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Speaker 1: Good morning, Ben Ruge. It is eight am, our number

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two of OTV starting, so you know, sunny outside, beautiful skies,

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beautiful weekend, and our number two of OTV. We're gonna

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talk some Saints, draft, more l s U news and

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that's it. Our number two OTV starts.

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Speaker 2: Now I'll start to you to present Off the Bench

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with Jacob Hester and T bob Abert.

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Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, Off the Bench.

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Speaker 2: With Jacob Hester and T bob Abert.

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Speaker 4: I got to come off the Bench.

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Speaker 5: Now.

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Speaker 2: Here's Jacob Hester and T bob Abert.

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Speaker 6: Welcome back. In I number two Thursday edition of Off

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the Bench.

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Speaker 3: Taylor Sharper then the big Boy chair for one more

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day for Jacob Ester and Taba bab Bear. We got

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Jordan Kitchens. We got Cassie Spazally along for the ride

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as well. We got two more hours left for you

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here on our work week before we enjoy a nice

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three day week, and Jordan, I have an assignment for

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you and I want to know if you're willing to

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take it on. I'm listening during the next break. There

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is a door right here that leads outside. Can you

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go walk out the window and like, peep, what the

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weather is, because like, look, I don't want to not

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take your word for it, Like you get a different

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weather update every time you say.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you know it's it's kind of like musical chairs.

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Speaker 3: Well, and like we don't have any windows we can

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really hear outside. We're kind of in a climate controlled

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environment right here. But like I'm honestly curious now because

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like I go, I gotta know what the actual weather

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no for so because I don't know, I would be

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I would look foolish if I go outside and it's

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dark and cloudy it's been a rain.

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Speaker 1: You know that. That would be crazy.

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Speaker 3: Look, and I the most accurate weather person when I

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sit over there where Cassie is. No, but I at

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least try to make it sown, like I know what

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I'm talking about. Like the other day, but was like, hey, Taylor,

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you said it was only gonna be clouding. It rained,

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Like okay, first off, if you're getting your weather reports

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strictly from me on OTB, that's kind of on you.

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Speaker 6: That's on you.

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Speaker 3: There are thousands of places to get your weather. Yeah,

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you come to O TB. I appreciate you for coming

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to O TB. We're not really a weather station. Yeah,

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Like a lot of people are like, hey, what's this

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morning show about? Really anything?

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Speaker 1: Anything?

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Speaker 3: Weather is kind of the only thing we don't talk about.

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Speaker 6: But I'm gonna need a little bit more from you man.

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Speaker 1: All right, so tell me this as a like you said,

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the show is miscellaneous to say the least. Why when

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we do talk to sports, that's kind of the problem.

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But when we talk about the miscellaneous stuff, everybody's cheers

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and jeers or when did that that?

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Speaker 4: Not?

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Speaker 1: Let you know that dynamic shift a little bit because

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you've been on this show for a while. When did

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that happen?

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Speaker 3: So it's been like that since I've been on the show. Okay,

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do you want to know my opinion? Yes, I don't

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think people in the chat are going to get mad

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about this because we're all friends.

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Speaker 6: They understand what they are.

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Speaker 3: A lot of the people in this YouTube chat are

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on him and Jordan Yeah you got Yeah, they come

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to one of four or five ESPN.

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Speaker 6: They just kind of want to talk about whatever. I

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understand that. I get it.

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Speaker 3: See there's a lot of people that are like, Taylor,

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you're probably all sports all the time?

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Speaker 6: No, not really.

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Speaker 3: I can tell you when it's not football season or

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there's not like some sort of playoff going on. I

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actually watch very little sports at home.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I do, as far.

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Speaker 3: As like NBA regular season games, like if there's a

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big time matchup, I'll tune in there's a Pelicans big

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time game, which there's not any big time Pelicans games,

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I'll tune in. But as far as like an average

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Major League Baseball game or something like that.

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Speaker 6: No, I'm not. I'm not super tuned in.

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Speaker 3: I get it, I get it, but I mean, look,

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coming to work, we're on ESPN, baton Rouge, you know, Yeah,

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radio station. You gotta do what you gotta do sometimes.

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sports all the time. And people are like, Tyler, when's

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your mock draft coming? Okay, Like, guys, Cassie's been her

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only Cassie. How many mock drafts have I done this week?

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Speaker 5: None that I'm aware.

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Speaker 6: Zero.

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Speaker 3: We're not doing one today either. It's like, is just

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kind of a myth, Jordan, It's just something that doesn't occur. Look,

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it's fine, we talked about Sports Weekend. Not look our

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number three, the non sports listeners are going to have

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Speaker 1: Yes, okay, hook them out.

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Speaker 6: We're doing our Munchie segment with Michael Johnson.

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Speaker 3: We're going to talk Easter candy at nine thirty on

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our Easter plans for this extended weekend. And then we're

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doing Ask the Bench, and that's our number three. Like that,

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the non sports listener, they will get. They will get

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their moment to shine as well. Yes, to show for everyone. Okay,

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right now, we are going to talk some college football

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Speaker 1: Say, guys, relax.

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Speaker 3: I teased it before we took that break at the

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end of our number one. There are two SEC programs.

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They got a lot better in my opinion in the

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transfer portal. First team I want to mention is the

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Oak Home A Sooners. They added jayden Ott, the Cal

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running back. I think this is a really good signing.

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and ninety seven yards and eight touchdowns as a freshman.

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thirteen hundred and fifteen yards twelve touchdowns in twenty twenty three. However,

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last season, if you remember, you're gonna say, okay, well.

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Speaker 6: Cal was okay last year. It's one of the best

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seasons they've had. Wow.

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Speaker 3: Clearly Jayde not was a big part of that offense.

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He actually wasn't three hundred and eighty five yards rushing

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four touchdowns last season, just three point three yards per carry.

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but this is just one of those situations where they

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last year. He kind of fell out of favor in

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the offense and they just weren't super productive in running

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game all the round. I mean, his first two years

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in Cal he had five point three yards average per carry.

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why they faltered down the stretch a lot last year.

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good signing for Oklahoma, though they were bad on the

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ground last year in terms of getting that tough yardage.

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the Sooners five hundred and seventy seven yards five touchdowns.

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a Jackson Arno. John Mattier can make things happen. I'm

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not saying that John Mattier is some statue in the pocket,

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but look, you're in the SEC. This is not the

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Big twelve anymore. Texas came in. They played a physical

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brand of football. They have a solid running game. Texas

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made it all the way to the College Football Playoff.

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his first year, and Dylan Gabriel was magic at Oklahoma.

