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Speaker 1: Off the Bench with Jacob Hester and Matt Flynn.

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Speaker 2: Okay, here we go where.

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Speaker 1: The plays get broken down and science gets denied to

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come off the bitch. Hour two of Off the Bench

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Live from the Raising Kine Studio.

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Speaker 2: All right, welcome back in our number two.

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Speaker 3: Here on a Friday edition of Off the Bench. Taylor

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Sharp here with the Elanda Villarrial Cassie's Bizzali as well

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Jacob Hester Matt Flynn. They decided they just needed a

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day off. Lundra didn't need a day off, but they

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certainly will. Yeah, they certainly needed a day off. They're forty,

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they're old. I mean, it is what it is, like,

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I get it.

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Speaker 4: You can get you can get three three out.

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Speaker 3: Maybe maybe when i'm four wlady, I'll have to take

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a random Friday off as well, but whatever. Yeah, I

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was looking forward to the gang being back together because

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Jake's out all next week, like she'll be on the show.

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But he's out in San Francisco for the Super Bowl.

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So no, you're just gonna have to.

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Speaker 4: Wait a little while. Because I was in Houston last week.

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Speaker 3: Friday for one day. Last week was the was the one.

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So that's it.

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Speaker 4: Because Jake was out Monday and Tuesday.

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Speaker 5: You were out Wednesday, Thursday and then and then Friday

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we came back a way to Mobile.

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Speaker 2: So Friday was it one day.

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Speaker 3: One day in a three week period is what it's

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going to wind up be in after next week's over.

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Speaker 4: But just tripods everywhere.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we'll make it happen. We're rolling with the punches.

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We'll beating up.

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Speaker 3: Jake and Matt and Laundra they were out there at

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the Senior Bowl and Mobile Alabama also shout out First

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American Bank of Trucks for sending the crew down there.

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But right now, I just kind of want to put

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a button on that. Look at the LSU guys at

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the Senior Bowl, like yes, we know Aaron Anderson, Barry

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and Brown are going to be there, Like those are

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guys that so okay. Flynn went on a lot of

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different shows this weekend. I was able to catch him. Also,

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Matt Flynn sounds way more professional on interviews than he

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does as a host, Like I think Matt found his calling,

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Like Matt, Matt is great on these radio interviews. I

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was listening to him on the Hunt one yeah on Wednesday.

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Speaker 4: And I was like I was sitting right next to it.

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Speaker 2: I was like, is this the guy?

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Speaker 3: I know?

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Speaker 4: You know what's funny about that?

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Speaker 5: Two things I want to tell, like two real quickmobile stories,

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but what's funny about the Okay, So throwback to when

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we first got there, and Joel Thomas, the Saints running

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backs coach and the head coach for the American team

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I believe it was, comes up notoriously is standing in

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front of the camera of the entire time that we're talking.

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Speaker 3: I know, if I ever had to pick out that

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the back of that man's shoulder and a lineup, watch out, Joe.

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Speaker 5: I got Joel so also kept coming up to us

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like while we were on air.

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Speaker 2: But the worst freaking Joel.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, so Joel wait, I forgot where I was going

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Speaker 2: Joel's interview was actually really good though.

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Speaker 4: Oh so, oh this is what it was.

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Speaker 5: So Hunt called Matt while we were at practice and

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he was like, let me come sit over here where

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there's nobody, so nobody will like bother me or come

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up to me or whatever.

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Speaker 4: He's like, So, Joel Thomas doesn't just come up while I'm.

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Speaker 6: On the phone.

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Speaker 4: That is so Joel Thomas coated.

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Speaker 2: He definitely would have I mean he did it yesterday.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, and then I just told you that during the break,

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I just put two and two together that we ran

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into Tommy DeVito's agent with the Fedora and the crazy

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the Italian.

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Speaker 2: What a guy I missed that.

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Speaker 5: This So this station from Auburn, they're called like the

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Tiger or something like that, kept wanting Matt to come

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on the show. Okay, Matt did not want to go on,

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but the guy was so persistent that okay, so we

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after media day we snuck away because Matt did it.

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He was like, yeah, I'll come on whatever, But then

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he didn't really want to, so we while they weren't looking,

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Speaker 4: And then later we're waiting in line to get into practice.

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Guys who's standing in line right in front.

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Speaker 2: Of us, the Auburn guy.

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Speaker 4: He turns around.

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Speaker 5: He's like, hey, bro, I know we weren't able to

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get you today, but can we get you tomorrow.

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Speaker 4: He's like yeah.

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Speaker 5: He ended up going on right, But it was just

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so funny because he was like trying so hard to

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avoid him and he was right in front of us

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in line.

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Speaker 2: I mean, it actually makes sense.

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Speaker 3: And that's arguably his most famous play came against those

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Auburn Tigers. But uh, speaking of the l SHOOT Tigers,

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Matt mentioned all week like, hey, Aaron Anderson didn't get

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a ton of opportunity in team period. I don't care,

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because Aaron Anderson's going to show up with any opportunity

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he's given. He's athletic tape is there. Aaron Anderson's going

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to be fine. Same with barry On Brown, just because

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of his speed, his athletic ability, and his return ability.

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The two guys I really wanted to watch was Garrett

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Osmeyer and Chris Hill, and by all accounts, they both

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performed really well. Like you guys posted the metrics on

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the screen, Garrett Nosmeyer had the fastest throw, he had

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the longest throw, Like Garrett Nosmeyer looks one hundred percent.

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all of these LSU fans in the comments, like I

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wasn't sure if I was gonna bring it up, but hell,

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whether it's Friday, let's do it.

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Speaker 2: So many negative comments saying.

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Speaker 3: Well, you know, if Garrett Nosmeyer was hurt, he probably

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should have set himself out. First off, if you're a

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college athlete, you're the team captain, you wear the number

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eighteen jersey, you think your team has a shot to

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go win a national championship. You mean to tell me

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you're pulling yourself out net Like, don't don't give me that.

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That is easy to say after the fact that's not happening. Also,

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the whole, oh, Garrett Osmer is not actually hurt? Crowd like, yeah,

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you took a hit this week. One he looked really good,

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and two like that never made sense to me. The

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whole Garrett Nosmeyer isn't hurt. Crowd Like, Okay, if you

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don't think Garrett Nosmeier was hurt, then the only other

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possibility is that you truly believe somewhere in your brain

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that Garrett Nosmeyer just physically forgot how to throw a football.

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Speaker 2: Which one do you.

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Speaker 3: Think seems more likely? Like I had an argument with

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somebody about this during football season. They were like, oh, well,

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you know Nuss was lazy in the offseason and his

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conditioning's all or whatever. Whether that's true or not, I'm

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not in shape. I don't take care of my body

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at all. You guys know that I'm notorious for not

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doing that. I could throw the ball for other than

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fifteen yards and Garrett Nelsemeier is a way more athletic

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player than me. And he was struggling to throw that

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ball fifteen yards down the field against Ole Miss take

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accuracy out of it, decision making.

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Speaker 2: I don't care.

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Speaker 3: He was struggling to throw the ball fifteen yards down

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the field. Ah, you think's wrong with him? But come on,

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you think he forgot how to throw a football? No,

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I mean high schoolers make that throw and Garrett couldn't.

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There was clearly something going on. You don't throw for

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four thousand yards and almost thirty touchdowns the year before

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and he can't push the ball fifteen yards down the

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field the year after.

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Speaker 2: It doesn't happen.

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Speaker 3: I don't care what your offseason training was, I don't

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care what you were doing on your spare time.

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Speaker 2: Stuff like that doesn't happen.

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Speaker 3: And he performed really well this week, and I figured

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he would because Garrett nelsemyer' is a really good quarterback.

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Just wanted to get that out of the way real quick.

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The other player was Chris Hilton, and shut out to

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him because he's taking his his fair share.

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Speaker 2: Of criticism here.

