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Bills-Rams preview, Nick Hook Week One Underdogs, & Marvin Jones Talks Jaguars · NFL Now

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  Speaker 1: here to do. The belt down, Let's get then sends
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  Speaker 1: a beating launches to the end zone. Cock step On
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  Speaker 1: takes touchdown, Buffalo uts go, cuts down. We bet the
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  Speaker 1: done pocket fromently, He's hit, He's sat, Aaron Donald wrapping
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  Speaker 1: up the goats. He is the absolute heartbeat of this offense.
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  Speaker 1: Come on, man, find a way to get it. Let's go.
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  Speaker 1: He's unstoppable. That guy is a superhero. You will not
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  Speaker 1: see a better play than this all season. That's unbelievable, unbelievable.
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  Speaker 1: Are we there yet? We're almost there. We are one
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  Speaker 1: day away, finally from kick off of the nfls to
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  Speaker 1: a one hundred to one hundred and third season. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: Andrew Siciliano, This is Steve White. This is NFL Now
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  Speaker 1: on NFL that worked from our news room in Los Angeles.
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  Speaker 1: It is good to see you, sir, great tune. You
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  Speaker 1: super hot outside. It's gonna be super hot in that
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  Speaker 1: stadium tomorrow. And I'm talking about the game, not just
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  Speaker 1: a temperature. It is a hundred degrees outside here in
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  Speaker 1: l a feels like two hundred degrees. Hence I got
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  Speaker 1: the number of years wrong, one three years to what
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  Speaker 1: we got there. Well, however, I can't tell you this
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  Speaker 1: as we're one day away. It has been two hundred
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  Speaker 1: and seven days since we had a game that meant something,
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  Speaker 1: the Rams and the Bengals at so far. Now we're
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  Speaker 1: going to get the Rams and Bills at so far.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I think sometimes it feels like it's been
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  Speaker 1: an eternity and sometimes it feels like it's gone in
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  Speaker 1: the blink of an eye. But here we are. You know,
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  Speaker 1: I know this this week feels real. It feels like
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  Speaker 1: you're getting into that game preparation. I think it's awesome because,
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  Speaker 1: you know, sometimes I feel like it's the hurry up
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  Speaker 1: and wait, you know, whether you're kicking off on Sunday
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  Speaker 1: night or you know, my second year, we had the
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  Speaker 1: Monday nights second part of the doubleheader, and you just
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  Speaker 1: want to get out there and play. And so we're
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  Speaker 1: excited about the challenge. And usually you know, if you're
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  Speaker 1: in this game, one of the two teams has done
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  Speaker 1: something pretty special the previous year. We know that has
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  Speaker 1: nothing to do with it, but uh, I'm excited it
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  Speaker 1: feels like it's come fast. Um, But depending upon the
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  Speaker 1: type of day that you know, at the time of
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  Speaker 1: day you asked me, i'd answer that differently. But I
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  Speaker 1: know this, I'm excited about watching our guys compete, watching
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  Speaker 1: them do the best, you know, compete to the best
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  Speaker 1: of their abilities, and play with a quieted mind, and
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  Speaker 1: let's go let it all hang out. I ain't a
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  Speaker 1: lot of I'm not about to sit up here and
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  Speaker 1: boost them up like y'all might want, like maybe other
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  Speaker 1: people doing. I ain't doing that. I ain't gonna be
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  Speaker 1: extra that good, you know what I mean. But we're
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  Speaker 1: good too over here. So we're gonna we'll see him
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  Speaker 1: on Thursday. We're gonna play football, But I I ain't
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  Speaker 1: gonna see he boost nobody yet, nobody I got. I
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  Speaker 1: got respect for him, but I got more respect for
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  Speaker 1: the game and in the way to operare, in the
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  Speaker 1: way my teammates been preparing, and I trust and belief
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  Speaker 1: in each other. So I boost us up. I'll talk
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  Speaker 1: about us and in our preparation, but you know they
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  Speaker 1: can do that with with them over there. We're gonna
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  Speaker 1: go out there Thursday, and we're gonna put our best
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  Speaker 1: effort out there and you know, do what we gotta do.
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  Speaker 1: I love that from Jalen Ramsey Tuesday at the RAMS
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  Speaker 1: facility in Thousand Oaks. Steve, you were there for that
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  Speaker 1: this morning, Good Morning Football. We did this whole thing.
