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Spurs Force a Game 7 in OKC; NBA Consider Lottery Reform; Vikings Quarterback Competition in Full Swing · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 2: The Spurs have done it.
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  Speaker 1: They have forced a Game seven in the Western Conference Finals.
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  Speaker 1: They blew out the Oklahoma City Thunder one eighteen ninety
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  Speaker 1: one on Thursday night. Wemby heard his coach's criticism loud
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  Speaker 1: and clear. Buried two three pointers and blocked a shot
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  Speaker 1: in the opening ninety seconds, So he really set a
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  Speaker 1: very ruthless tone very early. Okay See did claw back
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  Speaker 1: to seven at the half, but the Spurs broke the
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  Speaker 1: champions with a staggering twenty zero run in the third quarter.
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  Speaker 1: It was really over at the end of the third quarter.
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  Speaker 1: They held a Thunder to a franchise low thirteen points
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  Speaker 1: in the frame, and Shay was just completely locked down.
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  Speaker 1: He finished with fifteen points, benched for the entire fourth quarter.
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  Speaker 1: After the statement wins, Spurs coach Mitch Johnson was thrilled
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  Speaker 1: with his suit For Star's response, he said, he's got
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  Speaker 1: to take more than fifteen shots. He's going to need
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  Speaker 1: to score more than twenty points for sure, and tonight
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  Speaker 1: he did exactly what we needed him to do.
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  Speaker 2: He set the tones from the jump.
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  Speaker 1: He didn't wait for the games to come to him
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  Speaker 1: and completely dictated their geometry on defense.
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  Speaker 2: That's a franchise player right there.
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  Speaker 1: Now. Look, I know we're going back to OKCE for
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  Speaker 1: Game seven, but momentum is a terrifying thing. And the
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  Speaker 1: Thunder just got their spirit broken in the third quarter.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, Jalen Williams rush back from the hamstring injury
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  Speaker 1: played ten minutes, didn't look very effective.
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  Speaker 2: Wemby was playing like an alien.
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  Speaker 1: Twenty eight points, ten rebounds, three blocks. The rookies defund
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  Speaker 1: Castle and Zillan Harper combined for thirty five points. Now,
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  Speaker 1: they were playing at home, so that makes a big difference. Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: you have the crowd on your side, you're comfortable. I
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  Speaker 1: mean you're talking about rookies and role players contributing. That
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  Speaker 1: is a factor. So OKAC is going to be loud
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  Speaker 1: and raucous. It's going to be a very tough atmosphere
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  Speaker 1: for game seven. But they did look exhausted and exposed
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  Speaker 1: and defensively gaffed in this game. So the pressure is
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  Speaker 1: now entirely on the Thunder at home, and I really
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  Speaker 1: expect the Spurs to try and set a tone very early.
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  Speaker 1: There's no shot to me of this game ever getting
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  Speaker 1: out of reach and people going on a run like
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  Speaker 1: this is a Game seven. Okay, See is the more
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  Speaker 1: experienced team. They have all the pressure here, trying to
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  Speaker 1: get back to the finals and defend their championship.
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  Speaker 2: They've got the.
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  Speaker 1: MVP, and there's sort of this villain narrative that has emerged.
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  Speaker 1: I will I won't say spun because I don't think
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  Speaker 1: it's manufactured. I think fans are not really enjoying Shay's
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  Speaker 1: style of play that gets into the line. I don't
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  Speaker 1: mind it so much heat he does get superstar calls,
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  Speaker 1: but he is a superstar and if you make your
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  Speaker 1: free throws then that's what it is. I think it's
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  Speaker 1: frustrating for fans because they feel like he flops a lot,
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  Speaker 1: and no one enjoys flopping except for the team that
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  Speaker 1: gets the call on the flop.
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  Speaker 2: So not only is the pressure.
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  Speaker 1: On them because they are the defending champions because they
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  Speaker 1: have the MVP, but there is sort of a villain
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  Speaker 1: narrative that is that has emerged through this postseason.
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  Speaker 2: I think the public is on the Spurs side.
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  Speaker 1: We always like a fun new thing, and that's what
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  Speaker 1: the Spurs are.
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  Speaker 2: So I mean, I'm not gonna lie. I would like
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  Speaker 2: to see Spurs and Nicks.
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  Speaker 1: I think that's what would be best for the NBA
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  Speaker 1: as well. But the thunder are a serious team and
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  Speaker 1: we're gonna see how they respond to this in Game seven.
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  Speaker 2: I cannot wait. I love a Game seven.
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  Speaker 1: So some more NBA news that I mean, this one
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  Speaker 1: is just a little strange to me. The NBA Board
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  Speaker 1: of Governors is expected to vote on a three to
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  Speaker 1: one draft lottery reform plan that is designed to curb tanking.
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  Speaker 2: Now stay with me, because it is.
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  Speaker 1: Very confusing and it really doesn't make a whole lot
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  Speaker 1: of sense. Tanking has been a conversation for the past
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  Speaker 1: couple of years.
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  Speaker 2: It was really bad this year.
