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The Insiders Podcast: Deshaun Watson Injury Update and Preseason Award Predictions · NFL Game Previews

0:03
Speaker 1: The countdown clock has hit fifty days until the NFL
0:07
Speaker 1: regular season kicks off with the Ravens against the Chiefs.
0:11
Speaker 1: You know it's getting real when full squads begin to report.
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Speaker 1: The whole Texans team, including that guy C. J. Strouds
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Speaker 1: in the house today. The Packers' rookies are also back
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Speaker 1: to work. The Seahawks rookie class walked into the building
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Speaker 1: in Renton, Washington. The Broncos rookies also back to work.
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Speaker 1: And you know who else is back to work? I
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Speaker 1: really never left. It's me welcome inside with the insiders.
0:36
Speaker 1: I am Tom Pelicero. So much excitement as these camps
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Speaker 1: ramp up, and we got another jam pack show for
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Speaker 1: you tonight. How Saquon Barkley got to the Eagle. Some
0:46
Speaker 1: fascinating insight from the Giants perspective. We will get into that.
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Speaker 1: DeVante Adams once again talking about, you know, maybe someday
0:55
Speaker 1: playing for a team that's not the Raiders. We'll hear
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Speaker 1: exactly what he had to say on that topic. Bucky
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Speaker 1: Brooks also going to be here with some preseason awards
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Speaker 1: and his rookie report. But let's start in Maria, Ohio,
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Speaker 1: where the Browns are certainly hoping that a couple of
1:11
Speaker 1: years after making that monster trade forward to Shawn Watson,
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Speaker 1: they finally get a return on investment. Last season, he
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Speaker 1: probably played his best game in Week ten, a big
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Speaker 1: win over the Ravens, but suffered a season ending shoulder
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Speaker 1: injury that required surgery during that game. Watson spoke at
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Speaker 1: his youth football camp earlier today said the shoulder is
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Speaker 1: feeling good. He is throwing every day. Was also asked
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Speaker 1: about his teammate Amari Cooper, who was a surprise absence
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Speaker 1: back in minicamp.
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Speaker 2: The condition has been awesome, man, Amri been You know,
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Speaker 2: even when all the other guys like you missed a beat,
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Speaker 2: Mario has always been there.
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Speaker 3: We know what he can do and showing that. He's
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Speaker 3: showing that over the all season.
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Speaker 2: And yeah, like the brotherhood, the love, the communication, none
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Speaker 2: of that stuff has missed a beat at all.
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Speaker 1: Dane Brooks joining us right now, Bucky. Six days until
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Speaker 1: the Browns report. We will see whether Mari Cooper reports
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Speaker 1: with his veteran teammates, and if so, if he does
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Speaker 1: it with a new contract replacing the last year of
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Speaker 1: his deal. He's due twenty million dollars as he has
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Speaker 1: been throughout the course of that five year contract originally
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Speaker 1: signed with Dallas. Amari Cooper has put up numbers regardless
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Speaker 1: of who's been throwing in the football, BUCkies since he
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Speaker 1: got to Cleveland, and there have been a bunch of
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Speaker 1: guys throwing in the football. How important is it in
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Speaker 1: your mind for Deshaun Watson Marii Cooper to finally have
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Speaker 1: a full season together and get on the same page.
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Speaker 4: It's real important for the Browns to have all their
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Speaker 4: weapons in place, and Namari Cooper is a big piece
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Speaker 4: of that offensive puzzle. You talk about a dominant number
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Speaker 4: one receiver, guy that can get open against any coverage
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Speaker 4: and one who has kind of sessed the table for
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Speaker 4: the rest of the playmatekkers.
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Speaker 3: When you think about David and Joku.
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Speaker 4: Jerry Judy coming overboard, Eli Moore being another guy that
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Speaker 4: can make plays, but it starts with Amari Cooper.
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Speaker 3: Amari Cooper is the number one receiver.
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Speaker 4: We've seen him do it with a cast of characters
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Speaker 4: at the quarterback position, but with DeShawn Watson, hopefully they're
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Speaker 4: and healthy, it should allow Amari Cooper to take his
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Speaker 4: game up even to another level.
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Speaker 3: When you think about this office how they want to
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Speaker 3: throw Deshaun Watson.
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Speaker 1: Bucky has barely played football over the past three seasons.
3:16
Speaker 1: Twenty twenty one, did not play at all, set out
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Speaker 1: the season with the Texas. Twenty twenty two, of course,
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Speaker 1: served a lengthy suspension, came back at the end of
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Speaker 1: the year, seemed to be gathering some momentum when he
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Speaker 1: got on the field in twenty twenty three, but multiple
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Speaker 1: different injuries it ends with him suffering a season ending
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Speaker 1: shoulder injury in Week ten. What are you looking for
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Speaker 1: at this stage from Deshaun Watson? How good do you
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Speaker 1: believe he can be if he's actually healthy in Kevin
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Speaker 1: Stefanski's offense.
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Speaker 4: Well, what I'm looking for, I'm looking for the return
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Speaker 4: of the Pro Bowl player that we once saw in Houston.
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Speaker 4: And what I'm hoping new offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey has
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Speaker 4: an ability to unlock Deshaun Watson's talents.
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Speaker 3: For whatever reason, Deshaun.
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Speaker 4: Watson hasn't really played well in Kevins Stefanski's offense.
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Speaker 3: That is him not so much to scheming. But the
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Speaker 3: Browns got to get a return on the investment.
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Speaker 4: They put a lot of money into the Deshaun Watson
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Speaker 4: when they made the trade. It is now time for
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Speaker 4: him to give them a return on that investment. And
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Speaker 4: the only way he can give them a SUITABWL return
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Speaker 4: he has to play at that Pro Bowl level. Because
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Speaker 4: if Deshaun Watson plays at that level, this team would
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Speaker 4: not only compete for the division, but there'll be one
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Speaker 4: of the teams that we talk about potentially being one
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Speaker 4: of the last teams standing in the AFC.
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Speaker 1: Somari Cooper entering the last year of his deal, he
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Speaker 1: wants a new contract. Davante Adams entering the last real
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Speaker 1: year of his monster contract that reset the wide receiver
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Speaker 1: market back as a part of that trade from Green Bay.
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Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers made some comments back at the celebrity golf
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Speaker 1: tournament about I look forward to play in DeVante with
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Speaker 1: DeVante Adams again. That in turn led to some people
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Speaker 1: saying a lot of different stuff about the possibility of
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Speaker 1: a trade. Well, Adams was addressed this in multiple different
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Speaker 1: ways here For of course, the offseason, went on the
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Speaker 1: Club Shayshe podcast with Shannon Sharp and said, in part
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Speaker 1: acting on the Raiders, what do I look like sitting
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Speaker 1: here talking to other people about being on another team?
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Speaker 1: And that's how I still feel it right now, he added, Well,
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Speaker 1: answer it like this. If I'm going to be reunited
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Speaker 1: with anybody, it would be Aaron Adams told Sharp before addiot,
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Speaker 1: it's not something he's actively seeking right now. All of which,
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Speaker 1: Spucky is a long way of saying, I think something
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Speaker 1: that's kind of been acknowledged within the league, which is,
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Speaker 1: depending how the Jets season goes and how the Raiders
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Speaker 1: season goes. It's not happening tomorrow, but somewhere in October November,
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Speaker 1: depending on circumstances, there could be a phone call placed
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Speaker 1: from New York to Las Vegas about the availability one
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Speaker 1: of Aaron Rodgers' favorite targets. What do you make of
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Speaker 1: everything going on right now surrounding Devonte Adams?
