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Speaker 1: Back to sports talk. Maybe off the Bench.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back in off the Bench.

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Speaker 3: A Landra played my favorite country singer to ever walk

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this earth.

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Speaker 2: I mean, just.

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Speaker 4: It's not just Morgan Wallen, it's also Florida Georgia Line.

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Speaker 2: And I know you love both of them. That's very true.

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Speaker 3: Massive fans of both of these, well, all three, I

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guess I should say talented musicians that we are currently

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listening to. Hey, look, I teased going into break a

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little bit unless you. Baseball was out there in Frisco, Texas.

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They played three games this weekend against three different opponents.

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I'm gonna kind of just give you a quick recap

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of all three games. Then we're gonna kind of get

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into the biggest overall takeaways. So Game one, Tigers take

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that one, eight to five against Kansas State. This was

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a ten inning game and it was it was tight

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down the stretch. It was really the bats late in

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the game that led l the Shoo to victory. Daniel

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Dickinson with a huge game, two for four, a three

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run home run. He's finally starting to show off that power.

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Six RBIs game. He was tied five to five in

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the bottom of the tenth inning and who got things started,

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Steven Milem He did that multiple times this weekend. We've

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been waiting for him to kind of get hot, get

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back into the form we saw last year. He's finally

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starting to do that. So he starts things off in

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the tenth inning with a single. He was able to

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advance to third actually due to an error. And who

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came up in a big moment. It's Josh Pearson once again.

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That's why he's in these spots. You hear you heard

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it a lot coming into the season. Well, you have

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so much young talent, whether it's outfield, whether it's dh

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you know, does Josh Pearson get lost in the shuffle, No,

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because he steps up in big moments like this. He's

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done this his entire career. So you have Milam on third,

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Josh Pearson comes up, he launches a single into center field.

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He scores Milam for the go ahead run, makes it

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six to five. Then Daniel Dickinson he had a two out,

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two run single later in that inning.

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Speaker 2: It made it eight to five, and that's all she wrote.

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Speaker 3: Late in the inning, in the bottom of the tenth,

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they were able to shut things down, and just like

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last weekend, eight and a tight game. Who does Jay

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Johnson go to? It was caseon Evans. He threw the

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last two innings in this game, just like he did

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a weekend ago. And uh look, two shutout innings, no runs,

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three hits, he had a walk and he also had

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three k's as well in that Friday game.

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Speaker 2: Game two, no other way to say it.

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Speaker 3: Anthony Jonson started out, he struggled, but we've seen this

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before from Anthony Jinson week one. I mean if anybody

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had control issues week one, it was Anthony Jonson, right,

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but he was able to battle back. He did that

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as well, so he allowed five runs in the first

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three innings. However, over his next three innings he shut

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the doors on nebrasket. He didn't allow a run in

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his final three innings. That's how you battle back when

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you don't have your best stuff to start a game.

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He ends with seven k's. He only had one walk

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through six innings. So look Alashi trail by five runs

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in the fourth inning of that game. They played four

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runs or three runs in that fourth inning. Again, Steven

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Milam got it started. He had a double, He scored

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a run in that inning. Kate Aaron Beatty had an

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RBI ground out Chris Stanfield with an RBI single. I

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mean it came from everywhere. He added another six runs

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in the seventh inning, and then Zach Cohen and William

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Schmidt closed this thing out. We're gonna see that a

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lot from them this year, as well as far as

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Game three goes yesterday, unless she takes down Sam Houston

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twelve to eight. Chase Shores five innings, didn't have his

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best off, gave up four runs, He had five strikeouts.

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Louise Hernandez was a big guy in that game, three

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for five from the plate. Ethan Fry and Steven Milam

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both hit home runs in that Game three. So you're

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seeing it from a lot of different guys, and it's

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the guys you wanted to step up, right. Can we

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see Josh Pearson delivering big moments like he has. Can

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Steven Mylam get that batting average up where it was?

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Can we get hitting from the catcher position. Look, Louise

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Hernandez started Friday and yesterday's game. He had hits in

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both of those games. He went three for five in

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a Game three. Kate Aaron Beatty had that RBI, that

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big one down the stretching Game two that was a

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position that everybody was looking at and said, hey, what

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kind of production can you get offensively?

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Speaker 2: You kind of got two guys now that are really

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Speaker 3: I thought that this game here showed a lot of

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what this team was made of, because what did we

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see in the opening weekend and really the second weekend

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as well. It was Man, this pitching staff is dominant.

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They're not walking batters. I mean they walked three batters

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in the first four games of the season. The starting

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pitching it was good, but they didn't have their best

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stuff this weekend, right, they weren't dominant on the mount.

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What happens when one area of your game is not

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doing well, another area of your game has to elevate.

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That's what the LSU bats did this weekend. Alandra, I

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was super impressed all around. What's kind of like your

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biggest takeaways of this weekend?

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Speaker 2: Just just overall?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, okay, it would help to turn my own mic on,

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but uh so it's a thing. So biggest takeaway from

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this weekend was that, uh, Derek Curryell one hundred thousand

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percent needs to be your lead off yet Yeah, has

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to stay there.

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Speaker 2: Did amazing.

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and even Chase Shores, they were hitting him with like

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some just balls that were just getting through the gap.

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getting through the gap. So the bullpen on the back

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end of the weekend kind of struggled a little bit,

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but especially on Sunday. But you gotta remember this was

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like a five game week that they had, Like they

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played Nicklas Nichols, Dallas Baptist, and then four of them

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were on the road, So you've been in Dallas the

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Dallas area the entire week. So I'm not too concerned

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about how Sunday went in terms of like the bullpen.

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Chase Shores is struggling with his command a little bit,

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I feel like, and we've seen it a couple times

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in his last outings. But we said that before the

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season started, to like not be too disappointed with how

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Chase because he was so hyped up. But I mean,

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I still think that he's gonna do well. And then

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I think Cason Evans needs to be your closer.

