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Set 1: Reign Man (w/ Arik Armstead) · Stugotz and Company

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that Chuck Norris was chasing the Tyrannosaurus Rex. The
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Speaker 1: Rex was not chasing the Jeep. Murray! Murray, you there?
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Speaker 1: You love sandwiches, huh? Let's go to 80. His name
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Speaker 1: is Bo.
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Speaker 2: Wow.
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Speaker 1: That's prime time, baby. I had a crush on Betty Rubble.
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Speaker 1: I honestly, until after the segment ended and we went
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Speaker 1: to commercial break, had no idea that Jonathan Coachman was black.
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Speaker 1: He cost them the game last night. Although they won
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Speaker 1: Week one concluded last night. The Chiefs are back. Taylor
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Speaker 1: is nodding his head yes that the Kansas City Chiefs
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Speaker 1: are back. Not so much that Patrick Mahomes was so great.
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Speaker 1: Kenneth Walker was. but more so Spags. I mean, right?
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Speaker 1: Spags with that defense, a young defense, gets it done
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Speaker 1: against an offense that was very, very good a year ago.
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Speaker 1: I was surprised. I'm more concerned about the Broncos based
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Speaker 1: on the outcome of that game than I kind of–
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Speaker 1: I have more negative feelings about the Broncos than I
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Speaker 1: do positive feelings about the Chiefs. I'm not certain if
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Speaker 1: the Chiefs are back. I'm just saying it because it's
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Speaker 1: a thing to say today, you know?
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Speaker 3: I don't even think it's just a thing to say
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Speaker 3: today because I think that was a statement game by
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Speaker 3: the Kansas City Chiefs where Denver ends their run winning
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Speaker 3: the AFC West last season. And that was kind of
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Speaker 3: Kansas City reintroducing themselves saying, hey, Denver, Bo Nix, you
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Speaker 3: had your fun in the sun.
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Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes is back. He plays in Denver, man. You
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Speaker 1: had your fun in the altitude. You had your fun
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Speaker 1: in the snow.
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Speaker 4: It's amazing to me how back-ass words the start of
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Speaker 4: this season is. We were just told defense is always
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Speaker 4: showing up early. Defense will show up early. Offense needs
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Speaker 4: to catch up. Well, look at the top defenses. Houston,
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Speaker 4: they get boat raced. I mean, 31 points by Buffalo. Right.
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Speaker 5: And then.
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Speaker 4: The Denver Broncos are supposed to have this elite defense.
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Speaker 4: They give up 31, not to mention, what, 220 yards
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Speaker 4: on the ground by the Kansas City Chiefs. So much
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Speaker 4: so that Patrick Mahomes kind of didn't even need to
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Speaker 4: throw the ball that much.
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Speaker 2: Yep.
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Speaker 1: Eric Armstead, who plays defensive end for the Jacksonville Jaguars,
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Speaker 1: they play the Broncos coming up this Sunday. He's going
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Speaker 1: to join us here in about 10 or 15 minutes.
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Speaker 1: I didn't think Mahomes was that good. Taylor, what did
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Speaker 1: you think? He was very rusty early. He trusted his legs,
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Speaker 1: did not trust his arm. I didn't think he looked great.
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Speaker 3: I think that's a scary part of this game, where
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Speaker 3: Mahomes wasn't that great. The Chiefs didn't need him to
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Speaker 3: be that great, and they still ran this Denver Broncos
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Speaker 3: team who made it to the AFC championship game and
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Speaker 3: was a bone X injury away from that Patriots game,
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Speaker 3: potentially playing in the super bowl, that chiefs offensive line,
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Speaker 3: pushed around a Denver defense that was supposed to be
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Speaker 3: one of the best in football, where Kenneth Walker, he
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Speaker 3: comes over as the Super Bowl MVP, and you're like, oh,
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Speaker 3: what's Kenneth Walker going to look like in this Kansas
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Speaker 3: City offense? You know how you protect Patrick.
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Speaker 2: Mahomes' knee?
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Speaker 1: Running game.
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Speaker 3: You hand the ball off to Kenneth Walker. Kenneth Walker,
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Speaker 3: 23 rushes, 173 yards. Kenneth Walker had 191 yards from scrimmage.
