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09/22/26 - Hour 3 · The Huddle

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Speaker 1: It is, from every indication, the people that were at
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Speaker 1: the Morgan Wallen show last year, now, outside of the weather,
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Speaker 1: it was a little bit of the dicey one. They
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Speaker 1: said the sound, the acoustics, Drew, you know a little
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Speaker 1: bit more about this, were pretty phenomenal.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, Wallen and ACDC last summer, too.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, so, I mean, like, for a place that has
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Speaker 1: not held a bunch of concerts, what, like three or
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Speaker 1: four in the last 30 years, it sounded like it
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Speaker 1: was really, really good.
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Speaker 3: And opened by Limp Bizkit. Don't want to forget them.
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Speaker 3: Billy wanted to hear this.
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Speaker 2: The Limp Bizkit rolling, right? There will be some who
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Speaker 2: are more excited to see Avatar than the older acts.
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Speaker 2: Derek and Whitewater.
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Speaker 3: Texted on the NickLayLaw.com tech and texted, Avatar is the
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Speaker 3: coolest live act he's seen.
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Speaker 2: Three-band bill with those three bands, June 12th. So congratulations.
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Speaker 1: From the former Packer and the future Hall of Famer,
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Speaker 1: Devontae Adams. I mean, eight grabs last night, two touchdowns,
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Speaker 1: 195 yards. As Devontae has had some amazing games. We
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Speaker 1: got lucky enough to watch him. What do you have? 15,
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Speaker 1: 16 grabs in a single game for the green and gold.
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Speaker 2: But I don't know that he had one like last night.
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Speaker 2: Two tutties. It was funny because when he was here
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Speaker 2: towards the end, especially, it's like, oh, they're forcing the
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Speaker 2: ball to him. They're forcing the ball to him. What
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Speaker 2: did Sean McVay do last night? Force the ball. Force
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Speaker 2: the ball to him. Well, when you're always open, it's
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Speaker 2: kind of hard. That's the thing. It's like, how do
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Speaker 2: you not? When he's so good, if a play's working,
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Speaker 2: why go away from it? He's beating everybody who threw it.
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Speaker 2: He's spamming that play all year long.
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Speaker 3: They said the same thing about Brett early on when
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Speaker 3: he had Sterling, that he was only throwing to Sterling.
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Speaker 3: But to have a security blanket of a great receiver
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Speaker 3: that's big, that's fast, that's always open, I understand why.
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Speaker 3: And I think, yes, you're right. It's more of a
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Speaker 3: nature of... He's open and he's a great receiver, so
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Speaker 3: you're going to throw him the ball. Why would you not?
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Speaker 3: Does it have a detriment to the rest of the offense?
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Speaker 3: You can make that argument, but I don't think you
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Speaker 3: can prove it. And I don't think you can ever
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Speaker 3: go wrong completing passes. And Devontae still looks as bright, quick,
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Speaker 3: fresh as ever when you watch him on the field.
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Speaker 1: Well, and he didn't get used a whole lot in
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Speaker 1: game number one, so it worked out here. If you're
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Speaker 1: wondering how that stacks up with some of the great
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Speaker 1: games that he had in Green Bay, well, it would
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Speaker 1: have been the best one that he had until the
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Speaker 1: 2020 season where he had like four games that were
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Speaker 1: better than it. They started out in Minnesota, that season
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Speaker 1: opener in Rodgers MVP year, 14 grabs for a buck
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Speaker 1: 56 and two touchdowns. Three weeks later at Houston, 13
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Speaker 1: grabs for 196 and two touchdowns. Later on in the year,
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Speaker 1: just a pedestrian 10 catches for 121 and two touchdowns.
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Speaker 1: And then let's cap it off against Tennessee. I believe
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Speaker 1: in the snow, if I'm not mistaken.
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Speaker 2: I remember that one.
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Speaker 1: 11 grabs for 142 yards and.
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Speaker 2: One, two, three TDs. Give me all three of these.
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Speaker 1: So a couple of games drew that in his Green
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Speaker 1: Bay career, you could point to and say, nah, that
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Speaker 1: one might've been a tick better, but there aren't a
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Speaker 1: ton better than the one that the 33 year old
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Speaker 1: produced last night. When Matthew Stafford said we had to
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Speaker 1: lean on Devante and he didn't let us down. He
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Speaker 1: was also born on Christmas Eve.
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Speaker 2: Pretty cool. That sounds like a pretty good gift. Yeah, definitely.
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Speaker 1: Sounds like a pretty good gift to be able to unwrap.
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Speaker 3: He had a lot of great games in his career,
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Speaker 3: but you remember him emerging early on in his rookie year.
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Speaker 3: And then he went through the drops here where he
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Speaker 3: kind of struggled, but overcame that. But early on in
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Speaker 3: his rookie year, I know against the Cowboys in that
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Speaker 3: playoff game, he had some nice catches. And I think
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Speaker 3: it was 14 in that big Patriots game, the Brady-Rodgers
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Speaker 3: showdown in Lambeau that the Packers won, that he was
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Speaker 3: really the mismatch that Rodgers exploited early on when a
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Speaker 3: lot of And he had a big drop in that
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Speaker 3: one too, but still had a super productive game. He
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Speaker 3: was constantly, Rodgers was constantly picking on somebody deep with
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Speaker 3: Devontae in their secondary. Six grabs for a buck 21
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Speaker 3: in that game. Yeah, he was getting a lot of
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Speaker 3: work because they had identified the matchup.
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Speaker 2: They liked it.
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Speaker 3: And it was really early on. It helped the Packers
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Speaker 3: win that game. He's just been an amazing player with
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Speaker 3: a great career.
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Speaker 2: Call current.com. Honorable mention. to Sean McVay for owning sound
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Speaker 2: bite of the year, sound bite of the year, like
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Speaker 2: for owning, like, you know, his travel decision, his travel decisions,
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Speaker 2: like helped contribute to their debacle in the opener in Australia.
