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Patrick Mahomes is Back, Jets’ Old-School Shift, and the NFL Ends the Pro Bowl · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 1: Hey guys, it's Joy Taylor.
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  Speaker 2: Welcome to The Daily Play. Thanks so much for joining me.
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  Speaker 2: Make sure you hit subscribe and follow us on social
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  Speaker 2: at The Daily Play. Joy Taylor, big dog is back.
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  Speaker 2: The big dog is back. Patrick Mahomes says he is
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  Speaker 2: on track to play week one at 100%. And that
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  Speaker 2: could be bad news for the rest of the league
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  Speaker 2: because you almost forgot. Because the Chiefs had one down
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  Speaker 2: season that officially ended in week 14 with Mahomes tearing
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  Speaker 2: his ACL. The year before, the Kansas City was 15-2
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  Speaker 2: and lost in the Super Bowl to the Eagles. If
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  Speaker 2: you go back one more year, it's 2023, and Mahomes
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  Speaker 2: is winning back-to-back Super Bowl MVPs as a part of
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  Speaker 2: the six-year, three-championship, two-MVP run that began his career as
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  Speaker 2: a starter. And we were immediately comparing him to Tom Brady.
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  Speaker 2: So Mahomes wins. said recently, I'm someone that if you
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  Speaker 2: put something out in front of me, I want to
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  Speaker 2: go and get it. I want to go maximize every
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  Speaker 2: single opportunity, every rep in the weight room, every hour
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  Speaker 2: that I can spend in the building, get my body right.
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  Speaker 2: I haven't had any hesitancy throughout the plays. It's the
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  Speaker 2: coaches talking to me after and telling me we're just practicing.
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  Speaker 2: It's not a real live game. Other than that, we've
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  Speaker 2: been good. We know Mahomes is a killer. We know
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  Speaker 2: his Competitive nature can sometimes get the best of him.
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  Speaker 1: But overall, in my opinion, he is still the best
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  Speaker 1: quarterback in the league.
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  Speaker 2: And he has quite a lead on the rest of
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  Speaker 2: the league, despite the past few years being down statistically
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  Speaker 2: and obviously last year ending early with his injury.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I.
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  Speaker 1: I expect the Chiefs to be back in the playoffs
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  Speaker 1: this year.
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  Speaker 2: They also signed the Super Bowl MVP, most recent Super
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  Speaker 2: Bowl MVP, Seahawks running back Kenneth Walker. And he just
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  Speaker 2: peeled off 161 total yards to lead Seattle to victory
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  Speaker 2: over the Patriots in the Super Bowl. So.
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  Speaker 2: I'm really excited to see Patrick Mahomes back out there.
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  Speaker 2: I know people were getting sick of the Kansas City dynasty.
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  Speaker 2: And whenever there is a team like Kansas City or
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  Speaker 2: like the Warriors or like the Heat, that they get,
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  Speaker 2: they start to get this kind of like hater parade
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  Speaker 2: that we don't like dynasties. And the reality is we
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  Speaker 2: love dynasties because they give us someone to root against
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  Speaker 2: or root for, and they set the standard for the
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  Speaker 2: rest of the league.
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  Speaker 1: When there is too.
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  Speaker 2: Much, parody then and it's anyone's truly anyone's opportunity then
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  Speaker 2: it's really hard to develop villains which I think is
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  Speaker 2: what is an issue that's going on in the NBA
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  Speaker 2: right now so I personally am pro dynasty and I
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  Speaker 2: like being able to see the dynasties being taken down
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  Speaker 2: which happened through a natural cause I would say in
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  Speaker 2: an injury which obviously nobody wants to see but you
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  Speaker 2: know they happen and I'm so excited to have him
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  Speaker 2: back and see what they do this year So I'm
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  Speaker 2: excited that Kansas City is back in full force with
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  Speaker 2: Patrick Mahomes at the helm. Staying in the AFC, it
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  Speaker 2: was clear from the beginning that defensive mind head coach
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  Speaker 2: Aaron Glenn was going to take an old school approach
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  Speaker 2: to the Jets. And I want to say before I
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  Speaker 2: start this story that none of this is coming from
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  Speaker 2: Mason Taylor, my nephew. I have not consulted with Mason
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  Speaker 2: on anything that has to do with the Jets. There
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  Speaker 2: will never be a quote from me from Mason unless
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  Speaker 2: he specifically tells me to say it.
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  Speaker 1: This is not BTS, none of that.
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  Speaker 2: None of that.