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Speaker 6: I mean he made a lot of things happen.

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Speaker 3: Once Dylan Gabriel was going on, you broke in an

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inexperienced quarterback and a tough conference. You defense wasn't great,

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and you didn't have a great running game. That's not

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a recipe for success. I really like what the Oklahoma

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Sooners have done with the addition of Jade. Not another team.

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a lot better. They signedam At Moseley, the fifth cool

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name out of the portal receiver from Stanford last year

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forty eight catches, five hundred and twenty five yards six touchdowns.

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don't think people realize how much they lost. Isaiah Bond,

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Matthew Golden, Gunner, Helm Silas Bolden, all of them are gone.

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lose your starting quarterback in Quinn Ears.

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Speaker 4: I get it.

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Speaker 6: Everyone's high on Arch Manning.

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Speaker 3: I still got to see it before I go to

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buy you into all this hype. You only two returning

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receivers from a year ago that played a lot is

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Ryan Wingo and DeAndre Moore Junior. As far as Wingo

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goes twenty nine catches for seventy two to two touchdowns,

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DeAndre Moore thirty nine catches, four and fifty six yards

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seven touchdowns, you had to add another receiver. It's gonna

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be hard to replace Gunner, Helmet, tight end.

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Speaker 6: We know that. I get it.

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Speaker 3: Arch is a member of the Manning family. Everybody expects

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big things right away, and he showed flashes last year.

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quarterback in the SEC until this year. There's going to

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be weak one, but somewhere along the lines. And next

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year he's going to struggle. Texas is still going to

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have a good running game. I still believe they're gonna

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have a good offensive line. You just need to add

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some weapons on the outside with wingo DeAndre Moore and

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now Emmett Moseley. I don't think you're going to be

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Speaker 6: I think you got a chance to be really good.

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Speaker 3: And if Arch is as good as everybody says he is,

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he's going to make the most of that talent wide receiver. Okay,

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before we go to break, I wanted to be done

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with the Nico iam Aliava situation as bad as everybody else.

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to mention it so that we can finally put a

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bow on this whirlwind that was his has been his

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time in college football so far. Yesterday afternoon, sources told

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he ESPN that Iamaliava wanted at least four million dollars

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from Tennessee.

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Speaker 6: Well, now he's going to UCLA. Here's the thing.

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Speaker 3: UCLA is was prepared to offer him something that isn't

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even remotely close to that figure. So for the past

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two days, Nico and UCLA have kind of been in

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a standoff. Well, yesterday he decided to sign with the

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UCLA Bruins. The reported number this is not official. The

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reported number is about one point seventy five million dollars.

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He was making over two million dollars a year at Tennessee.

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four million dollar range, Nico lost money by entering the

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transfer portal about two hundred and fifty three hundred thousand

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dollars give or tap. You're going to a worse program

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all the way on the other side of the country

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that is a bottom feeder in their conference after leaving

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a college football playoff team, UCLA has very little fan support.

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I don't know how long DeShawn Falster's even going to

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be the coach of that program, don't I don't really

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understand the move here from Nico. Also, Colin Cowherd put

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out a tweet yesterday and it really just kind of

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rubbed me the wrong way. Colin Calherd said, sources close

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to me have said that, and Nico's family say that

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this is not about money.

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Speaker 6: Nico's going to UCLA. He said, it was more about the.

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Speaker 3: Tennessee volunteers offense and it didn't matter what the Bruins

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Speaker 6: Okay, so it is josh Hipel's fault.

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Speaker 3: Apparently, the Nico iam Liiava threw for nineteen touchdowns and

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five interceptions less than three thousand yards, that's his fault.

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out of a playoff game. It's Joshipel's fault and Nico

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wanted to sit out of a playoff game. I will

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say that the fact that multiple starters on a playoff

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team were considering sitting out of a playoff game, that

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does tell me that there is some culture issues at Tennessee.

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that playoff game. Jordan, did you watch the game between

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Ohio State and Tennessee?

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Speaker 1: Yes? I did.

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Speaker 6: Nico wasn't great in that game.

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Speaker 1: Was he? Now? Ohio State smothered him.

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Speaker 6: You may not remembered. He was this bad fourteen of

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thirty one.

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Speaker 3: That's good for a forty five percent completion percentage, just

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one hundred and four yards passing, no touchdowns, and somebody's

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gonna throw the argument back at me. But Taylor had

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two rushing touchdowns in that game. Yeah, on forty seven

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yard rushing. Y'all lost forty two to seventeen. You got

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smashed by Ohio State.

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Speaker 1: If I'm not mistaken. Didn't this helmet get cracked that game?

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Speaker 6: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: And he had a fumble in that game as well.

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I bet that fumble was because of josh Hipel's offense.

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It had nothing to do with Niko's poor performance. I

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bet every big game last year, the Niko IAmA Liava

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struggled in and failed to hit wide open receivers, I

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bet that was josh Hipel's offense. The offense that multiple

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quarterbacks have thrived in in multiple stops that that josh

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Hipel has been at. I bet it's Hypel's offense. No

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way is any of this the fault of Nico IAmA leap. Also,

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he's not the only quarterback to transfer to UCLA this year.

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Speaker 1: What's the guy?

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Speaker 3: They got a transfer from Appalachian State, And you can

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sit there and say, okay, well they got a transfer

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from Happy State.

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Speaker 6: Big deal.

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Speaker 3: Iamalaiava is gonna gonna win that battle maybe, but maybe

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he doesn't.

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Speaker 6: His name is Joey Aguilar.

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Speaker 3: Let me tell you, guys, what Joey Aguilar did last

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year at Appalachian State. I understand he is coming up

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a level of competition. Last year Joey Aguilar sixty four

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percent completion three thy seven hundred and fifty seven yards,

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thirty three touchdown passes, only ten interceptions. That smashes anything

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that Nico Iamaliava has done.

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Speaker 6: In his college career.

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Speaker 1: We bought out.

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Speaker 6: I hate to be this way. I hate to be

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this guy.

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Speaker 3: I hate to actively pull against someone, but every bone

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in my body hopes that Joey Aguilar wins this starting

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quarterback competition for the UCLA Bruins. Thirty three touchdowns, ten interceptions.

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I don't care where your play Apple Watchian State has

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been a good football program.

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Speaker 6: For a number of years. I mean, I just I don't.

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Speaker 3: I don't know what Nico's in game this year. He's

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going somewhere where he's not the clear cut starter. He's

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making less money. You're in a worse conference and a

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worse team with worst fan support. Well, let's go ahead

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and blame the offense for all of your struggles and shortcomings.

