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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Insiders. Happy Friday. IM Steve White from
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Speaker 1: our Inglewood, California newsroom, and man, do we have a
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Speaker 1: show for you today.
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Speaker 2: In just a few minutes, we're.
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Speaker 1: Going to be joined by the NBA Hall of Famer
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Speaker 1: Charles Barkley, and we're going to cover a whole lot
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Speaker 1: of ground with the Sir. Also, Utah head football coach
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Speaker 1: Kyle Whittingham is going to stop through and talk about
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Speaker 1: his team's transition to the Big twelve. And we're also
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Speaker 1: going to be talking AFC East with our own Adam Rank.
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Speaker 1: But coming today live new coming up. Here's what's new today.
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Speaker 1: We are fifty five days away before the Ravens and
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Speaker 1: the Chiefs kicked off the regular season. And to make
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Speaker 1: it even more glossy, the Ravens rookies are reporting to
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Speaker 1: training camp Saturday, the first players to do so. If
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Speaker 1: you're trying to see the Ravens, it might be a
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Speaker 1: little late because all.
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Speaker 2: Training camp tickets have been claimed.
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Speaker 1: As the team announced, they're on social media and it's
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Speaker 1: Christmas in July and Kansas City as the Chiefs have
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Speaker 1: announced new cast members for upcoming movie with Hallmark and
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Speaker 1: you're seeing coach Andy Reid there and if you're asking
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Speaker 1: the connection, Hallmark is headquartered in Kansas City. So for
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Speaker 1: more of the Chiefs, let's bring in our Omar Ruiz
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Speaker 1: and O time. What more can you tell us about
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Speaker 1: the goings on with the Chiefs.
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Speaker 3: Hey, they're having fun, they're enjoying the recipients of back
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Speaker 3: to back Super Bowl wins. They're going to shoot holiday
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Speaker 3: touchdown a Chiefs love story on Monday, and then.
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Speaker 2: Of course the rookies will report the.
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Speaker 3: Training camp on Tuesday, so they're getting ready to dial
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Speaker 3: it back up, finish that fun and hearing from players
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Speaker 3: of the Chiefs. During the offseason, they had their ring ceremony.
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Speaker 3: Of course they went to the White House and really
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Speaker 3: savoring all that.
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Speaker 2: But once training camp.
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Speaker 3: Begins, then the focus will be on football and Andy
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Speaker 3: Reid's mentality, Steve you've heard him over the years, is
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Speaker 3: just focus on what they can in front of them.
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Speaker 3: So going forward, talking to people in that building, it
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Speaker 3: is to focus on training camp and to get that
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Speaker 3: through competitively and healthy. And then of course when training
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Speaker 3: camp is done, then they'll focus on the Ravens in
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Speaker 3: week one, and one thing that they learned from last
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Speaker 3: year's experience once they had that maturity to say, Okay,
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Speaker 3: maybe we're not going to be that explosive forty point
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Speaker 3: offense that we've been in years past, to focus on
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Speaker 3: how they're going to win week to week. And of
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Speaker 3: course Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelcey will still have their magic.
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Speaker 3: And speaking of Kelsey, ass offensive coordinator Matt Naggy, of
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Speaker 3: course Kelsey's the one that said, hey, put it on me,
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Speaker 3: give me all that work, run the wheels off. But
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Speaker 3: they are conscientious of him. They want to make sure
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Speaker 3: that they pace him by factoring in other tight ends,
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Speaker 3: younger players. But Travis Kelsey has shown up. When they
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Speaker 3: did their conditioning drill right before they let out with
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Speaker 3: mini camp, he was there finishing in the top of
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Speaker 3: the team.
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Speaker 2: Like he always does. So they're ready for training camp.
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Speaker 3: All the fun put behind them there and the back
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Speaker 3: to back to back pursuit really begins.
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Speaker 4: But they're not talking about that in the building.
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Speaker 1: Steve, Oh yeah, sure, they're not omar for the Chiefs,
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Speaker 1: they always one of the toughest training camps. They'll be
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Speaker 1: there in Saint Joseph, Missouri to get that going. Omar,
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Speaker 1: thank you so much. And in other news, with the
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Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and his wife Brittany
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Speaker 1: announced that they are expecting their third child. To congrats
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Speaker 1: to the Mahomes on baby number three. Well, the Chiefs
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Speaker 1: have ruled the AFC West, but now it's the AFC
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Speaker 1: East and shoeing with the training camp reporting dates and
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Speaker 1: can anyone knock off the Bills? It's time we bring
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Speaker 1: in our Adam Rank to have full discussion on the
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Speaker 1: state of each franchise and Adam AFC East. So where
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Speaker 1: else do we have to start? The Jets?
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Speaker 5: Of course, listen, let me tell you something, Steve. You've
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Speaker 5: known me for a long time, and I'm shocked that
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Speaker 5: I have to be the voice of reason to tell
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Speaker 5: people to stop making fun of Aaron Rodgers, like leave
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Speaker 5: them alone, because we should be talking more about this
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Speaker 5: Jets team as a whole. Because when I look at
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Speaker 5: this roster from top to bottom right there, I believe
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Speaker 5: this Jets have the most complete roster in the NFL.
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Speaker 5: The defense, studley, the offensive line, which was a problem.
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Speaker 5: They addressed it going into free agency, getting two studs
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Speaker 5: who've done it in this league. And they went out
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Speaker 5: there and used their first round pick on Ola Fashanu,
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Speaker 5: who is one of the top rated linemen coming into
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Speaker 5: the draft. So I think this Jets team doesn't have
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Speaker 5: a lot of issues outside of can they get it done?
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Speaker 5: Can Aaron Rodgers stay healthy? And listen, there's nobody who
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Speaker 5: would love to make fun of him taking summer vacations
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Speaker 5: and all that stuff more than me. You know this,
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Speaker 5: But you know what, once he gets out there starts
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Speaker 5: throwing the rock, nobody cares. Like if it's Zach Wilson,
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Speaker 5: and Zach Wilson was taking vacations last year, like that
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Speaker 5: makes sense.
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Speaker 2: It's Aaron Rodgers.
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Speaker 5: Once he completes a couple of passes, nobody's going to
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Speaker 5: care where he spent his summer one thousand percent.
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Speaker 1: I mean, people forget that this is one of the
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Speaker 1: greatest players that we have seen in our lifetimes.
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Speaker 2: I've not seen how you've gone too far? Now you got.
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Speaker 1: I want anyone to save the tape. Save the tape
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Speaker 1: where he says this is the most complete roster. There's
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Speaker 1: no issues here because frankly, in this division, when I
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Speaker 1: look at talent on the rosters, Yeah, the Miami Dolphins
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Speaker 1: and some of the changes they've made. Adam I mean,
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Speaker 1: the Dolphins look real now. They haven't done much in
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Speaker 1: the playoffs, but Mike McDaniels still in charge, you think
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Speaker 1: she could.
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Speaker 2: Lead them the way.
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Speaker 5: That's the big thing for the Miami Dolphins. From two
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Speaker 5: thousand and two until Mike McDaniel took over the head
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Speaker 5: of this franchise, the Dolphins had two playoffs first during
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Speaker 5: that time. He comes in two playoff firsts and two
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Speaker 5: seasons and that's great, and you're like, Okay, this is perfect.
