speaker 3: And I do believe, Bone, the O-line will get better
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  Speaker 3: in time. I think Freeling will get better as time
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  Speaker 3: goes on. And obviously the help will come back at
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  Speaker 3: some point in the form of Vicky and Moat.
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  Speaker 4: I think we're going to know a ton about this
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  Speaker 4: team within the first four games.
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  Speaker 2: Right before the bye week.
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  Speaker 4: Not saying that things can't happen along the way, but
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  Speaker 4: that stretch of Philadelphia all the way down to Tampa Bay,
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  Speaker 4: so basically most of October, November, that's what we look
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  Speaker 4: at as a tough part. If they start well, and
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  Speaker 4: that really means... Atlanta, Cleveland, I'm not worried about, but
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  Speaker 4: Mac three and one. If they start three and one
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  Speaker 4: before the bye week, that's probably awesome.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that'd be awesome. Even two and two.
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  Speaker 4: It's not ideal, but it's not the end of the
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  Speaker 4: world based on how you usually start. Don't don't lose
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  Speaker 4: the bookends, Chicago, Detroit, and have one of those trip
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  Speaker 4: ups to God forbid Atlanta or Cleveland.
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  Speaker 2: They start one in three. That's even where my positivity
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  Speaker 2: will be out the window.
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  Speaker 3: Because the schedule after that bye gets so tough, right?
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  Speaker 3: 2-2 would still feel good compared to Canales' first two seasons.
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  Speaker 3: Canales started 2-7. He started 0-2 in each of his
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  Speaker 3: two seasons. He started 2-7 in his first season. And
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  Speaker 3: they started 1-3 last year. So 2-2 would be a
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  Speaker 3: better start, but 3-1 would be real nice, man.
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  Speaker 2: 2-2 would be cautious optimism.
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  Speaker 4: 3-1 would be, okay, let's get that next stretch of
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  Speaker 4: games going.
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  Speaker 2: 3-1 would be Fit.
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  Speaker 3: He tries to take the thong off and everything else
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  Speaker 3: off while he victory dances.
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  Speaker 2: Or 3-1. 3-1 would be that.
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  Speaker 3: All right, let me read some of these texts.
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  Speaker 2: That just got really graphic.
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  Speaker 3: I'm sorry, y'all. I forgot it was breakfast hours for
• 10:07
  Speaker 3: y'all out there. So let's read some of these texts.
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  Speaker 3: We will let Panther Fitty give his prediction, his final prediction.
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  Speaker 3: The season starts in three days. You've seen the preseason
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  Speaker 3: play out. Unfortunately, we've got injuries in the trenches. What
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  Speaker 3: is your win total? Gas House Earl goes 12. So
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  Speaker 3: he's on the positive side. Patrick in Huntersville, not so much.
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  Speaker 5: 6-11.
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  Speaker 3: Panthers draft a quarterback in the first round. Hope I'm wrong. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: I bet you sound like a guy that really hopes
• 10:33
  Speaker 3: he's wrong.
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  Speaker 2: Go scratch yourself!
• 10:36
  Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm sure you type that thinking, boy, golly gee,
• 10:39
  Speaker 4: I hope I'm wrong.
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  Speaker 2: I just, I don't know.
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  Speaker 3: Maybe he does hope he's wrong, but it just feels
• 10:43
  Speaker 3: like some of y'all just want Bryce to like, you
• 10:47
  Speaker 3: want him to be bad and lose the job. And
• 10:49
  Speaker 3: then we go draft the quarterback, and there's no guarantee
• 10:51
  Speaker 3: he's as good as Bryce. I just want to point
• 10:53
  Speaker 3: that out. Will Levis and Anthony Richardson were in his
• 10:56
  Speaker 3: draft class in the first round very early. Just want
• 10:58
  Speaker 3: to point that out. 336 says nine wins. John the
• 11:04
  Speaker 3: Beer Man's got him. In the playoffs, getting a playoff win.
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  Speaker 3: Nine and eight, getting a playoff win. That's another part
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  Speaker 3: of the question. Because what I really want, Bone, is
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  Speaker 3: retain your division title, add to your win total. I've
• 11:17
  Speaker 3: only got it one win higher than last year. I
• 11:18
  Speaker 3: don't feel like it's anything crazy. But if you could
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  Speaker 3: actually win a playoff game, and they were so close
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  Speaker 3: last year, that would be huge, man.
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  Speaker 4: That would be a huge step. Good Nugget sent in
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  Speaker 4: a text. It was actually yesterday he sent this in, Mac,
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  Speaker 4: but I'm sure we mentioned this along the way. Connor
• 11:36
  Speaker 4: Orr is the one guy that has us winning the
• 11:38
  Speaker 4: South by three games on SI.com. Three games, baby. He
• 11:41
  Speaker 4: got us sitting back chilling in December. He's got us 10-7,
• 11:44
  Speaker 4: the Bucs 7-10. But what's interesting about that, man.
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  Speaker 2: Three games by winning 10.
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  Speaker 4: What's interesting about that, he has us starting 2-2, though.
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  Speaker 4: He has this then beating Philadelphia, Tampa Bay post by
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  Speaker 4: and also Baltimore beat Baltimore in there as well. So
• 12:00
  Speaker 4: he has this actually picking up steam in the hardest
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  Speaker 4: part on paper of the schedule.
• 12:05
  Speaker 3: The Connecticut Yankee ain't buying what we're saying. He says,
• 12:08
  Speaker 3: why would your running game be stronger than your pass game?
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  Speaker 3: Your one true potential star is T-Mac. These Connecticut Yankees
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  Speaker 3: can get out of here. Takes one to know one
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  Speaker 3: over there, Bone. I think we all believe at heart,
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  Speaker 3: even though there are times where maybe he's got away
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  Speaker 3: from it, but I think we believe Dave Canales and
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  Speaker 3: Brad Itz and we believe they want to run the
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  Speaker 3: ball first.
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  Speaker 2: Right? Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: But they do have something to prove, Bone, right? With, like,
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  Speaker 3: you know, Chuba and Brooks stay healthy. Offensive line. Can
• 12:37
  Speaker 3: they run block?
• 12:39
  Speaker 5: You know?
• 12:39
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Walker's not necessarily known more as a pass blocker. Can
• 12:44
  Speaker 3: Freeling run block? So there are some questions there.
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  Speaker 4: And I've said repeatedly here that while we're focused on
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  Speaker 4: the health of Brooks because of the serious nature of
• 12:53
  Speaker 4: his injuries, we also, Mac, don't want the— majority of
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  Speaker 4: the workload to beyond brooks because of his past they
• 13:01
  Speaker 4: want to make sure this is split so chuba not
• 13:04
  Speaker 4: having something come up a hamstring a muscle pull chuba
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  Speaker 4: staying healthy is also paramount to all this as well.
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  Speaker 2: No doubt yeah yeah we can't take that for granted either.
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  Speaker 4: Because you don't want brooks having to do most i
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  Speaker 4: know dylan's there but you you don't want brooks having
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  Speaker 4: to be the main guy without a whole lot of
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  Speaker 4: with a.
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  Speaker 3: Lot of chuba you want to split season if you
• 13:20
  Speaker 3: can um by the way something crazy happened five straight
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  Speaker 3: winning record predictions in a row on the text line
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  Speaker 3: I did not see. Because before that, it had been
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  Speaker 3: very like, here's one saying losing record. 704-980.
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  Speaker 5: Let's go.
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  Speaker 4: This man predicts Walker May will be in line for
• 13:37
  Speaker 4: a back-to-back South Championship t-shirt.
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  Speaker 2: I'm aroused.
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  Speaker 3: We've got Rachel with 10. Davidson Jimmy with 10 wins.
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  Speaker 3: Dodger Charles says 10-7.
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  Speaker 2: Book it. A little more consistency. Yeah, that could go
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  Speaker 2: a long way, Bone.