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Speaker 3: It ls you some warranted, some unwarranted, but like you know,

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fans were frustrated because you know, he was injured, he

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couldn't get on the field. When he did, you know,

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he had some drop issues. When he fixed that, it

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was just one thing or nothing. It never worked out

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for him here. And I think Chris Hilton's a really

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good player. But you want to talk about making the

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most of your opportunity and the want to Chris Hilton

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in the past two weeks the Hula Bowl, the American Bowl,

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the East West Ryan Bowl when he was a late

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ad in the Senior Bowl and he's gonna participate in

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the game as well. You mean to tell me that

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guy doesn't want to make it to the NFL and

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he's going to because his speed is off the charts

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and if he can put it together and have a

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really solid game. He showed up to basically every All

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Star game you can. That is a guy that I

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won on my team because I see the one you know,

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the abilities there. For whatever reason, it didn't click here.

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If it can click for him and mobile at the

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Senior Bowl. He performed well at the East West Shrine game.

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draftable player. There's a chance that all four of the

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guys that were in Mobile this week do get drafted

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in the NFL. Now, moving away from LSU a little

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bit and look at some of the other quarterbacks at

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Speaker 2: There was one guy.

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Speaker 3: Uh, when the Senior Bowl rosters were announced, I wanted

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to keep an eye on because I've always been a

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big fan of his and it's Luke Altmeyer. I have

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been a massive Luke Altmeyer fan really since he was

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at Old Miss under Laying Kiffe. Now, yes, he lost

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the starting quarterback job at Old Miss to Jackson Dart.

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Jackson Dart looks like he could potentially be a franchise

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quarterback in the NFL if all things go right. Got

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a much better coaching staff under him. Like people forget

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as good as Jackson Dart was a year ago, he

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didn't really play with my league. Neighbors, I mean neighbors

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had that he's an inded injury early in the season.

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he comes back with John Harball as his full complement

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of weapons, we could see a year two jump, a

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crazy year two jump for Jackson Dart. So no shame

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in Luke Altmeyer not winning that quarterback job in three

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years though at Illinois he was really good fifty seven touchdowns,

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twenty one picks, like his final two years twenty twenty

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four to twenty twenty five. In twenty four sixty percent completion,

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twenty seven hundred yards, twenty two touchdowns, six picks. Last

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year sixty seven percent completion over three thousand yards, twenty

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two touchdowns, five picks. And he can run the ball

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a little bit as well. He had thirteen rushing touchdowns

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in his college career, almost eight hundred yards. And Flynn

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was raving about this guy all week long. And I

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understand why Luke Altmeyer could be the sleeper quarterback in

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this your draft, because he's not a guy I don't

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think that's going to go in the top three rounds.

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And this is a mid round quarterback, I would think.

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And he's a heck of an athlete, and he's he's

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been in good offenses in college. He's had a lot

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of success from multiple years now when he doesn't turn

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the ball over, which is important. And the other quarterback

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is Cole Payton. Cole Payton look came here as kind

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of the small school quarterback. If you will even though

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North Dakota State's an absolute wagon in the FCS division.

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You know a lot of people were looking at his

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numbers saying, okay, twenty seven hundred yards passing, sixteen touchdowns,

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four picks, good numbers, seventy two percent completion percentage, Like

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that's a North Dakota State quarterback.

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Speaker 2: He screams North Dakota State. His rushing numbers.

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Speaker 3: Guys seven hundred and seventy seven yards and thirteen touchdowns

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a year ago in basically a four year college career

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for Cole Payton. Nineteen hundred yards rushing and thirty one

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touchdowns at the quarterback position.

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Speaker 2: That's a draftable player.

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Speaker 3: I mean, there was so much The talent at the

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had been.

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Speaker 2: In recent years.

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Speaker 3: And you know, we had talked about, Okay, is the

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Senior Bowl going to lose a little bit of its luster?

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The East West Shrine game is you know, they're investing

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a lot of money into that. They want to play

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the game in Vegas. How is that going to look?

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Is it going to hurt the Senior Bowl?

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Speaker 2: No?

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Speaker 3: Quite the opposite of me. Now, I think the talent

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top to bottom here was insane. Like you go look

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at some of the edge rushers, Ruben Baynes, David Bailey,

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a keey mesador like big time college football players all

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at the Senior Bowl. Like these are guys that those

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three were potential first round picks and they show up.

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Like in the past, you didn't really see guys that

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were locks for the first or second round go to

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the Senior Bowl. These were kind of under the radar,

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guys wanted to boost their draft dog. You saw it

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this year though, and the talent out there was incredible

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to look at and again shout out Garrett Nolsemeyer, Barryon Brown,

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Aaron Anderson, and Chris Hilton. All of them seemed to

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show up at the Senior Bowl. And I don't think

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anybody helped themselves more than the combination of Garrett Olsmyer

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Chris Hill, because both of those guys a lot of

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criticism on them throughout the season and they both showed

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up and performed really well.

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Speaker 2: Okay, we're going to take a quick time out.

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Speaker 3: When we get back, we're talking LSU men's and women's basketball.

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Spoiler alert, these two teams are trending in the wrong direction.

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We're talking about it next here on Off the Bench.

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Speaker 2: Them as well. Yeah, let them build your dream pool.

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Speaker 1: Locked in on LSU Football twenty four to seven. You're

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listening to Off the Bench.

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Speaker 3: Welcome back in a Friday edition of OTB Taylor Sharp

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here with you filling in for Jacob Heastor and Matt Flynn.

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I want to talk some LSU basketball here. We're gonna

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go men's and women's. We'll start with the good shocker.

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It's Kim Moulkey and the LSU women's basketball team. Look

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at everybody criticize this team in the pre conference slates, saying, oh,

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they underscheduled, their schedule's too easy, it's not gonna help

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them at SEC play.

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Speaker 2: And then what happens.

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Speaker 3: They open SEC play and they lose back to back games,

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and all the critics start coming out. What they won't

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tell you is both of those teams were in the

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top twelve. Kentucky was number twelve. You lost eighty to

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seventy eight. That was a toss up game. And you

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go to Vanderbilt, number eleven in the country, sixty five

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sixty one. You had opportunities to win that game. Well,

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since then, the LSU women's basketball team has won six

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straight games, most of them in dominating fashion. Like you

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beat Georgia by twenty one points in Athens, you go

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to you come back home, but you play number two Texas.

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You win that game seventy to sixty five to at

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number thirteen Oklahoma in Norman. Yeah, you win that one

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by eighteen ninety one seventy two. You dominated Texas A

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and M team ninety eight fifty four, and then on

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Monday Night, a Florida team that you were expected to

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blow out, you do blowout eighty nine to six the

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twenty nine point victory. Is anyone surprised that Kim Bulk

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of all people has this team rolling in the right direction?

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Speaker 2: No, you shouldn't be right.

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Speaker 3: I mean, she's won multiple national championships, one right here

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at this school just a few years ago. The additions

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to this team, Malaysia full Wiley's probably been the best

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addition to this team.

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Speaker 2: She's been awesome.

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Speaker 3: Kate Kovall is giving you a post play, Jada Reeshard's

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taking that year two step, and then of course Flaje

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Johnson and MICHAELA. Williams, like they're the anchors, right, they're

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the heartbeat of that team. We know what this team is.

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This is a top ten basketball team. They're going to

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be a really good seed in the NCAA tournament, and

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I think they're gonna go far in the tournament because

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they got talent and you know, for sure they have

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the right coach at the helm.

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Speaker 2: That's the good news. The bad news is the LSU

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men's basketball team.

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Speaker 3: Guys, they're one and seven now in conference play and

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they just suffered an eighty to sixty six blowout loss

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to the Mississippi State Bulldogs. Now, I am not here

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to ask for anyone's job, and nobody on this station

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wants to do that. But I will sit here and

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say is the Mad McMahon experiment has not worked and

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I don't see a clear path for turning it around.