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Speaker 5: We got we got the Dolphins back. The NFL is
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Speaker 5: better when the Dolphins are a good football team. But
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Speaker 5: now it's about taking that next step, and I think
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Speaker 5: the Dolphins have really moved forward in that direction. Obviously,
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Speaker 5: losing Christian Wilkins is going to be a huge blow,
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Speaker 5: but when you lose out on a player like that,
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Speaker 5: the key is going out and replacing them. And they
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Speaker 5: signed what like thirty defensive tackles. They made a change
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Speaker 5: at defensive they made a change at defensive coordinator.
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Speaker 2: I think they're good.
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Speaker 5: And they bring in Odell Beck, which I know, listen,
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Speaker 5: he's been around a long time, but it reminds me
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Speaker 5: of when Hulk Hogan glam Dam to Scott Hall and
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Speaker 5: Kevin Nash and he's like, all right, I'll ride the
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Speaker 5: wave here. I don't know if Tyreek Kill is Scott
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Speaker 5: Hall or Kevin Nash, but joining that trio, that is
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Speaker 5: a good roster. And especially with Tua Tungua Maloa, who
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Speaker 5: himself has to go out and prove that he is
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Speaker 5: going to be getting He's out there looking to be
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Speaker 5: that next quarterback to get paid.
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Speaker 2: And the way you do that take your team on
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Speaker 2: a deep playoff run.
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Speaker 1: Well, they need a deep playoff run because again, like
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Speaker 1: I said, that roster is loaded.
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Speaker 2: So the Buffalo Bills have been on deep playoff runs.
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Speaker 1: Man, they have really retooled their roster, losing a lot
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Speaker 1: of talent on defense. How big of a year is
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Speaker 1: this for Josh Allen and as head coach?
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Speaker 5: I think it's a bigger year for Sean McDermott. And
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Speaker 5: again going back to before he took over, seventeen straight
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Speaker 5: seasons without a playoff berth. Sean takes over, they go
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Speaker 5: into playoffs what five out of their last six, which
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Speaker 5: is great, But Sean mcdo as I look at it,
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Speaker 5: it's so polarizing because he's either going to get this
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Speaker 5: team to the super Bowl or he's going to be
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Speaker 5: the first coach fired, Like all the scapegoats are gone.
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Speaker 5: You fired a defensive coordinator, you fired your offensive coordinator.
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Speaker 2: Stefan Diggs is gone. It is now your show.
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Speaker 5: There is nobody left to blame, and really it's up
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Speaker 5: to Josh Allen, and Josh Allen give him credit.
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Speaker 2: Like he his playoff losses.
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Speaker 5: Three of them have come to Patrick Mahomes, one of
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Speaker 5: them has come to Joe Burrow. And so I feel,
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Speaker 5: and he plays well in the playoffs, like he's got
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Speaker 5: a twenty one to four touchdown to interception ratio in
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Speaker 5: the playoffs. Like we think of the turnovers, like people ask,
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Speaker 5: like the turnovers killing him when it comes to the playoffs.
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Speaker 2: He has money.
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Speaker 5: He has got a one point one interception ratio percentage,
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Speaker 5: which is way down from the regular season. They just
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Speaker 5: got to put it together in the playoffs. They need
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Speaker 5: to make a deep run, a deep run. And I
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Speaker 5: think anything less than a super Bowl because that window
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Speaker 5: is going to be closing soon. Anything lesson a super
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Speaker 5: Bowl would feel like a disappointment. But it's a tough
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Speaker 5: go for Sean McDermott.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it again, a tough go some of
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Speaker 2: the changes they've just made.
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Speaker 1: But I really like the point you said where the
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Speaker 1: scapegoats are gone.
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Speaker 2: This is on the head coach. A really good stuff here.
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Speaker 1: And of course the New England Patriots, they're not what
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Speaker 1: they were or are they when the were?
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Speaker 5: Is the past two seasons. Listen, the Celtics just won
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Speaker 5: the NBA title. Can you guys just be happy with that?
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Speaker 5: You had seven? What six super Bowls? You have the Patriots?
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Speaker 5: The Celtics won a time. You're fine, don't worry about it.
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Speaker 5: You're probably not gonna want to watch a lot of
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Speaker 5: football this season. I feel like this is now a
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Speaker 5: team that you were looking for moral victories, like can
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Speaker 5: they can they go out there and upset some teams?
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Speaker 5: Which is a stark a difference from where it was
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Speaker 5: ten years ago. But it's weird too because usually when
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Speaker 5: you have a succession where you're going to a Bill
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Speaker 5: Belichick protege, typically when that happens, the team is still
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Speaker 5: sort of on the upswing. About when Bill Walsh left
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Speaker 5: San Francisco, George Seaford came in and he led them
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Speaker 5: to at least what was it won Super Bowl?
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Speaker 2: I think it was, Yeah, they won.
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Speaker 5: An eighty nine, So you're like, okay, Like it's still
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Speaker 5: a successful team. The Patriots are the lowest they've been
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Speaker 5: and they still are going for the secession, which is fine.
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Speaker 5: I might have I might have chosen to blow it up.
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Speaker 5: I even questioned going after Drake May because I think
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Speaker 5: this team is so far away. I would have gone
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Speaker 5: with Marvin Harrison Junior. Worried about the quarterback later. But listen,
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Speaker 5: they're gonna give this young man an opportunity to go
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Speaker 5: out there and prove himself.
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Speaker 2: They brought in, you know, some veteran wide receivers.
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Speaker 5: We got ramondre Stevenson, which for fantasy purposes, I think
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Speaker 5: is going to be pretty good. But ultimately I don't
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Speaker 5: expect a lot of out of this Patriots team.
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Speaker 2: And it's weird. It's weird feeling that way.
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Speaker 5: There's there's there's gen z kids running around not knowing
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Speaker 5: what to do because the Patriots aren't good.
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Speaker 2: Think about that. That's great.
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Speaker 1: There's a whole generation who've known nothing but success with
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Speaker 1: the Patriots, like all these.
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Speaker 5: Front runners, Steve, think about this. There's so many kids
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Speaker 5: out there whose favorite teams are the Warriors, the Warriors
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Speaker 5: and the Patriots, and now they don't know what to do, like, oh,
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Speaker 5: you might have to start rooting for the team in
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Speaker 5: your hometown.
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Speaker 1: Or they might have to, like, oh, read a book,
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Speaker 1: or they can go to NFL dot com slash s
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Speaker 1: TF and read.
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Speaker 2: Adam Rank and more.
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Speaker 1: State of the Franchise piece is well done, my brother,
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Speaker 1: Thank you so much.
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Speaker 2: Seem great seeing you and be a Hall of Famer.
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Speaker 1: Charles Barkley always has a lot to say, and after
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Speaker 1: the break he's gonna talk some football and a whole
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Speaker 1: lot of other stuff. Next on the Insiders. All right,
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Speaker 1: welcome back to the Insiders. You're looking at NBA Hall
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Speaker 1: of Famer Charles Barkley at the American Century Celebrity Golf
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Speaker 1: Championship up in Lake Tahoe, going engaging with some fans
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Speaker 1: right there. Charles is a regular at this fantastic tournament.
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Speaker 1: And now I am joined by our own Ian Rappaport
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Speaker 1: and that man Charles Barkley and Turles. You know, I've
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Speaker 1: got a little birdie in my ear telling me that
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Speaker 1: you played your best round up there at Lake Tahoe
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Speaker 1: at Edgewood than you have in the more than a decade,
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Speaker 1: even playing in this tournament.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I play. I've been playing very well. You know.
