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TABLE TALK: The NFL Regular Season Is Almost Here! · The Philadelphia Sports Table | Philly Sports News & Views

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  Speaker 1: What's going on, everybody. It's Jeff here. I wanted to
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  Speaker 1: let you know.
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  Speaker 2: This podcast episode was recorded on Monday, August twenty six,
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty four. By the time you hear this, some
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  Speaker 2: things may have changed here or there, but we hope
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  Speaker 2: you enjoyed the show. Welcome to Table Talk here at
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  Speaker 2: the Philadelphia Sports Table podcast show, the longest running weekly
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  Speaker 2: Philly sports podcast show in the world. That's right over
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  Speaker 2: eleven years strong. We've got a great discussion coming your way,
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  Speaker 2: as we do every week on Table Talk. This NFL
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  Speaker 2: season is almost upon us. I can't believe real games.
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  Speaker 2: The regular season it's almost here, Thank goodness. The preseason
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  Speaker 2: has been really interesting to watch and as a result,
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  Speaker 2: we got some storylines that we've been following, storylines that
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  Speaker 2: we really.
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  Speaker 1: Wanted to get into.
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  Speaker 2: On this particular Table Talk episode, we got a new guest.
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  Speaker 1: That's going to be joining us. It's his first time here.
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  Speaker 1: Let's get right to it.
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  Speaker 2: He covers the Los Angeles Rams over at turf Showtimes
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  Speaker 2: dot com.
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  Speaker 1: It is great to have him on the podcast.
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  Speaker 2: You can follow him on the Twitter slash x at
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  Speaker 2: b greasak tst.
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  Speaker 3: Well.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know why that was such a mouthful for me. Anyway,
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  Speaker 2: we've got Blaine Grisak. How you doing, buddy, doing.
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  Speaker 4: Great, Jeff, I appreciate it. I appreciate you having me on.
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  Speaker 4: The preseason is wrapped up officially, thank goodness. Yes, the
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  Speaker 4: the last the last week because the little little rolf,
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  Speaker 4: I don't think I stuff a through dresser Win at
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  Speaker 4: quarterback and a bunch of other fort spring plays wellmanke roster.
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  Speaker 4: So yeah, glad of the next of all we'll see
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  Speaker 4: is some is some actual action.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, regular season is right around the corner here. But Blaine,
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  Speaker 2: you know, you do really great coverage in terms of
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  Speaker 2: the Los Angeles Rams, and I wanted to start the
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  Speaker 2: discussion with getting into some of these NFL storylines before
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  Speaker 2: the start of the season with regard to the Rams
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  Speaker 2: and specifically the quarterback position, because going through this preseason
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  Speaker 2: and even through the offseason, some NFL teams, as we know,
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  Speaker 2: they really need to start formulating a plan about their
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  Speaker 2: quarterback of the future. I mean teams like the Seahawks,
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  Speaker 2: the Giants. I would even lump Pittsburgh of course in there,
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  Speaker 2: even though they have two quarterbacks that could potentially be starters.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm wondering what your thoughts are with regard to
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  Speaker 2: the Los Angeles Rams what you've been covering with the team.
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  Speaker 2: I would lump the Rams into that group as well.
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  Speaker 2: That really needs to begin looking at the quarterback position
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  Speaker 2: of the future. So I guess the real question is
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  Speaker 2: coming into this season for NFL fans and for Rams fans,
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  Speaker 2: how much more does Matt Stafford have left in the
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  Speaker 2: tank here? And do you agree that that there sooner
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  Speaker 2: rather than later, the Rams are gonna need to start
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  Speaker 2: addressing the quarterback position of the future.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I.
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  Speaker 4: Definitely, we definitely agree with that. I think that they
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  Speaker 4: do need to start looking at sort of a life
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  Speaker 4: after after at through Stafford is as tough of a
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  Speaker 4: as tough of conversation as that might be, and I
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  Speaker 4: kind of think those conversations have been had this offseason.