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Speaker 3: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: Sometimes you just have a dumb coach that, uh, puts
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Speaker 1: you in a, puts you in a bad position. I, I,
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Speaker 1: I do appreciate though. I do believe that they fired
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Speaker 1: the travel coordinator. Um, so I mean, somebody had to
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Speaker 1: take the fall, but I'll, I'll take the, it'll buck
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Speaker 1: stops with me. Um, for, uh, For the Rams, at
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Speaker 1: least they owned up to it and said, yeah, but
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Speaker 1: we are still better than this. There's part of it
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Speaker 1: where you could camouflage it all year long, try to
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Speaker 1: fool yourself and say- No, us bitching and moaning and
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Speaker 1: going out to London and crying about it all year
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Speaker 1: long had nothing to do with why you were unable
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Speaker 1: to get a win for the next 40 days or
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Speaker 1: whatever it ended up being when the Packers came back
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Speaker 1: from London. There are some teams that will try to
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Speaker 1: tell themselves that it had nothing to do with the
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Speaker 1: next couple of weeks. But last night, I think it
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Speaker 1: was pretty clear and cut. That was a huge disadvantage that.
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Speaker 2: They had a week ago. And it didn't seem like
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Speaker 2: it affected the 49ers too much.
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Speaker 3: No. Yeah, I think sometimes you win, sometimes you learn.
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Speaker 3: And sometimes you have a dumbass coach that makes travel
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Speaker 3: plans that put you in a bad spot.
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Speaker 2: There you go. He slammed the table. I love the
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Speaker 2: table slam. Table slam. Speaking of the NFL schedule, I
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Speaker 2: just happened to glance at the next couple weeks for
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Speaker 2: the Vikings. If the fight in Baker Mayfields don't prevail
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Speaker 2: in Tampa on Sunday, the Vikings- host the Dolphins and
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Speaker 2: play at New Orleans in their next two games.
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Speaker 3: Not bad to get a good start going.
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Speaker 2: Look at that schedule. They got a head of steam. Now,
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Speaker 2: they lost four in a row last year and then
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Speaker 2: they ended up winning five in a row to feel
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Speaker 2: good about themselves and put some wind in the sails
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Speaker 2: going into this year. So they've now won seven in
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Speaker 2: a row dating back to last year. We have to
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Speaker 2: count that because we talked about the Packers. Talked about
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Speaker 2: the Packers once. Yeah, for sure. But Are we buying
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Speaker 2: the Vikings yet? Are we still? If Kyler Murray comes back,
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Speaker 2: it'll be a step back. Then they're playing the Bucs,
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Speaker 2: and the Bucs are going to be desperate. But if
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Speaker 2: they beat the Bucs, they're looking at a very real
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Speaker 2: chance of opening 5-0.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, they lose at New Orleans. That's the one that
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Speaker 1: I think.
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Speaker 2: Oh, yeah, 100%. They lose at New Orleans. That's a
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Speaker 2: buzzsaw place to be able to go in there.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, but that's, I mean, you want to talk about
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Speaker 1: one of the toughest road environments in football and nobody's
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Speaker 1: watching and people aren't, might not be watching Tyler Shuck.
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Speaker 1: He might've been, he might be one of the most
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Speaker 1: impressive young players and young quarterbacks. playing right now, definitely
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Speaker 1: in his draft class. So they lose at New Orleans.
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Speaker 1: They probably win the next two games, though, because Tampa
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Speaker 1: Bay looks like a little bit of a dumpster fire,
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Speaker 1: unless they don't handle going out to Florida better. But
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Speaker 1: I liked what they did in the draft. Now they
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Speaker 1: have got Dominique Orange playing a bunch. Caleb Banks was
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Speaker 1: somebody that they took, and some people felt like they
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Speaker 1: maybe reached for a little bit. He played awesome against
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Speaker 1: the Bears in the rain, a defensive tackle that they
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Speaker 1: took out of Florida. So they not only identified that
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Speaker 1: they got a pretty dang good defense, they loaded up
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Speaker 1: with more of it in the draft. Their first three
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Speaker 1: picks were all defense. That defense is going to keep
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Speaker 1: them in a bunch of games. It'll be interesting to
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Speaker 1: see how much and how consistently they're able to keep
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Speaker 1: getting JJ the ball because breaking news, he's pretty damn good.
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Speaker 2: Really good.
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Speaker 1: And their whole offense is going to revolve around him.
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Speaker 1: So whoever gets him the ball most will.
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Speaker 2: Keep that job. I'm not positive it's Kyler. You like
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Speaker 2: their chances of winning at Tampa more than at New Orleans.
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Speaker 1: Yes.
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Speaker 2: All right. Well, they play Tampa, Miami, New Orleans. Then
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Speaker 2: they have their bye, early bye, week six. Then they
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Speaker 2: come out of that and they play at home against Indianapolis,
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Speaker 2: at home against Detroit, at home against Buffalo.
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Speaker 1: They go to Detroit at home against Buffalo.
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Speaker 2: At home against Buffalo and then at Green Bay. So
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Speaker 2: that's the stretch that will determine their season right there.
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Speaker 2: I did not want to live in a world where
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Speaker 2: the Bears and Vikings are a contender. Lions, Bills, Packers.
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Speaker 2: I might have to deal with this.
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Speaker 3: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: Lions, Bills, Packers in a row. Oh, Lionsville Packers 49ers. Yeah,
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Speaker 2: and 49ers in there. And so the Vikings will, they
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Speaker 2: should enjoy themselves now. Yeah, I mean, because it's going
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Speaker 2: to get tough.
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Speaker 1: And I'll be, do you believe, would you buy or
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Speaker 1: sell that Murray's the starter for the rest of the season?
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Speaker 2: Ooh, that's on an earn it basis.
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Speaker 1: Because whether or not the injuries are a part of it,
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Speaker 1: I think Wentz has at least shown ability to keep
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Speaker 1: the boat afloat.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think there's a comfortability factor. He's a steadying
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Speaker 2: presence for them. Definitely have to agree. Also, I don't
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Speaker 2: think Kyler staying healthy the whole year might be difficult.
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Speaker 2: But yeah, if you don't consider that, I agree, Billy.
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Speaker 2: I think Carson might be a better option. Quarterbacks who
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Speaker 2: run a lot. What do they say about Jackson Dart? Oh, man, yeah.
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Speaker 1: And the craziest thing is his is just in the
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Speaker 1: pocket where he just gets folded yesterday.
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Speaker 2: But everybody thought, well, he took so many shots last year.
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Speaker 1: And that that how are you gonna be able to
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Speaker 1: do that and i mean jaylen uh jayden daniel's another
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Speaker 1: great example of it now he's you know dropping back
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Speaker 1: and trying to catch his balance as he gets stepped
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Speaker 1: on uh when he dislocates his elbow again but he
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Speaker 1: had kurt warner last night on uh monday night countdown
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Speaker 1: be like well it's your left arm i braced it
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Speaker 1: up and played the next week Okay.
