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NFL 2025 | Divisional Round "Tent Talk" | Updates, News & Injuries | Banter with the Boys - Gridiron Updates · Banter with the Boys

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  laced up. Let's go! It's time for Banter with
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  the Boys. Welcome back to Banter with the Boys.
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  Gridiron updates our tent talk episode. Yachty
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  know. What do you do? Chopping wood for the camping
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  experience at tent talk. Way to be, Jake. The
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  only one on it. Unbelievable. Anyway. Sorry,
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  I have mistakenly captured a cold in between
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  episodes. Fog machine. Yeah, the fog machine
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  is getting to me. George Kittle tears his Achilles.
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  God, I said that with a lot of enthusiasm. That
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  sucks, actually. So it ends his season. Hopefully
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  not career because he's getting up there. Didn't
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  he have some weird contemplation of retirement
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  like two years ago? I thought there was some
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  weird thing, and he's like, nah, I'm going to
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  come back, and then now he's playing. Maybe,
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  but I think that's just because he was toying
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  with the idea of being a professional wrestler.
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  Oh, I think they're right. I remember that. But
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  that sucks. Niners could have used him the rest
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  of the season, as they are still alive for one
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  more week at least. Definitely want him for the
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  Seahawks. No doubt. Nico Collins. Also went down
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  with a concussion for the Texans. Yeah. Yeah,
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  for sure. So what quarter was that? Do you remember?
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  Was it early? I thought that was second quarter.
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  Second quarter. Okay. Yeah. Either way. Yeah,
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  but without knowing. Not that that's going to
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  matter. Who? You? Oh, yeah. Yeah. So, yeah, another
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  one that you would really like to have if you're
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  the Texans. That is actually all the big injury
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  news I had. I know the Bears lost a couple depth
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  pieces at tackle, and I believe like outside
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  linebacker or something. But they were not starters.
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  I think it was special teams injuries. But either
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  way, still down a couple guys heading into next
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  week. Is there any of you guys jump out to you?
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  You guys? Injury -wise? No, I think kind of.
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  I think everybody pretty much just caught it.
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  Yep. Okay. That's all I got. Well, top news for
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  us Vikings fans. Adam Thielen retired. So, good
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  career, Mr. Undrafted, right? Mm -hmm. Practice
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  squad, leveled up, had a couple punt returns.
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  The next thing you know, he was on the roster.
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  He had a block kick. Oh, that's what it was,
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  a block on a punt, though. Not on the field.
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  Yeah. Still. But either way, made the roster.
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  But that was like coming out like legit. Everyone
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  kind of officially knew who he was. Even though
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  he was a native, we generally knew who he was.
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  Right, right. All right, some coaching news.
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  Obviously, Tomlin steps down. That was the big
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  news. Do you think he made his own decision on
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  that, or do you think they kind of were like,
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  hey. Either you step down or we're going to just
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  go a different direction. Like, we don't want
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  to fire you type deal. I'm pretty certain he
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  made his own decision. Art Rooney II was doing
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  a press conference today, and he was talking
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  about how he was fully anticipating going into
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  the building yesterday, having a conversation
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  with Tomlin about what's our plan for next year.
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  Like, what are we going to do? Where he was going
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  to. Run it back with Tomlin again. And Tomlin
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  was the one that's like, nah, I'm going to step
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  away. So the Steelers owner fully anticipated
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  or fully expected to just continue to move forward.
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  And then word on the street is that he may not
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  coach in general in 2026. Take the year off or
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  be done? I mean, I could totally see him not
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  coaching and being totally done. I mean, I don't
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  see him being a coordinator. I could see him
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  at a high school level. I don't know what his
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  kid scenario is of their age. I don't either.