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Speaker 4: Okay, so to put this in context, just got finished
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Speaker 4: watching Receiver on Netflix, which was great. But Devonte Adams
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Speaker 4: was very, very frustrated with his role with the Raiders.
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Speaker 4: It changed a little bit when Antonio Piers took over,
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Speaker 4: but he certainly didn't feel like he was being utilized
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Speaker 4: to the best of his ability. Of an offseason where
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Speaker 4: you're able to put a plan in place to make
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Speaker 4: Devonte Adams not only the number one receiver, but to
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Speaker 4: force feed him the ball like a number one receiver.
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Speaker 4: I think this is a wait and see situation with
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Speaker 4: Devonte Adams. If the Raiders are winning and he's actively
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Speaker 4: involved in the game plan, I don't.
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Speaker 3: Think it'd be an issue.
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Speaker 4: But if the Raiders get off to a slow start
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Speaker 4: and he doesn't get the touches that he feels like
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Speaker 4: he should be getting as a number one, yeah, I
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Speaker 4: think all this conversation swelling up about Devanta Adams wanted
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Speaker 4: to get to New York, Yeah, I think he may
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Speaker 4: have some legs to it.
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Speaker 1: Speaking of former NFC North players, the Texans added a
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Speaker 1: couple of ex vikings during the offseason, notably the trade
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Speaker 1: for Stefan Diggs, but also this one one of the
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Speaker 1: most jacked men in a league full of them, Daniel Hunter,
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Speaker 1: now where in number fifty five for the Houston Texans,
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Speaker 1: certainly a huge addition for that defense guided by Damiko
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Speaker 1: Ryans and Matt Burke. As we welcome in our Jane
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Speaker 1: Slater to the conversation, Jane, we know there's been this
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Speaker 1: push for a lot of different teams trying to get
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Speaker 1: those bookend type pass rushers. The Texans already had Will
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Speaker 1: Anderson Junior, a guy they're really excited about. Now, they
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Speaker 1: had Danil Hunter on effectively a fully guaranteed two year deal.
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Speaker 1: How do they expect that that combination is going to
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Speaker 1: impact that defense and they try to make another playoff
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Speaker 1: push here in twenty twenty four, Well, Tom, I.
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Speaker 5: Mean you laid out some of the points there as
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Speaker 5: could make a huge impact. When I look at this
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Speaker 5: AFC South, I see an opportunity here when you look
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Speaker 5: at all the young quarterbacks, I mean Trevor Lawrence and
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Speaker 5: Jacksonville to get after Anthony Richardson with the Colts and
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Speaker 5: Will Levis in Tennessee. I mean, you already have your
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Speaker 5: defensive rookie of the year. And Will Anderson Junior, a
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Speaker 5: guy that I'm told has been in the building since February,
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Speaker 5: has such a great work ethic. He's been making the
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Speaker 5: rounds on all the offseason shows talking about this edition
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Speaker 5: of Daniel Hunter, who by the way, four time pro
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Speaker 5: bowler eighty seven and a half sacks in his career,
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Speaker 5: that he's ready to.
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Speaker 3: Go to war with them and recavoc with them.
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Speaker 5: Pair of that with a guy like Jamiko Ryans and
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Speaker 5: this be something to really keep an eye on already
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Speaker 5: a defense that kind of caught our eyed last season.
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Speaker 5: But to your point, two absolute guys that could be
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Speaker 5: game wreckers here for Houston.
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Speaker 1: Flip side, Houston's done a lot to try to put
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Speaker 1: weapons around their young quarterback in CJ. Stroud, drafted the
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Speaker 1: course Tank Dell last year. They just resigned Nico Collins.
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Speaker 1: They make the big trade for Stefon Diggs. All of
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Speaker 1: that to buie guy in CJ. Stroud, who won the
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Speaker 1: Rookie of the Year well deserved a something that not
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Speaker 1: a whole lot of rookie quarterbacks have done in year one.
8:29
Speaker 1: And credit the Kendall in research for putting together this born.
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Speaker 1: These are rookie quarterbacks to win a playoff game as
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Speaker 1: the starter since nineteen fifty. You got the Roethlisberger's, you
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Speaker 1: got the Flaccos of the world. You've got TJ. Yeats
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Speaker 1: who's on that list, brock Perty. Of course, Russell Wilson
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Speaker 1: the following year went on to win a Super Bowl,
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Speaker 1: so did Roethlisberger. Those are the only two guys to
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Speaker 1: take that big type of a step forward here, So Bucky,
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Speaker 1: as you look at CJ. Stroud, what he did as
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Speaker 1: a rookie now into year two with one of the
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Speaker 1: best arsenals in the higher NFL, what are your expectations.
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Speaker 3: I expect CJ. Stroud to go from good to great
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Speaker 3: this year.
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Speaker 4: He was already fantastic as a rookie for the Houston Texans.
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Speaker 4: I think he becomes even more apparent that he is
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Speaker 4: going to take his game up to the next level.
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Speaker 4: Stefan Dick's coming over giving the Texans a true number one,
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Speaker 4: even though he may not have to play that role
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Speaker 4: because Nico Collins and Tangdale are terrific the running game,
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Speaker 4: Joe Mixon will help him, not only because he can
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Speaker 4: punish people between the tackles, but he also can catch
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Speaker 4: the ball out the backfield.
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Speaker 3: As CJ.
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Speaker 4: Stroud matures and he begins to utilize more options in
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Speaker 4: this offense, it's all about an elite player playing consistently.
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Speaker 3: If he consistently plays.
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Speaker 4: At that high level that we saw for most of
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Speaker 4: last season, the Houston Texas is going to be a
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Speaker 4: feared team in the AFC, and I think there are
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Speaker 4: a lot of people that are excited to see what
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Speaker 4: this offense can look like.
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Speaker 3: With c J. Stroud taking another step in his development.
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Speaker 1: Our inside training camp coverage kicks off July twenty seven
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Speaker 1: of It Back Together weekend right here on NFL Network. Jane,
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Speaker 1: I remember you and I were together during ITC a
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Speaker 1: year ago. Down in he We saw a lot of
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Speaker 1: different stuff. We saw a team we didn't know it
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Speaker 1: was going to be as good as they were. But
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Speaker 1: I remember watching Damian Pierce walk onto the field and
10:06
Speaker 1: I said to you, that doesn't even look like Damian Pierce.
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Speaker 1: He had slimmed down. He had kind of changed his body.
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Speaker 1: It didn't end up working out the way that Pierce
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Speaker 1: or the Texans had wanted to. Now he got a
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Speaker 1: new running mate in that backfield with Joe Mixon arriving.
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Speaker 1: How do you imagine that dynamic is going to play out.
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Speaker 5: Well, look, if he could get back his confidence and
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Speaker 5: his decisiveness that we saw back in twenty twenty one,
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Speaker 5: I mean or twenty twenty two, rather, this could be
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Speaker 5: really really special for him. To your point, they went
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Speaker 5: out and they got Joe Mixon to come in here,
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Speaker 5: and I think the biggest thing is, you know you guys.
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Speaker 3: Were just talking about it gives CJ. Stroud some options.
