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OKC Even WCF Against Spurs and Aaron Rodgers Final Season with Steelers · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 1: Hey guys, Welcome to the Daily Play with Joy Taylor.
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  Speaker 1: media at the Daily Play Joy Taylor. So the thunder
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  Speaker 1: clap back in Game two of the Western Conference Finals,
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  Speaker 1: they outlasted Wemby and the Spurs one twenty two, one
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  Speaker 1: thirteen and even the series at one game apiece. Now
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  Speaker 1: they head back to San Antonio, or had to San Antonio.
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  Speaker 1: Shay Gildas Alexander let all the scorers with thirty points
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  Speaker 1: in a slugfest, both teams taking body blows. The Spurs
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  Speaker 1: were already without the Aaron Fox, He's missed the first
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  Speaker 1: two games with an ankle injury, and San Antonio saw
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  Speaker 1: Dylan Harper leave with a leg injury in the third
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  Speaker 1: quarter and stay out for the rest of the game
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  Speaker 1: despite him trying to return. And on the thunderside, Jalen
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  Speaker 1: Williams was hobbled again with a hamstring injury, leaving in
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  Speaker 1: the first quarter. After the game, Shay still wasn't happy
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  Speaker 1: with his performance, saying I was still okay with the
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  Speaker 1: guys brought tonight, knowing what it would have meant if
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  Speaker 1: we lost this one. We brought the energy from the
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  Speaker 1: jump the guys were ready to play. We didn't get
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  Speaker 1: discouraged by the runs they made. Now we got to
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  Speaker 1: go on the road against a really good team and
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  Speaker 1: go get one. I love that he said this, because
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  Speaker 1: he's right. They could have easily folded and gone down
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  Speaker 1: two to the Spurs. San Antonio was down eleven at
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  Speaker 1: the half. They showed by eight going into the fourth quarter,
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  Speaker 1: pulled within ninety nine to ninety seven off a three
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  Speaker 1: pointer from Harrison Barnes, and then the next two and
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  Speaker 1: a half minutes saved the thunder. They went on an
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  Speaker 1: eleven zero run, And that really shows a lot of
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  Speaker 1: resilience to me, because both of these teams are exhausted.
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  Speaker 1: Both these teams are dealing with injuries. This has been
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  Speaker 1: a slugfest. This has been an incredibly physical matchup, and
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  Speaker 1: it's very very easy to get discouraged, to feel the
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  Speaker 1: heat them breathing down your neck. Oh no, it's happening again.
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  Speaker 1: And they pulled it together, went on a run, kept
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  Speaker 1: their distance and got this win and was able to
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  Speaker 1: split two games heading to San Antonio. So I love
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  Speaker 1: what I saw from OKC and the resilience that they
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  Speaker 1: showed in that game because it would have been very
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  Speaker 1: easy psychologically to fall apart when they went on that run,
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  Speaker 1: and they didn't. And that shows a lot of maturity
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  Speaker 1: and they're going to need that and they're going to
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  Speaker 1: need a lot of adjustments as they moved through this series.
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  Speaker 1: And everyone's batter than bruised, and that's what happens when
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  Speaker 1: you get to this point in the season, and particularly
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  Speaker 1: when you get into a physical matchup like this is.
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  Speaker 1: So I can't wait to see what happens in San Antonio.
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  Speaker 1: But I love that okay See was able to pull
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  Speaker 1: it together and hold it together in this one and
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  Speaker 1: respond to that game one loss. So earlier this week,
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  Speaker 1: we learned that Aaron Rodgers is back with the Steelers,
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  Speaker 1: and Wednesday he told us it will be his last
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  Speaker 1: ride after what will be his twenty second NFL season.
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  Speaker 1: The former Packer Jet and current Steeler will retire. And
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  Speaker 1: here's what he had to say, Yes, this is it.
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  Speaker 1: I'm when asked if it would be his final NFL season.
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  Speaker 1: The four time MVP signed a one year contract worked
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  Speaker 1: up to twenty five million with the Steelers this week,
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  Speaker 1: reuniting with coach McCarthy, who was his coach for thirteen
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  Speaker 1: seasons with the Green Bay Packers also kind of ironically
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  Speaker 1: ended very badly, and he said honestly, sitting in the
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  Speaker 1: first eight o'clock meeting on Monday took me back to
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  Speaker 1: being a twenty two year old kid sitting in Green
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  Speaker 1: Bay listening to Mike's first meeting in two thousand and six.