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  Speaker 1: They did this whole thing in New York about our
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  Speaker 1: people overlooking the Rams. I don't think that's what Jalen
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  Speaker 1: is saying there. But there is an edge that you
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  Speaker 1: felt yesterday and absolute edge. And this is not you know,
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  Speaker 1: Jalen Ramsey said it out loud, but this is walking
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  Speaker 1: around the locker room and I want to take you
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  Speaker 1: back to a great HBO series called The Wire, and
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  Speaker 1: then you're going there and of the Wire Omar and
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  Speaker 1: one of the greatest lines ever is when you come
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  Speaker 1: for the King, you best not miss. That is very
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  Speaker 1: much the attitude I got from the locker room with
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  Speaker 1: the Rams. And I don't think Sean McVeigh or any
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  Speaker 1: coach is telling everybody. Look at all this conversation with
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  Speaker 1: the Bills. This is a veteran team of proud guys
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  Speaker 1: and they cannot wait for the game to play. And
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  Speaker 1: I was talking Bobby Wagon, He's like, sure, the beginning
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  Speaker 1: of the game is going to be you know, all
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  Speaker 1: the fan fair and some shocking all on the field
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  Speaker 1: with this play, in that play, when things settle down
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  Speaker 1: and both of these teams get squared up, that when
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  Speaker 1: the real deal will come to play. We haven't seen
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  Speaker 1: any of the rams key offensive pieces in the preseason.
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  Speaker 1: None of the starters play for Sean McVeigh, so we
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  Speaker 1: haven't yet seen how Allan Robinson is going to work
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  Speaker 1: in or how the run game might adjust with two
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  Speaker 1: new pieces on the offensive line. But we do know
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  Speaker 1: that they are going up again against at Leslie Frasier defense.
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  Speaker 1: They gave up the fewest yards in the NFL last year, Steve,
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  Speaker 1: and gave up the fewest points. Yeah. Look, and it's
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  Speaker 1: it's a very solid defense in the run in the
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  Speaker 1: past game. And that's sewn Ve about this, And I
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  Speaker 1: was like, how does someone like Leslie Frasier, who pretty
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  Speaker 1: much runs the same concepts, you know, a four three front,
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  Speaker 1: you know, stay on top of all the evolving offenses.
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  Speaker 1: He's like, look, you know in the early downs, which
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  Speaker 1: you're going to see, but he mixes up things so
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  Speaker 1: beauty to Fleet. You're always in conflict, right, and that's
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  Speaker 1: the big thing you want to do so. With the Rams.
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  Speaker 1: You talked about not seeing a lot of their starters,
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  Speaker 1: they might have a surprise element right here. Why was
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  Speaker 1: he Revan Jefferson. We don't know his status. He's probably
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  Speaker 1: the third wide receiver for the Rams, so second year
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  Speaker 1: wide out two to at well. This is speaking to
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  Speaker 1: people in the locker room yesterday for a lot of
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  Speaker 1: praise throughout training camp about him. They said, he's the
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  Speaker 1: guy who really is going to surprise some people. This
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  Speaker 1: is the second round draft pick who didn't have a
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  Speaker 1: catch last year. I'm from the show me state, that's Missouri.
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  Speaker 1: I want him to show me. But he apparently has
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  Speaker 1: shown the Rams a lot as to where they think
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  Speaker 1: he could be again, someone who shows up on the
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  Speaker 1: field Thursday night to do something for this offense under
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  Speaker 1: the guides of Eric Yarb or the wide receiver coach
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  Speaker 1: who might be one of the best in the NFL
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  Speaker 1: at developing wide receivers. And there is a big question
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  Speaker 1: here for the Rams. Let's assume for a second that
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  Speaker 1: Van Jefferson isn't gonna play. We'll get the official injury
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  Speaker 1: designations later today, but Jefferson has not practic this this
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  Speaker 1: week and he's still recovering from that second knee surgery.
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  Speaker 1: He's maybe a week potentially away to to at Well
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  Speaker 1: is the deep threat, but you're not going to use
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  Speaker 1: him in motion much in the run game. Ben Scrotic
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  Speaker 1: a bigger wide receiver who you can use in the
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  Speaker 1: run game. Are there tells depending on who the third
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  Speaker 1: guy is on the field. It's a fascinating chess match
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  Speaker 1: here between Sean McVeigh who's been showing nothing in the
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  Speaker 1: preseason because nobody is playing, and Leslie Frasier that is
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  Speaker 1: bringing back the number one defense in the NFL. We
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  Speaker 1: start the show on a Wednesday with a quote from
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  Speaker 1: the wire. Well, you got it all right, Let's move
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  Speaker 1: on here. Get some other news from around the NFL.