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Speaker 6: Today was a great day. I played with Larry the
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Speaker 6: cable guy and DeMarcus where they find to play with.
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Speaker 6: But you know, I've been working hard. Shout out to
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Speaker 6: my coach Stan Utley. Man, I've been working hard.
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Speaker 2: Man.
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Speaker 4: I love the game.
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Speaker 6: Not a lot old people can do other than golf
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Speaker 6: and fish, so I got I'm pretty good at fishing,
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Speaker 6: so I got to get better at golf.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, let me know how that goes. One of these days.
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Speaker 7: I play a lot and I'm just not getting better.
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Speaker 7: So I had this argument with my friends a lot. Okay,
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Speaker 7: you have been in some big time games. You are
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Speaker 7: on live TV all the time. You deal with pressure
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Speaker 7: extremely well. Where does the pressure of lining updated t
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Speaker 7: shot with the gallery all the way down the tea box? Like,
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Speaker 7: where does that pressure rank as far as all time pressures?
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Speaker 7: Just trying not to hit someone in the head.
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Speaker 6: Oh, you know, I used to feel pressure, but well,
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Speaker 6: after you hit the first couple of people in the head,
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Speaker 6: it's no big deal. You get that out the way.
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Speaker 6: I got that out the way a long time ago.
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Speaker 6: And let me tell you something. They deserve to get
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Speaker 6: hit if you're not paying attention on the golf course.
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Speaker 6: You deserve to get hit. What the hell are you
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Speaker 6: looking for? Why are you looking around when people on
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Speaker 6: the golf course and they getting ready to hit golf shots.
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Speaker 6: You should be paying attention. So I don't feel any
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Speaker 6: simply for that when I clock them.
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Speaker 2: No, no screaming for anything like that.
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Speaker 1: Okay, Charles, since we are exactly I mean we were
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Speaker 1: almost exactly a year to the date. We're gonna play
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Speaker 1: you something that you said on this network last year,
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Speaker 1: and I cannot wait to hear your reaction.
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Speaker 2: Roll the tape, New.
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Speaker 6: England pages are going to make the playoffs.
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Speaker 4: Get rum yo.
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Speaker 1: The Patriots guaranteed that you missed by a mile.
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Speaker 2: Charles.
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Speaker 6: Hey, you know, you know, Coach Belichick is a good
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Speaker 6: friend of mine, and I love that guy, and I
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Speaker 6: hate the way his tenure ended with the Patriots.
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Speaker 4: I thought they were going.
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Speaker 6: To be better, but you know, they regressed, and I
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Speaker 6: think the stress of obviously Tom leaving and the young
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Speaker 6: quarterback and so I think the stress just they just
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Speaker 6: didn't they didn't get it done.
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Speaker 4: But you know what, I'm Coach Belichick gonna chill out
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Speaker 4: this year.
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Speaker 6: I was surprised he didn't get another opportunity. He's the
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Speaker 6: greatest coach ever. It's going to be curious if he
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Speaker 6: comes back and coach again. That to me is going
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Speaker 6: to be a really interesting question because I think now
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Speaker 6: he realized there's way more than life than football.
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Speaker 7: Yeah, definitely should have gotten the job last year, no
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Speaker 7: doubt about it. Least as far as I'm concerned. You
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Speaker 7: have excelled in your host a basketball career. I think
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Speaker 7: that's safe to say. You're good friends with Bill Belichick.
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Speaker 7: He has just joined inside the NFL, among other media
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Speaker 7: opportunities for him. What advice would you have for Bill
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Speaker 7: Belichick just to excel in the world we are in
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Speaker 7: right now.
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Speaker 6: Well, he's a football genius, so he's a lot fun
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Speaker 6: of you in person when he's dealing with the media.
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Speaker 6: I think if he uses genius and has fun with it,
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Speaker 6: because people don't really want just X and os, because
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Speaker 6: you got two different people you're talking to. When you're
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Speaker 6: doing on television, you're talking to the hardcore fans, and
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Speaker 6: then you talk to people who got to sit with
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Speaker 6: their wife or their girlfriends, who have no nothing, or
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Speaker 6: their kids.
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Speaker 4: You're trying to entertain them.
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Speaker 6: People who love football or basketball, they're very easy. One
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Speaker 6: of the reason Abashew is excelled. People who watch basketball
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Speaker 6: gonna love it. But we're all from seven o'clock to
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Speaker 6: two in the morning. No, probably want to watch basketball
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Speaker 6: from seven to two in the morning, me included. You
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Speaker 6: want to make sure the fans, the regular Layman's fans,
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Speaker 6: they're enjoined, like I say, the regular football fan.
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Speaker 4: They're gonna watch what at regardless.
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Speaker 6: But if you want the wise guys, girlfriends and now,
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Speaker 6: you break and bring your kids in once they get
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Speaker 6: old enough. As long as he lets his personality show,
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Speaker 6: he's gonna be great. And I think the same thing
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Speaker 6: with Tom Brady. I do they let that personality show
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Speaker 6: and their genius, they're both gonna be really successful.
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Speaker 1: And I think that's what so many of us are
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Speaker 1: waiting to see. Let's see that personality. We've seen a
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Speaker 1: lot more of it out of Brady than Belichick, but
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Speaker 1: I think a lot of us are eager to see him.
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Speaker 1: Let let me ask you this, Charles. You deal with
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Speaker 1: load management in the NBA. You know, players taking nights
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Speaker 1: off just so they can make it through the full
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Speaker 1: eighty two. Now the NFL is talking about expanding from
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Speaker 1: seventeen to eighteen games. If they go to eighteen, do
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Speaker 1: we think that load management vernacular is.
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Speaker 2: Going to start to enter the conversation.
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Speaker 6: Well, you know, I told you all guys, last time,
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Speaker 6: I played football for one day and I realized it
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Speaker 6: wasn't for me. So a football is a grown man's sport.
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Speaker 6: You have to be tough, you know, the only way
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Speaker 6: I can't consider. And I've been hearing the chatter about
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Speaker 6: the eighteen they're gonna have to have at least two
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Speaker 6: bye weeks. They're gonna have at least two bye weeks,
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Speaker 6: and they can't be think about this.
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Speaker 4: It's two things.
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Speaker 6: They got to have at least two by weeks, and
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Speaker 6: they cannot be playing those games on Thursday nights. That's
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Speaker 6: just too hard on those guys' bodies. But you know,
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Speaker 6: it's always a slippery slope because us as jocks, we
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Speaker 6: want to make the most money if possible. But I
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Speaker 6: hate loads management. It's not fair to the fans, it's
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Speaker 6: not fair to the game. You know, guys before me,
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Speaker 6: not even myself, these guys didn't make any money. They
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Speaker 6: didn't fly first class. These guys today they make forty
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Speaker 6: fifty sixty million dollars.
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Speaker 4: God bless them, God bless them. I hey on them.
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Speaker 6: But to play basketball four days a week, man, we
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Speaker 6: got the best jobs in the world.
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Speaker 4: If you look at all the professional.
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Speaker 6: Sports, we have the best jobs by far, because we
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Speaker 6: know what football is going to do to your body.
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Speaker 6: Baseball you stand out there at the sun for three
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Speaker 6: or four hours a day, one hundred and sixty two
17:31
Speaker 6: games a year.
17:32
Speaker 4: I said, we didn't.
