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Football Is Back: Hall of Fame Game Recap and Joy Taylor’s Top 5 “Super Interesting” Teams · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 1: Hey guys, welcome to the Daily Play with Joy Taylor.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks so much for joining me. Make sure you hit subscribe,
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  Speaker 1: Football is back. We've got a game under our belts
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  Speaker 1: and it was kind of an exciting game for the
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  Speaker 1: Hall of Fame game. The Arizona Cardinals and the Panthers
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  Speaker 1: faced off and can on Thursday nights. Both franchises have
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  Speaker 1: all time greats going into the Hall this weekend, Larry
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  Speaker 1: Fitzgerald and Luke Keakley, and the players from both teams
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  Speaker 1: honored their greats with a really decent game on the field.
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  Speaker 1: This one came all the way down to the end
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  Speaker 1: of the game. Slow start for both teams, and in
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  Speaker 1: the second quarter both teams went back and forth with
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  Speaker 1: six straight scoring drives, trading touchdowns twice and field goals once.
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  Speaker 1: Rookie Carson Beck took advantage of his first start, leading
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  Speaker 1: three scoring attempts, scoring drives and completing fifteen of his
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  Speaker 1: nineteen attempts, and the game ended with a last second
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  Speaker 1: runoff touchdown by Haines King for the Panthers. So Carolina
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  Speaker 1: wins thirty three to thirty. Obviously, this is not a
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  Speaker 1: game that you know you're necessarily concerned about.
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  Speaker 2: Winning or losing.
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  Speaker 1: It's good for morale, but more importantly, you know you
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  Speaker 1: want to make sure everyone gets out healthy and that
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  Speaker 1: the guys that you're trying to see get reps and
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  Speaker 1: real game speed get out there and do that. And
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  Speaker 1: I think Carson looked really solid. His throws were mostly accurate,
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  Speaker 1: play with a lot of confidence, was getting the ball
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  Speaker 1: out quickly. Again, I don't want to make too much
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  Speaker 1: of a not just a preseason game, but the Hall
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  Speaker 1: of Fame game. But you know, the plan this season
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  Speaker 1: is for first time head coach Micha Lafloor to start
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  Speaker 1: to Kobe Brissett with Gardner Minshew as the backup. Both
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  Speaker 1: guys obviously have a lot of experience, and Carson is
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  Speaker 1: the rookie and coming in and trying to earn his way.
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  Speaker 1: But I do think that throughout the season Carson will
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  Speaker 1: see more time as he develops. And obviously there's a
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  Speaker 1: lot of time, there's a lot of king, there's a
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  Speaker 1: lot of preseason games to be played, But I really
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  Speaker 1: like what I saw from him tonight. You can only
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  Speaker 1: go off of what you the information that you have,
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  Speaker 1: and so far, which is one game in preseason in
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  Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame Game, he looks really solid.
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  Speaker 2: You know, this season ended.
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  Speaker 1: His college career ended, obviously in devastating fashion, throwing interception
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  Speaker 1: to lose the National Championship game to Indiana in Miami.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, this is a new chapter. He's now
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  Speaker 2: a pro.
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  Speaker 1: We have a lot of you know, there's a lot
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  Speaker 1: of mixed reviews on what he's going to be capable
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  Speaker 1: of doing as a pro.
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  Speaker 2: But I thought this was a really good showing by him.
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  Speaker 1: I thought he was playing with confidence, which is what
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  Speaker 1: you want to see from a young guy like Carson.
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  Speaker 2: And I thought he played really well.
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  Speaker 1: So that's a solid review from the Hall of Fame game.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, for a game that's mostly overlooked, it
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  Speaker 1: was a really exciting game. So fun times and football
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  Speaker 1: is back. So as promise, I'm going to reveal my
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  Speaker 1: top five of super interesting contenders, not Super Bowl contenders,
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  Speaker 1: because you guys take these early predictions too seriously. So
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  Speaker 1: yesterday I gave you ten through six, which was at
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  Speaker 1: ten the Ravens, Commanders, Bengals, Lions, and at six the Broncos.
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  Speaker 1: Now you're probably going to guess some of the teams
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  Speaker 1: that are in the top five, but I did leave
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  Speaker 1: one out and I will explain after I go through
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  Speaker 1: the top five.