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  Speaker 3: How about you don't look like a different team every
• 13:55
  Speaker 3: other week type thing? If we're talking about how you
• 13:59
  Speaker 3: can progress, that's another way you can show progression and
• 14:03
  Speaker 3: you're growing up as a team. Bryce Young being more
• 14:05
  Speaker 3: dang consistent. The team actually arriving, Bone, before the month
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  Speaker 3: of October. Things like that would be progress.
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  Speaker 4: They should show Bryce a schedule and just see if
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  Speaker 4: he falls for it where every game is against Atlanta.
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  Speaker 4: And Bryce is like, well, this is weird to play
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  Speaker 4: in Atlanta again. All right, I guess I'll go out there.
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  Speaker 2: And play Atlanta again.
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  Speaker 3: Either that or change the calendar on his phone to, like,
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  Speaker 3: October or November. Because he has been so good in
• 14:31
  Speaker 3: the second half of seasons. Here's a texter with three wins.
• 14:35
  Speaker 3: They must have heard, Bone, that there was optimism on
• 14:37
  Speaker 3: five straight texts.
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  Speaker 2: What up, Bebop? They had to do something about it.
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  Speaker 2: What up, Bebop? No, it's not. It's not Bebop. Bebop
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  Speaker 2: is quiet.
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  Speaker 3: Formal Timothy says 7-10. Timothy, that might be your most
• 14:48
  Speaker 3: optimistic preseason outlook.
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  Speaker 4: Ever, baby.
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  Speaker 2: Tim is getting wild on us.
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  Speaker 3: I actually take that as like you're more optimistic than usual,
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  Speaker 3: I think.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know. Maybe I'm wrong.
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  Speaker 4: We got to bring in the Fit Dogs number here, right?
• 15:04
  Speaker 4: Panther Fitties got to do it, baby. This is what
• 15:07
  Speaker 4: we like to call the tone setter, right? You and
• 15:09
  Speaker 4: I are just the— The appetizer, right? This is the
• 15:12
  Speaker 4: main course right here.
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  Speaker 3: This is what people wait for. This is what brings
• 15:16
  Speaker 3: families together. This is what brings all the girls to
• 15:19
  Speaker 3: the yard.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, okay. That's true. Fitty's milkshake.
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  Speaker 5: All right, Fitty.
• 15:22
  Speaker 2: What do you got over there? It's a song, y'all.
• 15:25
  Speaker 2: It's a damn song. All right. Daddy, what do you got, baby?
• 15:30
  Speaker 6: When we got the schedule back in April, went through it, Mac.
• 15:34
  Speaker 6: I had this team winning 11 games. Then they had
• 15:37
  Speaker 6: a preseason game. had a rough moment, maybe dropped them
• 15:42
  Speaker 6: down to 10. Then I saw them at FanFest, bumped
• 15:45
  Speaker 6: them back up to 11. And then the Texans came
• 15:48
  Speaker 6: in for a joint practice and kicked our ass. And maybe,
• 15:51
  Speaker 6: just maybe, I dropped us back down to 10. When
• 15:55
  Speaker 6: we got the schedule, I had this team starting 4-0
• 15:58
  Speaker 6: going into the bye week. I'm not wavering from that
• 16:01
  Speaker 6: 4-0 prediction. I think this team starts fast. I think
• 16:05
  Speaker 6: this team starts hot.
• 16:07
  Speaker 5: I still... Hold on to my belief.
• 16:10
  Speaker 6: That the Carolina Panthers will continue their trajectory of improving
• 16:13
  Speaker 6: by three wins every single year under Dave Canales.
• 16:17
  Speaker 2: Book it.
• 16:19
  Speaker 5: Take it to the bank. Panthers go 11 and six.
• 16:21
  Speaker 7: Yeah.
• 16:22
  Speaker 3: After all that bone, it had been a roller coaster
• 16:25
  Speaker 3: ride for Phinney's prediction all preseason long. I'm not sure
• 16:29
  Speaker 3: you could keep track of that, but he ended up
• 16:32
  Speaker 3: bone where he was at the start of the preseason.
• 16:35
  Speaker 2: He went up, down, up, down, back again, all around.
• 16:38
  Speaker 4: We had to turn the 10 wind thing backwards now
• 16:41
  Speaker 4: because Phinney's been crossed out 11 times this off season.
• 16:46
  Speaker 2: We took a couple detours.
• 16:47
  Speaker 6: It was like going home back on 74 during rush hour.
• 16:50
  Speaker 6: Maybe you got to take a little side road here,
• 16:52
  Speaker 6: a little side road there. But we still got to
• 16:55
  Speaker 6: the ultimate destination. Back-to-back division championships. We win a playoff game.
• 17:01
  Speaker 6: And we unequivocally... When the season does come to an end,
• 17:05
  Speaker 6: we know we're paying Bryce Young as our quarterback.
• 17:09
  Speaker 2: Not us.
• 17:10
  Speaker 3: If it's us, he ain't getting paid crap.
• 17:13
  Speaker 2: I was going to say, we don't have to put
• 17:14
  Speaker 2: in any money, do we? I hope not.
• 17:16
  Speaker 4: I want to ask that. If that's the legit thing,
• 17:19
  Speaker 4: they should ask Tepper at the press conference.
• 17:20
  Speaker 5: And then he'll refer you to Scott Fowler.
• 17:23
  Speaker 2: Or Dan Morgan. He likes doing that, too. Scott Fowler's
• 17:25
  Speaker 2: one of those gotcha guys, isn't he? Oh, my God.
• 17:27
  Speaker 3: Yeah, Scott Fowler got mentioned about four times in that presser.
• 17:31
  Speaker 5: All right.
• 17:32
  Speaker 2: Anyway, Bone, I hate to do this. How many wins
• 17:35
  Speaker 2: did you pick? I had 10. Okay, I knew you
• 17:37
  Speaker 2: were positive. That's right, 10. Okay, I'm sorry. I was listening, baby.
• 17:40
  Speaker 2: I was locked, all right?
• 17:41
  Speaker 1: I know.
• 17:41
  Speaker 2: You always listen to me.
• 17:42
  Speaker 3: We have gotten multiple requests for this in the spirit.
• 17:46
  Speaker 3: of Panther enthusiasm on this show.
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: Dr.
• 17:49
  Speaker 3: Suave, 704 number. When I Panther growled, they both have
• 17:52
  Speaker 3: requested a certain Panther growl. It's from one Jimmy Horn. Fitty,
• 17:57
  Speaker 3: you got to play this. This is a SI reporter
• 18:01
  Speaker 3: that is having fun with some of the guys after
• 18:03
  Speaker 3: practice one day. It's Waller, Coker, and then Jimmy Horn's
• 18:07
  Speaker 3: the last one. Turn this up, Fetty, and you might
• 18:10
  Speaker 3: have to turn your radios up because Jimmy Horn does
• 18:13
  Speaker 3: the daintiest panther noise you ever hear. But listen to this. Waller, Coker,
• 18:18
  Speaker 3: and Horn giving their attempt at a.
• 18:21
  Speaker 8: What sound does a panther make?
• 18:23
  Speaker 4: Wow, that was really good.
• 18:28
  Speaker 8: Was that the sound?
• 18:29
  Speaker 7: So quiet.
• 18:30
  Speaker 8: Quiet panther.
• 18:31
  Speaker 3: It's a loud panther.
• 18:32
  Speaker 2: I ain't really too much of a screamer. What was
• 18:34
  Speaker 2: that noise? Can I hear it one more time? What
• 18:37
  Speaker 2: was that horn? What was he doing? The second one
• 18:39
  Speaker 2: makes me laugh, too. I need to hear that again.
• 18:41
  Speaker 8: What sound does a panther make?
• 18:43
  Speaker 4: Wow, that was really good.
• 18:46
  Speaker 7: Was that the sound?
• 18:49
  Speaker 8: So quiet. Quiet panther.
