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11/02/26 - Hour 3 · The Huddle

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  Speaker 1: Good afternoon, Wisconsin, and welcome to the huddle. It's time
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  Speaker 1: to talk about the teams you love with the guys
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  Speaker 2: You are looking live.
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  Speaker 1: Now, gather around because it's time to huddle up.
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  Speaker 2: We know exactly what we got to do.
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  Speaker 4: All right?
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  Speaker 1: Let's go out and kick some shit.
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  Speaker 2: One, two, three.
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  Speaker 5: We got some big plays coming.
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  Speaker 3: What the hell's going on?
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  Speaker 5: When he spoke, he commanded your attention and he commanded
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  Speaker 5: your respect.
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  Speaker 3: Bill Schmidt.
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  Speaker 2: That son of a gun is thick.
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  Speaker 3: And Armin Sarian.
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  Speaker 2: Daddy Sarian.
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  Speaker 3: Welcome to the huddle.
• 1:04
  Speaker 2: The boys are back in the huddle. Fox Sports Radio
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  Speaker 2: Wisconsin adjusting to life as World Series champions in our town.
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  Speaker 2: Recovered from the parade. The hangover is starting to fade
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  Speaker 2: into memory. We got lowly basketball season upon us now.
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  Speaker 2: We're on to basketball football season in full swing here.
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  Speaker 2: We're going to have another Thursday night huddle for you
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  Speaker 2: at Pottawatomie Sportsbook. Oh, yes. Which will be great.
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  Speaker 4: Maybe not a great Thursday night football game after that,
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  Speaker 4: but a great Thursday night huddle.
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  Speaker 2: Big Monday night of college hoops tonight. Bucks and Wolves, Marquette, Mercyhurst, Badgers, Denver. And,
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  Speaker 2: of course, you can hate watch the Seahawks and Bears
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  Speaker 2: on Monday Night Football.
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  Speaker 6: I heard it was a busy weekend, especially after the parade.
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  Speaker 6: of people cashing their futures in. A lot of people
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  Speaker 6: cashing tickets in. A lot of Brewers fans that had
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  Speaker 6: faith in their team.
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  Speaker 2: I walked in.
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  Speaker 4: Our friends at pot allowed me a lot of money.
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  Speaker 4: So I walked in, I think it was Sunday, one
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  Speaker 4: of the days this past weekend. Shockingly, I was there
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  Speaker 4: a couple. I had to make some college investments, had
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  Speaker 4: to make some pros. A lot of games on WNBA.
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  Speaker 2: Mostly donations.
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  Speaker 4: And the security guy at the front, I had a
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  Speaker 4: Brewer shirt on, Drew, and he goes, they're giving away
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  Speaker 4: a lot of money in there, brother. They're giving away
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  Speaker 4: a lot of money down there. They lost a lot. So, yeah, Armin,
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  Speaker 4: I think there was a steady procession of Brewers fans
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  Speaker 4: going to cash in those futures throughout the last couple
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  Speaker 4: of days.
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  Speaker 2: So Cubs fans are celebrating the 10th anniversary of their
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  Speaker 2: World Series 10 years ago today. You want to talk
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  Speaker 2: about a hate watch? Game 7. And they came back
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  Speaker 2: from 3-1 down, didn't they? Yes. That sounds right. Yes,
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  Speaker 2: they were down 3-1.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, yes.
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  Speaker 2: So now the Brewers are off the schneid. They're off
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  Speaker 2: the list of the longest World Series droughts. Which, you know,
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  Speaker 2: the Padres, still up there.
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  Speaker 3: Mariners.
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  Speaker 2: Mariners, right, right. Guardians at the top of the list
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  Speaker 2: was 78 years. That's got to be the most painful
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  Speaker 2: one existing. Padres at 58. Mariners at 50. The Pirates
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  Speaker 2: at 47 since the We Are Family year, I guess. Wow,
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  Speaker 2: that's true. Baltimore Orioles at 43. The Tigers, 42 seasons.
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  Speaker 2: The Mets have gone 40 years since 1986. The Tigers
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  Speaker 2: were close. Oakland A's, 37 years. Cincinnati Reds, 36 years.
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  Speaker 2: They won in 1990. And then the Twins, 35 years, 91.
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  Speaker 3: Wow.
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  Speaker 2: Those are the top 10 longest droughts. Brewers are off
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  Speaker 2: the list.
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  Speaker 4: The drought list was one, but it was the not
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  Speaker 4: having ever won one that I think is the tougher list.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and the Mariners are the only team now to
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  Speaker 2: never make it to a World Series.
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  Speaker 6: I was going to say, at least a lot of
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  Speaker 6: those teams have made it, but the Mariners still.
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  Speaker 2: Mariners have never made it. And they've had some good course.
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  Speaker 2: They've had some good course.
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  Speaker 6: That's the thing about it is that's got to be brutal.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I wouldn't know anymore.
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  Speaker 4: But today being 10 years to the day of the
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  Speaker 4: 2016 team, I had a friend of mine in college
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  Speaker 4: who was the biggest Cubs fan I've ever met. Text
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  Speaker 4: me a couple of weeks ago right around the end
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  Speaker 4: of the D.S.
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  Speaker 2: Drew. And he said.
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  Speaker 4: I hate to say it, but this team gives me
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  Speaker 4: 2016 Cubs vibes. And I think there's a lot of
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  Speaker 4: baseball people that would probably draw a couple of comparisons
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  Speaker 4: between the two with how young they were, how seemingly
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  Speaker 4: fully established, though, as big league players they had turned into.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 4: Like at that point, Chris Bryant winning the MVP. He's
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  Speaker 4: going to be the best player in the sport for
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  Speaker 4: the next decade. Turns out a decade later, he can't
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  Speaker 4: even play in the sport.
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  Speaker 6: That's the part of the 2016 Cubs I don't want
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  Speaker 6: it to feel like. I want it to feel like
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  Speaker 6: them for this year now to win the World Series,
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  Speaker 6: which it did.
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  Speaker 2: Thank goodness we won the World Series. It's real.
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  Speaker 6: Now I don't want to be like them ever again
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  Speaker 6: from this point forward because they're kind of a picture
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  Speaker 6: of a failure of a dynasty.
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  Speaker 4: The day after that title. Now, I don't know that
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  Speaker 4: we did any of that, mostly just because all we
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  Speaker 4: could think about was... celebrating the fact that you had
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  Speaker 4: won the world series and it wasn't the greatest thing
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  Speaker 4: since sliced bread was like, how many more are they
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  Speaker 4: going to win? It seemed like it was inevitable right now.
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  Speaker 4: Brian Kenny's doing a really sweet best regular season run
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  Speaker 4: differentials drew since 1995. The brewers are up there with
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  Speaker 4: those 2016 Cubs. the 2018 Red Sox. Now, for other reasons,
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  Speaker 4: that one pulled away. But all those teams were right
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  Speaker 4: around in the early portions of what you thought was
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  Speaker 4: the dynasty. The 98 Yankees were the only ones that
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  Speaker 4: cashed in on it. I think it's interesting how maybe
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  Speaker 4: the sport has just changed so much in those 10 years,
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  Speaker 4: but that wasn't the immediate story. And maybe it was
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  Speaker 4: because the Brewers hadn't won one, but it felt like
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  Speaker 4: immediately after that Cubs title, it was all right. Now,
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  Speaker 4: how many more are they going to haul off and win?
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  Speaker 3: Now?
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  Speaker 4: It feels like the dynasty talk is far different in
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  Speaker 4: this sport. Maybe more than all the others do. The
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  Speaker 4: conversation is different. There's no question.
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  Speaker 2: Time for a little who's hot. Who's not brought to
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  Speaker 2: Donovan Jorgensen dot com. Billy, who's hot? Who's not? Who's hot?