17:33
Speaker 6: Got the best job in the world. To play basketball
17:35
Speaker 6: four days a week. It's the easiest job in the world.
17:38
Speaker 6: And I get so disgusted when these guys practice loads management.
17:46
Speaker 2: So do you think, y'all? So it's real quick, Chob's
17:49
Speaker 2: with that.
17:49
Speaker 1: We've heard this conversation was fun during the year NBA
17:52
Speaker 1: players playing in the NFL or NFL players playing in
17:55
Speaker 1: the NBA. Do you think there's some NFL guys that
17:58
Speaker 1: can play in the NBA. We've seen high lights of
18:00
Speaker 1: guys like DK Metcalf and TJ Stroud. The Bills quarterback
18:04
Speaker 1: Josh Allen said he can give a couple of good
18:05
Speaker 1: minutes too.
18:08
Speaker 4: First of all, both teams are lying.
18:12
Speaker 6: NFL players cannot play in the NBA, and the NBA
18:15
Speaker 6: players can't play in the NFL. You know, I found
18:18
Speaker 6: something interesting when they was talking about these NBA players
18:23
Speaker 6: playing in the NFL. You notice they only showed their
18:26
Speaker 6: damn highlights them high school. Right, they were show when
18:30
Speaker 6: they were bigger and stronger.
18:32
Speaker 4: Hey, when they were bigger and stronger than everybody in
18:35
Speaker 4: high school. They didn't showed.
18:38
Speaker 6: All those players talk about they were great in high school.
18:40
Speaker 6: They didn't even play in college when the guys are
18:42
Speaker 6: big and strong. So both parties aligned. NFL players cannot
18:47
Speaker 6: play in the NBA, an NBA players cannot play in
18:50
Speaker 6: the NFL.
18:53
Speaker 7: To Charles, last thing for me, You've been very upfront
18:56
Speaker 7: and honest about your decision after your run at TNT
18:59
Speaker 7: is over, to retire, to walk away from TV. You're
19:02
Speaker 7: obviously very opinionated. You got a lot to say. What
19:06
Speaker 7: is going to be your outlet for getting your voice
19:09
Speaker 7: out of Are you going to miss that part of it?
19:15
Speaker 6: I'm gonna miss going watching basketball like every day, going in.
19:20
Speaker 4: The studio and watching games. But listen, I just think.
19:24
Speaker 6: For me personally, I've been at Turning for forty twenty
19:27
Speaker 6: four years.
19:27
Speaker 8: Excuse me.
19:29
Speaker 6: Next year, I think we've lost a deal to be honest,
19:31
Speaker 6: I don't know what they're waiting on. I think twenty
19:34
Speaker 6: five years at one place, then to start over at
19:37
Speaker 6: another place with random strangers. At my age, I'll be
19:41
Speaker 6: sixty two. Man, I'm on the back nine now. I'm
19:44
Speaker 6: hoping I'm on the twelfth home, but you never know.
19:47
Speaker 6: I could be on seventeen or eighteen. We don't know
19:49
Speaker 6: how the world works.
19:50
Speaker 4: But I do, man. I've had a great run.
19:53
Speaker 6: Basketball has given me every single thing in my life.
19:56
Speaker 6: I played in the NBA for fifteen years. I've been
19:59
Speaker 6: on TV twenty four years. I've had a great run.
20:02
Speaker 6: But I'm very realistic about my life. I'm on the
20:05
Speaker 6: back nine and I want I'm a grandfather now. Shout
20:09
Speaker 6: out to Little Henry and Charlie. I miss you, guys.
20:12
Speaker 6: I'll see y'all soon. But I've had a great run,
20:15
Speaker 6: and I don't There's a great movie. There's a great
20:18
Speaker 6: line in a Denzel movie called American Gangster when the
20:22
Speaker 6: guy says, you know, Quittin on top ain't the same
20:24
Speaker 6: as Quinton.
20:27
Speaker 2: Very Well said.
20:27
Speaker 1: I thought you were gonna go with that's real, al Paka.
20:29
Speaker 9: You blocked that. But Charles, real quick before we get
20:32
Speaker 9: you out of here. We started right. I'm good you
20:35
Speaker 9: got We started with you making a guarantee. You gotta
20:38
Speaker 9: give us an NFL guarantee. As we get ready to
20:41
Speaker 9: close things out.
20:45
Speaker 6: My Philadelphia Eagles are gonna win the Super Bowl.
20:48
Speaker 4: We're gonna win the Super Bowl.
20:51
Speaker 1: Okay, all right, that's good with ian Ian.
20:53
Speaker 2: Everybody saves the tape.
20:54
Speaker 1: Ian, We're gonna come back and we're gonna check Charles
20:57
Speaker 1: again next year.
20:58
Speaker 2: Charles, you are the best. Thank you so much to
21:00
Speaker 2: spend some time with us on the Insiders. Thank you man,
21:04
Speaker 2: thanks for having me. Guys Man, that guy is just
21:07
Speaker 2: the best.
21:08
Speaker 1: But next up on the Insiders, there's been a lot
21:10
Speaker 1: of movement in the college football conferences. Utah head coach
21:13
Speaker 1: Kyle Whittingham joins us next to give his perspective on
21:16
Speaker 1: the Utes move to the Big Twelve. I went back
21:28
Speaker 1: to the Insiders, and you are looking at the Utah
21:30
Speaker 1: Universities football social media post arrivee and that has arrived
21:35
Speaker 1: at Allegiate Stadium in Las Vegas for the Big Twelve
21:38
Speaker 1: conference media day.
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Speaker 2: That's right, Utah is now part of the Big Twelve.
21:42
Speaker 1: We're joined by their head football coach Kyle Whittingham and coach.
21:46
Speaker 1: We're saying, you're new to the Big twelve after several
21:49
Speaker 1: seasons in the PAC twelve.
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Speaker 2: How that initial media day.
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Speaker 10: Go smooth, well organized and no drama which is what
21:56
Speaker 10: you're looking for?
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Speaker 1: All right, So you know you're getting ready to go
21:59
Speaker 1: into the Big two twelve after all the years in
22:01
Speaker 1: the PAC twelve. What's it like being a newcomer in
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Speaker 1: a sixteen team division where yes, you're familiar with three
22:07
Speaker 1: the other schools coming over in the Pac twelve, but
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Speaker 1: getting ready to play a bunch of other new universities.
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Speaker 10: Well, we're excited about the opportunity, new challenges. For me
22:16
Speaker 10: as the head coach, it's like getting a new job,
22:17
Speaker 10: So it's invigorating in that respect. I know our players
22:20
Speaker 10: are really excited about the opportunity to play in the
22:23
Speaker 10: Big twelve. And probably the biggest change is the expanded
22:26
Speaker 10: playoff format where if you take care of business and
22:28
Speaker 10: you're able to win your conference, you're in the playoffs,
22:31
Speaker 10: whereas before you had to rely on somebody devote you
22:33
Speaker 10: in and ask you to the party whether than earn
22:36
Speaker 10: your way.
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Speaker 1: Coach you, what are your thoughts on that expanded playoff format?
22:39
Speaker 1: Where now twelve teams are involved in that playoff.
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Speaker 10: All positive. I think it's a great move. I believe
22:45
Speaker 10: the sixteen teams is on the horizon. You know, when
22:47
Speaker 10: that happens is is anybody's guests. But I'm sure it
22:50
Speaker 10: will happen at some point. But twelve is about three
22:54
Speaker 10: times better than four. So we're excited about.
