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LeBron James and Lakers Fall Short to OKC; Piston Stand Tall at Home; and Patrick Mahomes Eyeing Return for OTAs · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 1: Hey guys, it's Joy Taylor. Welcome to The Daily Play
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  Speaker 1: So two more second round series tipped off on Tuesday night.
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  Speaker 1: Everyone did what they were supposed to do. The Thunder
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  Speaker 1: beat the Lakers one oh eight ninety eight.
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  Speaker 2: The Lakers did hang in.
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  Speaker 1: There with the Thunder, but when you lose every quarter,
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  Speaker 1: it's going to be tough to win the game. Lebron
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  Speaker 1: did his thing, scored twenty seven points in Austin. Reeves
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  Speaker 1: shot eighteen percent from the field and was the only
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  Speaker 1: Lakers starter who didn't score in double figures. The Thunder, meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: continued their role even without Jaylen Williams, who's styling on
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  Speaker 1: the bench. Shay only scored eighteen points, but he was
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  Speaker 1: super efficient, shooting over fifty percent from the field. But
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  Speaker 1: chet chet Holngrom was the star of the night's okay
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  Speaker 1: SE's leading scorer for the first time in his playoff
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  Speaker 1: career twenty four points, twelve rebounds, three blocks, and here's
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  Speaker 1: what he had to say after the game. He said,
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  Speaker 1: we'll see some more shots down as we get our
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  Speaker 1: legs under us. But we got the job done. I
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  Speaker 1: don't think too much has to change no matter who
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  Speaker 1: is in or out of the lineup. We just have
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  Speaker 1: to play our brand of basketball. He also joked that
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  Speaker 1: he expected to go against Lebron as a coach, not
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  Speaker 1: like this, so getting some old man jokes in there.
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  Speaker 1: So I don't think the Lakers have enough for a
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  Speaker 1: fourth quarter with the Thunder, meaning I think they can
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  Speaker 1: hang and they can make it a game, But when
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  Speaker 1: you really need to turn it up, when you really
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  Speaker 1: need to close, that's when you need a guy like
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  Speaker 1: Luka Doncic, and.
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  Speaker 2: They don't have him right now.
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  Speaker 1: So I think that without Luca coming back and pulling
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  Speaker 1: off some sort of miracle, this will go five. I
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  Speaker 1: think that the Lakers have enough to get a game,
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  Speaker 1: probably game three. But the way that this game wents
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  Speaker 1: was pretty much how most of the games with the
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  Speaker 1: Thunder and Lakers go, So it doesn't seem like they
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  Speaker 1: have much else to throw at them, and without a
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  Speaker 1: guy like Luca on the floor, going up against the
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  Speaker 1: defending champs and the defending league MVP, it's going to
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  Speaker 1: be really, really soft for the Lakers. It pretty much
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  Speaker 1: went the way that we all expected it too. In
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  Speaker 1: the East, the top seeded Pistons handled the Calves with
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  Speaker 1: relative ease. I mean, it was a game for some
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  Speaker 1: of it, but one eleven one on one, Detroit defense
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  Speaker 1: held Donovan Mitchell to twenty three points, ending his nine
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  Speaker 1: series streak of scoring over thirty. In the opening game,
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  Speaker 1: nineteen turnovers certainly did not help the Calves. James Harden
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  Speaker 1: talked about it after the game. A lot of my
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  Speaker 1: turnovers were just on me. It wasn't even anything they
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  Speaker 1: did for me. I have to be better and I
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  Speaker 1: will be better. Other than that, I think we played
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  Speaker 1: a pretty solid game. I think this is a pretty
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  Speaker 1: evenly matched series, and I think it goes seven. There
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  Speaker 1: isn't a whole lot of sizzle right now, but I
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  Speaker 1: think as a series goes along, we're going to get
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  Speaker 1: a great battle. These are two teams that, at least
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  Speaker 1: in the Calves, have a lot of experience in this space,
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  Speaker 1: and Detroit's number one seed had a tough go in
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  Speaker 1: the first rounds of the playoffs. But I do think
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  Speaker 1: that they're starting to get their footing under them.
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  Speaker 2: So series, I think.
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  Speaker 1: Goes long and we'll see what the storyline is as
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  Speaker 1: it starts.
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  Speaker 2: To develop throughout the series. But I think this.
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  Speaker 1: One goes long, so let's get to some NFL. Mahomes
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  Speaker 1: is back. So despite tearing his ACL in December, the
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  Speaker 1: star of our wonderful game will likely suit up for OTAs,
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  Speaker 1: according to head coach Andy Reid, which is absolutely crazy. Smartly,
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  Speaker 1: the Chiefs aren't committing to any dates for his official return.
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  Speaker 1: GM Brett Beach said he's way ahead of schedule. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: i'd say so. I didn't say that, but Beach shouldn't
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  Speaker 1: say that. I said that, so let me just.
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  Speaker 2: Read as quote, he's way out of schedule.
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  Speaker 1: I think the biggest challenge we're gonna have is projecting
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  Speaker 1: him against this himself, because I'm sure when we get
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  Speaker 1: to Saint Joseph, Missouri for training camp, he's gonna.
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  Speaker 2: Want to be full go. We're gonna have to hold
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  Speaker 2: him back a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: And again, I don't want to put a time table
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  Speaker 1: on it, but I think you know, you guys know
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  Speaker 1: what kind of person and competitor pat is. I would
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  Speaker 1: just say we're in a really good place right now.
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  Speaker 1: It is unbelievable to me. I did not expect to
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  Speaker 1: see Mahomes until mid season, and look also we may not.