• 18:51
  Speaker 2: It's a loud panther. I ain't really too much of
• 18:53
  Speaker 2: a screamer.
• 18:55
  Speaker 6: That's the sound the kitty makes in the Big Bang
• 18:58
  Speaker 6: Theory when Sheldon is singing Soft Kitty, Warm Kitty.
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: Soft Kitty. Warm kitty, little ball of fur.
• 19:06
  Speaker 4: Happy kitty, warm kitty, purr, purr, purr.
• 19:10
  Speaker 2: There you go, Mac.
• 19:12
  Speaker 4: I now know that song. I've never watched one episode
• 19:14
  Speaker 4: of that show. Mac, you have one of the great
• 19:15
  Speaker 4: growls over there.
• 19:16
  Speaker 2: Give us your growl.
• 19:17
  Speaker 4: There it is.
• 19:18
  Speaker 2: Well, as you know, our girl Ernestine used to have
• 19:20
  Speaker 2: the best damn panther growl. Oh, the best ever.
• 19:22
  Speaker 3: I know William, her husband, texted last season. I wonder
• 19:25
  Speaker 3: where she is, man. I wonder if Ernestine can growl
• 19:28
  Speaker 3: for us before the season kicks off.
• 19:30
  Speaker 5: That sounds like a woman that can growl. Ernestine?
• 19:32
  Speaker 2: Oh, yeah, she's growling. Settle yourself down. That's a happily
• 19:35
  Speaker 2: married woman. Stop that right now.
• 19:36
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 19:36
  Speaker 2: Don't be disrespectful to William.
• 19:38
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 19:39
  Speaker 2: We come back. The voice of the Panthers.
• 19:42
  Speaker 4: Since day one, Jim Zoki joins Back and Bone to
• 19:45
  Speaker 4: preview the Bears game and more. Sports Radio 92.7 WFNZ.
• 19:48
  Speaker 4: Matt Grouse out of the segment.
• 20:03
  Speaker 3: Back in Bone with you here on a Thursday in
• 20:07
  Speaker 3: week one. It is go time, baby. How many wins
• 20:09
  Speaker 3: for the Panthers? And are you a playoff believer like
• 20:12
  Speaker 3: the three of us are? Or are you not as
• 20:15
  Speaker 3: cool as we are? That's the question this morning. And
• 20:18
  Speaker 3: if you're not as cool as we are, it's a
• 20:19
  Speaker 3: severe problem for you. 9-8-0 number, Bone, got creative.
• 20:22
  Speaker 4: 8-8-1.
• 20:25
  Speaker 3: There always has to be somebody that puts a tie
• 20:28
  Speaker 3: in their prediction.
• 20:30
  Speaker 2: Jim Zoki joins us. Let us know which game they're
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: tying so we can monitor it. Come on, baby.
• 20:34
  Speaker 3: You've got to be more specific. Zoki joins us with
• 20:37
  Speaker 3: a view from the booth. Zok, what's going on, man?
• 20:41
  Speaker 3: How are you feeling?
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: Feeling good.
• 20:42
  Speaker 9: I agree with you guys. I think playoffs. I think
• 20:44
  Speaker 9: winning record. This year.
• 20:45
  Speaker 7: So I feel, again, here we go. It's an exciting
• 20:49
  Speaker 7: time of the year. Everybody feels good about your team,
• 20:51
  Speaker 7: except maybe Drake May fans. That was kind of a
• 20:55
  Speaker 7: weird ending last night. He said he was throwing that
• 20:57
  Speaker 7: ball away, but it sure.
• 20:58
  Speaker 2: Looked like he was. Oh, I didn't hear that. Okay.
• 21:00
  Speaker 7: He said, but I thought he was throwing the corner
• 21:03
  Speaker 7: out to the receiver.
• 21:04
  Speaker 3: It was throwing the game away is what he was doing.
• 21:07
  Speaker 3: He definitely should have thrown it away, right? He was, like,
• 21:10
  Speaker 3: off balance, leaning back, so maybe he didn't get on
• 21:12
  Speaker 3: it when he wanted to, but that's a horrible mistake
• 21:14
  Speaker 3: to make.
• 21:14
  Speaker 7: It's usually when it's like you either catch it or
• 21:15
  Speaker 7: it's out of bounds. I'm sure it was in his head.
• 21:17
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 21:17
  Speaker 7: But, you know, you already have the field goal in
• 21:19
  Speaker 7: your back pocket. So, anyway, weird start to the season.
• 21:21
  Speaker 7: Brutal mistake, man. Ugly game, but entertaining finish. We get
• 21:25
  Speaker 7: another one tonight between the Rams and the Niners. And
• 21:28
  Speaker 7: then we get to Panthers, Oak.
• 21:29
  Speaker 3: So you're still saying like we are winning record in playoffs.
• 21:34
  Speaker 3: What do you think, though, about the Pat Jones news?
• 21:37
  Speaker 3: Because this stinks just for him after he missed so
• 21:40
  Speaker 3: much time last year. He's got a back situation again.
• 21:43
  Speaker 3: Canals says, hey, it's a different area of the back
• 21:45
  Speaker 3: than he had the surgery on. And he's week to week,
• 21:48
  Speaker 3: so we don't know how long this is going to be.
• 21:50
  Speaker 3: But he was the guy that we felt good about. OK,
• 21:52
  Speaker 3: he's back. So we lost Nick Skorton, but Jones is back.
• 21:56
  Speaker 3: Now we don't have either one. Like, how worried are
• 21:58
  Speaker 3: you about that Bears offense with those two edges out?
• 22:01
  Speaker 7: Yeah, especially, you know, first game, wanted to have rotational depth, obviously.
• 22:04
  Speaker 7: So it's going to bite into that. So guys like
• 22:06
  Speaker 7: Thomas Incomer are going to have to step up. But
• 22:08
  Speaker 7: I was talking yesterday after practice with Princely Amon-Miellon and,
• 22:12
  Speaker 7: you know, like Nick Skorton.
• 22:14
  Speaker 2: That would have been.
• 22:15
  Speaker 7: Taking a big step up, I think, as far as
• 22:16
  Speaker 7: first year to second year, Skorton would have been on
• 22:19
  Speaker 7: that trajectory.
• 22:20
  Speaker 9: I think with Princely, same thing.
• 22:21
  Speaker 7: He's looked really good in camp and in the preseason
• 22:23
  Speaker 7: games when he's out there on the field for those
• 22:25
  Speaker 7: reps that he had there. So you got the players,
• 22:29
  Speaker 7: but again, you get into the depth of the game,
• 22:31
  Speaker 7: and we'll see fourth quarter. When you're rushing the quarterback
• 22:35
  Speaker 7: for four quarters out there, you want to have that
• 22:37
  Speaker 7: rotational depth out there. And you saw with Moon, they
• 22:40
  Speaker 7: brought him onto the practice squad, so Obviously, someone's going
• 22:42
  Speaker 7: to fill the roster spot, and we'll see how they
• 22:44
  Speaker 7: do that come later in the week. But that's a
• 22:47
  Speaker 7: great way to start the season, I think, is we
• 22:49
  Speaker 7: have fun, entertaining games.
• 22:50
  Speaker 2: It is a fun matchup. I'll say one thing, Bo,
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: real quick.
• 22:54
  Speaker 3: Mike Kay did make a point, and this was before
• 22:56
  Speaker 3: Pat Jones' news came down, but he was saying that
• 22:59
  Speaker 3: Jeremiah Moon is seen as a better run defender on
• 23:01
  Speaker 3: the edge. than Cam Gill, because they dropped Cam Gill
• 23:05
  Speaker 3: off the practice squad. He's seen as more of the
• 23:06
  Speaker 3: pass rush specialist. And maybe because Pat Jones was going
• 23:10
  Speaker 3: to be one of those run-down defensive ends, maybe they
• 23:13
  Speaker 3: want Moon.