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  Speaker 4: You had the kind of whether or not he would
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  Speaker 4: show show up to training camp. There's a little bit
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  Speaker 4: a little bit of some some contract all the some
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  Speaker 4: contracts dramas coming coming into the year, and then they
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  Speaker 4: were able to figure that out and that's that's I
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  Speaker 4: believe it's essentially a one year, forty million dollar contract
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  Speaker 4: now heading into this year. So depending on kind of
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  Speaker 4: how the both starts feel at the end of the year.
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  Speaker 4: They can they can they can move on if needed,
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  Speaker 4: and if they I think they're just kind of kind
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  Speaker 4: of kind of gonna take it year to year and
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  Speaker 4: kind of and just kind of see where where Stafford's at,
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  Speaker 4: where his head is at. But yeah, I do think
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  Speaker 4: just from from a see you never really really know.
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  Speaker 3: It's like no quarterback. I think it's hard.
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  Speaker 4: It's hard for it's hard to have the expectation that
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  Speaker 4: every quarterback is gonna be Tom Brady and play Tiller
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  Speaker 4: almost forty five years old and.
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  Speaker 3: Play at a high level.
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  Speaker 4: To to that age, I think it's definitely more realistic
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  Speaker 4: to look at kind of the Philip Rivers timeline that
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  Speaker 4: Matt matt the Matt Ryan timeline, and and that's kind
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  Speaker 4: of right where Matthew Stafford's at right now. So I
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  Speaker 4: think ideally he has two years left maybe maybe maybe
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  Speaker 4: three if you're lucky, and and then then then then
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  Speaker 4: he walks away. But I do think rams they know
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  Speaker 4: that they had their first first round picks since twenty
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  Speaker 4: sixteen this last offseason and so and they have another
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  Speaker 4: one next year. So uh, it's not the strongest quarterback
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  Speaker 4: class next year. But there are there's always those guys,
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  Speaker 4: you know, at this time last year, I don't think
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  Speaker 4: anybody saw Jaden Daniels as a top five pick, and
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  Speaker 4: he went number two overall.
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  Speaker 3: So I think you're kind of looking at me.
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  Speaker 4: You guys like Connor Wagman from Texas A and m
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  Speaker 4: who doesn't have a ton of experience right now, but
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  Speaker 4: if he has a good year, could kind of pop
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  Speaker 4: into that first round conversation. Quinn rs from Texas obviously
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  Speaker 4: a guy that returned returned to school, Drew Aller from
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  Speaker 4: Penn State has As has a lot of tools and
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  Speaker 4: and somebody that would maybe benefit from sitting from sitting
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  Speaker 4: for a year. So I do think they'll kind of
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  Speaker 4: have a look a look at the look at a look.
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  Speaker 4: They'll be looking at looking at as maybe some college
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  Speaker 4: guys this year, and I think I think that maybe
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  Speaker 4: an option for them, yeah next April.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and it really I guess when it comes down
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  Speaker 2: to it with Matt Stafford, he's at the age where
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  Speaker 2: legacy and ego kind of come together in a way,
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  Speaker 2: and it happens like that for college quarterbacks, not college quarterbacks,
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  Speaker 2: pro quarterbacks and then what the team does with regard
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  Speaker 2: to the scouting of college quarterbacks. As a result, you
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  Speaker 2: use the phrase you know where his head is at?
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  Speaker 2: And that really comes down to, you know, what do
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  Speaker 2: you want your legacy to be?
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  Speaker 1: What do you want?
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  Speaker 2: You know?
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  Speaker 1: Where?
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  Speaker 2: Where do where? What do you want to be remembered as?
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  Speaker 2: And of course he's always going to be remembered as
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  Speaker 2: a Super Bowl winning quarterback. Matt Stafford is going to
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  Speaker 2: be remembered as one of the great quarterbacks of the NFL,
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  Speaker 2: likely a Hall of Fame quarterback. And it's going to
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  Speaker 2: be really interesting to see, like you said, Blaine, where
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  Speaker 2: his head is at after this season and how many more,
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  Speaker 2: how many more years he could potentially go on. But
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  Speaker 2: you know, sticking with our Rams talk, I really was
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  Speaker 2: surprised to hear that Rams linebacker Ernest Jones is essentially
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  Speaker 2: on the trading block. I mean, just a few days ago,
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  Speaker 2: Rams at their front office put basically put out there
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  Speaker 2: that yeah, he's on you can be on the trading block.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we're not gonna you know, we may shop
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  Speaker 1: him around.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, the Rams don't want to pay him, and
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  Speaker 2: it's kind it's a little bit on the outside of it.