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Speaker 1: You know, Coach, you're as good as math as I am,
23:00
Speaker 1: because that's exactly the same number that I came up with. Coach,
23:04
Speaker 1: you've been in the head coach of Utah for for
23:06
Speaker 1: twenty one years now. You've been in this game for
23:08
Speaker 1: an awful long time, and we're seeing a lot of
23:10
Speaker 1: change in college athletics. I mean, what are some of
23:12
Speaker 1: the things that have really struck you about some of
23:14
Speaker 1: this expansion and change and things that we've seen the
23:17
Speaker 1: past couple of years.
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Speaker 10: Well, the first thing that strikes me is is not
23:20
Speaker 10: over yet. I think there's bigger things on the horizon
23:23
Speaker 10: in that respect, bigger change. I think the Super Conferences
23:28
Speaker 10: are coming. When they get here, you know, twenty months
23:30
Speaker 10: to four years from now, Somewhere in that timeframe, expect
23:34
Speaker 10: to become a really an NFL minor league. Model is
23:37
Speaker 10: when I think it's going to end up being probably
23:40
Speaker 10: have our own commissioner. I don't think the Nancy to
23:42
Speaker 10: Al be a part of it. I think they're going
23:44
Speaker 10: to branch off and it's going to be even more
23:48
Speaker 10: radically different than what you see right now.
23:49
Speaker 1: Well interesting, you know you talk about this possibly developing
23:52
Speaker 1: into an NFL minor league. You've had fifty six players
23:55
Speaker 1: get drafted out of Utah since you took over as
23:58
Speaker 1: a head coach in two thousand and five, are since
24:01
Speaker 1: two thousand and five, and you know some of them.
24:03
Speaker 1: This year we're seeing Cole Bishop was drafted to go
24:05
Speaker 1: play safety for the Buffalo Bills in the second round.
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Speaker 1: Your thoughts on what the Bills are getting in.
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Speaker 10: Coley getting a terrific player, And I think they're going
24:13
Speaker 10: to be as pleased with Cole as they were with
24:15
Speaker 10: Dalton kin Kaid. Dalton Kinkaid they took him last year
24:18
Speaker 10: in the first round and he had a terrific rookie season. Obviously,
24:22
Speaker 10: Cole Bishop is that same type of competitor and driven
24:27
Speaker 10: athlete that wants to be the best, has a burning
24:29
Speaker 10: desire to be the best, and I think he's going
24:31
Speaker 10: to play a lot of good football for him this year.
24:33
Speaker 1: You also have a really intriguing player who goes drafted
24:35
Speaker 1: by the Detroit Lions. Siony Vaki played safety and running
24:40
Speaker 1: back for you, and they say, right now he's going
24:42
Speaker 1: to be entering training camp in Detroit as a running back.
24:45
Speaker 2: What does he bring to that room and what about
24:47
Speaker 2: his versatility?
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Speaker 10: Yeah, he's just an incredible athlete. In high school, he's
24:52
Speaker 10: a terrific offensive player, so playing offense is nothing new
24:55
Speaker 10: to him. He was, in fact, that's where he was
24:57
Speaker 10: all league as a slot receiver. And so we were
25:00
Speaker 10: debating when he got to Utah whether we play him
25:02
Speaker 10: on defense or offense, and ended up being a defender.
25:05
Speaker 10: But as we ran into some injuries last year, we thought, hey,
25:08
Speaker 10: we need to provide a spark for the O, and
25:10
Speaker 10: this guy's got a lot of ability and things that
25:13
Speaker 10: he brings to the table. Made a seamless transition over
25:16
Speaker 10: the offensive side and really was a big reason why
25:19
Speaker 10: we were able to win eight games last year.
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Speaker 1: I coach your team going into the twenty twenty four season,
25:24
Speaker 1: some folks are already projecting you to win in your
25:26
Speaker 1: debut year in the Big twelve. Just your thoughts on
25:29
Speaker 1: what you're bringing into the season.
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Speaker 10: Well, we got a good football team. I can tell
25:33
Speaker 10: you that for sure. From the roster for one to
25:36
Speaker 10: eighty five is maybe as good as we've ever had here,
25:38
Speaker 10: and so we feel like we're ready to make this transition.
25:42
Speaker 10: It's a very competitive league. It's a lot of balance
25:44
Speaker 10: in the Big twelve. There's probably literally eight or nine
25:47
Speaker 10: teams I have a chance of winning the championship, and
25:49
Speaker 10: so we're going to come into an environment that, like
25:54
Speaker 10: I said, is very competitive. We'll find out where we
25:55
Speaker 10: stand right away. We go to Stillwater play Oklahoma State
25:58
Speaker 10: with our first car in our first conference game on
26:00
Speaker 10: September twenty first, So give you a lot better idea
26:03
Speaker 10: than where we stand.
26:04
Speaker 1: Last question, coach, we know the rivalry, the Holy War
26:07
Speaker 1: between Brigham Young and Utah.
26:09
Speaker 2: You know it's always a big deal.
26:10
Speaker 1: But you're back in the same conference again for the
26:13
Speaker 1: first time in more than a decade. What about that
26:15
Speaker 1: rivalry heating up even more because of that?
26:19
Speaker 10: Yeah, it was miss when you know we're in the
26:22
Speaker 10: Pac twelve. They were independent and so now it's come
26:24
Speaker 10: full circle and it's more like it was when we
26:26
Speaker 10: were both in the Mountain West playing in the same league,
26:29
Speaker 10: so it becomes a yearly event. It is the single
26:32
Speaker 10: biggest sporting event in the state of Utah on any
26:34
Speaker 10: given year, with the exception if we have the Olympics
26:37
Speaker 10: or something like that that magnitude. But it's a strong rivalry.
26:42
Speaker 10: I think it's one of the most underrated rivalries in
26:44
Speaker 10: the country. What we haven't done yet has got it
26:47
Speaker 10: back in a rivalry week, which is the last week
26:49
Speaker 10: of the season. It's week eight or nine right now,
26:51
Speaker 10: so so not in the traditional rivalry spot yet, but
26:54
Speaker 10: I think it's trending that way and it's going to
26:57
Speaker 10: be exciting for the state of Utah for this rivalry
27:00
Speaker 10: to pick back up.
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Speaker 1: Well, looking forward to that and you guys going to
27:03
Speaker 1: the Big twelve and possibly doing great things. Coach kyleak Whitnham,
27:06
Speaker 1: thank you so much for joining.
27:08
Speaker 10: Us, appreciate you, thank you for having me on.
27:10
Speaker 1: Well, justin Herbert, the Chargers are getting some new digs
27:12
Speaker 1: as they prepared to report for training camp. We're going
27:15
Speaker 1: to catch up with Omar Ruiz and Bridget Condon who
27:17
Speaker 1: are going to tell us about the Chargers new training facility.
27:20
Speaker 4: And a lot more.
27:21
Speaker 2: Right after the break here on the Insiders. You're back
27:31
Speaker 2: at the.