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  Speaker 2: So at five, it's the Chicago Bears.
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  Speaker 1: The vibes are very, very, very very high in Chicago
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  Speaker 1: coming off of that season of Caleb Williams in Ben
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  Speaker 1: Johnson's offense.
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  Speaker 2: Last season was the awakening for him.
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  Speaker 1: I thought he absolutely stepped up with all the expectations,
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  Speaker 1: with all the conversation, with some of the disappointment from
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  Speaker 1: his first year, and they had.
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  Speaker 2: An eleven and six record, won the division.
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  Speaker 1: Dj Moore is gone, but Caleb should have enough weapons
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  Speaker 1: to throw too. He's got third pick Xavion Thomas, joining
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  Speaker 1: last year's second round pick Luther Burden in the third
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  Speaker 1: and the twenty twenty four first rounder Romandonsay obviously, so
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  Speaker 1: it's a very young receiving corps, but you know, a
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  Speaker 1: group that can come together. He'll only need fifty eight
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  Speaker 1: yards more yards to be the first Bears quarterbacks to
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  Speaker 1: ever throw for four thousand yards. The defense is a
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  Speaker 1: bit of a concerns in the bottom four and scoring
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  Speaker 1: an overall defense in twenty twenty five, Dennis Allen will
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  Speaker 1: need to get that group together, But I think the
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  Speaker 1: expectations are very high for Chicago this year. I can't
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  Speaker 1: call them a sleeper the super Bowl team, but I
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  Speaker 1: do think that in his third year, another year under
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  Speaker 1: Ben Johnson, with the moves that haven't made, and looking
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  Speaker 1: around the division a bit, I think this is a
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  Speaker 1: year that could be very significant for the Bears.
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  Speaker 2: I'll say that in.
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  Speaker 1: The early early preseason, but I'm excited to see them
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  Speaker 1: this year. I think Caleb is an incredible young talent.
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  Speaker 1: I'm so glad the Chicago Bears have joined the modern
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  Speaker 1: NFL instead of of talking about running backs and defense
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  Speaker 1: every day, and I want to see what they do
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  Speaker 1: this year. So at number four of the Patriots obviously
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  Speaker 1: were in the super Bowl last year, head coach Mike Rabel,
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  Speaker 1: second year quarterback Drake May and you know lost to
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  Speaker 1: Super Bowl. But getting to the super Bowl obviously in
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  Speaker 1: his first season back in New England is incredible.
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  Speaker 2: And they became the first team to make a Super.
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  Speaker 1: Bowl immediately after a thirteen last season, So an incredible,
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  Speaker 1: incredible turnaround and no one saw them coming.
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  Speaker 2: No one saw them getting to the super Bowl last year.
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  Speaker 2: There could be.
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  Speaker 1: The potential for a bit of a hangover, but they've
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  Speaker 1: had a you know, interesting off season.
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  Speaker 2: The strength of schedule, though, might be tough for them.
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  Speaker 2: They had a historically easy schedule last year.
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  Speaker 1: They have the hardest schedule in the league from weeks
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  Speaker 1: one to four and it's kind of crazy all the
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  Speaker 1: way up to their bye week in Week ten. So
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  Speaker 1: their first four games are at Seattle, Pittsburgh, at Jacksonville,
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  Speaker 1: at Buffalo. Then they have the Raiders and Jets both
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  Speaker 1: at home, at Chicago at Miami, then Green Bay and Detroit,
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  Speaker 1: and Detroit will be in Munich. So not the easiest
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  Speaker 1: schedule to start the season, especially coming off of that
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  Speaker 1: Super Bowl. So they're really going to have to have
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  Speaker 1: a strong start. But they did bring in aj Brown.
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  Speaker 1: He's back with Rabel from the Titans, and as you know,
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  Speaker 1: as long as Drake May continues to develop, which I
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  Speaker 1: think he will. They've also bolstered the offensive line, added
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  Speaker 1: some pieces to the defense. So the Patriots I think
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  Speaker 1: are a team that you know, obviously also in that division,
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  Speaker 1: have an advantage. They have the experience now with a
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  Speaker 1: young quarterback having played in the Super Bowl. So I
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  Speaker 1: want to see how the Patriots starts the season. Speaking
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  Speaker 1: of the Super Bowl A rating champs. The Seahawks self explanatory,
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  Speaker 1: still good and built on defense, and you know, Sam
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  Speaker 1: Donold now having the competence of being a Super Bowl
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  Speaker 1: winning quarterbacks supposed to seeing go.