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This is year four now, and like, look, this is

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coming from someone that had a lot of high expectations

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from Mad McMahon, Like hand up in the air. I'll

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admit it. When Will Wade was fired, everybody was looking

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for coaches. First name out of my mouth was Mad McMahon.

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And you know, at the time, I thought it was

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a good decision. Like I understand fans are frustrated and

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everyone's going to say, man, John Morant made Mad McMahon

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at Murray State.

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Speaker 2: Not really.

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Speaker 3: I mean John Morant's last season at Murray State was

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the twenty eighteen twenty nineteen season, and they were great,

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twenty eight and five regular season champ, Conference Tournament champ,

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made it to the Big Dance, but the following year

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twenty three and nine regular season champs in Ohio Valley,

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twenty and twenty twenty one. That season they took a

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bit of a dip. It was thirteen and thirteen. But

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McMahon's last season at Murray State the twenty one twenty

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two season, thirty one in three regular season champs, Conference Champs,

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Tournament champs. They make it to the NCAA Tournament into

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the sweet sixteen. Like Matt, McMahon had a lot of

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success at Murray State, so my thought was, hey, you

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give this guy an opportunity at a bigger stage, with

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more talented players, a bigger resources to work with, he could.

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Speaker 2: Make some things happen.

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Speaker 3: And the reality is it just hasn't worked at least

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not a SEC play. Like you look at Matt McMahon's

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at a conference record since he's been here at LSU,

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it's actually pretty good, but once you get into the SEC,

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it's just not there.

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Speaker 2: I mean right now, Matt McMahon.

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Speaker 3: Is fifteen and forty seven in SEC play in four

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years here in bad route. To put that in perspective,

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I don't have the exact numbers off the top of

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my head, but it is somewhere within forty two and

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forty nine was Johnny Jones's SEC record here at lshit

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forty two and forty nine. McMahon is fifteen and forty seven.

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That's just not good enough.

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Speaker 2: I get it.

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Speaker 3: You lost Jalen Reid right before the season. That sucks,

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But you were sitting there twelve and one going into

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the SEC you were feeling good. Another big blow, DJ Thomas,

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you lose him literally two days before you start SEC play.

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I get it, it sucks, But what did everyone talk

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about coming into year four? You were fired up about

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the transfer portal class. You were hoping LSU would invest

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the money and the resources into this roster to get

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where you wanted to.

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Speaker 2: And not only accounts they did that. I mean you

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brought it.

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Speaker 3: Markel Sutton, Max McKinnon, Mikenoko from Mississippi State, Pablo Tomba,

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DJ Thomas who I just mentioned and just hasn't worked.

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And I see so many people saying it's over, it's done.

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LSU is going to make a change, are they, though?

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I mean, I understand that it seems like this football

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program at LSU has endless amounts of money, does the

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basketball program, because you got to remember here at LSU

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basketball start, and really men's basketball is fourth. People care

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more about the women's team, but it's always going to

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be LSU football, LSU baseball. Everything else trickles down from

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the most schools. It's football and basketball. So don't compare

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your basketball program to other people's basketball programs. Compare LSU's

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basketball programs to other SEC schools baseball programs. That's what

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you do. So is there a want to? I mean,

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I'm sure, like Virgil alwa Isbier, he said it. We

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brought it up on this ship. It was a few

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weeks back. He did an interview with The Advocate, and

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Verge said, if LSU can't make it to the NCAAA,

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turn them, or at least as close as possible, everything

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will have to be reevaluate.

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Speaker 2: Those are for Jilsbury's words.

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Speaker 3: To me, it seems very clear at one and seven

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you get blown out by a bad Mississippi State team

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that was a must win game, but it's over. You're

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not going to make the NCAA tournament. Barring some miraculous

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unforeseen run in the regular season. You somehow go win

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the SEC tournament and you get it. I just don't

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see that happening because this team performs pretty well against

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these and basketball teams. It's the bad teams that they're

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bad against. They always played down to their competition level

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for whatever reason. But Brian Kelly, it was his buy

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out fifty four million, fifty two million. You gave Lane

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Kiffin a big contract. You have Lane Kivin's staff big contracts.

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You just spent the most money ever on a transfer

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Portland brought in forty two transfer portal players to this school.

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And you have high expectations for the football program. Look

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up what Jay Johnson's doing. He dominates the transfer a portal.

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You're going to give him the funds he needs because

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baseball wins. Is there that appetite in the basketball program?

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I don't know, But what I can tell you is

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I just I don't know how it gets better because,

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like I can give McMahon a pass on really the

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first two seasons, like remember when when Wade was fired,

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you didn't know if there were sanctions coming down or not.

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There wasn't that was never going to happen. But let's

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just say at the time you didn't know if there

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was any sanctions coming down. When Matt McMahon got hired,

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there were literally zero players on LSU's roster. He was

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able to recruit one or two of them back from

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that final will wage team. Okay, that's a wash. It

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was fourteen and nineteen. That's about what you expect. Did

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in year number two. He brings in some transfers, he

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goes seventeen and sixteen, and you're like, Okay, not where

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you want to be, but it's a step in the

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right direction. It's an improvement. You finished the season the

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winning record. You're moving in the right direction. And I

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actually thought mac McMahon did a really good job here

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in that second year. I thought he kind of maximized

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what that team was able to do. I don't feel

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the same way about last season though, fourteen and eighteen.

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I mean that that was underperforming. And then this year

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you sit at thirteen and eight after such a hot

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start at twelve and one, and I wish you had

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a decent at a conference schedule. I mean, they weren't

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playing cupcakes every single week. I mean there were some

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thrown in there, but they played some good competition. You

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go twelve and one. It's the way you're losing basketball

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games though. Like the old adage of good teams find

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different ways to win games, bad teams find different ways

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to lose games. For example, you haven't started well really

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all year in SEC play, like that blowout agains Mississippi State.

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I was just talking about eighty to sixty six. You

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scored twenty one points in the first half. You're not

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beating anyone scoring twenty one points in the first half.

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Started slow against Vandy, had to try to storm back,

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couldn't do it.

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Speaker 2: Started really slow against A and M.

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Speaker 3: You did storm back, that wound up being a three

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point game, but it was too late at that point,

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and then wins at seventy five seventy two. Similar against

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South Carolina, the only game you started fast. You were

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blowing the doors off of Kentucky. You was eighteen to

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two at one point early in the first half, and

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00:23:18,319 --> 00:23:20,160
it looked like you were locked in, ready to play.

476
00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:23,079
It was the most excited I've seen the PMAC for

477
00:23:23,119 --> 00:23:25,000
an LSU men's basketball game in probably two.

478
00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:26,400
Speaker 2: To three years.

479
00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:30,240
Speaker 3: And you absolutely collapsed at the end of the game.

480
00:23:30,599 --> 00:23:33,559
You couldn't make your two free throws. You allow a

481
00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:36,799
long pass that nobody defended. You allow Kentucky to get

482
00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:38,799
up a pretty manageable shot and they make it and

483
00:23:38,839 --> 00:23:41,079
beat you at the buzzer in heartbreak fashion in seventy

484
00:23:41,079 --> 00:23:44,920
five seventy four. Now you do bounce back from that game.

485
00:23:45,039 --> 00:23:47,319
You gotta win in Baton Rouge against Missouri. There's a

486
00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:50,359
banged up Missouri team who's not very good in general.

487
00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:52,759
You win that game seventy eight to seventy, so they, Okay,

488
00:23:53,039 --> 00:23:55,039
you probably should have won the Kentucky game. You let

489
00:23:55,079 --> 00:23:58,039
it slip. You get a victory over Missouri. Look, maybe

490
00:23:58,119 --> 00:23:59,799
maybe this is starting to trend in the right direction.