• 23:14
  Speaker 2: Maybe they're going to call him up this week. We'll
• 23:15
  Speaker 2: see if they work that way. We'll see. We'll see.
• 23:17
  Speaker 4: Zogue, we envision this team being built and playing... kind
• 23:21
  Speaker 4: of like the dan morgan teams that he played on
• 23:23
  Speaker 4: with the defense to run game in offense that may
• 23:26
  Speaker 4: not be spectacular but does enough is that sort of
• 23:29
  Speaker 4: how you see this playing out a.
• 23:30
  Speaker 7: Little bit yeah he seems to know linebacker play pretty
• 23:32
  Speaker 7: well so i love them obviously i think we all
• 23:34
  Speaker 7: love the bobby okereke signing to put in on the
• 23:36
  Speaker 7: inside with devin lloyd and so that was just what
• 23:39
  Speaker 7: the doctor ordered and then it gives you the depth
• 23:41
  Speaker 7: obviously with claude and cheryl is i think developmentally on
• 23:45
  Speaker 7: the 53-man roster with jackson kuwach i think they like
• 23:47
  Speaker 7: his potential of what he can become seventh-round pick out
• 23:50
  Speaker 7: of Miami of Ohio. But as far as having that
• 23:52
  Speaker 7: front-line starting linebacker out there, I mean, a guy that's
• 23:55
  Speaker 7: 30 that's been in the league this long, that's an
• 23:57
  Speaker 7: easy plug-and-play of just a veteran guy that you need
• 24:00
  Speaker 7: behind that defensive front.
• 24:01
  Speaker 9: So I love it.
• 24:02
  Speaker 7: I like the way they've addressed and kind of attacked
• 24:04
  Speaker 7: this offseason, obviously with Phillips, mentioned Devin Lloyd. And then
• 24:08
  Speaker 7: in the draft, I think Lee Hunter, obviously a lot
• 24:10
  Speaker 7: expected right away because, again, depth issues with injuries there.
• 24:13
  Speaker 7: And then what will Lee? And I think Zachy Wheatley.
• 24:17
  Speaker 7: I mean, I think this is going to shape up
• 24:18
  Speaker 7: a really good draft class that as we get into
• 24:21
  Speaker 7: the season that these guys, the rookie three I just
• 24:23
  Speaker 7: mentioned there, as they develop to go with the veterans
• 24:26
  Speaker 7: in there. Hopefully it hits the ground running week one.
• 24:28
  Speaker 7: As we know, we're traditionally a slow starting team. We'd
• 24:31
  Speaker 7: like to not be this year, not go 0-2 to
• 24:33
  Speaker 7: start the season. But if we can hit the ground
• 24:35
  Speaker 7: running and then get everybody going in a couple weeks
• 24:38
  Speaker 7: here as far as you've got to give the rookies
• 24:40
  Speaker 7: a little bit of time. Same with Monroe Freeling at
• 24:41
  Speaker 7: right tackle. You've got to have a little grace that
• 24:43
  Speaker 7: there's going to be some plays missed out there. But overall,
• 24:46
  Speaker 7: if they can win a lot more than they lose,
• 24:47
  Speaker 7: they'll be in good shape.
• 24:48
  Speaker 3: We're talking with Jim Zoki, Panther Radio Network, since the
• 24:51
  Speaker 3: inception of the Dang franchise. Ladies and gentlemen, he is
• 24:55
  Speaker 3: an institution, and he is hanging out with us here.
• 24:57
  Speaker 9: We should be in one, maybe.
• 25:00
  Speaker 2: Oh, that's what I meant. I haven't checked my notes yet.
• 25:02
  Speaker 2: That's what I was trying to say.
• 25:03
  Speaker 9: I have to go back at 10.
• 25:06
  Speaker 3: Thank you for your notes for letting me out. That's
• 25:08
  Speaker 3: some good self-deprecating humor. All right, let's go to this
• 25:11
  Speaker 3: matchup specifically. The offense has really been, I mean, not
• 25:15
  Speaker 3: that we haven't just slow started as a team lately,
• 25:17
  Speaker 3: but that offense, 10 points each of the last three years,
• 25:20
  Speaker 3: every year that Bryce has been here, I'm not blaming
• 25:22
  Speaker 3: it just on him. but like 10 points in each
• 25:24
  Speaker 3: of those games. But I look at the Bears' matchup,
• 25:26
  Speaker 3: and as scary as their offense can be, I look
• 25:29
  Speaker 3: at that defense and say, man, there's an opportunity against
• 25:32
  Speaker 3: that unit to get off to a better start offensively.
• 25:35
  Speaker 3: I got my fingers crossed.
• 25:36
  Speaker 2: What do you think? Is that kind of what you see?
• 25:39
  Speaker 2: What do you see with this matchup.
• 25:40
  Speaker 9: With the Bears?
• 25:41
  Speaker 2: I hope so.
• 25:41
  Speaker 7: The Bears are interesting. As you guys have, a lot
• 25:44
  Speaker 7: of Bears stuff this week. And they were the No.
• 25:46
  Speaker 7: 1 turnover team last year. They by far led the
• 25:49
  Speaker 7: league in interceptions and takeaways. But the yards and the points,
• 25:52
  Speaker 7: the things that go up on the scoreboard, the yards
• 25:54
  Speaker 7: that lead to the points and what they're doing, they
• 25:56
  Speaker 7: knew they had to revamp it. Dennis Allen, I have
• 25:58
  Speaker 7: a lot of respect for him as defensive coordinator. But
• 26:00
  Speaker 7: it's kind of like they've retooled it. But then when
• 26:02
  Speaker 7: they lost Kobe Bryant, I thought that was big as
• 26:04
  Speaker 7: far as losing that safety piece there. So they've changed
• 26:07
  Speaker 7: out to the point where like five of their top
• 26:09
  Speaker 7: six guys on defensive snaps last year are gone through
• 26:12
  Speaker 7: a trade or just different reasons why they're not released. So, again,
• 26:17
  Speaker 7: everyone going into a new season, you don't know exactly
• 26:19
  Speaker 7: what they have. But that clearly is, I would think,
• 26:22
  Speaker 7: hopefully early in the season, a weakness for them. I'm
• 26:25
  Speaker 7: excited to see what Brad Idzik does as play caller.
• 26:27
  Speaker 7: I think he's going to be like a general on defense.
• 26:29
  Speaker 7: I think he's going to be an aggressive play caller.
• 26:31
  Speaker 7: So I don't think everything's going to be a dink
• 26:33
  Speaker 7: and dunk and West Coast kind of type passing style.
• 26:35
  Speaker 7: I think they'll take their shots down the field.
• 26:37
  Speaker 9: And it'll be interesting to see like Jimmy Horn with
• 26:39
  Speaker 9: his speed.
• 26:40
  Speaker 7: Obviously, T-Mac up and running for a second season, hitting
• 26:42
  Speaker 7: the ground running for his second year. It'll be fun
• 26:45
  Speaker 7: to see, again, you want to establish the run and
• 26:47
  Speaker 7: have that. But Also, open it up and take it
• 26:49
  Speaker 7: down the field with some big chunk plays, hopefully.
• 26:51
  Speaker 4: What do you think of the Panthers' defense and how
• 26:53
  Speaker 4: they match up against the Bears' offense? Stopping them seems difficult,
• 26:58
  Speaker 4: but how do they at least slow them down to
• 27:00
  Speaker 4: give themselves a chance in this game?
• 27:02
  Speaker 2: I think you're here, too.
• 27:03
  Speaker 7: I think Averro's got the ability to not go crazy,
• 27:06
  Speaker 7: but to move pieces around out there in the secondary
• 27:09
  Speaker 7: and bring them closer in.
• 27:10
  Speaker 9: Obviously, I talked about putting J.C.
• 27:12
  Speaker 2: Horn in the slot.