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  Speaker 4: Lauren Bowers, because now they're never going to have to
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  Speaker 4: worry about health insurance. The Bowers family is never going
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  Speaker 4: to have to worry about health insurance. Jake Bowers, if
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  Speaker 4: you're just joining us about 20 minutes ago, was extended
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  Speaker 4: the qualifying offer for the Milwaukee Brewers. Him and his wife, Lauren,
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  Speaker 4: rose to stardom over the last couple of months, mostly
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  Speaker 4: because Jake Bowers was awesome. That was a three-plus war
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  Speaker 4: player this year, Armin? Our best hitter for a while.
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  Speaker 4: Most of that was offensive. Now, he was a career
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  Speaker 4: two war player?
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  Speaker 6: Career.
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  Speaker 4: This is a cumulative stat. And he had a 3.3
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  Speaker 4: war this year with 26 bombs and an OPS of... 8.74.
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  Speaker 4: And it was money time. He came through in the NLCS.
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  Speaker 2: What was it? The exact number?
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  Speaker 1: 23.4?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, 23 something.
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  Speaker 4: 23.4 million dollars on the qualifying offer for Jake Bowers. Hot!
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  Speaker 2: Hot for that family.
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  Speaker 4: They're not going to have to worry about their health
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  Speaker 4: insurance plan going forward because I would be signing that
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  Speaker 4: right away. I would assume there's more in it and
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  Speaker 4: that there's more maturations of this. And when Jake Bowers, Drew,
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  Speaker 4: told Pat Murphy, you're not going to get rid of
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  Speaker 4: me that easy.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe they all knew something.
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  Speaker 4: Maybe there was some scheming going on behind Glover's doors
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  Speaker 4: that we weren't privy to quite yet. Also in the
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  Speaker 4: hot category, Drake May, Packers' next opponent, was hot in
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  Speaker 4: the second half yesterday as the New England Patriots survived
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  Speaker 4: down in Miami 24-19.
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  Speaker 2: Drake May had an absolute disaster.
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  Speaker 4: Dimer deep to Kyle Williams that started up the scoring
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  Speaker 4: more into the second half. The Patriots were down 13-3
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  Speaker 4: at the break. Outscore the Finns 21-6 in the second half.
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  Speaker 4: In May was 16-20, a buck 99 and two touchdowns
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  Speaker 4: as well as rushing for one, Drew. Packers are going
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  Speaker 4: to have to find some kind of way to be
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  Speaker 4: able to slow that cat down.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, they kind of were a disaster though because that
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  Speaker 6: would have been a bad loss.
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  Speaker 2: But they didn't do it. They didn't lose.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, they avoided the disaster? They avoided being who's not hot,
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  Speaker 4: the Dallas Cowboys, because they were not able to avoid
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  Speaker 4: disaster yesterday.
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  Speaker 6: They're just like a character of themselves. Now, they were
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  Speaker 6: some crazy number when being up 14 in the fourth.
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  Speaker 2: I don't remember.
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  Speaker 6: I think it was like only one tie. No losses
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  Speaker 6: in like 100 wins or some crazy number.
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  Speaker 2: And they blew this one.
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  Speaker 4: Dallas, I mean, they led the game. What point in
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  Speaker 4: the game do I talk about? They led it by
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  Speaker 4: 10 throughout most of the game. They're up 17 to 3.
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  Speaker 2: In the late stages of the third quarter.
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  Speaker 4: When we got into the fourth quarter, it was a
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  Speaker 4: long touchdown by Tyler Algier that started it up. 63 yarder.
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  Speaker 4: And they're like, Whoa, okay. This is, this is only
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  Speaker 4: a one score game. Maybe we got to wake up here. Oh,
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  Speaker 4: Dak Prescott runs it in. Don't worry about it. And
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  Speaker 4: then quickly the onslaught was on Tyler Algier. Again, Trey
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  Speaker 4: McBride was left wide open in the end zone with
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  Speaker 4: two 11 ago, Brandon Aubrey called him to town. And
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  Speaker 4: then Michael Wilson drew, it looked like they were going
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  Speaker 4: to walk them off in regulation catches a touchdown with
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  Speaker 4: six seconds to go. Chad Ryland goes all Trey smack
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  Speaker 4: on him, misses the extra point, sends this game into overtime,
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  Speaker 4: gets redemption, wins it 33 to 30.
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  Speaker 2: Who's not hot? The Dallas Cowboys.
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  Speaker 4: They lost to Gardner Minshew, who was inserted in just
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  Speaker 4: before that fourth quarter, finished the game 17 of 23,
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  Speaker 4: a buck 88, three TDs, and shock to no one, Drew,
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  Speaker 4: within the last hour was named the new Arizona Cardinals
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  Speaker 4: starting quarterback.
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  Speaker 2: Go figure.
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  Speaker 4: I'm stunned by that development. Who's not hot, though? Jacoby
• 9:36
  Speaker 4: Brissett was not just demoted to the... Drew was not
• 9:39
  Speaker 4: just demoted to the second string quarterback. Mike LaFleur let
• 9:43
  Speaker 4: us all know Carson Beck is the two. Jacoby Brissett
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  Speaker 4: went from the penthouse to the outhouse. Brother, you're now
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  Speaker 4: the third string emergency quarterback. Good luck. I hope that
• 9:54
  Speaker 4: holdout that he did during minicamp worked out. I guess
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  Speaker 4: I won't be starting him in fantasy again this week.
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  Speaker 2: Pretty tough. Holdout, how's that working for him? Well, maybe
• 10:02
  Speaker 2: he needed that money. How about this? Who's hot?
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  Speaker 4: Brandon Iyuk hires Drew Rosenhaus as his agent as he
• 10:09
  Speaker 4: eyes return to the NFL. Maybe that should be reserved
• 10:13
  Speaker 4: for our wake and bake story as that guy still
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  Speaker 4: is trying to get himself back into the NFL. His
• 10:18
  Speaker 4: last appearance in an NFL game drew was over two
• 10:21
  Speaker 4: years ago, October.
• 10:22
  Speaker 2: 20th, 2024. Who's hot. Who's not brought to you by
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  Speaker 2: Donovan Jorgensen Brewers transaction list for the day. They exercise
• 10:30
  Speaker 2: William Contreras is option. Beautiful. No shock. They declined the
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  Speaker 2: option on Gary Sanchez, which was a mutual option and
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  Speaker 2: Antonio sends a teller. That was a club option. They
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  Speaker 2: weren't going to pay him $ 15 million or whatever it is.
• 10:43
  Speaker 4: No, no, no, no.
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  Speaker 2: They extended the qualifying hour to Jake Bars. We talked
• 10:47
  Speaker 2: about $ 23 million. Akeel Badu, remember him? Got hurt in
• 10:51
  Speaker 2: camp and stuff. Never saw him all year, basically. Yeah,
• 10:53
  Speaker 2: he was supposed to be on the 40, right? Claimed
• 10:54
  Speaker 2: off waivers by Pittsburgh. Okay. Then Bryce Wilson cleared waivers.
• 10:58
  Speaker 2: Did you do it? Was outrighted to AAA Nashville. Of
• 11:01
  Speaker 2: course he was. As did Jared Koenig, who was outrighted
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  Speaker 2: to AAA Nashville. He elected free agency. And Bryce Wilson
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  Speaker 2: will be a minor league free agent. Bryce Wilson is
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  Speaker 2: going to pitch again for the Brewers. He'll be back.
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  Speaker 2: At some point.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, he can't get rid of it. Like that bad
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  Speaker 4: coffee you just can't get rid of. The Jared Koenig
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  Speaker 4: one is another good example of a dude that you
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  Speaker 4: sure thought was going to.
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  Speaker 2: Be a massive piece for you this year, right? Good point.
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  Speaker 2: They rung a lot out of that rag. Oh, that
• 11:29
  Speaker 2: bar rag.
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  Speaker 6: But he was a factor going into it. You're like,
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  Speaker 6: all right, he's part of this bullpen. He's part of
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  Speaker 6: the system.