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  Speaker 1: So this is just purely.
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  Speaker 2: My opinion as Joy Taylor, nothing ever to do with Mason.
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  Speaker 1: I do not ask him about business. I do not
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  Speaker 1: ask him what's going on in the building.
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  Speaker 2: I ask him how he is doing and how he
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  Speaker 2: is feeling because he is my little baby who is
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  Speaker 2: now a grownup, but I don't ask him about business.
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  Speaker 2: So Aaron Glenn in year two with offense coordinator Frank Reich,
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  Speaker 2: it has a old school approach. I'm a big fan
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  Speaker 2: of Frank Reich. And Garrett Wilson is buying in. He
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  Speaker 2: said when he's pulling clips to show us, some of
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  Speaker 2: the clips are like 2014 or 15. And he doesn't
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  Speaker 2: have to say anything. We all notice that the clip
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  Speaker 2: is a little blurry. This isn't a complicated game. And
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  Speaker 2: I think Frank gets that. The schemes that have worked
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  Speaker 2: for a while will work. You don't have to recreate
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  Speaker 2: the wheel. That's the league I grew up watching and loving.
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  Speaker 2: And that's the receivers I grew up watching. That's what
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  Speaker 2: it was. And Frank reminds me of the league that
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  Speaker 2: I grew up watching. I'm very excited for the Jets
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  Speaker 2: this year and to see what they do. And Keyshawn,
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  Speaker 2: my former co-host, and Jordan Schultz, a friend of mine
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  Speaker 2: and a friend of the show, friend of my former
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  Speaker 2: show as well, were at Jets practice and it seemed
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  Speaker 2: like the vibes were great. So I'm really looking forward
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  Speaker 2: to the Jets season this year to see what Frank
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  Speaker 2: brings and what they're able to put together this year.
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  Speaker 2: And finally, the NFL took a very aggressive step today.
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  Speaker 1: They eliminated the Pro Bowl.
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  Speaker 2: So this has been a Big conversation in the NFL
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  Speaker 2: and with NFL fans for a long time.
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  Speaker 1: It's a much maligned game. More recently, games.
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  Speaker 2: It's been a punching bag for fans who never really
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  Speaker 2: seem to get what they want from the event.
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  Speaker 1: It's been an issue in.
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  Speaker 2: Nearly every sports league, the all-star game, because nobody wants
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  Speaker 2: to get hurt.
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  Speaker 1: Nobody's really playing.
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  Speaker 2: And it's kind of cheap for the fans because they
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  Speaker 2: want to be able to see all their favorite players
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  Speaker 2: in one game. all-star setting, but they're not getting the
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  Speaker 2: all-star performance from the players.
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  Speaker 1: So it's kind of this catch-22. Well, the NFL said
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  Speaker 1: no more.
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  Speaker 2: And NFL Executive Vice President Peter O'Reilly said it's okay
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  Speaker 2: to be the first league to walk away from a
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  Speaker 2: competitive all-star game.
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  Speaker 1: I think I agree.
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  Speaker 2: And the change is taking place immediately. It is ending
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  Speaker 2: a game that has existed in some capacity since 1938.
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  Speaker 2: No AFC versus NFC game will be held. Instead, 88
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  Speaker 2: players will be named to the Pro Bowl class in December.
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  Speaker 2: We'll head to Los Angeles for an in-person celebration during
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  Speaker 2: the traditional weekend that the Pro Bowl games took place.
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  Speaker 2: And he said this direction, Peter O'Reilly said, I'm sorry,
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  Speaker 2: Troy Vincent said, this direction came directly from our continued
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  Speaker 2: conversations with players and what they valued most about the
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  Speaker 2: Pro Bowl season. Being selected by your peers, coaches, and
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  Speaker 2: fans as being one of the best, your position carries
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  Speaker 2: tremendous meaning. We heard clearly the distinction matters and our
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  Speaker 2: focus is on making the recognition that comes with it
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  Speaker 2: worthy of what these players accomplished on the field. You
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  Speaker 2: come off the championship games and the viewers see the
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  Speaker 2: physicality of the game and you try and replicate that.
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  Speaker 2: And frankly, it just doesn't sit well. It's not good representation. I...