• 27:13
  Speaker 7: Trayvon Merrick did really well as a box safety last
• 27:15
  Speaker 7: year at times. So you can show different looks. And sometimes,
• 27:18
  Speaker 7: you know, fake as if you're blitzing and so forth,
• 27:21
  Speaker 7: as much as you might want to be aggressive, just
• 27:23
  Speaker 7: to show that look to get them thinking. And again,
• 27:26
  Speaker 7: I was talking with Princely yesterday about this. He said
• 27:29
  Speaker 7: it's almost like a Sean McVay mentality with what Ben
• 27:31
  Speaker 7: Johnson and the offense does. A lot of shifts in
• 27:33
  Speaker 7: motions where they try to get you to show what
• 27:35
  Speaker 7: you're going to do defensively. A lot of pre-snap things.
• 27:37
  Speaker 7: So they have to be disciplined. I think Ben Johnson
• 27:40
  Speaker 7: made the comment he wants to be the highest scoring
• 27:42
  Speaker 7: team in NFL history.
• 27:43
  Speaker 9: Not this year, but I think in the history of
• 27:45
  Speaker 9: the NFL, I believe it was his comment.
• 27:46
  Speaker 2: And win every game and route to a Super Bowl title.
• 27:48
  Speaker 9: Which we all want.
• 27:49
  Speaker 2: He likes to ease into the season.
• 27:52
  Speaker 7: But he may have a better chance than some in
• 27:53
  Speaker 7: the league at being able to actually pull that off.
• 27:55
  Speaker 7: So it kind of gives you an idea of what that, again,
• 27:58
  Speaker 7: that McVay mentality of what they can do out there.
• 28:00
  Speaker 7: And Caleb Williams is coming off the highest passing season
• 28:03
  Speaker 7: of any yardage-wise, any quarterback in Bears history. Two dynamic
• 28:07
  Speaker 7: running backs, obviously, in there as well. And as we know,
• 28:10
  Speaker 7: because every year DJ Moore gets traded, they think Luther
• 28:13
  Speaker 7: Burden's ready to step up. So we'll see if he's
• 28:15
  Speaker 7: ready to step into that. Number two role. I don't
• 28:18
  Speaker 7: know about Roma Dunzey, what his foot situation is. Have
• 28:20
  Speaker 7: we got an update on him?
• 28:21
  Speaker 2: They said limited.
• 28:23
  Speaker 5: It's weird.
• 28:24
  Speaker 3: They practiced Tuesday and were off yesterday, so they did
• 28:27
  Speaker 3: like an estimation type injury report. But they said limited
• 28:31
  Speaker 3: for him. It sounds like he's probably going to play.
• 28:34
  Speaker 7: Yes, to some degree. So anyway, they're well-balanced. The tight ends,
• 28:37
  Speaker 7: like we talk about this every year. Can the Panthers
• 28:40
  Speaker 7: defense cover tight ends? They've got two good ones, especially Loveland, so...
• 28:43
  Speaker 7: That's going to be the thing. Is this defense prepared
• 28:45
  Speaker 7: to not lead in the seams over the middle with
• 28:48
  Speaker 7: the tight ends?
• 28:49
  Speaker 2: It's got to be better with Ward here. It's got
• 28:51
  Speaker 2: to be better.
• 28:52
  Speaker 4: I heard Eric Mangini talking about this yesterday with Danny
• 28:54
  Speaker 4: Parkins because Danny Parkins on First Things First, a Bears fan.
• 28:57
  Speaker 4: Mangini likes the Panthers this year. And he was, in
• 29:01
  Speaker 4: this particular game, not just this season, he was asking
• 29:03
  Speaker 4: Danny Parkins, what did the Bears add on offense this offseason?
• 29:07
  Speaker 2: The answer is nothing. You lost D.J.
• 29:09
  Speaker 4: Moore. You're hoping that Loveland, if you're a Bears person,
• 29:12
  Speaker 4: takes that leap. But their receiving group, it's not very deep,
• 29:16
  Speaker 4: by the way. So a doomsday, if he's not in
• 29:18
  Speaker 4: there healthy, that's a big problem for them.
• 29:20
  Speaker 2: Yeah. They do not have a lot of wide receiver depth.
• 29:22
  Speaker 7: On the team.
• 29:22
  Speaker 3: It is. That's true, man. That's definitely true. But their
• 29:24
  Speaker 3: run game, their tight ends are top notch. We got
• 29:29
  Speaker 3: Jim Zoki with us here for another minute or another
• 29:31
  Speaker 3: couple minutes or so. Zoki, what do you think about Bryce?
• 29:34
  Speaker 3: We can't do a Panther interview without asking a Bryce question.
• 29:37
  Speaker 2: Do you need Dan Morgan's number? What do you need?
• 29:39
  Speaker 3: Ha!
• 29:41
  Speaker 2: Later.
• 29:43
  Speaker 4: That's a David Tepper press conference reference. More on that later.
• 29:47
  Speaker 4: I have it, but I don't think he's going to
• 29:48
  Speaker 4: answer me on that one.
• 29:50
  Speaker 5: Tell me.
• 29:50
  Speaker 2: He didn't answer my question, Tepp.
• 29:52
  Speaker 3: What's your feeling? I feel like he's gotten better every
• 29:56
  Speaker 3: year in this league. And I feel like he will
• 29:59
  Speaker 3: make another jump. But it's just like, how big, you
• 30:02
  Speaker 3: know what I mean? How big is that jump? Like,
• 30:04
  Speaker 3: is that similar? Like, how do you kind of feel
• 30:06
  Speaker 3: like Bryce is going to play?
• 30:08
  Speaker 9: I think, you know, what you said, he's gotten better
• 30:10
  Speaker 9: every year.
• 30:11
  Speaker 7: And I think, you know, Dave Tepper said this yesterday.
• 30:14
  Speaker 7: Everyone's kind of, you know, on the same boat with this, like, consistency. Like,
• 30:17
  Speaker 7: we've seen, it doesn't happen a lot, but we've seen
• 30:19
  Speaker 7: some of the 400, 350-yard passing games. And I guess
• 30:22
  Speaker 7: not about your fantasy stats, but. Then you have one
• 30:25
  Speaker 7: that's like 120 and the offense just isn't moving. So
• 30:29
  Speaker 7: need more consistent performances from him. And again, just with
• 30:33
  Speaker 7: Brad Idzik in there, it'll be interesting to see how
• 30:35
  Speaker 7: they put him in the best position to succeed with
• 30:37
  Speaker 7: getting him where he has open passing lanes. I think
• 30:39
  Speaker 7: they're playing it exactly the right way. Let it play
• 30:41
  Speaker 7: out on the field. You don't have to do it
• 30:43
  Speaker 7: in advance. You can do it in the timing that
• 30:46
  Speaker 7: they're going for right now. Let's see some more evidence
• 30:49
  Speaker 7: on the field this year. before you commit a lot
• 30:51
  Speaker 7: of salary cap space and years to that position right
• 30:53
  Speaker 7: again part two of that is you if you don't
• 30:57
  Speaker 7: you have to have a solid plan you can't just
• 30:59
  Speaker 7: be like we're moving off of that and here we
• 31:02
  Speaker 7: go with a mid to late first round draft pick
• 31:04
  Speaker 7: like we just had a similar season to last year
• 31:06
  Speaker 7: something along those lines because it's not Kenny Pickett and
• 31:09
  Speaker 7: it's developmental with Haynes King to see him to be
• 31:11
  Speaker 7: even a number two quarterback in this league so what
• 31:14
  Speaker 7: are your realistic options of like you know what would
• 31:16
  Speaker 7: be the plan if you were to move off that
• 31:18
  Speaker 7: to find your starting quarterback so That's the two-part thing
• 31:21
  Speaker 7: is like, yeah, you've got– sometimes you slow play it
• 31:25
  Speaker 7: and you look at what you got and you have
• 31:26
  Speaker 7: to make that evaluation. But on the other hand, if
• 31:28
  Speaker 7: you do make a big decision, where are you going
• 31:30
  Speaker 7: to go? Because as you can see, it can also
• 31:33
  Speaker 7: set you back if you don't have the right guy
• 31:35
  Speaker 7: that comes in as a replacement.
