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laced up let's go it's time for banter with the
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boys welcome back to banter with the boys gridiron
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updates the afc north preview now roberto is
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still here thank you uh yep he changed clothes
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and stuff it's fine uh jake's still here yeah
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Unfortunately for this episode. No, I'm ready
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to talk about the best division in football.
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One of the best. You know what? I was going to
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say that the AFC North and MC North are similar.
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Like we have the same vibe that we think they're
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tough divisions. But after that comment. Okay.
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I don't know. Anyway. Yeah, let's just get after
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it here. Let's go. Let's start with the Browns.
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Let's get them on the way real quick. Yeah, let's
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get down to the old dog pound. Deshaun Watson
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named the starter the other day. He was fairly
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upset with the boos he was getting in his own
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stadium, but I feel like that's going to continue
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to happen. I mean, what else are you expecting
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at this point? You know what I mean? Yeah, but
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he's still the best quarterback on the team.
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Yeah, yep. True. Dylan Gabriel went to IR, too.
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But I think, did Shadur still beat him out on
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the depth chart at that point? Yeah, I think,
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yeah. Yeah, Shadur was two, and then Dylan Gabriel
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three. And then they put him on the IR with a
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designated to return flag. Oh, the Cleveland
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Browns. They're so fun and interesting. Yeah.
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I mean, what's fun and interesting is that they're
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going to get a new stadium soon. That's cool.
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Good for them. It's like, how did they earn that
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or deserve that? Well, that was going to be Miles
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Garrett's new house, but then he traded it. Now
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it's going to be Jared Versus' house. Yeah. You
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know what? And it's not like they didn't get
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a good player out of that either. Jared Versus
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is a machine. We know it. He single -handedly
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kicked the Vikings' ass last year. Two years
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ago. I think Jared Versus is going to be playing
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with a giant chip on his shoulder this year.
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He'll be like, hey, Rams, you got it wrong. You
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messed up. Yeah. You know, Mason Graham's still
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there. You've got, what's his name, Schlesinger.
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Schlesinger? Yeah. There it is. There it is.
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The tackle monster. Yeah. I mean, you've got
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a couple decent pieces, at least defensively,
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there. You know, offensively, Jerry Judy, Casey
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Conception, or Concession, whatever. Concepcion.
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Is that what it is? Yeah. Concepcion. I don't
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know. I'm not super excited offensively for them.
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But I do agree that Deshaun Watson is the better
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of the quarterbacks. So I guess get it out quick,
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man, because I don't think he's going to have
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a ton of time to throw that thing either. They'll
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be interesting. They weren't great offensively
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last year. They weren't. Did you not like the
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Ohio State running back? Judkins? No, that's
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one of their shining points, but are they just
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going to run him into the ground? Then you've
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got Fannin Jr., the tight end. He's an upcoming
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new fantasy guy. He's probably about a top tenner
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if you guys are into that stuff. What was his
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name? How would you say? The new rookie. Wide
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receiver? Casey Concepcion. Casey Concepcion.
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Concepcion. Does he actually say that? Yeah,
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I think that's how it's pronounced. I want to
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make sure I'm saying it right. And then they
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did draft Denzel, what, Denzel Boston. Denzel
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Boston. That was a high pick, wasn't it? Yeah,
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that was a second -round pick for them. Oh, second,
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okay. They did get Quincy Williams from the Jets,
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too, to add to that linebacker core. It's going
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to be, they're such an interesting team. We all
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saw Watson play back in the day and his ability
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to play the quarterback position. Is it confidence?
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Yeah. You know, he believes in him. So he just.
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Yeah. You know, if we get like 90 % of him, I
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mean, that's still probably an NFL starting quarterback.
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And better than Shader Sanders. Yeah. Yeah, I
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think he's better than Shador. I think he can
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layer the ball and make some different throws
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that Shador still struggles with. And that defense,
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like you said, they still got a lot of good players
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on there. I could still see them coming around.