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What happens if he struggles at UCLA. I bet that's

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a Deshaun Foster's fault. I bet no way in the

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world is Nico ima Lava to be blamed for that. Okay, look,

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we can finally put a button on this crazy, insane

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situation that is Nico Iyama Liiava and his college football career.

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Speaker 6: I'm done with it.

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Speaker 3: I just felt we had to mention that he finally

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did sign with the school because all the talk had

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been where's this.

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Speaker 6: Guy gonna go?

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Speaker 3: Well, he missed out on three hundred thousand dollars and

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he went to a worse football program, and now he's

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gonna be in a quarterback battle. Congrats and Nico hoop,

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he got everything you wanted.

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Speaker 5: All right.

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Speaker 6: Look, we're going to take a quick time out when

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we get back.

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Speaker 3: CBS Sports says that the quarterback class this year in

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the NFL Draft not one to be excited about.

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Speaker 6: I tend to agree.

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Speaker 3: That's kind of been my take on this for a

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long time, but CBS kind of takes a deep dive

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into why they think that's the case. We'll break it

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down next here on Off the bench top the bench, if.

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Speaker 4: Your car dies in the interstate when you're having to

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panic attag you think you're.

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Speaker 6: Dying, you're on the way to the hospital.

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the sales staff, okay, because the people are what separates

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Speaker 2: Welcome back to the best morning sports show around sort of.

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It's Off the Bench with Hester and T Bob.

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Speaker 6: Welcome back in Thursday edition of Off the Bench.

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Speaker 3: Taylor Sharp's sitting in the host chair for Jacob Hester

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and T Bob Abear. We're calling it Disco Day. It's

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usually our met Thursday. This is gonna be Disco Day

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because well it might be a Thursday, but it's kind

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of our DEFECTO Friday, at least for me and Cassie.

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As I mentioned earlier, Jordan is being punished for not

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knowing the difference between O. TB Mailbag and Asked the Bench.

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They are clearly two completely different segments. I don't understand

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what the confusion is. They're even named different things.

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Speaker 6: I don't.

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Speaker 3: I don't know how you could, uh you could, you

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could confuse the two, but he did so Jordan is

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going to have to work Friday for Live at Launch.

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Me a Cassie, We're off. Cassie finally gets to sleep in.

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She's been waking up before the sun came up for

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a week. Straight and guys, that's just not acceptable. Okay,

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that's just not acceptable. She hadn't had her Chick fil

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A in over a month and she's having to wake

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up at five am.

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Speaker 6: I mean, what are we doing?

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Speaker 3: Also, not only not only do you get to sleep

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in on Monday, not only do you get to sleep

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in on Monday, you uh, Friday, well Monday, but like Monday,

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you get your Chick fil A also, and you get

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to and you get to sleep in.

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Speaker 5: I'm gonna stroll in here Monday morning, Chick fil A

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in hand. I'm gonna be so happy and I don't

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have to wake up early and doing the morning show.

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Speaker 6: I'm waiting.

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Speaker 3: I'm waiting for like an email, Cyan Taylor, can you

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cover on show Cassie took off on Monday and be like.

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Speaker 5: You're hosting What's Ound next week?

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Speaker 6: I forgot?

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Speaker 1: Sorry, I just ruined your week.

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Speaker 3: I got one more day, I got, I got an

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hour and a half left today, then we got four

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days next week. I am not hosting for Hunt next

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for a your boy needs some time off to you, guys, Okay,

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that's that's actually wait. I'm not even taking off on Friday.

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I'm in a wedding at like four o'clock on Friday,

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so I can't do hunt you.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I'm not even off.

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Speaker 3: I'm not off till like the end of met I'll

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tell you what though, Cassie, me and Musso we go.

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We gotta take that Christmas vacation this year. We did

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every show this year. We gotta take the Christmas vacation. Also,

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I have done a good job of not eating Chick

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fil A in front of you.

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Speaker 6: Okay, I did yesterday. Well I didn't need it in

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front of you, but I did text you. But I only.

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Speaker 3: Texted you because I asked if you wanted a root beer.

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I didn't know if that was against the rules. Is

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it only like Chick fil a food or is it

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anything from.

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Speaker 6: Chick fil A?

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Speaker 5: I think I just gave up, Like it's it's kind

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of really like whatever I wanted to give up. Yeah,

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I just kind of decided to give up Chick fil A.

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And like I mean, a root beer is not necessarily

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part of Chick fil A. It's really the Chick fil

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A food. I just wasn't in the mood for root

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beer yesterday.

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Speaker 3: Okay, I know that's normally your order. You normally have

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the the eight piece nuggets with the re beer. Yep,

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I smell it all the time. All right, Look, I

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want to do this real quick before we go to

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break here. This'll be a little bit of a shorter segment.

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CBS Sports over the week or on Monday actually put

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this out. They said that this quarterback class could be

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one that you could consider a bust. So they said,

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there's only four quarterbacks ranked in the top one hundred

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of our overall draft rankings this year, including just two

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in the top forty. It's not gonna be anything like

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twenty twenty four. You remember, in twenty twenty four, six

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quarterbacks were taken in the first twelve picks. Here are

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their highest rated quarterback prospects for twenty twenty five. Cam

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Ward third overall, Schador Sanders twenty seventh overall. These are

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overall prospects, not just quarterbacks. Jackson Dart fiftieth, Jalen Milrose

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seventy eighth, which is just incredibly high, and Quinn Hewers

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one hundred and first. So that's it, they said. It

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doesn't mean it lacks intrigue. The supply may be lacking,

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but they liked the talent. They did say, though, there's

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a really good chance that only two quarterbacks will be

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drafted in the first round. The last time there were

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two or less quarterbacks in the first round was twenty

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twenty two.

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Speaker 6: When can he Pickett?

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Speaker 3: Win twentieth overall in the twenty twenty two NFL Draft,

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the only quarterback from that class that is still with

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the team that drafted him. Keep in mind, it hadn't

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even been three seasons yet. The only quarterback from the

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twenty twenty two NFL draft class that is still with

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their original team is brock Perty, who was mister revelevant.

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He was the very last pick in that draft. Can

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he Pickett? For what it's worth? On his third team?

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Speaker 4: Now?

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Speaker 3: They put out a list of the fewest quarterbacks drafted

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in the first round in the past twenty years. Obviously

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twenty twenty two, can he Pickett? Twenty thirteen?

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Speaker 5: E J.

