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Speaker 1: I'll start Toyota Presents Off the Bench with Jacob Hester

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and Matt Flynn say.

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Speaker 2: Hester and Hester.

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Speaker 1: From carrying each other to and Natty to carrying each other.

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On the air, there's control live from the Mercedes Benz

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Baton Rouge Studio. It's off the bench.

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Speaker 3: What's up? Everybody?

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Speaker 4: Hour three off the Bench on this good Friday, Friday

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morning before l s U takes on the cancer players.

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Right now, we've talked a little baseball, We've talked a

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little football. I don't know, we've talked about a lot

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of crazy stuff today, but we're can bring it back,

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bring it back to a little NFL football. Right now,

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I'm gonna shoot it over to Taylor for Taylor's Tat's

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let's say the're right, Tait's NFL story.

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Speaker 5: Fortunately they got it.

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Speaker 1: It's time for Tait's NFL Story of the Day, day,

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your daily dose of NFL news from Taylor.

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Speaker 6: Sharp decided we're gonna keep it positive. You're on this Friday.

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I can mention Shador Sanders going over one hundred and

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two miles an hour faster than he processes his reads.

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Don't want to go there, though, we could go Adrian

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Peterson getting into a bar fight and getting arrested. We're

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not going to do that. Because yesterday a little bit

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of an under the radar move, which, if healthy, could

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be the move of the offseason. The Multiple Ravens have

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signed jay R Alexander. This is a one year, six

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million dollars deal for a guy who is twenty eight

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years old that the last full season he played, he

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was an All Now he's only played in thirty four

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of the possible sixty eight games the last two seasons,

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so he's been there fifty percent of the time. But

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if Jay, you're Alexander could stay healthy, Like that's a guy,

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I mean, top five corner in the NFL, went fully healthy.

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Speaker 5: He's on a one year, six million dollar deal.

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Speaker 4: I actually had this in my nose to bring up today, Yeah,

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because it is such a good signing. So apparently him

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and him and Lamar Jackson are pretty close. So Lamar

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Jackson was like had a press press conference beforehand, somebody

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asked him about him. He kind of like played a

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little mom little koy. But he takes a six million

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dollar deal, takes a pay cut, and takes a does

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a one year deal, And I love it because he

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could have gone and made really good money, probably signed

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a two to three year contract somewhere else.

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Speaker 3: But what he's doing, he wants to win. He's chasing

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a ring, and.

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Speaker 4: Those are the kind of stories that Lea's fans should

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kind of celebrate. A guy not trying to make the

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most money can immediately and chase and chase the championship

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team chase a ring.

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Speaker 6: So you got Marlin Hall for you. On the other side,

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Kyle Hamilton's another safety. He drafted Malachi's Starks out of Georgia.

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That's a damn good secondary all under the age of thirty.

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And you get Jy're Alexander on basically the veteran minimum.

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Speaker 7: Andy got Nate Wiggins. It was pretty good last.

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Speaker 3: Year, all right, I see if they can kind of

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get over that hump, we'll see.

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Speaker 1: Uh.

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Speaker 8: These are from Mama Flynn.

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Speaker 4: Right there, Holy Molly, Mama Flynn pretty sure correctly, Yes

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you did just text me.

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Speaker 3: But she had a little delivery can.

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Speaker 8: All the way from Tyler Tex Ruth Flynn. I appreciate it,

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shout out, miss Ruth.

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Speaker 3: I'm Flynn Flynn. Look at that. We're gonna share this

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with a crowd.

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Speaker 9: Ah, the crowd goes crazy.

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Speaker 8: Look at these, I know if we doesn't have push

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ups for two boxes?

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Speaker 7: Oh wow wow, ohamn, big cookies.

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Speaker 3: I mean, why is so big? These even cookies? That's

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that's what they look like like many cakes.

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Speaker 7: That's a huge cookie. And then run with some big Today.

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Speaker 9: Today is like the day that you're like, doesn't matter.

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Calories don't count your vers. They do not count.

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Speaker 3: When you're forty, though they count a little.

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Speaker 4: True.

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Speaker 7: No, no, no, we deny science.

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Speaker 9: Remember that's true, well, we said, but we also said

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not all science.