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I think this is going to be a better year for
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Cleveland. I think it's higher than a 5 -1 season
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like they had last year. No dice on your part,
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Jake? Maybe six. I mean, they've got a new head
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coach. I mean, the AFC North is pretty much the
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AFC new head coach division because you've got
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three new head coaches. So it's Todd Munkin,
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former offensive coordinator for the Ravens.
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So I think it makes sense that they're going
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with Deshaun Watson, kind of not to like... Deshaun
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Watson and Lamar Jackson have very similar skill
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sets, I think. He's a Ravens fan, just so you
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people know. Yeah, obviously. Jackson's more
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mobile than Deshaun Watson is. Shot our cameras
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that are coming in that odd purple. Yeah, I mean,
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you've got that Maryland press right there. It's
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a copycat of the Vikings. Pretty much. What a
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joke. Ravens copied them. No, Ravens copied your
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all -white. Yeah, but it looks good. Yeah, it
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does. I digress. So I don't think they're really
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that much better. They are attempting to retool
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their offensive line in conjunction with this.
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They're going to be learning a new offense again.
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So it's just like. You've got all of these inconsistencies
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and changes, so it's going to take them a little
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bit. I don't think they're taking a step back.
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They're probably going to be five wins again,
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maybe six. Okay. Okay. I mean, it's a tough division,
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especially with the Steelers, with McCarthy.
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Steelers are tough to redo. Coming in. Yeah.
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Then the Bengals are still in that. And then
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you have the Ravens. I mean, yeah, it's going
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to be tough. That's why I'm like, did they get
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to that 7 -8 win? 7 -8 win. But also, like you
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were saying, the inconsistency in that building
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right now. Who's going to be the leader on the
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defense side? Miles is out. It's got to be Jared
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Verst. It has to be. You know, so it'll be interesting.
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And then do you see a lot of 12 personnel running
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out of Munkin's offense, too? And Watson plays
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well under center, too, and he can run that play
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action well. So if they can get their little
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running game going. It seems to be becoming a
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lost art right now in the NFL, the play action,
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to me. It is. Like a legitimate under center
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play action. But running backs are back. It's
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all audio now. So, yeah. They're going to struggle
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in that division overall, but I think they're
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going to improve a little bit from last year.
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They're an interesting team. They're going to
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be a tough team to beat. I don't think they're
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going to be the worst. I think they're going
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to still be competitive. It's just I don't think
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they've got enough. Good luck this year, Cleveland
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Browns fans. You'll need it. Let's talk about...
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The next team that, like, low -key, I think we're
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all kind of like, what are we actually going
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to get this year out of them? It's got to be
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the Pittsburgh Steelers. You know, at least for
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me, how much are we actually going to see out
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of Aaron Rodgers? How much can he still do, to
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be honest? Because there were times last year
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he just did not look. I mean, I would almost
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say Joe Flacco at times last year. But then again,
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Joe Flacco didn't start the season, so he was
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a little bit healthier, not as banged up. I think
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it depends on. how much of a relationship he's
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able to establish with Michael Pittman. Which
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is a nice addition. He's already spent a season
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with DK Metcalf. Big -bodied receiver. And now
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you're getting another big -bodied receiver.
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That's a pretty brutal one -two that they're
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putting out there as far as wide receivers go.
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And with Firemuth over the middle, too. And how
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well Aaron loves tight ends. I mean, that's really
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interesting. It's more of the running game I'm
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worried about on that offensive side, whether
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Warren can be consistent. Is he a three -down
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back? I think it's that O -line for me. And then
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wearing it. Well, then the O -line of it, you
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know. And then bring Dowdle in. So, yeah, that
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helps Bill Warren a little bit. Similar styles,
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I'd say, I think, between the two, because Dowdle's
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kind of shifty, too. But is McCarthy there with
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the relationship of Rodgers and all the stuff?