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  Speaker 4: But for the better part of the first three months
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  Speaker 4: when you're trying to straighten out that bullpen, because right
• 11:38
  Speaker 4: when Zerpa goes down, like, okay, well, it's fine.
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  Speaker 2: Jared Koenig's going to come back.
• 11:43
  Speaker 4: And then he finally ended up punting on that in what,
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  Speaker 4: the middle of June when you realized that one wasn't happening?
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  Speaker 2: Never came back.
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  Speaker 6: The twists and turns are amazing in that sense. I mean,
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  Speaker 6: we thought Priester was going to be a huge part
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  Speaker 6: of this situation after last year.
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  Speaker 2: People forget he's in the mix for rotation. What's the
• 11:59
  Speaker 2: Jojo Romero? He's a free agent, too. He's a free
• 12:02
  Speaker 2: agent as well. Would you consider bringing him maybe around again?
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  Speaker 2: Would he be a piece that you say, okay, he
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  Speaker 2: was elite in the playoffs? I would think about maybe
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  Speaker 2: that you get the right deal.
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  Speaker 4: I don't know what relievers ultimately cost in command and
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  Speaker 4: free agency in.
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  Speaker 2: That span, but I liked him.
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  Speaker 4: I'd bring him back as a left-handed arm because most
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  Speaker 4: likely you've got to face the Dodgers again.
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  Speaker 2: So the Brewers picked up Contreras' option for $ 15. 5 million,
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  Speaker 2: which tells you that they weren't going to go to
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  Speaker 2: arbitration with him because he would have made more. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: for sure. So he's going to make $ 15 million. And then,
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  Speaker 2: so he's going from $ 9 to $ 15. And they got
• 12:37
  Speaker 2: a lot of guys making significant bumps. So it's like,
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  Speaker 2: if they run it back and they let a guy
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  Speaker 2: or two go, and people say they're cheap, Well, you
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  Speaker 2: got to factor that in is that the guys that
• 12:46
  Speaker 2: they have bringing the team back got more expensive. Well,
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  Speaker 2: today they're like 10 or 12 guys are facing arbitration
• 12:52
  Speaker 2: going to make more money. So the Jake Bowers thing
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  Speaker 2: doesn't confirm that he's for sure a brewer. He has
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  Speaker 2: until the 17th. So he has like what to a
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  Speaker 2: little more in two weeks to decide whether to accept it.
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  Speaker 2: I would accept it if I was him. I would
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  Speaker 2: accept it tomorrow. Actually, I would have accepted it yesterday.
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  Speaker 2: 23 mil.
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  Speaker 4: But in the midst of it, that immediately drew you
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  Speaker 4: just you look at. Contreras to rang, who's going to
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  Speaker 4: go from two to nine or two to 10. And,
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  Speaker 4: and that money that you did right there, their payroll
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  Speaker 4: is going to jump significantly this year from where it
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  Speaker 4: was a year ago. And I mean their payroll from
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  Speaker 4: a year ago, it's, it's kind of funny to think
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  Speaker 4: of that Woodruff was a huge piece of that, that
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  Speaker 4: you ended up getting seven starts in one inning in
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  Speaker 4: the playoffs from.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, their payroll was 140 and more than 40
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  Speaker 2: of it was pretty, Woodruff and Yellich, Woodruff and Yellich,
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  Speaker 2: Woodruff and Yellich.
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  Speaker 4: And I mean, Jackson's going to, his number goes up
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  Speaker 4: steadily throughout and whatever the Pratt and Lars, those numbers
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  Speaker 4: all do. But you start just wondering where the, where
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  Speaker 4: the changes come because they just, they will, they always do.
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  Speaker 4: And teams are going to want a bite of this.
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  Speaker 4: They're going to want a piece and they're going to
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  Speaker 4: want to try and grab somebody. I thought Jake Bowers
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  Speaker 4: was going to get the Larry Brown deal from somebody else.
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  Speaker 4: But apparently that might be from the Milwaukee Brewers that
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  Speaker 4: he gets.
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  Speaker 2: A great deal. And hopefully it's way better than Larry
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  Speaker 2: Brown ever was. Well, yes, absolutely that. That's the more
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  Speaker 2: important one.
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  Speaker 6: That's if we consider the qualifying offer. I know it sounds,
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  Speaker 6: it seems that way, but you never know. All it
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  Speaker 6: takes is one team that wants to make a splash
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  Speaker 6: to say, well, we're giving NLCS MVP three years, 55.
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  Speaker 6: You know, all it takes is one team to do that.
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  Speaker 6: Like I would agree with you, Billy. I don't think
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  Speaker 6: it's going to happen, but it's really hard to say.
• 14:31
  Speaker 6: It's hard to say what's going to happen in the
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  Speaker 6: saw season. We just don't know. Teams want a piece
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  Speaker 6: of a champion. I know what fans are going to say.
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  Speaker 6: We'll increase the payroll. You made a lot of money
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  Speaker 6: on us and merchant and tickets. We know you made
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  Speaker 6: a profit time to increase the payroll. I know Brewers
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  Speaker 6: fans are going to say that even though the team
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  Speaker 6: doesn't get all of it, that might be the next
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  Speaker 6: step of it. So we'll see if there's a little
• 14:51
  Speaker 6: PJ Tucker situation in a couple of weeks of fans stopping.
• 14:54
  Speaker 4: So that money drew for Contreras. What would you think
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  Speaker 4: that does for what people want him to be for
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  Speaker 4: a long-term deal? That 15 is because you're right. That
• 15:05
  Speaker 4: means that he was probably going to win the arbitration,
• 15:07
  Speaker 4: win arbitration.
• 15:08
  Speaker 2: And get like 20 something or, you know, probably more.
• 15:11
  Speaker 4: And that's significantly more than anybody else at that position
• 15:13
  Speaker 4: is making. So for them to reset the market, maybe
• 15:16
  Speaker 4: that is a little bit different thought than they want
• 15:18
  Speaker 4: to be picturing, because it just these these deals are
• 15:21
  Speaker 4: so different than it is in the NFL. The NFL
• 15:24
  Speaker 4: deals are easy. I just look at what this guy made.
• 15:27
  Speaker 4: I just give you a hundred grand more. I just
• 15:29
  Speaker 4: give you a million more and boom. Then we get
• 15:31
  Speaker 4: to post. You're the highest paid guy ever. Schefter tags
• 15:34
  Speaker 4: me in the post. I get some bump and everything's good.
• 15:37
  Speaker 2: And William said it.
• 15:38
  Speaker 6: He's like, I don't want to disrespect anyone in this league,
• 15:40
  Speaker 6: other catchers at all, but I feel like I'm the best.
• 15:43
  Speaker 3: He's 28.
• 15:43
  Speaker 2: He's at the peak of his powers.
• 15:45
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 15:46
  Speaker 2: You would think you'd hope that he could continue to
• 15:47
  Speaker 2: catch for another four years. If you gave him a
• 15:50
  Speaker 2: four year deal.
• 15:50
  Speaker 3: Yep.
• 15:51
  Speaker 2: At that level.
• 15:52
  Speaker 6: I think you, you have to pay him like that.
• 15:54
  Speaker 6: I mean, that would be the number. around the Cal Raleigh,
• 15:56
  Speaker 6: you'd be in that mix. So when all I'm thinking
• 15:59
  Speaker 6: is Sal Perez, now he's not the same. He's not
• 16:02
  Speaker 6: the same hitter maybe as Sal was, but Salvi Perez
• 16:05
  Speaker 6: won what five gold gloves there for a run. He's
• 16:08
  Speaker 6: an incredible hall of fame, defensive catcher than the drop off.
• 16:13
  Speaker 6: But he also still, I mean, he's still behind the
• 16:15
  Speaker 6: dish a number of different times throughout. And it's not
• 16:17
  Speaker 6: like he's a bad player. He's still at worst a
• 16:20
  Speaker 6: plus 700 OPS guy.