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  Speaker 2: It's a little baffling for me because as an Eagles fan,
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  Speaker 2: we just desperately want linebacker talent so much, and while
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  Speaker 2: we have some, not the greatest in the world, but look,
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  Speaker 2: Ernest Jones, he's one of the better young linebackers in
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  Speaker 2: the NFL, and he has a ton of great leadership qualities.
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  Speaker 2: From what I understand, why is it that the Rams
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  Speaker 2: front office decided not to really kind of want to
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  Speaker 2: build this defense around Ernest Jones and and why they
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  Speaker 2: they wouldn't have any issues with getting rid of them.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I guess is kind of as good as mine.
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  Speaker 4: And when Aaron Donald retired, he kind of he when
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  Speaker 4: he he kind of came out and said, you know,
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  Speaker 4: he told Ernest Jones, you know this, this is your defense. Yeah,
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  Speaker 4: like you're you're, you're, you're the guy. And so yeah,
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  Speaker 4: it's definitely surprising. This is what, like you said, one
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  Speaker 4: of the better young linebackers in the NFL is just
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  Speaker 4: twenty five, just twenty five years old. But I also
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  Speaker 4: kind of think you look at it from the Rams
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  Speaker 4: from the and and even kind of going going into
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  Speaker 4: going into heading ended heading into the off season, Rams
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  Speaker 4: kind of seemed like that Ernest Jones was a guy
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  Speaker 4: that they wanted to bring back. And then and then
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  Speaker 4: I think it was right after the draft or maybe
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  Speaker 4: during odors means, it was some some sometime after the draft.
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  Speaker 4: Uh Lustie came out and said that they they weren't
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  Speaker 4: really in any rush to get anything done and they
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  Speaker 4: wouldn't They didn't expect anything anything to get.
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  Speaker 3: Done before the start of the year.
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  Speaker 4: And yeah, I think you kind of look at it
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  Speaker 4: from Ernest Show's perspective of you know, he's twenty five
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  Speaker 4: years old, he wants to he wants to get he
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  Speaker 4: wants to get paid, but also from the team perspective,
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  Speaker 4: the Rams just they aren't a team that and and
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  Speaker 4: I think you kind of see this with with with
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  Speaker 4: other kind of you know, the the the Eagles run
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  Speaker 4: legles one that that that Vic Fangio system and in
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  Speaker 4: that Vic Fangio system, just that that that middle linebacker
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  Speaker 4: position just isn't isn't isn't valued as highly as is
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  Speaker 4: other defenses. So I I just don't think the Rams
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  Speaker 4: said we want to pay Ernest Jones the eighteen million
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  Speaker 4: dollars that he might he might command that another team
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  Speaker 4: will get him. I think maybe if if I just
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  Speaker 4: think that the two sides that are pretty far apart,
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  Speaker 4: the Rams might be looking more towards what the Bengals
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  Speaker 4: gave Logan Wilson, which is around kind of the ten
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  Speaker 4: million dollar range, and Ernest Jones is probably looking more
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  Speaker 4: at THO. So double fats. Yeah, yeah, I mean, but
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  Speaker 4: at the same time, like it's one of those things that,
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  Speaker 4: like the Rams are obviously a team that are looking
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  Speaker 4: to compete a little compete a little bit this year,
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  Speaker 4: and I coming off of that playoff run last last season,
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  Speaker 4: and Ernest Shones helps you take that next take the
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  Speaker 4: next step this year. I mean earth Shones is going
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  Speaker 4: to help you more than twenty twenty five or twenty
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  Speaker 4: twenty six fourth round pick. So yeah, that definitely that
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  Speaker 4: definitely surprising, and it'll be interesting to kind of see
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  Speaker 4: how it shakes out.
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  Speaker 1: Again, folks.