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Speaker 3: The Denver Broncos as a team had 176 total yards.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, but the odd thing about Mahomes and keeping that
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Speaker 1: knee healthy and keeping himself healthy, he was running all
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Speaker 1: over the field last night like a maniac. I mean,
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Speaker 1: he wasn't trying to protect that knee.
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Speaker 4: It seemed like he trusted his legs, considering they were
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Speaker 4: surgically repaired in the offseason, more than he trusted his arm,
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Speaker 4: which wasn't. It was kind of a weird situation where
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Speaker 4: you were like, huh, he's obviously not hurting in his
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Speaker 4: legs because he's taking off and running. But when he's
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Speaker 4: in the pocket, he seems like, I don't like, I'm
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Speaker 4: going to run.
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Speaker 1: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: When you talk about the Denver Broncos potentially being a
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Speaker 3: Super Bowl contender this year, it implies that Bo Nix
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Speaker 3: is going to take this leap into franchise quarterback territory.
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Speaker 3: Is it crazy to say after week one, I don't
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Speaker 3: really see it with Bo Nix, where Bo Nix leaves
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Speaker 3: a lot to be desired, and their big offseason acquisition
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Speaker 3: was trading for Jalen Waddell, and Sean Payton's supposed to
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Speaker 3: be this offensive mastermind scheming people open. Jalen Waddell had
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Speaker 3: one catch for two yards. That was your big offseason move?
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Speaker 1: And he had a big drop. He did. He would
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Speaker 1: have scored a touchdown had he caught that ball. Yes,
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Speaker 1: it was a perfect throw by Bo Nix.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, that's true. But the other thing that happened this
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Speaker 4: offseason is Sean Payton said, you know what, I'm not
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Speaker 4: going to call the plays this year. I'm going to
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Speaker 4: hand it over to Davis Webb. He's this young, up-and-coming
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Speaker 4: offensive coordinator. I believe he was a third-string quarterback for
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Speaker 4: every team in the NFL at one point. But they
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Speaker 4: handed him the ball, and the offense did not look
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Speaker 4: very good. So I'm going to wonder how many weeks
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Speaker 4: before Sean Payton goes, hey, that play calling, I'm going
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Speaker 4: to go ahead and take that back from you.
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Speaker 3: It's a classic head coaching move where you give your
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Speaker 3: power up just to let the other guy fail, and
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Speaker 3: then you swoop back in with your Superman cape saying– Oh,
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Speaker 3: Sean Payton getting ready to take back over the offense.
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Speaker 1: How many more weeks, though, guys? How many more weeks
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Speaker 1: before Payton puts the cape on, swoops in? Didn't Dan
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Speaker 1: Campbell do this last year?
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Speaker 4: Yeah, they always do it. Dan Campbell took it back
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Speaker 4: against the worst defenses. He was like, okay, I'm going
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Speaker 4: to give it back to you when we face the Texans.
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Speaker 1: Let's look at the Broncos schedule and identify when we
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Speaker 1: think Sean Payton is going to take back the responsibilities
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Speaker 1: of calling blades for the Broncos. Is it this week
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Speaker 1: against Jacksonville? No, he gives Davis one more week.
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Speaker 4: No, I don't think he does it against the Rams.
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Speaker 1: Yes. No, no, no, no, no. It's a gauntlet of
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Speaker 1: a schedule.
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Speaker 4: It really is. I'm looking, I'm looking. 1025 at the Cardinals.
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Speaker 4: That seems like Sean Payton.
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Speaker 2: You know what?
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Speaker 4: I'm going to head and do this one.
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Speaker 1: That was the easy game on their schedule. And now
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Speaker 1: we're not certain if it's easy. I mean, now the
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Speaker 1: easy game is probably the Chargers. Funny how it changes
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Speaker 1: after one week.
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Speaker 3: My favorite part of that game last night, though. As
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Speaker 3: a friend of the show, Spags.
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Speaker 1: Yes. Spags did what Spags does. Dials up blitzes.