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  Speaker 1: While all that is very sweet and very nice, I'm
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  Speaker 1: glad Aaron did this. Now everyone knows the deal. I
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  Speaker 1: don't think they have enough to compete for a super Bowl,
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  Speaker 1: especially in the first season after Mike Tomlin left, but
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  Speaker 1: at least he's being clear with his communication. I don't
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  Speaker 1: know what any of this means for the Steelers. They're
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  Speaker 1: in a very tough division. If any of the other
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  Speaker 1: teams in the division happen to get it together, which
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  Speaker 1: I assume that they will, that's going to make things
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  Speaker 1: incredibly difficult. They have younger, more mobile guys in their prime.
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  Speaker 1: They have coaches that did not just show up and listen.
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  Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy's been coaching for a long time and I
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  Speaker 1: have a lot of respect for him, but it is
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  Speaker 1: his first year with the Steelers, and there's just an
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  Speaker 1: adjustment period when it comes to that. So I'm glad
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  Speaker 1: that we have an answer now. We know what the
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  Speaker 1: future is for the Steelers. It's one year with Aaron
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  Speaker 1: Rodgers and then they're going to have to look for
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  Speaker 1: their guy the future and figure it out. And yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I don't have a lot of hope for what this
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  Speaker 1: particular season means, but at least we have clarity now,
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  Speaker 1: and that's more than we had last week. So from
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  Speaker 1: the oldest quarterback in the NFL to one of the
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  Speaker 1: youngest Raiders first overall pick for Nanda, Mendoza, who turns
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  Speaker 1: twenty three in October, continues to impress in Las Vegas
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  Speaker 1: during OTA's no contact yet but seven on seven and
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  Speaker 1: eleven on eleven. Work has started in anticipation of training camp.
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  Speaker 1: His teammates love him, his coaches love him. They like
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  Speaker 1: how he's approaching the game. His offensive coordinator said, he's
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  Speaker 1: somebody who wants to know the whys of everything, the
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  Speaker 1: story behind everything, what we're calling and why we're calling it.
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  Speaker 1: He asks questions. Listen. I think Mendoza is a very
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  Speaker 1: smart young man, and I think he is going to
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  Speaker 1: do nothing but continue to impress everyone. He is smart,
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  Speaker 1: he's talented, he's a leader. He says the right thing,
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  Speaker 1: he does the right thing. He's curious, he's an intelligent person.
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  Speaker 1: Of course, he's going to impress everybody in Wow everybody
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  Speaker 1: Starker though, and normally I say Sharksterbourne swimming. Start the
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  Speaker 1: young guy as soon as you can get him out
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  Speaker 1: there right away. Get him the field the game, help
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  Speaker 1: him to adjust to the speed of the game. Help
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  Speaker 1: them to understand what these defenses are doing. But when
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  Speaker 1: it comes to the Raiders, I just feel differently. The
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  Speaker 1: Raiders absolutely destroy quarterbacks and they have been a mess
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  Speaker 1: for so long. Let him learn from a real pro.
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  Speaker 1: Let him take his time. There's no rush to get
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  Speaker 1: him out there. You don't want to get him injured.
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  Speaker 1: You don't want to shake his confidence. The Raiders have
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  Speaker 1: not been good forever. Just slow roll this whole situation.
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  Speaker 1: It's going to be very difficult to do because he's
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  Speaker 1: going to be good in training camp. He's going to
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  Speaker 1: continue to say and do all the right things. He's
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  Speaker 1: going to continue to win over hearts and everyone's going
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  Speaker 1: to want to see him. And let Kirk have a
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  Speaker 1: sinker and it's going to be full on me Mendoza mania.
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  Speaker 1: But don't do it just I really I'm talking out
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  Speaker 1: of both sides of my neck here, but I just
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  Speaker 1: really think they need to be extremely slow with Mendoza
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  Speaker 1: so they can give him a chance to have a
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  Speaker 1: real franchise quarterback career. For more on this and other
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