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Speaker 5: They didn't really have options in the running game. I mean,
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Speaker 5: we just saw that bottom graphic there. They were tied
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Speaker 5: for twenty second and rushing yards per game. And Bobby
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Speaker 5: Slowik has an offense that really likes to stretch things
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Speaker 5: out wide.
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Speaker 3: In the defense.
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Speaker 5: So I think the big thing is Mixin is going
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Speaker 5: to have to get more comfortable with that, and they
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Speaker 5: really need that confident, decisive player, the guy that was
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Speaker 5: averaging four yards per game two years ago to return.
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Speaker 5: If you can do that, then I think they've got something.
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Speaker 5: And you know, talking to people inside the building, they said,
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Speaker 5: one person said to me, look, you've got to have
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Speaker 5: two backs to be good in this league, and they
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Speaker 5: truly think they have that right now. Obviously they went
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Speaker 5: out and they also got a rookie running back. We'll
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Speaker 5: have to see how the rookies shake out here at camp.
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Speaker 5: But the real hope is that you get a one
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Speaker 5: two pint show with Damian Pearson and mix In.
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Speaker 1: Jane, Thank you very much, look forward to chatting with
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Speaker 1: you again soon. We mentioned fifty days until the regular
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Speaker 1: season opener, how about fifteen days until the preseason opener.
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Speaker 1: It is the tech since you probably won't see c. J. Straw,
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Speaker 1: but you'll see a lot of those other young players
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Speaker 1: out there on the field going up against the Chicago Bears,
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Speaker 1: who have they.
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Speaker 3: Hope the next CJ.
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Speaker 1: Strow, the next superstar young quarterback in the league, Caleb Williams. Well,
11:48
Speaker 1: after some language bumps over the last twenty four hours,
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Speaker 1: everything got signed and sealed approved by the NFL, officially
11:55
Speaker 1: signing his rookie contract earlier today. He was one of
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Speaker 1: six quarterback's taken in the first twelve picks of the
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Speaker 1: draft back in April. Bo Nicks another one of those
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Speaker 1: with the Denver Broncos, a guy that they certainly have
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Speaker 1: high hopes for in Denver.
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Speaker 4: We're the twelve pick in the twenty twenty four NFL Draft,
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Speaker 4: the Denver Broncos select Bo Knicks quarterback.
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Speaker 3: Morgans.
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Speaker 1: Welcome in our Omar Ruiz, now to the conversation. There's
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Speaker 1: not a great deal of clarity at this point, Omar,
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Speaker 1: about the quarterback situation in terms of them actually naming
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Speaker 1: a quarterback. Not that Sean Payton is ever in a
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Speaker 1: much of a hurry to say anything publicly. You've talked
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Speaker 1: to people in Denver. What are your impressions of what
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Speaker 1: the Broncos think that they've got in Bonicks.
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Speaker 6: Well, it's been nothing but rave reviews Tom and speaking
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Speaker 6: with multiple people throughout the organization at different junctures of
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Speaker 6: the off season. Not only has bo Nicks met all
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Speaker 6: the expectations that they would have for him bring him
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Speaker 6: in as the twelfth overall pick, but he's exceeded them
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Speaker 6: the maturity that they would expect a player who came
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Speaker 6: in with sixty one college starts to have. They see
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Speaker 6: that offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi saying that he rarely makes
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Speaker 6: the same mistake twice, how he carries himself as a leader,
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Speaker 6: not necessarily with his words, but just the maturity to
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Speaker 6: handle himself in the quarterback room. Sean Payton, like you said,
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Speaker 6: not really indicating how they're going to handle training camp
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Speaker 6: with a depth chart and divvy up reps with Jarrett
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Speaker 6: Stidham and Zach Wilson also in the mix. But I
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Speaker 6: asked one Broncos source, are they rooting for Boenicks to
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Speaker 6: win that job given the resources they put into him
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Speaker 6: as that number twelve overall pick. And the answer I
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Speaker 6: got was they want the quarterback that gives them the
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Speaker 6: best chance to win to win that job. But certainly
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Speaker 6: we understand the dynamics of the NFL. If you can
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Speaker 6: have a rookie quarterback, or certainly a quarterback become your
13:55
Speaker 6: star quarterback with that rookie pay scale obviously goes a
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Speaker 6: long way to team building and ultimately success these days
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Speaker 6: in the NFL, when.
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Speaker 1: They got three budget type quarterbacks right now on the
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Speaker 1: roster of the rookie first round pick and then Stidham,
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Speaker 1: who they did give some money to last year, but
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Speaker 1: it's solid backup contract, and then Zach Wilson, who the
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Speaker 1: Jets are playing half his money Bucky. I think back
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Speaker 1: to before the draft and the number of coaches, scouts,
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Speaker 1: executives who had watched all these quarterbacks and told me
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Speaker 1: Boonex is clearly Sean Payton's guy. He's a coaches kid,
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Speaker 1: he started a ton of games, can do exactly what
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Speaker 1: Peyton wants him. Well, let's be honest, what are the
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Speaker 1: chances if any of the bo Nix is not the
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Speaker 1: Broncos starting quarterback come Week one?
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Speaker 4: Look, he's going to be the starting quarterback for the
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Speaker 4: Broncos boring injury, and he's the perfect quarterback for Sean
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Speaker 4: Payton and his system. If you go back, he just
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Speaker 4: caught cross Reference bow Knicks' game and the way that
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Speaker 4: Drew Bilee Breeze played.
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Speaker 3: For the New Orleans Saints. You can see a lot
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Speaker 3: of parallels.
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Speaker 4: Not calling bow Knicks a future Hall of Famer, but
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Speaker 4: what I am saying is his experience over sixty games
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Speaker 4: in college as a starter, quick rhythm through it, with
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Speaker 4: the athleticism and the arm chanlel to beat you a
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Speaker 4: few different ways. And he's a high AC player. You
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Speaker 4: talked about his dad being a coach. He understands how
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Speaker 4: to play the game. He can manage it. And just
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Speaker 4: understand this when it comes to Sean Payton, he wants
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Speaker 4: nothing more than a quarterback that could be his joystick
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Speaker 4: as he's playing the video game against these defensive coordinators.
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Speaker 4: Bow Knicks is going to execute the offense as scripted.
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Speaker 4: That's exactly what Sean Payton is looking for. And bow
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Speaker 4: Knicks gives you a little added dimission with the athleticism
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Speaker 4: to kind of change the game a little bit.
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Speaker 1: Of course, Russell Wilson the start of the last two
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Speaker 1: years now a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers, and that's
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Speaker 1: not all om a in terms of the veterans who
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Speaker 1: aren't back with this team. They trade away Jerry Judy,
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Speaker 1: Justin Simmons is no longer there. The one guy who's
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Speaker 1: always sounded and nobody virtually is untouchable in the NFL,
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Speaker 1: but mostly untouchable is Pat Sertan.
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Speaker 3: What are they.
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Speaker 1: Expecting and hoping that they get from one of the
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Speaker 1: bright young cornerbacks in the NFL.
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Speaker 6: Yeah, we already know he's one of the best players
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Speaker 6: in the NFL, So heading into year four, they're looking
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Speaker 6: at get a little more in the leadership department from him.
