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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, they only have eight offensive lineman and
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  Speaker 1: normally you like to keep nine. I wouldn't be surprised
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  Speaker 1: if we go find him at a big guy running
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  Speaker 1: back tight end. Welcome to Jaguars Reporters, presented by t
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  Speaker 1: I A A Bank with Brian Sexton, John Osher, Ashlyn
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  Speaker 1: Sullivan and J. P. Shagri. Presended by t I A
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  Speaker 1: A Bank. Starts right down. Welcome in to Jaguars Reporters.
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  Speaker 1: Today is Tuesday, August thirty one. Our reaction to the
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  Speaker 1: Jaguars roster cuts. The roster from eight d down to
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  Speaker 1: fifty three. J P. Shaddick with Ashland Sullivan, John Oshan,
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  Speaker 1: Brian Sexton, and we're recording this podcast right after urban
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  Speaker 1: Meyer spoke with the reaction to the cuts today. And
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  Speaker 1: the thing that's too that to me is there's still
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  Speaker 1: some concerns for him and a couple of position groups
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  Speaker 1: wide receivers only five left, They've got a couple of
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  Speaker 1: guys dinged up. There three running backs on the roster,
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  Speaker 1: and John it feels like he's still looking for some speed.
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  Speaker 1: He is. Um. I anticipate this, and I don't want
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  Speaker 1: to throw water on the podcast, but I anticipate a
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  Speaker 1: lot of the frenzy right now being so much to
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  Speaker 1: do about nothing, because I think a lot of the
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  Speaker 1: guys who got cut will wind up still being around.
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  Speaker 1: I think Philip Dorset, uh, one of the running backs.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I don't they kept some defensive guys because
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  Speaker 1: they needed some depth issue there, and cut some offensive
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  Speaker 1: guys they didn't want to keep. With sixteen guys coming
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  Speaker 1: back in the practice squad, I still think this is
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  Speaker 1: more of a sixty nine mountain man roster than fifty
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  Speaker 1: three man roster. Brian say something to make this little
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  Speaker 1: more dramatic. I don't think I can, right, Yeah, no,
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  Speaker 1: I'm sorry, I don't think I can. The one thing
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  Speaker 1: I did notice was you really have three receivers. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: Tavin Austin, we don't know what his role is, and
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  Speaker 1: Jamal Agnew is your return guy. So when he says
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  Speaker 1: he has concerned there, it's because, well, yeah, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: you've got three guys you really game plan with. Um.
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  Speaker 1: It wasn't a lot of drama to me, right. I
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  Speaker 1: thought maybe Kwan Treadwell would make it. I thought maybe
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  Speaker 1: Devin Smith would make it, But then he told you,
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  Speaker 1: by the way, Devin's had two a c l S
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  Speaker 1: as an older guy. If he's on the active roster
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  Speaker 1: on opening day, you owe him a year's worth of salary.
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  Speaker 1: But if you wait and bring him back in two weeks,
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  Speaker 1: then he's week to week. I mean, there are a
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  Speaker 1: lot of considerations that go into putting a roster together today,
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  Speaker 1: and it's not all he was better than him. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I think it was funny when he was talking about
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  Speaker 1: every single guy that was waived or released or whatever.
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  Speaker 1: It was Okay, well, well we have a plan from it,
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  Speaker 1: and he might come back. And it seems like, truly
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  Speaker 1: you're going to see a ton of these guys on
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  Speaker 1: the practice squad. I think we all agree that it
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  Speaker 1: wasn't that big of a deal, knowing that the practice
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  Speaker 1: squad is going to be finalized tomorrow afternoon. But I
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  Speaker 1: do expect that you'll see a lot of receivers on
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  Speaker 1: that practice squad because you have to. Yeah, I think
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  Speaker 1: they see a lot of receivers. And unlike past years
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  Speaker 1: where the practice squad not last year before that, where
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  Speaker 1: the practice squad was a developmental squad, the reality is
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  Speaker 1: it's it's a squad that they pull guys up from
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  Speaker 1: pretty commonly now, Uh, I would anticipate right now the
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  Speaker 1: receivers are at five. Once the practice squad is set,
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  Speaker 1: I anticipate that being seven. Right. You know, the theme
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  Speaker 1: of special teams also rings through this. I mean he
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  Speaker 1: told he told us that Rudy Ford was the best
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  Speaker 1: kickoff coverage gunner he had had seen in his coaching career.
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  Speaker 1: And and he praised extensively Andrew Wingert for what he
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  Speaker 1: had done on special teams. So here you've got a
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  Speaker 1: couple of guys now in the defensive backfield that you
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  Speaker 1: might not have on the roster, though he did say
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  Speaker 1: Rudy Ford had played well in his time on the field.
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  Speaker 1: But these guys are all Trey Herdon's a special teams guy,
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  Speaker 1: Chris Claybrooks is a special teams guy. Sidney Jones never
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  Speaker 1: stood out as a special team s guy never, by
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  Speaker 1: the way, neither did Quincy Williams, who was released. And
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  Speaker 1: yet all we shot from Shaq Quarterman and Chapel Russell
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  Speaker 1: were special teams, special teams, special teams. So the underlying team.