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Speaker 2: Okay.
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Speaker 1: But now he's going to do a little bit different
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Speaker 1: and he's also not, uh, as stocky of a individual, maybe.
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Speaker 2: Kurt, as you are.
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Speaker 1: I think there might be a little bit of a
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Speaker 1: difference here. You dislocate your arm twice in, in two years.
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Speaker 1: Daniels was the flavor of the month for a long time.
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Speaker 1: And now, uh, you're going to start wondering if you're Washington,
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Speaker 1: how much you can count on them and how long-term
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Speaker 1: you can with that health.
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Speaker 3: And isn't it funny how quickly fortunes change in the
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Speaker 3: National Football League?
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Speaker 2: After that first year, we were.
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Speaker 3: Talking about Jaden being the next big thing after that
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Speaker 3: win against Detroit and how the Bears screwed up their pick. And,
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Speaker 3: you know, you look at how fortunes have changed, cross-cutting
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Speaker 3: fortunes for both teams. Very interesting. And that's what makes
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Speaker 3: this league exciting. Things happen quick. And now the questions
10:58
Speaker 3: are going to start with them.
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Speaker 1: And it's neither of those two have already played in
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Speaker 1: the Super Bowl.
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Speaker 2: Exactly. Things happen quick. Packers had the worst punt return
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Speaker 2: unit in the league. They signed Sky Moore. Now they
11:07
Speaker 2: have the best. Now they're all of a sudden up
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Speaker 2: there at the top.
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Speaker 3: And things will change again in week three. It's a,
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Speaker 3: you know, that's just the way this league is. It's
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Speaker 3: week to week. Um, you know, Rams are a great example.
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Speaker 3: I mean, after they looked totally like, like a different
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Speaker 3: team last night than they did in that first week.
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Speaker 3: And one, and it's going to be like that.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: One team I'm pretty confident in that we were going
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Speaker 1: to know what they're going to be throughout the entire
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Speaker 1: year is one of those teams that you mentioned, uh,
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Speaker 1: in that schedule that the Vikings have, uh, It was
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Speaker 1: irresponsible to do the who's going to go undefeated. Is
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Speaker 1: it Drew as irresponsible for trying to figure out who's
11:39
Speaker 1: going to go completely defeated? Because I'm sorry, I don't
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Speaker 1: see how the Dolphins are going to win a game.
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Speaker 1: I don't know how I see them winning a game. Now,
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Speaker 1: they get to play the Jets twice. So maybe Aaron
11:52
Speaker 1: Glenn opens the door for Jeff Halfley to get that
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Speaker 1: game ball one of those times. But that is an
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Speaker 1: awful outfit. You knew going into the season that they
12:02
Speaker 1: were paying. I think their top six highest paid players
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Speaker 1: are all playing on different teams. Or in Tyree Kill's case,
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Speaker 1: trying to play for a team and getting his leg
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Speaker 1: back on defense.
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Speaker 2: Fully attached, but they're bad. They are awful. And they
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Speaker 2: got railroaded by the 49ers.
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Speaker 1: And gave as close to a competent effort as you
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Speaker 1: possibly could through the first half. I mean, they did
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Speaker 1: everything you can do, control the football, grind out the clock,
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Speaker 1: try to keep it away from them. They held the
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Speaker 1: ball for 19 minutes. And kick two field goals and
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Speaker 1: we're down eight going into half. And the thing is,
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Speaker 1: they are going to be awful. Maybe it's a reflection.
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Speaker 3: A positive reflection of the Packers coaching staff. Because the
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Speaker 3: way Malik stepped in his role, you said like he's
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Speaker 3: going to win a couple games here, right? I mean,
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Speaker 3: that's just Malik's been good enough. But I don't know either. Obviously,
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Speaker 3: no team has gone 0-17. You have had a couple 0-16s.
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Speaker 3: The most recent was the 17 Browns. And then the
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Speaker 3: 0-8 Lions and the Packers won that last game in Lambeau.
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Speaker 3: I kind of had to save it. It was kind
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Speaker 3: of tight in that game. Thank you, Donald Driver. Big
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Speaker 3: touchdown late. So those are the last teams to do it.
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Speaker 3: So we'll see. No one's ever going to own 17.
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Speaker 3: Maybe it will be the Dolphins. I still like to
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Speaker 3: think that Malik's going to pull one out somewhere. But
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Speaker 3: you do watch them and you're saying, how will they win?
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Speaker 3: You can get that feeling for sure.
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Speaker 2: I mean, Armin.
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Speaker 3: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: Calvin Johnson was on the team that went 0-16. Yeah,
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Speaker 2: that's a good point.
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Speaker 1: I mean, there have been great players that have been
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Speaker 1: on some really, really putrid teams. And I think Malik
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Speaker 1: Willis is a very, very nice player. I don't know
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Speaker 1: that he's going to go out and win you any games,
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Speaker 1: let alone drag, pull, push, whatever you got to do
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Speaker 1: for a used car to get some kind of trade value.
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Speaker 1: That's what he's going to have to do to somehow
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Speaker 1: get this team over the finish line. And they're still
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Speaker 1: going to need multiple people to help them out on
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Speaker 1: the other side.
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Speaker 2: And I agree.
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Speaker 3: It's a bad team. But one game, I just, you know. Yeah,
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Speaker 3: I know what you mean, though.
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Speaker 2: They look bad.
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Speaker 3: So maybe that'll be 0 for watch.
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Speaker 1: I bet there were a lot of people that thought,
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Speaker 1: you know what would be fun? Take the over three
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Speaker 1: and a half on the Dolphins.
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Speaker 3: Ooh.
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Speaker 4: Right?
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Speaker 2: You know, like four games? That's not hard.
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Speaker 3: Because people walk in and win games. I mean, what
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Speaker 3: he did for the Packers as a backup in that
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Speaker 3: role was, I will say, legendary in that role. I mean,
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Speaker 3: he won big games for them, stepped in, played well.
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Speaker 3: But all the conditions.
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Speaker 2: Had to be right. I think people forget that.
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Speaker 1: Before they're by, they host Kansas City, go to Minnesota,
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Speaker 1: and host Cincinnati. They get their two games against the Jets.
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Speaker 1: They host Detroit. They go to Indianapolis. Okay, there's a chance.