• 16:22
  Speaker 2: He's still not a hole in the lineup. He's helping you. Yeah,
• 16:26
  Speaker 2: I think it's. And he ends up being your captain.
• 16:29
  Speaker 4: Now, that would be, you know, that's a different conversation
• 16:31
  Speaker 4: for in four years when Yelich ends up going into
• 16:34
  Speaker 4: the broadcasting booth.
• 16:35
  Speaker 6: It would be hard for me to say you're honestly
• 16:37
  Speaker 6: telling yourself we're trying our best to win again if
• 16:39
  Speaker 6: you don't bring back, if you don't sign William. It
• 16:41
  Speaker 6: would be hard for me to sit there and say
• 16:43
  Speaker 6: you're honestly saying that because his value is immeasurable.
• 16:46
  Speaker 2: I'm sorry.
• 16:47
  Speaker 3: It was.
• 16:47
  Speaker 2: But the thing is, you can't GM. You can't. run
• 16:51
  Speaker 2: your team thinking about what fans think and stuff. Of course.
• 16:54
  Speaker 3: Of course.
• 16:55
  Speaker 2: If the, would the Mariners want to check swing on
• 16:57
  Speaker 2: Cal Raleigh's $ 105 million deal right now? That's fair.
• 17:01
  Speaker 6: But how, how could you possibly predicted he was going
• 17:03
  Speaker 6: to drop off that thing?
• 17:05
  Speaker 2: I'm sorry. It's just, We're talking about a guy that
• 17:07
  Speaker 2: you don't think it could happen. But oh, my hundred
• 17:10
  Speaker 2: five million.
• 17:11
  Speaker 4: But as much as that happened, he could come back
• 17:13
  Speaker 4: and be one of the top five hitters in the
• 17:15
  Speaker 4: sport next year.
• 17:15
  Speaker 1: Right.
• 17:16
  Speaker 2: Like guys do that.
• 17:17
  Speaker 4: That's where the that's where the changing in the ebbs
• 17:19
  Speaker 4: and flows will will really surprise you. And maybe it's
• 17:22
  Speaker 4: only and we see so much of it. We talked
• 17:24
  Speaker 4: about it with college football. Baseball is no different. That's
• 17:28
  Speaker 4: the baseline. Would you give William Couturier's a six year deal,
• 17:32
  Speaker 4: a five year deal?
• 17:34
  Speaker 2: Then you think maybe by the end of it, he's
• 17:36
  Speaker 2: your first baseman. See, that was.
• 17:38
  Speaker 4: And again, that's where the Bowers thing is interesting to me. Because, Drew,
• 17:41
  Speaker 4: I kind of had it ticketed that within three or
• 17:43
  Speaker 4: four years, Contreras just moves over to first base.
• 17:45
  Speaker 2: Doing exactly what his brother did. Yeah.
• 17:47
  Speaker 6: Right?
• 17:47
  Speaker 4: Like, again, there's a lot of different case studies that
• 17:51
  Speaker 4: you can look at. But I'm like, that guy is...
• 17:54
  Speaker 4: I'm looking at maybe the Exhibit B of Exhibit A.
• 17:58
  Speaker 4: He kicked over to first base. And still, right now,
• 18:00
  Speaker 4: he's a way better hitter at first base than Wilson
• 18:03
  Speaker 4: Contreras ever was before behind the dish.
• 18:05
  Speaker 2: So maybe you get that kind of bump. I would.
• 18:08
  Speaker 2: But I also think.
• 18:11
  Speaker 2: One, not my money. Way easier to spend the money
• 18:15
  Speaker 2: over on this side.
• 18:16
  Speaker 4: Also, he, to me, would feel like if I'm going
• 18:20
  Speaker 4: to build an operation and a program, if I don't
• 18:23
  Speaker 4: pay this guy, who gets paid?
• 18:26
  Speaker 3: Exactly.
• 18:26
  Speaker 4: There's a foundation and a precedent of the human being
• 18:29
  Speaker 4: behind it. If this guy doesn't get it, who does?
• 18:32
  Speaker 4: You could very much say the same for Willie Adamas.
• 18:34
  Speaker 2: All right.
• 18:35
  Speaker 4: But that one to me is if this guy didn't
• 18:37
  Speaker 4: get paid, like Aaron Jones for me was a number
• 18:40
  Speaker 4: of years ago for the Packers. The deal numbers wise
• 18:43
  Speaker 4: probably wasn't great compared to what he had done on
• 18:46
  Speaker 4: the field and what other teams were going to pay him.
• 18:49
  Speaker 2: But you don't pay that kind of culture guy. Who
• 18:51
  Speaker 2: do you pay? All right. So then you got to
• 18:52
  Speaker 2: think about in a couple of years, obviously not for
• 18:55
  Speaker 2: a while, but Ms.
• 18:58
  Speaker 6: Right.
• 18:59
  Speaker 2: Because you can try to explore contract talks with him,
• 19:01
  Speaker 2: but he's just like, I'll just go year to year,
• 19:03
  Speaker 2: beat you in arbitration, get my money.
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: For sure. And then go to free agency. That's what
• 19:08
  Speaker 2: they're going to do. And that might be what Contreras' agents,
• 19:10
  Speaker 2: the Octagon, tells them to do. And so you might
• 19:14
  Speaker 2: not be able to say, you might not entertain it.
• 19:16
  Speaker 2: I'm going to free agency to see what the market is, right? Now,
• 19:19
  Speaker 2: here's the other one. If it's a Yount Molitor type
• 19:21
  Speaker 2: thing and you can only have one, are you keeping
• 19:22
  Speaker 2: Contreras or Terang? Knowing that you got Mate coming up
• 19:25
  Speaker 2: as the number one prospect in all of baseball, and
• 19:27
  Speaker 2: he's going to be cheap for five, six years, and
• 19:29
  Speaker 2: you might be able to give him one of those deals.
• 19:31
  Speaker 2: That's a really good question.
• 19:32
  Speaker 4: And that's exactly why I'd go Contreras again.
• 19:34
  Speaker 2: And that's why I think, yeah, because then you back
• 19:36
  Speaker 2: up the truck, trade Terang after this season, after one
• 19:39
  Speaker 2: more season. Trade him, get what you can, bring up Mate.
• 19:42
  Speaker 4: And you've got to think you're getting a hell of
• 19:44
  Speaker 4: a haul for Bryce Terang. would be having at that
• 19:51
  Speaker 4: time the data tells.
• 19:52
  Speaker 6: You though that bryce would be worth more wins and
• 19:54
  Speaker 6: he'd cost more too so there's a couple ways to
• 19:58
  Speaker 6: look at that yep but you're right in theory that
• 20:00
  Speaker 6: jimmy you should get a better haul for him That's why.
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: When we're kicking around the idea of making $ 20 million
• 20:05
  Speaker 2: a year, isn't that just kind of like a 420 thing?
• 20:08
  Speaker 3: Yes, it is.
• 20:09
  Speaker 2: The numbers that we throw around with sports and athletes,
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: you just it's mind boggling.
• 20:14
  Speaker 4: But Drew, every single time that I think about and
• 20:17
  Speaker 4: I'm excited to get home and enjoy my happy place.
• 20:20
  Speaker 4: And when I put that money into that big old
• 20:22
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• 20:26
  Speaker 2: I'm doing that 420. What are you?
• 20:27
  Speaker 4: I thought I'm having all these conversations of how I'm
• 20:30
  Speaker 4: going to move around a couple million bucks amongst friends.
• 20:33
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  Speaker 2: What did we learn? Vikings no longer unbeaten. Division race
• 21:03
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  Speaker 2: Back on the huddle. Fox Sports Radio, Wisconsin. Drew Wilson,
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• 21:25
  Speaker 2: Happy to be joined by the voice of the Green
• 21:26
  Speaker 2: Bay Packers. He's rested and ready after a weekend off
• 21:30
  Speaker 2: watching football and being on the couch. It's Wayne Larravee
• 21:33
  Speaker 2: joining us. Wayne, welcome to the program. Did you have
• 21:35
  Speaker 2: a good weekend? Did you have a good Sunday on
• 21:37
  Speaker 2: the couch?