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Speaker 2: We talked about that last week.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, like Gavin Gudri, everybody was like, oh, he's going

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to get the first opportunity. You know, he has the advantage,

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he has the experience, he's injured. But I mean we

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look last weekend, he went to him in a close game,

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he threw two shutout innings. On Saturday, he goes to

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him in a close game, he throws two shutout innings.

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I mean he's the ky Rine.

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Speaker 4: Yeah. And we also talked about how you know, the

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thing that everybody says at the beginning of every season

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Speaker 2: Who have they played?

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like these weren't teams that are just whatever. And you

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You came back from it. But I mean we said it.

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true test, was like, are you going to be able

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to go on the road be your first ranked team

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that you're going to face on the season, and are

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you going to be able to like consistently keep up

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with our competition? And they did, Like so I don't

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really want to hear like the competition aspect of it

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going forward, because this team, despite not playing quote unquote

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great competition at the beginning of the season, Like you

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can just tell that something's different about this team and

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they're clicking in a way that to me is reminiscent

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of like the twenty twenty three team. And even Jay

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said that himself that like last year, it wasn't the

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same as like this year, and we're not sure what

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it is. I mean, they all ran together and jumped

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in the Lazy River yesterday, like it just something about

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this team feels different. And to me, it's like, you know,

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Michael Braswell's not gonna get a lot of love, but

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he had a lot of team at bats where like

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he sacrificed and ran it got runners in scoring position,

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But they're out here taking team at bats too, not

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just like swinging for the fences every single time, which

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was I feel like they were doing last year.

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Speaker 3: I'm glad you mentioned this team just looked different. I

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one hundred percent agree with you, and like, sure you

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brought up twenty twenty three, but you can see it

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in every sport. Okay, So twenty nineteen LSU football, they

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opened the season with Georgia Southern. It was the last

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time they did not open with a top twenty five team.

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They win that game forty nine to three or forty

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nine to ten, whatever was. But you looked at it,

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you were like, this offense is different, Joe Burrow is different.

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then the confidence was there, the team camaraderie was there,

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and Lounger started talking about them jumping in the lazy river.

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Austin against a top fifteen Texas team, they went up

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to Texas as coolers before the game. They were drinking

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the gatorade. They were stealing it from Texas. Like that

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team knew that every time they walked out on the

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field they were the more talented team. I see it

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with this team as well. Like to her point, Chase

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Shores has struggled, but guess what, Your offense has picked

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it up when they've needed to. Your bullpen has picked

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it up when they needed to. Anthony Ionson hadn't had

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his best stuff, but he's got out of multiple jams

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in multiple starts this year. And also, guys, you have

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a dominant left handed Friday night starter. That is one

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of the most important things Kate Anderson again. He goes

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five and a third innings, strikeouts, allowed only two runs

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on three hits. If he could continue to do this,

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you're going to have a chance to win every Friday night.

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And if Chase Shores gets the control under if he

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gets that under wraps, you're going to have a pitching

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advantage every Sunday that you play as well if the

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bats can come around. Like, look, I made a few

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notes of like what I liked overall this weekend, Like

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as far as my standouts, she mentions Derek Kurry at

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the top of the lineup, he absolutely has to stay there.

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Daniel Dickinson. We saw the power that we were promised

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when he came here. I mentioned the three run homer

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that he had earlier in the weekend. Look, he goes

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five for thirteen. He had seven RBIs this weekend. Steven Milom,

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he had six hits, five RBIs, He had a home run.

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Josh Pearson was actually named tournament MVP yesterday. Six for

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nine on the weekend, two RBIs, and he's a guy

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that's fighting for a spot. He's not even an everyday

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player right now. That should tell you how deep and

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how talented this team is also I have talked about

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the catcher battle number of times. I'm not gonna mention

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it anymore because I'm okay with the two catcher system.

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Speaker 2: Multiple times this year.

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Speaker 3: We've seen Louis Hernandez in game one in Game three

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and Kate Aaron Beady in Game two. They are both

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performing offensively and defensively. Aaron Bed's gotten better behind the

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plate than he was in the opening weekend. Look yesterday,

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Louise Hernandez goes three for five from the plate. Aaron

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Beadi had a huge RBI in Game two to kind

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of get things started in extra innings. We've seen Jay

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Johnson do this before. Look whether it was with Alex Malazo,

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Hayden Travinsky, a lot of guys. He's had two catchers

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a number of years. They won a national championship that year.

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right now, only because of two reasons. He's a little

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bit better defensively and he's got that experience. But I'm

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okay with Aaron Beadi. If you need to throw Aaron

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Betty in there, I'm fine with it. Coming into the year,

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I kind of thought catcher was a question mark. It's

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still a question on who's starting, but it may not

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be a concern anymore like it was when the season started.

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because again, we've seen them shut down opposing teams. Right,

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you hadn't had to score a lot of runs. This

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weekend was different. I remember when we came back from

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the College Football Playoff it was Texas Arizona State. Everybody

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was clowning Texas saying, oh, you almost lost to Arizona State.

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I came away more impressed with Texas in that game

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because you found a different way to win. What did

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we talk about with that team, Oh well, if they're

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not able to run the ball and quinn Ewers has

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to make big plays, they're going to lose the game.

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Arizona State shutdown their running game. You forced quinn Ewers

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to make big brews. He delivered in that game, and

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they were a better team because of it. LSU's going

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to be a better team because of this. You're not

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always going to shut down every single team he played.

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There were some talented, talented hitters in the SEC. LSU

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showed that they can win the game in multiple ways.

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All right, Look, we're going to take a quick time

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out when we get back. An article came out about

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five potential breakout stars for LSU football in twenty twenty five.

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I like the list overall, I do have a few

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concerns with it. We'll break that down when we get

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back here.

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Speaker 1: On Off the Bench, Off the Bench, Welcome in to

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the best morning sports. This show around Off the Bench

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with Hester and T Bob.