• 31:36
  Speaker 3: That's what I was saying earlier, Bone, and I know
• 31:37
  Speaker 3: you and I have talked about this too. Like there's
• 31:40
  Speaker 3: no guarantee if you go and say, we're going to
• 31:43
  Speaker 3: use a first-round pick, right? We're moving on from Bryce.
• 31:46
  Speaker 3: There's no guarantee he's as good as Bryce even, right?
• 31:49
  Speaker 3: Surely he could be better ultimately, and it could take time, right?
• 31:53
  Speaker 3: So that could set you back a little bit, having
• 31:54
  Speaker 3: a rookie QB. But there's no guarantee. Look at Will
• 31:57
  Speaker 3: Levis and Anthony Richardson from his very same draft class.
• 32:00
  Speaker 2: You could draft that. No, 1,000% right. That was an
• 32:07
  Speaker 2: intense mm-hmm. You really agreed with that.
• 32:09
  Speaker 9: I thought he was going to start texting somebody else.
• 32:12
  Speaker 2: I was into that one. No, that was my mm-hmm.
• 32:14
  Speaker 2: All right, Zug.
• 32:16
  Speaker 4: What an honor for you. Thursday today.
• 32:19
  Speaker 3: I know.
• 32:20
  Speaker 2: Back in on Monday.
• 32:21
  Speaker 9: We had the Labor Day holiday, so we'll have the
• 32:23
  Speaker 9: quick turnaround here.
• 32:25
  Speaker 3: Oh, ECU fans are asking about the App State matchup.
• 32:27
  Speaker 3: This is a weird one because I don't know what
• 32:30
  Speaker 3: we know about ECU because of what happened at Bama, right?
• 32:33
  Speaker 2: Because it's Bama on the road.
• 32:35
  Speaker 3: And I don't know, even though I was impressed by
• 32:37
  Speaker 3: App State putting up 50-something, winning by 50 as a
• 32:41
  Speaker 3: 17-point favorite over Maine, it was Maine.
• 32:43
  Speaker 2: I don't know what it means. Like, do you have
• 32:45
  Speaker 2: a feeling?
• 32:45
  Speaker 7: There was very little, you're right, there was very little
• 32:48
  Speaker 7: evaluation overall for an ECU team playing above their weight class,
• 32:52
  Speaker 7: and then the same, as you said, in reverse, App
• 32:54
  Speaker 7: State at home against a team that's gone 16-32 over
• 32:58
  Speaker 7: the last number of years under the coach they have
• 33:00
  Speaker 7: right now. So this will be, obviously, this will be
• 33:03
  Speaker 7: the closest barometer seeing what these two teams can do.
• 33:05
  Speaker 7: And in not only college football, in the group of
• 33:07
  Speaker 7: six in particular, like ECU had 14 players elevate up
• 33:11
  Speaker 7: to power four. So on top of graduations and everything else,
• 33:14
  Speaker 7: they've had so many players move up. It takes a
• 33:16
  Speaker 7: little while to get You need game reps to figure
• 33:19
  Speaker 7: out exactly what you got. We're still not sure of
• 33:21
  Speaker 7: Mitch Griffiths, what he can be at quarterback, and that's
• 33:23
  Speaker 7: a very important thing right now. I will say Singleton
• 33:26
  Speaker 7: looked terrific for App State. Malachi Singleton, again, understanding the competition,
• 33:31
  Speaker 7: but 22 out of 24 passing, three touchdowns.
• 33:33
  Speaker 9: So I think it's going to be a fun matchup.
• 33:34
  Speaker 7: Of course, it's in Greenville, so that little bit of
• 33:36
  Speaker 7: benefit to Get those Mountain Boys out in the heat out.
• 33:39
  Speaker 2: There a little bit.
• 33:40
  Speaker 9: Noon kickoff on a Saturday.
• 33:42
  Speaker 2: Are you talking about the fans tailgating?
• 33:43
  Speaker 3: We got to tailgate early, too.
• 33:44
  Speaker 9: It's ECU favored by 7.5.
• 33:45
  Speaker 2: 87% of the money right now is on ECU.
• 33:52
  Speaker 4: But 75% of the spread is being bet towards App State.
• 33:56
  Speaker 2: Seven and a half. Yeah.
• 33:58
  Speaker 3: I think I'd take the seven and a half. I'm
• 34:00
  Speaker 3: going back and forth on the game. I think ECU
• 34:03
  Speaker 3: is better, though. So I would go ECU at home
• 34:05
  Speaker 3: with the win.
• 34:06
  Speaker 9: It's an interesting matchup.
• 34:07
  Speaker 7: And then, real quick, ECU then goes on the road
• 34:10
  Speaker 7: with another Sunbelt Conference team at Old Dominion, which won
• 34:13
  Speaker 7: 10 games last year. I know the quarterback had moved
• 34:15
  Speaker 7: to Wisconsin. So it'll be interesting. I think it's a
• 34:18
  Speaker 7: barometer over the next two weeks for ECU. And again—
• 34:22
  Speaker 7: Maybe sometimes when you start with a team like Alabama,
• 34:24
  Speaker 7: everything else should seem slower and easier, so it doesn't
• 34:26
  Speaker 7: guarantee victories. But the pace of the game, the tempo, again,
• 34:31
  Speaker 7: you couldn't get into a rhythm of any kind offensively.
• 34:33
  Speaker 7: This will allow, again, new play caller for us from
• 34:35
  Speaker 7: North Texas with Jordan Davis. the opportunity to get in
• 34:38
  Speaker 7: there and really work the offense and run it the
• 34:40
  Speaker 7: way they want.
• 34:40
  Speaker 3: That's a great point. Zoki, the voice of ECU football.
• 34:44
  Speaker 3: In case you're wondering, why are we asking Zoki? Zoki's
• 34:46
  Speaker 3: the voice of ECU football. In addition to the Panthers.
• 34:49
  Speaker 9: Adam Witten's not here to defend App State.
• 34:51
  Speaker 3: You can say whatever you want. All right, Zoki, thank you, brother.
• 34:55
  Speaker 9: Enjoy it.
• 34:55
  Speaker 3: All right, Jim Zoki joining us on the Mac and
• 34:57
  Speaker 3: Bone show.
• 34:58
  Speaker 4: Let's go to Finney with a quick update because he's
• 35:00
  Speaker 4: got a nugget of information from Jake Fisher involving the Hornets.
• 35:04
  Speaker 2: That may interest you, Finney.
• 35:05
  Speaker 4: Oh, fit.
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• 35:45
  Speaker 5: Mack, the rumors, they will not go away.
• 35:47
  Speaker 6: Around a possible trade involving the Hornets and the Kings
• 35:52
  Speaker 6: for DeMontis Sabonis. We're about two weeks away from the
• 35:57
  Speaker 6: start of NBA training camp, believe it or not. About
• 36:00
  Speaker 6: three weeks away before they take the court to open
• 36:02
  Speaker 6: the preseason. And maybe, just maybe, GM Jeff Peterson has
• 36:06
  Speaker 6: one more move to make before the preseason gets started
• 36:09
  Speaker 6: here for the Hornets.
• 36:10
  Speaker 4: Yeah, per Jake Fisher, Mack. The Hornets are still or
• 36:13
  Speaker 4: could still be in the mix for Sabonis, depending on
• 36:16
  Speaker 4: what the King's asking price is. Hornets do have a
• 36:20
  Speaker 4: lot of guys on the roster that they could move,
• 36:22
  Speaker 4: but our friend Owen Watterson of SI points out, hard
• 36:25
  Speaker 4: to see the Hornets making any moves without getting assets back.