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  Speaker 1: Some quarterback news that Ian Rappaport had four year earlier.
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  Speaker 1: Ian this here, Mike Garrett Folo is here. Happy Week
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  Speaker 1: one Wednesday to both of you. That news Ian that
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  Speaker 1: you had today is that in New York where it's
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  Speaker 1: not gonna be Zack Wilson week one, it's gonna be
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  Speaker 1: Joe Flacco. And this this may be a while. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I expected to be a while, and really no surprise
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  Speaker 1: when you think of the actual injury ease for Zach Wilson.
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  Speaker 1: It's not just the meniscus tear, not just the trim
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  Speaker 1: that he had that probably would have knocked him out
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  Speaker 1: about three or four weeks, would have put him in
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  Speaker 1: position to play Week one. This is also about the
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  Speaker 1: bone bruise, and that is why you're going to see
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  Speaker 1: Joe Flacco in a revenge game against his old team,
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  Speaker 1: the Baltimore Ravens, the team that they wanted super Bow with,
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  Speaker 1: the team that made him very, very rich with that
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  Speaker 1: massive contract in the team that he has now put
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  Speaker 1: in his rear view mirror because Zach Wilson had to
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  Speaker 1: be office feet for several weeks, had to not just
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  Speaker 1: rehab the meniscus, but make sure that the broone buse
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  Speaker 1: heeled as well. He's had a couple of workouts that
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  Speaker 1: were encouraging Mike, but just not quite ready to go yet,
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  Speaker 1: so they say, and Robert Salis said today that is
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  Speaker 1: going to be until at least Week four when we
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  Speaker 1: see Joe Flacco in as the starting quarterback. Fascinating development
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  Speaker 1: for the Jets that they've been hiding him in camp,
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  Speaker 1: so we'll see, yes, and Soulis saying that they're going
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  Speaker 1: to not put Zack Wilson on injured reserve, even though
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  Speaker 1: they don't expect him to play for the first three weeks,
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  Speaker 1: because they want him to get practice time while he's
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  Speaker 1: working his way back. So taking the approach for the
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  Speaker 1: long term while also thinking about in the short term,
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  Speaker 1: how much work can he get to make sure that
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  Speaker 1: he makes up for any misstime and he can hit
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  Speaker 1: the ground running once he is ready to go, speaking
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  Speaker 1: to hit the round running. That's why the Jets in
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  Speaker 1: large part wanted Joe Flacco and the starters to play
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  Speaker 1: in that preseason finale against the Jets. We were just
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  Speaker 1: seeing some highlights there. There were some low lights. There
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  Speaker 1: was a bad interception. It wasn't a great performance, but
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  Speaker 1: nobody reading too much into that. They just wanted Flacco
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  Speaker 1: and that's starting offensive line to work together and just
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  Speaker 1: get a little bit of game atmosphere because they knew
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  Speaker 1: that it was likely that Flacco was going to be
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  Speaker 1: the guy come week one. Here we are, They're expecting
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  Speaker 1: a much better performance from a veteran quarterback who looked
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  Speaker 1: really sharp for the entire summer, and so we get
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  Speaker 1: the Joe Flacco against Lamar Jackson game. And three games
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  Speaker 1: Wilson mrs at a minimum or Baltimore, Cleveland and Cincinnati.
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  Speaker 1: He could be back in, as he said, potentially for Pittsburgh.
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  Speaker 1: And yes, you were hearing correctly. The Jets played the
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  Speaker 1: entire a f C North the first four weeks of
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  Speaker 1: this season. Strange but true. Let's get to Lamar Jackson. Mike,
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  Speaker 1: you were on the game Day kickoff special last night
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  Speaker 1: for the new season UM with some insight on Lamar
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  Speaker 1: we're talking about He said the deadline was week one.
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  Speaker 1: I mean Wednesday first practice is kind of week one.
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  Speaker 1: Is today the deadline? I don't know, and I don't
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  Speaker 1: know that anybody really knows. And frankly, this deadline, he
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  Speaker 1: could still do it next week. It's a self imposed
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  Speaker 1: deadline from Lamar Jackson. But I think the thought on
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  Speaker 1: his end and maybe on the team's end when they
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  Speaker 1: heard this was as long as it's done before kickoff.
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  Speaker 1: Extensions usually get done this Saturday before the Sunday game,
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  Speaker 1: So I think that's probably your deadline. And again, nobody's
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  Speaker 1: really saying once it comes that they can't just revisit
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  Speaker 1: it at some point, So we'll see how it goes.