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Speaker 3: Manuel was the only first round pick. Twenty fifteen, you

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had two Samus Winston Mariota. In twenty ten, it was

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Sam Bradford, Tim Tebow two thousand and eight, Matt Ryan,

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Joe Flacco two thousand and seven, JaMarcus Russell, and Brady Quinn.

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All those ten quarterbacks, only two got a second contract

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with the team that drafted them. Matt Ryan Joe Flacca.

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Both of them had good careers. Matt Ryan threw for

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a heck of a lot of yards, made it to

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a Super Bowl. Joe Flacco has a Super Bowl victory.

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Only two made a Pro Bowl. Joe Flacco never made

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a Pro Bowl. Jamis Winston made one. Don't know when

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that came from. Matt Ryan made one. Half had twenty

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or fewer touchdown passes in their entire NFL careers.

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Speaker 6: Can you picktt included.

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Speaker 3: So you can look back on that and say, Okay, Well,

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whenever there's a quote unquote week quarterback class, yeah, it's

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normally not good news. But that doesn't necessarily mean that

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the quarterbacks here in the twenty twenty five NFL draft

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class are bad.

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Speaker 6: No, one hundred percent, I get that joyed.

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Speaker 3: Let me ask you this question, YEP, which quarterback in

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twenty twenty five?

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Speaker 6: It could be one, it could be multiple. Would you

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take in round one.

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Speaker 1: Cam Ward Shadoor, Jackson Dart You.

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Speaker 6: Would take all three of them in round one?

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Speaker 1: I think all three will be Round one quarterbacks.

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Speaker 6: Not who you think who would you take in round one?

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Speaker 1: Oh? I mean obviously I would take cam Ward. Okay,

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do min as a Saints fan?

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Speaker 3: No, just like if you're an NFL GM, I think

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these quarterbacks are worthy of going in the first.

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Speaker 1: Ye Yeah, I mean it is because I don't have

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the team. I don't know what my team is looking like.

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But I'll definitely take all three. I think all three

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if I was a GM, Yes, those are the three

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quarterbacks I would take in round one.

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Speaker 3: Yes, I'm not taking any of them. I'm not taking

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any of these quarterbacks around one. If I need to, Cary,

484
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I'm just waiting until next year. I love I might

485
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love the fourth quarterback on next year's board better than

486
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I love cam Ward. Look, cam Ward is a great player.

487
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This is not cam Ward's fault. The only thing that

488
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I worry about with Kim Ward is what big games

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he played in in college. Guys, it's not his fault.

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It's his fault.

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Speaker 6: But if you want to, if you want to poke holes.

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Speaker 3: Into every quarterback in this draft class, you can't. Okay,

493
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cam Ward had a really good season thirty nine touchdowns,

494
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only seven interceptions. He played in a week conference, and

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it was a conference where he got to avoid Clemson

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and SMU he did not play either of them. The

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toughest game that Kim ward played last year in Miami

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was Iowa State. It was a forty two to forty

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one loss in their bowl game. Kim Warden was all

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right in that game. He threw for one hundred ninety

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yards and three touchdowns. It wasn't bad. But look, I

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just look at it. Are you gonna draft that guy

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number one overall?

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Speaker 5: Now?

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Speaker 3: If you're the Tennessee Titans and you're desperate enough, you're

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going to do it. Kim mord is a good quarterback.

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I'm not saying he's not. But if I am looking

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for a guy and I am not absolutely desperate for

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a quarterback, I might wait one more year. Kim ward though,

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far and away to me, the best quarterback in this class,

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at least when you're looking at negatives, a ton of negatives. Again,

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this is not cam Warden's fault. I just look at

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the ACC was bad. Outside of SMU and Clemson. He

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didn't play either one of those teams, and his team

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still lost three games last year.

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Speaker 6: That's what I'm looking at. As far as Shadoor Sanders goes,

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he didn't play in a ton of big games. Either.

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Speaker 3: However, I have a big concern about the sacks that

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Shador took. I get it, his offensive line wasn't good.

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He took fifty two sacks, forty of them. He held

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the ball four seconds or longer.

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Speaker 6: It's weird.

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Speaker 3: He almost holds the ball like Lemanzel or at Kyler

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Murray or somebody that's back there running around, except take

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away the ability to run.

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Speaker 6: Now.

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Speaker 3: I have heard the argument, is Shador holding onto the

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ball that long because he has trouble processing and trouble

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reading defenses? Or is he holding onto the ball that

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long because he doesn't feel like he has to get

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rid of it because he feels like he can get

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away with it in college. I understand that that's a

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perfectly acceptable argument to make. The only problem with that

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a argument is he's not getting away with it. He

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was sacked fifty two times. He's not getting away with

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holding the ball that long. So you can say, okay,

537
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well he can get away with it in college, can he.

538
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Shador Sanders was thirteen and twelve as a starting quarterback

539
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in at Colorado. I understand they did not win a

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game before him. Dion Travis Hunter got there. I get

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that he was thirteen and twelve as a starting quarterback,

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and he was sacked fifty two times, just as past season,

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and held onto the ball four seconds or longer for

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over seventy five percent of them. To where we're out

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with Shador's and there is no question that once the

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ball leaves Shador Sanders his hands. He's one of the

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most talented guys in this draft. People question his arm strength.

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I think he's got plenty of arms strength. He's one

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of the most accurate quarterbacks we've seen come out. He

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doesn't make a lot of dumb mistakes and throw a

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bunch of crazy turnovers between the snap and getting.

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Speaker 6: Rid of the ball.

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Speaker 3: That's where I worried with Shador Sanders. Now, as far

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as Jackson Dart goes, he did play in big games.

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He was just kind of hit and miss in those

556
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big games against Georgia, he didn't have to do much,

557
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but he was efficient. They beat Georgia twenty eight to

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ten one hundred and ninety nine yards passing. He did

559
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have a touchdown completed about sixty percent of his passes

560
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against LSU, though not great fifty seven percent completion percentage

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of touchdown and a pick against Kentucky again two sixty one,

562
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just one touchdown. But there were games last year where

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you had a great game against Arkansas, five hundred and

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fifteen yards passing six touchdowns, no picks. And we know

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about Jackson Dart's ability to run. Another good thing about

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Dart is his numbers got better in every single year

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he was.

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Speaker 6: With Lane Kiffin.

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Speaker 3: Now, is that Jackson dark getting better as a player.

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Is that Lane Kiffn's offense being very QB friendly and

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Jackson Dart getting more familiar with it. I think there's

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a chance it could be a little bit of both.