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Speaker 6: They've talked about the Denver Broncos continuity this season, voting
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Speaker 6: well for their success. Remember twenty one, it was Vic Fangio,
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Speaker 6: then Nathaniel Hackett in twenty two, and of course Sean
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Speaker 6: Payton's first year last season, not to mention the ownership change. Well,
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Speaker 6: now they have a new member of the coaching staff
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Speaker 6: here in Jim Leonard, longtime veteran safety now the defensive
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Speaker 6: backs coach pass game coordinator. He says he wants to
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Speaker 6: learn or get to know Pat Sertan and how he
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Speaker 6: can impact the defense, how he can impact the dB room,
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Speaker 6: how he can impact the team with his voice that
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Speaker 6: doesn't have to give speeches all the time. He can
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Speaker 6: have one on one conversations and that can go a
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Speaker 6: long way. So as good as he's been early in
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Speaker 6: his career on the field, hoping to get more from
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Speaker 6: him in the locker room, on and off the field
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Speaker 6: with that leadership style for that Broncos defense. And I
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Speaker 6: got to say that we're not even out at training
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Speaker 6: camp and we're already doing the matching polos.
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17:01
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Speaker 1: the second they're number sixteen overall pick and one that
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Speaker 1: they certainly have very high expectations for in twenty twenty four.
18:21
Speaker 1: As we welcome back in Omar, Owize Bucky Brooks. I
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Speaker 1: am Tom Pellicero here on The Insiders.
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Speaker 3: Omar.
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Speaker 1: We had Mike McDonald on right at the tail end
18:29
Speaker 1: of mini camp and ask them of Byron Murphy. He
18:32
Speaker 1: kind of tempered it with, well, we haven't been in
18:34
Speaker 1: pads yet we haven't seen him, but to use that
18:37
Speaker 1: type of capital at that position, with Mike McDonald's defensive background,
18:42
Speaker 1: I have to think the expectations the vision for Byron
18:45
Speaker 1: Murphy include big things in Seattle.
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Speaker 6: Yeah, they're very excited for Byron Murphy, second defensive player
18:53
Speaker 6: taking off the board in this year's draft and talking
18:56
Speaker 6: to people inside the building, the speed, the power of
18:59
Speaker 6: the lets all on display, his ability to win up
19:03
Speaker 6: the field, and they're really excited tom about his ability
19:06
Speaker 6: to compliment what they got last year in Jaron Reed
19:09
Speaker 6: and Leonard Williams and Draymond Jones can maybe perhaps play
19:12
Speaker 6: a little more naturally at his position, and this deep,
19:16
Speaker 6: this talented defensive front will help the entire defense, including
19:20
Speaker 6: a new look linebacker unit. Of course, Bobby Wagner is out,
19:24
Speaker 6: Jordan Brooks is out, Jerome Baker, and Tyrrell Dodson. In
19:28
Speaker 6: Jerome Baker with that speed and athleticism, they'll be able
19:31
Speaker 6: to utilize that in the run game, in the past
19:34
Speaker 6: game in Tarrell Dodson really a smart player. He's worn
19:37
Speaker 6: the green dot before with Leslie Frazier in Buffalo, who's
19:40
Speaker 6: now part of the staff. They're in Seattle of course
19:42
Speaker 6: you have the young secondary there with Devin Witherspoon and
19:45
Speaker 6: Tariq Woolan looking to complement those safeties. There so a
19:48
Speaker 6: lot of excitement with Mike McDonald, as you mentioned, but
19:51
Speaker 6: that Byron Murphy to get him going. The same caveat
19:54
Speaker 6: that you heard from Mike McDonald is the same caveat
19:56
Speaker 6: that I got.
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Speaker 3: They're looking forward to seeing what he does in pads
19:59
Speaker 3: when tre and Camp begins.
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Speaker 1: Let's talk about that offensive line that Seahawks has. Such
20:05
Speaker 1: a good draft back in twenty twenty two. Last year, Bucky,
20:08
Speaker 1: they had a ton of different injuries to that unit.
20:11
Speaker 1: It certainly impacted everything that they were doing offensively. What
20:14
Speaker 1: can a healthy offensive line do for Gino Smith in
20:16
Speaker 1: twenty twenty four.
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Speaker 3: Well, it can help him out a lot.
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Speaker 4: It can help him out first by allowing them to
20:23
Speaker 4: run the football, because no matter what, you don't want
20:25
Speaker 4: Geno Smith throwing the ball forty times a game.
20:27
Speaker 3: You want to run the ball so you can control it.
20:29
Speaker 4: When you look at the other teams in the division,
20:31
Speaker 4: they are all successful because they're able to run the ball,
20:34
Speaker 4: impose they will and dictate the terms to the defense.
20:36
Speaker 4: The Seattle Seahawks have been at their best when they've
20:39
Speaker 4: operated like that with Gino Smith, even though he's been
20:42
Speaker 4: a Pro Bowl player up in the Pacific Northwest, they
20:45
Speaker 4: still want to have the running game to kind of
20:47
Speaker 4: act as debates allow him to push the ball down
20:49
Speaker 4: the field all play action, but you don't want to
20:51
Speaker 4: hang too much on Gino Smith run the football and
20:54
Speaker 4: then it'll be a compliment to the running game by
20:56
Speaker 4: being a dynamic passer pushing the ball down the field
20:58
Speaker 4: on vertical throw.
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Speaker 6: And I think the outside narrative is that this is
21:03
Speaker 6: a bounce back year for Gino Smith given the Comeback
21:06
Speaker 6: Player of the Year award he had in twenty twenty two,
21:09
Speaker 6: a little bit of a down year statistically in twenty
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Speaker 6: twenty three, but they feel when that offensive line was
21:14
Speaker 6: at its healthiest, and it never really was healthy all season.
21:17
Speaker 6: You mentioned the Abe Lucas Charles Cross, you know, being
21:19
Speaker 6: banged up throughout the year. But when they get back healthy,
21:23
Speaker 6: when Gino Smith is protected, they have a young but
21:26
Speaker 6: talented interior. They feel that Gino Smith still played well
21:30
Speaker 6: in twenty three and obviously will look to build on
21:32
Speaker 6: that with all those weapons and of course new offensive
21:36
Speaker 6: coordinator Ryan Grubb, who specialized in exposing every blade of
21:40
Speaker 6: grass when he was at the University of Washington, utilizing
21:43
Speaker 6: that triumphant of receivers that he had there with the Husk.
21:47
Speaker 3: He's looking to do the same in Seattle.
21:49
Speaker 6: But the confidence fully there with Geno Smith to have
21:52
Speaker 6: another big year. If that offensive line can stay healthy
21:56
Speaker 6: and protect him, all those weapons will be utilized. And
21:59
Speaker 6: you mentioned the running game of big component to that
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Speaker 6: offense as well.
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Speaker 1: Omar, Thank you very much, Bucky stick around. You got
22:04
Speaker 1: a lot more to unpack here on this edition of
22:07
Speaker 1: The Insiders, including some revealing remarks and footage behind the
22:12
Speaker 1: scenes of the Giants as their star running back Saquon
22:15
Speaker 1: Barkley made his way to the rival Eagles.
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Speaker 3: What do we make of all of it? We'll talk
22:20
Speaker 3: about it next.
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Speaker 1: If your eyes, Giants fans, you're gonna be seeing a
22:28
Speaker 1: lot of this through the course of at least the
22:30
Speaker 1: next couple months leading up to the season. This is
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Speaker 1: Saquon Barkley. Now we're in that twenty six in Eagles colors.