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Speaker 3: Love me some, Luke Bryan, We're coming in with it

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this Monday morning. Taylor Sharper with you one of for

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five ESPN Battery. You're on off the bench in all

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week long in the big boy chair for TEA Bob

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A Bear and Jacob Pesser. Jake out there on a cruise.

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T Bob right now partying with Mickey and he's up early.

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We know this because he made some unfortunate remarks at

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our lack of love for Marty Girl Parade. We see

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you out there at T Bob, go have some fun,

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enjoy the family time. So I tease that going into

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break a little bit. Death Valley Voice. This is actually

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put out by Nicholas Rome of Death Valley Voice put

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out five potential breakout Stars for LSU in twenty twenty five.

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I like the list overall, However, I do have a

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few concerns. So the first name he brings up is

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Tradees Green. I love the thought. However, as far as

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I'm concerned, Tredees Green has already broken out well. We

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saw from him in the bowl game against Baylor as

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an every down player was eye opening.

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Speaker 2: He was really up to that point.

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Speaker 3: He was kind of a spot guy, right You'd put

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him in at the red zone, you'd put him in

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a goal line. Mason Taylor was your everyday tight end.

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Mason Taylor didn't play in that bowl game. Trades Green

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had to step up. He was excellent. I mean he

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was on the field every single snap for you in

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that game. I don't know how much tight end Tradees

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Green is going to actually play. I don't think he's

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going to need to. One, you have Bower Sharp coming in,

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who is a really solid all around tight end. And

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then if you need a blocking tight end, you brought

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in Donovan Green from Texas A and m Trades Green

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struggled in blocking.

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Speaker 2: So you have two guys right there that.

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Speaker 3: Right now, we're more complete, more traditional tight ends than

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trade As Green, but making a mistake about it, Trades

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is going to be on the field. He is such

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a mismatch out wide. He is six foot seven two

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and forty five pounds and he's got some wheels on him.

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You line him up out wide, you line him up

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in the slot, there are not a lot of guys

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out there that can cover him. Tredees is going to

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have a heck of a role on this team. I'm

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excited to see where he carves out again. I think

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he's actually gonna play more out wide, more in the

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slot than he is in that traditional tight end spot.

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I think that's a better spot for it because I

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think you're actually really talented and pretty deep at tight

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end this year. So as far as I'm concerned, like, yes,

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it's a good choice Tredas Green's already broken out on

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this team. As far as I'm concerned. The next thame

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you mentions is Gabriel Releford. I like Gabriel Releford. I

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think you saw flashes from him last year as a freshman.

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With Braden Swinson and Savian Jones headed to the NFL,

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both of your defensive end spots are up for grabs.

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I just don't know if anyone at this position can

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break out, not just Releford, anyone. Look at who LSU added.

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They had a Jack Pieburn from Florida. He's a solid

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pass rusher. Patrick Payton from Florida State, Jamari Butler from

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m Z State comes in. This is a very very

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talented room. As thin as you were last year, Like

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sure you had Saveon Jones and Braden Swinton. Outside of them,

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you didn't have a ton. You had Deshaun Willmacker, who's

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no longer on the team anymore, and he had freshman

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Gabriel or Eliford. That's all you had. Honestly, all three

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of the guys you brought in are more experienced than

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Gaber and Reliford, who's one of your only returning players

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at that position. Reliford's certainly going to have a role,

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and you know, roles adapt evolved. Players get more playing

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time as the season goes along. Maybe late in the

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year we look back and say, hey, Gabril Releiford did

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have a breakout season, he wasn't every down player. I

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don't know if any of these guys are going to

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be quote unquote every down players. Patrick Payton's going to

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rush the passer Jack Pieburn. You know, he came here

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to be a pass rusher. He talked about that he

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wanted to play more on third downs than what Florida

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was allowing him to do. Jamary Butler has been a

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good pass rusher in college. All of these guys are

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going to have different roles. He's definitely going to have

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a role, but Relevant's probably going to start the season

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as a situational player, just like every other person in

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this room. The next position they mentioned on death Velly

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Voice as far as a breakout player is.

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Speaker 2: The Shawn Spears. I love this choice.

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Speaker 3: It was probably my favorite pick they chose on this

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entire list. I know he was a freshman last year.

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I thought he should have played a lot more. Safety

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was a liability, to say the least with Say Dryan

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and Jordan Gilbert a year ago. Say Dryan is gone,

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Gilbert's coming back. But look, Deshaun Spears is six foot three,

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he sees two hundred and ten pounds. He could do

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a lot of things for you at that size. You

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only brought in one safety in the transfer portal. He

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brought into Marcus Cooley to Marcus Cooley has really good

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numbers you believe he's going to slide right in there

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and be one of your starting safeties.

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Speaker 2: Another spot's up for grabs. Who's it going to be.

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Speaker 3: Is it going to be Jordan Gilbert who struggled a

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year ago? Is it going to be Joel Rodgers who

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red shirted last year? What's his role going to look

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like in the spring? Does he even stick around? Do

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you move mansword?

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Speaker 2: Delanne?

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Speaker 3: Do you move one of these corners that you brought in.

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You brought in a lot of corners. Do you move

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one of them to safe? I think DeShawn Spears has

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a good shot at taking one of those spots. Look,

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I mentioned it. He's tall, he's rangey, he's sixty three,

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he's two ten. He has good coverage skills as well.

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He could fly to the football. You saw it in

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flashes last year. He's a year older, he's another year

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in this program. He's with Corey Raymond. I really think

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DeShawn Spears is Keep an eye on that name when

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spring football starts this Saturday.

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Speaker 2: Keep an eye on the name DeShawn Spears.

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Speaker 3: I think you're gonna hear it a lot because look,

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even with Tamarcus Cooley again, I think is a good safety.

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He's hovering around six foot Shawn Spears sixty three two

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ten pounds. He has the range to go all over

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the field. You can move him around, you can put

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him in the box as a box safety. You can

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move to the nickel, to the star, wherever you want

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to move him. The ability of the Sean Spears to

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move around is going to get him on the field

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a lot. I expect we're going to hear his name

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a lot. I love that choice.