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You know, what advantages do you give, you know,
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to a team with that reconnection of the familiarity?
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I mean, when was the last year they played together?
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I mean, it's been four or five years. I feel
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like it's been longer than that even. But the
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nice part is they know each other what they like.
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They know the plays they like. They know the
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concepts they like. So, I mean, you almost hit
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the ground running. McCarthy doesn't have to
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reteach it to Rodgers at all. He's like, all
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right, this is our playbook. This is what we're
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running. And then Aaron Rodgers can be that additional
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coach on the field and be like, all right, this
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is how. Well, he's going to straight up tell
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McCarthy, too, like, hey, we're running this.
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I think that there's some benefit to that. For
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sure. I know what I want to do. The quarterback's
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going to see it better on the field than you're
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going to see it from the sideline. So Aaron's
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staying healthy, a little bit of running game.
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The defense, I mean, they're getting older. Are
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they going to squeak out another 10 wins? Yeah.
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Yeah, I think. You think so? I think they're
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a 10 -win team again. I'm taking the under on
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the 10. Ooh. And they won the division last year,
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just FYI. So they're playing first place schedule.
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Oh, man. I'm going to go 9 -8, 10 -7, right in
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there. They'll be right on the bubble of the
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playoffs. But I think Jake's right. It's all
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going to depend on Aaron Rodgers and Mike McCarthy,
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and if they gel right away, who knows? Who knows
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what the ceiling is then for the Steelers. First
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year without Mike Tomlin on the sideline in the
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black and gold, that's going to be weird as hell,
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honestly. That Steelers defense is getting older,
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though, so how are they going to continue to
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hold up as they get long in the tooth there?
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I think they're going to be fine for the most
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part, especially within the north because you
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just play differently and have a different mindset
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when you're going up against a division rival
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like that. But it's something to kind of think
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about. I don't know. Yeah, Dowell and Savage.
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That's why I was just looking at it. I was thinking,
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who else is there running backs other than Warren?
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Savage. Darnell Savage. Safety, sorry. And then
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Rico Dowell, sorry. Okay, okay. So, yeah, there
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will be an interesting team. Darnell Savage,
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I don't think he's there anymore. Did he get
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cut? Let me see, because I am not seeing him
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right off the thing. It's not going to be a game
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changer. Oh, wait, no, he was released. He was
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released, huh? A month ago. I don't know. Who
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knows where he is right now? Release is, Steelers
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released. See, my notes are already old. Yeah,
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that's how fast it changes. That's how fast everything
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changes. Yeah, that's right. All right, so let's
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talk about the Bengals. Bengals. Bengals. Didn't
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Joe Burrow kind of come out and say, like, man,
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we really got to win this year, man? Yeah, he
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did. Is it more of a concerning thing, or do
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you think he's just fired up, ready to get going
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type of deal? I mean, they have to win here shortly
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because those contracts of those two receivers
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and him are just tying up 70 % of their salary
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cap. So much money. I mean, unless they win with
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a bunch of young, they have to win now, really.
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And, I mean, that's why they definitely brought
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in some, attempted to bring in some defensive
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help, some seasoned defensive help, but it's
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defensive help nonetheless after losing Trey
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Hendrickson. But you bring in Dexter Lawrence
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and Jonathan Allen. We saw the Jonathan Allen
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thing in Minnesota. You know, I think Dexter
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Lawrence is definitely nice to add. And then,
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boy, Mafe, too. Not bad additions on the defensive
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side. Where they were very, very poor last year.
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So that's, I mean, that's the key for me. We
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know what that offense can do a hundred percent.
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We know what a healthy Joe Burrow can do, especially
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with all the weapons that he has, but it's defensively.