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Speaker 1: Last night on Hard Knocks, we saw how everything unfolded
22:41
Speaker 1: in free agency and the moment at which it became
22:44
Speaker 1: clear to Giants owner John Marra that one of his
22:47
Speaker 1: favorite players might be walking out the door.
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Speaker 4: What's the latest the I just got a text that
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Speaker 4: Chicago's driving the price up and Philly's out.
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Speaker 7: I don't know if that's true or not. I don't
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Speaker 7: know if I'll make a couple of calls. I don't
23:01
Speaker 7: even know if that's gonna gonna happen. But I have
23:07
Speaker 7: a tough time sleep benefit and in quand goes the Philadelpe.
23:09
Speaker 7: The outside of that, as I've told you, just being hopes.
23:13
Speaker 7: I had been around enough players on me, but he's
23:15
Speaker 7: the he's the most popular player we have by far.
23:20
Speaker 1: Yeah, welcome back to the insiders. Tom Pillacero here with
23:23
Speaker 1: Bucky Brooks. First of all, my initial reaction Bucky to
23:26
Speaker 1: that was whatever media members sent Joe Shane that text
23:30
Speaker 1: that the Bears who signed DeAndre Swift like six minutes
23:33
Speaker 1: into free agency were driving up the price and the
23:34
Speaker 1: Eagles were out, That numbers should be blocked on Joe
23:38
Speaker 1: Shane's phone. Yes, that's self serving to me. I got
23:40
Speaker 1: a few guesses who might have sent that text. We're
23:42
Speaker 1: gonna leave it right there. But the second piecement, I
23:45
Speaker 1: think that this show has been a phenomenal. Look the
23:47
Speaker 1: best I've ever seen at behind the scenes and what
23:51
Speaker 1: happens in front offices at this time of year. As
23:55
Speaker 1: you watch this thing unfold, knowing the context of how
23:58
Speaker 1: things played out with Saquon Barkle, what was your reaction?
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Speaker 4: This is gonna be interesting, an interesting season for the
24:04
Speaker 4: Giants when you just think about all of the conversation
24:07
Speaker 4: as it relates to Saquon Barkley. Look, I think Joe
24:11
Speaker 4: Shane has a philosophy that they don't want to pay
24:13
Speaker 4: odin running backs.
24:14
Speaker 3: Twenty seven is the magic number and he wanted to
24:17
Speaker 3: stick to that.
24:18
Speaker 4: I think what's hard is when you have an owner
24:20
Speaker 4: that really adore Saquon Barkley. He talked about him being
24:23
Speaker 4: the most popular Giant and how he was going to
24:26
Speaker 4: pain him if he made his way to Philadelphia. Well,
24:28
Speaker 4: now you got to see Saquon Barkley twice. The bigger
24:31
Speaker 4: thing will be can Daniel Jones make it all go away?
24:34
Speaker 4: Because if Daniel Jones plays great and this team plays
24:37
Speaker 4: better than many expecting, the offense is humming because Daniel
24:40
Speaker 4: Jones is doing this thing. Then the loss of Saquon
24:43
Speaker 4: Barkley won't be a big deal. But if Daniel Jones
24:45
Speaker 4: struggle and this offense cannot score points, everyone is going
24:49
Speaker 4: to wonder why did you let your best offensive player go.
24:52
Speaker 4: It's one of those things that we won't know what
24:54
Speaker 4: happens until it plays out. But man, there are a
24:56
Speaker 4: lot of people with I would say, quizzical looks when
24:59
Speaker 4: it come to Saquon Barkley leaving the New York Giants.
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Speaker 1: I like your answer and the little wheel of fortune
25:04
Speaker 1: thing we got going here was interesting because that can
25:06
Speaker 1: mean a whole lot of things that people watching us
25:09
Speaker 1: in a bar at happy hour on metors going interesting,
25:11
Speaker 1: and that means good interesting or bad interesting here Bucky, Oh, look,
25:17
Speaker 1: it can go either.
25:17
Speaker 3: Way, but I think potentially it could be bad.
25:20
Speaker 4: And the only reason why is Saquon Barkley has been
25:23
Speaker 4: such a big part of the Giants offense for so long.
25:26
Speaker 4: Most explosive player, most dynamic player, most consistent player. So
25:30
Speaker 4: when you remove him from the offensive puzzle, and yes,
25:32
Speaker 4: you bring Singletary over from the Houston Texans.
25:35
Speaker 3: To replace that, but it's different.
25:37
Speaker 4: Defensive coordinators had the game plan for Saquon Barkley, you
25:40
Speaker 4: had to drop an extra defend in the box. You
25:42
Speaker 4: had to worry about him in the screen game and
25:44
Speaker 4: as a receiver out of the backfield. When you don't
25:46
Speaker 4: have a true number one, maybe elite neighbors will be
25:49
Speaker 4: everything that we think he can be. But when you
25:51
Speaker 4: don't have that weapon on offense, it just puts so
25:54
Speaker 4: much pressure on the quarterback.
25:56
Speaker 3: So this is really on Daniel Jones.
25:59
Speaker 4: He has to play at a level that look is
26:02
Speaker 4: equal to the pay that he's making puts him in
26:04
Speaker 4: the top ten. He has to play like that kind
26:06
Speaker 4: of quarterback for this offense to go. He hasn't done
26:09
Speaker 4: it to date, but he's going to have to do
26:12
Speaker 4: it if the Jazz is gonna be a competitive team
26:14
Speaker 4: this year.
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Speaker 1: Another thing I think that is instructive about hard knocks
26:16
Speaker 1: for people who just kind of wonder our roster building works, Bucky,
26:19
Speaker 1: is the fact that it's not a matter of well,
26:21
Speaker 1: you took Singletary over Saquon, No, it's that you took
26:24
Speaker 1: Devin Singletary plus one of those offensive linemen you signed.
26:27
Speaker 1: This is a salary cap league. There's different things you
26:29
Speaker 1: can do, but every dollar you spend hits the cap eventually.
26:33
Speaker 1: Something that also pertains to the San Francisco forty nine Ers, who,
26:37
Speaker 1: of course are going through a situation right now with
26:39
Speaker 1: Brandon Ayuk. He wants a new contract. The forty nine
26:42
Speaker 1: Ers have been trying to get something done. The sides
26:44
Speaker 1: are not on the same page. I was hosting the
26:47
Speaker 1: Rich Eisen Show yesterday when this happened. Meanwhile, news right now,
26:55
Speaker 1: literally as we're getting ready to bring on Diamodoor Lenor
26:59
Speaker 1: from my colleague A Network Mike Garrafolo forty nine Ers
27:01
Speaker 1: all Pro wide receiver Brandon Ayuk has officially requested a
27:05
Speaker 1: trade after an off season of unsuccessful attempts to reach
27:10
Speaker 1: an extension.
27:11
Speaker 3: Uh, good time to bring on d'abador Lados right into it.
27:15
Speaker 1: Man, I'm telling you Deavadors was not a setup. Okay,
27:18
Speaker 1: this this literally hit as I'm as I'm getting you
27:21
Speaker 1: up on the zoom call here, man, yeah, fourteen ago.
27:28
Speaker 3: Oh no, this gonna be true. This is this is
27:32
Speaker 3: the truth.