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  Speaker 2: Talking to Blaine Greasac from Turf Showtimes dot Com. Doing
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  Speaker 2: great work over there covering the Los Angeles Rams, But
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  Speaker 2: there's some other storylines we wanted to get into with
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  Speaker 2: you blame and I guess getting back to the quarterback
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  Speaker 2: position as we're looking towards this coming NFL season, I'm
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  Speaker 2: really interested in seeing believe it or not, what Deshaun
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  Speaker 2: Watson does or doesn't do for the Browns offense this season.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, that trade with the Texans some time ago
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  Speaker 2: likely may actually end up going down as one of
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  Speaker 2: the worst trades of all times, considering how much of
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  Speaker 2: a disaster Deshaun Watson has been since returning to his
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  Speaker 2: on field play, his injuries. Just to you know, it
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  Speaker 2: seems to be really cashing in, which you know, you
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  Speaker 2: want players to make money, of course, but hasn't really
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  Speaker 2: done much for the Browns and for the offense in general.
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  Speaker 2: There I'm wondering if we do see a different DeShawn
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  Speaker 2: Watson this year, going back to that mantra of legacy
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  Speaker 2: and what legacy he may leave for himself in the
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  Speaker 2: NFL again, do we see a different Deshaun Watson this year?
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  Speaker 2: What are your thoughts on this?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, Like you said that, that's looking like probably one
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  Speaker 4: of the worst trades in NFL history right now, isn't it. Yeah,
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  Speaker 4: And it's just kind of going back to what the
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  Speaker 4: what the Browns kind of did at the quarterback position
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  Speaker 4: this this past offseason, you know, they they you know,
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  Speaker 4: after Watch went down last year obviously, Joe Vlacka comes
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  Speaker 4: in and goes on that goes on that magical run,
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  Speaker 4: and they decide not to bring him back obviously, I
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  Speaker 4: think just to avoid a quarterback controversy had head into
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  Speaker 4: this year, or or or in the case that Watson
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  Speaker 4: were to play poorly to start to start the year.
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  Speaker 3: But yeah, I I I.
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  Speaker 4: Think as much as Browns fans would, I would want
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  Speaker 4: Watson to play well. I mean you look at kind
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  Speaker 4: of just just NFL franchises and and teams that have
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  Speaker 4: had some of the worst absolute luck at the quarterback positions.
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  Speaker 4: The Browns are right right right right up there with
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  Speaker 4: with the Chicago with the Chicago Bears, and at least
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  Speaker 4: at least the Chicago Bears have have Caleb william Caleb
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  Speaker 4: Caleb Williams this year. But yeah, uh yeah, I don't
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  Speaker 4: see different different Deshaun Watson. Think we have seen flashes,
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  Speaker 4: we just haven't seen the consistency. And then you kind
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  Speaker 4: of look at kind of the shoulder injuries that he's
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  Speaker 4: dealt with over the last year, and it's tough to
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  Speaker 4: kind of see until I see it on a consistent basis,
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  Speaker 4: It's tough to kind of see see can get back
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  Speaker 4: to what he was with the Houston Texans.
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  Speaker 3: Now that's what three or four years ago.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's amazing three or four years ago, and he's
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  Speaker 2: really solidifying his legacy as somebody who can't stay on
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  Speaker 2: the field. And again, that trade is probably gonna go
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  Speaker 2: down as one of the worst of all times. Brown's gambled,
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  Speaker 2: and boy they gambled a lot away for sure. But
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  Speaker 2: as we're moving along with the storylines here this season,
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  Speaker 2: Blaine the I want to get your thoughts on the
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  Speaker 2: new dynamic the NFL dynamic kickoff here, because it really
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  Speaker 2: does have fans divided. Some like it, some hate it.
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  Speaker 2: But the fact of the matter is that last year
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  Speaker 2: we saw an all time low in terms of kickoff
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  Speaker 2: returns only twenty two percent. The NFL and some other
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  Speaker 2: folks had some ideas in mind as to make the
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  Speaker 2: kickoff you know, quote more relevant this season and in
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  Speaker 2: future seasons, and again came up with the dynamic kickoff.