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Speaker 3: 3.7 yards per play for that Denver offense. They forced
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Speaker 3: two turnovers. My favorite player going into this offseason was
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Speaker 3: Mansour Delane because I love Mansour Delane at Virginia Tech,
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Speaker 3: and then he transfers to LSU, and he's one of
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Speaker 3: the top cornerbacks in the NFL. And when we had
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Speaker 3: Spags on, I made it a point to ask him
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Speaker 3: about Mansour Delane because Spags That level of talent in Spaggs'
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Speaker 3: defense should be something to behold. And then, unfortunately, Mansour
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Speaker 3: Delane gets hurt on that interception that he has, which
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Speaker 3: was only like the fourth play of the game. It
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Speaker 3: eventually leads to Kansas City's turnover. But even then, you
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Speaker 3: saw the flashes, what Mansour Delane does when he's matched
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Speaker 3: up in man coverage against Cortland Sutton. And he basically
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Speaker 3: runs Cortland Sutton's route for him and picks that ball up.
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Speaker 1: You hear Aikman heaping praise on Spags last night? It
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Speaker 1: was amazing. Like, you know, he's hopeful that Spags will
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Speaker 1: get another head coaching job, but he thinks Spags should
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Speaker 1: stay right here with Andy Reid because he's kind of
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Speaker 1: like the assistant head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs,
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Speaker 1: and it ain't going to get any better than that.
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Speaker 1: But Aikman was essentially saying he's the greatest to ever
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Speaker 1: do it as a defensive coordinator. I fully agree with that.
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Speaker 3: And as a friend of the show, I do– if
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Speaker 3: Spags wants to be a head coach again, I'm all
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Speaker 3: for it.
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Speaker 2: Right.
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Speaker 1: But I do think there is– Nice of you.
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Speaker 2: Yes.
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Speaker 3: I do think there is a certain truth to like
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Speaker 3: some people were just born to be coordinators.
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Speaker 4: Yes.
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Speaker 3: And if you excel that much at being a coordinator,
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Speaker 3: the only thing that– you should leave for head coaching
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Speaker 3: job for is if that's like your, your ultimate goal,
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Speaker 3: like Robert Sala.
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Speaker 1: Questionable head coach.
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Speaker 2: Right.
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Speaker 3: And I think saying he's a questionable head coach is
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Speaker 3: being a little generous to Robert Sala.
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Speaker 2: Right.
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Speaker 1: But as a coordinator, as a coordinator, my God, it's
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Speaker 1: like two head coaches.
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Speaker 3: Brian Flores, Brian Flores, great defensive coordinator. The way he
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Speaker 3: was dialing up blitzes in that, in that Packers game,
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Speaker 3: like Brian Flores blitzes like 80% of the time, nothing
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Speaker 3: about that feels sustainable from a, from a defensive standpoint, right?
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Speaker 1: Great defensive mind.
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Speaker 3: When he becomes the head coach, then all of a
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Speaker 3: sudden you have bullying concerns that he's bullying too, as,
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Speaker 3: as his quarterback, which by the way, he was probably
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Speaker 3: right about.
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Speaker 4: Yes, he was Josh McDaniels. Perfect coordinator face. That guy
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Speaker 4: draws up an offense, no matter who his quarterback is
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Speaker 4: for the Patriots. And you're just like, man, that's a
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Speaker 4: good offense. Then he gets a head coaching job and
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Speaker 4: you're like, Man, he's terrible.
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Speaker 1: Yes. Let me take back what I just said. It
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Speaker 1: is not okay to bully someone. I don't care. You
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Speaker 1: can't justify bullying, okay, even in the NFL. Flores, if
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Speaker 1: Tua felt that way, I should not condone it, and
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Speaker 1: neither should you. I'm not saying bullying is right.
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Speaker 2: Okay.
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Speaker 3: I am saying that all the criticism that Brian Flores
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Speaker 3: had of Tua might have been fair in retrospect.
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Speaker 1: All right.
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Speaker 4: Right message, wrong message, way to deliver. Is that what
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Speaker 4: you're saying? Wrong delivery?
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Speaker 1: I'm glad I made him say it again. I mean,
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Speaker 1: I am. I'm glad I stopped ourselves there for just
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Speaker 1: a second just to make sure I heard that correctly.
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Speaker 1: I did. He delivered it much better there.
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Speaker 3: You know who also fits into the might-just-be-born-to-be-a-coordinator conversation?
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Speaker 4: Matt Nagy.
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Speaker 2: Yes.
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Speaker 3: Because that Giants offense looked pretty good with Jackson Dart,
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Speaker 3: probably better than they ever looked with Brian Dable. But
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Speaker 3: when you put Matt Nagy in a head coaching position
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Speaker 3: in Chicago, you're like, oh, this guy's not serious.