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Speaker 1: They still get two games against Buffalo. They got to
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Speaker 1: go to Denver.
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Speaker 2: These are all losses. Host Chicago to Green Bay. Oh,
14:42
Speaker 2: there we go. They could beat the Chargers. Maybe, hey,
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Speaker 2: wouldn't that be great? They might be able to beat
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Speaker 2: the Chargers. Beat the Bears.
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Speaker 1: What happened to Mike McDaniel is going to be the
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Speaker 1: best offseason addition that anybody has had in the NFL.
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Speaker 2: This year, Drew. Not conjuring the magic, is he? No, no, no, no.
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Speaker 1: Justin Bierbert is not having the start to the year
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Speaker 1: that many people were hoping and praying that he would
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Speaker 1: for their MVP candidacy that they were going.
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Speaker 2: But it's already on it.
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Speaker 1: Yesterday, I saw a picture from Jordan Schultz, who our
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Speaker 1: next guest, Hunter Baumgart, said he's dead to him, by
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Speaker 1: the way. Schultz, he got killed off last year when
15:18
Speaker 1: he said that the Packers were not going to play
15:20
Speaker 1: on Thanksgiving. And then all of a sudden, re-returned and
15:22
Speaker 1: said they are. That was his big thing, yeah. posted
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Speaker 1: a video yesterday of this interception that it's just true
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Speaker 1: it's so unfair and rude and inconsiderate that they're giving
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Speaker 1: this interception to justin herbert where the ball bounces off
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Speaker 1: of the receiver's hands they're already starting the excuses for
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Speaker 1: the guy it's incredible they wanted to change the stat
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Speaker 1: of how we count interceptions make sure that you can
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Speaker 1: say a receiver forced interception that's not the quarterback's fault
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Speaker 1: that's not the quarterback's fault um And they just got
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Speaker 1: beat by two scores by the Raiders. So tough scene.
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Speaker 3: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: And the last time I saw this stat yesterday, the
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Speaker 1: last time Jim Harbaugh was on an 0-2 team, he
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Speaker 2: hunter bomb guard our boots on the ground our brewers
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Speaker 2: uh go-to guy hunter good morning thank you for joining
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Speaker 2: us how did you spend your brewers off.
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Speaker 4: Day yesterday yeah it was uh I feel like it's
16:53
Speaker 4: been a rare off day. They've had a little more,
16:54
Speaker 4: a few more of them than September than they did.
16:57
Speaker 4: But yeah, the season can be go, go, go. But
17:00
Speaker 4: it was just kind of a nice reset before.
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Speaker 2: Okay.
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Speaker 4: Then he got six games and then probably five days
17:06
Speaker 4: off basically before the NLDS. So it's going to be
17:08
Speaker 4: kind of a weirder schedule, but it's always hard to
17:12
Speaker 4: believe when you get to the final week of the
17:13
Speaker 4: regular season. Six games left, three in Philly beginning tonight.
17:17
Speaker 4: And then of course, three against the Cardinals at home.
17:20
Speaker 4: All right, where's the pitching stand? What do we see?
17:22
Speaker 2: We saw Miz for a short stint on Sunday. Did
17:24
Speaker 2: they stretch him out one more time to tune him up?
17:27
Speaker 2: How are those things going to play themselves out?
17:30
Speaker 4: Yeah, it does sound like that. It sounds like Miz
17:32
Speaker 4: will get one more start, a longer start. It sounds
17:35
Speaker 4: not like, I don't think he's going to go seven,
17:36
Speaker 4: but maybe five innings. And that'll happen against the St.
17:39
Speaker 4: Louis Cardinals this weekend. So if you're going to the ballpark,
17:41
Speaker 4: you'll see Miz's last, you know, start before he likely
17:46
Speaker 4: wins the Cy Young.
17:48
Speaker 2: Which is awesome.
17:48
Speaker 4: And hopefully you can give him a great, maybe, I'm
17:51
Speaker 4: kind of hoping, well, I mean, either way he'll get
17:53
Speaker 4: an ovation, but I'm kind of hoping Murph takes him
17:55
Speaker 4: out maybe in the middle of an inning. Especially, you know,
17:59
Speaker 4: I wouldn't think most of that series against St. Louis,
18:01
Speaker 4: especially Saturday, Sunday, shouldn't matter a whole lot. So you
18:05
Speaker 4: can kind of do some of those things and hopefully
18:06
Speaker 4: he takes him out and the crowd can give.
18:08
Speaker 2: Him his due opportunity.
18:11
Speaker 4: Applause for what he's done all season long but i
18:14
Speaker 4: would think he'll go maybe five innings or so this
18:16
Speaker 4: weekend and then you have uh dustin may starting tonight
18:20
Speaker 4: you have logan henderson tomorrow this will be um henderson's
18:23
Speaker 4: final two and up i would assume tomorrow maybe he'll
18:26
Speaker 4: go about five uh dustin may is coming off of
18:30
Speaker 4: kind of short rest right he started on friday So he'll,
18:34
Speaker 4: because he only threw three innings, 70 pitches, they feel
18:36
Speaker 4: like they can bring him back. I don't necessarily think
18:39
Speaker 4: that he's going to go super deep into the game,
18:41
Speaker 4: but you want to see him go, you know, three,
18:43
Speaker 4: four good innings. I feel like, you know, the other
18:47
Speaker 4: wild card here is obviously Kyle Harrison. He comes in
18:49
Speaker 4: for a leverage spot, looked a little better, was getting
18:53
Speaker 4: a little more movement on the fastball.
18:55
Speaker 2: So that's good.
18:56
Speaker 4: But then where do you put him as your one
18:58
Speaker 4: more to maybe start him one more time just to see,
19:01
Speaker 4: especially like a Friday game where maybe you're almost wrapped
19:05
Speaker 4: up or wrapped up the one seed, like, Is that
19:07
Speaker 4: a time where you maybe just see what happens and
19:10
Speaker 4: leave him out there a little longer to just see
19:12
Speaker 4: what you can regain? And especially, I don't know, putting
19:16
Speaker 4: him in a good position as well. Like, you know,
19:19
Speaker 4: Bo Naylor caught him last time.
19:21
Speaker 2: Nothing against Bo Naylor, but obviously we know he's third
19:24
Speaker 2: on the depth chart.