491
00:24:01,519 --> 00:24:03,720
You get taken down by a good Florida team, Like,

492
00:24:03,839 --> 00:24:06,319
I'm not putting all that on LSU. That's a good

493
00:24:06,319 --> 00:24:08,559
Florida team. It's in Gainesville. That's a tough place to play.

494
00:24:09,039 --> 00:24:13,240
You lose that game pretty handily, and you perform so

495
00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:18,359
well against Arkansas on the Route eighty five eighty one.

496
00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:21,759
You had every opportunity to win that game. Now you

497
00:24:21,759 --> 00:24:26,960
fall short. But Bud Walton, my opinion, best Seas basketball

498
00:24:27,039 --> 00:24:30,039
environment out there, really really tough place to play, and

499
00:24:30,079 --> 00:24:34,400
you almost pull out a win and you come and

500
00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:37,759
lay in an absolute egg in the PMAC on Wednesday night,

501
00:24:38,079 --> 00:24:42,680
eighty to sixty six. So not only are you starting slow,

502
00:24:43,599 --> 00:24:45,720
you were giving up way too many points. I mean

503
00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:54,599
eighty four, seventy five, seventy eighty eighty five, seventy five. Like,

504
00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:56,440
I mean, you're giving up way too many points.

505
00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:56,960
Speaker 2: Now.

506
00:24:57,599 --> 00:25:01,960
Speaker 3: Again, credit this team for battling against Arkansas in eighty

507
00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:05,880
five eighty one. But there's just so many things wrong

508
00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:08,839
with this basketball program right now. And I'm not telling

509
00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:10,960
you a change is going to be made. What I

510
00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:12,640
am telling you is I don't see it get any better.

511
00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:15,519
So we'll see what happens there. We will obviously follow

512
00:25:15,559 --> 00:25:18,279
both of these teams as the season moves along. All right,

513
00:25:18,279 --> 00:25:19,839
we're going to take a quick time out when we

514
00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:23,279
get back. Ross Jackson locked on Saints and louisianasports dot

515
00:25:23,319 --> 00:25:24,000
Net joins us.

516
00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:27,319
Speaker 2: Next. You're on off the bench after bench.

517
00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:30,880
Speaker 7: Game day hangouts is just winding down after a long day.

518
00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:33,319
There's one beer that fits every moment, and that is

519
00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:37,200
do Seke's. Always chris refreshing and perfectly balanced. O Seq's

520
00:25:37,279 --> 00:25:40,440
is easy to drink without sacrificing flavor. It's not heavy,

521
00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:42,880
it's not watered down. It's just a great beer you

522
00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:46,480
can enjoy all game long. So whether you're watching with friends,

523
00:25:46,519 --> 00:25:49,720
grilling outside, or cracking one open after work, Do Sequi's

524
00:25:49,799 --> 00:25:53,240
always delivers. So next time you're at the store, grab

525
00:25:53,319 --> 00:25:56,680
do sekes because the most interesting days deserve the most

526
00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:57,400
interesting beer.

527
00:25:57,839 --> 00:26:01,680
Speaker 8: That's right, go for a dose postibly. We are about

528
00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:04,599
to be have one of the most delicious beers ever,

529
00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:08,359
which is a nice hotel bar hotel beer. Excuse me

530
00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:10,480
and what we do. We're gonna make sure that we

531
00:26:10,559 --> 00:26:13,440
go for dose. We've got cold, delicious Mexican logger. They

532
00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:16,160
got the they got the amber especially. I think got

533
00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:18,039
the logger especially. I'll make sure if you are getting

534
00:26:18,039 --> 00:26:20,480
ready for the weekend, get ready. Stock up on your groceries,

535
00:26:20,519 --> 00:26:22,680
certainly getting ready for this cold buzzard, but also stock

536
00:26:22,759 --> 00:26:24,079
up on your dose sects.

537
00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:24,440
Speaker 9: Go for dose.

538
00:26:24,519 --> 00:26:25,759
Speaker 2: Drink responsible.

539
00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:57,400
Speaker 1: Tigers, turn talkers. This is Off the Bench.

540
00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:00,599
Speaker 2: Welcome back.

541
00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:03,359
Speaker 3: In a Friday edition of Off the Bench, Tayler Sharper

542
00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:06,240
with you filling in for Jacob Hestor and Matt Flann.

543
00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:08,240
We want to go out to the phone lines right now,

544
00:27:08,279 --> 00:27:11,119
bringing our guy Ross Jackson locked on Saints also rights

545
00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:13,920
for us right here at Louisiana Sports dot Net.

546
00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:15,119
Speaker 2: Ross, how are you this morning?

547
00:27:15,799 --> 00:27:16,759
Speaker 9: Heybody, I'm doing great.

548
00:27:16,759 --> 00:27:19,319
Speaker 2: Glad to be here with you, think me absolutely. Thanks

549
00:27:19,319 --> 00:27:20,279
for hopping on Ross.

550
00:27:20,319 --> 00:27:23,039
Speaker 3: You were out there and mobile this week at the

551
00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:25,119
Senior Bowl so well.

552
00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:25,519
Speaker 8: Books.

553
00:27:25,559 --> 00:27:26,119
Speaker 2: They kind of.

554
00:27:26,079 --> 00:27:29,960
Speaker 3: Brawled for this first question, like maybe the biggest standout

555
00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,519
for you overall at that Senior Bowl. Like, I know

556
00:27:32,519 --> 00:27:34,960
a lot of people talk Tyron Montgomery the wide receiver

557
00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:37,799
from John Carroll, which crazy story I know most people

558
00:27:37,799 --> 00:27:39,599
have heard by now, But I mean, is there a

559
00:27:39,599 --> 00:27:41,640
guy out there that like really turned heads to you?

560
00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:44,839
Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean Tyre Montgomery is definitely one of those guys.

561
00:27:44,839 --> 00:27:46,799
I would say, so is the wide receiver out of

562
00:27:46,839 --> 00:27:49,359
noted name Malecki Fields. I think there's a few guys

563
00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:51,599
that have caught here and really really helped themselves in

564
00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:53,759
terms of draft status and things like that. He might

565
00:27:53,799 --> 00:27:55,599
be one of those guys that might be one of

566
00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:59,839
the bigger movers right alongside Tyron Montgomery. But I think

567
00:27:59,839 --> 00:28:02,920
it's there's other guys out there too. Texas Tech edge

568
00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:05,400
rusher Romelo Height was kind of looking to show and

569
00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:07,799
prove how versatile his game is. I think he did

570
00:28:07,799 --> 00:28:09,759
a very good job of that throughout the practice week.

571
00:28:10,079 --> 00:28:14,119
He's a you know, smaller speed pass rusher and hasn't

572
00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:15,640
been asked to do a lot of the kind of

573
00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:21,039
versatile outside linebacker odd front's responsibilities. And then he got

574
00:28:21,079 --> 00:28:23,119
an opportunity to show that he could do that here

575
00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:25,920
in Mobile, which is kind of what this event is

576
00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:27,799
all about, right going out there and being able to

577
00:28:27,839 --> 00:28:30,240
show maybe you could do something that isn't off and

578
00:28:30,319 --> 00:28:32,440
asked of you. And then the other player that I'll

579
00:28:32,519 --> 00:28:36,000
highlight too would be TCU safety Buddy Clark. Really versatile guy,

580
00:28:36,039 --> 00:28:38,160
has played deep, has played in the slot, and has

581
00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:40,279
played in the box. Came out here, what's a bit

582
00:28:40,319 --> 00:28:42,599
of a playmaker, has a ball, howkey mentality to get

583
00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:45,599
four interceptions last year. This is the guy that you

584
00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:48,279
know could have been somebody to go in the sixth

585
00:28:48,359 --> 00:28:50,480
seventh round that might have played his way or at

586
00:28:50,559 --> 00:28:53,240
least put himself in position or on a trajectory to

587
00:28:53,279 --> 00:28:55,400
go in the third and fourth or the fourth and

588
00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:58,519
fifth rounds rather depending upon how his athletic testing goes

589
00:28:58,759 --> 00:28:59,559
over the offseason.