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I'm not saying don't take these guys. What I'm saying

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is if you're not absolutely quarterbacks starved and you don't

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absolutely need a guy, you don't have to. This mainly

576
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applies to the Saints with Chador Sanders. Me and Jordan

577
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we're talking about this the other day. Would I take

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Schador Sanders nine overall?

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Speaker 5: No?

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Speaker 6: I would not. Would I be absolutely upset if the

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Saints did it?

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Speaker 8: Nope.

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Speaker 3: I understand you don't know who your starting quarterbacks are

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going to be next year. My only point is, don't

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panic draft. Don't draft Schador Sanders or Dart or Kim

586
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Whart's not gonna be there. But whoever, whichever quarterback you

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like the best, don't draft them at number nine overall

588
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because you feel like you have to at number nine overall.

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If you want to draft a quarterback, draft them because

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you actually think it's the quarterback of the future. I

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don't know if Schador Sanders is I think he can

592
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become that. I don't know if he's ready. I don't

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know if Jackson Dart's ready to step in and be

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a starter year one. Problem is if the Saints draft

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Schador nine overall, he's probably going to have to be

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the starter of year one.

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Speaker 6: What is that going to look like?

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Speaker 3: The good news is he would play under Kellen Moore,

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who has had success with Justin Herbert, Dak Prescott, Jalen Hurts.

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All three pretty different style quarterbacks. Herbert runs a little bit,

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Dak doesn't run much but does have the big arm.

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Jayalen Hurts pretty much a run first quarterback. He's had

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success with all three of those guys, So I think

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if anybody can make it work, it's Kellim Moore. But look,

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CBS Sports not super high on this quarterback class. I'm

606
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not super high on him either.

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Speaker 6: I like him.

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Speaker 3: I think there's potential. I just don't think as far

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as year one, limit your expectations on all three of

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these guys. All right, look, we're going to take a

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quick time out. When we get back. Grant Sachree of

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Crescent City Sports is gonna hop on. We're gonna talk

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to New Orleans Saints NFL Draft coming up next week.

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That's coming up on the other side here on Off

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the Bench, Off.

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Speaker 2: The Bench, you know, I was, you know, could keep

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them because.

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Speaker 1: He's got a lot of power.

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Speaker 5: It makes me feel like that.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back to the best morning sports show around sort of.

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It's Off the Bench with Hester and t Bob.

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Speaker 3: Welcome back, Yeah, Thursday edition of Off the Bench Taylor

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Shelby with you filling in for Jacob Ester and Taba Baby.

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Right now, we're gonna go to the phone lines. Grant

625
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Sashary Crescent City Sports hopping on with us. Grant, how

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are you this morning?

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Speaker 8: I'm doing pretty good, Taylor. Taylor, I just looked at

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that last seen I kind of disagree with you, okay

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more just because if you look at that Miami defense,

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I mean, if they actually has an average defense, they

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would have gotten the playoffs. The b the bulge is gone.

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I would say one hundred and ninety yards and three

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touchdowns came in the first half in not play in

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the second half. So he's a dog. But the rest

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of the quarterback class, besides the Door Sanders, you know

636
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by Groosy there.

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Speaker 6: All right, let's let's dive into it.

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Speaker 3: I mean we'll we'll start with the quarterback that is

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currently on the New Orleans Saints roster, but for how long?

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Speaker 6: Nobody really knows?

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Speaker 3: What's your belts on the Derek Carrs shoulder injury news.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, man, you know, speaking of quarterbacks could be a

643
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quarterback heavy you know, seconds. But yeah, I just just

644
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told Derek Carr it's very very fishy, like you know,

645
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when he restructs his contract. Now we do now now

646
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that it was without his permission. But then also just

647
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the whole shorter injuries is kind of weird, right, Like

648
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we all thought he was healthy. You know, there was

649
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a photo of him with his family and parish brands

650
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that it looks like he was fine, and all of

651
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a sudden, just oh, he has a shorter injury exceeds

652
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had his shoulder injury and stuff like that. Of course,

653
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we now know that he hasn't right now, had had

654
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some beef with the space organizations. At this point with

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Derek Carr, like, it just seems like it's not gonna

656
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work out. You have to find a way to get

657
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rid of him, whether it's by trade or cutting them.

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It's just a really bad situation overall. And really it

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shouldn't have never restructed him, right because once they restruct him,

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then they own even more money if they if they

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had not, If they just catch the contract the way

662
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it is, it would actually save them a decent bit

663
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of musk. That's not a whole lot, but just enough

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where it doesn't financially cap.

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Speaker 2: Well.

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Speaker 3: Let's go with the future of the quarterback room in

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New Orleans. If they if they move on from Derek Carr,

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which I agree with you on that, where do they

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go at quarterback?

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Speaker 8: You know, the thing is, if Shudor Staying is still

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available at number nine, I would take right The reason

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why I say that is because even let's say Derek

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Carr is out for the year, the States are probably

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gonna bring in a better quarterback regardless. So you know,

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if you do drop the guy like to door Sanders.

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The goal is not to play him right away. We've

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seen that happen with the Colts and Anthony Richardson, and

678
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although stands a little bit more experienced than Anthony Richardson,

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we also what happens when you playing quarterback right away.

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I think with a guy like Keller Moore, he's great

681
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with working with young quarterbacks throughout his entire career. That's

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really what he's worked with is really young quarterbacks. I

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think Door Sanders will benefit will benefit a whole lot

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learning under Keller Moore and also sitting out of a year,

685
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right We've seen them way past Mahomes, He's sat the

686
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whole year. We've seen that with Jalen Hurts. He you know,

687
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he didn't really become the starring quarterback to like very

688
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late into his work of season. Lamar Jackson the same thing.

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I really think that Sir dor Shanders can be a

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guy like that run on. He can be the guy,

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but you know, I think he's beneficial for him to

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kind of wait and see and maybe you know, when

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you bring a better quarterback he can learn under him.

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Because we still know that Sir dor Standers has a

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lead on you.

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Speaker 1: Know, his good arm.

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Speaker 8: We know he's a great leader and has confidence to

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be the quarterback is the one sense he gets more

699
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confident than Derek Carr, just the way he cares himself.

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But we do know, like he said in the last segment,

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that he takes loves back, and that's something that could

702
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be worked out under a guy like Kelimourning. That's a

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very fixable thing that you know, especially when you have

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a guy like Kelimore.

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Speaker 3: So as far as the first round goes, grant like

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next next Thursday night, and should door your guy? And

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if the Saints have decided not to go, should door

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number nine? Like where where do they go?