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  Speaker 1: If there's anything that you follow through this that didn't
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  Speaker 1: you know, did and didn't surprise you, it's the special
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  Speaker 1: teams was a huge consideration. I'm sorry, um they did
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  Speaker 1: release again maybe back, but it shows you they're at
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  Speaker 1: the top of the roster. Three draft picks from last
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  Speaker 1: year today Jake Lewton, Colin Johnson, and I'm drawing a
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  Speaker 1: blank on the right Tyler Davis. So you know, yes,
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  Speaker 1: these guys will be back, but major roster churn also
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  Speaker 1: released Quincy Williams. I think it was eleven guys released
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  Speaker 1: today that played on last year's roster. That's not uncommon,
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  Speaker 1: but I think last year it was closer to five
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  Speaker 1: or six. So as you would expect with a new coach. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: these guys will be back, but the roster churn is
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  Speaker 1: real interest to see if Luton makes it true. Let
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  Speaker 1: me talk about a big, strong armed young quarterback. There
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  Speaker 1: are probably teams that are looking at him and thinking,
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  Speaker 1: let's try to develop him. Any guy we have mentioned
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  Speaker 1: Jalen Camp released, I would anticipate him being practice squad Uh.
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  Speaker 1: So all of a sudden, you're talking three or four
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  Speaker 1: practice squad guys. Uh. That would be an unusually high number.
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  Speaker 1: But I think the fact that this is so fluid,
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  Speaker 1: and that you're keeping a lot of defensive guys for injuries.
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  Speaker 1: Some numbers may be a little different than usual on
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  Speaker 1: the practice squadsh line. I'm curious as well. With safety
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  Speaker 1: Jared Wilson. I don't I don't want to say it
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  Speaker 1: was a surprise, but just seeing his name on that list,
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  Speaker 1: it's kind of strange. With what five years he was
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  Speaker 1: one of four guys left from the roster, solid special
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  Speaker 1: teams guy. In reality too, though, guys is you know,
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  Speaker 1: this is still a developing roster, but it's not the
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  Speaker 1: league's best roster yet. So I think some of these
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  Speaker 1: guys who are released, they assume will still be around
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  Speaker 1: to be retained, um, you know. And that's the reality
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  Speaker 1: of the Jaguars right now. Wilson came to the Jaguars
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  Speaker 1: as an undrafted rookie free agent. I mean, that's just
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  Speaker 1: the lifestyle. They don't build the defense around him. They're
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  Speaker 1: constantly trying to replace a guy that they found as
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  Speaker 1: an undrafted rookie free agent, and they drafted Cisco this year.
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  Speaker 1: That happens. That's one thing I thought we probably knew,
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  Speaker 1: but that urban said very specifically. Uh in the discussions today.
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  Speaker 1: We're vaccinated unvaccinated, and that was notable. That's NFL reality.
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  Speaker 1: But it's reality. It went into the decision process. He said,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you can't blame him. Look at the rules,
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  Speaker 1: look at the difference, look at the toll it takes
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  Speaker 1: on a team. It has to be a factor. And
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  Speaker 1: he even came out and somebody asked him about Josh
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  Speaker 1: Allen and he said, I don't know if I'm supposed
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  Speaker 1: to say this, but he never had COVID and he's
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  Speaker 1: gonna sit out for ten days. So there you go.
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  Speaker 1: So it's real. It's a big it's a big concern.
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  Speaker 1: But let's be honest. You're you're not gonna cut a
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  Speaker 1: great player, right right, No, but it'd be better if
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  Speaker 1: he was not out for the bubble guys, you have
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  Speaker 1: to be vaccinated, right, and you're going to the storyline there. Well,
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  Speaker 1: his point was obviously not gonna cut josh On, but
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  Speaker 1: it's so punitive that if you have have a guy
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  Speaker 1: out two weeks, yes you'll hold on to Josh Allen.
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  Speaker 1: But if it's the bottom of the roster guy, then
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  Speaker 1: all of a sudden it becomes can we really afford
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  Speaker 1: to wait on this for two weeks with a guy
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  Speaker 1: who's who we're juggling at the bottom. Answer is probably not.
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  Speaker 1: One final question here before we wrap this up today,
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  Speaker 1: a short edition of Jaguars Reporters. How many waiver claims
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  Speaker 1: do they make in this cycle? You think Shellan, what
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  Speaker 1: are you thinking? I would think the positions that he
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  Speaker 1: addressed that are big areas and need wide receiver running back,
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  Speaker 1: I would think absolutely those two and being number one,
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  Speaker 1: I think there will be a lot of movement six
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  Speaker 1: or seven. It's a lot of healthy number. Yeah. You know,
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  Speaker 1: they only have eight offensive linemen and normally you'd like
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  Speaker 1: to keep nine. I wouldn't be surprised if they go
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  Speaker 1: find another big guy running back tight end. He's point
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  Speaker 1: blank said that was a spot that they would probably
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  Speaker 1: look at, And um, well, I think you've got a
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  Speaker 1: couple of nice linebackers. If there's someone out there that
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  Speaker 1: can really provide something on special teams, you're probably looking
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  Speaker 1: there too. That's a lot of turnover coming in the
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  Speaker 1: next day, a lot of headlines. I'm gonna go five,
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  Speaker 1: just to make it spicy. Okay, one dollar, Bob, are
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  Speaker 1: you gonna take three or seven? I'll take I'll take three,
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  Speaker 1: the four, take four. You're with me? Then, Yeah, So
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  Speaker 1: there's gonna be a lot of a lot of turning
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  Speaker 1: to go and the days ahead it. I think noon
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  Speaker 1: tomorrow is when you can start building the practice squad,
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  Speaker 1: he said, one o'clock, But the waiver process goes at
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  Speaker 1: noon tomorrow, So number one choice for the first three
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  Speaker 1: weeks of the regular season. There you have it, our
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  Speaker 1: reaction to the initial roster cutdown from eighty to fifty
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  Speaker 1: three for Brian Sexton, John Ozan, Ashman Sullivan, and our
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  Speaker 1: producer Joe Fortunato. I'm J. P. Shadrick. Will catch you
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  Speaker 1: next time on Jaguar's Reporters