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NFL Is Back: Hall of Fame Game Preview and Joy Taylor’s Most Interesting Contenders (10–6) · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 1: Hey guys, welcome to The Daily Play with Joey Taylor.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks so much for joining me. Make sure you hit
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  Speaker 1: The NFL is back. We are back. Maybe all right?
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  Speaker 2: Well, it's a Hall of Fame game and it is tonight,
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  Speaker 2: and I love this part of the season because it is.
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  Speaker 1: The stirs, the.
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  Speaker 2: Smell of the grass that's all starting to feel like
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  Speaker 2: it's coming together. We get to see the speeches and
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  Speaker 2: the Hall of famers go in, which I always think
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  Speaker 2: is so special, Like as someone who loves history, who
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  Speaker 2: loves the game, it's cool to see the speeches and
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  Speaker 2: see the moments that these guys have worked their entire
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  Speaker 2: careers for it to be a part of the biggest
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  Speaker 2: stage in the sport. And my brother got inducted in
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  Speaker 2: twenty seventeen. I was lucky enough to be there. It
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  Speaker 2: was spectacular, amazing to see him and all of his
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  Speaker 2: hard work payoff. And I'm excited to see this class
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  Speaker 2: go in as well. See the bus reveals in the
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  Speaker 2: speed eaches and this year in the class of twenty
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  Speaker 2: twenty six is Saints legend Drew Brees forty nine ers,
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  Speaker 2: three time Super Bowl champion Roger Craig, four time Super
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  Speaker 2: Bowl winner with the Patriots and Colts Adam Vinteri. And
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  Speaker 2: two guys whose teams will play on Tom Benson Memorial
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  Speaker 2: Field Tonight's Cardinals all time leading receiver Larry Fitzgerald, the
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  Speaker 2: legend Pitt Legend, and Panthers legend Luke Keigley, both epic players.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, obviously deserved. The NFL doesn't.
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  Speaker 2: Really play about that when it comes to the Hall
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  Speaker 2: of Fame. If you're in, you are supposed to be there,
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  Speaker 2: and both real leaders in the field's amazing careers, so
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  Speaker 2: they will also be seeing their former teams matchup against
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  Speaker 2: each other. Matt Lafloravill will make his head coaching debut
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  Speaker 2: for the Cardinals, taking on third year Panthers coach David Canalis,
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  Speaker 2: and Carolina is expected to start Kenny Pickett in place
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  Speaker 2: of Bryce Young for this game, and Arizona is expected
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  Speaker 2: to rent Jacoby Brissett's and backup Gardner Minshew for former
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  Speaker 2: Miami Hurricane and Georgia Bulldog Carson Beck, so we will
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  Speaker 2: get to see a little Carson Beck action in this game.
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  Speaker 1: He said this about the starting not. I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: It's a game at the end of the day to
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  Speaker 2: get to go out there, have an opportunity to have fun,
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  Speaker 2: play with your teammates, and again play the game that
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  Speaker 2: I love. It's what I love doing, so not really
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  Speaker 2: any nerves, more excitement than anything. This is another reason
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  Speaker 2: to check the game out. Carson obviously led Miami to
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  Speaker 2: the National Championship and came up just one drive short
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  Speaker 2: of Indiana, who obviously went on to win the National
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  Speaker 2: Championship game. But I'm excited for him to see this,
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  Speaker 2: get this start and see what he does. I think,
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  Speaker 2: you know, a productive day won't necessary be necessary for
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  Speaker 2: the Cardinals or for him in this situation, but it
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  Speaker 2: will be nice to see him get some action.
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  Speaker 1: And that's really what the Hall of Fame game is for,
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  Speaker 1: you know.
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  Speaker 2: It's it's really to celebrate the sport and the start
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  Speaker 2: of the season. It's you know, the official kickoff of
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  Speaker 2: the start of the season. But it's also you know,
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  Speaker 2: for these kind of players to get some real action
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  Speaker 2: and they're going to be playing against guys who are
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  Speaker 2: going to try and make the team. So even though
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  Speaker 2: it is a game that you know isn't necessarily high
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  Speaker 2: stakes for a lot of these players, it is, and
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  Speaker 2: it'll be good to see a couple snaps from Carson tonight.