• 36:29
  Speaker 4: Their MO has been collecting assets. Can they get Sabonis
• 36:33
  Speaker 4: and assets? Don't know, but those rumors have been out there.
• 36:37
  Speaker 4: He's our new Miles Turner, by the way, Sabonis is.
• 36:40
  Speaker 4: It feels like it's never quite going away. I don't
• 36:42
  Speaker 4: know what to think of this because I had given
• 36:44
  Speaker 4: up on that one. I liked it way back in
• 36:45
  Speaker 4: the day, but that's when we had LaMelo. And back
• 36:47
  Speaker 4: in the day, I mean a few months ago.
• 36:50
  Speaker 3: So I had kind of settled myself to we're going
• 36:52
  Speaker 3: to make our big move in the future. So this
• 36:56
  Speaker 3: one kind of hits me out of left field. I'm
• 36:58
  Speaker 3: a Sabonis guy, but you're right.
• 36:59
  Speaker 2: I thought.
• 37:01
  Speaker 4: That was done. Now I don't know. I have to
• 37:03
  Speaker 4: reanalyze the roster and how it works with Sabonis.
• 37:07
  Speaker 2: Does he fit as well?
• 37:08
  Speaker 4: Because we thought that LaMelo-Sabonis pick-and-roll game would be the
• 37:13
  Speaker 4: cat's meow, as the kids say.
• 37:15
  Speaker 2: We thought so.
• 37:15
  Speaker 3: But I'll start thinking about that after I get done.
• 37:18
  Speaker 3: I'm working on my... In-depth projections for the season, Bone.
• 37:22
  Speaker 3: I am going to predict on tomorrow's show the result
• 37:25
  Speaker 3: of every quarter of every game this season for the Carolina.
• 37:28
  Speaker 4: Panthers, baby.
• 37:29
  Speaker 2: We going deep, but tune in anyway tomorrow.
• 37:32
  Speaker 4: When we come back, Pat Jones is out Sunday versus
• 37:34
  Speaker 4: the Bears, so we're down two edges against a great offense.
• 37:39
  Speaker 4: How worried does the loss of Big Pat impact our
• 37:42
  Speaker 4: thoughts on the game? Sports Radio, 92.7 WFNZ.
• 37:49
  Speaker 6: Thank you.
• 38:08
  Speaker 8: Pat's deal related to his back surgery from last year? Unrelated,
• 38:13
  Speaker 8: just an aggravation of a different side of it. We
• 38:17
  Speaker 8: were able to get ahead of it, treat it. We
• 38:19
  Speaker 8: do not expect him to play this week, but he'll
• 38:21
  Speaker 8: be week to week. We're hoping that we can get
• 38:24
  Speaker 8: him turned around pretty quickly. Again, with those issues, we've
• 38:28
  Speaker 8: got to be smart about this and make sure that
• 38:30
  Speaker 8: we're bringing him back with the right cadence and making
• 38:34
  Speaker 8: sure he's ready to go.
• 38:36
  Speaker 3: All right, that is what Coach Canales had to say
• 38:38
  Speaker 3: about Pat Jones yesterday.
• 38:40
  Speaker 2: It sucks. It's not ideal, man.
• 38:43
  Speaker 3: I mean, when we have talked about not having Nick Gordon,
• 38:47
  Speaker 3: and I hate it for Nick, hate it for the team.
• 38:49
  Speaker 2: He is such a dog.
• 38:51
  Speaker 3: But one of the things that has kept me feeling
• 38:54
  Speaker 3: good about this defense is I think Pat Jones is
• 38:57
  Speaker 3: an underrated baller and a guy like Nick Gordon that
• 39:00
  Speaker 3: can play the pass and the run, you know? And
• 39:03
  Speaker 3: I feel like he's almost like getting a new addition,
• 39:07
  Speaker 3: you know, because he only played a few games last year. Well,
• 39:10
  Speaker 3: now it on Sunday against the bears and maybe for
• 39:13
  Speaker 3: the first, I don't know, a couple of weeks here,
• 39:15
  Speaker 3: it doesn't seem like a long thing, but it seems like,
• 39:17
  Speaker 3: you know, it could be a couple of few weeks.
• 39:20
  Speaker 3: We're not going to have Pat Jones either. So now
• 39:23
  Speaker 3: we got to deal with this all preseason. We've been
• 39:25
  Speaker 3: trying to deal with how we at offensive tackle. Does
• 39:29
  Speaker 3: this make you, you know, we're going to be all
• 39:31
  Speaker 3: about our game predictions tomorrow on the show. And do
• 39:34
  Speaker 3: we Panther up? Does this give you pause bone to
• 39:37
  Speaker 3: like change the way you're thinking about the game?
• 39:39
  Speaker 2: Or do you think, Nah, they can work around this.
• 39:43
  Speaker 2: How do you view this?
• 39:44
  Speaker 4: I think they can work around it. It's certainly not ideal.
• 39:46
  Speaker 4: I worry about Pat Jones, Mac, in the long term
• 39:49
  Speaker 4: because I know that Canales said it's not the same
• 39:53
  Speaker 4: part of the back as last year, but it is
• 39:55
  Speaker 4: the same body part that he was hurt with last year.
• 39:59
  Speaker 4: So I'm concerned that he's never just going to be
• 40:02
  Speaker 4: quite healthy enough with the back. But that remains to
• 40:04
  Speaker 4: be seen. There's just a lot of pressure, Mac, now
• 40:07
  Speaker 4: on the other guys. Think about when camp started.
• 40:10
  Speaker 2: It was.
• 40:11
  Speaker 4: princely was in a certain role pat jones had a
• 40:13
  Speaker 4: role scorton was seen as the guy scorton goes out
• 40:16
  Speaker 4: now jones goes out that moves princely up but that
• 40:19
  Speaker 4: also moves the backups up to more spots as well
• 40:22
  Speaker 4: so the depth on the the edge there opposite jaylen
• 40:26
  Speaker 4: phillips now certainly.
• 40:28
  Speaker 2: I i don't see how we're not worried.
• 40:30
  Speaker 4: About at least the depth of that spot right now
• 40:32
  Speaker 4: i know man it sucks i hate it because i
• 40:34
  Speaker 4: mean princely i mean princely not only has to in
• 40:37
  Speaker 4: the immediate but princely's got to perform at a high
• 40:40
  Speaker 4: level princely's got to remain healthy too because there's not
• 40:43
  Speaker 4: a lot of bodies behind him right now that you
• 40:45
  Speaker 4: really fully trust.
• 40:46
  Speaker 3: I hate it for him first and foremost bone because
• 40:50
  Speaker 3: like he came here to carolina off the seven sack
• 40:53
  Speaker 3: season in minnesota and i thought he started pretty well
• 40:57
  Speaker 3: and i wanted to see what we'd get from him
• 40:59
  Speaker 3: and so i and then and then gone and and
• 41:02
  Speaker 3: you don't want to mess around with a back You know,
• 41:04
  Speaker 3: a guy that plays that rugged game, you don't want
• 41:07
  Speaker 3: to mess around with a back injury. So I do
• 41:08
  Speaker 3: worry a little bit, Bone, about the fact it's a back. Like,
• 41:11
  Speaker 3: that is a little concerning. As far, although Dave said
• 41:15
  Speaker 3: it in the clip, you heard it, different part of
• 41:17
  Speaker 3: the back or whatever. So I won't claim to be
• 41:18
  Speaker 3: some sort of medical expert. Those things can last a while.
• 41:22
  Speaker 3: Those back injuries are... And can they recur and stuff
• 41:24
  Speaker 3: like that? So I do worry about that. As far
• 41:26
  Speaker 3: as this game, the best thing I could say to
• 41:29
  Speaker 3: rally the troops in Panther Nation mentally is, remember when
• 41:34
  Speaker 3: we beat the Rams last year, Bone, at home in
• 41:37
  Speaker 3: the regular season game?