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  But, like, he's been struggling to get a starting
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  quarterback in Pittsburgh for a while. I remember,
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  like, probably last year this time, there was
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  heavy rumblings from the fans about, you know,
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  time to move on just because of, you know, I
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  think they were 9 -8 last year, too, weren't
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  they? Yeah. So. Maybe him just getting a little
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  ahead of the curve, too. Still not a starting
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  quarterback in the near future that they really
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  have. They're not in a great situation. They've
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  got a couple pieces defensively and offensively,
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  I suppose. Is there a better way to go on top
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  of not having a losing season? Pittsburgh's had
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  three coaches in the 70s. Chuck Knoll, Bill Cower,
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  and Tomlin. I totally would believe what the
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  owner came in and said that it was his decision.
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  Hall of Fame coach right there. Yes, sir. A lot
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  of head coaching vacancies, as we've stated.
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  I could sit here and go down the list of who
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  every team has requested. but that would make
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  a very long episode. It sure would. You have
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  the internet. Just real quick, you do have the
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  internet, but I'll mention a couple interviews
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  that have been completed with certain teams.
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  The Cardinals allegedly, according to sources.
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  I'm getting this from CBS. No, that's straight
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  up. This is from CBS. Something that you guys
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  can all look up, but whatever. But the Falcons
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  have interviewed Mike McDaniel already, John
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  Harbaugh, Kevin Stefanski, Aiden Durd. Durd?
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  Durd? I'm probably saying that wrong. Seahawks,
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  D .C. Clint Kubiak, Seahawks OC. Kubiak's actually
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  had a couple interviews already. And then Anthony
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  Weaver, the Dolphins, D .C. All have completed
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  interviews for the Falcons. Man, the Ravens got
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  a ton of them, too. Yeah. We've been interviewing
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  people hand over fist. All over the place. Garbage
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  man. One of them including Brian Flores, Viking
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  Stephen, the coordinator. He's probably not going
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  anywhere. Yeah, because... What happened yesterday,
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  that's probably going to suggest that Flores
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  is staying put. Well, the assistant head coach
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  was like, oh. Did he retire? No, it was one of
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  those same situations. Did they mutually decide
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  to part ways? And a position is wide open for
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  Mr. Flores to occupy. I 100 % think that that's
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  what it's going to be. Unless the Ravens or somebody,
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  the Ravens or the Steelers have requested to
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  interview him as well. So unless they make a
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  crazy offer that you can't turn down, I don't
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  see him leaving Minnesota at this point where
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  he's happy with his family. You know what I mean?
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  Let's see. Browns have also interviewed Mike
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  McDaniel, Jim Schwartz, the Browns DC, and they've
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  interviewed Browns OC Tommy Reese for the head
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  coaching position as well. Interesting. All right,
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  let me ask you both this question. Who's the
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  top coach available? Who's the top coach available?
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  Or do you think the situation obviously dictates?
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  If we're not. Sorry. But just who is the best
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  coach available, you think, right now? Harbaugh
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  Tom if Tomlin's considered available I'm it's
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  Mike Tomlin for me but Harbaugh's right behind
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  him for me it depends so I think it's it's John
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  Harbaugh Tomlin's second but the the issue with
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  Tomlin is he's still technically under contract
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  with the Steelers so if Tomlin is going to coach
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  elsewhere that team's going to have to give up
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  probably draft picks in order to get him. Let's
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  take Tomlin out of there because we're kind of
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  thinking he's not going to coach him. So then
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  it's Harbaugh for me. Probably Harbaugh. I don't
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  think Stefanski did that bad of a job, to be
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  honest. I don't even hate Raheem Morris either.
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  I think that was more of a GM thing for me personally
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  in Atlanta, but sometimes you got to get rid
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  of them both. Salah and B -Flow. are probably,
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  like, your second tier. Okay. Mike McDaniel?
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  I think Mike McDaniel is... He should go back
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  to being a coordinator. Just be an OC. Coordinator?
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  Sivansky then, too? Yeah. But I don't think it's
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  over for McDaniel. I think he can be a head coach
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  again someday, but I agree with you. I think
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  he's got to go be an OC somewhere, wherever.