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  Speaker 1: In the Hall of Fame game.
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  Speaker 2: All right, sticking with the NFL, football is officially here,
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  Speaker 2: So I'm going to give you all my top ten
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  Speaker 2: super interesting contenders. I thought about doing Super Bowl contenders,
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  Speaker 2: but here's what I'll do. I will do a list,
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  Speaker 2: or someone will do a prediction, and you will hold
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  Speaker 2: them to the same prediction. So even though I reserve
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  Speaker 2: the right to change my mind about my prediction at
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  Speaker 2: any point due to any reason, except for my official prediction,
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  Speaker 2: I'm just not even going to give that.
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  Speaker 1: To you right now.
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  Speaker 2: It's way too early to give Super Bowl picks, and
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  Speaker 2: so I'm going to use my powers to manipulation to
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  Speaker 2: give you some predictions, but really just a list of
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  Speaker 2: teams that I think will do well and also will
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  Speaker 2: be very interesting this year. So we're gonna bless you
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  Speaker 2: with ten through six today and we will go five
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  Speaker 2: to one tomorrow.
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  Speaker 1: So let's start with the Ravens. Now.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously, Lamar Jackson has already been disrespected by his ranking
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  Speaker 2: in the NFL players rankings, but the Ravens are an
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  Speaker 2: interesting team because obviously they are legendary, they are consistent,
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  Speaker 2: they are always competitive, they are always contenders. However, they
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  Speaker 2: have a new coach, a new coaching staff, and a
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  Speaker 2: starting center.
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  Speaker 1: So obviously Lamar Jackson is still there.
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  Speaker 2: Two time league MVP Dereck Henry is still there in
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  Speaker 2: some excellent key defensive positions. They only miss the playoffs
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  Speaker 2: by one last second missed field goal.
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  Speaker 1: Despite all the injuries and a one and five start.
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  Speaker 2: But this season they have a rookie head coach and
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  Speaker 2: Jesse Vincer, so their first season hardball less since two
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  Speaker 2: thousand and seven. I do think that they will be
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  Speaker 2: a really good team this year.
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  Speaker 1: I do think they will make the playoffs.
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  Speaker 2: I think that will be more due to the fact
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  Speaker 2: that I don't think that Steelers.
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  Speaker 1: Of the Browns are gonna make the playoffs, which well, get
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  Speaker 1: you later.
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  Speaker 2: But I think the Ravens are a very very interesting
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  Speaker 2: team because we have these high expectations for them, but
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  Speaker 2: they are in a transition year.
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  Speaker 1: Next we have the Commanders.
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  Speaker 2: Now I'm a huge Jaden Daniels fan, but they are
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  Speaker 2: a bit of a new team. There's some factors here.
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  Speaker 2: They had an injury plagued twenty twenty five season. You know,
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  Speaker 2: the Jadan Daniels an unbelievable rookie season NFC Championship Game appearance,
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  Speaker 2: but twenty twenty five is derailed by injuries. As long
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  Speaker 2: as he stays healthy, they will obviously be in contention. However,
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  Speaker 2: they do have a new offensive coordinator, David Blow, so
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  Speaker 2: they have a new system to learn. He's going to
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  Speaker 2: have to adjust. How does he get along with Daniels?
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  Speaker 2: How does these you know, changing schemes work because they
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  Speaker 2: were very smooth and let's see how this goes with
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  Speaker 2: him in that position. They've done well under dan Quinn.
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  Speaker 2: I love him a lot. I think dan Quinn is
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  Speaker 2: a great coach. But this is a new situation Offensively,
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  Speaker 2: they also just added Sefon Diggs. That's an interesting pickup.
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  Speaker 2: So they have Terry McLaurin and now they have Stefon Diggs.
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  Speaker 2: How does that work in the scheme. There's a lot
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  Speaker 2: of pieces that they need to put together here. The
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  Speaker 2: training camp storylines are on Antonio Williams, Treylon Burks, Luke McCaffrey,
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  Speaker 2: tight end Chig o'conkwo.
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  Speaker 1: So there's a.
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  Speaker 2: Couple of new names there Laramie Tunsel Sam cost Me
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  Speaker 2: on the offensive line, so there's a lot of things that.