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  Speaker 1: But I did mention that that NFL Game Day kickoff
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  Speaker 1: special last night you were talking about. And by the way,
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  Speaker 1: speaking of NFL Game Day, I have this game Jets
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  Speaker 1: Ravens for Sunday, So this is like doing a little
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  Speaker 1: show prep for Sunday while also game Dropper very good.
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  Speaker 1: I like that one. But listen, there's a ways to
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  Speaker 1: go here. Ian's gonna follow up with some of the details. Uh. There,
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  Speaker 1: there's work to be done here for Lamar Jackson to
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  Speaker 1: come close to an extension with the Ravens by the deadline. Ean. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: And you know, usually Mike, if a deal is getting
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  Speaker 1: done by this point, if a deal is getting done
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  Speaker 1: right before this season, there'll be some momentum toward that deal.
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  Speaker 1: I don't sense that at all. Not saying it can't
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  Speaker 1: get down. I'm just saying right now, I don't sense
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  Speaker 1: anything is imminent. I don't sense it's moving in that direction.
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  Speaker 1: And this was always going to be an extremely, extremely
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  Speaker 1: difficult deal to do because the Deshaun Watson contract really
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  Speaker 1: changed a lot of things. Two in the thirty million
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  Speaker 1: dollars fully guaranteed. The Russell Wilson contract came after that
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  Speaker 1: had about a hundred and sixty five million in total guarantees,
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  Speaker 1: so not the full guarantees that Deshaun got, not even close.
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  Speaker 1: You know, Lamar Jackson, who's serving as his own a,
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  Speaker 1: could have pushed for as much full guarantees as possible. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: That is why it's going to be difficult to get done.
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  Speaker 1: And if it doesn't get done this week, then what
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  Speaker 1: you're looking at is several franchise tags for Lamar Jackson,
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  Speaker 1: then maybe the chance to cash in as a free agent,
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  Speaker 1: but that would mean he's taking a lot of risk
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  Speaker 1: on himself. So anyway, pretty complicated for Lamar and the Ravens.
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  Speaker 1: Complicated as we wait here for maybe some kind of
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  Speaker 1: news potentially who knows all Lamar Jackson. We did have
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  Speaker 1: news today, Mike. In Buffalo, Dawson Knox had made it
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  Speaker 1: clear he wanted to stay there with the Bills. Um
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  Speaker 1: they gave him a nice contract to do that. Dawson's
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  Speaker 1: Dawson Knox's brother tragically passed away recently and the Buffalo
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  Speaker 1: Bills fan base UH came and showed their support in
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  Speaker 1: more ways than one to Dawson Knox. UH. And he
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  Speaker 1: had said it within the last couple of days that yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I want to be here for a long time. Well,
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  Speaker 1: this l a four year contract fifty three point six
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  Speaker 1: million dollars UH north of thirty one million in guaranteed money,
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  Speaker 1: certainly makes it clear that he's going to be here
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  Speaker 1: for beyond this last season of his contract. So he's
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  Speaker 1: now under contract through a very popular player, a tough,
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  Speaker 1: hard nosed player, a guy who threw a touchdown with
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  Speaker 1: a broken hand last year. I mean, that is the
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  Speaker 1: most Buffalo play I think we've ever seen. So there's
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  Speaker 1: the tweet from Dawson Knox, uh saying how excited he
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  Speaker 1: is to call Buffalo home for the next several years. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: Just a really good story for a very popular player.
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  Speaker 1: Kyle Brandt, a big Buffalo guy, said it's his favorite bill.
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  Speaker 1: I think he tweeted that earlier. So there you go.
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  Speaker 1: Kyle is very excited for Dawson Knox. Congratulations there to
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  Speaker 1: Dawson Knox, an emotional roller coaster, speaking openly and from
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  Speaker 1: the heart about his brother Luke just a couple of
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  Speaker 1: days agoing than a new contract today ahead of the
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  Speaker 1: Bill's opener tomorrow here in Los Angeles and Rapp Mike,
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  Speaker 1: Carol Folo, thank you for Nick Shook coming up next
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  Speaker 1: with some somewhat surprising selections for a Week one that
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  Speaker 1: I appreciate the wood Wayne never calling me, but there's
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  Speaker 1: only two men. I'm in the same Bills a fete change.