• 21:38
  Speaker 3: It was a good weekend. Yes, guys, it was. You know,
• 21:41
  Speaker 3: saw a lot of football and enjoyed it, both the
• 21:43
  Speaker 3: college and pro game.
• 21:45
  Speaker 4: Well, the college game we mentioned, Wayne, you watched and
• 21:48
  Speaker 4: you called games in college football for a long time.
• 21:51
  Speaker 2: Did you ever see it be this week to week?
• 21:53
  Speaker 2: I mean, it is a lot.
• 21:54
  Speaker 4: Some of these teams are, you think this team is
• 21:56
  Speaker 4: going to win the national title one week and the
• 21:58
  Speaker 4: next week they can't beat, you know, Rutgers or seemingly
• 22:01
  Speaker 4: the Citadel.
• 22:02
  Speaker 2: It is a wild, wild sport.
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 22:05
  Speaker 3: And close to our backyard, obviously the Badgers one week
• 22:08
  Speaker 3: beat USC and, you know, and an outstanding performance in
• 22:13
  Speaker 3: the next week, go to Iowa and get boat raced. Meanwhile,
• 22:16
  Speaker 3: USC goes home, faces number two, Ohio state and wins. Just,
• 22:21
  Speaker 3: you don't know how this is going to go week
• 22:23
  Speaker 3: to week, this football stuff. So what's happened to the
• 22:26
  Speaker 3: NFL is now happening in college football. All the player movement, Billy,
• 22:30
  Speaker 3: I believe has in part led to this up and
• 22:34
  Speaker 3: down week to week game that we see.
• 22:37
  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right. And it's getting very much. And it's entertaining.
• 22:40
  Speaker 4: No doubt about it. It's just hard to bet on.
• 22:43
  Speaker 4: It's really hard to bet on. They've got to figure
• 22:46
  Speaker 4: it out. They've got to change this up. Because right now, Wayne,
• 22:48
  Speaker 4: the kids don't know if they're coming or going. And
• 22:51
  Speaker 4: if we don't know what the kids are thinking, the
• 22:52
  Speaker 4: kids don't know what they're thinking, it's hard for us
• 22:54
  Speaker 4: to invest on it.
• 22:55
  Speaker 3: Now it's horse racing, Billy. Now it's the Breeders' Cup.
• 22:59
  Speaker 3: In horse racing, we don't know anything about nothing. We
• 23:05
  Speaker 3: know nothing about anything.
• 23:06
  Speaker 2: But at least you get good odds. At least you
• 23:08
  Speaker 2: get better odds than you do in football. That's the problem,
• 23:12
  Speaker 2: which is wild. So, Wayne, I was very much looking
• 23:14
  Speaker 2: forward to Lions and Vikings, and I kind of knew
• 23:17
  Speaker 2: in the back of my mind it would be a
• 23:18
  Speaker 2: rock fight, and it kind of was. And it was like,
• 23:22
  Speaker 2: did we learn anything from that game that we didn't
• 23:24
  Speaker 2: already know?
• 23:26
  Speaker 3: Well, just the Jack Campbell situation, which I still don't
• 23:31
  Speaker 3: have a good feel for as to whether he's going
• 23:34
  Speaker 3: to be okay or not. A lot of reports of
• 23:37
  Speaker 3: the Lions had a statement coming out today or whatever,
• 23:39
  Speaker 3: and I just didn't see anything that was different from
• 23:42
  Speaker 3: what we knew over the weekend. That was really hard
• 23:44
  Speaker 3: to watch. Beyond that, I thought for sure Detroit would
• 23:48
  Speaker 3: beat Minnesota. I don't think Minnesota's invincible by any stretch
• 23:52
  Speaker 3: of the imagination, and they're going to need a little
• 23:54
  Speaker 3: more out of that offense, a little more consistency against
• 23:58
  Speaker 3: the good teams to win meaningful games. And I don't
• 24:02
  Speaker 3: think Detroit is unbeatable either. But I did think they
• 24:05
  Speaker 3: would beat Minnesota, and they prevailed. Yeah, it was a
• 24:07
  Speaker 3: rock fight. I didn't think it would be an up-tempo,
• 24:10
  Speaker 3: high-scoring game either way.
• 24:12
  Speaker 4: Yeah, Minnesota's quarterback situation is going to be a prohibiting factor.
• 24:17
  Speaker 4: It doesn't seem like Kyler's bad, Wayne, but there's a
• 24:21
  Speaker 4: level to where their offense is, and that offense that
• 24:24
  Speaker 4: was playing and has the last couple of weeks doesn't
• 24:27
  Speaker 4: really look like a Kevin O'Connell offense has when you
• 24:29
  Speaker 4: see it humming with Darnold or Cousins. He hasn't been
• 24:33
  Speaker 4: able to master any of their core principles of just
• 24:37
  Speaker 4: being able to hit Justin Jefferson on as many crossing
• 24:39
  Speaker 4: routes as possible.
• 24:41
  Speaker 3: Yeah, and the timing of it looks a little bit
• 24:45
  Speaker 3: off to me, Billy. You know, Kyler's not the kind of,
• 24:49
  Speaker 3: he's not the same kind of quarterback that has been successful.
• 24:52
  Speaker 3: The Kirk Cousins, Sam Darnold, those quarterbacks, they're pocket passers.
• 24:56
  Speaker 3: They make a read and make the throw. If the
• 24:59
  Speaker 3: read's not there, they move to the next one really quickly.
• 25:02
  Speaker 3: That's not really Kyler Murray, and it never has been.
• 25:06
  Speaker 3: He's more outside the pocket. He's more moving around, buying
• 25:09
  Speaker 3: time and manufacturing something. And that's really not the Kevin O'Connell, um,
• 25:15
  Speaker 3: offense that we know. And it certainly can appreciate it.
• 25:18
  Speaker 2: Did you give a watch Wayne to the Patriots and dolphins,
• 25:22
  Speaker 2: the fight and half leaves gave, uh, gave Mr. Vrabel
• 25:25
  Speaker 2: and company, uh, uh, you know, a tussle. They hung
• 25:28
  Speaker 2: in until the end scored late to make it closer
• 25:30
  Speaker 2: than maybe it was. But did you watch any of
• 25:32
  Speaker 2: that game in preparation for Sunday in Foxborough?
• 25:35
  Speaker 3: No, I'm about to do that as soon as I'm
• 25:37
  Speaker 3: off of here. But, um, No surprise. You know, Hatley's
• 25:41
  Speaker 3: Dolphins have given everybody a hard time in one way
• 25:45
  Speaker 3: or another. Usually it's a tight ball game late, and
• 25:49
  Speaker 3: they just don't have enough to finish, Miami that is.
• 25:51
  Speaker 3: But the two coaches who knew head coaches who impressed me,
• 25:56
  Speaker 3: Hatley for sure, but really Mike LaFleur down in Arizona,
• 26:00
  Speaker 3: the job he's doing down there, they're down, what, 10
• 26:05
  Speaker 3: or 14 to the Cowboys in the second half? Ten
• 26:08
  Speaker 3: points in the fourth quarter. They come back. The game's
• 26:10
  Speaker 3: tied at the end of regulation. They win in overtime.
• 26:13
  Speaker 3: You know, they've beaten the Rams. They've beaten the Chargers
• 26:17
  Speaker 3: and the Cowboys all on the road. Wow. I think
• 26:20
  Speaker 3: if they could stay on the road, they might go undefeated.
• 26:23
  Speaker 4: Well, they got good practice because their stadium is only
• 26:27
  Speaker 4: usually half full with Cardinal fans. Everybody else just takes
• 26:29
  Speaker 4: it over. But it is impressive how they've fought. And
• 26:32
  Speaker 4: underdogs have been pretty good. You mentioned Halfley's team. They've
• 26:35
  Speaker 4: covered a number of their games.