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  Speaker 1: They need to put together.
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  Speaker 2: On top of Jayden Daniels coming back from an injury season,
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  Speaker 2: a new offensive coordinator. I think Washington is a playoff team,
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  Speaker 2: but I wouldn't be surprised that they have a bit
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  Speaker 2: of a slow start to the season. Cincinnati a team
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  Speaker 2: that cannot afford to have another slow start to the
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  Speaker 2: season because it's their favorite thing to do. So they're
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  Speaker 2: at number eight. This is it for Cincinnati with me. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: not that career is over. He's an unbelievable player. If
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  Speaker 2: you follow me at all, you know how I feel
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  Speaker 2: about Joe Burrow. But they start slow every single season.
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  Speaker 2: It cannot happen. This year they had a six and
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  Speaker 2: eleven twenty twenty five campaign. Obviously, another midseason injury to
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  Speaker 2: Joe Burrow. He has to stay healthy. They are overdue
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  Speaker 2: for a Super Bowl obviously, you know they've played in one,
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  Speaker 2: but that expectation was set by them.
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  Speaker 1: They need to get back there, like that's what it is.
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  Speaker 2: So they trade the number ten pick to get Dexter Lawrence.
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  Speaker 2: They have Jonathan Allen and picked up cashus Howl and
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  Speaker 2: Boye Mafe. So they have added some pieces of their defense,
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  Speaker 2: which has been a huge problem for them. They don't
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  Speaker 2: have Trenty Hendrickson anymore and al golden Miami fans will
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  Speaker 2: remember that name has a lot of work to do.
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  Speaker 1: So I do think that this is time.
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  Speaker 2: It's high time for the Cincinnati Bengals to come out
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  Speaker 2: and start the season hot. We know what they can
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  Speaker 2: do offensively, we know what jamar Ches and c Higgins do,
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  Speaker 2: we know what Joe Burrow is capable of. You've got
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  Speaker 2: to put it all together and get it done, and
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  Speaker 2: you don't have an infinite window to do this. So
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  Speaker 2: I do think that they will make a run this year,
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  Speaker 2: but it is going to be contingent on one their
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  Speaker 2: defense finally pulling it together, and to.
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  Speaker 1: Joe Burrows staying healthy. The Lions. So the Lions are
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  Speaker 1: a team, obviously that.
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  Speaker 2: Has had an interesting couple of years. I am a
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  Speaker 2: Dan Campbell fan. Now I was an obvious skeptic for
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  Speaker 2: a while, but he has built this organization into not
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  Speaker 2: just a respectable organization, but a very talented and functioning organization.
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  Speaker 1: They had a five and two start.
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  Speaker 2: They did lose both their offensive coordinator Ben Johnson and
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  Speaker 2: defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn. Generally, when teams lose both their
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  Speaker 2: offensive and defensive coordinator, they take a step back, understandably,
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  Speaker 2: so that's a lot of time and over. They finished
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  Speaker 2: at the bottom of the division last year nine to eight,
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  Speaker 2: but they are returning a lot of their best players
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  Speaker 2: Jared goff, Amana Saint Brown, Jamison Williams, Jamiir Gibbs, and
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  Speaker 2: Aiden Hutchinson. So if they can pull it together recover
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  Speaker 2: from losing both of their coordinators in a rocky season
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  Speaker 2: last year, I think they will be right back where
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  Speaker 2: they were, which is incredibly competitive and a Super Bowl contender.
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  Speaker 1: Finally, at six, the Denver Broncos.
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  Speaker 2: Now the Denver Broncos are a legitimate Super Bowl contender,
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  Speaker 2: reached the AFC Championship Game. Obviously had an issue with
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  Speaker 2: bo Nix's health at the end of it. He suffered
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  Speaker 2: a broken angle, but he's entered training camp healthy. It's
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  Speaker 2: his third year. They added Jalen Waddle to pair with
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  Speaker 2: Courtland Sutton. Sean Payton, obviously an incredible coach, has done
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  Speaker 2: an amazing job there.
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  Speaker 1: I think this could be their year. I really do.
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  Speaker 2: I I don't necessarily always believe in upgrading, you know,
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  Speaker 2: year from yure, Okay, you're in the AFC Championship Game
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  Speaker 2: and now you're you know, in the super Bowl.