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Speaker 8: We questioned it as well.

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Speaker 3: The math is pretty accurate. Math numbers numbers.

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Speaker 8: People lie, words, lie stories, lie. Numbers don't thanks. See.

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Speaker 7: I used to believe that until the Derek Carr fans

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would be like, dude, look at his numbers. Man, he's

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he's he's not the problem man, Derek Carr, he's a

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Speaker 8: Cor yards per attempt, so a big one in here.

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Speaker 6: But the numbers kind of do tell the story with Car, right,

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because everybody talked about the empty numbers like his numbers

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themselves are bad, except that when lost number like, the

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numbers kind of actually do tell the story with Car.

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Speaker 3: Mhm, guess what you got a new card. We don't

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get a new card.

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Speaker 5: We don't talk about it anymore.

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Speaker 7: He's I know, it feels like a piece of he's

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missing piece of Mond.

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Speaker 4: Did y'all see that ESPN dropped a all quarter century team?

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Speaker 8: Were talking College of Pro Pro.

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Speaker 4: NFL All quarter century years last twenty five years. I

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have not seen this, so I wanted to bring it up.

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Let's see, I mean quarterbacks, got to say, do you

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Speaker 3: You have the guy that? Yeah?

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Speaker 5: I can look at it. It's on Twitter, right, Yeah,

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Speaker 3: And I was. I was going through it.

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Speaker 4: It's a pretty good list, obviously, you got a lot

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of people to choose from, so that they kind of

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tried to dabble into, you know, early two thousands men

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like kind of throw in some current players as well.

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I felt pretty good about it. Let's see here, I

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got to pulled up. You mean, do you wanna kind

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of roll through some of it? Yeah, well, let's we'll

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start with the coaches first and then roll to the

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quarterback because I didn't really have any issues with any

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of them except for maybe one or two positions.

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Speaker 9: All right, So coaching staff, Bill Belichick, head coach Kyle

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Shanahan OC Wade Phillips defensive coordinator.

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Speaker 4: Any I mean Belichick's yes, chalk answers. No one's gonna

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argue with that, Shannon, I mean offensive coordinator. You can

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just like you can probably pick ten ten different from

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the same coaching tree.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, from the same coaching tree.

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Speaker 8: Sean McVay.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, everybody loves the Wade Phillips too.

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Speaker 9: Everybody does love Wade Phillips. Is he still coaching in

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the UFL.

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Speaker 3: Or the UFL XFO whatever it was.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, I feel like he is.

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Speaker 9: All right, so let's go through this real quick and

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Speaker 8: Quarterbacks, you got three.

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Speaker 9: Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Patrick mahonmes.

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Speaker 5: Hard to argue with that.

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Speaker 4: Hard argue with that, I mean, yeah, if you argued

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with it, you're just gonna based on the pure love

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of somebody. But who would you tell so practice squad

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Tom and Patrick, Yeah are above Peyton for me.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you don't like it to your teammates with them?

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Speaker 8: Oh no, I mean I get no, that's that's a

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Speaker 3: Just from the rings from ring standpoint.

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Speaker 9: Practice squad Quarterbacks, practice squad, Aaron Rodgers and Drew Brees

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were the two Drew Brees.

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Speaker 8: I have no argument with that.

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Speaker 3: I would throw man, would you throw Big Ben in there?

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Speaker 6: Big Ben gets Yeah, completely good that that's a good

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Speaker 3: Yep.

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Speaker 4: I would throw Big Ben as as practice squad alternate.

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Then the position that you know, love, I want to

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know how you feel about this. Obviously you could have

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been in the running for this one.

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Speaker 9: This is this is I thought you meant running back

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Speaker 8: Yeah, you shack no argument here? Uh maybe if I

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Speaker 3: How do you judge?

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Speaker 5: How do you do pure fullback?

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Speaker 8: He's got Lorenzo Lorenzo Neils. That was Miami Low Daddy.

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Speaker 4: So Kyle, he's got nine Pro Bowls, So that's like,

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Speaker 9: He's a better overall player for sure. But low Daddy

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was like the ultimate lead blocker.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, so Lorenzo, I.