• 26:38
  Speaker 2: And to see it, Wayne, the amount.
• 26:40
  Speaker 4: Of different quarterbacks that we've watched, and one in Baltimore yesterday,
• 26:45
  Speaker 4: goes down in Lamar Jackson. Do you see teams being
• 26:50
  Speaker 4: a little bit more aggressive now in the trade market
• 26:53
  Speaker 4: than ever before? I think it's, there was a stat
• 26:55
  Speaker 4: this week that this is now the third consecutive year
• 26:58
  Speaker 4: that at least three guys that have been first team
• 27:00
  Speaker 4: all pro formerly have been traded in the season.
• 27:04
  Speaker 2: That's a staggering number for where it was before.
• 27:07
  Speaker 4: And it feels like maybe the Packers have somebody that
• 27:09
  Speaker 4: teams would be interested in and to Rod Taylor, they
• 27:12
  Speaker 4: just signed Cam Miller.
• 27:13
  Speaker 2: To their practice squad.
• 27:15
  Speaker 4: Do you think that would be a spot or that
• 27:17
  Speaker 4: the Packers will be in people thinking buying, but it
• 27:21
  Speaker 4: seems like a market that they might also, they sold
• 27:23
  Speaker 4: once already on Kyle McCord.
• 27:24
  Speaker 2: Do you think that they would do it again?
• 27:25
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I, that's a good question, Billy. I'm not sure
• 27:29
  Speaker 3: where they're at. The talk I'd heard was that they
• 27:32
  Speaker 3: were interested in Jonathan Taylor. I don't know how that
• 27:36
  Speaker 3: meshes with, the Josh Jacobs situation they're facing now. It's
• 27:41
  Speaker 3: hard to tell, but I will say this, you're correct.
• 27:45
  Speaker 3: There is more conversation. There's more movement at the trading
• 27:48
  Speaker 3: deadline in the last three years. And certainly this year
• 27:51
  Speaker 3: than I've ever seen in the NFL. And times have
• 27:55
  Speaker 3: changed and people are changing out parts and players are
• 27:58
  Speaker 3: moving from team to team, especially the skill position players
• 28:02
  Speaker 3: that can maybe make a difference. He'd be a defensive
• 28:05
  Speaker 3: pass rusher, a cornerback, Or maybe it's a running back
• 28:08
  Speaker 3: or a wide receiver. Guys who can fit into an
• 28:11
  Speaker 3: offense or defense and make an impact right away. We're
• 28:15
  Speaker 3: seeing a lot of that now. The Eagles made several
• 28:17
  Speaker 3: moves last year to try to retool and get their
• 28:20
  Speaker 3: defense back to Super Bowl level. Didn't quite work out.
• 28:24
  Speaker 3: And several of those players are now in other locations.
• 28:27
  Speaker 2: Just got some breaking news on the old wire here
• 28:30
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  Speaker 2: Concrete Coatings. Packers are signing free agent quarterback Cam Miller
• 28:44
  Speaker 2: to the practice squad. He was a sixth-round pick in
• 28:47
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• 28:52
  Speaker 2: MVP in 2024, Billy.
• 28:54
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 28:54
  Speaker 4: And as I was just, I was just asking Wayne,
• 28:57
  Speaker 4: I think that means that they might be in conversations
• 29:01
  Speaker 4: and maybe Tara Taylor is open for business because the Ravens,
• 29:05
  Speaker 4: I can't think are just going to sit on their
• 29:06
  Speaker 4: hands and watch a season go by. I can't think
• 29:09
  Speaker 4: the Eagles are going to watch more games than they
• 29:11
  Speaker 4: watched last night. Either they're going to trade somebody or
• 29:14
  Speaker 4: they're going to try to go make a move.
• 29:16
  Speaker 2: And the Vikings see a limitation where they are. I
• 29:18
  Speaker 2: would think. And hell, J.J.
• 29:20
  Speaker 4: McCarthy looked like he was the worst player anybody had
• 29:22
  Speaker 4: seen play the position. And he jumpstarted the Giants to
• 29:25
  Speaker 4: the point where they beat the Texans on the road.
• 29:27
  Speaker 4: So that position, Wayne, teams wouldn't. We talk about teams
• 29:30
  Speaker 4: not wanting to trade. That position in particular, teams wouldn't
• 29:33
  Speaker 4: have necessarily thought of.
• 29:34
  Speaker 2: Billy smelled these winds of coming because you were asking
• 29:36
  Speaker 2: me about whether they would listen to offers on Tyra. Taylor.
• 29:40
  Speaker 2: It'd be a roll of the dice, right? But if
• 29:44
  Speaker 2: the winds are right, I could see it. And if
• 29:46
  Speaker 2: they could get draft capital.
• 29:48
  Speaker 4: Because, Wayne, you and I talked about it last year
• 29:50
  Speaker 4: during our draft show that this upcoming year seems to
• 29:53
  Speaker 4: be where a lot of the talent has sat back
• 29:56
  Speaker 4: to and waited for and that this is going to
• 29:59
  Speaker 4: be one of the better.
• 30:00
  Speaker 2: Drafts that you can ultimately find.
• 30:02
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think you're right, Bill. You know, just looking
• 30:04
  Speaker 3: at the landscape of college football and where they're at
• 30:07
  Speaker 3: now with these guys and now that they're out of
• 30:10
  Speaker 3: these six and seven year cups.
• 30:13
  Speaker 2: Thank God.
• 30:13
  Speaker 3: I mean, is this Animal House or what? You know,
• 30:16
  Speaker 3: I'm an eighth-year senior.
• 30:17
  Speaker 2: Used to be doctors. That's right.
• 30:20
  Speaker 3: I just don't want to leave campus, man. I'm telling you.
• 30:23
  Speaker 3: I'm having too good a time. But, you know, I
• 30:26
  Speaker 3: think that part of it is we've gone through that. And, yes,
• 30:29
  Speaker 3: we're going to have players in the draft who have
• 30:32
  Speaker 3: a lot of experience and are players who have really
• 30:35
  Speaker 3: honed their skills. And you know what, guys? I understand
• 30:38
  Speaker 3: they may be a year or two older than the
• 30:40
  Speaker 3: scouts would like. But the scouts also like the fact
• 30:43
  Speaker 3: that they know what they're getting, and they have a
• 30:45
  Speaker 3: better idea on these older prospects than they do on 20-year-old,
• 30:50
  Speaker 3: 21-year-old kids.
• 30:51
  Speaker 2: That is a good point. That's a good point. Hey, Wayne,
• 30:54
  Speaker 2: the fact that Micah Parsons, all signs indicate that he
• 30:58
  Speaker 2: will open his window and start practicing this week. I mean,
• 31:02
  Speaker 2: he can't help against New England on Sunday, but does that–
• 31:05
  Speaker 2: Add some juice. Does that add some energy? Packers are
• 31:07
  Speaker 2: coming off this bye. Does having him back at practice
• 31:09
  Speaker 2: add energy? When they added Mekhi Becton and Kevin Zeitler,
• 31:12
  Speaker 2: we all thought it was a little bit energizing. They've
• 31:15
  Speaker 2: yet to play and do anything. But does that add
• 31:18
  Speaker 2: an energy? Will that help palpably, do you think, as
• 31:21
  Speaker 2: we move into Sunday?
• 31:23
  Speaker 3: I really think so, Drew, because he's such a central
• 31:26
  Speaker 3: figure on that team. And not just his performance on
• 31:29
  Speaker 3: the field, but the way he handles himself in the
• 31:32
  Speaker 3: locker room. and the impact he has on these players
• 31:35
  Speaker 3: in the locker room off the field. So that's why
• 31:38
  Speaker 3: I think it would be energizing. Now, it would be
• 31:40
  Speaker 3: great to get that talent back on the field, that's
• 31:43
  Speaker 3: for sure. Everybody understands that. But I think the reason
• 31:46
  Speaker 3: there will be juice as he hits the practice field
• 31:49
  Speaker 3: in the next, what, two days, Wednesday, I think has
• 31:53
  Speaker 3: more to do with who he is in that locker room.