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  Speaker 1: I'm for awaiting them. Every game is notable Week number one, however,
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  Speaker 1: we pick some of our favorites here to squeeze onto
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  Speaker 1: one screen of the six team we like the game
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  Speaker 1: coming up on Thursday. How about that Baker Bowl and
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  Speaker 1: then all these other games as well. I know every
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  Speaker 1: week one game has amazing storylines, and there are favorites,
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  Speaker 1: and there are underdogs, and how about this one. Nick
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  Speaker 1: Shook is gonna be with us every week. Oh he
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  Speaker 1: gets his own animation that is Nick, Did you make
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  Speaker 1: that yourself? No, I don't have those after effects skills.
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  Speaker 1: That's to everybody in production. Okay, Well, the Rams are
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  Speaker 1: two and a half point underdogs somehow, according to Draft
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  Speaker 1: Kings at home as the defending champions against Everyone's darling,
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  Speaker 1: America's darling, the Buffalo Bills. What do you like about
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  Speaker 1: the Rams? Well, I love the fact that they're due
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  Speaker 1: for their coronation. They're ready to celebrate the fact that
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  Speaker 1: they got that Super Bowl victory at home, they're back
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  Speaker 1: at home, they're on prior time. It's a great way
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  Speaker 1: to start the title defense of except that they're not
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  Speaker 1: expected to win. And why is that? As you said,
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  Speaker 1: Buffalo America's darling. But what do I love about the Rams, Well,
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  Speaker 1: they got funny of firepower and not a lot of
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  Speaker 1: turnover Allen Robinson, I think it's going to be a
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  Speaker 1: big part of this offense. There are some concerns about
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  Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford's elbow. He said it's not going to limit him,
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  Speaker 1: but you know, it's kind of been the storyline of
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  Speaker 1: training camp a little bit there. Having said that, this
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  Speaker 1: is the first time in NFL history that we've had
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  Speaker 1: two different players Josh Allen and Matthew Stafford come in
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  Speaker 1: with forty plus touchdowns in the previous season and meet
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  Speaker 1: up in Week one. And if I have to pick one,
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to pick the team that has done the job,
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  Speaker 1: that has gotten over the hump, that has won the
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  Speaker 1: Super Bowl, not the team that has run into well,
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  Speaker 1: they've fallen short and last couple of post seasons in
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  Speaker 1: the Bills, I like this as a Super Bowl pick
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  Speaker 1: as well. Yeah, I think in these kickoff games, the
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  Speaker 1: defending champions like fourteen and three something like that. I'm
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  Speaker 1: also with the Rams, but then again, I'm moderdly biased.
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  Speaker 1: Vikings two and a half point underdogs according to draft
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  Speaker 1: King against the Packers. A lot of people like the
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  Speaker 1: Vikings big picture this year, Nick, what about this week?
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  Speaker 1: The Vikings are a sneaky team this year. I don't
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  Speaker 1: think a ton of people are paying attention to them,
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  Speaker 1: and it's because they're in the Packers division, where they've
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  Speaker 1: been the Packers little brother in the last few years.
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  Speaker 1: But the Packers might lack a little bit of punch
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  Speaker 1: this time around. We know Davantae Adams is no longer
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  Speaker 1: in Green Bay. They have a pretty deep receiving corps,
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  Speaker 1: but unproven and there's no defined number one. And what
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  Speaker 1: do we know about these two teams? They can tend
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  Speaker 1: to get into some into some shoot ups. Last year,
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  Speaker 1: they got to quite a shootout in Minnesota in Week
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  Speaker 1: eleven and the Vikings came out on top before they
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  Speaker 1: were dominated by the Packers late years later in the season.
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  Speaker 1: So I'm gonna pick the Vikings here. I like their
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  Speaker 1: chances against this unproven Packers team. According to Drafting Sunday Night,
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  Speaker 1: Cowboys at home a point and a half underdogs to
• 15:50
  Speaker 1: the Buccaneers. What do you like about the Cowboys the
• 15:53
  Speaker 1: home team? Well, this is a redo of last year's
• 15:56
  Speaker 1: season opener, an explosive performance. Sixty combined points between these
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  Speaker 1: two teams. But these two teams have also suffered some
• 16:02
  Speaker 1: losses that we know about. The Buccaneers interior offensive line, injuries, retirement,
• 16:06
  Speaker 1: free agency. They have to adjust there. But they do
• 16:09
  Speaker 1: have Tom Brady, so they got a chance right. Well,
• 16:11
  Speaker 1: the Cowboys, they're starting a rookie at left tackle and
• 16:14
  Speaker 1: they've got a remade receiving tour. But I give them
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  Speaker 1: the edge because they're at home, and they also have
• 16:19
  Speaker 1: enough firepower to go win. I think Tony Pollard is
• 16:21
  Speaker 1: going to have a great year, and I'm excited to
• 16:23
  Speaker 1: see what he can do with that offense. If I
• 16:25
  Speaker 1: have to choose between the two, I'm going the home team.