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Speaker 8: But you know, the last time appears in the show

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us and mentioned how important it is that the fans

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get a pass catcher. That was before we knew that

712
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:05,240
Storstan Anders could fall into the Saints, right, So I think,

713
00:33:05,279 --> 00:33:07,279
you know, a guy like kender Rod van Millin and

714
00:33:07,359 --> 00:33:10,079
who I know is also apparently might fie slipping as well,

715
00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:12,240
So it's a great possiblity you can get him. You

716
00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:16,599
need another big body, wide receiver and he's that. But

717
00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:19,359
then also guy like Tyler Warren, right, he could play

718
00:33:19,519 --> 00:33:21,480
anywhere on the He's a tight end, but you can

719
00:33:21,519 --> 00:33:24,480
play anywhere on the field, even as wild back quarterback,

720
00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:27,240
right because you know he could kind of be your

721
00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:29,880
Stays and Hill's boy in this because in case you know,

722
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:31,599
Dick Nate, I'm not sure if this is what the

723
00:33:31,599 --> 00:33:33,400
Saints are with the stats and switch would takes some

724
00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:36,000
hills right now, but you can fill that role. I

725
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:38,599
think both those guys could come in the Saints and

726
00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:42,319
play right away and be impactful players. But I just

727
00:33:42,359 --> 00:33:44,759
think that it looks like they don't draft the past catch.

728
00:33:44,839 --> 00:33:46,920
I think it's gonna be an. I think you're gonna

729
00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:49,359
drop the opposite player in the first round because it

730
00:33:49,519 --> 00:33:51,559
is Calum morris first year and I think he wants

731
00:33:51,799 --> 00:33:54,519
one if he is offensive guys to be dropped in

732
00:33:54,519 --> 00:33:55,079
the first round.

733
00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:57,720
Speaker 3: Yeah, and you know most most people want offense in

734
00:33:57,759 --> 00:33:59,200
this in this draft. Did it makes sense if you

735
00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:02,319
look at the Saints free agents and you know offseason signings,

736
00:34:02,519 --> 00:34:04,680
they they leaned it towards the defense, it would make

737
00:34:04,759 --> 00:34:06,359
sense they went offense in this draft as far as

738
00:34:06,359 --> 00:34:09,159
the defense goes, like, maybe what's the biggest hole on

739
00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:10,920
that side of the ball you want the Saints.

740
00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:11,199
Speaker 6: To go after?

741
00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:17,000
Speaker 8: Uh, definitely, the secondary spot. I think that both those

742
00:34:17,039 --> 00:34:20,800
areas are gonna need UH players a safety of course,

743
00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:22,719
you know you have to you know, I think both

744
00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:25,119
those specific can be drafted laying around maybe a fad

745
00:34:25,239 --> 00:34:28,519
too late rounds. And of course Andrew mccooba from Texas,

746
00:34:28,599 --> 00:34:31,320
we know that the faints are heavily invested in him.

747
00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:34,800
Of course, Terry Judson was his uh pasified coach back

748
00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:37,519
at Texas and he had six to nine tackles photograts

749
00:34:37,559 --> 00:34:40,840
well lost and led the SEC and then exceptions for five.

750
00:34:40,920 --> 00:34:43,679
And he also has a great player pass coverage eighty

751
00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:46,199
nine points seven coverage, greater acre in the CFF and

752
00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:49,119
also had a twelve point one also allowed passes to

753
00:34:49,199 --> 00:34:51,599
only have a twelve point one passer rating when he

754
00:34:51,679 --> 00:34:55,559
was targeted. So he's an excellent safety, said safety. But

755
00:34:55,679 --> 00:34:57,519
also if you want to look up the deeps the line,

756
00:34:57,880 --> 00:34:59,719
I think they're going to look towards, you know, one

757
00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:03,000
that edge positions, just because Cam Gordan's betting the older

758
00:35:03,079 --> 00:35:05,480
and you could probably and probably you want Brandon Sayley

759
00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:07,719
wants somebody that kind of fits his defense. A couple

760
00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:11,320
of guys second fit dead will be David Walker. He's

761
00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:14,760
a little undersized, but he's not only a good run stopper,

762
00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:17,679
which you definitely need with the Saints run defense last season,

763
00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:20,239
but he's also an elite pass rusher, although I think

764
00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:23,119
he'll be more of a situational pass rusher when he comes.

765
00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:25,920
When he comes to the NFL, he had twelve sacks

766
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:29,079
last year for such an artistall and he averaged had

767
00:35:29,119 --> 00:35:33,239
an average pass rush straight PFF passus straight of ninety two.

768
00:35:33,679 --> 00:35:35,639
All three years who was in college, he had an

769
00:35:35,679 --> 00:35:40,480
over ninety pass rush grade. Actually, Giloup, it's more from Louisville,

770
00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:43,639
more of a run stopper, and I think he would

771
00:35:43,639 --> 00:35:48,239
definitely definitely be an impact for player come come when

772
00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:49,880
he gets well be a get jobs about it since

773
00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:52,480
because I think he fits Brandley's Brandon Stays defense in

774
00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:55,880
the three four and then also Antoine Powell Rylan. He's

775
00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:58,400
gonna be a late round pick with someone I've been seeing.

776
00:35:58,679 --> 00:36:00,840
He was an All American last season in Virginia Tech.

777
00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:03,880
He brings third in the FBS with sixteen sacks and

778
00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:06,239
six with NAT and tacks pulled off, and he had

779
00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:09,440
five games of the last two seasons warrior two or

780
00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:11,679
more sacks. He's an elite pass rusher. I think that

781
00:36:11,719 --> 00:36:13,880
could be a big pickup for the Saints if they

782
00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:16,239
do trust late round, because you know, in a late round,

783
00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:18,559
it's just a bunch of chaos. He don't know what's

784
00:36:18,599 --> 00:36:19,199
going to happen.

785
00:36:20,639 --> 00:36:24,280
Speaker 3: Maybe not necessarily a specific position here, Grant, but like

786
00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:26,800
late round. I know you just mentioned like a lot

787
00:36:26,840 --> 00:36:28,840
of pass rushers, a lot of secondary guys there, but like,

788
00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:31,480
is there a late round target regardless of position, And

789
00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:33,480
you're like, hey, if that guy's there, I want the

790
00:36:33,519 --> 00:36:36,599
Saints to jump on him.