27:31
Speaker 1: Insiders and you're looking at the Bolt, the Chargers new
27:34
Speaker 1: facility in El Segundo, California, just a few miles away
27:37
Speaker 1: from their home stadium right here, Sofi Stadium, and these
27:41
Speaker 1: NFL Network studios now Bridget Condon, Omar Ruiz, they were
27:46
Speaker 1: on that tour yesterday. As you're seeing the AFC West
27:50
Speaker 1: training camp dates the Charges they are going to be
27:53
Speaker 1: reporting the rookies on the sixteenth, the veterans on the
27:55
Speaker 1: twenty third, when most veterans.
27:57
Speaker 2: Are on the league are reporting.
27:58
Speaker 1: But let's bring in Omar Ruiz and our Bridget content who,
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Speaker 1: as I just mentioned, were on the tour of the
28:04
Speaker 1: Bolt and Bridget what are your first thoughts on seeing
28:08
Speaker 1: the new facility.
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Speaker 2: Steve, It is unbelievable.
28:11
Speaker 11: The moment you drive up through security, you're blown away.
28:15
Speaker 11: It is a completely different vibe than where the Chargers
28:18
Speaker 11: were in Costa Mesa. Remember that building in Coast to Mesa.
28:21
Speaker 11: There were other companies there, there was a coffee shop
28:24
Speaker 11: that anybody could go to. It didn't feel like the
28:26
Speaker 11: home of the Chargers, whereas this totally feels like you
28:30
Speaker 11: are going to a facility that was designed intentionally for
28:34
Speaker 11: football versus the other one. It was an office building
28:37
Speaker 11: turned into a facility for football. One of my favorite
28:40
Speaker 11: parts was the pizza oven in the cafeteria, shaped like
28:43
Speaker 11: a Charger's helmet. Every little detail in this thing is incredible.
28:48
Speaker 11: You're seeing the locker room right there. That's another thing that.
28:52
Speaker 2: It was delicious.
28:53
Speaker 11: By the way, I think Omar tried about every single
28:55
Speaker 11: slice of pizza. I don't think we were supposed to
28:57
Speaker 11: do that, but I mean, hey, he would get in
28:59
Speaker 11: his money's worth. But the locker room was absolutely amazing.
29:03
Speaker 11: The locker room that the Chargers had in Coast to
29:05
Speaker 11: Mesa when they had guys from Mini caamp or training camp,
29:09
Speaker 11: they had to add these temporary lockers in the middle
29:12
Speaker 11: of the locker room. It just felt awkward. We've been
29:15
Speaker 11: in multiple different locker rooms as reporters around the league,
29:18
Speaker 11: and this new one that the Chargers have feels similar
29:22
Speaker 11: to some of the other high profile teams right the
29:25
Speaker 11: way that it's designed. There's a massive couch in there,
29:28
Speaker 11: there's a ping pong table, there's enough lockers for people
29:31
Speaker 11: who are trying out during Mini caamp or training camp.
29:34
Speaker 11: It's just this whole cohesion that makes it feel different
29:38
Speaker 11: and those things matter. Steven Omar, you know when you
29:42
Speaker 11: remember when the Jags got their new facility and the
29:44
Speaker 11: way the players were excited, and you just feel this
29:47
Speaker 11: new energy. We've been saying it since Jim Harbaugh took
29:50
Speaker 11: over as head coach, and now this is another stepping
29:53
Speaker 11: stone in the right direction. And I know these players
29:56
Speaker 11: are going to be proud when they pull up ready
29:58
Speaker 11: to get to work.
29:58
Speaker 4: They're going to want to be there.
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Speaker 3: Some of them had that tour Bridget after Mini camp.
30:03
Speaker 3: Others will see it for the first time when they
30:05
Speaker 3: report for training camp. You mentioned the cohesion, the thoughtfulness.
30:08
Speaker 3: Obviously they spared no expense. You saw some of those designs.
30:11
Speaker 3: How spectacular of a setting it is there and AlSi
30:15
Speaker 3: Gundo for the bolt, but having the sauna and the
30:18
Speaker 3: training room and the hot tubs and the weight room
30:22
Speaker 3: all nearby. With the training room, the kind of thoughtfulness
30:25
Speaker 3: as they go from the locker room to the field
30:27
Speaker 3: has all been laid out. No excuses to not have
30:30
Speaker 3: their best performance on the football field, and they're excited
30:33
Speaker 3: to show it to their fans. They're building the facade,
30:35
Speaker 3: the canopy to get ready for training camp. Obviously they're
30:39
Speaker 3: building a new offense to centerpiece by Justin Herbert, of
30:43
Speaker 3: course Greg Roman and Jim Harbaugh, you know, with that
30:45
Speaker 3: run first mentality, but Greg Roman saying, it's not so
30:48
Speaker 3: much about running and not having balance, it's about having
30:52
Speaker 3: the illusion to run as well.
30:54
Speaker 2: And of course Justin Herbert says, whether he throws.
30:57
Speaker 3: Once or he throws a hundred times, whatever it takes
31:00
Speaker 3: to win is what they're going to do. But we
31:03
Speaker 3: know that Harbaugh and Roman they want to instill that
31:06
Speaker 3: run first mentality, the toughness, the physical brand of football
31:09
Speaker 3: on both sides of the trenches. They've installed the offense
31:12
Speaker 3: about three different times right now, Justin Herbert saying.
31:16
Speaker 2: That they gave them the full playbook and they've.
31:18
Speaker 3: Been installing it over and over again, kind of like
31:20
Speaker 3: different layers of paint, is how he described it. As
31:24
Speaker 3: they get ready for a training camp, so he said
31:25
Speaker 3: it was a lot to absorb. But he feels like
31:28
Speaker 3: as they get ready for a training camp, and as
31:29
Speaker 3: they continue to install it and rehash it, that they'll
31:33
Speaker 3: be ready to go for the start of the season.
31:35
Speaker 3: And of course showed off to the fans and the
31:37
Speaker 3: rest of us there for training camp.
31:38
Speaker 1: And Jim Harbaugh already making his inpront on what style
31:41
Speaker 1: they're going to play by beefing up that offensive line,
31:43
Speaker 1: drafting Joe All to top tackle in the first round.
31:46
Speaker 2: All right, Omar, thanks for hanging out, Bridget.
31:48
Speaker 1: You stick around for just a second, because another team
31:51
Speaker 1: that's going to be getting a new facility is just
31:53
Speaker 1: across town. That's the Los Angeles Rams, and you're looking
31:57
Speaker 1: at the NFC West.
31:58
Speaker 2: Training camp dates.
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Speaker 1: Most of those teams again, the veteran reporting on July
32:02
Speaker 1: twenty third, the Niners rookies coming in before everybody else. Okay, Bridget,
32:07
Speaker 1: we're talking about the Rams right now, and we know
32:09
Speaker 1: they're running back Kyron Williams is a big part of
32:12
Speaker 1: their offense.
32:13
Speaker 2: How much are they going to be counting on him
32:15
Speaker 2: this season?
32:16
Speaker 11: See if it's going to be an interesting storyline to
32:18
Speaker 11: follow throughout training cramp. Remember Kyen Williams did not participate
32:21
Speaker 11: in OTAs he was dealing with a foot injury. Sean
32:24
Speaker 11: McVay said, don't be concerned about it. He will be
32:26
Speaker 11: there in training camp and I can attest to that
32:29
Speaker 11: at OTAs when I was there, I did see him
32:31
Speaker 11: working off to the side running, So we're expecting to
32:34
Speaker 11: see him on training camp, but how much does he
32:36
Speaker 11: impact this offense? Well, last season, when he played and
32:39
Speaker 11: scored a touchdown, the Rams were eight and one. When
32:42
Speaker 11: he didn't play or have a touchdown, they were two
32:45
Speaker 11: and six. He also was the first one thousand yard
32:47
Speaker 11: rusher for the Rams since twenty eighteen when Todd Gurley
32:51
Speaker 11: was on the team. Remember what happened that season, Yeah,
32:53
Speaker 11: they made it.