• 41:39
  Speaker 2: We did not have J.C.
• 41:40
  Speaker 3: Horn and Trayvon Merrick in that game.
• 41:44
  Speaker 2: Good point.
• 41:44
  Speaker 3: Maybe the best moment of our season, right? That or
• 41:47
  Speaker 3: the win at Lambeau. And we did not have those
• 41:49
  Speaker 3: two guys. Like when you look back at it, How
• 41:53
  Speaker 3: unlikely was that?
• 41:54
  Speaker 2: I remember. Well, I was giving them no chance.
• 41:57
  Speaker 3: And Sunshine Sammy Farber, voice of the Hornets, had to
• 42:00
  Speaker 3: tell me, oh, y'all can win this game. And I
• 42:03
  Speaker 3: thought that offense, the MVP, you know, in waiting, and
• 42:08
  Speaker 3: he did go on to win it against that secondary
• 42:11
  Speaker 3: without Horn and Merrick. I thought we were donezo. And
• 42:14
  Speaker 3: that defense went out there, forced multiple turnovers. and Bryce
• 42:18
  Speaker 3: made plays, and they won the game. So I just
• 42:20
  Speaker 3: want to drop that in. Like, if we can win
• 42:22
  Speaker 3: with those two guys out, Bone, our defense, I still
• 42:25
  Speaker 3: feel like, can hold its own against a really good
• 42:28
  Speaker 3: offense if you don't have Skorton or Pat Jones. But
• 42:31
  Speaker 3: you said, Princely's got to step up, man.
• 42:33
  Speaker 2: And I think a guy like.
• 42:35
  Speaker 4: keeps mounting on him with all these guys that go
• 42:37
  Speaker 4: out we we thought all right princely may not be
• 42:40
  Speaker 4: on the level of scoring right now but he can
• 42:41
  Speaker 4: have an effective role and now all of a sudden
• 42:43
  Speaker 4: princely goes from okay i i see the vision of
• 42:46
  Speaker 4: what he may add early on at camp to oh
• 42:49
  Speaker 4: princely's got to be a huge part of this now.
• 42:51
  Speaker 3: I think he could be ready to get after it
• 42:53
  Speaker 3: but by the way those guys are going to be
• 42:55
  Speaker 3: on the side with the backup tackle braxton jones who's
• 42:58
  Speaker 3: starting because ozzy trapillo is still out they're starting left
• 43:01
  Speaker 3: tackle So I think Prince can get after it. But
• 43:04
  Speaker 3: the question is, who shows up on rundowns? Pat Jones
• 43:07
  Speaker 3: was going to play the rundown opposite Phillips. Two real
• 43:10
  Speaker 3: good run edge setters. So who does that? I think
• 43:13
  Speaker 3: one of my low-key favorites... Travis Gibson, who I thought
• 43:18
  Speaker 3: had a great preseason and I thought produced more than
• 43:22
  Speaker 3: people realized last year. I think he's a kid that
• 43:24
  Speaker 3: could have a hell of a game on Sunday. I
• 43:27
  Speaker 3: was going to say Saturday. There are a couple of
• 43:28
  Speaker 3: old dogs still out there unsigned. Leonard Floyd Mack is
• 43:32
  Speaker 3: still out there. And Kyle Van Noy, who we talked
• 43:34
  Speaker 3: about along the way, they're older. But I'm just trying
• 43:37
  Speaker 3: to look.
• 43:37
  Speaker 4: At some guys that are out there because I'm just
• 43:40
  Speaker 4: very fearful of any more injuries in that spot. And
• 43:43
  Speaker 4: that's a serious problem. Yeah, he might be a problem.
• 43:45
  Speaker 2: I know, man.
• 43:46
  Speaker 3: You haven't even started the season, but hopefully the Pat
• 43:49
  Speaker 3: Jones thing will not be very long and he will
• 43:52
  Speaker 3: be back. Got a got a text that says Mac
• 43:57
  Speaker 3: Caleb Williams and one of the best offenses in football.
• 44:00
  Speaker 3: and we ain't going to have any pass rush.
• 44:02
  Speaker 2: Sorry, y'all. I ain't buying the optimism.
• 44:05
  Speaker 4: Well, there could still be pass rush. Jalen Phillips is
• 44:07
  Speaker 4: still in there now. There's still guys that could rush.
• 44:09
  Speaker 4: We're just talking about that specific spot on the line here.
• 44:12
  Speaker 4: There's other guys that are still out there for this team.
• 44:14
  Speaker 4: Defense will still be good.
• 44:15
  Speaker 2: It's just.
• 44:16
  Speaker 3: It's a concerning spot right now. I mean, I think
• 44:18
  Speaker 3: Prinsley can get some pass rush. I thought he had
• 44:20
  Speaker 3: a great preseason, other than the Canton game, when he
• 44:22
  Speaker 3: thought he was going to be in a track suit, Bone,
• 44:24
  Speaker 3: and got the memo, unfortunately, you would be playing. And
• 44:26
  Speaker 3: he seemed like a guy that didn't think he was
• 44:28
  Speaker 3: going to be playing. But ever since then, I thought
• 44:30
  Speaker 3: he really, really showed out. And you cannot deny his athleticism.
• 44:35
  Speaker 3: You can't deny the bend he's got off the edge.
• 44:38
  Speaker 3: The spin move is quick. Like, he's got pass rush skills.
• 44:43
  Speaker 3: It's just, I think he's going to have to play
• 44:45
  Speaker 3: a little more now on first down. against the run
• 44:47
  Speaker 3: and i'm a little concerned will that edge be set
• 44:50
  Speaker 3: but i really believe if we can get them into
• 44:51
  Speaker 3: predictable passing situations and you also worry about caleb williams
• 44:55
  Speaker 3: bone his scrambling ability he's one of the best scrambling
• 44:58
  Speaker 3: qbs in the league um princely is the type of
• 45:01
  Speaker 3: guy that could chase him and pull him down there
• 45:05
  Speaker 3: you don't say that about a lot of defensive.
• 45:07
  Speaker 4: Linemen Yeah, that's a key part of the game is
• 45:11
  Speaker 4: those off-script plays that Caleb Williams makes. That's a huge
• 45:15
  Speaker 4: part because that's sometimes when he's at his best is
• 45:18
  Speaker 4: when you think of the plays dead and all of
• 45:20
  Speaker 4: a sudden Williams unleashes some ridiculous throw or makes some play.
• 45:23
  Speaker 2: Yeah, you're right.
• 45:24
  Speaker 3: This texter says, are we sleeping on Princely? He had
• 45:26
  Speaker 3: huge plays last year. Yeah, he had those flashes, whereas
• 45:29
  Speaker 3: Skorton was way more consistent. But there's talent there, man.
• 45:33
  Speaker 3: I said it earlier in the show. You asked Buck
• 45:36
  Speaker 3: a great question. Brenton Buckner was on with us yesterday.
• 45:38
  Speaker 3: You asked him an awesome question and got a great answer.
• 45:41
  Speaker 3: Like you said, hey, Buck, other than the star players,
• 45:44
  Speaker 3: are there any young, like under-the-radar guys that when you
• 45:47
  Speaker 3: were out of practice at training camp, that you noticed
• 45:51
  Speaker 3: and you're like, whoa, this guy's going to be good.
• 45:54
  Speaker 3: And he went to Princely. I thought he might say
• 45:55
  Speaker 3: Lee Hunter, who he likes. He went to Princely and
• 45:58
  Speaker 3: explained why he thinks that is a baller and waiting man.
• 46:03
  Speaker 2: Yeah, check out that interview, Apple, Spotify. Great stuff with
• 46:05
  Speaker 2: Buck yesterday. We come back.
• 46:07
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• 46:11
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• 46:15
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