27:32
Speaker 1: Despite a recent meeting, the Niners haven't been willing to
27:34
Speaker 1: engage in negotiations since May so Ayuk has respectfully asked out, now,
27:39
Speaker 1: I don't want to put you on the spot to
27:41
Speaker 1: speak for your teammate. Here diabador. But you've you've watched
27:45
Speaker 1: him play the past few years, you've guarded him in
27:47
Speaker 1: training camp. How important is that guy to your team?
27:50
Speaker 1: How is important is it to figure a way to
27:52
Speaker 1: work this thing out?
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Speaker 8: Uh, He's extremely important to our offense. You know, the
27:58
Speaker 8: stuff he can do, the amount of targets he had
28:02
Speaker 8: in a production. You know, it is kind of sakend
28:05
Speaker 8: to none. So with just hearing that news is kind
28:08
Speaker 8: of crazy.
28:09
Speaker 1: Yamadoor Lenor and Brandon Ayuk bucket, as we found out
28:12
Speaker 1: later in that interview, are very close. He was getting
28:15
Speaker 1: emotional about it. Shout out to d'amadoor Lenor for answering
28:18
Speaker 1: the questions and giving me a pretty honest answer in
28:20
Speaker 1: a really difficult setting, because that was seconds before he
28:24
Speaker 1: was coming on the show. We know how this has
28:26
Speaker 1: played out here with Brandon Ayuk looking from a far Bucky,
28:30
Speaker 1: knowing the context of the wide receiver market, how do
28:33
Speaker 1: you see this playing out and what do you think
28:36
Speaker 1: Brandon Ayuk.
28:37
Speaker 3: Is worth in the twenty twenty four NFL.
28:40
Speaker 4: Well, look, Brandon Ayuk is a top receiver in this league.
28:43
Speaker 4: He's a dominant player. We saw the numbers that you
28:44
Speaker 4: put up last year he was their number one receiver.
28:47
Speaker 4: In spite of what Deebo Samuel brings to them as
28:50
Speaker 4: they do it all playmaker, Brandon Ayuk is the best
28:52
Speaker 4: receiver that the Niners have, and as we watched his
28:55
Speaker 4: team struggle into Super Bowl because they couldn't win consistently
28:58
Speaker 4: against man coverage, I believe that there's going to be
29:01
Speaker 4: a premium for Kyle Shanahan to make sure he has
29:04
Speaker 4: proven route runners on the perimeter. Brandon Ayuk is one
29:07
Speaker 4: of those guys when you think about him and Ricky
29:09
Speaker 4: Piersol and what they can do collectively to make the
29:11
Speaker 4: game easy for Brock Purdy, you want to keep them
29:13
Speaker 4: in the fold.
29:14
Speaker 3: The problem that you have is you.
29:16
Speaker 4: Spend a lot of money in the off season. Christian McCaffrey,
29:18
Speaker 4: some of the other guys have gotten paid. So what
29:20
Speaker 4: you want to do is slow play this and maybe
29:23
Speaker 4: get Brandon Aiyuk his money, maybe not this year, but
29:25
Speaker 4: next year. Brandon Ayuk wants.
29:27
Speaker 3: No part of that. He wants to get paid. He
29:29
Speaker 3: wants to get paid right away.
29:30
Speaker 4: But he doesn't have any leverage because based on the
29:33
Speaker 4: way the Collective Bargaining Agreement is set up, the players
29:37
Speaker 4: get penalized for holding out.
29:39
Speaker 3: This is a situation where.
29:40
Speaker 4: It really depends on this to forty nine ers want
29:42
Speaker 4: to play hardball, because if they play hardball, hardball, brandan
29:45
Speaker 4: and Ayuk doesn't have any options. He has to come in,
29:48
Speaker 4: he has to play. He may be this gruntal, but
29:51
Speaker 4: he cannot force his way out of San Francisco at
29:53
Speaker 4: this time.
29:54
Speaker 1: And from everything I've been told, the forty and iris
29:56
Speaker 1: edition has not changed, which is one way or another.
29:58
Speaker 1: They expect Brandon Ayuk to be a contributor on their
30:01
Speaker 1: team and they try to win a super Bowl in
30:03
Speaker 1: twenty twenty four. All right, stick around here, Bucky, because
30:07
Speaker 1: after this, I'm excited. We've got your NFL award long shots.
30:12
Speaker 1: Who could we see when could somebody in Dallas be
30:15
Speaker 1: a surprise? We'll talk about it on the inside.
30:21
Speaker 3: There's been a lot of he says, She says, backlash
30:23
Speaker 3: in Baltimore.
30:24
Speaker 9: No Biden requested a trade handscratching going.
30:27
Speaker 3: On a brand new contract extension.
30:30
Speaker 9: It's a lot of flock going. That's cool, that's cool,
30:39
Speaker 9: stepped up fires put that's the X factor.
30:43
Speaker 3: How far you gotta get grown?
30:46
Speaker 8: Man?
30:46
Speaker 3: If you can't hunter business still on his feet. Hunter
30:48
Speaker 3: of business, what a play Hunter business? That is, Vince.
30:51
Speaker 3: It's Lamar Jackson. I know who the MVP is, Lamar Jackson.
30:57
Speaker 3: I really want to fuse my coread hair and win
30:58
Speaker 3: the Super Bowl. Here they'll get He's soon going out
31:00
Speaker 3: of me, lead out.
31:03
Speaker 1: And that is the last piece of business for Lamar
31:05
Speaker 1: Jackson to handle, bringing that Lombardi Trophy to Baltimore. Welcome
31:09
Speaker 1: back to the Insiders. Tom Pellasaro here with Bucky Brooks,
31:13
Speaker 1: who is going to give us some long shots. We
31:15
Speaker 1: hear the same names, right, Bucky all the time for
31:17
Speaker 1: the various words. I want to hear your potential sleepers.
31:20
Speaker 1: Let's start out with NFL MVP for twenty twenty four.
31:25
Speaker 4: However, we go to Bowtown, Jared Goff being the MVP.
31:29
Speaker 4: When you look at what Jared Goff has done the
31:30
Speaker 4: last two years, he's been sensational running this offense that
31:34
Speaker 4: Ben Johnson has put together. It should continue this year
31:37
Speaker 4: as it gets more comfortable with Tomorrow, ros Saint Brown,
31:40
Speaker 4: Sam Laporter, Jameson Williams and then the guys behind him
31:44
Speaker 4: in the backfield. You think about David Montgomery and then
31:46
Speaker 4: being able to run it with Jamiir Gibbs love. What
31:48
Speaker 4: they have is really sets up Jared Golf to put
31:51
Speaker 4: up big numbers. All he has to do is a
31:53
Speaker 4: pass first point guard. He's done it splendidly the past
31:56
Speaker 4: two years. I expected to continue this year.
31:58
Speaker 1: All right, let's go to Offensive Player of the Year.
32:00
Speaker 1: Give me a potential long shot winner of that award.
32:03
Speaker 3: Bucky.
32:05
Speaker 4: Mister Marray's going to be so sick when he sees
32:07
Speaker 4: Saquon Barkley when the Offensive Player of the Year award.
32:11
Speaker 3: It pained him to watch him go to the other side,
32:13
Speaker 3: to go from the Giants to the Eagles. And so
32:15
Speaker 3: now you have a motivated Saquon Barkley joining the best
32:19
Speaker 3: offensive line in football with weapons galore on the perimeter.