590
00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:00,480
Speaker 3: Winners.

591
00:29:00,519 --> 00:29:02,240
Speaker 9: You asked me to pick one, I'm named like six

592
00:29:02,359 --> 00:29:05,400
just now, Sorry about that. But it's just the pinnacle

593
00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:07,200
of what this this event is all about.

594
00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:08,640
Speaker 2: You know, Ross.

595
00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:11,920
Speaker 3: When I see a wide receiver and it says John

596
00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:14,880
Carroll University next to it, my question is always what

597
00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:16,559
round are the Saints going to draft them in?

598
00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:20,079
Speaker 9: Yeah, they love their small school guys, right, I mean,

599
00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:24,200
especially the wide receivers. We've seen guys out of what Toledo.

600
00:29:24,319 --> 00:29:26,359
We've seen guys of course, out of you know what

601
00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:30,200
we used to be. Oh gosh, what was Marcus Colson's school?

602
00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:33,559
Hall Hops the Hopstra thank you, They didn't even have

603
00:29:33,559 --> 00:29:36,200
a football team anymore. Uh, And so you know, they

604
00:29:36,279 --> 00:29:38,599
they love their small school guys, and he could definitely

605
00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:41,599
be one of a man. He's a really talented player.

606
00:29:41,599 --> 00:29:44,640
He's got obviously Louisiana tizz and everything in terms of

607
00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:48,440
his history, and so he's a really impressive dude. And

608
00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:50,640
you know, I think a guy that would make a

609
00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:52,000
lot of sense for New World in terms of the

610
00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:53,599
type of wide out that they could add that room

611
00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:55,960
to help compliment guys like Crislave and Devon Bayle.

612
00:29:56,480 --> 00:29:58,720
Speaker 3: As far as uh switching to the other side of

613
00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:00,680
the ball as far as the edge rush go, I mean,

614
00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:03,960
most people believe that edge might be the deepest.

615
00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:04,640
Speaker 2: Position in the draft.

616
00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:06,880
Speaker 3: I mean there's a number of big time players, and

617
00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:08,920
there were a number of big time players out there

618
00:30:09,319 --> 00:30:13,359
at the Senior Bowl as well. I mean, what guys

619
00:30:13,359 --> 00:30:15,599
have you stood out to you'd edge, And then also like,

620
00:30:15,839 --> 00:30:17,480
which one of them do you think, like actually fit

621
00:30:17,519 --> 00:30:18,319
what the Saints want to do.

622
00:30:19,279 --> 00:30:22,519
Speaker 9: Yeah, I'll answer I'll go with somebody first that answers

623
00:30:22,519 --> 00:30:25,720
both those questions. And I would highlight Western Michigan Edge

624
00:30:25,759 --> 00:30:28,079
Russier and Don Tucker fourteen and a half sacks last

625
00:30:28,119 --> 00:30:30,920
year that tied for the leade the nation lead along

626
00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:33,160
with Ruben Bain Junior, who of course is going to

627
00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:35,319
be a top ten selection. He also had twenty plus

628
00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:37,799
tackles for a loss as well, so very active in

629
00:30:37,839 --> 00:30:40,200
the run game while also being very active as a

630
00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:42,960
pass rusher. He's a good fit for New Orleans in

631
00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:45,799
terms of the speed rusher mold if they want to

632
00:30:46,519 --> 00:30:49,839
kind of meet in the middle on that. Derek Moore

633
00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:52,480
out of Michigan a little bit more of a little

634
00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:55,319
bit more of a bigger body, but you know still,

635
00:30:55,519 --> 00:30:58,279
you know, six' three kind of in between what the

636
00:30:58,319 --> 00:31:00,680
things used to look for in terms of the six foot,

637
00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:03,839
six six foot, seven you, know two hundred and seventy

638
00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:06,720
pound edge, rusher he's closer to like the six three

639
00:31:06,799 --> 00:31:09,319
to sixty edge. Rusher and so he's a unique kind

640
00:31:09,359 --> 00:31:11,519
of in between of what it is The saints looks

641
00:31:11,519 --> 00:31:13,200
for before and what it is they look for in

642
00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:16,200
their prototypes, now which is really only expanded the talent

643
00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:18,160
pool as opposed to shrunk the talent. Pool and SO

644
00:31:18,599 --> 00:31:21,000
i think those two guys are guys that fit For New.

645
00:31:21,079 --> 00:31:23,759
Orleans T. J parker out Of clemson's another one that

646
00:31:23,839 --> 00:31:26,240
fits For New. Orleans he's done himself to favorites here

647
00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:29,400
and in the Aforementioned romelo. HEIGHT i think they put

648
00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:33,240
on some really really good displays here when it came

649
00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:35,279
to the edge rusher, group as well as the interior

650
00:31:35,319 --> 00:31:38,119
defensive line, group which The saints could continue to look

651
00:31:38,119 --> 00:31:41,200
to hone in and add talent throughout this offseason as.

652
00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:44,640
Speaker 3: Well Russell jackson our guest right, Now, Ross you, know

653
00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:46,839
The saints have the eighth pick right now in that first,

654
00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:49,480
round and you know everybody always looks towards that first

655
00:31:49,559 --> 00:31:52,039
round pick first and foremost for the obvious. Reasons and

656
00:31:52,359 --> 00:31:54,839
you know the Name Jeremiah love has been brought up

657
00:31:54,839 --> 00:31:57,519
here and, there and people seem to have vastly different

658
00:31:57,519 --> 00:31:59,880
opinions of him depending on who you. Ask so, like

659
00:32:00,319 --> 00:32:02,920
let's say When Roger goodell walks up there In, april

660
00:32:03,119 --> 00:32:05,480
hands in the ticket and it Is Jeremiah, love what

661
00:32:05,599 --> 00:32:07,400
is your? Reaction, YEAH i.

662
00:32:07,319 --> 00:32:09,880
Speaker 9: Think it's a smart pick For New. Orleans you have

663
00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:12,079
an opportunity to go and get somebody that's an absolute

664
00:32:12,119 --> 00:32:15,359
playmaker and that's a game changer for, you and that

665
00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:18,519
ends up helping to solidify both your run game as

666
00:32:18,519 --> 00:32:20,920
well as your passing. GAME a lot of the arguments

667
00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:25,440
against Drafting Jeremiah love typically fall apart with a little

668
00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:27,799
bit of. Scrutiny you, know the idea that all they

669
00:32:27,839 --> 00:32:30,480
shouldn't draft are running back when they haven't picked the offensive. Line,

670
00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:32,319
well good thing is a lot more that happens in

671
00:32:32,319 --> 00:32:34,640
the offseason than one single draft, pick, RIGHT i, mean

672
00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:37,519
you have an entire lane of free agency that takes

673
00:32:37,559 --> 00:32:41,079
place before the draft, begins and The saints are likely

674
00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:43,920
to have eight selections in this, draft assuming that their

675
00:32:44,079 --> 00:32:47,279
fourth round compensatory pick. Conveys after the departure At Paul

676
00:32:47,319 --> 00:32:49,839
sindievo last, year which we expect that it, will and

677
00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:53,200
so you can Select Jeremiah love and also help out

678
00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:55,720
your offensive line throughout the, draft and then even before

679
00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:57,920
you get to the. Draft with free running backs are

680
00:32:57,920 --> 00:32:59,759
becoming more important in THE. Nfl we saw the most

681
00:32:59,799 --> 00:33:02,759
two sets that we've seen in multiple years this past,

682
00:33:02,839 --> 00:33:05,680
year and we're seeing a lot of offenses now shift

683
00:33:05,799 --> 00:33:08,960
to being run, heavy a lot of defenses shift to

684
00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:11,839
challenging you to run the football by playing these two high.

685
00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:14,240
Shelves you have to have a good run game in TODAY'S.