19:24
Speaker 4: Do you put Contreras back there? Give him a little
19:27
Speaker 4: more of a shot there to start a game, see
19:31
Speaker 4: what he can do against the Cardinals lineup, and then
19:33
Speaker 4: go from there. But Thursday's game right now is TBA,
19:37
Speaker 4: and then obviously the whole weekend against the Cardinals is
19:39
Speaker 4: TBA at the moment.
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Speaker 1: So it would be really nice for Kyle Harrison to
19:43
Speaker 1: be able to dust off June and be that guy again.
19:47
Speaker 2: I think the likelihood is pretty low. Difficult, though.
19:50
Speaker 1: When you have Robert Gasser pitching as well as he is. Hunter,
19:52
Speaker 1: I liked your tweet the other night where you put
19:54
Speaker 1: the picture of Murph hitting the chest, giving him the
19:57
Speaker 1: pep talk before he took the ball at Wrigley. And
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Speaker 1: he's been pretty much nails ever since then. Is there
20:03
Speaker 1: an outside shot that he's starting one of these things
20:05
Speaker 1: or that they're just going to piecemeal maybe a game
20:08
Speaker 1: four together?
20:09
Speaker 4: I don't.
20:10
Speaker 2: Being presumptuous, and that they're locking up this bye one
20:13
Speaker 2: game away.
20:14
Speaker 1: But as you start thinking about it as to where
20:16
Speaker 1: they're going to have to go in the outline of
20:18
Speaker 1: a schedule, it's tough with the lack of off days
20:21
Speaker 1: to think that you're going to see Miz game one
20:24
Speaker 1: and game four, Henderson game two and game five. You're
20:27
Speaker 1: probably going to have to make hay with somebody else.
20:30
Speaker 1: Do you think Robert Gasser has a chance to be
20:32
Speaker 1: that dude or just factor into that day?
20:36
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think he's a possible Game 3 guy as well.
20:41
Speaker 4: I think him, Dustin May, are all in that mix.
20:45
Speaker 4: Maybe it's a combination of both. If you have lefties
20:47
Speaker 4: in the lineup, restart Gasser, and then maybe you bring
20:51
Speaker 4: in Dustin May or vice versa if there's a lot
20:53
Speaker 4: of righties in the lineup. Does Shane Drohan get a start?
20:57
Speaker 4: You guys know I love him out of the bullpen,
20:59
Speaker 4: but at this point, you might need him to start
21:01
Speaker 4: a game, even if it's an opener situation to go
21:04
Speaker 4: a few innings.
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Speaker 2: Ashby's going to win that game.
21:07
Speaker 4: Well, and then, yeah, that's, that's, see, that's another, you know, we've,
21:10
Speaker 4: we've seen this, we've seen this story before as well with,
21:14
Speaker 4: with Ashby starting. I think he may have started every
21:16
Speaker 4: other game in the, in the playoffs last year, but no,
21:19
Speaker 4: but I do think that he maybe factors in, look, they,
21:23
Speaker 4: they started Trevor McGill in game five. There are different
21:25
Speaker 4: ways that people, that teams do things in the post season.
21:28
Speaker 4: So I wouldn't rule that out, but the way Gasser's
21:30
Speaker 4: pitching is, Since Murph took him out of that game
21:33
Speaker 4: at Wrigley Field and gave him that pep talk, he
21:35
Speaker 4: has about 16 innings pitched and just two runs given up.
21:38
Speaker 4: He's putting himself right in that spot of that Game
21:42
Speaker 4: 3 starter, possibly. And the Game 3 starter is very,
21:45
Speaker 4: especially like you said, they're going to get the bye.
21:47
Speaker 4: That would be on the road. And we saw what
21:49
Speaker 4: Quinn Priester struggled with on the road last year starting
21:52
Speaker 4: that Game 3. And I do wonder if that It
21:54
Speaker 4: goes to, okay, maybe we start Dustin May because of
21:56
Speaker 4: his experience. Now, you also want to see Dustin May
21:59
Speaker 4: pitch well tonight before you do that because it's just
22:02
Speaker 4: been too rocky of a road, I think. And the
22:04
Speaker 4: road for Robert Gasser over the last few starts has
22:06
Speaker 4: been a lot better, especially, obviously, what he did against Baltimore.
22:10
Speaker 4: So I would think Gasser's kind of the frontrunner for
22:13
Speaker 4: Game 3. Game 4 might just be a mix of Ashby, Drohan,
22:17
Speaker 4: you know, whoever hasn't pitched a lot out of the
22:20
Speaker 4: bullpen already is probably the ones who could be lined
22:24
Speaker 4: up in that Game 4.
22:25
Speaker 2: That's the thing.
22:25
Speaker 3: It'll be piecemeal by matchups, by innings. That's just the
22:28
Speaker 3: way the playoffs usually go. It's not as usually traditional, but...
22:31
Speaker 3: You do think Gasser is set to get a big
22:34
Speaker 3: chunk of innings somewhere, a big chunk of work, just
22:36
Speaker 3: because of how good he's been. And whether or not
22:39
Speaker 3: the Brewers are going to need to go, you know, four,
22:42
Speaker 3: game four, game five, and push deeper, you know, you
22:45
Speaker 3: have your studs there. But the idea that I think
22:50
Speaker 3: there's going to be shorter leashes, right, in the playoffs anyway.
22:53
Speaker 3: Murph's going to be more apt to go to options
22:55
Speaker 3: quicker than he would be in a normal situation.
22:58
Speaker 4: Yeah, and then you have Game 5, which you could
22:59
Speaker 4: bring Miz back for a Game 5 scenario. Then obviously
23:02
Speaker 4: you don't have him for Game 1.
23:05
Speaker 2: You have to figure all that out, obviously.
23:08
Speaker 4: Last year, you had one more off day because you
23:11
Speaker 4: played Saturday in Game 1 of the EDS, and then
23:14
Speaker 4: you played on Monday. And that was that extra off
23:17
Speaker 4: day that allowed Freddie to then come back, I believe,
23:19
Speaker 4: in Game 4 against the Cubs. So that allowed that.
23:22
Speaker 4: You don't have that this year. It's Saturday, Sunday, off
23:25
Speaker 4: day Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, off day Thursday. And then Friday
23:28
Speaker 4: is your game five. So you have that all within
23:30
Speaker 4: a span of seven days, which is different than you
23:34
Speaker 4: had it. I know it's one more day, but one
23:35
Speaker 4: more day matters in these things. You had eight days
23:38
Speaker 4: last year. So really interesting to see what they do
23:44
Speaker 4: in those game three, game four scenarios. But hey, maybe
23:47
Speaker 4: you win game one, two, and three. You don't even
23:48
Speaker 4: have to worry about a game four.