32:22
Speaker 3: He's never seen this much room since he entered the
32:25
Speaker 3: National Football League. He's gonna put up.
32:27
Speaker 4: Ridiculous numbers at a runner and just remember, he can
32:30
Speaker 4: catch the ball out of the backfield. He is going
32:32
Speaker 4: to make life so much easier for Jalen Hurst. Look
32:35
Speaker 4: for him to get a little hardware at the end
32:36
Speaker 4: of the year.
32:37
Speaker 1: Defensive Player of the Year for the first time in
32:39
Speaker 1: like a decade. Aaron Donald won't be the favorite long
32:42
Speaker 1: shot in your mind, Defensive Player of the Year for
32:44
Speaker 1: twenty twenty four Bucks.
32:46
Speaker 3: Okay, let's go down to do ball.
32:48
Speaker 4: Josh Heinz Allen being able to snag that Defensive Player
32:52
Speaker 4: of the Year award. Part of the reason is he's
32:54
Speaker 4: coming off a season where he had seventeen and a
32:56
Speaker 4: half sacks in a contract year, and he did it
32:59
Speaker 4: really without a strong presence on the inside. They bring
33:02
Speaker 4: over Aeron Armstead, Trayvon Walker takes another step in his development.
33:06
Speaker 4: That means more opportunities for Josh Haines Allen to get
33:09
Speaker 4: after it. Love the motor, love the dynamic playmaking ability.
33:13
Speaker 4: This might be the year that he's finally recognized as
33:16
Speaker 4: one of those elite pass rushers.
33:17
Speaker 3: In the league.
33:18
Speaker 1: I'm going to call that one a homer pick from
33:20
Speaker 1: Bucky Brooks snowed Jaguars fanatic. How about our let's go
33:23
Speaker 1: to the rookies now offensive rookie. It's so often is
33:27
Speaker 1: a quarterback award, but how about this time Bucky a
33:29
Speaker 1: wide receiver, maybe somebody with an infinity for puffy jackets
33:34
Speaker 1: from Macy's. Maybe a guy who played basketball Michigan State.
33:37
Speaker 1: Is that bringing any bells and maybe that's a long
33:39
Speaker 1: shot winner.
33:41
Speaker 3: It does. He's been one of the big personalities that
33:43
Speaker 3: we celebrated this offseason. Keon Coleman. We finally are going
33:47
Speaker 3: to have an opportunity to appreciate his game when you
33:49
Speaker 3: watched him at Florida State before he ran a pedestrian
33:53
Speaker 3: time at the COMMA. We're talking about this guy being
33:55
Speaker 3: a top fifteen wide receiver playmaker. Galore wins the fifty
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Speaker 3: to fifty balls, does great job of making really expanding
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Speaker 3: the strike zone for the quarterback.
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Speaker 4: In Buffalo, he has a chance to step in right
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Speaker 4: away as a number one receiver, and even though they're
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Speaker 4: running more twelve personnel with two tight ends on the field,
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Speaker 4: one on one opportunities down in the red zone, Josh
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Speaker 4: Allen is going to give him a chance to go
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Speaker 4: get it. Look for him to catch a lot of
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Speaker 4: alley upes down in the paint.
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Speaker 1: Now, how well, let's go to the defensive side. Now,
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Speaker 1: Defensive Rookie of the Year long shot for twenty twenty four.
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Speaker 3: Bucky Man. Some teams just are lucky.
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Speaker 4: They find players that just fit their culture, and that
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Speaker 4: is Peyton Wilson for the Pittsburgh Steelers, and I know
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Speaker 4: they signed Patrick Queen. Patrick Queen is set up to
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Speaker 4: be the monster in the middle for the Steelers. But
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Speaker 4: Peyton Wilson has everything that you look for at that position, instincts, awareness, toughness,
34:44
Speaker 4: He can blitz off the edge, he can play in coverage,
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Speaker 4: and he has that nastiness that kind of fits the brand.
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Speaker 4: Peyton Wilson's gonna have a lot of opportunities. He's gonna
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Speaker 4: have some Markie games where people can fall in love
34:55
Speaker 4: with his game and his playing style. Look for him
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Speaker 4: to kind of be a backdoor candidate to win that
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Speaker 4: defensive Rookie of the Year award.
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Speaker 1: Comeback Player of the Year has been kind of this
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Speaker 1: nebulous formula. Last year was Joe Flacco who came back
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Speaker 1: all the way from the couch, I guess and won
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Speaker 1: the award. Now they've clarified the ap of what the
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Speaker 1: criteria is. You have to come back from something like
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Speaker 1: being injured. Who's a long shot to win that award
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Speaker 1: for you, Bucky?
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Speaker 3: How about they go back to back in the dog Pound.
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Speaker 4: How about de Sean Watson wins the Comeback Player of
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Speaker 4: the Year award after having the injury watching Joe Flacco
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Speaker 4: win the award. Deshaun Watson comes right back and does
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Speaker 4: it in.
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Speaker 3: The dog Pound. This is a great opportunity for Deshaun
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Speaker 3: Watson to really set his career back on track.
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Speaker 4: This was a three time Pro bowler. Ken Dorsey comes
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Speaker 4: over to change the offense. Kevin Stefanski stells back. They
35:43
Speaker 4: find a way to make the offense more quarterback friendly
35:46
Speaker 4: for the Sean Watson. The weapons are there. Now it's
35:48
Speaker 4: about Deshaun Watson playing up to the standard. This is
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Speaker 4: a year he plays up to the standard in the
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Speaker 4: dog Pound.
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Speaker 1: Last one, now, Bucky. Coach of the Year is always
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Speaker 1: kind of a tricky award to predict because a lot
35:59
Speaker 1: of times it's just the first year coach who makes
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Speaker 1: the instant impact, regardless of whether that's so that has
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Speaker 1: any staying power. Who's a long shot to win Coach
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Speaker 1: of the Year award in twenty twenty four, Tom.
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Speaker 4: I'm gonna make a lot of Cowboys fans mad because
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Speaker 4: they do not like what Mike McCarthy has been able
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Speaker 4: to do in the postseason. But I would say he's
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Speaker 4: gonna be Coach of the Year at the end of
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Speaker 4: the season. Three straight years the Cowboys have won twelve
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Speaker 4: or more games. Now they're having to do it with
36:24
Speaker 4: I would say a depleted roster.
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Speaker 3: Questions abound about whether Mike McCarthy's coming back. Will Dak
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Speaker 3: Prescott be the quarterback going forward.
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Speaker 4: If Mike McCarthy's able to pour this off where they
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Speaker 4: win double digit wins again, maybe they sneak and win
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Speaker 4: the division.
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Speaker 3: He wins twelve games, you have to slide the award
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Speaker 3: over to them.
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Speaker 4: He has been able to do it in difficult circumstances,
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Speaker 4: all eyes on him for every decision. If the Cowboys
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Speaker 4: win again, you got to credit Mike McCarthy, and you
36:51
Speaker 4: also have to begin to talk about him being one
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Speaker 4: of the best coaches that we have in the league.
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Speaker 1: With everything that goes into being the head coach in Dallas,
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Speaker 1: there's not a lot of harder places to say at
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Speaker 1: the program to contain everything that's going on around the building.
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Speaker 1: McCarthy's done it consistently in the past three years. Bad
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Speaker 1: game against the Backers, no doubt about it. In the playoffs.