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Speaker 3: Couldn't tell you a thing about him, So I'm gonna

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Speaker 9: The running backs though, Priest Holmes, Christian McCaffrey, Derrick Henry,

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this is a this is a practice squad Ledani and Thomlinson.

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I don't think I'm practicing squad and Adrian Peterson he

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might not have quick hands anymore, but Christian McCaffrey and.

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Speaker 4: Priest homes So Adrian Peterson seven times, seven Pro Bowls

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twenty twelve, and then that year he had two thousand

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ninety seven yards, which was eight off the NFL record.

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Speaker 7: Off the torn ACL, off.

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Speaker 3: The torn ACL.

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Speaker 4: Danian Tomlinson five Pro Bowls, six All Pro, one time

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NFL MVP. When when you got a running back that

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wends the NFL MVP, that's a dude.

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Speaker 3: It probably should better than practice squad.

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Speaker 4: One hundred and forty five rushing touchdowns for LT Yeah,

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what about running past it would and then another person

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Speaker 3: This is Frank Gore.

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Speaker 4: He doesn't have like the like the individual awards longevity six.

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plus games in him as a running back, sixteen thousand

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career rushing yards. I think that's third all time, but

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behind Emmitt Smith and Walter.

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Speaker 3: Payton, right, they're pretty good, pretty decent. Then it's Frank Gore.

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Speaker 4: I'll probably throw him in there over Christian McCaffrey. You

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Speaker 9: So Derek Henry, Yeah yeah, yeah, but no LT and

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all day, are gonna be on my team.

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Speaker 8: They're not gonna be.

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Speaker 3: On the practice quad. Yeah that's bad.

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Speaker 4: Uh Ap did get work though slow, like just he

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got glasses. He caught it, got two pieces. It didn't

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Speaker 9: Receivers Randy Moss, Calvin Johnson, Julio Jones, Terrell Owens, Marvin Harrison,

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Speaker 7: So Larry Fitzgerald doesn't exist anymore.

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Speaker 6: Well so not only that, I love Julio Jones. There's

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Speaker 6: Yeah, Calvin retired early, cal I retired at thirty.

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Speaker 4: But you're picking one wide receiver from twenty two thousand.

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Speaker 8: Five, like if my life depended on getting.

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Speaker 3: If your life depended on just one.

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Speaker 8: Receiver, who you picking like to get open to.

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Speaker 3: Make it to make a play. No, I don't know

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if it's gonna get open, it's going to make him play.

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Speaker 7: Oh seven, Randy Moss.

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Speaker 6: Okay, I really want to go, Larry. It's like, I'm

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not I'm not. I'm not saying it open because a

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lot of these people catch the ball when they're not open.

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Speaker 7: Are you doing oh seven?

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Speaker 3: Randy Moss, I don't know.

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Speaker 5: I don't know if it's that easy.

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Speaker 8: Cooper Cup had a triple crown.

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Speaker 6: I have only I've always been a big Larry Fitzgerald guy.

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Speaker 7: I guess I'll go.

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Speaker 3: Randy. Don't know.

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Speaker 8: Man, Jets, y'all might think he's too early on this list.

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Speaker 7: He's on the way. He's on the way.

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Speaker 4: You guys are crazy. It is one Megatron.

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Speaker 7: Respect the Megatron.

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Speaker 5: For for sure.

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Speaker 8: Like that he's play in the division.

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Speaker 3: So you saw him way more than a whole lot.

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I saw him catch.

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Speaker 4: I think he got three bills against US one one game.

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Speaker 9: The checkdown for the Lions at that time was Stafford

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would tap his helmet and Megatron would go to the

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end zone and Stafford would just throw it up.

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Speaker 8: They did to that. They did that to us twice, Like.

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Speaker 9: Stafford back rolling out, tap his head and then who

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and then Megatron took it off of Wettle's helmet twice.

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What was in perfect position was a baller. Yeah, I

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means like all decades.

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Speaker 4: October twenty seventh, twenty thirteen, Calvin Johnson three and twenty

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nine yards receiving against the cow.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, that's ridiculous.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, remember I just let me just all right, hold on,

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tight end position. And I don't have time in this

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segment to say what I want to say. Man, oh

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my god. Like the people that don't respect Antonio Gates.