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Speaker 2: The last two names.

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Speaker 3: I saved them for last because they're at the same

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position group they listen Dominic McKinley and a mod Bro.

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Two weeks ago I would have said these are great choices.

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The bo Davis departure changes things for me a little bit. One,

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who will LSU hire? Can they coach McKinley and Bro

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and get through to them the way bo Davis did

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Number two? Well, these two guys even stick around, because look,

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that is certainly a concern for LSU. What if, even

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if Llowshoe makes a great Hire, what if Bro McKinley,

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both of them, none of them, but like let's say

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one of them doesn't doesn't mesh well with your new coach.

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For whatever reason, you got a spring portal window coming up,

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both of those guys can enter, and as soon as

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they enter, both of those guys are going to get

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snatched up probably the next day. Bro played a ton

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of snaps last year as a freshman. He's only going

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to get better because he's only going to get more

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familiar with the defensive tackle spot. If you remember, he

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was recruited as a defensive hit and he signed, he

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was about two forty five two fifty. He put on

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about forty pounds of weight between the spring and the fall.

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He played at like two eighty five to two ninety

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from two forty five two fifty in high school. The

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more he plays there, he's going to get more comfortable.

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I love what I saw from him. I thought he

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looked like the most talented guy as far as freshman

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go on that defensive line of year ago. Now with

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Dominic McKinley, he was a little bit wrong, but you

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saw flashes of his potential right. You saw what he

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could be. Also, not everyone is sixty six, three hundred

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and fifteen pounds. He's a guy that under the right coaching,

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could be incredible because you just can't teach that kind

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of size you bring in side there. Mitchell from Texas,

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he's six four, he's three hundred and forty pounds. You

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signed freshman Zion Williamson, He's six four, he's three hundred thirty.

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So you have a lot more meat on the bones

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in the middle of that defensive line this year. But

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the fact that Dominic McKinley was on this team a

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year ago, sider Mitchell and Zion Williams were not. You

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gotta believe that Dominic McKinley has the inside track of

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being that one technique of being that big body in

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the middle, strictly because coaches are familiar with it. They

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know what they're going to get from a player like

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a Dominic McKinley. Look, I really love the potential of

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both of those guys, whether it's Dominick McKinley or a

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mod bro. Again, the main problem I have is who's

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going to be coaching them. Who LSU hires is a

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D line coach and how quickly they hire their D

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line coach is going to tell us a lot about

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the futures of Dominic McKinley and a mod bro. Keep

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an eye on both of those names. In the spring.

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The more you hear them, the more you hear good

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things about them. I think the better chance that one

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or both of these guys stick around for fall. A

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couple guys I probably would have put on this list,

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maybe like breakout players instead of who death ally voice

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put out. Keys is a guy that I am just

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so fascinated by because last Weeks is coming back. He

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didn't play a ton this year because of injury. Wit

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Weeks going to be one of the best linebackers in

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the country.

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Speaker 2: He's the hot name.

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Speaker 3: He is coming off that broken fibula. He bob sits

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in this chair and talks about that's the easiest injury

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he's come back from.

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Speaker 2: Great. I'm all for it.

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Speaker 3: He's still not going to be there during the spring.

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Devon Keys has a chance to step up and prove

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that he belongs and grab one of those linebacker spots.

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Because with wit Weeks down or likely most of the spring,

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you moved Harold Perkins from inside linebacker to star, there's

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a spot up for grabs. And what we saw from

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Devon Keys and Spurts last year was something to be

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excited about. I mean, he had the scoop and score

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in the bowl game for the touchdown. He made some

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nice plays and spot duty all throughout the season. He's

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another guy. He was just a freshman last year. He's

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a year longer in this program. He's a year under

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Blake Baker already. He's entering year two. He's a guy

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that I'm keeping.

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Speaker 2: An eye on. Also, DJ Pickett.

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Speaker 3: DJ Pickett will be here for spring this heck use

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a video of him practicing with LSU during bowl practice

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preparing for Baylor. He's a guy that while he's a freshman,

476
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he's six foot three, can he grab one of those

477
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corner spots. We've seen LSU and Corey Raymond in particular,

478
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not be scared to throw a freshman out there. Derek

479
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Stingley did it. A couple of freshmen have done it.

480
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Speaker 2: PJ.

481
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Speaker 3: Woodland played a lot in that USC game. He didn't

482
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get the start, but he played a lot. If you're

483
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good enough as a freshman, Corey Raymond and the LSU defense,

484
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they are not afraid to throw you out there. DJ

485
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Pigott was the number one cornerback in all of high

486
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school last year. He's coming in. He's got a big body.

487
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He's a physical guy. He is physically ready to play

488
00:22:35,799 --> 00:22:37,839
right now? Can he grasp the mental part of it

489
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because body wise, athleticism wise, he's already there. Also, what

490
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about Harlem Barry and JT. Lindsay one of those guys

491
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or the combination of both. Caden Durham is back. Caden

492
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Durham will be your lead running back, There's no question

493
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about it. He was very, very good as a freshman

494
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last year. But Josh Williams meant so much to this

495
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football team a year ago, whether it was in short

496
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yardage situations, coming in in passing situations to pick up

497
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a blitzer or really catch the ball out of the backfield.

498
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Speaker 2: I get it.

499
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Speaker 3: Caden Durham stole all the headlines with his flashy play,

500
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but Josh Williams was a huge part of your offense.

501
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Speaker 2: He's gone.

502
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Speaker 3: Somebody is going to have to step up and be

503
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that number two back. Can it be Caleb Jackson We've

504
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waited two years for him to really break out. Or

505
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what if one of these freshmen passes him up, whether

506
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it's Harlan Berry or J. T. Lindsay or both of

507
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those guys. That's a possibility as well. Also to Ron Francis,

508
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he's a guy that a lot of people are not

509
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talking about. This guy's a big time receiver. He's six

510
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foot one, he is already two hundred pounds. He has

511
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the frame to do it. He was a guy that

512
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rose drastically from his junior year to his senior year.