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  There's rumors of... Well, I was a head coach
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  rumor for the Ravens. Like, there's also talks
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  where he would probably be the OC in Detroit
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  or pretty much anywhere. Maybe he goes back to
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  St. Louis. I mean, Mike McDaniel in Detroit's
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  offense would be kind of interesting. Sure would
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  be. Not for the Vikings. I mean, but, you know,
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  that style of running gun that. Holy crap. Jason
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  Garrett interviewed for a job. Oh, yeah. He interviewed
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  for the Titans. Yeah. Unbelievable. And they
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  want to talk to Mike McCarthy, too. And Mike
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  Vrabel. And Vrabel. Vrabel, please come back.
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  Good luck. But anyway, the coaching carousel
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  is in full swing right now. It is. Full swing.
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  Nothing on the draft part aspect of it I was
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  going to throw in there other than you got to
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  see Dante Moore play and get destroyed by the
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  Indiana defense. He did not look good at all.
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  So moving forward, that was looking like probably
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  the Giants. Not the Giants. He went back to college.
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  Yeah, he announced that he was going to return
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  Dante Moore. Oh. Which is interesting because
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  Rayola just transferred there from Nebraska.
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  Yeah. So now there's rumors either Rayola's going
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  to hop back in or he's just going to redshirt.
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  I don't think he can. Can't double -stamp or
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  triple -stamp? Maybe Dante Moore ends up transferring.
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  Nah, you're not going to go back to – no. No,
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  he's going to be at Oregon. But I would be –
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  That's interesting. I wonder if Rayola would
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  redshirt then, you know, because he's still got
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  one available. You would think you wouldn't want
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  to, right, obviously. But, like, if Moore's probably
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  going to be the bona fide starter there, if he
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  does indeed return to Oregon, then it's like,
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  well, shoot, I'll sit a year. If I'm told I'm
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  going to be – starter next year type deal or
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  he sits here and transfers anyway and just gets
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  to use all organs facilities which hey yeah probably
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  i don't know if there's enough nike gear for
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  him to want to sit on the bench but uh then mendoza
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  um did you like what he thought of him do you
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  think that rpo quick throwing transitions to
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  the nfl if he's with the right coach yeah i mean
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  you saw work with jaylen hertz you saw work with
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  lamar okay If he gets a head coach and an offensive
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  coordinator that will take their ideology and
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  scheme it. So it's going to be the Raiders. Yeah,
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  and scheme it to things that he excels at. Okay.
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  So he's going to come in there with no receivers
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  and Gentian and a tight end. Yep. Yeah, Gentian
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  and Brock Sprouse. He's going to play both ways.
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  Yeah. Okay. All right. That's all I had for the
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  fantasy thought process of games. Because who
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  are they playing? Indiana plays. For the championship?
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  Yep. Miami. Miami. I'm trying to think of who's
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  the NFL. Probably going to dog walk them. Drafts
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  guys in there. I don't know if there's any that
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  are skilled position. Other than Looney. But
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  he's a freshman. Number 10. Tooney? Tooney. Yeah,
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  yeah, yeah. The next Tooney. He looks like Hill.
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  Tyreek Hill. Oh, okay. Giving you Tyreek vibes.
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  Oh, yeah. Quick, fast. Okay, okay. Bubble screen.
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  He gone. Sure, sure. I mean, that's pretty much
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  it, gentlemen, for our tent talk episode. Yeah,
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  I mean, looking forward to a very... Put down
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  the axe. Looking forward to a... Another great
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  weekend of football. But before we do look forward
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  to that, don't forget to check out our divisional
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  preview and picks episode, which will be released
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  right after this one. Jake, thanks for being
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  here, man. Thanks for having me. Of course. Thanks,
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  Coach. Roberto. Kev, behind the cameras and everything,
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  getting everything done for us. As always, beautiful.
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