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Speaker 3: Is he is the only practice quad.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, it's wild.

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Speaker 9: Let's go to Let's go to our guy Ross Jackson.

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We'll join us talk a little New Orleans Saints. Speaking

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of tight end position, that's a kind of an important

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one for the Saints. We'll break it all down with

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Ross when we come back here.

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Speaker 8: It is otb off the bench. I mean, teams used.

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Speaker 9: To guard gates like it was phunt, Like they put

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two guys on him, like he was a gunner.

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Speaker 9: Is the website not only in Central in the greater

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Speaker 4: You want to take this all quarter century a dement,

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flush it down the toilet at Clogs. You got to

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Speaker 5: No, come.

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

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listening to off the Bench.

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Speaker 9: All right, welcome back again, O TV one oh four

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five ESPN Baton Rouge. It is now time that we're

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gonna talk a little New Orleans Saints with our guy

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Ross Jackson.

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Speaker 8: You know him, you love him, Host of lockdown.

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Speaker 9: Saints of course does big things here for us losing

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sports dot Net Ross, what's going on?

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Speaker 8: Man? How you doing? Are really glad to be there?

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Ex Man?

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Speaker 9: You know, it's a time of the year where you

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get excited about certain players, but then you start to

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question certain players. It's like mini camp season, right, It's

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like you fall in love with these guys that aren't

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even going to be there in September, and then like

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you hate on these guys and it's like the guys

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that the Saints are counting on the most. Like it's

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one of my favorite times of the year to talk INFL,

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just because there's so much unknown already. Like, no matter

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what team you're talking about or else, with this Saints team,

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they might have the most unknown of any team in

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the NFL.

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Speaker 10: Yeah, dude, they are one of the big mysteries of

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the league right now. And that's for certain. I mean

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everything down to you obviously, like who the starting quarterback

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is going to be is the course of history. But

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first year head coach, first year defensive coordinator in New Orleans,

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at least you have a lot of turnover. You have

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offensive system changing, defensive system changing. There's so many big

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question marks around this team, not all of which bad,

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right It's not question marks like, oh, are they going

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to be able to do this? They can do that,

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though there are those things. It's a lot of question

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marks that also just center around what does this team

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look like, what is their new identity, and who are

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they as they move ahead? So makes them a big

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mystery this year in terms of, you know, trying to

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predict or project where it thinks you're.

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Speaker 3: Going to go for.

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Speaker 4: Give me sure reaction you run up quarterbacks. So that's

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what I'm always going to lean to first and foremost

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because it's the it's the you know, hardest position to

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play in all of sports, it's the most important position

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to play. And there's a bona fide QB competition right now.

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they've looked good, and we we hear that that's been

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really efficient at practice. So I'm always kind of curious

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as to which one of these guys has, like, is

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has anybody stepped in front as somebody that has looked

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like he's taken charge of the offense, taking charge of

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the line of scrimmage, looks more in control right now.

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Speaker 3: I mean, you would usually.

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Speaker 4: Side with the guy that's been there the longest that

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that happens, but you know, Spencer's only been there a year,

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so it's not like he's like a season vet or anything.

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Is there one guy that stands out that's looked like

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he's kind of taken over from like just a verbal standpoint,

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from a present standpoint.

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Speaker 10: Yeah, Like I would say, both of these guys have

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done things really well in those categories, but the one

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of the two that probably stands out the most there

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is Spencer Rattler. He's had a year of NFL experience,

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like you mentioned, which you're right, isn't a lot, but

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it is a big difference between having a year and

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not having a year, like that gap I think is

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bigger than you know, people outside of the game realize,

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and so I think that that is something that has

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set Spencer Ratler up pretty well to kind of show

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out in OTAs and in Mini camp. I have him

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with fifty nine passing attempts over there, both quarterbacks of

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fifty nine passing attempts over the course of what we

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were able to see as media, with him completing forty five.