• 16:27
  Speaker 1: I'm going with the Cowboys to get that Week one win. Okay,
• 16:29
  Speaker 1: The Chargers are the home team against the Raiders on Sunday.
• 16:33
  Speaker 1: With the Raiders fans, it may sound like a Raiders
• 16:35
  Speaker 1: home game. The Raiders, they were, according to Draft kings
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  Speaker 1: Nick three and a half point underdogs. Yeah. Well, you
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: know what, Guess who ended their chances of making the
• 16:42
  Speaker 1: playoffs last year? The Raiders. And guess who has matched
• 16:44
  Speaker 1: their offseason moves the Raiders. And guess who has Davante
• 16:47
  Speaker 1: Adams The Raiders. I'm gonna give them the edge in
• 16:49
  Speaker 1: this game. J C. Jackson not expect, not likely to play,
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: So I'm gonna give the Raiders the edge. I like
• 16:54
  Speaker 1: what they're doing with Josh McDaniels. Excited to see them
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: play this year. Coming up next are the Jaguars. This
• 17:00
  Speaker 1: year's turnaround team will ask the oldest jack War Marvin
• 17:06
  Speaker 1: Jones Jr. Joins us coming up next to NFL Now,
• 17:14
  Speaker 1: we all like to make comparisons any That's what we
• 17:17
  Speaker 1: do when we watch sports, when we watch anything. Doug
• 17:19
  Speaker 1: Peterson made a comparison recently to a former teammate as
• 17:24
  Speaker 1: we get ready for the Jaguars and the Commanders. He
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: compared Trevor Lawrence to Brett Barres. Obviously, that's a definitely
• 17:34
  Speaker 1: a compliment, and I'm appreciative, you know, trying to pay
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: too much attention to any of that, but um, I
• 17:40
  Speaker 1: mean that's cool to be, you know, using the same
• 17:42
  Speaker 1: sentences as Brett and just seeing how his career was
• 17:45
  Speaker 1: and how great a player he was. That's obviously um
• 17:48
  Speaker 1: cool thing for me. But at the end of the day,
• 17:50
  Speaker 1: like I gotta go, I gotta go prove it on
• 17:51
  Speaker 1: the field and perform. So it doesn't really change anything,
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: but it's definitely definitely cool to see the improvement guys
• 17:56
  Speaker 1: of the of the guys that were here and see
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: how much better that we've gotten than. Obviously the new
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: additions have helped a ton um and just the whole mindset.
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  Speaker 1: I think the culture is really flip up, and that's
• 18:05
  Speaker 1: something that doesn't happen overnight. So it's taken a lot
• 18:08
  Speaker 1: of a lot of work by a lot of people,
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: and I think we're in a great spot right now
• 18:11
  Speaker 1: and we just gotta keep building on that. Obviously, you've
• 18:13
  Speaker 1: got to sustain it. And I'm just really excited to
• 18:16
  Speaker 1: now have an opportunity to prove it. You know, this one,
• 18:18
  Speaker 1: this one counts, and we're gonna, you know, have seventeen
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: games at least to prove who we are. Man shows
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: you how things have changed. We're comparing him to Brett Farve.
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: This guy is the front row seat for that. Marvin
• 18:30
  Speaker 1: Jones joining us live now on Jaguars camp as they
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: get ready for week number one and the Commanders. Marvin,
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: thanks for joining NFL Network. How are you man? Okay,
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: I'm doing amazing, amazing. Appreciate you. Hey, thanks for being here.
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: You've played with Andy Dalton, Matthew Stafford, checking down some
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: of the names here, a whole bunch of quarterbacks. Now
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: you get year two with Trevor Lawrence. Your coach has
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: compared him to Brett Farve. I know that's leadership here.
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: No one's given him a gold jacket yet, but what
• 18:55
  Speaker 1: do you see the difference year one to year two.
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: I mean, you know, it's always uh, it's always a
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: positive that you get the experience. You know, Um, he's
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: got gotten a year of experience under his belt. UM,
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: so you know he's seen he's seen a lot of things. Um,
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: you know, seen a lot of looks from um, you know,
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: from defensive you know, been around the locker room and um,
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: and really takes the grasp of that, you know. So UM, definitely,
• 19:20
  Speaker 1: you know, definitely he's a leader and you show that.