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  Speaker 2: What are your thoughts on this new kickoff change that
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  Speaker 2: we've seen thus far during the preseason.
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  Speaker 1: Do you like it? Do you not like it? How
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  Speaker 1: it affects the game? What are your thoughts here?
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  Speaker 4: I love the idea of it, I'm interested to see
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  Speaker 4: see kind of how it how it uh plays during
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  Speaker 4: during the regular season. I think teams kind of kept
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  Speaker 4: the blockingest games as such, pretty vanilla throughout, throughout, throughout
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  Speaker 4: the throughout the preseason. So I'm interested to see what
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  Speaker 4: looks like in the regular season. But i guess, like
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  Speaker 4: like like you were saying, last year, only twenty two
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  Speaker 4: percent of kickoffs were returned, and the kickoff is it's
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  Speaker 4: it's one of the more exciting it can be one
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  Speaker 4: of the more exciting plays in I think kind of
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  Speaker 4: kind of growing up watching the game, I think it
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  Speaker 4: was was it D'Angelo Hall or it was, Yeah, there
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  Speaker 4: were there, there was some some guy on the Chiefs
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  Speaker 4: that was just absolutely unbelievable returning Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 4: the Angela yeah he so yeah, he was exciting than
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  Speaker 4: the obviously had Devin Hester with with with with the Bears.
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  Speaker 4: It was just they made these they made careers off
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  Speaker 4: of the off of this play. So I'm really interested
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  Speaker 4: to see how it plays out and if we kind
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  Speaker 4: of and if we do see more kickoff returns for
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  Speaker 4: touchdowns that change the change the change games.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, I like the new dynamic kickoff rule because over time.
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  Speaker 2: As we know, Blaine, the game has changed. Bigger, faster,
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  Speaker 2: stronger guys running down a field absolutely annihilating guys on
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  Speaker 2: the other team. We now have concussion issues that have
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  Speaker 2: been ongoing for years, CTE. Guys who really suffer from
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  Speaker 2: head trauma in future years. And you know, it's part
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  Speaker 2: of the game. It's part of the game how it's evolved.
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  Speaker 2: But if we're still able to keep the kickoff relevant
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  Speaker 2: with the dynamic kickoff, I'm all for it for sure.
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  Speaker 1: I'm all for it.
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  Speaker 2: So uh, next subject I wanted to get into with
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  Speaker 2: you really is about like interesting type of divisions and
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  Speaker 2: fascinating ones quite frankly, because there are more than a
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  Speaker 2: few divisions that are going to be really interesting to
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  Speaker 2: see how things manifest, like, for one, the NFC Nower.
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  Speaker 2: For me, it's going to be fascinating to watch the
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  Speaker 2: Lions try to stay on top with the Packers and
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  Speaker 2: the Bears closing in on them, And will the forty
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  Speaker 2: nine ers still be the top dogs in the NFC West.
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  Speaker 2: I think they could potentially be challenged by some other
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  Speaker 2: teams in that division. I'm looking forward to seeing what
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  Speaker 2: the AFC South actually brings to the equation too. Looking
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  Speaker 2: forward to seeing if Anthony Richardson can get the Colts
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  Speaker 2: possibly to a wild card spot in the playoffs, and
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  Speaker 2: if the Texans we're gonna end up dominating in that
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  Speaker 2: division with the talent that they have on their roster.
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  Speaker 2: Oh and can Trevor Lawrence actually get the Jaguars to
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  Speaker 2: another level. A lot of great divisional based storylines here
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  Speaker 2: as you look at the NFL landscape here, Blaine, which
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  Speaker 2: division intrigues you most as we're heading into this season.
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  Speaker 1: And why.