32:54
Speaker 2: To the Super Bowl.
32:55
Speaker 11: So this guy had one thousand yards rushing last season
32:58
Speaker 11: and he missed four games because of injury. Imagine what
33:01
Speaker 11: a healthy Kien Williams can do. When you have guys
33:04
Speaker 11: like Kuku Nakua and Cooper Cup that defenses are studying
33:08
Speaker 11: all week long trying to take them out of the game,
33:10
Speaker 11: you need somebody that can run the ball. Kyron Williams
33:13
Speaker 11: hopes to be that guy. Plus, they drafted the Michigan
33:16
Speaker 11: a running back, Blake Korum, who was the only player
33:18
Speaker 11: in the FBS last season that scored a touchdown in
33:22
Speaker 11: every game. So if that can translate at all to
33:24
Speaker 11: the NFL, the Rams offense is going to be in good.
33:27
Speaker 1: Shae Bridget you know, talking about the shift maybe a
33:29
Speaker 1: little bit in the mentality of that offense. You talk
33:31
Speaker 1: about the running game, they have beefed up that offensive
33:34
Speaker 1: line to enhance that running game as well.
33:36
Speaker 2: Really good stock Bridget appreciate you well.
33:41
Speaker 1: Back in June, the NFL partnered with Beet to help
33:44
Speaker 1: people register to vote. Several NFL employees worked the NFL
33:47
Speaker 1: Votes Activation booth at the Beet experience. There were some
33:51
Speaker 1: games for fans, plus an interactive experience with the NFL
33:54
Speaker 1: officiating staff members during the two day event.
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Speaker 2: We'll talk about the Rams.
34:01
Speaker 1: Hooka Nakua, the wide receiver, took the league by storm
34:04
Speaker 1: last year when he broke the rookie receiving record. We'll
34:06
Speaker 1: hear from his former coach at Brigham you On University,
34:09
Speaker 1: Kialani Sataki, about the star wide out.
34:12
Speaker 2: And his team's second season in the Big twelve. That's
34:15
Speaker 2: coming up next.
34:16
Speaker 12: On the inside, Wentz ready has it play fixed throws
34:28
Speaker 12: the dark caught by Nakua.
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Speaker 4: Right side fifty Coua.
34:34
Speaker 12: Breaks Phillip Broman's record by NFL rookies for most receiving
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Speaker 12: yards in a debut season. Now he needs one more
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Speaker 12: reception to break.
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Speaker 4: Jalen Wattles rookie record.
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Speaker 12: Carson Wentz in the Shaka has this snap throw down
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Speaker 12: the line left, leady catchmade by Puka cuts inside, tripped
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Speaker 12: up inside the forty five. That's twenty if receiver drafted
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Speaker 12: in this class now stands alone in NFL history among
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Speaker 12: rookie receivers.
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Speaker 1: Or at all the accolades of Rams rookie wide receiver
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Speaker 1: last year, Pooka Nakua Buckey. Now we're joined by Kilanie Sataki,
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Speaker 1: who coached Nakua at Brigham Young University.
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Speaker 2: Coach, thanks so much for joining us.
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Speaker 1: I've never seen you in a tie before, but it
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Speaker 1: looks so.
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Speaker 2: Really really good.
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Speaker 1: Kalani, you're there at the Big twelve media days in
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Speaker 1: Las Vegas, and just wanted to ask you. This is
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Speaker 1: your second year in the conference after Brigham Young came
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Speaker 1: in last season, and just what's kind of the optimism
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Speaker 1: that you have there in provo about building on what
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Speaker 1: was established last season?
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Speaker 8: Yeah, high level of optimism.
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Speaker 13: I mean it it'd be nice to have Puka back
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Speaker 13: with us, but I mean, you know, he had another
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Speaker 13: year left to play, but I'm so proud of him
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Speaker 13: and things that he's doing in the NFL. But we
35:46
Speaker 13: have a lot of things that we've done well last season.
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Speaker 13: We just need to do it more consistently. I would
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Speaker 13: feel differently if we're overwhelmed at the talent, but we
35:54
Speaker 13: actually have.
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Speaker 8: Good talent on our team. We just got to do it.
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Speaker 13: I got to do a better job of getting them
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Speaker 13: to play more consistent, and I think we've made the
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Speaker 13: right moves and the right changes.
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Speaker 8: To get that for us in our second year.
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Speaker 14: You know, coach, everyone will talking about Pooking the coup
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Speaker 14: and his success right away, But you guys have a
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Speaker 14: brand of toughness and physicality, and guys that go into
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Speaker 14: the National Football League appear to have a lot of success.
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Speaker 2: What is it about what you guys.
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Speaker 14: Are doing at BYU that are allowing you to produce
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Speaker 14: so many pros?
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Speaker 8: Well, I think we have a really good young men.
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Speaker 13: I mean there's great young men on all of college football,
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Speaker 13: but you guys that understand live live their life a
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Speaker 13: different way and make sacrifices here, you know, so it
36:34
Speaker 13: can be focused on complete just football and academics. So
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Speaker 13: I think we get trying to get the most out
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Speaker 13: of our guys to be disciplined. But when it's all said,
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Speaker 13: and done. A lot of that is because they have
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Speaker 13: great parents. And I'll take kids that love their parents. Man,
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Speaker 13: they're easier to coach, and I can hang out with
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Speaker 13: those guys. And so I being a son myself, you know,
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Speaker 13: I'm obedient and listen to my dad, and so I
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Speaker 13: like to have obedient sons and on my football team.
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Speaker 13: And you saw after he broke the record who he
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Speaker 13: goes in the hugs versus mother.
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Speaker 1: Well, then there you go, and you know, and like Pooka,
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Speaker 1: of course he's an emerging superstar.
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Speaker 2: But you've coached guys.
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Speaker 1: You know, You've had Fred Warner there, You've had Tyler
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Speaker 1: alg here there at Bringing Me Young University. Because you've
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Speaker 1: also had Zach Wilson there, and we saw how things
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Speaker 1: you know went, you know, went with him with the Jets.
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Speaker 1: He's no longer there, but he's getting another opportunity in Denver.
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Speaker 1: And knowing him and his character and the type of
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Speaker 1: talent that he has, what about him maybe recreating himself
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Speaker 1: under Sean Payton there with the Broncos.
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Speaker 13: Well, I think I think, I mean, there's nothing against
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Speaker 13: the Jets, you know, but I think Sean Payton's going
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Speaker 13: to be a really good mentor for him, and I
37:41
Speaker 13: think the fit is a lot better for him there.
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Speaker 13: I think the opportunities that he'll have. It sucks that
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Speaker 13: he wasn't able to do what he wanted to do
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Speaker 13: in New York. I know he cared about that team
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Speaker 13: and his teammates there and obviously cared about him, But
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Speaker 13: it's a it's a different business when when you go
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Speaker 13: from college to the NFL.
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Speaker 8: And I think he's ready.
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Speaker 13: I talked to him a couple of weeks ago, and
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Speaker 13: I think he's excited about the opportunities that are there
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Speaker 13: ahead of him.