791
00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:38,840
Speaker 8: Yeah, you know, of course I mentioned Andrew Raccouba. That

792
00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:40,880
would be a great pick up. He's gonna be kind

793
00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:43,159
of a midn around like maybe a three, four or

794
00:36:43,199 --> 00:36:45,480
five type of guy. You know, I think that'll be

795
00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:49,320
an excellent pickup. I also mentioned David Walker. Although he

796
00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:51,360
might not be a starter right away, he could definitely

797
00:36:51,360 --> 00:36:55,119
be in the rotation and create cause he'd already have

798
00:36:55,159 --> 00:36:57,679
a huge impact when he comes to the Saints. I

799
00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:01,239
also really like a dam And Martinez, the running back

800
00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:04,360
from Well, he wasn't organested. He went to Miami last year.

801
00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:07,519
He was came more teammates the last few seasons to

802
00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:09,719
over one thousand yards. He could be more of a

803
00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:13,920
three down back. He had you know, throughout the time

804
00:37:14,159 --> 00:37:17,840
last season hit up the average four point four to

805
00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:21,480
six yards after contact for capt and that was third

806
00:37:21,599 --> 00:37:24,719
among NFL of dropped running back.

807
00:37:25,239 --> 00:37:25,360
Speaker 7: Uh.

808
00:37:25,599 --> 00:37:28,519
Speaker 8: He also had a ninety four point three PFF rushing grade,

809
00:37:28,519 --> 00:37:31,880
which was third behind Ashton Johnty and Camp Scatada. So

810
00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:34,719
he's definitely somebody that defense could pick up maybe in

811
00:37:34,719 --> 00:37:36,719
the mid to late rounds, you know, pre probably a

812
00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:39,280
fourth fiftron pick. But I think that's somebody that could

813
00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:41,880
come in and be an impactile player right away, because

814
00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:43,719
like I said, he is a three down back. You

815
00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:46,559
need somebody in the rotations that can go along with

816
00:37:47,320 --> 00:37:50,440
Alvin Kamar because you know, Ata tomorrow will be thirty.

817
00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:54,159
Just before this season starts.

818
00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:59,719
Speaker 3: Step away from the NFL Draft here real quick, Jalen

819
00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:02,360
ran He announced he won to a trade from Miami.

820
00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:05,119
A lot of people thought the Saint should jump on that.

821
00:38:05,159 --> 00:38:07,159
What are your what are your thoughts on possibly that pairing?

822
00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:11,480
Speaker 8: You know, we do. What I do know is that

823
00:38:11,920 --> 00:38:14,360
Jalen Ramsey Brandon Daily art close right.

824
00:38:14,519 --> 00:38:15,559
Speaker 6: We do know that.

825
00:38:15,599 --> 00:38:19,199
Speaker 8: Brandon Daily was Jayleen Ramsey Stephen's coordinator when Brandy Stay

826
00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:21,679
was with the Rams before he took the head coaching

827
00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:24,039
job at the Chargers, and he had a lot of

828
00:38:24,079 --> 00:38:27,639
stuss there. And so you know, I think that Jolson

829
00:38:27,719 --> 00:38:30,079
Jayalen Ramsey to fit what Brad is that he wants

830
00:38:30,119 --> 00:38:32,360
to do. We've already seen that work when they're about

831
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:34,119
with the Rams. And we also and also I do

832
00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:38,159
know that Jalen Ramsey tweeted out I saw a tweet

833
00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:42,920
when Brandon Staley got hired. He was all four. He

834
00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:47,079
was all for the hiring. He actually created out my

835
00:38:47,320 --> 00:38:50,400
guy uh so the same because Public put the trade

836
00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:53,840
in for him. However, they would take on about twenty

837
00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:57,119
one point one million dollars in new salary. They have

838
00:38:57,280 --> 00:39:00,440
about twenty million in cap space, which is good to

839
00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:04,800
adore Bramson's salary. But the issue is what what's the

840
00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:06,920
long term deal here? Right? I think that's kind of

841
00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:11,039
the issue. It just really depends on what Brandy Sally

842
00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:14,599
wants them right away. But then also what are the

843
00:39:15,039 --> 00:39:17,559
plans for the future. I think that we're still don't

844
00:39:17,559 --> 00:39:19,079
know what they're trying to do. We know Micky will

845
00:39:19,159 --> 00:39:21,679
much what's the win now, but we're looking at a

846
00:39:21,719 --> 00:39:24,719
station like you have to start building for the future,

847
00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:27,440
So I don't. So you know, there's a lot caveatsa

848
00:39:27,519 --> 00:39:29,440
go to that and but and do you think again,

849
00:39:29,519 --> 00:39:33,039
Jaleb Ramsey does get is on this answer to trade.

850
00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:35,360
I think that'd be a huge pick up, But then again,

851
00:39:35,679 --> 00:39:37,480
we have to think about the longs are here for

852
00:39:37,639 --> 00:39:38,039
the Saints.

853
00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:41,719
Speaker 3: Grand Sagery, Crescent City Sports. Grand thanks for hopping on

854
00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:42,320
with us today.

855
00:39:43,199 --> 00:39:45,840
Speaker 8: No, thank you, Taylor, I'm glad to hop on.

856
00:39:46,719 --> 00:39:46,960
Speaker 6: Yep.

857
00:39:47,039 --> 00:39:51,599
Speaker 3: Absolutely, Grand Satury, right there, Crescent City Sports. All right,

858
00:39:51,599 --> 00:39:53,960
we're going to take a quick time out. The lasher

859
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:56,880
gymnastics team will be in action tonight, the semi final

860
00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:59,679
round of the NCAA Championships coming up. Will break that

861
00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:04,480
down on all next here on off the bench, off

862
00:40:04,519 --> 00:40:05,039
the bench.

863
00:40:05,639 --> 00:40:06,559
Speaker 1: Uh oh.

864
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Speaker 2: Welcome back to more sports talk. What's some other stuff

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mixed in Off the Bench with Hester and t Bob.

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Speaker 3: Welcome back in final segment our number two Thursday edition

910
00:42:17,679 --> 00:42:20,239
of Off the Bench. A little bit show update. We

911
00:42:20,239 --> 00:42:22,159
weren't sure if we were gonna get this done. LSHU

912
00:42:22,239 --> 00:42:25,039
baseball coach A. Jay Johnson will join us at nine am,

913
00:42:25,119 --> 00:42:27,920
so we will have Coach Johnson at nine am. Then

914
00:42:27,960 --> 00:42:30,960
we'll do our Munchie segment at nine fifteen. Then we'll

915
00:42:31,519 --> 00:42:33,960
be a little lighter hearted to close out the show.