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Now, can they finally give them enough time to
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make, you know, in a game to make things happen
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and enough room to make things happen to get
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to that 10 win mark themselves? Yeah. Yeah, they
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just retooled on the defense, and they're swinging
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for the fences in this tough division. And availability
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is always that issue on that offense. If it's
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not Burrow, it's Chase or Higgins. Higgins missed
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games, too. I agree with everything there. The
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thing that they didn't do, which they should
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have put more focus or emphasis on, was actually
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retooling their offensive line. I mean, yes,
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the defensive line's important, but that offensive
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line, as you alluded to, like... You can't just
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keep giving up sacks or pressures. And they're
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in the back half O -line in the league. Oh, yeah.
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Yeah, they were 13th in sacks allowed, 22nd in
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pressures. Yeah. But they sacrificed the offense
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line for the defense, you know, is what they
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did. They spent all their money on the defensive
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side. I mean, they were dead last in run defense
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last year. So being able to grab two big -body
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D -tackles to come in there and stuff it up,
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I mean, that's what you're trying to do now.
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If one of them goes down, you're right back in
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that situation again. But, yeah, I mean, it was
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one or the other. Like, I agree, but it's like
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pick your poison. Like, do you think trust Joe
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to get rid of the ball fast enough versus, all
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right, he has all day to throw, but defensively,
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I mean, offensively, we're still going to have
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to score 40. That's what can't happen this year.
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Yeah, they can't get themselves into shootouts
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because they're going to lose that, I feel. We
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saw that last year. Ever since they went to the
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Super Bowl, it's been every year of, all right,
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the Bengals, and then someone gets hurt, something
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happens. You know, Joe has been hurt probably,
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what? He missed eight games last year. Yep. That's
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why. Does that make him not get traded this offseason?
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No. Because I feel he could get traded and sign
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a long -term deal somewhere else. I don't think
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his injury concerns warrant. Not trying to obtain
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him. His arm is the most important. Of course.
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I'm just curious. Do you think he is a candidate
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to get traded in general this offseason? Or do
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you think they'll be able to work something out
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in Cincinnati? Or does this season literally
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make that decision? That's tough. I'm not saying
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what we get. We have no idea. I mean, they finished
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3 -14. I mean, I could see that conversation.
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But I don't know how you trade away. If they
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get to a 10 -win season. How do you trade away
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Joe Burrows to, you know, franchise quarterback
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away? Because then you're back in just the search
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mode for the next guy. I think it really does
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depend on their record. Is he the type that will
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demand it? Because I... If they don't make the
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playoffs, I think Zach Taylor loses his job.
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I think his seat's hot. For sure. And then maybe,
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depending on how bad your record is, you do strongly
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consider trading Burrow for draft capital and
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rebuilding with a new head coach. Wouldn't you
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trade Higgins first, though, or Chase? I would
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think Higgins would go first, but the rumors
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is that if they had to come down to trading one
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of the receivers, it would be Chase over Higgins,
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and I don't know if I agree with that. Well,
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Chase is more. But he also has some injuries,
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too. Yeah. Who's older? Higgins. Higgins is older.
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Yeah, I think that trading one of the receivers
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would be a better angle on the salary cap side.
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Higgins is one year older. It's still older.
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It sure is. Hey -o. Hey -o. But, yeah. I don't
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know. I'm thinking ceiling 10 -6 and then back
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to 8 -9 too. If they're banged up throughout
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the season. Kind of the same old bangles of the
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last three years. I think they turn the leaf
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compared to last season. I think they get up
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to 10 wins now in this year and make the playoffs
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a little bit. I don't think they break 500. I
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think they're 8 -9. 6 -11 last year. All right.
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Well, that's it. That's what we got for that.
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Should we just wrap the show now? Yeah. Or we
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should get that 8 -9 team that didn't make the
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playoffs. We didn't get to that. Oh, yeah. Sorry
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about that. Okay. Baltimore. That lost like a
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third of their team to the Giants. Doesn't matter.