23:50
Speaker 2: Yeah, hopefully. I kind of like that. I feel a
23:52
Speaker 2: lot better. Hunter Baumgart has brought to us on the
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23:57
Speaker 2: on 27th Street, just north of 894. The Phillies have
24:03
Speaker 2: something to play for. Obviously, they're in pretty good shape, though.
24:05
Speaker 2: The Cubs can put plastic over the lockers tonight because
24:08
Speaker 2: if they win, that's their magic number is one. A
24:11
Speaker 2: Cubs win or a loss by the Padres? By the Diamondbacks. Diamondbacks, yeah. Probably, right? Yeah, Diamondbacks.
24:19
Speaker 2: That's right. If the Diamondbacks lose or the... And they're
24:23
Speaker 2: playing Colorado, so... But if the Cubs win... they're spraying
24:27
Speaker 2: champagne for getting in the playoffs and then they can
24:30
Speaker 2: start lining things up.
24:32
Speaker 3: Right.
24:32
Speaker 2: Do you think they will? Well, that's the thing.
24:35
Speaker 4: Like I think they would, I would be interested how
24:38
Speaker 4: much home field advantage matters there. Right. Cause they're going
24:40
Speaker 4: to be in the battle for that home field advantage
24:42
Speaker 4: throughout the rest of the week. You would think for
24:44
Speaker 4: most of it, at least. And then Philly's in that conversation.
24:47
Speaker 4: San Diego's in that conversation. And that matters. You get
24:51
Speaker 4: all three of those games at home, and that's significant.
24:54
Speaker 4: They hosted last year against the San Diego Padres. It's
24:57
Speaker 4: kind of setting up to be a similar route this year.
25:00
Speaker 4: And we'll see. The Phillies, I think, of all these
25:02
Speaker 4: teams are playing the worst right now, which is interesting.
25:05
Speaker 4: So we're going to kind of see them up close
25:06
Speaker 4: and personal. What I do like about having Miz start
25:10
Speaker 4: on Sunday instead of tonight in Philly is... The last
25:14
Speaker 4: taste of Miz in the Phillies mouth is going to
25:16
Speaker 4: be his nine inning complete game of like whatever it was,
25:19
Speaker 4: 15 strikeouts. I like that rather than chancing something else,
25:22
Speaker 4: you know, and having them having them see him again.
25:25
Speaker 4: I really like that strategy of not having Miz seen
25:28
Speaker 4: by the Phillies here. They're going to see Henderson and
25:30
Speaker 4: that's fine and. And whatever happens, happens. But especially Miz,
25:33
Speaker 4: I like that decision. And did that factor into it totally?
25:38
Speaker 4: There's maybe a little bit of that. I'm sure most
25:40
Speaker 4: of it was health and lineages. I hope there was
25:43
Speaker 4: too because it makes a lot of sense.
25:45
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm playing as much gamesmanship as I possibly can
25:48
Speaker 1: at that point and trying to be strategic. If you
25:51
Speaker 1: can call it that right now, Cubs might get bailed out.
25:53
Speaker 2: They're going to be in.
25:54
Speaker 1: But the end of the season, they play the Red Sox. Well,
25:57
Speaker 1: the Red Sox fate has been determined for like two
25:59
Speaker 1: and a half weeks. They've known that they're playing the
26:01
Speaker 1: Yankees in their series. So maybe that does help them out. Hunter,
26:05
Speaker 1: in about two and a half hours, playoff tickets go
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Speaker 1: on sale for Wisconsin residents on the presale. Your astute
26:13
Speaker 1: baseball mind. This goes on for the division series. Game one,
26:16
Speaker 1: game two, game five. Saturday, Sunday, Friday. Which one, as
26:21
Speaker 1: somebody that's been there all year long, knows that ballpark
26:24
Speaker 1: as hot as ever. Obviously, game one is going to
26:27
Speaker 1: be exciting. Game two is what it is. Game five,
26:31
Speaker 1: you get one. Which one should a Brewer fan be
26:34
Speaker 1: picking today when they go and try to spend their
26:36
Speaker 1: playoff bonus?
26:38
Speaker 4: It's such a good question because, like, obviously, game five,
26:41
Speaker 4: you don't know if it's going to happen.
26:43
Speaker 2: So that's risky.
26:44
Speaker 4: But if it does happen last year, that was just
26:46
Speaker 4: absolutely epic in that ballpark for game five. And, you know,
26:52
Speaker 4: Trevor McGill walks off the mound. You know, you have
26:54
Speaker 4: all those moments in game five. Game one couldn't have
26:57
Speaker 4: started better. You put up a bunch of runs in
26:59
Speaker 4: the first inning, and that place was going nuts.
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Speaker 1: I'd say it could have started a little bit better.
27:02
Speaker 1: Michael Bush couldn't have come up first. But then I'll
27:05
Speaker 1: agree with you for the Brewers' bottom.
27:07
Speaker 2: Half, yes.
27:08
Speaker 4: It's so funny how we forget about that because they
27:10
Speaker 4: came in the bottom.
27:11
Speaker 2: Half and just put a bunch of runs. They came
27:12
Speaker 2: and lit them up and blew them out, right. Isn't
27:14
Speaker 2: the simple answer just game one, you see Miz start?
27:17
Speaker 2: That's right.
27:17
Speaker 1: Yeah, you get to see Miz for sure, but I mean...
27:21
Speaker 1: Saturday afternoon. Some people might not love that. It's in
27:25
Speaker 1: the middle of pumpkin patch season. There's going to be
27:28
Speaker 1: some things that people are going to have to start
27:29
Speaker 1: thinking of when they go up.
27:30
Speaker 3: There for that ticket window. Get them at the grocery store.
27:33
Speaker 3: It's the same pumpkins. They're growing the same way.
27:35
Speaker 2: Or at your sister's house.
27:38
Speaker 3: No, listen. You could do that if you can get
27:40
Speaker 3: them somewhere, these pumpkin patches. Let me tell you, man.
27:42
Speaker 3: Just go to the grocery store. But I would say, yeah.