686
00:33:14,279 --> 00:33:16,039
Nfl and don't forget to say still have a young

687
00:33:16,119 --> 00:33:18,519
quarterback and so taking some pressure off of him and

688
00:33:18,559 --> 00:33:20,519
a year after they weren't able to get a five

689
00:33:20,599 --> 00:33:22,440
hundred yard rusher on the, field then he led the

690
00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:25,559
team in rushing. TOUCHDOWNS i think that investing in a

691
00:33:25,599 --> 00:33:27,519
high level running back makes a lot of. Sense and

692
00:33:27,599 --> 00:33:29,160
for a first round running, back he still got a

693
00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:31,240
lot of tread left on the, tires that's never had

694
00:33:31,279 --> 00:33:33,480
more than two hundred carries in a, season is only

695
00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:35,480
twenty one years, old twenty two years. OLD i, mean

696
00:33:35,519 --> 00:33:38,839
there's a, real real reason why he could be considered

697
00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:41,400
in the top ten and should be considered in the top,

698
00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:42,920
ten AND i think that'd be a home run pick for.

699
00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:43,240
Speaker 6: New orll and.

700
00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:46,599
Speaker 3: Today Rossh you put out the other day a really

701
00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:49,480
detailed article about the running backs at The Senior, bowl

702
00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:53,880
WHICH i actually thoroughly enjoyed. Reading what if they don't

703
00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:56,400
Go Jeremiah love first? Round you, know and they wait

704
00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:58,240
a few rounds, later but they do decide they want

705
00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:00,680
a running. BACK i, mean are there any to late

706
00:34:00,759 --> 00:34:02,799
round running back targets you think provide a lot of?

707
00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:04,599
Speaker 2: Value, yeah thank you for.

708
00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:07,720
Speaker 9: THAT i think the Two Penn state running backs are

709
00:34:07,799 --> 00:34:10,599
right there for. Sure Nicholas, singleton who's probably in contention

710
00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:13,519
to be the number two running back probably along it's

711
00:34:13,519 --> 00:34:17,480
probably competing with guys Like Joonah coleman out Of, washington

712
00:34:17,559 --> 00:34:20,159
and then the Other Notre dame running, Back Generium. Price

713
00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:22,920
is actually two really Good Notre dame running backs in the.

714
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,360
Draft last none of them Are Jeremiah. Love don't get me,

715
00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:27,320
wrong but a guy Like Nicholas singleton can do a

716
00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:30,280
little bit of. Everything he runs, well he's very, patient

717
00:34:30,639 --> 00:34:33,239
he has some, physicality but he's also exploded so if

718
00:34:33,239 --> 00:34:35,760
he can, catch he's a fantastic pass protector as. WELL

719
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:40,159
i think all of those boxes would be very appealing

720
00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:43,880
checks For New. Orleans his teammate K Tron allen is

721
00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:46,760
a bit more of a physical Downhill runner could be

722
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:49,079
a great fit For New orleans as. Well and Then

723
00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:52,320
i'd point Out Mike washington out Of, arkansas WHO i

724
00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:56,079
thought has had or did have a really Strong Senior

725
00:34:56,119 --> 00:35:00,719
bowl week here here In. Mobile and then you Know Indiana.

726
00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:02,760
Hoosiers anytime you get an opportunity to get one of

727
00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:04,840
those guys From Kirk syonnetti's culture and your, TEAM i

728
00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:08,239
think it's worth your time as a general manager At Kaylon, black, big,

729
00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:11,039
physical just mean and Violent, RUNNER i think you'd be

730
00:35:11,079 --> 00:35:12,719
a lot of fun in The black And gold as.

731
00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:12,960
Speaker 8: Well.

732
00:35:13,559 --> 00:35:15,519
Speaker 3: Well it's just a few more for you. HERE i

733
00:35:15,639 --> 00:35:18,280
want to transition a little bit to the offensive. Line

734
00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:21,480
there are a number of guys out there at The Senior. Bowl,

735
00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:24,360
obviously you Know saints fans are, like, oh you got

736
00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:25,559
to show up THE o. LINE i got to show

737
00:35:25,599 --> 00:35:27,800
up THE o. Line how high up on The saints

738
00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:29,679
priority list do you think that is in this coming?

739
00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:34,159
Speaker 9: DRAFT i imagine it's it's it's pretty high on their

740
00:35:34,199 --> 00:35:38,039
priority list this, offseason and that that will begin with

741
00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:42,079
retaining players that they want to, retain and that we'll

742
00:35:42,119 --> 00:35:45,760
begin with potentially signing free. AGENTS i think like The

743
00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:48,079
saints are going to have some room to spend in

744
00:35:48,119 --> 00:35:50,000
a way that they haven't in some. Time BUT i

745
00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:52,239
don't expect them to go. CRAZY i don't expect them

746
00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:55,199
to start resetting, markets oppositions and things like. That but

747
00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:58,440
If i'm you, know If I'm Mickey, loomis If i'm

748
00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:00,639
The saints And i'm going into free agency with a

749
00:36:00,639 --> 00:36:02,519
little bit of money to, SPEND i THINK i want

750
00:36:02,519 --> 00:36:04,679
to spend that money on the offensive line and go

751
00:36:04,719 --> 00:36:07,280
out there and try to find a starter in the,

752
00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:10,679
interior a potential second player to sign on the interior

753
00:36:10,719 --> 00:36:13,159
that can bring you some competition and also some strong.

754
00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:16,400
DEPTHS i want to, bring you, Know Luke fortner. Back

755
00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:18,719
If i'm The, saints you, know like, Those that's where

756
00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:21,920
the offensive line BUILDING i think. Starts this is a

757
00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:24,039
team that has really leaned on the draft to build

758
00:36:24,039 --> 00:36:26,960
its offensive, line and they've had some hits and misses.

759
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:30,159
THERE i think going to THE nfl and FINDING nfl

760
00:36:30,159 --> 00:36:32,199
players and asking them to do AN nfl job on

761
00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:34,519
YOUR nfl team is the better way to go about.

762
00:36:34,519 --> 00:36:36,440
It SO i would look at free agency being that

763
00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:39,800
and then maybe falling back, on you, know some draft

764
00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:42,400
picks to help shore up depth and give you some.

765
00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:46,440
DEVELOPMENT i think guys Like Keilan rutledge out Of Georgia

766
00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:48,760
tech would be a great. START i also think a

767
00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:51,880
developmental guy Like Jeremiah, wright who was really impressive here

768
00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:53,840
out of aubund six foot, five three hundred and forty

769
00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:56,480
pounds physical pig, dude kind of fits the mold of

770
00:36:56,519 --> 00:36:58,920
the interior offensive lineman That Kellen moore had when he

771
00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:01,719
was In. PHILADELPHIA i think those guys make sense after

772
00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:04,639
you to help the supplement the, position after you've taken

773
00:37:04,639 --> 00:37:05,440
care of the need and pre.

774
00:37:05,480 --> 00:37:09,559
Speaker 3: Agency if you are The SAINTS gm and It's SAINTS

775
00:37:09,679 --> 00:37:11,960
Gm Ross, jackson you got to turn in the card

776
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:12,480
in round?

777
00:37:12,519 --> 00:37:13,719
Speaker 2: One where are you?

778
00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:17,800
Speaker 9: Going, YEAH i mean it's hard to pass up On Jeremiah.