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Speaker 2: Right.
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Speaker 1: Dable's another one. That Titans offense was pretty bad.
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Speaker 4: Right now that offensive line isn't doing that well either.
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Speaker 1: He was the OC for Buffalo with Josh Allen when
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Speaker 1: he got started. Maybe that was just Josh Allen. I'm
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Speaker 1: starting to think it is Josh Allen.
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Speaker 4: That's all of it.
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Speaker 1: Joe Brady doesn't matter. Josh Allen is going to do
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Speaker 1: Josh Allen type things regardless of who's calling plays or
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Speaker 1: who the head coach is. What did you guys make
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Speaker 1: of Tom Cruise just sitting there What a weird thing
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Speaker 1: this is. Not that Travis is married to Taylor. I'm
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Speaker 1: happy for him. And they seem to be happy. It's
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Speaker 1: just all of it's weird. It's in Kansas City. It's Taylor.
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Speaker 1: It's Tom Cruise just sitting right next to Taylor. They're
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Speaker 1: having a casual conversation. I mean, it's Kansas City. It's weird.
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Speaker 2: I'm sorry.
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Speaker 4: What do they talk about?
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Speaker 1: I have no idea.
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Speaker 4: Tom Cruise is sitting next to Taylor Swift. What do
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Speaker 4: they talk about?
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Speaker 2: I don't know.
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Speaker 1: I mean, only things that the two of them can
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Speaker 1: relate to because of that famous.
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Speaker 3: It does almost feel like those like Mad Lib books
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Speaker 3: where it's like, Blank was sitting next to Blank at
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Speaker 3: a Blank, and it's like Taylor Swift was sitting next
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Speaker 3: to Tom Cruise at a Chiefs game as Spags dials
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Speaker 3: up blitzes.
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Speaker 1: And Travis Kelsey leads in receiving. Yes.
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Speaker 4: Like it's 2008.
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Speaker 1: And Spags doesn't give a bleep who's there. He doesn't
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Speaker 1: even know who they are.
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Speaker 5: No.
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Speaker 4: He's too busy.
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Speaker 1: He's been watching Broncos film for nine months.
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Speaker 2: What?
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Speaker 1: What do they talk about? Is there any chance that
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Speaker 1: Tom Cruise says to Taylor, I got this guy in
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Speaker 1: my fantasy team this week. I need a big game
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Speaker 1: out of him.
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Speaker 3: Tom Cruise does look like a guy who, like, he's
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Speaker 3: dying to tell you about his fantasy team.
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Speaker 1: Put it on the poll. Does Tom Cruise look like
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Speaker 1: a guy who's dying to tell you about his fantasy team?
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Speaker 1: What would he call his fantasy team?
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Speaker 4: Top Gunners.
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Speaker 1: Top Gunners. That's certainly inconsiderate. Now we have to go
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Speaker 1: through all the movies here. What would be a great
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Speaker 1: name for Tom Cruise's fantasy? I think Top Gunners. No,
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Speaker 1: that can't be it. Mission Super Bowl. Mission Impossible.
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Speaker 4: Mission Super Bowl. I like that. Mission Super Bowl.
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Speaker 1: What other movies? Cocktail?
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Speaker 2: No.
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Speaker 1: Jerry Maguire's Clients.
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Speaker 4: Cocktails and Dreams of Championships.
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Speaker 1: Do you have more? Risky Business. I'm just trying to
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Speaker 1: think of the right fantasy.
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Speaker 4: If he won the championship last year, it's Rain Man,
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Speaker 4: but it's spelled R-E-I-G-N.
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Speaker 3: What if he drafts his team and he's looking at
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Speaker 3: his roster and he says, I know what I'm going
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Speaker 3: to name this team.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: A few good men. Put it on the poll, Taylor,
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Speaker 1: before we get to Eric Armstead of the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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Speaker 1: Is the name of Tom Cruise's fantasy team Rain Man
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Speaker 1: spelled R-E-I-G-N?
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Speaker 2: Eric Armstead of.
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Speaker 1: The Jacksonville Jaguars, 1-0. Jacksonville Jaguars taking on the Broncos
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Speaker 1: coming up at 4.05 this Sunday. How'd that win feel
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Speaker 1: for you, man? How's it feel to be 1-0?
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Speaker 2: It's great.