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  Speaker 1: It's not enjoyable to watch, it's bad for fans, it's
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  Speaker 1: bad for the game, and they're trying to deincentivize teams
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  Speaker 1: from tanking. So the proposal expands the lottery to sixteen teams,
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  Speaker 1: and it penalizes the three worst teams by giving them
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  Speaker 1: fewer ping pong balls than the middling franchises in the
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  Speaker 1: four to ten range. On top of that, the rules
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  Speaker 1: would outlaw back to back number one picks and ban
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  Speaker 1: teams from protecting slots twelve through fifteen on trading traded selections.
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  Speaker 1: So if you can understand that, you're still with me, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I guess good luck. The league is trying
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  Speaker 1: to say the regular season. I don't know that making
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  Speaker 1: things this complicated is going to do anything but upset
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  Speaker 1: fans and media who are constantly trying to explain and
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  Speaker 1: do the math on.
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  Speaker 2: Who would get what.
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  Speaker 1: People are already talking about how it makes the Lakers
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  Speaker 1: trade assets significantly more valuable in the assets they have
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  Speaker 1: from the Luca trade, which could lead to potentially like
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  Speaker 1: getting y Honest, I know the NBA is obsessed with
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  Speaker 1: trying to fix the situation, but if you're a horrible
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  Speaker 1: basketball team, you're supposed to get a top pick. So
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  Speaker 1: now it's just become this whole convoluted thing that you
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  Speaker 1: need a CPA to break down if you're trying to
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  Speaker 1: understand who gets the top pick, and it incentivizes you
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  Speaker 1: to go from a a bubble team that could potentially
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  Speaker 1: make the play in to just dropping into the four
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  Speaker 1: to ten spot to maximize your draft thoughts so under
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  Speaker 1: this new formula, the bottom three worst records would get
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  Speaker 1: two balls each, teams with four to ten worst records
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  Speaker 1: three balls, nine to ten seed playing would get two balls,
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  Speaker 1: and the seven to eighth play in game loser would
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  Speaker 1: get one ball. You can't fall past twelve, and the
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  Speaker 1: system actively incentivizes teams obviously to get into the four
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  Speaker 1: to ten spots, So not completely tank.
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  Speaker 2: If you can understand that, God bless you. I think
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  Speaker 2: it's insane.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know how to fix it, and I don't
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  Speaker 1: like talking about problems without a solution, but I don't
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  Speaker 1: really feel like that's the solution. So voluntary ozas are
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  Speaker 1: kicking in a gear and the Vikings are hosting what's
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  Speaker 1: head coach Kevin O'Connell calls a legitimate competition for the
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  Speaker 1: starting quarterback job. You know me, I hate a quarterback competition.
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  Speaker 1: Name a starter and let the things fall where they may.
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  Speaker 1: On one side of Kyler Murray and then you have
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  Speaker 1: JJ McCarthy. McCarthy missed his first season with the Vikings,
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  Speaker 1: his rookie year to.
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  Speaker 2: A knee injury, and then his first.
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  Speaker 1: Playing season with the Vikings six and four, record through
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  Speaker 1: for sixteen hundred yards, eleven touchdowns and twelve interceptions ten
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  Speaker 1: games under center. McCarthy compared the vibe to two guys
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  Speaker 1: in a high school classroom sitting on opposite sides of
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  Speaker 1: the room. He said, it's just like two guys in
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  Speaker 1: a classroom. He sits on one side, I said, on
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  Speaker 1: the other side, and coaches want responsibility to teach us
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  Speaker 1: and coaches that's just kind of how it goes. I
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  Speaker 1: wouldn't say there's any awkwardness. Kyler Murray said, it's been great.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously.
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  Speaker 1: I know he's a younger guy, so anyway I can
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  Speaker 1: help him. I played seven years now going on eight,
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  Speaker 1: so I'm considered a veteran, even though I don't see
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  Speaker 1: myself as that give him any knowledge that he needs.
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  Speaker 1: And again, we're both competitors, I know, no we want
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  Speaker 1: what's best for the team, so kind of different quotes
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  Speaker 1: as to what the experience is there.
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  Speaker 2: I think that.
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  Speaker 1: Kevin O'Connell is a you know, he's a quarterback whisper reputation.
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  Speaker 1: I think he can manage this. But if you have
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  Speaker 1: more than two quarterbacks, you have no quarterback. And obviously
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  Speaker 1: Kyler Murray is a very controversial figure. Them taking JJ
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  Speaker 1: McCarthy was a bit controversial as well, and obviously we
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  Speaker 1: saw how things worked out with Sam Darnold not being there.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think you signed someone like Kyler Murray if
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  Speaker 1: you don't plan on starting him. So this has put
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  Speaker 1: a whole bunch of pressure on your young quarterback JJ McCarthy.
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  Speaker 1: We'll see how it goes through training camp, but I
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  Speaker 1: think you know, if you default to Kyler Murray because
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  Speaker 1: he is a veteran and has the experienced and has
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  Speaker 1: had some success in the league, then you're ripping all
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  Speaker 1: of whatever momentum and confidence out from JJ McCarthy. So
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  Speaker 1: it's it's just a really weird situation as these quarterback
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  Speaker 1: competitions go. I just I think it's whoever learns his
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  Speaker 1: system and can operate at the best.
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  Speaker 2: It seems like the only steady thing there is the coach.
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