513
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He had an incredible senior year right here in the

514
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state of Louisian. You bring in him, You bring in

515
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Philip Right. Philip Wright's a little light. Toron Francis looks

516
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physically ready to play right now again. You bring back

517
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some receivers. You bring back Aaron Anne, you bring back

518
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Xavi on Thomas. You got Barry and Brown and Nick

519
00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:04,720
Anderson coming in who I both think are going to

520
00:24:04,759 --> 00:24:09,279
be really good players. LSU constantly rotate receivers, and outside

521
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of those front line guys who you believe are going

522
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to be your starters, there's a lot of there's talent,

523
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but it's unproven talent. Can Tron Francis come in and

524
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grab one of those spots? I certainly think he has

525
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the ability to do so. Look, we'll see. That's just

526
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kind of a quick spring breakdown. Look, Spring practice for

527
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LSU starts this Saturday. Every day of this week, I

528
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want to mention either position, group or something. We're gonna

529
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kind of slowly preview get you in the mood for

530
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some spring football.

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Speaker 2: All right, we're.

532
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Speaker 3: Gonna take a quick time out when we come back.

533
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LSU was on the hard wood, both men's and women's

534
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as weekend. Uh did not go well for either team.

535
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We'll break it back and we get back here on Off.

536
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Speaker 1: The bench, Off the Bench. Welcome in to the best

537
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morning sports this show around Off the Bench with Hester.

538
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Speaker 3: And T Bob coming in with all the right tunes

539
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here this morning. A Landra killing it on the bump music.

540
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I'm sensing a little bit of a pattern, hadn't quite picked.

541
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Speaker 2: Up on it, but uh, I'm broke for you. You know,

542
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I appreciate it. I'm trying to of the host.

543
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Speaker 3: Look, you know, when am I the biggest fan of

544
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bro Country? Doesn't matter? That points irrelevant because when people

545
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look at me, they're probably like, man, that guy listens

546
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to bro Country.

547
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Speaker 2: Do you not?

548
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Speaker 3: Not as much as I used to a more traditional

549
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country than anything. But I mean, look, she's country by

550
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Jason Old incomes one. I'm cranking up the vo that's happening.

551
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Speaker 2: Country.

552
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Speaker 3: I'm loving it, and there are no complaints here. All right, look,

553
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teas did a little bit going into break. I want

554
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to mention a quick Saints segment here because Mickey Loomis

555
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early last week said the Saints' plan is to roll

556
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with Derek Carr, despite Loomas saying that the media did

557
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something very smart. They did not take Mickey Loomis at

558
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his word. That's just like blanket advice across the board.

559
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If you do that, you're right more times than not.

560
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So despite Loumas saying they're rolling with Derek Carr, Justin

561
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Fields is continually continuously being linked to the New Orleans Saints.

562
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Multiple articles came out this weekend saying that the Saints

563
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could be one of the top fits for Justin Fields,

564
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and the reason they mention it is because of the

565
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hiring of Kellen Moore. I am here to tell you

566
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that I think this is an awful idea if it's

567
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a quarterback you want to win with, if you want

568
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a tank, which I don't think the Saints to do.

569
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We're just talking with Grant. They're still restructuring salaries. They

570
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still seem like they're in win now mode, even though

571
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they don't have the roster to do it. But that's

572
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just perpetually kind of what the New Orleans Saints do. Sure,

573
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Kellen Moore had success with Jalen Hurts and Saquon Barkley,

574
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which is why this whole conversation started to begin with, Right,

575
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Jalen Hurts is a very good runner. Justin Fields is

576
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a very good runner. So he wins the Super Bowl

577
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with Saquon Barkley, and uh, Jalen Hurts. Can't he do

578
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it with Justin Fields and Alvin Kamara. No?

579
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Speaker 2: And here's why Justin Fields is not Jalen Hurts.

580
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Speaker 3: In my opinion, Jalen Hurts is a borderline top five

581
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quarterback in this league, which as a Cowboys fan, that

582
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is super tough for me to say, but I mean,

583
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reality is what it is.

584
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Speaker 2: What makes Jalen Hurts so good?

585
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Speaker 3: Look, he's obviously improved drastically as a passer since he's

586
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been in the NFL. He was kind of a liability

587
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at times in that area in college. He's gotten so

588
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much better at it. But what makes Jalen Hurts so good? Look,

589
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it's not his improved ability as a passer. It's Look,

590
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he has a great ability to run. Jalen Hurts does

591
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not turn the football over. And everyone is going to

592
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point to this past season when Justin Field started six games. Look,

593
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he started six games, they went three and three with him.

594
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He had five passing touchdowns, only one interception. And when

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you look at that off the top of your head,

596
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you're gonna go, oh, hey, well, Justin Field stopped his

597
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turnover issues. Bring him in with Kellen Moore, who did

598
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good things. With Jalen Hurts, who also limits his turnovers.

599
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That seems like a match made in heaven. A turnovers,

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a turnover doesn't have to be an interception. In the

601
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four years that Justin Fields has been in the NFL,

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he has forty four fumbles forty four, including six last year.