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Speaker 5: It's definitely great any time you can start off your
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Speaker 5: season in a win column. It was a great team win.
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Speaker 5: Guys were flying around on all cylinders, offense, defense, special teams.
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Speaker 2: It was great to be a part of.
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Speaker 1: What wasn't great to be a part of, your school
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Speaker 1: that you went to, Oregon. What happened? Arik, what the
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Speaker 1: hell happened to them in Stillwater? What happened?
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Speaker 2: Why are you bringing up old stuff?
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Speaker 1: I buttered you up with a question about being 1-0.
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Speaker 1: How does it feel? Now I want to know how
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Speaker 1: you felt as Oregon was losing that game.
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Speaker 2: You have to talk about all that.
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Speaker 5: But on the bright side, on the bright side, the
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Speaker 5: playoffs has expanded.
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Speaker 2: So we still got to hop.
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Speaker 5: All we got to do is get in the tournament,
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Speaker 5: and we still got a chance. You know, there's a
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Speaker 5: lot of football to be played. You can't win a
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Speaker 5: national championship in week two of the season.
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Speaker 2: So... um i'm looking for them to.
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Speaker 5: You know make some adjustments you know maybe it's a
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Speaker 5: wake-up call whatever to improve and um you know hopefully
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Speaker 5: still getting to that to that tournament and you know
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Speaker 5: find a way to find a way to win all.
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Speaker 1: Right i'll bring it back to more positive things you've
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Speaker 1: been on some great teams really good teams you've been
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Speaker 1: to a super bowl is jacksonville is this jacksonville team
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Speaker 1: the most talented team that you've played on.
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Speaker 5: The most talented team that's a that's a That's a
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Speaker 5: great question. We definitely have a lot of talent all
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Speaker 5: over the field, offense, defense. You know, I don't really,
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Speaker 5: I don't want to compare my teams because I've played
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Speaker 5: on some great teams with some great players, but this team,
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Speaker 5: this 2026 Jacksonville Jaguars, we definitely have a lot of
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Speaker 5: talent and we have all the ability to go all
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Speaker 5: the way and, and, and win the big thing.
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Speaker 2: So, Um, you know, like I said, it's week one.
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Speaker 5: Um, the goal each week is to go one and oh, uh,
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Speaker 5: take it step by step and really just keep getting
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Speaker 5: better week after week after week. And, you know, like
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Speaker 5: I said, if you can't win a Superbowl, um, in September,
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Speaker 5: you know, that's going to be decided later in the season,
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Speaker 5: especially as we get into.
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Speaker 2: Uh, December and January and.
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Speaker 5: Those latter parts of the season where you really get
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Speaker 5: to see the true makeup of your team. You've gone
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Speaker 5: through the ups and downs of a season, the adversity.
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Speaker 5: But I wouldn't rather do it with any other group
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Speaker 5: than that we have. And so I'm really excited about
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Speaker 5: this journey that we're about to go on. And I
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Speaker 5: just want to go week by week and see how
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Speaker 5: good we can get.
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Speaker 4: Eric, I want to go back to that game on Sunday.
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Speaker 4: that was a straight up butt whooping. Like, I mean,
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Speaker 4: that's as good as you could come out in week one.
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Speaker 4: And I'm curious if you could tell me what it's
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Speaker 4: like to smell blood in the water that early in
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Speaker 4: a game where, you know, we can just crush these
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Speaker 4: guys and take the rest of the day off by halftime.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 5: I've been a part, been a part of a few
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Speaker 5: of those throughout my, throughout my career. And it's definitely
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Speaker 5: a good feeling, a good feeling to start fast and
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Speaker 5: jump out on a team and, impose your will from
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Speaker 5: the get-go and build a comfortable lead, but not take
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Speaker 5: your foot off the gas and still be hungry. We
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Speaker 5: were trying to pitch a shutout. That was where our
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Speaker 5: mentality was. We didn't get it done, but throughout the
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Speaker 5: entire game, we kept our foot on the pedal, trying
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Speaker 5: to play our best football. So Jumping out on a
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Speaker 5: team like that is definitely a good feeling, and it gives.
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Speaker 2: You a little bit of breathing room throughout the game.
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Speaker 5: But we were still staying at it throughout the entire
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Speaker 5: game because I know how leads can change in this league.