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  Speaker 1: They are and should move extremely slow with him. The
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  Speaker 1: advancement of these juries is just astonishing to me. I mean, listen,
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  Speaker 1: I tour my ACL you know, once as an athlete playing.
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  Speaker 2: Soccer, and it did take an entire year to get
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  Speaker 2: back to it.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously, I'm not a professional athlete, and that was quite
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  Speaker 1: some time ago, but it is still astonishing that he
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  Speaker 1: could be back and playing at the beginning of the
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  Speaker 1: season while tearing it in December. It's just really really
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  Speaker 1: crazy how they can turn this around. I mean, you
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  Speaker 1: want to have mahomes out there. All of us want
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  Speaker 1: mahomes out there. I know people don't like the Dynasty
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  Speaker 1: and we're happy to see something different.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not one of those people. I like Dynasty's.
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  Speaker 1: I like teams beating the Dynastic team. This feels like
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  Speaker 1: a reset year for them. I think that's what it
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  Speaker 1: should be. I mean, you've got three Super Bowl titles,
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  Speaker 1: You've got three Super Bowl MVPs.
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  Speaker 2: He's the league MVP twice.
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  Speaker 1: I mean seven AFC Championship appearances consecutive from twenty eighteen
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  Speaker 1: to twenty four They've been incredible, and this injury in
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  Speaker 1: this year was really a blow for them, but I
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  Speaker 1: just don't see what the value is of pushing it
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  Speaker 1: beyond what is necessary. Obviously, everybody wants to win, and
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  Speaker 1: they're not going to go out there and mail it in.
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  Speaker 1: But dynasties go through these flows. You know, when you
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  Speaker 1: had a down, hear put together a roster that can
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  Speaker 1: then go and make another run. Take the time to
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  Speaker 1: make sure that Mahomes was perfectly healthy, and you know,
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  Speaker 1: I'm interested in seeing.
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  Speaker 2: What they do this year.
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  Speaker 1: I have the utmost faith and trust in him, Veach
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  Speaker 1: and Andy Reid, but I just don't think that they
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  Speaker 1: should rush in any way when it comes to Mahomes. Finally,
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  Speaker 1: let's talk about another quarterback. First overall pick Fernando Mendoza.
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  Speaker 1: He doesn't think it's time for him to lead the
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  Speaker 1: Las Vegas Raiders just yet.
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  Speaker 2: He is reported for his first.
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  Speaker 1: Rookie Mini campany I got some reps in the field.
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  Speaker 2: He had this to say about being in the NFL.
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  Speaker 1: I really enjoyed Colling Hoosiers were able to end off
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  Speaker 1: on a high point, but now it's back to the
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  Speaker 1: bottom of the TONEA Bowl. Yesterday, I was like, Wow,
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  Speaker 1: I have a lot to work on and wow, the
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  Speaker 1: NFL players.
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  Speaker 2: Everyone here in rookie camp. These are really good players.
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  Speaker 2: I have a lot to learn and a lot of growing.
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  Speaker 1: With great coaches and great players around me, I'm excited
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  Speaker 1: to do it. Potential is nothing unless you improve every
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  Speaker 1: single day and control the controllables.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm looking forward to growing.
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  Speaker 1: And working my way up, earning the respect of my teammates, and.
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  Speaker 2: Becoming the best player I can to best serve them. Well,
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  Speaker 2: talk to you about this.
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  Speaker 1: Fernando Mendozo, he got that quarterback speak down and.
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  Speaker 2: I love it.
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  Speaker 1: I love a good quarterback speak. Keep doing that, young man.
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  Speaker 1: Don't give us nothing, give us nothing.
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  Speaker 2: That is what he should be doing.
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  Speaker 1: He will have some help on the field right away.
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  Speaker 1: They have Rock Bowers, Ashton Genty.
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  Speaker 2: I love his commitments to saying and doing the right things.
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  Speaker 2: It's just so.
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  Speaker 1: Weird juxtaposed with the Raiders, who never do or say
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  Speaker 1: the right thing. So the Raiders had only two winning
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  Speaker 1: seasons since they made the Super Bowl in two thousand
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  Speaker 1: in two thousand and two, two thousand and three season.
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  Speaker 2: I would like to see them right the ship. The
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  Speaker 2: Raiders have an unbelievable brand.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously, Tom Brady, minority owner there, they're taking it in
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  Speaker 1: a new direction again.
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  Speaker 2: They do have a lot of young talent.
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  Speaker 1: I would I think them being a formidable team in
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  Speaker 1: the NFL would just be great overall for the Brands.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, I want to see him have success.
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  Speaker 1: I really enjoyed watching him in the National Championship Game
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  Speaker 1: and throughout the college season, even if it meant at
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  Speaker 1: the expense of my Miami Hurricanes. But he was just
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  Speaker 1: really impressive in that game. And I want to see
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  Speaker 1: what he can do in the NFL. But I just
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  Speaker 1: I want them to ease him in.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, I gotta say, he just says all the
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  Speaker 2: right things.
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  Speaker 1: I see why everyone loves him, and I hope he
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  Speaker 1: can keep that up, because look, the Raiders is a
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  Speaker 1: tough place.
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  Speaker 2: They have had a tough, tough go and that's how
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  Speaker 2: it goes.
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  Speaker 1: You're the best in the NFL in the college and
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  Speaker 1: then you go likely to a really bad place.
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  Speaker 2: In the NFL. And that's just what the Raiders have been.
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  Speaker 1: Hopefully this turnarounds and these moves put them in the
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  Speaker 1: right direction.
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  Speaker 2: But we will see. All I know is that that man.
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  Speaker 1: Got that quarterback speak down and I like it. Thank
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