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: It shows that, um, that maturity that he has. Um,
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: you know, he's even killed. There's nothing that really bothers him. Um.
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: You know he's all about, you know, just getting better
• 19:32
  Speaker 1: and working. You know. So, Um, that's what you see,
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: and you see that confidence coming to the year two.
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  Speaker 1: He was on the podium earlier this morning. You just
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: saw that. He he said that the everything has flipped,
• 19:43
  Speaker 1: the culture has flipped. Do you feel that as well? Yes,
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: I mean I felt that the day the day we
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: came the day we came in in the spring. UM. Obviously, UM,
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: with a coach like Doug and all the coaches that
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: around that has that experience, M experience at a high level. UM,
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: and you know, that player connection, you could feel that,
• 20:03
  Speaker 1: you know. So, UM, I think about even you know,
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: saying a word. We already had that camaraderie. I'm coming
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: in and UM just all about working, UM, having everything
• 20:13
  Speaker 1: through the same mind, seeing everything through the same eyes. UM.
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: So from the jump that's how it was. So. UM,
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: it's great. It's been great so far. Marvin. We're gonna
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: talk about you here too, I promised. So the coach
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: praised the quarterback. He also praised you. Here's what Doug
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: Peterson had to say about what you bring. Just a
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: class act, UM, a great vet in the room. Young.
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: There's a lot of young guys in that room. Um.
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: You know when you're thinking about you know, the Tim
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: Jones is in there and and now some of the
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: young practice squad players, and just he can be such
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: an impact on on those players on how he how
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: he handles his business. Um, and and just a um,
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: great leader with the with the entire team. You know,
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: it's a reason why um, you know, the players respect
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: him and look up to him and um because of
• 21:01
  Speaker 1: what he's what he's done in this league. So Marvin,
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: it sounds like you you haven't had to have that
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: man demand conversation yet with your head coach off to
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: the side this year about your leadership style. Huh uh No,
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: definitely that you know. UM, you know, I just come
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: in here and do the same thing I do every year,
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: you know, Um, and you know, showing these guys that
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: you could, you know, you could have success in this
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: league and play at a high level. Um. And still
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: you know, do what you have to do on and
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: off the field. UM. You know, you know, to protect
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: the Origin organization, to protect a name on your back. UM.
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: You know, those those values are very important. UM. So UM,
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: my job is not only to perform, Uh, you know
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: highly on the field, but to you know, bridge that
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: that gap that um, that gray area UM between you
• 21:47
  Speaker 1: know rookies or or young players, UM and get them, um,
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: you know, get them going, you know. And so as
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: much as I can do that, that's what I do. UM.
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: That's what I love to do. UM. And the one
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: thing that's that's good is I could go out there
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: and I could really show them, you know, just like
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: a watch me um and and get them help wherever
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: they need. So. UM. You know, take very much pride
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: in that you said gray area. You didn't mean gray
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: hair area. Your name is junior. But Marvin, you do
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: no great hair, plenty of great and you don't great.
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: To my dad, I'm saying, though, you are the oldest Jaguar.
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: You know that, right, Martin, Oh, yeah, definitely definitely. But
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: it's it's it's you know, what it gives me, what
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: encourages me, you know, when we're on trips and stuff
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: like that. They think I'm the rookie, and they think
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: so a lot of other people are the best, are
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: the thirty two year olds things. I'm doing something right
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: and I'm gonna keep it going. People think I'm like
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: thirty Actually they don't, but people are surprised. No, I
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: get it, and you have to. You carry yourself with
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: the youthful exuberants there, the smile and the head that
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: I like, Marvin. Um, so we dug this set. You've
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: heard this before about teams making the playoffs didn't make
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: them the year before. Right, it's been thirty two straight years, Marvin,
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: that at least four teams made the playoffs that didn't
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: make it a year before. Last year there were seven
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: teams that made the playoffs, and no, we expanded them
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: that didn't make it the year before. You guys were
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: too and fourteen a year ago. What will it take,
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: Marvin Jones Jr. For this team to have that amazing reversal. Uh,
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: what I think you will see is, uh, it's a
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: it's just changing the changing the culture and changing the
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: buy in. I think that's that's really been a plus
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: for us. Obviously adding the people that we've had. Um,
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: you're gonna see something that's uh, you know, totally different
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: from last year. Um, but you know it's it's the
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: start of the season. Um, we're all we're all excited,
• 23:48
  Speaker 1: we're all happy. Um, I mean, I'm you've seen a
• 23:50
  Speaker 1: little bit in the in the preseason. What we have
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: to offer you know as a team, um, and what
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: we can be and UM, I think the sky's the limit,
• 23:58
  Speaker 1: you know. But um, obviously this is the NFL and
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: and you have to earn that. You have to earn that, right.