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  Speaker 2: love a couple of things about this one. I love
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  Speaker 2: that the NFL is never scared to make a sweeping,
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  Speaker 2: aggressive change. They are the big dog league in America
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  Speaker 2: and they, they are not afraid to make a change
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  Speaker 2: and tell everyone to just deal with it. And then
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  Speaker 2: if the change doesn't work, they'll shift back. But when
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  Speaker 2: it comes to the product, they are not afraid to
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  Speaker 2: make the product better. They are not afraid to aggressively say,
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  Speaker 2: this is what's happening and, Whether we did it this
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  Speaker 2: way before or not, we're changing it. Now, I do
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  Speaker 2: think that sometimes they get a little ahead of themselves.
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  Speaker 2: I feel like they're adding too many games. I feel
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  Speaker 2: like some of these international games are not really good
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  Speaker 2: for the sport because we're getting a little far. And
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  Speaker 2: the travel does matter. As somebody who travels, your body
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  Speaker 2: just doesn't recover from a 15-hour flight.
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  Speaker 1: The way that it does from a two-hour flight. But
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  Speaker 1: I digress.
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  Speaker 2: The point is, a lot of the aggressive changes that
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  Speaker 2: the NFL makes, I am on board with. And if
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  Speaker 2: I'm not on board with it and it doesn't work
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  Speaker 2: and it shows it doesn't work, the NFL will change
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  Speaker 2: it back. And that is one thing I really do
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  Speaker 2: love about this league. They don't have to apologize to anybody.
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  Speaker 2: They don't step on eggshells with fans. I think they
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  Speaker 2: have very strong leadership in that way. And if they're wrong,
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  Speaker 2: they're wrong. And in this case, the Pro Bowl was
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  Speaker 2: just wrong. There's just no way to replicate NFL football again.
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  Speaker 2: with players who are not playing at full speed. They're
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  Speaker 2: not trying to hurt each other. They're not trying to
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  Speaker 2: show off for, for anybody. And for fans, like it's
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  Speaker 2: just a weak experience. And because people opt out of it,
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  Speaker 2: then you get like the replacements and it's like, are
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  Speaker 2: you a pro bowler or not a pro bowler?
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  Speaker 1: I think this is brilliant.
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  Speaker 2: Most of the players travel to the Superbowl location anyway.
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  Speaker 2: So they'll just get there a couple of days earlier
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  Speaker 2: than they would normally come to LA because everyone has
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  Speaker 2: appearances and everyone is doing interviews and Most of the
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  Speaker 2: league is coming to wherever the Super Bowl is for
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  Speaker 2: one reason or another anyway, whether it's parties or events
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  Speaker 2: or appearances. So I love that the NFL is doing this.
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  Speaker 2: I think it is so smart. We are not going
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  Speaker 2: to miss the Pro Bowl. It's a great way to
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  Speaker 2: actually honor the players who are actually making.
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  Speaker 1: The Pro Bowl.
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  Speaker 2: And while I don't think this is a shift that
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  Speaker 2: every single league needs to make, like I do still
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  Speaker 2: think that the MLB All-Star game has some value. And
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  Speaker 2: I think people still really enjoy, I mean, I certainly
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  Speaker 2: still really enjoy watching the home run derby. I think
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  Speaker 2: NBA and WNBA all-star weekends are still really good. And
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  Speaker 2: because they happen mid-season, there is a lot of value
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  Speaker 2: to them.
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  Speaker 1: The Pro Bowl just never made any sense to me.
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  Speaker 2: And, you know, my brother was obviously a Pro Bowler
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  Speaker 2: many times and I've gone to the Pro Bowl with him.
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  Speaker 2: I just think from a fan perspective, it just, it
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  Speaker 2: stops making sense a long time ago.
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  Speaker 1: And there's too much on the line. You don't want
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  Speaker 1: to risk your body.
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  Speaker 2: Nobody is playing all of the like hacky kind of
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  Speaker 2: changes to try and make it interesting.
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  Speaker 1: Just never made any sense to me.
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  Speaker 2: So, I wouldn't have ever had the wherewithal to say,
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  Speaker 2: let's just get rid of it. But I do love
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  Speaker 2: that they are making this decision. I think it is
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  Speaker 2: a smart decision. I think it actually honors the players
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  Speaker 2: who are true pro bowlers. And because of what the
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  Speaker 2: Super Bowl week has become, it's not a major inconvenience
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  Speaker 2: for any of the players who want to come and
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  Speaker 2: be honored. They're probably going to be in LA anyway.
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  Speaker 2: So they'll just get a couple extra days in LA
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  Speaker 2: for the Super Bowl this year. And then moving forward,
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  Speaker 2: wherever the Super Bowl is next year, that's where it
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  Speaker 2: will be. I can't think of the top of my head.
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