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So you could say, okay, well he threw one interception

604
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in six games, hits six fumbles in six games. Now,

605
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did he lose all forty four of those fumbles. No,

606
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nobody's gonna lose all forty four of their fumbles. But

607
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to me, it doesn't really matter. A fumble kills the

608
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play you drop the ball, that play is dead right

609
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there where you drop that ball because you got to

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jump back on it. So I don't really care whether

611
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he lost the fumble or not. It's either at worst,

612
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it's a turnover. At best, you get it back and

613
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you kill that play. Most of the time, as a quarterback,

614
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you're now behind the chains because you lost you alartage

615
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on that fumble. Some of these are articles are also

616
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pointing out the Saints are not a great second chance

617
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spot or not a great landing spot for second chance

618
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qbs due to the roster. Yeah no, kid, but let's

619
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take Kellen Moore to consideration. Kellen Moore has been the

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offensive coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys, the Los Angeles Chargers,

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and the Philadelphia Eagles. Dak Prescott, Justin Herbert, Jalen Hurts,

622
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three very different qbs. That's kind of the guy that

623
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can do a little bit of both. Hurts is known

624
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as the runner Justin Herbert pretty much your typical traditional

625
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drop back pocket passer. Kellen Moore's had success with all

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three of those guys as his starting quarterbacks, and he's

627
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done it with three different style qbs. That tells me

628
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the Kellen Moore's offense is very QB friendly. The Kellen

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Moore knows how to adjust and call plays to work

630
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to the strengths of his quarterback. Because what do you

631
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hear all the time, well, this coordinator is trying to

632
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get his quarterback to fit his system. No, no, no, you

633
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get your system to fit your quarterback. That is what

634
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Kellen Moore's excellent at. When you could say, okay, well,

635
00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:10,400
the Saints have never been good at second chance QB's.

636
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They weren't under Dennis Allen. But Sean Payton did this

637
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multiple times. When Breeze was getting hurt late in his career,

638
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he put teddy Bridgewater in there. Teddy Bridgewater went four

639
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and one as a starter and it helped the Saints

640
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make the playoffs that year, and even post Breeze a

641
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little bit before Peyton left. People may not remember this.

642
00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:33,480
Taysom Hill is six and two as a starting quarterback

643
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in New Orleans. Everyone thought it was going to be

644
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Jameis Winston when Drew Brees went down, Peyton said he

645
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was rolling with Taysom Hill. Tasom Hill go six and two.

646
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I would take that all day. And then even with

647
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Jamis Winston, he was ephishing. He only had thrown two

648
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interceptions when he was starting. Now his is a little

649
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bit different because I personally believe Sean Payton was scared

650
00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:56,880
to let Jameis Winston throw the football, and rightfully so,

651
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because that was right after Jameis Winston was coming off

652
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his thirty interception season. He was twenty eighth in the

653
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NFL in terms of pass attempts per game. So Peyton

654
00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:12,400
really wasn't letting him throw the football. But he still

655
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played through the strength of his team. He leaned on

656
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the running game. He had an elite defense that year

657
00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:19,519
with Dennis Allen as the defensive coordinator, and he put

658
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Jamis in there and said, hey, don't turn the ball over,

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don't make mistakes.

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Speaker 2: We'll win this game.

661
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Speaker 3: Good coaches find a way to make different quarterbacks work

662
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in their offense. He saw it with Peyton, Breeze Bridgewater,

663
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Taysom Hill, Jamis Winston, Kellen Moore's done it.

664
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Speaker 5: Now.

665
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Speaker 3: It's been at three different stops, but with three different quarterbacks.

666
00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:41,839
Dak Prescott justin Herbert Jalen hurts, why can't he do

667
00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:44,119
that again? And I get it. The Saints roster's not great.

668
00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:46,680
I understand that, but they still have an opportunity to

669
00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:48,720
turn things around at least a little bit in the

670
00:31:48,799 --> 00:31:51,079
NFL Draft. Now do I have confidence they're going to

671
00:31:51,119 --> 00:31:53,920
do that? Not if Mickey Loomis is solely in charge

672
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depending on how much influence Kellen Moore has on draft day.

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Speaker 2: Sure, why not?

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Speaker 3: Because I trust Kellen Moore's ability to put together a

675
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good offense and put together a system that helps his

676
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quarterback because he's done it everywhere and he's spent so

677
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all this talk about, oh well, if you're a second

678
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chance quarterback, I mean, look, Justin Fields is listed, Sam

679
00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:20,119
Darnold's listed, Daniel Jones has listed. The Saints have not

680
00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:22,440
done it in recent years, but that was with Dennis Allen,

681
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who was an awful head coach, who was in over

682
00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:27,079
his head, who had no idea what he was doing. Sure,

683
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Kellen Moore is a first time head coach, but if

684
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he runs his team the way he runs his offense,

685
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he's going to be just fine because he's done it

686
00:32:34,319 --> 00:32:38,759
in multiple spots with multiple different styles of quarterbacks. Cowboys

687
00:32:38,759 --> 00:32:41,119
didn't have a ton around. I mean, their roster was

688
00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:43,160
better than the Saints, but they didn't have a ton

689
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around dak at least not outside Ceedee Lamb. You look

690
00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:50,480
at the Chargers who did. Justin Herbert at he had,

691
00:32:50,559 --> 00:32:55,920
Keenan Allen had an aging Austin Eckeler. His offensive line

692
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wasn't great, Kellen Moore still made it work. Sure, the

693
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Eagles roster's stat I get it, Jalen Earth, Saquon Barkley,

694
00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:05,960
DeVante Smith, AJ Brown, Dallas Goddard. I understand that. But

695
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:08,759
the two previous spots, I wouldn't call them stacked rosters.

696
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The Cowboys had a good roster and I actually the

697
00:33:11,359 --> 00:33:12,759
Chargers had a below average roster.

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Speaker 2: The Kellen Moore made look good.

699
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Speaker 3: I wasn't a fan of Kellen Moore when he first

700
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came to Dallas, but that was his first coordinating job.

701
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When you go look at what the shape of the

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Dallas Cowboys are in now compared to where Kellen Moore left,

703
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maybe I was wrong. Maybe it was dak Maybe it

704
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was the Cowboys. Maybe it wasn't Kellen Moore quite as much,

705
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because he did a heck of a job with the Chargers,

706
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which is why he was only there for a short

707
00:33:35,759 --> 00:33:37,440
period of time, and he just won the Super Bowl

708
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with one of the most efficient offenses we've seen in

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recent years. So I don't think this was a Saints issue.