779
00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:20,519
Love If Jeremiah loves not on the. Board i'm looking

780
00:37:20,559 --> 00:37:23,679
over to the defensive, side and you, know if It's

781
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:26,679
Caleb downs out Of Ohio state or one of those

782
00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:29,159
edge rushers like A David dailey out Of Texas, tech

783
00:37:29,199 --> 00:37:32,119
that's there are probably lean. THERE i think wide. Receiver

784
00:37:32,239 --> 00:37:34,679
you can wait in this, draft and SO i wouldn't

785
00:37:34,719 --> 00:37:37,119
be as much in a hurry now AS i might have,

786
00:37:37,239 --> 00:37:40,079
been you, know a month, ago for guys Like Arizona

787
00:37:40,079 --> 00:37:43,039
State Jordan tyson Or Carnel tate out Of Ohio. STATE

788
00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:47,280
i think for, ME i lean towards either that playmaking

789
00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:49,639
running back In Jeremiah love or IF i can't find,

790
00:37:49,679 --> 00:37:51,119
That i'm going to the. Defense i'm trying to find

791
00:37:51,119 --> 00:37:52,039
a playmaker over on that.

792
00:37:52,079 --> 00:37:56,159
Speaker 3: Stuff Ross jackson locked On saints And Luisianasports dot. Need

793
00:37:56,239 --> 00:37:58,400
you can find all of his stuff. There, ross thanks

794
00:37:58,400 --> 00:37:59,239
so much for joining us.

795
00:37:59,239 --> 00:38:02,639
Speaker 9: Today say say thanks much for having me on And

796
00:38:02,639 --> 00:38:03,159
i'll talk to you.

797
00:38:03,199 --> 00:38:05,519
Speaker 2: Soon absolutely that there Was Ross.

798
00:38:05,639 --> 00:38:07,559
Speaker 3: Jackson all, right we'll take a quick time out coming

799
00:38:07,559 --> 00:38:08,840
back wrapping up our number.

800
00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:10,679
Speaker 2: Two next you're on off the, Bench.

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823
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824
00:39:34,559 --> 00:39:36,360
you're listening To off The, bench.

825
00:39:39,039 --> 00:39:46,840
Speaker 3: All, right wrapping up our number two here on A

826
00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:49,840
friday edition Of off The, Bench Taylor sharp here with,

827
00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:52,440
you filling in For Jacob heastor And Matt Flanna Landreville,

828
00:39:52,519 --> 00:39:55,800
Real Cassie's bizzali hanging out with you as well here

829
00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:58,800
on This friday, morning and got a few minutes here

830
00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:00,800
before we have to hit that top the hour. Break

831
00:40:01,960 --> 00:40:04,760
all the talk this week has been About Bill Belichick's

832
00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:06,920
hall Of fame. Snub, Right he's not going to be

833
00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:09,519
a first ballot he came. Up it looks like a vote.

834
00:40:09,519 --> 00:40:11,480
Short it looks like eleven people didn't vote for. Him

835
00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:13,119
you got to get forty out of the fifty votes

836
00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:15,800
to make it to The hall Of, fame and that.

837
00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:19,280
SUCKS i don't even particularly Like Bill. BELICHICK i think

838
00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:22,079
there's no question about. It Bill belichick is the first

839
00:40:22,079 --> 00:40:24,719
Ballot hall Of. Famer people start, Questioning, okay is it?

840
00:40:25,199 --> 00:40:29,079
Spygate is it deflate? Gate, like what's the? Issue what

841
00:40:29,199 --> 00:40:32,400
kept him? Out my question has always been Keep Tom

842
00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:34,039
brady from being a first Ballot hall Of.

843
00:40:34,079 --> 00:40:36,000
Speaker 2: Famer he was on the team for both of those.

844
00:40:36,039 --> 00:40:38,880
Speaker 3: Things you better not Like Tom Brady's hall Of fame

845
00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:41,599
vote should take fifteen. Seconds everybody should just raise their

846
00:40:41,599 --> 00:40:44,079
hand say, yes it counts that long to count all fifty,

847
00:40:44,159 --> 00:40:45,679
votes and then, boom Tom brady's in The hall Of.

848
00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:48,320
Fame it's the Easiest hall Of fame vote probably in

849
00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:50,360
the history of this. League but if you do To,

850
00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:53,360
belichick do you do it To Tom. Brady, now since

851
00:40:53,360 --> 00:40:55,840
all the talk has been About belichick, snub very few

852
00:40:55,840 --> 00:40:59,800
people have actually mentioned the finalists that still remain of

853
00:41:00,119 --> 00:41:03,119
for the twenty twenty SIX Nfl hall Of fame class

854
00:41:03,159 --> 00:41:05,800
that'll actually be announced On february, fifth out In San

855
00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:09,800
francisco at THE Nfl honors right before The Super. Bowl

856
00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:13,280
so and something to kind of keep an eye on next.

857
00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:18,440
Week but first year eligible Players Drew, Brees Larry, Fitzgerald Frank,

858
00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:23,760
Gore Jason. WHITTEN i, mean those guys are all going

859
00:41:23,840 --> 00:41:25,280
to get in at some. Point Drew brees And Larry

860
00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:27,320
fitzgerald are first Ballot hall Of. FAMERS i, MEAN i

861
00:41:27,559 --> 00:41:30,159
don't think there's any question about. THAT i, Mean drew's

862
00:41:30,199 --> 00:41:33,519
what a top ten quarterback of all, time some may

863
00:41:33,519 --> 00:41:37,079
even say top. Five and then Like Larry, Fitzgerald he's

864
00:41:37,119 --> 00:41:39,400
on my list of top five receivers IN nfl, History

865
00:41:39,719 --> 00:41:44,599
And i'm Going Jerry, Rice Randy, Moss Calvin johnson t

866
00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:49,199
O Larry. Fitzgerald like that's the order for. ME i

867
00:41:49,239 --> 00:41:51,239
know he's not the flashiest GUY i. Know he never

868
00:41:51,239 --> 00:41:54,360
went into press conferences and did anything. Controversial But Larry

869
00:41:54,360 --> 00:41:58,360
fitzgerald has more career tackles than drop passes and he

870
00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:01,639
played over a, decade and just think about. THAT i,

871
00:42:01,639 --> 00:42:03,360
MEAN i still look back on The Super bowl in

872
00:42:03,360 --> 00:42:06,920
two thousand and eight between The cardinal two thousand and

873
00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:09,360
Nine Super, bowl but two thousand and eight football season

874
00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:11,719
between The cardinals and The steelers still my favorite Super

875
00:42:11,719 --> 00:42:13,880
bowl of all. Time steelers wind up winning that, game

876
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:16,800
but my, God Larry fitzgerald was. Unguardable and that was

877
00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:19,280
The steelers team that had arguably the best defense in THE,

878
00:42:19,360 --> 00:42:23,000
nfl And Larry fitzgerald did. Whatever he won, it and

879
00:42:23,039 --> 00:42:25,559
there was really no drop off for. It and, Like,

880
00:42:25,599 --> 00:42:29,280
okay you can look at some of these, receivers like

881
00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:32,880
he's not a first, ballot But Reggy wayne's up for it,

882
00:42:32,920 --> 00:42:34,679
Again Tory holts up for it. Again those guys are

883
00:42:34,719 --> 00:42:37,639
going to get in at some. Point but they did

884
00:42:37,639 --> 00:42:40,800
it with really good. QUARTERBACKS i, Mean Larry fitzgerald Had

885
00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:45,119
Kurt warner for a few, seasons Had Carson palmer for

886
00:42:45,159 --> 00:42:46,960
two years towards the end of his, career And palmer

887
00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:49,519
is actually pretty good. There outside of, that it was

888
00:42:49,559 --> 00:42:52,079
kind of a turnstyle of quarterbacks For Larry fitzgerald At,

889
00:42:52,079 --> 00:42:54,719
arizona and he never missed the. BEAT i mean he,

890
00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:56,880
Is he's one of those. Receivers it's quarterback, proof, RIGHT

891
00:42:56,920 --> 00:42:59,519
i say that About Devonte. Adams it doesn't really matter

892
00:42:59,599 --> 00:43:01,559
who's going in the Ball Devonte adams is going to

893
00:43:01,639 --> 00:43:03,000
catch a lot of passes and he's gonna score a

894
00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:05,760
lot of. Touchdowns same could be said For Larry. Fitzgerald,

895
00:43:06,239 --> 00:43:09,119
Also Drew brees is getting in first, Ballot, like there's

896
00:43:09,159 --> 00:43:11,360
no question about. THAT i, know we hear the state

897
00:43:11,360 --> 00:43:13,280
Of louisian are more privy To Drew brees than most.