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Still sucked. No, I'm just kidding. We still
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got to talk about the Vikings. And that horrible
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offense. Anyway. I mean, you take it away. It's
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the Ravens. Yeah, last new head coach of the
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division. We have Jesse Minter. We said goodbye
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to John Harbaugh. He packed his things. Was that
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weird for you? I was a little surprised by it,
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but I'm okay with it. I mean, he was in the position
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for 18 years, right? 18? Yeah. So, I mean, change
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of scenery is going to be good for him. I think
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it's going to be good for the organization. It
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just was surprising coming off of, like, the
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end of the season, and it was just like, okay,
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goodbye. Adios. Yeah. So the abruptness of it
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was what caught me off guard the most. Having
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an entire offseason to think about it, I think
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the Ravens are in a pretty good place organizationally
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with their head coach, offensive coordinator,
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defensive coordinator. And then in EDC, we trust.
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With rebuilding, we lost a lot of players. At
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the end of last season, you guys were just like,
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who's the one free agent we need to retain? Tyler
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Linderbaum. Gone. Who did we not retain? Tyler
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Linderbaum. Because the Raiders paid a crab load
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of money for him. Yes, they did. And they really
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needed him, too. Yeah. And so I get not wanting
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to match or go up and pay that much money for
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him. But the other caveat, there were a lot of
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other free agents that we lost. Isaiah Likely
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went to the Giants. Jordan Stout went to the
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Giants. I think Ardarius Washington went to the
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Giants. And then Patrick Ricard was secretly
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probably one of the. more key offensive components
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to that offense over the last four plus years.
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So a lot of key losses there. It's great to see
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Matabike back from IR. He's fully healthy, ready
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to go. Roll the boat? Yeah. Okay. Obviously,
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we have Trey Hendrickson, Max Crosby -Light.
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I don't really want to get into the Max Crosby
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stuff. It's all sorts of... Who would you have
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tugging? Both. Which one do you think is better?
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Max is better. But I want to tinfoil hat and
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buy into the thought process that they were trying
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to get both. Okay. But the reason why they didn't
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take Max was the concern about the long -term
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health of him and that kind of contract. If they
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would have got both, that's crazy. Be like the
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Rams. How do you feel about, as a Ravens fan,
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how do you feel about... Still heading into your
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season as pretty much the same targets offensively
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and losing Isaiah Likely, which has kind of been
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a Lamar Jackson target over the years, but you're
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still rolling with Zay Flowers, who I do like,
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Rashad Bateman, Skyuma, but who can't be consistent,
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and Jacoby Lane, I mean, and Mark Andrews, who
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is not the same guy as he was, say, a few years
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ago. Yeah, Jacoby Lane's the new wide receiver,
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right? Is he a rookie? that they drafted, the
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human highlight reel, this offseason highlight
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reel. So you're excited about this guy? I think
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it's promising. I don't want to fall prey to
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the classic Baltimore Ravens draft that spent
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a high draft pick on a wide receiver. They're
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going to be good because Zay Flowers has really
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been the only one that's done that. And he got
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a contract extension well -deserved. I'm glad
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he's going to be staying in purple for four more
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years. holes to fill. Spending their first round
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pick on Venga, the guard from Penn State. His
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stuff looks really good, too. Is that how you
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say his name? That's how they prefer... I had
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a pronunciation thing up here. I had to work
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on this. I believe that. I believe it. Probably
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practiced in the mirror, too. Yes, I have been,
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but I'm still going to get it wrong. That's what
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I have to do for hockey name. Oliva Venga is
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his first name. Hey, we'll call that a W. Yeah.
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And then the last name is. Oh, oh, honey. Oh,
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honey. Oh, one day. But but yeah, I think he's
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going to bring an attitude to that offensive
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line that they that they've been missing since
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Marshall Yonda. Six or three. Bring it back.
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Yeah. Ravens fans. He's digging deep for you.