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Speaker 1: McCarthy now going into a contract here. But if I
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Speaker 1: know Mike, his attitude is going to be bring it on.
37:14
Speaker 1: I'm gonna kick everybody's ass and get a contract somewhere
37:17
Speaker 1: wherever that ends up being, Bucky, don't move. You're giving
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Speaker 1: us all kinds of content today.
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Speaker 3: Coming up after this.
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Speaker 1: Let's do a scout snowbook on some of the rookies
37:26
Speaker 1: to watch in twenty twenty four. Daviel Worthy actually just
37:30
Speaker 1: ran through this and you didn't even see them. That's
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Speaker 1: to sign up. Could Xavier Worthy land on that list
38:05
Speaker 1: next year? Well, the Chiefs rookies have reported Patrick mahomes
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Speaker 1: own there's no time to use them in.
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Speaker 3: We got to hit the ground running. What do you think, Xavier? Uh? Yeah,
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Speaker 3: I definitely feel like it's no time to ease in.
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Speaker 3: I mean, it's all go.
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Speaker 9: I mean, once you hear you're here, so I understand
38:18
Speaker 9: definitely what Pat saying, just to build that connection with him.
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Speaker 3: I mean, it's going to be key here.
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Speaker 1: What if Patter shrew with me today?
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Speaker 5: Or is it that's just that totally?
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Speaker 3: Na, It wasn't nothing. To just keep going, keep keep
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Speaker 3: making plays is keep working, That's all it was.
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Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Insiders in a Scouts notebook, Tom
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Speaker 1: Pillasero joined once again by Bucky Brooks. Bucky, as you
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Speaker 1: look at some of the rookies around the league to watch,
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Speaker 1: I got to imagine Xavier Worthy is one that's going
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Speaker 1: to be on your list.
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Speaker 3: He absolutely is going to be on the list.
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Speaker 4: And a lot of people are trying to make the
38:50
Speaker 4: comparison between Xavier Worthy and Tyreek Hiel. But I would
38:53
Speaker 4: say dig a little deeper in Andy Reid's background and
38:56
Speaker 4: think about DeShawn Jackson and how he was able to
38:58
Speaker 4: utilize DeShawn jack and big play playmaker, someone who was
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Speaker 4: the vertical threat, found the way to push the ball
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Speaker 4: down the field to really.
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Speaker 3: Stretch the defense.
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Speaker 4: Xavier Worthy will fit that role and it should allow
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Speaker 4: this offense to open up with Pat Mahomes tossing it deep.
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Speaker 1: All these other the wide receivers some of the tight
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Speaker 1: ends as well that we're drafted here, give me, give
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Speaker 1: me another rookie on that side of the ball. You
39:19
Speaker 1: think it's going to be really intriguing to watch his
39:21
Speaker 1: camps kickoff here.
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Speaker 3: Las Vegas Raiders.
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Speaker 4: Brock Bowers Brock Barwers is considered by some to be
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Speaker 4: the best player in this draft. The raid is surprisingly
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Speaker 4: taken even though they had another good tight end in
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Speaker 4: Michael Maher. When now you talk about playing twelve personnel
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Speaker 4: two tight ends on the field, even though you have
39:38
Speaker 4: trying to figure out Garner, Minshew eight and O'Connell. Regardless,
39:41
Speaker 4: the middle of the field is going to be wide
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Speaker 4: open because now you got big bodies that can command it.
39:45
Speaker 4: Brock Bowers is a terrific playmaker, great after the catch,
39:49
Speaker 4: nice route runner. He has everything that you look for
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Speaker 4: in one of those premier tight end spots. He should
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Speaker 4: be a star from day one.
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Speaker 1: Took a while in the draft for a defensive player
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Speaker 1: to finally come off the board. Who's somebody on that
39:59
Speaker 1: side out of the ball of rookie? Do you think
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Speaker 1: it's gonna be really arresting to watch in camp?
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Speaker 3: Buck? Number one thing that you look for in scouting.
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Speaker 3: Fit in scheme?
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Speaker 4: How does the player fit within a scheme? Layatu Latu
40:10
Speaker 4: is a perfect fit for the Colts defense. He is
40:13
Speaker 4: an active and aggressive pass rusher, the most natural pass
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Speaker 4: rusher that was in the draft class. When you watch
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Speaker 4: him play, he has all the moves. He can go
40:21
Speaker 4: inside and outside, has a spin move, but his get off,
40:24
Speaker 4: his quickness. He has some rare ability when it comes
40:27
Speaker 4: to bending and bursting around the corner. I just like
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Speaker 4: this fit in Gus Bradley's defense where they want to
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Speaker 4: rush for and really allow their guys to go after it.
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Speaker 3: Latsu is a nice fit. Look for him to put
40:39
Speaker 3: up big numbers right away.
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Speaker 1: Bucky, don't move. We've still got a lot more to
40:43
Speaker 1: discuss here. On the Insiders, Josh Jacobs has a new
40:46
Speaker 1: team in Green Bay let the league in rushing a
40:49
Speaker 1: couple of years ago. This season could break a record,
40:52
Speaker 1: and it's not necessarily one.
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Speaker 3: He would want. We'll explain next.
40:56
Speaker 1: On the Insiders, Packers for porting to training camp over
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Speaker 1: the next week.
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Speaker 8: Here.
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Speaker 1: They got a new running back in Josh Jacobs who's
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Speaker 1: coming up on bit of an ignominious potential record. He's
41:10
Speaker 1: got one hundred and ninety seven career receptions without a touchdown.
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Speaker 1: The record he's two one held by Gerald Riggs. Jordan
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Speaker 1: Love heard about this stat said I'm not going to
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Speaker 1: let that happen. We might even get Jacobs in the
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Speaker 1: end zone off a catch in week one. Tom Pilisaro
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Speaker 1: back with Bucky Brooks. Josh Jacobs Buck was on this
41:28
Speaker 1: show recently and said, Hey, one of the things he's
41:31
Speaker 1: really excited about his role is they're going to get
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Speaker 1: him out more. They're going to show more as a receiver.
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Speaker 1: It's better getting to the end zoner. That's gonna be
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Speaker 1: one of those lines that you'd probably rather not have
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Speaker 1: on the resume.
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Speaker 4: He absolutely needs to put the ball into paint as
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Speaker 4: a receiver. He has great hands. He's terrific in the
41:45
Speaker 4: screen game. I would have spent Matt Lafleur and Jordan
41:48
Speaker 4: Love to get the ball in his hands early. He
41:50
Speaker 4: doesn't want to go down with an infamous record. Find
41:52
Speaker 4: a way to put him into paint.
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Speaker 1: Well, they've got enough backs there too, Bucky. You'll be
41:55
Speaker 1: interested seat just how they kind of combine those different
41:57
Speaker 1: guys that they've got in the backfield.
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Speaker 4: Absolutely, but he's the Bill kow. This guy's terrific as
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Speaker 4: a runner and a receiver. He's a difference maker.
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Speaker 1: Marshawn Lloyd there, Aj Dillon, Gonna be fun to watch
42:09
Speaker 1: that team. Canna be fun to talk to Dion Dawkins.
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Speaker 1: Bill's tackle when he joins the show tomorrow. Fifteen days
42:15
Speaker 1: the Football, fifteen days to the Hall.
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Speaker 3: Of Fame Game. Get excited.
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