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Speaker 3: Eric, it feels like Trevor Lawrence entered this season as
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Speaker 3: a lot of people's dark horse candidate for MVP, Mina
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Speaker 3: Kimes especially. What have you seen from Trevor, whether it
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Speaker 3: was in training camp or week one, to think that, okay,
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Speaker 3: this might be the year he kind of puts it
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Speaker 3: all together and has this MVP-level season?
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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think we saw it at the latter parts
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Speaker 5: of last season once things really started to click. And
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Speaker 5: when I look at our team, Trevor's phenomenal. He is–
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Speaker 5: I think he can be the best quarterback in the league.
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Speaker 5: He has that ability. If he continues to play how
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Speaker 5: he's been playing, he'll definitely be in that conversation.
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Speaker 2: But I think just the weapons that he has available.
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Speaker 5: To him really are able to unlock his full potential
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Speaker 5: as well, too. Looking at our receiving core, I love
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Speaker 5: how everyone compliments each other, and we don't really have
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Speaker 5: two of the same type of receiver. Jacoby is tough,
18:10
Speaker 5: and and sure catcher, goes over the middle, not scared
18:16
Speaker 5: to get hit. Parker, get the ball in his hands
18:19
Speaker 5: and he's magic and, you know, working the slot. Elite
18:24
Speaker 5: route running, great hands. And then you go over to BT, BTJ,
18:31
Speaker 5: the deep threat, being able to track the deep ball
18:33
Speaker 5: and unlocking a defense. And then Josh Cameron getting a
18:37
Speaker 5: touchdown and his first catch, Um, and all that he
18:42
Speaker 5: showed during training camp and then Brenton Strange and our,
18:45
Speaker 5: our tight end group as well too. Um, the weapons
18:49
Speaker 5: are there, the ability is there and, you know, Trevor
18:54
Speaker 5: is just, just dishing it out to, to who's open.
18:57
Speaker 1: Yep. Your boss, one of your bosses, Tony Buscelli, is
19:00
Speaker 1: a dear friend of mine. I love him. He used
19:03
Speaker 1: to tell me there weren't many people where if he
19:05
Speaker 1: had to face him the next day, he would keep
19:07
Speaker 1: him up at night. Jason Taylor was that guy. Like
19:09
Speaker 1: if he had to play Jason Taylor, Tony Buscelli was
19:12
Speaker 1: not sleeping the night before. Same with Jason Taylor when
19:15
Speaker 1: he had to face Buscelli. I'm wondering, is there an
19:18
Speaker 1: offensive lineman where if you know you're facing him the
19:21
Speaker 1: next day, you'll have trouble sleeping the night before?
19:25
Speaker 2: Trouble sleeping?
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Speaker 4: Yes.
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Speaker 2: I don't think I have trouble sleeping.
19:32
Speaker 5: I'm a very cerebral player in general, and I love
19:37
Speaker 5: to prepare for my opponents. So just naturally, I'm going
19:41
Speaker 5: to be going through my head, the game plan, how
19:46
Speaker 5: I want to execute, and how I want to attack
19:48
Speaker 5: the guy in front of me. There's been some weeks
19:53
Speaker 5: where it's like, okay, this guy is more elite than
19:57
Speaker 5: others and have to give some extra preparation. But the
20:03
Speaker 5: way I look at it is it's an opportunity to
20:05
Speaker 5: show what I'm capable of.
20:07
Speaker 2: If I'm going up against a player that everyone thinks.
20:13
Speaker 5: Really highly of and I'm able to have success, where
20:17
Speaker 5: does that put me in that conversation?
20:19
Speaker 2: So I look at it as an opportunity.
20:23
Speaker 5: There's some great players in this league and I've had
20:26
Speaker 5: some battles and some really good matchups.
20:30
Speaker 2: Didn't come out on top of all of them. And
20:33
Speaker 2: sometimes I do come out on top and.
20:35
Speaker 5: That's why we love to play the game and we
20:37
Speaker 5: love to compete.
20:38
Speaker 1: Um, what was your reaction when you look now it's
20:41
Speaker 1: gone the other way here because miles is out, but
20:43
Speaker 1: what was your reaction when you heard Aaron Donald was
20:45
Speaker 1: coming back and playing with miles Garrett?