• 31:55
  Speaker 2: What do you see in Wayne?
• 31:57
  Speaker 4: The Josh Jacobs thing has continued to be a developing
• 32:01
  Speaker 4: factor in the last couple hours. Matt LaFleur mentioned it,
• 32:03
  Speaker 4: that they're going to let the NFL process do its
• 32:06
  Speaker 4: thing and that he anticipates him being a member of
• 32:09
  Speaker 4: the team moving forward. That's really all I have to
• 32:11
  Speaker 4: speak on of the additional claims of against him of
• 32:16
  Speaker 4: potential abuse. More importantly, on the football field, they got
• 32:21
  Speaker 4: to find some kind of ground game and to be
• 32:23
  Speaker 4: able to find it and Drew mentioned the two others
• 32:27
  Speaker 4: of the new offensive linemen that have yet to be inserted.
• 32:31
  Speaker 4: Do you anticipate this being a fluid situation over the
• 32:36
  Speaker 4: next couple of weeks? Because they have the ability to
• 32:39
  Speaker 4: practice over the next couple of weeks with these mini
• 32:42
  Speaker 4: buys where maybe you can move some guys around up front.
• 32:46
  Speaker 3: You know, Billy, I was thinking about that today. Aaron Banks,
• 32:52
  Speaker 3: a lot of money invested in him. I get that.
• 32:55
  Speaker 3: they got him back in the lineup off his injury
• 32:58
  Speaker 3: and it didn't go so well the other night from
• 33:00
  Speaker 3: what the analytics tell me from what the scouting people
• 33:04
  Speaker 3: say but you know they do have some things it
• 33:08
  Speaker 3: wouldn't surprise me if you move Tomlinson back to left
• 33:11
  Speaker 3: guard and put Zeitler in at right guard for this
• 33:14
  Speaker 3: game in New England that wouldn't surprise me at all
• 33:18
  Speaker 3: you know at some point Regardless of how much money
• 33:21
  Speaker 3: you have invested in a body here or there, whoever
• 33:24
  Speaker 3: they are, you need to get your best five on
• 33:27
  Speaker 3: the field. And here's the other thing. I'm just being
• 33:31
  Speaker 3: as honest as I possibly can. The Packers went into
• 33:34
  Speaker 3: this past weekend's games with the fewest rushing yards per
• 33:39
  Speaker 3: game of any team in the league by 16 yards.
• 33:44
  Speaker 3: That's amazing when you think about it. You have got
• 33:47
  Speaker 3: to be able to run. Why was the Dallas game close?
• 33:51
  Speaker 3: Why was the Carolina game a one-score game? Because with
• 33:55
  Speaker 3: four-something to go in the game or five-something to go
• 33:57
  Speaker 3: in the game, you got the ball. It's an eight-point game,
• 34:01
  Speaker 3: and you can't close a team out because you can't
• 34:03
  Speaker 3: run the football. You must be able to run the
• 34:05
  Speaker 3: ball in those situations to grind down the clock. We
• 34:08
  Speaker 3: talk about four-minute offense. If you can't run the ball,
• 34:11
  Speaker 3: you can't run a four-minute offense. In that scenario the
• 34:15
  Speaker 3: other night, if I'm not mistaken, Matt called three passes. Why? Well,
• 34:19
  Speaker 3: because at that point in the game, he realized they
• 34:21
  Speaker 3: weren't doing anything on the ground. I think they had
• 34:24
  Speaker 3: 60 yards or 58 yards against Dallas, who came in
• 34:28
  Speaker 3: as the worst rush defense in the league that night.
• 34:31
  Speaker 3: And they had, I think, 66 yards against another worst
• 34:35
  Speaker 3: defense in the league, Carolina, last Thursday night. So you're
• 34:38
  Speaker 3: going to have to run the football better. They have
• 34:40
  Speaker 3: to find a way. Matt mentioned that after the game.
• 34:44
  Speaker 3: He says, it's up to us. We've got to figure
• 34:45
  Speaker 3: out a way to do this. Part of it might
• 34:47
  Speaker 3: be personnel, but I think that's a real hard fix.
• 34:52
  Speaker 3: They've done what they could. They added some veteran personnel
• 34:56
  Speaker 3: to the offensive line mix. Now, can they put it
• 34:59
  Speaker 3: together to where they can have at least an efficient
• 35:02
  Speaker 3: ground game? Because if they can't, guys, it's going to
• 35:05
  Speaker 3: get real hard to throw the football downfield. Teams will
• 35:10
  Speaker 3: play that. Two shell, two safeties high. They'll back the
• 35:13
  Speaker 3: cornerbacks off just a little bit. They're not worried about
• 35:16
  Speaker 3: you running the football. The box will be light. And
• 35:19
  Speaker 3: that's what's going to happen. And that'll make it really
• 35:21
  Speaker 3: hard on the Packers, who have so far been a
• 35:24
  Speaker 3: one-dimensional offense. You just can't do that. Furthermore, how many
• 35:29
  Speaker 3: teams have made the playoffs, being the worst rushing team
• 35:33
  Speaker 3: in the league, leading the league in drop passes, and
• 35:36
  Speaker 3: leading the league in penalties?
• 35:38
  Speaker 1: Oof.
• 35:39
  Speaker 2: They've got to be a very, very razor. It's a
• 35:41
  Speaker 2: tough trio. If not.
• 35:42
  Speaker 3: That's three strikes and you're out, boys.
• 35:44
  Speaker 2: That is rough.
• 35:45
  Speaker 3: So they've got to get the running game straightened out
• 35:47
  Speaker 3: one form or another. And you know what? When I
• 35:50
  Speaker 3: saw Josh Jacobs go in there against Detroit, I said, well,
• 35:53
  Speaker 3: I guess it's not the back. He looked fine, but
• 35:56
  Speaker 3: he had nowhere to go.
• 35:58
  Speaker 2: Nowhere to go.
• 35:59
  Speaker 4: And Carolina was almost tougher. Tampa ran for 324 yards yesterday.
• 36:04
  Speaker 4: The Packers running backs through their first eight games have
• 36:06
  Speaker 4: run for 435.
• 36:07
  Speaker 2: Oh, my goodness. Well, that was a monsoon, though.
• 36:10
  Speaker 3: Oh, yeah.
• 36:11
  Speaker 2: But I mean, just think about it.
• 36:13
  Speaker 4: One team in 60 minutes has run for three quarters
• 36:17
  Speaker 4: of what you've been able to put together for eight games.
• 36:20
  Speaker 2: That's crazy.
• 36:20
  Speaker 6: That is.
• 36:21
  Speaker 3: I've never in 28 years here. I've never seen it
• 36:23
  Speaker 3: quite like this. I've never seen an offensive line quite
• 36:26
  Speaker 3: like this. And I've never seen a Packers running game
• 36:29
  Speaker 3: struggle like this one has. And, you know, hopefully they'll
• 36:33
  Speaker 3: be able to get a handle on it, put something
• 36:36
  Speaker 3: together as they go forward. But, boy, they've got to
• 36:40
  Speaker 3: have something because you have to balance your offense somewhat
• 36:43
  Speaker 3: in the NFL. Otherwise, those defensive coordinators, they're going to
• 36:47
  Speaker 3: take care of your passing game. They're going to make
• 36:49
  Speaker 3: it very tough for you to throw the football if
• 36:52
  Speaker 3: you can't.
• 36:52
  Speaker 2: Even with Watson and Golden, it can be hard for
• 36:55
  Speaker 2: them to get open.