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  Speaker 4: I think I'm looking at the AFC East. I think
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  Speaker 4: that that could be a very interesting interesting division. You
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  Speaker 4: look at Obviously the Buffalo Bills there are they're they're
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  Speaker 4: coming off as kind of the defect defending chance of
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  Speaker 4: that of of that division, kind of stealing it late
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  Speaker 4: from the Miami Dolphins, and obviously too much Josh Allen
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  Speaker 4: is always is always going to compete, but they but
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  Speaker 4: they lose to Von Diggs, and then you have the
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  Speaker 4: Dolphins with with with with with with with Tua and
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  Speaker 4: then and that offense is is really exciting and hopefully
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  Speaker 4: and and they'll be hoping to kind of get better
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  Speaker 4: on the on the defensive side of the ball, and uh,
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  Speaker 4: I think that the Bills and the Dolphins are kind
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  Speaker 4: of the two teams there. But then you look at
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  Speaker 4: the New York Jets. They get Aaron Rodgers, they get
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  Speaker 4: Aaron Rodgers back this year, that defense that they're really good,
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  Speaker 4: and he gave everybody saying, you know, this team is
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  Speaker 4: just this.
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  Speaker 3: This team is a quarterback away. This team is a
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  Speaker 3: quarterback away.
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  Speaker 4: They just need average quarterback play because because of how
• 15:37
  Speaker 4: good this defense is.
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  Speaker 3: So the well, we'll see what Aaron.
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  Speaker 4: Rodgers can do coming off coming off with that Achilles
• 15:44
  Speaker 4: and see just you know, even if he's not not
• 15:46
  Speaker 4: at that m v P level, he he's gotta be
• 15:49
  Speaker 4: better than what what what what Zach Wilson and trevorson
• 15:51
  Speaker 4: and and all all those guys brought them last year.
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  Speaker 3: So we'll see how that helps that defense.
• 15:55
  Speaker 4: And then the Patriots I don't think are really are
• 15:58
  Speaker 4: really going to be going to compete in that division
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  Speaker 4: at all, but uh, I do think they are better
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  Speaker 4: than than than than what people think they think they are.
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  Speaker 4: I think that I think I think that defense has
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  Speaker 4: potential to maybe steal a game from like the Dolphins
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  Speaker 4: of the bild or something, and and and and and
• 16:13
  Speaker 4: and and and impact that division a little bit. And
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  Speaker 4: then just because I enjoy the absolute chaos of things,
• 16:18
  Speaker 4: I am looking at the NFC South with the with
• 16:21
  Speaker 4: the Falcon, Saints, Bucks and and yeah, I and and
• 16:25
  Speaker 4: and and and and the Panthers.
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  Speaker 3: Which team actually wants to win this division?
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  Speaker 4: Because I have a feeling it's it's it's gonna be
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  Speaker 4: h maybe a seven to ten or eight nine team
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  Speaker 4: that comes out.
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  Speaker 2: Of Oh gosh, we've seen that before in the past,
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  Speaker 2: with divisions that are just absolutely terrible, and it doesn't
• 16:41
  Speaker 2: seem like any of those teams within that division really
• 16:44
  Speaker 2: help themselves out a ton within the offseason. It really
• 16:48
  Speaker 2: is quite remarkable to uh watch watch a division like that.
• 16:52
  Speaker 2: And what's gonna happen with regard to the New York Jets,
• 16:55
  Speaker 2: I I honestly believe, and we're I'm gonna be doing
• 16:57
  Speaker 2: some predictions on this podcast plaid for him in the
• 17:00
  Speaker 2: coming weeks here within the next week, and I think
• 17:04
  Speaker 2: the Jets are likely to be a wildcard team, if
• 17:06
  Speaker 2: not actually win the AFC East quite frankly, because they
• 17:11
  Speaker 2: have a very good defense, and I don't know, I
• 17:15
  Speaker 2: think the Bills are probably gonna take a step back
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: losing a lot of offensive based players that's gonna be
• 17:20
  Speaker 2: able to help Josh Allen up. Then again, it's Josh
• 17:22
  Speaker 2: Allen and we know he can get the ball down
• 17:24
  Speaker 2: the field. So it's gonna be fascinating to watch for sure.
• 17:27
  Speaker 2: And before I let you leave, buddy, there's a lot
• 17:30
  Speaker 2: of media based questions that we're gonna get some answers
• 17:34
  Speaker 2: to sooner rather than later, as the NFL continues to
• 17:37
  Speaker 2: expand its brand basically all over the world. I mean,
• 17:41
  Speaker 2: now we're gonna be watching NFL Christmas games on Netflix.