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That's right. Right on. Yeah, I think. I mean,
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go ahead if you want a final thought. I mean,
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it's your team. Yeah. Division. I'm going to
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have them take the North. I think they're going
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to probably get 11 wins, and that's going to
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be enough with as competitive as the North is.
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You usually don't need like 9 -10 is usually
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the magic number. I'm going to say they're going
22:30
to get 11. My concerns, and it's always that
22:34
question mark, aging running back, Derrick Henry,
22:37
at what point is he going to start losing tread
22:39
on those tires? Can he keep it up? I think he
22:44
can because, I mean, he runs up hills. with,
22:49
like, 100 -pound chains. Imagine tackling him
22:52
in high school. And then my other concern is
22:55
really the special teams, because Jordan Stout,
23:00
I would say or argue, is one of the best punters
23:03
in the league. And then we have Tyler Loop, who's
23:06
coming into year two. He's already missing some
23:09
extra, or excuse me, he's missing some field
23:11
goals already here. Ooh, we got concerns. Yeah.
23:15
Football is about all three phases, offense,
23:19
defense, and special teams. And special teams
23:22
is where that team hung their hat a lot of times
23:24
and really leveraged it to be able to pull out
23:27
some wins. So I think that that's going to be
23:29
a weak point. Hopefully they can get it figured
23:32
out. Who was the punter you were pumped about?
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Jordan Stout was the... Because they plan to
23:37
use him a lot. That's why you seem excited. I
23:38
think they released him. No, he was a free agent.
23:41
He went to the Giants. I'm saying that we lost
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him. Oh, okay. Want him back. You want him back.
23:46
Come back. Now you got some guy named Eckley.
23:50
Yeah, Ryan Eckley. Great. Okay. So, yeah, concern
23:54
in the specials. Okay. Watch out. I do have the
23:58
Ravens still winning this division. Concerns
24:00
offensive line is going to be huge. Especially
24:02
Lamar is also getting a little bit older, too.
24:05
And, you know, these little dings, these little
24:07
hits that, you know, that seem to be kind of
24:09
here and there. He's been getting the last few
24:11
years. Henry. You know, like you say, at some
24:14
point the man's going to slow down. I don't think
24:18
it's quite, doesn't seem yet last year showed
24:20
me nothing really of it. But whether that offensive
24:23
line can open up holes, you know, for him too.
24:27
Same kind of threats. They'll be interesting
24:29
defensively. I mean, the back end's still pretty
24:33
solid. Campbell coming in, giving them some leadership
24:38
in the middle of that line, see if they're a
24:40
little better. They kind of struggled against
24:42
the run the last few years, too. So, yeah, 11
24:45
-6, you know, that's kind of where I have them
24:49
winning the division, too. You know, so Lamar's
24:52
still Lamar, and he's just like Josh Allen. You
24:56
know, he can great plays on his own. Doesn't
24:59
matter the other 10 guys. I think they're going
25:01
to be right there, neck and neck with the Bengals
25:03
for me at 10 wins. I think they'll have the tie
25:06
break over the Bengals and the head -to -head
25:08
stuff. And then I think the division depends
25:10
on Aaron Rodgers and Mike McCarthy for me. Terrible
25:15
towels. That's right. Go get them. But I think
25:19
it's really just a two -legged race between the
25:21
Ravens and Bengals. All righty. The Ravens getting
25:24
the edge. Lucky duckies. I've spoken. We've all
25:28
spoken. It's all spoken in there. On our beautiful.
25:33
Did you see the poster? Jake made those. They're
25:37
gorgeous. NFL, when you come after us for trademark.
25:41
It's the shield. We've got to call them the shield.
25:44
It's moving now. Must be them. They're tapping
25:49
it. They heard. Jake, thanks for being here as
25:53
always. Of course, naturally, in your Raven's
25:55
garb. Heck yeah. Yep, Robert Dahl. Thanks, Coach.
26:01
Let's get it done. Football time. Kev? Kev's
26:06
back there getting everything done for us. I'm
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