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  Speaker 2: They did. Let the MVP Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker
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  Speaker 2: the third Walk.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know if I love that. They do still
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  Speaker 1: have a solid run game in house. But you know,
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  Speaker 1: when you're coming off of a Super Bowl, you're fighting
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  Speaker 1: the Super Bowl hangover, the Super Bowl level expectations.
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  Speaker 2: Everyone is gunning for you.
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  Speaker 1: You're not going to have the same season And just
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  Speaker 1: a little bit of juju if you're into that. No
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  Speaker 1: team has ever made it to the Super Bowl, let
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  Speaker 1: alone won it in the same season. They were featured
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  Speaker 1: on Hard Knocks. So do with that which you will.
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  Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills at number two, Josh Allen getting a number
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  Speaker 1: one wide receiver, trading for DJ Moore from Chicago, and
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  Speaker 1: he is reuniting with Joe Brady, who he was with
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  Speaker 1: in Carolina. The Patriots ended the Bills five season streak
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  Speaker 1: of winning the AFC North last season. Despite Buffalo putting
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  Speaker 1: up double digit wins for the seventh straight year. It
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  Speaker 1: kind of feels redundant at this point to say that
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  Speaker 1: this is the breakthrough year for Buffalo, But I do
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  Speaker 1: kind of feel like at some point you got to
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  Speaker 1: break through. It's kind of like the Buffalo curse. You
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  Speaker 1: just kind of keep getting there and never actually win
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  Speaker 1: the big one. Now, obviously the Dolphins are going to
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  Speaker 1: be probably very bad, and the Jets are still in
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  Speaker 1: the midst of they're rebuilt, despite the fact that they
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  Speaker 1: have a stud tight end in Mason Taylor. But yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it's time. It's time for Buffalo to break through in
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  Speaker 1: the AFC. The expectations have been there for years. They
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  Speaker 1: have everything that they need.
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  Speaker 2: It's enough already with Buffalo.
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  Speaker 1: They're always they're always great, They're always good, but they
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  Speaker 1: can't get to the big one. And I think this
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  Speaker 1: is the year that they have to do that. And
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  Speaker 1: then a number one. The hype train has left the
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  Speaker 1: building with the La Rams.
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  Speaker 2: So like the.
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  Speaker 1: AFCAS in the Seast, they have two legit title contenders
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  Speaker 1: in the division and then whatever the Niners are.
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  Speaker 2: But the Rams are at the top of this list.
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  Speaker 1: There's more than enough smoke around the Aaron Donald coming
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  Speaker 1: back fire and Miles Garrett is there now, which is
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  Speaker 1: just an absolute nightmare for anyone playing them. Best defensive
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  Speaker 1: player in the league, the rich get richer. I love
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  Speaker 1: how the Rams run their organization. I'm a huge Sean
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  Speaker 1: McVay fan. And you still have Matthew Stafford, Puka Nukua,
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  Speaker 1: DeVante Adams. It's it's a year that all eyes are
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  Speaker 1: going to be on the Rams. The Rams have kind
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  Speaker 1: of flown under the radar the past couple of years,
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  Speaker 1: and I have been beating the Rams are The Rams
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  Speaker 1: are really good drum for quite some time, and now
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  Speaker 1: everybody's on board. I was just standing there with my
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  Speaker 1: little La Rams flag on the corner in Englewood. I
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  Speaker 1: wasn't really doing that, but I was caping for the
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  Speaker 1: Rams for a very long time. And now everyone's on board,
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  Speaker 1: so they are the favorite.
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  Speaker 2: They are going to get all the attention this year.
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  Speaker 1: The Miles Garrett move was very significant and they are
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  Speaker 1: no longer flying under the radar.
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  Speaker 2: They are back, baby.
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  Speaker 1: So it's a recap Bears, Patriots, Seahawks, Bill's Rams for
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  Speaker 1: my top five, and I am so excited the football's back.
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  Speaker 1: Let me know what you think about my super interesting
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  Speaker 1: top ten. We'll do the Super Bowl ones much closer
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  Speaker 1: to the start of the season and.
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  Speaker 2: After we get through camp.
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