• 17:44
  Speaker 2: We're gonna Bill Belicheck. He's gonna be broadcasting NFL games,
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: which I think is quite ironic considering how much of
• 17:51
  Speaker 2: a grump he was with the media as a head coach.
• 17:54
  Speaker 2: We're gonna have Tom Brady broadcasting. Jason Kelsey has replaced
• 17:57
  Speaker 2: Robert Griffin third on Monday Night count Down. I'm wondering,
• 18:01
  Speaker 2: do you like all of these upcoming programming changes to
• 18:05
  Speaker 2: the NFL And are there any that you're really looking
• 18:08
  Speaker 2: forward to or ones that are gonna kind of annoy you?
• 18:10
  Speaker 2: What are your thoughts here?
• 18:12
  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's with all the with all that stuff, on streaming.
• 18:16
  Speaker 4: I guess I'm gonna lok conflicted about it just because
• 18:18
  Speaker 4: like just with with with with with with the costs
• 18:21
  Speaker 4: and everything, and I think at some point you start
• 18:23
  Speaker 4: to price out the average fan and and that's that's
• 18:28
  Speaker 4: that's never a good thing, I think. But yeah, I
• 18:31
  Speaker 4: know that's de somethingly gonna be interesting to see an
• 18:33
  Speaker 4: NFL game on an NFL game on Netflix, and yeah,
• 18:37
  Speaker 4: I so yeah, I'm I'm conflicted on all on all
• 18:40
  Speaker 4: the streaming services. Bill Belichick, I think we've seen him
• 18:42
  Speaker 4: in the we've seen him in the media of the
• 18:44
  Speaker 4: last kind of six months or so.
• 18:47
  Speaker 2: Now.
• 18:47
  Speaker 4: I think I think he did a show with with
• 18:50
  Speaker 4: Pat Macfeeder in the Draft and he was awesome during that.
• 18:52
  Speaker 4: It's like, where where was this personality for the past
• 18:54
  Speaker 4: twenty years in New England?
• 18:55
  Speaker 1: Right?
• 18:57
  Speaker 4: And then I with with with with with Tom Brady.
• 19:00
  Speaker 4: It's one of those things where like I get why
• 19:02
  Speaker 4: they have to put him in the number one slot,
• 19:03
  Speaker 4: but at the same time, like greg Olsen did absolutely
• 19:06
  Speaker 4: nothing to to lose his loss spot as the number
• 19:08
  Speaker 4: one as in the in the as the number one
• 19:11
  Speaker 4: with in the Fox scred I think greg Olsen was
• 19:13
  Speaker 4: probably one of the.
• 19:14
  Speaker 3: Better, better, better play analysts. Yeah, in in in in
• 19:19
  Speaker 3: the league, and.
• 19:20
  Speaker 4: So yeah, I'll be Tom Brady will have some big
• 19:23
  Speaker 4: shoes of filling him and I'll be interested to see
• 19:25
  Speaker 4: how he does.
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: Uh.
• 19:26
  Speaker 4: And then I think, you know, we've seen we've seen
• 19:28
  Speaker 4: Jason Kelcey and Travis Kelsey do their do their podcast
• 19:31
  Speaker 4: and they're an awesome personality. So getting Jason, getting Jason
• 19:34
  Speaker 4: Kelsey and bringing that energy to to Monday Night count
• 19:36
  Speaker 4: Countdown should be a lot of fun.
• 19:38
  Speaker 2: Well, I got to tell you, folks, it was great
• 19:40
  Speaker 2: having him on for the first time. Blaine Gresack again
• 19:42
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• 19:53
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• 19:54
  Speaker 1: Blame buddy.
• 19:54
  Speaker 2: It was great talking to you, great having you on
• 19:57
  Speaker 2: the show. I'd love to talk more RAMS with you
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: in the future, some more NFL storylines as well. Come
• 20:01
  Speaker 2: back and join us down the road, my friend.
• 20:04
  Speaker 3: For sure.
• 20:04
  Speaker 4: You know if I appreciate me on and yeah, let's
• 20:06
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• 20:08
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