916
00:42:34,159 --> 00:42:35,840
I want to mention this real quick, only have a

917
00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:38,320
few minutes, but the stages set for the Nationals as

918
00:42:38,360 --> 00:42:41,760
far as the twenty twenty five NCAA Gymnastics Championship goes

919
00:42:42,559 --> 00:42:46,199
Thursday night. There will be two semi final showdowns that'll

920
00:42:46,239 --> 00:42:48,119
eliminate the field from eight to four.

921
00:42:48,480 --> 00:42:50,800
Speaker 6: The first group pretty heavy SEC.

922
00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:54,840
Speaker 3: It's gonna be Oklahoma, Florida, Missouri, and Alabama, so all

923
00:42:54,880 --> 00:42:58,400
four SEC schools. However, in that second group, your LSU

924
00:42:58,480 --> 00:43:02,840
Tigers actually the only SEC team in that group. So

925
00:43:02,880 --> 00:43:05,039
it's gonna be the Tigers along with Utah, who they

926
00:43:05,079 --> 00:43:07,760
saw in that Final four just a year ago, Number

927
00:43:07,760 --> 00:43:10,440
six of UCLA, and then the Michigan State Spartans. All

928
00:43:10,480 --> 00:43:15,840
of those teams are battling for a final four spot. Look, Utah,

929
00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:19,000
obviously we see them here a lot. The Tigers just

930
00:43:19,039 --> 00:43:21,679
saw them there last year along with Florida in that

931
00:43:21,880 --> 00:43:25,639
national final. I like the Tigers chances this year. It's

932
00:43:25,679 --> 00:43:28,239
it's weird to say, like maybe top to bottom talent wise,

933
00:43:28,280 --> 00:43:31,559
this lation gymnastics team might actually be better than they

934
00:43:31,599 --> 00:43:33,880
were a year ago, if you can believe that. I mean, look,

935
00:43:33,880 --> 00:43:37,559
you have Haley Bryant, you have a Leah Finnegan. They

936
00:43:37,599 --> 00:43:39,719
were instrumental to your team a year ago. But freshman

937
00:43:39,800 --> 00:43:42,079
kaylen Chio, I mean, she has been phenomenal. It seems

938
00:43:42,119 --> 00:43:45,239
like every single week, we have seen oh, National Freshmen

939
00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:47,519
of the Week, gymnasts of the week, YadA, YadA, YadA.

940
00:43:47,559 --> 00:43:49,039
Speaker 6: It's kaylen Chio.

941
00:43:48,679 --> 00:43:51,320
Speaker 3: Like it's weird as citizen to say, like is dominant

942
00:43:51,320 --> 00:43:54,000
and as great as Hailey Bryant has been in her

943
00:43:54,039 --> 00:43:57,159
college career here in bat Ruge, like she might not

944
00:43:57,239 --> 00:43:59,119
even be the best gymnast on the team this year.

945
00:43:59,159 --> 00:43:59,760
Speaker 6: That might be.

946
00:44:00,599 --> 00:44:02,960
Speaker 3: I think that this team, top to bottom, there's not

947
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a ton of weakness. As you have seen how many

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times this team has put up a one ninety eight

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this year. I mean they it seems like they were

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setting record after record every single week. It's gonna be tough.

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The good news is, like you're facing Utah. The top

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two teams from that bracket are gonna come out. So

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I think LSU and Utah out of the top, and

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then UH in that second group I mentioned SEC heavy.

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You have Oklahoma number one, and you have Florida Missouri Alabama.

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I hate to go chalk here and pick the exact

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same four as last year, but these teams have been

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so dominant. I think it's gonna be LSU in Utah

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out of one group, and then Oklahoma Florida out of

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the other. I think we're gonna we're gonna run this

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entire final four back that we saw a year ago.

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And uh, I like the Tigers to get this done. Cassie,

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I know you follow LSU gymnastics probably closer to anybody

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in this building.

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Speaker 6: You like the Tigers, Oh, I do.

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Speaker 5: I agree with you. I think that they're definitely better

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than they were last year. Kail, and she has been

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like a very very great addition to it. They've been

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like comparing kylen Chio to Haley Briant, like her freshman

970
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year and like her scores are higher than Haley Brian's

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her freshman year.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, like any any freshman record that could

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be set, like kylen Chio has done that this year,

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and it's like it's not a one off. It's not oh,

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she was excellent in this meet, or oh she had

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an off meat Like it's meat after meat after meat.

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Kaylen chioh has been dominant on every single thing. I mean,

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she is one of those pure all around gymnasts that

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people like to talk about. So good luck to the Tigers.

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They will be in the semi final group tonight again.

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That field will be cut tonight from eight to four

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and then that final four for the national championship will

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take place on Saturday. So good luck to j Clark

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and the LSU Tigers as they try to repeat as

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national champions. All right, coming up in hour number three,

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as I just mentioned, coming into this segment, we will

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have LSU head baseball coach at Jay Johnson. We're gonna

988
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get his thoughts on the Alabama Crimson side, what he

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needs to do to bounce back, and nazee us I'm

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the result from what he saw last weekend. One of

991
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everybody's favorite segments of the week, our Munchie segment with

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LSU executive chef Michael Johnson. That's coming up in ninth

993
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fifteen at nine thirty. We're gonna have a little bit

994
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of fun. We're gonna talk about the most popular Easter candies.

995
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We're gonna give you our favorite. Then we're gonna talk

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about what we're all pigging out on this weekend. I

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know we talked about Cassie's excited she gets Chick fil

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A on Monday, But what are we all doing for

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Easter Sunday? And then we're gonna close this thing out

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like we do every day with ask the Bench. That's

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all coming up. Stay tuned one hour left here on

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this work week on o TV off the bench.

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Speaker 7: At ktiz Blinds dot com k t o Z Blinds

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Speaker 6: And I just I can't tell you enough.

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Speaker 7: And actually, like during the last couple of weeks, our

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shade is just consistently stayed down that we have in

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the back of our home and that's where the sun

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kind of before we got it just really ruin TV

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viewing during the day You're trying to watch like a

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big NFL game or a big baseball game. Else she's

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got an early one today and you couldn't get it done.

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Just wasn't the same, right, you got this huge galare

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on the TV. Well, I didn't think putting something on

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the exterior of our home would changed the interior of

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our home, but it has certainly done that. Now it's

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done its original job. Like Harlow loves going out to

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our little patio, we dropped the shade down there. She

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plays out there, absolutely loves it. It's not as hot,

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it's not bright, but it has changed the dynamic of

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our entire home.

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Speaker 6: The house is cooler.

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Speaker 1: Whenever we have the shade down.

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Speaker 7: They'll do it for you as well ktoo z Blinds

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dot com,