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: So UM, just like like we say every day, UM,
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: every game, every player, you have to earn it. And
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: I think we will earn that and you'll you'll see, um,
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: you know us turn some heads because we we definitely
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: have a team, um that that could do, that could
• 24:17
  Speaker 1: do what it does. And m hey, it starts on Sunday,
• 24:20
  Speaker 1: So it starts on Sunday in Washington. It's only one game. Ever,
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: people are excited to see what you guys happen. To
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: quote Mike McDaniel, the Dolphins head coach about Week one,
• 24:29
  Speaker 1: over reactions were either crowned or we suck. Either way,
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: we have week two. We're focused on Week one though,
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: Marvin Jones exactly. Good luck man in Washington. Great to
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: have you on. Hey, I appreciate you coming up next.
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: NFL out. We're almost done, but we have time for
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: one more thing before you go about Baker Mayfield. Lot
• 24:58
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• 25:05
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• 25:20
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• 25:23
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• 25:30
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• 26:06
  Speaker 1: before we go. Stacy Dale's and Chicago's going first. Matt
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: Aberflus is already winning over Bears fans because there is
• 26:15
  Speaker 1: new brass men at Soldier Field. They're changing the surface.
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: It is a hybrid grass. I asked him today if
• 26:20
  Speaker 1: he is a grass expert. Somewhat deflected that notion, but
• 26:24
  Speaker 1: did say it's been something in the works for a
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: while now. They've been planning it. Faster surface should hold
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: up in the winter, and they want to be a
• 26:31
  Speaker 1: fast team. So look for a new surface soldier. I
• 26:33
  Speaker 1: don't know if he has a green thumber not Lucky Brooks.
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: One more today, I'm fascinated to see what Ken Dorsey
• 26:41
  Speaker 1: does in his debut as to play called for the
• 26:42
  Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. There's a lot of concerns about canny keep
• 26:45
  Speaker 1: this offense rolling like Brian Day, ball headed rolling. I'll
• 26:48
  Speaker 1: go back to this early two thousand, Ken Dorson was
• 26:50
  Speaker 1: a quarterback of the Miami Hurricane. A lot of talent,
• 26:53
  Speaker 1: a route, but he somehow found a way to distribute
• 26:55
  Speaker 1: the ball. I think he'll see the weapons that he
• 26:57
  Speaker 1: has found a way to get Josh out to be
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: a distributive his office to keep you going. Ken Dorsey,
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: very good college quarterback, did not have half the r
• 27:05
  Speaker 1: that Josh Allen has. Baldy. One more thing, A big
• 27:10
  Speaker 1: shout out to the schedule makers of the NFL, as
• 27:13
  Speaker 1: if Week one doesn't have already incredible storylines. We get
• 27:17
  Speaker 1: to see Russell returned to Seattle on Monday night. We
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: get to see Baker Mayfield entertained his old team to
• 27:24
  Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns in Charlotte Sunday afternoon. But how would you
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: possibly know that Joe flackom could be starting for the Jets,
• 27:31
  Speaker 1: entertaining the Baltimore Ravens, the team he wanted Super Bowl with.
• 27:34
  Speaker 1: Or to see Patch Mahomes, go visit his old college coach,
• 27:38
  Speaker 1: Cliff Kingsbury in Glendale on Sunday afternoon. I mean, they
• 27:42
  Speaker 1: just create these storylines that make you want to watch
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: and make you want to watch. Baker, by the way
• 27:48
  Speaker 1: on the podium just moments ago, said of those T
• 27:50
  Speaker 1: shirts that he was promoting on his Twitter feed, said
• 27:53
  Speaker 1: he wishes he could have come up with those T shirts.
• 27:55
  Speaker 1: Not his idea, it's his marketing idea. They have some
• 27:57
  Speaker 1: hidden messages in their quote. It's just a fun thing
• 28:00
  Speaker 1: to do. Okay. My one more thing you knew Julio
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: owns wasn't gonna wear eight five in the regular season.
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: Julio has switched jersey numbers. She'll be wearing number six
• 28:13
  Speaker 1: on Sunday night. His explanation is, when I catch it,
• 28:17
  Speaker 1: it's six for Stacy and Baldi. I'm Andrew so long.
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