27:45
Speaker 3: Because you get Miz in game one, and there's an
27:48
Speaker 3: excitement there. But when we've When the Brewers finally got
27:52
Speaker 3: out of the first inning with McGill, that felt like
27:55
Speaker 3: one of those years.
27:57
Speaker 2: That was incredible. You never know what's to come.
28:00
Speaker 4: Especially if you've never been to a playoff game, I
28:04
Speaker 4: would say game one. Guarantee that you're going to be there.
28:07
Speaker 4: Guarantee that you're going to see Miz in the playoffs.
28:09
Speaker 4: I mean, just guarantee it and get there and enjoy it.
28:14
Speaker 2: We don't know. I mean.
28:15
Speaker 4: afternoon, evening, night. We don't know exactly yet. Obviously, last
28:19
Speaker 4: year was an afternoon game. It's the Brewers, so I
28:21
Speaker 4: would assume that's maybe going to be afternoon. However, does
28:25
Speaker 4: Miz change that?
28:26
Speaker 2: No. You don't think so? No. You don't think that? Okay.
28:30
Speaker 1: I'd love to be with you on that one, but
28:33
Speaker 1: they're set for the 2 o'clock first pitch, I can imagine.
28:36
Speaker 2: I'm with you. I got to think they're locked in
28:38
Speaker 2: right there in the sunshine.
28:40
Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't totally disagree on that. So, yeah, it's
28:45
Speaker 4: going to be an awesome atmosphere.
28:46
Speaker 2: Can't wait.
28:46
Speaker 4: There is nothing like playoff baseball, whatever game you choose,
28:50
Speaker 4: just be in that ballpark.
28:52
Speaker 2: Cause there is, there's truly nothing like that. Who, uh,
28:56
Speaker 2: who's on hot watch and not watch. We do with
28:58
Speaker 2: Donovan Jorgensen, but it does seem like the Brewers have
29:01
Speaker 2: guys that are, you know, their offense is rounding into shape.
29:04
Speaker 2: They're scoring more runs. They're rolling through the lineup. They're
29:06
Speaker 2: being productive. Anybody on slump watch right now, Hunter? Hmm.
29:10
Speaker 2: That's a good question.
29:11
Speaker 4: Um, I was looking last few games, maybe five games
29:15
Speaker 4: for Yelly hasn't been great, but you know, I, I,
29:20
Speaker 4: he has been overall in the last month, pretty good.
29:22
Speaker 4: Otherwise I really like how all these guys are kind of,
29:28
Speaker 4: like you said, rounding into shape right now to kind
29:30
Speaker 4: of turn the question into, into who I like in
29:33
Speaker 4: this lineup. I mean, you've got guys who obviously Joey
29:36
Speaker 4: just continues to be hot. um Garrett is is is
29:41
Speaker 4: these guys are just so consistent one through nine right
29:43
Speaker 4: now and I think that's the that's the most one
29:46
Speaker 4: of the more dangerous parts about this team is that
29:49
Speaker 4: like last year I felt this last year going into
29:51
Speaker 4: the postseason except except Joey wasn't as obviously as hot
29:54
Speaker 4: as he is this year so maybe it was one
29:56
Speaker 4: through eight This year, I feel better about their position
30:00
Speaker 4: group as a whole than I have in a long time.
30:03
Speaker 4: You think about that entire group right now. And let's
30:06
Speaker 4: say you have your starters, your regular starters to start.
30:09
Speaker 4: Let's say Ortiz at third and Pratt at short and
30:12
Speaker 4: Terang at second and Bowers at first. Contreras behind the
30:14
Speaker 4: plate and Churio, Mitchell. and let's say Lara in the
30:17
Speaker 4: outfield to start a game, that means you have Vaughn
30:20
Speaker 4: who can come in off the bench against the lefty,
30:23
Speaker 4: Freelike who can come in off the bench against the righty,
30:26
Speaker 4: and then you have David Hamilton who could get on
30:29
Speaker 4: base in a pinch. I mean, you have these guys,
30:31
Speaker 4: like this position player group, I really, really like how
30:35
Speaker 4: it sits right now. Bo Naylor obviously can come in
30:38
Speaker 4: in an emergency, but they have just a group who can,
30:41
Speaker 4: who Pat Murphy can really use to strategize it, you know,
30:45
Speaker 4: and have some have some depth and some backup if
30:48
Speaker 4: things maybe don't go well with one player or he
30:51
Speaker 4: sees a player struggling, a pinch hit a scenario in
30:54
Speaker 4: the middle of a game, play matchup with a bullpen
30:57
Speaker 4: arm that's coming in. I just really like how they're
31:00
Speaker 4: set up as a whole, not just one through nine
31:02
Speaker 4: in the lineup, but then you add in whoever, Gary
31:05
Speaker 4: Sanchez I missed, but he could come in as a
31:08
Speaker 4: pinch hitter as well as a right-handed bat. There are
31:11
Speaker 4: just so many guys that I feel good about at
31:14
Speaker 4: the plate right now almost everybody in the lineup, almost
31:18
Speaker 4: everybody in their position player group, maybe David Hamilton is
31:20
Speaker 4: the one guy who I, you know, would be a
31:22
Speaker 4: little hesitant on, but he can do his own thing
31:24
Speaker 4: with the bunting. And then maybe he comes in as
31:26
Speaker 4: a pinch runner in the ninth, if you're down by
31:28
Speaker 4: one or whatever it is, I just really feel good
31:31
Speaker 4: about the position player group that you can mix and
31:33
Speaker 4: match how you want to and use everybody to your advantage.
31:37
Speaker 2: And they're all really solid players as it stands.
31:41
Speaker 1: Hamilton is the guy that I'm most excited to see
31:43
Speaker 1: get a little bit of opportunity in the playoffs because
31:45
Speaker 1: he's in there for one reason. Go swipe second. Go
31:48
Speaker 1: swipe second. Last one here, Hunter, on the auditions for starting.
31:55
Speaker 1: Chad Patrick's running down the ramp. That a possibility for
31:57
Speaker 1: maybe one of those, the openers? There's a wild card
32:01
Speaker 1: in that entire bullpen, but they're littered now with left-handers.
32:06
Speaker 2: Feels like it would be tough.
32:07
Speaker 1: I know McGill last year, I think it was circumstance
32:10
Speaker 1: as to why he was available there.
32:11
Speaker 2: But do you think they'd have to shy away from it?
32:13
Speaker 1: Because your boy, Drowan, going back into that left side,
32:15
Speaker 1: there's a lot of lefties.