710
00:33:44,599 --> 00:33:47,480
I think this was a Dennis Allen issue. Peyton had

711
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no problem doing it. I have no reason to believe

712
00:33:50,519 --> 00:33:52,559
yet that Kellen Moore can't do it. I need to

713
00:33:52,599 --> 00:33:56,960
see it, but he's done it so far in his career. Also,

714
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before we go to break, it has been reported that

715
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the Saints are expected to lose defensive end, Chase Young

716
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and free agency.

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Speaker 2: I'm okay with this.

718
00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:09,440
Speaker 1: Look.

719
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Speaker 3: We were just talking to Grant about Cam Jordan getting older.

720
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His production may not be quite what his contract is worth.

721
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Speaker 2: At this point. Chase Jong is a big name.

722
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Speaker 3: I think Chase Young is going to command a lot

723
00:34:22,079 --> 00:34:24,800
of money on the open market. Someone's going to overpay

724
00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:26,400
for him. Make sure it's not you.

725
00:34:27,239 --> 00:34:29,280
Speaker 2: Look. I think Chase Young had a.

726
00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:33,159
Speaker 3: Solid season with New Orleans thirty one total tackles, five

727
00:34:33,159 --> 00:34:36,599
and a half sacks, eight tackles for a lost, twenty

728
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one KB hits.

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00:34:37,559 --> 00:34:38,039
Speaker 2: He was good.

730
00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:40,599
Speaker 3: You played in all seventeen games. That was a concern

731
00:34:40,719 --> 00:34:43,199
that are the injuries going to catch up with him?

732
00:34:43,199 --> 00:34:46,760
He was healthy for the most part, but he wasn't outstanding.

733
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He was Okay.

734
00:34:48,599 --> 00:34:50,119
Speaker 2: I think you can get a guy in the draft.

735
00:34:50,199 --> 00:34:52,639
I think this is a very deep draft. I get it.

736
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Speaker 3: Everyone's going to talk about Abdul Carter and Mike Green

737
00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:56,559
in the first round.

738
00:34:56,599 --> 00:34:57,119
Speaker 2: I get all that.

739
00:34:58,119 --> 00:35:01,199
Speaker 3: Jack Sawyer is projected late second, early third round right

740
00:35:01,239 --> 00:35:04,599
now out of Ohio State. Braden Swinston from Lshoes going

741
00:35:04,639 --> 00:35:07,239
to be a day two, day three pick. There are

742
00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:09,159
a ton of guys out there in this draft that

743
00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:10,960
can help you that you can get on rookie deals,

744
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:14,159
because let's not forget you're still in cap Hill. I

745
00:35:14,199 --> 00:35:18,119
am okay with letting Chase Young walk one. I know

746
00:35:18,159 --> 00:35:19,840
a lot of people have a lot of different opinions

747
00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:22,480
about that. Again, Chase Young was good. Somebody's gonna overpay

748
00:35:22,519 --> 00:35:25,079
for him. If you're the Saints, you literally cannot afford

749
00:35:25,119 --> 00:35:27,920
to overpay for it. You're already trying to cut down contracts.

750
00:35:28,039 --> 00:35:30,760
Don't overpay for somebody else just because you're blinded by

751
00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:34,599
some late season success. Move on from Chase Young, rebuild

752
00:35:34,639 --> 00:35:36,440
that position in the draft. It's a good draft for

753
00:35:36,519 --> 00:35:38,559
defensive ends. It's a deep draft for defensive ends.

754
00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:39,280
Speaker 2: Go get one.

755
00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:41,119
Speaker 3: It doesn't even have to be in the first round.

756
00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:44,119
There's going to be quality guys, as I just mentioned, second, third,

757
00:35:44,199 --> 00:35:44,719
fourth round.

758
00:35:45,079 --> 00:35:47,760
Speaker 2: You'll be fine. Move on from that. I'm good with

759
00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:49,840
it one hundred percent. All right, Look, we're.

760
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Speaker 5: Gonna take a quick time out on me Blinds dot com,

761
00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:58,119
kto z Blinds dot com and I just I can't

762
00:35:58,119 --> 00:36:00,360
tell you enough and actually like daring. The last couple

763
00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:03,199
of weeks, our shade has just consistently stayed down that

764
00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:06,480
we have in the back of our home and that's

765
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where the sun. Kind of before we got it, just

766
00:36:10,079 --> 00:36:13,480
really ruined TV viewing during the day. You're trying to

767
00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:16,280
watch like a big NFL game or a big baseball game.

768
00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:18,320
Else she's got an early one today and you couldn't

769
00:36:18,320 --> 00:36:21,119
get it done. Just wasn't the same, right you got

770
00:36:21,119 --> 00:36:22,320
this huge galare on the TV.

771
00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:22,480
Speaker 1: Well.

772
00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:24,760
Speaker 5: I didn't think putting something on the exterior of our

773
00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:27,039
home would changed the interior of our home, but it

774
00:36:27,039 --> 00:36:29,679
has certainly done that. Now it's done its original job.

775
00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:31,760
Speaker 2: Like Harlowe loves.

776
00:36:31,519 --> 00:36:33,559
Speaker 5: Going out to our little patio, we dropped the shade

777
00:36:33,639 --> 00:36:36,840
down there. She plays out there, absolutely loves it. It's

778
00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:39,559
not as hot, it's not bright, but it has changed

779
00:36:39,599 --> 00:36:41,400
the dynamic of our entire home.

780
00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:42,360
Speaker 2: The house is cooler.

781
00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:45,400
Speaker 5: Whenever we have the shade down. They'll do it for

782
00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:48,519
you as well. Ktooz Blinds dot com.

783
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Speaker 2: I know going into break there at t's LSU basketball.

784
00:36:51,519 --> 00:36:53,719
Speaker 3: But uh, turns out I have a lot to say

785
00:36:53,719 --> 00:36:56,960
about that, so we're gonna save that for a segment

786
00:36:57,039 --> 00:36:59,320
later on. I do want to mention, Look, we were

787
00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:02,559
talking baseball a little bit earlier. There's another team on

788
00:37:02,599 --> 00:37:04,719
the diamond here in ben Ruge that is also really

789
00:37:04,719 --> 00:37:06,559
really good. And of course I'm talking about Beth three

790
00:37:06,559 --> 00:37:09,199
and in the LSU softball team. Look, they lost their

791
00:37:09,239 --> 00:37:11,519
first game of the year on Thursday to cal State

792
00:37:11,559 --> 00:37:15,599
Fullerton by one run. They responded in a big way.