• 36:56
  Speaker 3: Here's the other thing. What's incredible about Watson and Golden
• 36:59
  Speaker 3: is this team leads the league and drop passes 23
• 37:02
  Speaker 3: unofficially by, by a wide margin. And yet those guys,
• 37:08
  Speaker 3: and Matthew Golden leads the league and drops. And yet he's,
• 37:11
  Speaker 3: He and Watson are terrific. They're top 10 in all
• 37:14
  Speaker 3: the receiving statistics.
• 37:14
  Speaker 2: There's so much meat in the bone. Seventh in yards
• 37:17
  Speaker 2: and number one in drops for Matthew. Speaking of receivers,
• 37:20
  Speaker 2: my pick to click tonight is Jackson Smith and Jigba.
• 37:23
  Speaker 2: That's a good one. Against the Bears. I think he's
• 37:24
  Speaker 2: going to have a big day. As we hate watch
• 37:26
  Speaker 2: Monday Night Football tonight, Wayne, what are you looking at?
• 37:29
  Speaker 2: Both these teams made significant trades, one on the offensive side,
• 37:33
  Speaker 2: one on the defensive side. They're all pros. And I
• 37:35
  Speaker 2: just don't know who to cheer for. I almost wish
• 37:37
  Speaker 2: this would be a tie.
• 37:40
  Speaker 3: I i'll be uh i'll be rooting be honest with
• 37:43
  Speaker 3: you guys i'll be rooting for seattle oh yes for
• 37:47
  Speaker 3: sure you know but uh hey jeffrey simmons everybody's in
• 37:52
  Speaker 3: chicago they got jeffrey simmons back well you know the
• 37:55
  Speaker 3: packers are getting a guy back too who's pretty good
• 37:58
  Speaker 3: yeah and so maybe so i was trying to talk
• 38:01
  Speaker 3: to some friends this week and say does that move
• 38:04
  Speaker 3: offset their move Packers are going to get Parsons. They
• 38:07
  Speaker 3: got Jeffrey Simmons. Yeah.
• 38:09
  Speaker 2: I like ours better. Yeah.
• 38:10
  Speaker 4: I like, I like our, I like ours better. Similar
• 38:12
  Speaker 4: investment packages, but yeah, very similar, very similar. And one's
• 38:16
  Speaker 4: a little bit younger and one plays on the outside.
• 38:18
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 38:19
  Speaker 2: I'd be taking one over the other. It's going to
• 38:21
  Speaker 2: be fun.
• 38:22
  Speaker 3: Wayne.
• 38:22
  Speaker 2: We'll talk to you again, Friday. Have a great, great week.
• 38:24
  Speaker 2: See you, man.
• 38:25
  Speaker 3: You get back guys. Talk to you Friday. Wayne.
• 38:27
  Speaker 2: I'm going to give Billy a game ball. The last
• 38:29
  Speaker 2: game ball of the day goes to Billy for a,
• 38:32
  Speaker 2: Just calling that, Tyrod. You had the spidey senses tingling
• 38:35
  Speaker 2: that the Packers could be listening to offers because you
• 38:37
  Speaker 2: know the phones are starting to burn up with people
• 38:39
  Speaker 2: looking for quarterbacks. I got to think they're coming. I
• 38:41
  Speaker 2: got to think they're coming. I love it. Billy was
• 38:44
  Speaker 2: on it. I'm on top of the world.
• 38:45
  Speaker 3: It doesn't get any better.
• 38:46
  Speaker 2: There you go. It doesn't, Sal. Back to close up shop.
• 38:49
  Speaker 2: I'm going to drink 100,000 beers. I wish. The Huddle,
• 38:52
  Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio, Wisconsin. Closing ceremonies of the Huddle Fox
• 39:05
  Speaker 2: Sports Radio, Wisconsin, Drew Billion, Armin. I got to admit,
• 39:08
  Speaker 2: it's going to take probably the middle of this week
• 39:10
  Speaker 2: for the fog to lift. I got a mental fog. Oh,
• 39:12
  Speaker 2: you know, you're absolutely right. You're absolutely right. The double
• 39:15
  Speaker 2: whammy of daylight saving time and falling back and not knowing,
• 39:18
  Speaker 2: you know, your body clock is off by an hour,
• 39:20
  Speaker 2: but it's even getting dark early. And that's always an
• 39:24
  Speaker 2: adjustment anyway.
• 39:25
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 39:25
  Speaker 4: And my schedule always gets thrown off when the Packers
• 39:29
  Speaker 4: don't play Sundays.
• 39:30
  Speaker 2: That too.
• 39:31
  Speaker 4: In football season, when there's not football on Saturday and Sunday,
• 39:35
  Speaker 4: it throws my entire week off.
• 39:36
  Speaker 2: No question. Now it's microwaved. It is a beautiful reason to.
• 39:43
  Speaker 4: As disheveled and as still a little hungover as the
• 39:47
  Speaker 4: city is from the parade and the last month of excitement, uh,
• 39:51
  Speaker 4: baseball wise, it is cool. And I think the, uh,
• 39:54
  Speaker 4: the neck, the best where's Waldo is going to be,
• 39:56
  Speaker 4: where does the next brewer pop up in the wild?
• 39:59
  Speaker 3: Totally.
• 39:59
  Speaker 2: Or like, where is the net?
• 40:00
  Speaker 4: Where's the next waiting for since 4.00 AM to see
• 40:04
  Speaker 4: wild bill at Dick's sporting goods. Or at Raising Cane's.
• 40:07
  Speaker 2: Who's going to be in next year? There were 500
• 40:09
  Speaker 2: people at Raising Cane's, apparently. Armin, you can attest. I'm
• 40:12
  Speaker 2: surprised there weren't more, to be honest with you. You
• 40:14
  Speaker 2: said it was nuts. Some folks, and only like five
• 40:16
  Speaker 2: people got to interact with him. That's the thing. Because
• 40:18
  Speaker 2: he was doing commercials and stuff. And he popped out
• 40:21
  Speaker 2: and said hello to everybody.
• 40:22
  Speaker 3: He did that.
• 40:22
  Speaker 2: He spoke.
• 40:23
  Speaker 6: It was really nice that he did that. And I
• 40:25
  Speaker 6: think Raising Cane's kind of sold it to be more
• 40:27
  Speaker 6: to the fans than it was. Sure.
• 40:29
  Speaker 2: They did put on very fine print, not an autograph appearance.
• 40:32
  Speaker 6: Well, that's true, but they implied that you'd be able
• 40:34
  Speaker 6: to have a few seconds with them.
• 40:36
  Speaker 2: You know what you can get? A Kaniak box. Kaniak box.
• 40:39
  Speaker 2: That thing is going to smack. Get an extra thing
• 40:42
  Speaker 2: of sauce because you're going to want one. So good.
• 40:43
  Speaker 4: Because you're going to dip the bread in. You're going
• 40:46
  Speaker 4: to sleep on that.
• 40:47
  Speaker 2: Yes, yes. You're dipping the bread in the sauce. It
• 40:49
  Speaker 2: is phenomenal. Incredible. Thank us later. Incredible. All right. Tomorrow,
• 40:53
  Speaker 2: a lot of college hoops cover bucks play again, and
• 40:55
  Speaker 2: we can hate watch the Seahawks and the bears. I
• 40:58
  Speaker 2: will find myself rooting for the Seahawks. Not my favorite franchise.
• 41:00
  Speaker 2: I like John Schneider. Okay. Uh, their uniforms fans, the stadium,
• 41:05
  Speaker 2: not a fan, but not a fan at all.
• 41:06
  Speaker 4: Suffer through it tonight. If they can beat the bears. I, uh,
• 41:09
  Speaker 4: I really am going to be watching though. Hoping for
• 41:11
  Speaker 4: one awkward Joe Buck, Troy Aikman moment.
• 41:13
  Speaker 2: Ooh, let's let's do it. We'll see you tomorrow too.
• 41:15
  Speaker 3: Peace.