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Speaker 4: Uh.
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Speaker 8: It's a lot closer to us now, and.
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Speaker 13: I think there's a there's gonna be a lot of
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Speaker 13: fans are gonna be happy that he's going to be
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Speaker 13: in their program, in their on their franchise, Big.
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Speaker 14: Coach with some fans that are gonna be happy that
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Speaker 14: you guys are able to kind of bring back the
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Speaker 14: Holy War.
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Speaker 2: Uh b y u utah.
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Speaker 4: If you've been around that game.
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Speaker 14: The game is intense, it is physical. Now that you
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Speaker 14: guys are both in the Big Twill, what does that rivalry.
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Speaker 2: Mean to you?
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Speaker 8: Yeah, it just makes sense.
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Speaker 13: I mean I remember growing up in the Islands and
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Speaker 13: and uh, and then you you just saw b YU
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Speaker 13: playing Utah every year and that was the old whack
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Speaker 13: days that went to the Mountain the West, and then
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Speaker 13: the UYE went through an independent era when when Utah
38:45
Speaker 13: went to the PAC twelve. And now we're all in
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Speaker 13: the same conference and then the they're on the schedule
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Speaker 13: can be there consistently every year, and uh that that
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Speaker 13: just makes sense. I think that the rivalry has got
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Speaker 13: great people on both sides, competitive teams, passionate fans. It
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Speaker 13: just makes sense that one of the best rivalries in
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Speaker 13: in college football is going to be able to exist.
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Speaker 13: And now that we're in the same conference, it just
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Speaker 13: it feels right.
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Speaker 1: Well, Calinie, we know that a very famous BYU alumni
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Speaker 1: is Andy Reid, the head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs.
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Speaker 1: Could you talk about maybe some of the conversations you
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Speaker 1: have had with him, but maybe some advice he's given
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Speaker 1: you about some things to do with the program, and
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Speaker 1: maybe some things you've given to him that have helped
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Speaker 1: out the Chiefs.
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Speaker 4: Well.
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Speaker 8: I mean, honestly, Andy's got to figure it out.
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Speaker 13: He's got tons of experience, and I wish I could
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Speaker 13: spend more time with him and ask him as much
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Speaker 13: as possible, but he has his team playing at a
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Speaker 13: high level.
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Speaker 8: They have a trust with his players.
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Speaker 13: I see a lot of my mentor and Andy's mentor
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Speaker 13: and Lavelle Edwards. I see a lot of Lavell and Andy,
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Speaker 13: and I could tell his players love him, and that's
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Speaker 13: where it all starts. I think they love when they
39:52
Speaker 13: trust him and you see that this game is not
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Speaker 13: passed them by.
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Speaker 8: There's a lot of older coaches.
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Speaker 13: That they've just kind of given up on it, but
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Speaker 13: Andy is innovative and he finds ways to adapt, and
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Speaker 13: so I've been really impressed with him. So I'm going
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Speaker 13: to lean on him heavily as a coach and then
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Speaker 13: ask him as much as much advice as I can.
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Speaker 13: But I know he's he's He's very comforting and helping
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Speaker 13: me understand that it's a process and sometimes a lot
40:18
Speaker 13: of that is learning, learning the moments as.
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Speaker 8: We go through. And I've been really thankful that he's there.
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Speaker 2: Well, I'm sure you are, Cliente.
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Speaker 1: We're thankful that you were able to join us here
40:29
Speaker 1: on The Insiders appreciates my man.
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Speaker 2: Look forward to seeing a little bit later on this season.
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Speaker 8: Man, I'm gonna wear a Loha shirt next time for you.
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Speaker 4: Right, be sure to.
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Speaker 1: All right now, we're going to bring in Omar Ruiz
41:23
Speaker 1: and Bridge of Continents. You wrap things up, and guys,
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Speaker 1: if you have noticed I have been like Rihanna, I
41:28
Speaker 1: have been like Beyonce on the show.
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Speaker 2: You have noticed, Steve Yes with the wardrobe changes.
41:34
Speaker 11: I don't think you can look say that you're Rihanna Steve.
41:39
Speaker 3: Hey, but looking good in all of them. Steven, you
41:41
Speaker 3: know what this reflects here. This reflects that we are
41:44
Speaker 3: about one day from the Ravens reporting, most teams reporting
41:48
Speaker 3: next week. We are that much closer to training camp
41:51
Speaker 3: because all of these wardrobe changes. You know, we are
41:53
Speaker 3: deep into early July. Let's get to training camp, Let's
41:56
Speaker 3: talk some football. Let's see that grass pick up. Because
41:59
Speaker 3: whether it's Jill twelve or February six getting ready for
42:02
Speaker 3: the Super Bowl, obviously we love talking football and we
42:04
Speaker 3: love busting your chop stea.
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Speaker 2: It's amagic television. Of course we pretaped some of those interviews.
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Speaker 2: That's how come you're saying, I.
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Speaker 11: Thought you were going under the desks during commercial breaks
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Speaker 11: putting on a new outfit.
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Speaker 1: See, that's why I went to a phone booth out
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Speaker 1: That's why undernewth.
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Speaker 2: I gotta worry about it enough.
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Speaker 1: Fun. Well, someone thinks this is fun, but a lot
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Speaker 1: of people aren't as new Dolphins tight end John neu
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Speaker 1: Smith lined up and on the Die Bar podcast ripped Buffalo,
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Speaker 1: basically saying it's got to be the worst place you
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Speaker 1: could be and the Buffalo Wings ain't even good. Omar
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Speaker 1: you and I and Bridging know that community is not
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Speaker 1: going to take kindly to this. And this is instigating
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Speaker 1: that Dolphins Bill's rivalry like it did back in the
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Speaker 1: day when Brian Cox the Dolphins was giving the double
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Speaker 1: bird signal to Bill's fans on his way into and out.
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Speaker 2: Of the stadium. Yeah, that that rivalry is already explosive.
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Speaker 3: So to throw in a newcomer saying that stuff about
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Speaker 3: Buffalo then insulting the Wings.
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Speaker 4: Has it never been to the Anchor Bar and where.
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Speaker 2: All that was invented?
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Speaker 3: Oh but you know Steve as well as I do, Bridgie,
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Speaker 3: you do too that those Bills fans and Bill's mafia
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Speaker 3: are going to go after Johnny Smith something fierce this season.
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Speaker 11: I want to see the Bills mafia make him like
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Speaker 11: jump through a table, right like these these fans are crazy, Like,
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Speaker 11: don't talk about those fans that way. They're going to
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Speaker 11: do something insane. And the Buffalo Wings are good.
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Speaker 4: We've been an anchor bar.
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Speaker 11: I have never been to another restaurant, so I don't
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Speaker 11: know if it's all across the city, but I mean
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Speaker 11: they got to have something, and I.
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Speaker 2: Could think of work places to be we're cities.
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Speaker 1: And to note, Josh Allen is ten and two against
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Speaker 1: the Dolphins. They meet in week two, that's in Miami.
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Speaker 1: But in week nine, John, U have fun in Buffalo.
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Speaker 1: It is not going to be nice now, bridge it Omar,
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Speaker 1: thanks so much for wrapping up the week with us.
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Speaker 1: What's been a fun time hosting The Insiders.
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Speaker 2: Tom Pella, Serol and crew are going to be back
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Speaker 2: next week
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Speaker 1: Before pag