20:49
Speaker 5: Uh, when the rumors came out originally, you know, I
20:52
Speaker 5: was a little bit like no way. And then as
20:56
Speaker 5: you know, kind of a week went past, I was like,
20:58
Speaker 5: Oh yeah, he's, he's definitely coming back. You know, it,
21:00
Speaker 5: it makes sense. Um, you know, the, obviously I'm, just
21:07
Speaker 5: like anyone else, was.
21:10
Speaker 2: In shock.
21:10
Speaker 5: Like, man, that's really crazy. They have a really good team.
21:15
Speaker 5: You know, arguably, you know, the best defensive tackle of
21:19
Speaker 5: all time. And, you know, who knows where Miles might
21:23
Speaker 5: be right there, too, when he's done as well, too,
21:26
Speaker 5: in terms of edge players.
21:27
Speaker 2: So I think it was cool to see. It was good.
21:31
Speaker 2: It was good for the league. You know, I'm a
21:34
Speaker 2: defensive lineman.
21:35
Speaker 5: I'm a fan of defense of other defense alignment in
21:39
Speaker 5: the in the game in general and.
21:41
Speaker 2: You know i thought it was good for the game
21:43
Speaker 2: um you.
21:44
Speaker 5: Know two two of the best players all time teaming
21:47
Speaker 5: up you know cool to see i know now unfortunately
21:50
Speaker 5: um we might not not see that tandem for um
21:55
Speaker 5: a little while but you know i thought it was
21:57
Speaker 5: cool i think created a lot of excitement and you
22:00
Speaker 5: know good.
22:00
Speaker 1: For them We'll get to the Armstead Academic Project. Fantastic
22:05
Speaker 1: work that you and your wife are doing in just
22:06
Speaker 1: a second here. But I'm wondering, is there a quarterback
22:09
Speaker 1: that you haven't sacked yet in the NFL that you're
22:11
Speaker 1: dying to get your hands on?
22:15
Speaker 5: Um.
22:17
Speaker 2: Yeah, anyone that I haven't sacked.
22:19
Speaker 5: Yet, that's on the schedule this year.
22:27
Speaker 1: But there's not one in particular where you're like.
22:30
Speaker 2: I don't care who I haven't sacked yet, I'm trying
22:33
Speaker 2: to sack them this year.
22:34
Speaker 1: Where does your love of chess come from? You're a
22:37
Speaker 1: chess player. What is your elo and where does your
22:40
Speaker 1: love of chess come from? You were impressed with elo,
22:42
Speaker 1: weren't you?
22:44
Speaker 5: Yeah, I got, I got introduced to chess, um, really
22:49
Speaker 5: just start playing on my phone. A few friends told
22:52
Speaker 5: me about chess.com, start playing on my phone against people
22:54
Speaker 5: around the world. And, um, you know, I got, I
22:58
Speaker 5: got into it late, probably like four or five years
23:01
Speaker 5: ago now. So I didn't grow up playing or anything. Um,
23:05
Speaker 5: it was just a good way to pass the time.
23:06
Speaker 5: You know, I enjoyed, I enjoyed playing. It was quick
23:09
Speaker 5: and easy, uh, to learn and, you know, to get
23:12
Speaker 5: better at. And, um, I feel like it's a good
23:16
Speaker 5: way to pass the time, a much better addiction than
23:20
Speaker 5: others that you could have.
23:23
Speaker 1: What are the keys to being a good chess player? Patience?
23:27
Speaker 5: The keys, I would say, is practice, really, just like anything. Chess,
23:33
Speaker 5: you've got to practice. You've got to learn, study. Chess.com
23:39
Speaker 5: has a great.
23:41
Speaker 2: Game review site. Uh, so like you play and then
23:44
Speaker 2: you can review the game, like.
23:45
Speaker 5: The steps you made and what you were actually supposed
23:49
Speaker 5: to do in that situation and tells you all your
23:51
Speaker 5: failures and mistakes. So it's pretty cool. Cause you know,
23:55
Speaker 5: I get that in football too. I go practice or
23:57
Speaker 5: I go play and then I get an instant.
23:59
Speaker 2: All right.
24:00
Speaker 5: You, you didn't do this right. Um, so it's, it's
24:05
Speaker 5: cool in that way. And, um, it's very, very similar
24:09
Speaker 5: to football in that way.
24:10
Speaker 1: Eric, who's the best chess player in the NFL?
24:12
Speaker 2: Wow.