32:17
Speaker 2: In that bullpen. For sure.
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Speaker 4: I would think he's absolutely a chance, especially in a
32:21
Speaker 4: game four scenario like we talked about. you're going to
32:24
Speaker 4: need one of those guys, whether it's a drone, whether
32:26
Speaker 4: it's an Ashby, whether it's a Patrick, whether it's a
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Speaker 4: DL hall guys who can go multiple innings, although I've
32:31
Speaker 4: loved DL all in leverage now. Uh, but, and then
32:34
Speaker 4: a look, every inning of a playoff game is basically leverage.
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Speaker 2: At that point. So, um, so I, I do think
32:39
Speaker 2: that he is in the mix. Absolutely.
32:41
Speaker 4: For, for one of those starts, just because we know
32:44
Speaker 4: what the brewers do. We know what teams do in
32:45
Speaker 4: the playoffs and that's, Hey, we're going to put, uh,
32:48
Speaker 4: we're going to mix and match and we're going to
32:50
Speaker 4: put guys out there that you may not have, started
32:53
Speaker 4: a game for months, but this is how we think
32:55
Speaker 4: you're going to, you know, face this lineup. The best
32:58
Speaker 4: is starting out a game. And so I, I would
33:01
Speaker 4: think that Chad Patrick is definitely, I mean, Chad Patrick's
33:03
Speaker 4: been great. So interesting to, you know, he was the
33:05
Speaker 4: guy who started the second game of the season for
33:07
Speaker 4: the Brewers. And then you think about what they did
33:10
Speaker 4: and basically kind of forced them into the bullpen. And
33:12
Speaker 4: it's been a great decision because he's been really, really
33:15
Speaker 4: good in that bullpen, basically all season long.
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Speaker 2: Over a hundred things this year.
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Speaker 4: Right, and got the save the other night in extra innings,
33:23
Speaker 4: not allowing the runner at second to score. Like, he is,
33:26
Speaker 4: I would trust him, and that's, Just like I talk
33:29
Speaker 4: about the position player group.
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Speaker 2: I love the bullpen.
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Speaker 4: The bullpen is, you know, you trust almost everybody in
33:34
Speaker 4: that bullpen too. And it's just a great place to
33:37
Speaker 4: be heading into the postseason. That's why they've won 98 games.
33:40
Speaker 4: That's why they're on pace to win 100 is because
33:43
Speaker 4: this team top to bottom is solid. And probably the
33:46
Speaker 4: biggest question mark is who's that third and fourth starter.
33:49
Speaker 4: But that could come out of your bullpen and you
33:50
Speaker 4: could still be in really good shape in the postseason.
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Speaker 1: Of the offensive performance that was rather offensive for the
33:56
Speaker 1: Packers not getting over 200 yards or painting yourself and
34:00
Speaker 1: thinking about all the penalties. Now you just get to
34:02
Speaker 1: think of how on earth are they going to become
34:04
Speaker 1: a much more disciplined unit and or as the great
34:08
Speaker 1: Larry McCarron just said.
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Speaker 2: You got to focus, fellas. Focus. Focus.
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Speaker 1: How do we focus better going into Thursday night?
34:16
Speaker 2: You got to focus, fellas.
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Speaker 3: Focus.
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Speaker 2: Focus.
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Speaker 1: Let's get that thing quick. I like the turnaround, the
34:20
Speaker 1: quick turnaround. You don't have to stew with this weird
34:23
Speaker 1: taste in your mouth because it's not a bad taste.
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Speaker 2: He did win. A little chalky. A little chalky. Yeah,
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Speaker 2: it's good.
34:29
Speaker 1: It's like eating Brussels sprouts. You know what's good for you?
34:32
Speaker 1: I know that win was good for him. It didn't
34:34
Speaker 1: taste good. I didn't like it. You're happy it went down,
34:37
Speaker 1: but it wasn't enjoyable. I'm glad I was able to
34:40
Speaker 1: choke it down, no pause. But now, let's get to
34:43
Speaker 1: the good stuff. Let's get some steak or some potatoes
34:45
Speaker 1: in here and get that weird taste out of your mouth.
34:48
Speaker 3: Also, if you have to play a team on a
34:49
Speaker 3: short week, I mean, obviously anything can happen in the NFL.
34:51
Speaker 2: Isn't this the right team to play?
34:53
Speaker 3: It should be an easier set of easier task hopefully
34:58
Speaker 3: to go out and get the win it's not like
34:59
Speaker 3: you know it is the falcons i don't want to
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Speaker 3: say you know i know pennix is starting and everything
35:03
Speaker 3: maybe you have to prep differently but you hope it's
35:06
Speaker 3: going to be easier let's put it that way.
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Speaker 1: Yes armin i think your your your overall premise is
35:11
Speaker 1: correct now the the only thing is the falcons will
35:13
Speaker 1: be uh the most desperate team in football they come
35:16
Speaker 1: in michael pennix will get the play and the one
35:19
Speaker 1: thing that you can be a little bit nervous of
35:21
Speaker 1: is drake london in two games played has two catches
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Speaker 1: for four yards.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, they're going to try. Yeah, with Penix.
35:29
Speaker 1: Yeah, two catches for four. The Falcons haven't taken a
35:31
Speaker 1: snap in the red zone yet. Yeah, he's got six
35:34
Speaker 1: overall grabs on the year. You just can't have that.
35:36
Speaker 1: And Penix will feed him the ball early and often. So,
35:40
Speaker 1: Brandon Cisse, better buckle up and be ready because the
35:42
Speaker 1: USC Trojan is going to be coming this week.
35:46
Speaker 3: Desmond Ritter, PSTTSD with the Falcons too.
35:48
Speaker 2: Oh, my goodness.
35:49
Speaker 1: No, the PTSD I have of that game is the
35:51
Speaker 1: sneak that Love tried to have in the end of
35:53
Speaker 1: the game.
35:54
Speaker 2: Should have gone 2-0 that way. Reminder, no huddle this
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Speaker 2: Thursday because of Packers and Falcons. But go to the
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Speaker 2: Pottawatomie Sportsbook. Shots after Packers' touchdowns. Tomorrow on the program,
36:04
Speaker 2: hot take hump day. And we'll be talking Brewers-Phillies. And
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Speaker 2: maybe celebrating a Milkmen championship. See you at 5 a.m. Peace!