898
00:43:13,280 --> 00:43:15,199
People BUT i, mean anybody with half a brain Knows

899
00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:17,400
Drew brees is going to get in won the first.

900
00:43:17,400 --> 00:43:18,559
Speaker 2: Ballot there's no question about.

901
00:43:18,559 --> 00:43:18,639
Speaker 5: It.

902
00:43:18,960 --> 00:43:20,679
Speaker 3: Uh do you want to mention That Eli, manning it

903
00:43:20,679 --> 00:43:22,360
was actually announced for the second year in a, row

904
00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:25,320
will not make The Pro Football hall Of. Fame AND

905
00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:26,880
i know a lot of people scratch their heads on

906
00:43:26,920 --> 00:43:28,800
that and, say, Well Eli manning has to be A

907
00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:30,519
hall Of, famer, RIGHT i, mean he's one of the

908
00:43:30,519 --> 00:43:33,400
most legendary players in the. League, sure he, is BUT

909
00:43:33,519 --> 00:43:36,840
i understand why he hasn't made. It Like eli's going

910
00:43:36,840 --> 00:43:38,639
to make The hall Of. Fame he's won Two Super.

911
00:43:38,639 --> 00:43:40,840
BOWLS i think it's also important to note that he

912
00:43:40,920 --> 00:43:43,880
won both of Those Super bowls against mister Super bowl,

913
00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:46,360
Himself Tom brady's two to zero against him in The Big.

914
00:43:46,400 --> 00:43:49,079
Speaker 2: Game he's going to make The hall Of fame at some.

915
00:43:49,119 --> 00:43:50,559
Point But.

916
00:43:52,239 --> 00:43:56,400
Speaker 3: Eli manning sixty percent in, completion three hundred and sixty

917
00:43:56,440 --> 00:43:59,920
six career, touchdowns two hundred and forty four career, interceptions

918
00:44:00,679 --> 00:44:03,760
and his record as AN nfl starting quarterback is one

919
00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:09,159
seventeen and one seventeen big time moments For eli had

920
00:44:09,159 --> 00:44:12,119
some big time seasons his sixteen year. Career as a,

921
00:44:12,119 --> 00:44:15,199
whole it had a lot of ups and. Downs now

922
00:44:15,239 --> 00:44:17,280
you're gonna say you played for The. GIANTS i understand,

923
00:44:17,280 --> 00:44:18,840
That but The giants are not what they are now

924
00:44:18,920 --> 00:44:22,519
what they were when he played. THERE i, mean it

925
00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:26,360
wasn't as heart of a division that The cowboys Had Tony,

926
00:44:26,400 --> 00:44:28,599
romo who couldn't win it when it. Mattered most The

927
00:44:28,639 --> 00:44:32,199
redskins were going through their own quarterback, issues which seems

928
00:44:32,239 --> 00:44:35,280
like they have my entire life until. Now and then

929
00:44:35,400 --> 00:44:37,840
The eagles had an Aging donovan McNabb and then when

930
00:44:37,840 --> 00:44:39,440
they moved on from, him like you Had vic for

931
00:44:39,480 --> 00:44:42,199
a few, years but then after that didn't work, out

932
00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:44,480
you you bounced, Around you Went Nick, foles you Went Sam.

933
00:44:44,519 --> 00:44:47,480
Bradford SO i Mean eli had an opportunity to do

934
00:44:47,519 --> 00:44:48,920
that and you won the division quite a few.

935
00:44:48,960 --> 00:44:52,840
Speaker 2: Times BUT i Like. Eli, again he's going to make

936
00:44:52,840 --> 00:44:53,159
The Super.

937
00:44:53,159 --> 00:44:55,400
Speaker 3: Bowl he's a two Time Super bowl, champion two Times

938
00:44:55,400 --> 00:44:56,599
Super BOWL, mvp but.

939
00:44:58,039 --> 00:44:58,440
Speaker 2: Four Pro.

940
00:44:58,519 --> 00:45:02,639
Speaker 3: Bowls that's. IT i, mean that's that's Where Eli manning's career.

941
00:45:02,719 --> 00:45:05,679
Is and, again sixty percent, completion a five hundred record

942
00:45:05,679 --> 00:45:08,840
as a starter in The National Football. League all those

943
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guys are gonna get, it Like Tory, Holt Isaac, Reggie,

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Wayne Adam, vinteri Who i'm surprised wasn't a first ballot

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this is his second year up for.

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Speaker 2: It all those guys are going to get.

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Speaker 3: In BUT i think no question in my, Mind Like

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Jason whittin's kind of iffy for, me he's going to

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get in as he first. BALLOT i, mean Obviously i'm

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a little bit. BIASED i Think Jason witten should be

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in the first, ballot But Drew brees and And Larry fitzgerald

952
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are getting. It there's just no if answer butts about

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it that's. Happening so it's, like you, KNOW i get

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that that The belichick thing was a.

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Speaker 2: Snub it's.

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Speaker 3: Ridiculous The hall Of fame came out and, said you,

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know if voters aren't fair and don't vote for people

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for personal, reasons they may have their vote taken. Away,

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fine BUT i wanted to highlight the guys that are

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actually still up for it BECAUSE i think that they're, gonna,

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uh they're gonna get.

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Speaker 2: IN i saw something funny the other.

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Speaker 3: DAY i almost sent it to a Laundra it, said,

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guys don't worry About Bill. Belichick he waited forty nine

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years for his girlfriend to be. Born he could wait

966
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a year for The hall Of. Fame so, uh obviously

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him And Jordan. Budson but forty nine years is. INSANE

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i didn't realize that UNTIL i actually saw the meme

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real real.

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Speaker 5: FAST i did see one that was, like there's nothing

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more emblematic About Drew brees than him being a first

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Ballot hall.

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Speaker 2: Of one being over. Shouted i'm talking About. Belichich, yeah

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no one talking about it all.

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Speaker 3: Right, look that's gonna do it for hour number. Two

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we are rolling right along here on This. Friday coming

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up in the third, hour we're gonna give you a

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Quick Super bowl preview early.

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Speaker 2: Thoughts Jason zern Of Grenade football joins us as. Well

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that's all coming. Up you're on off the. Bench off the,

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bench all. Right go to rouss dot.

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Speaker 7: Com and when you go to rawss dot, com the

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thing that we always kind of encourage you to do

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is go.

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Speaker 2: Check out that weekly. Ad see what they have on.

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Speaker 7: Special, now hopefully you take advantage of the sixty five

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year anniversary a week ago that we were telling you.

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About but that doesn't mean that the deals are going to.

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code's gonna pull up that closest rousis mark good to

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you because that's one of the great, things right you

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were going to have those deals in all of those,

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Locations like right, now you've got Boneless London Broyal. Steak

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you got boneless top round roast only five ninety seven a.

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Pound you Got lori N peaches only two ninety nine a.

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Speaker 8: Season oh my, goodness to ninety nine. Pound we got

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some peaches the other day From. Ralse's they were. Unbelievable

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wife made a little cobbler kidding.

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Speaker 2: Me, Yeah, well usually likes a grocery. Store we wouldn't usually.

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Speaker 8: Send you to the website route to go there because

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you can see the. Deals you have the coupons right.

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There you can see their, specials what they're doing sixty five.

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Years rouse's local, market you know what it. Is don't

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go to those, big those national, ones you know, what

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go to a local.

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Speaker 2: One and you know, why because it's.

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Speaker 7: Better they sell my high, too.

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Speaker 8: And they sell that my. Hike go drink. It but

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go To Ralse's. Market go to your nearest. One get

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your groceries, Today rouses