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  Speaker 1: But they have added nice pieces.
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  Speaker 2: BNEX is going to be back healthy, and the division
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  Speaker 2: is very very interesting. It's very competitive, but very interesting.
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  Speaker 2: And when it comes to turnover rate for the postseason,
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  Speaker 2: which we always bring up but no one ever believes,
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  Speaker 2: it's about thirty five to forty percent of turnover for
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  Speaker 2: the fourteen team postseason field. So there's a lot of parody. Now,
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  Speaker 2: basically what that means is there's going to be a
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  Speaker 2: lot of new playoff teams. Now mostly this is due
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  Speaker 2: to injury. So you have playoff teams that are their
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  Speaker 2: year after year after year. You sell this with the Chiefs,
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  Speaker 2: and then there's a major injury and they drop out
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  Speaker 2: or there's you know, they have a dud year, they
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  Speaker 2: just miss it because another team in their division has
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  Speaker 2: had an incredible year. These things shift around. Last season,
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  Speaker 2: it was Denver, New England, Jacksonville, Pittsburgh, Houston, and Buffalo. Now,
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  Speaker 2: looking on paper, you would assume all of those teams
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  Speaker 2: are going to be playoff teams. They're not thirty to
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  Speaker 2: forty percent turnover in the NFC Seattle, obviously, Super Bowl champions,
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  Speaker 2: Chicago Bears, Eagles, Panthers, Rams, Niners. So think thirty to
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  Speaker 2: forty percent of those teams are not going to be
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  Speaker 2: back in the playoffs this year. Now, my list is
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  Speaker 2: not a playoff teamless necessarily, I'm being a little sneaky here.
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  Speaker 2: It's just the most interesting. But keep in mind when
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  Speaker 2: you're making your predictions and when you're thinking about who
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  Speaker 2: is going to get back, who's going to win these divisions,
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  Speaker 2: there's going to be turnover. Now, obviously, we cannot prepare
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  Speaker 2: for injuries. I'm sorry. I also add the Chargers and
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  Speaker 2: the Green Bay Packers in that bill's San Francisco Chargers
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  Speaker 2: and Packers in the playoff picture.
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  Speaker 1: We are going to sit here and predict injuries. You
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  Speaker 1: can't do that. You cannot prepare for them.
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  Speaker 2: We don't know that someone's going to have a devastating
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  Speaker 2: injury at anywhere on the field that's going to affect
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  Speaker 2: a team that dramatically. We don't know that, so you
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  Speaker 2: can't prepare for that. But I do think this is
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  Speaker 2: the year where some of the staples that we've seen
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  Speaker 2: year after year after year in the postseason, are going
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  Speaker 2: to take a step back. This is looking through the divisions.
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  Speaker 2: It's maybe tighter than ever. There are big expectations for
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  Speaker 2: teams like the Bears, obviously, the Chargers, the Rams like
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  Speaker 2: these are teams that we expect to be in super
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  Speaker 2: Bowl contention. There's only going to be one that represents
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  Speaker 2: each conference, and there's only going to be one super
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  Speaker 2: Bowl winner. There's a lot of really good teams. There's
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  Speaker 2: a lot of teams that made a lot of really
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  Speaker 2: interesting moves this postseason, and with the season starting with
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  Speaker 2: the Hall of Fame game, the preseason starting, we're going
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  Speaker 2: to start seeing these predictions. Keep in mind there is
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  Speaker 2: always massive turnover. Can't prepare for injuries, but think about
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  Speaker 2: who might potentially take a step back and what team
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  Speaker 2: this going into this year doesn't really have the amount
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  Speaker 2: of stability that it had last year. Never underestimate the
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  Speaker 2: importance of the changing of coordinators and the improvement of coordinators,
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  Speaker 2: the aging of certain quarterbacks, what offensive lines are looking like,
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  Speaker 2: who's boosted their defense. All these factors come into play.
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  Speaker 2: And of course there's always going to be a rookie
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  Speaker 2: that has an incredible season that has huge impact. So
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  Speaker 2: I'm really excited for the season to be here and
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  Speaker 2: we will give you the next five, not.
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  Speaker 1: Necessarily the best five, but the next five tomorrow.
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