793
00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:17,800
So they played a three game series this weekend as well.

794
00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:20,480
But they played two Friday, one Saturday. Let me show

795
00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:23,920
you what they did this weekend. Two games on Friday.

796
00:37:24,199 --> 00:37:26,559
Your first game was a two to nothing win over

797
00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:28,920
Utah and then the second game was a ten to

798
00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:32,960
nothing run rule against Notre Dame after five innings. Saturday

799
00:37:33,039 --> 00:37:36,039
was great as well, nine to one over Weber State

800
00:37:37,559 --> 00:37:42,960
pitcher against Utah, Jade and Heavener, the freshman eleven strikeouts,

801
00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:46,679
Sydney Burzon against a Notre Dame seven strikeouts. That it

802
00:37:46,719 --> 00:37:49,159
wasn't a dominant pitching performance in terms of strikeouts, but

803
00:37:49,199 --> 00:37:53,880
Emily Casanova and Ashley Valeo combined in Game three, again

804
00:37:54,199 --> 00:37:57,280
a nine to one win over Weber State. The stoopball

805
00:37:57,320 --> 00:38:00,320
team is dangerous for a number of reasons. Number one,

806
00:38:00,559 --> 00:38:01,519
your pitching.

807
00:38:01,199 --> 00:38:03,880
Speaker 2: Staff is a lot deeper than it was a year ago.

808
00:38:04,119 --> 00:38:05,000
When this team played.

809
00:38:05,079 --> 00:38:07,400
Speaker 3: Last year, when Sidney Burzon was on the mound, you

810
00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:11,360
were almost unbeatable. When Sidney Burzon had her off days,

811
00:38:11,920 --> 00:38:14,159
you struggled a little bit. You were still a good team,

812
00:38:14,159 --> 00:38:17,920
you were not a great team. You bring in Jaden, Heavener, Casanova,

813
00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:20,239
and Valeo have stepped up. All three of those are

814
00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:25,360
young players. You have so much more pitching wise this

815
00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:29,360
season outside of Sydney Burson than you had a year ago. Also,

816
00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:34,360
getting Danica Coffee back is huge. Last year, LSU was

817
00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:36,880
a top five team in the country and hadn't lost

818
00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:40,320
a single game. Danica Coffee goes down, you lose your

819
00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:43,599
next six. Everything fell apart because you had Sierra Daniel,

820
00:38:43,639 --> 00:38:45,440
you had Maddox McKee. You had to throw in two

821
00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:48,239
freshmen at third base, which is a really hard position

822
00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:51,719
to play, and they both struggle. Speaking of Sierra Daniel,

823
00:38:52,199 --> 00:38:54,280
she is taking a big step forward this year. Now

824
00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:57,199
she's not at third that belongs to Danica Coffee. But

825
00:38:58,159 --> 00:39:00,840
she's at second right now, when she's hitting the cover

826
00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:03,320
off the ball, you still have Danaker Coffee at the

827
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top of that lineup again.

828
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Speaker 2: At third base.

829
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Speaker 3: I don't know how far this team can go, but Guys,

830
00:39:10,079 --> 00:39:13,559
every time I watch them play, I hear about them play,

831
00:39:13,559 --> 00:39:15,320
and I see a box score, I get more and

832
00:39:15,360 --> 00:39:19,280
more excited because everything this team was lacking a year ago,

833
00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:22,800
outside of Sydney burrs On, outside of Danica Coffee when

834
00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:26,280
she got injured, they filled in a big way. You

835
00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:28,119
have Rudi Ye out there in the outfield, she's been

836
00:39:28,119 --> 00:39:29,639
there for a number of years. You got two young

837
00:39:29,639 --> 00:39:32,239
players next to her. They might even be better than

838
00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:35,800
she is. I mean, both of them had excellent, excellent weekends.

839
00:39:36,719 --> 00:39:39,039
Bethrina has done such a good job of putting a

840
00:39:39,079 --> 00:39:42,760
team together that is good in all areas of softball.

841
00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:45,480
Whether it's pitching, whether it's base running, whether it's fielding, hitting,

842
00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:48,880
They are good at every single thing. Right now, they

843
00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:51,239
can win games in multiple ways. We just talked about

844
00:39:51,239 --> 00:39:53,400
it with the LSU baseball team. I think the softball

845
00:39:53,440 --> 00:39:55,079
team has the ability to do that as well.

846
00:39:55,199 --> 00:39:55,320
Speaker 1: Now.

847
00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:57,199
Speaker 3: Right now, they're beating the crap out of everybody and

848
00:39:57,199 --> 00:39:59,639
they don't need to, but they certainly have the ability

849
00:39:59,679 --> 00:40:00,039
to do so.

850
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Speaker 1: I look.

851
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Speaker 3: Coming up in our number two, we're gonna be joined

852
00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:06,000
by Grant Sacheray from Crescent City Sports. He's gonna hop

853
00:40:06,039 --> 00:40:08,599
on with us, talk to New Orleans Saints. We'll also

854
00:40:08,679 --> 00:40:11,440
preview Somemelosu football because he will be out there at

855
00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:12,320
spring practice.

856
00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:14,000
Speaker 2: We'll talk a lot of NFL.

857
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Speaker 3: And maybe we'll get into the Oscars as well, because guys,

858
00:40:17,320 --> 00:40:19,480
I just hate every time a movie wins this movie

859
00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:21,400
of the Year that I've never seen. Saw that coming

860
00:40:21,480 --> 00:40:23,840
up in our number two, Stay tuned. You're on one

861
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O four five ESPN.

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Speaker 1: Ben Rouge off the bench,