24:14
Speaker 5: Um, that's a great question. Uh, I used to play
24:17
Speaker 5: in this tournament with other players. Um, Colin Murray was
24:23
Speaker 5: pretty good. Um, I don't want to butcher his last name,
24:27
Speaker 5: but I think he won that tournament. Uh, Chido Uozu, um, cornerback. Um, he,
24:35
Speaker 5: he looked really good. Um, so yeah, there's, there's some,
24:37
Speaker 5: there's some great players. Um, some great chess players in
24:40
Speaker 5: the league.
24:41
Speaker 1: Let's talk about the Armstead Academic Project that you and
24:45
Speaker 1: your wife, Dr. Melinda Armstead, you founded it. It supports
24:48
Speaker 1: early childhood education. What do you guys do? You're doing
24:50
Speaker 1: fantastic work. Tell us about it.
24:53
Speaker 4: Yeah.
24:54
Speaker 5: Our mission is to ensure that every student, no matter
24:57
Speaker 5: their socioeconomic status, has the tools and resources they need.
25:01
Speaker 2: To thrive now and later in life. And it's truly
25:08
Speaker 2: all about.
25:08
Speaker 5: Just creating opportunities and providing those resources so that young
25:15
Speaker 5: people can achieve their dreams and their goals.
25:17
Speaker 2: And we work with pretty much elementary.
25:22
Speaker 5: School through high school students, all throughout the different spectrum
25:28
Speaker 5: of their learning journey, everything from literacy all the way
25:34
Speaker 5: to creating career opportunities later in life.
25:39
Speaker 2: So we really enjoy it. One program that we're really.
25:43
Speaker 5: Excited about that I think everyone can get behind is
25:46
Speaker 5: our career camps program where we bring young people, high
25:52
Speaker 5: school students to companies that teach them about careers, jobs
25:56
Speaker 5: that they could have. And we've partnered with some amazing
26:00
Speaker 5: companies and some amazing athletes to host these camps. Companies
26:04
Speaker 5: like Amazon and Fanatics and Tarani and Bloomingdale's and.
26:11
Speaker 2: Some truly amazing companies.
26:14
Speaker 5: And we have, I think we have like 10 career
26:18
Speaker 5: camps on the docket right now that we're currently already
26:22
Speaker 5: scheduled with some amazing athletes that host these camps with
26:27
Speaker 5: us and come and inspire the youth as well too.
26:30
Speaker 2: So we're really excited about that.
26:33
Speaker 5: And that is our big national program that we do
26:36
Speaker 5: all over the country is bringing these.
26:39
Speaker 2: High school students to companies to teach them about careers.
26:44
Speaker 1: That's so awesome, man. Does your wife constantly put you
26:47
Speaker 1: on the couch? I mean, what is she doing? Because
26:49
Speaker 1: she's smarter, right? And so she's always right. That goes
26:51
Speaker 1: without saying, correct?
26:52
Speaker 2: Yes. Yeah, I think you learned that. I think you
26:57
Speaker 2: learned that pretty quickly.
26:58
Speaker 5: Every man should learn that.
27:01
Speaker 1: Yes.
27:02
Speaker 2: Pretty quickly.
27:03
Speaker 1: All right, man. We appreciate the time. Good luck against Denver.
27:08
Speaker 1: You wanted them to score some points last night, right?
27:10
Speaker 1: That offense looked dreadful. And now they're going to try
27:12
Speaker 1: to take it out on you guys.
27:13
Speaker 5: I mean.
27:15
Speaker 2: Yeah, that game, you know, week one is week one.
27:19
Speaker 2: You know, anything can kind of happen. But. That game
27:24
Speaker 2: got kind of out of hand. The Chiefs had a
27:25
Speaker 2: good performance.
27:26
Speaker 5: So we're going to watch the tape and learn from it,
27:29
Speaker 5: and hopefully we can do something similar.
27:33
Speaker 4: All right, sir.
27:33
Speaker 1: We appreciate the time. Good luck to you this Sunday.
27:35
Speaker 1: Good luck the rest of the season and continued success.
27:38
Speaker 1: And keep up the great work with what you and
27:41
Speaker 1: your wife are doing, man. It's fantastic.
27:43
Speaker 2: Thank you. I appreciate it.
27:44
Speaker 1: All right, man. Thank you.