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So you see an efficiency there. You see an efficiency

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in terms of his ability also to just kind of

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have a more sped up clock, like these guys have

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not done any eleven on elevens. We should keep that

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in mind. It's all seven on sevens or nine on seven,

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so literally every throwing, every passing lane is wide open,

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all these other things from from a trench's standpoint, But

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what we haven't seen Spencer Ratler do with a lack

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of pass rush is get comfortable and hold on to

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the ball and wait for receivers to make DB's cover

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two or three routes. He's operated in a take the

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take the snap, drop back hitch throw like he just

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has his rhythm. Everything's on time, which is really important

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for a Kellen Moore offense, which is very much about timing.

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tells everybody what needs to be done protection wise, and

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then in the passing game, it's a timing game. And

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that's going to be a little bit that's probably going

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to look a little bit more familiar to what Saints

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two Saints fans in terms of what they used to

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watch versus what they've seen in the recent past that

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gotten the timing of the offense pretty well, moves a

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little bit more efficiently, gets out in and out of

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the huddle with a little with a little bit more

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of a sense of urgency, gets through his reads, is

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using the entire field kind of doing all these things,

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and he's operating on a clock that he does need

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to operate on because he has all the time in

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the world, but he's not, you know, buying into that.

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And so I would say that those are the reasons

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why I would say that Spencer Ratler maybe stands out

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a little bit more in that category, but it is,

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you know, both of these guys have shown proficiencies in

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that area for sure.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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that the biggest jump for a quarterback, you know, any

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position really, but specifically at quarterback, the jump from year

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one to two is the most important. Like it's it's

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the biggest gap that they cover from year one to two.

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And so if you don't make that jump from one

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to two, you're never gonna have like it's hard to

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like make the jump on your three, year, four, five, six, seven,

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whatever whatever. It's going to be so the fact that

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like Shuck is competing with that and like keeping up

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with it and making it, keeping up with a guy

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that is doing that. Like, as Saints fans, you should

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hope that Spencer Spencer does take that jump that everybody

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talks about. And so the completion percentage're talking about is great,

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it's a great stat but just like you said, there's

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no eleven on eleven, so it's a glorified like playing

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catch out there. So it's going to be so widely

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important once they get the pads on, taking the snaps,

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guys hitting around them, all that stuff. But let's talk

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about the completion percentage. How are they spread, Like the receivers,

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who's kind of stepping up as a two to three receiver?

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How are the tight ends looking? Who are they feeding

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the ball to during these practices?

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Speaker 10: Yeah, I mean, look, you're seeing a lot of Krysalova,

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You're seeing a lot of reshoots, you heat, There's no

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doubt about that, and that's exactly what you should expect, right, Like,

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those are the top two guys when it comes to

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the passing game, all those pieces, and so those guys

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have been a core focus. But we've also seen this

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ball move around a lot. You know, tight ends like

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Michael Jacobson as well as Juwan Johnson and Jack Stall

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all getting involved. You know, running backs that have completions

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written down to guys like Alvin Kamara, but have also

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had completions written down to like Cam Akers. Right, So

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some stuff you know happening out of the backfield. There

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Clydewards layer as well, And so we're seeing sort of

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all three of the core positions wide receiver, tight end,

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and running back. When it comes to pass catching, we're

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seeing really all three of those areas getting opportunit. And

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one of the reasons why I were receiving that is because,

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like if you look earlier on during OTAs, we saw

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a lot of downfields, you know, they were pushing the

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ball downfield and know these other things. But then when

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they got into mini camps, Kellen Moore kind of split

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the script on them and had them working on situations,

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so third and short, first and ten second and long

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all these other kinds of things. And so you were

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asked in that case as a quarterback to go out

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there and do what makes sense. So it wasn't always

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push it down the field or hit the intermediate area

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or try to make the big play, try to stand

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out in front of the fans that were in attendance,

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which could have really driven these guys to want to

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show out maybe a little bit more to you know,

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hype the energy up whatever. And instead it was third

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and three and you know, you have a checkdown available

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behind a lot of scrimmage that can get three yards

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after the catch to get to a first down. You

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take that. It's second and five. You have an opportunity

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to complete a slant for you know, three to five

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yards and live for a third down. You take that.

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And so we saw them also kind of work them

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through decision making with situational context. And I think that's

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another place where you kind of saw these guys stand

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out quite a bit, is that they didn't buy into

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the idea of pushing the ball down the field and

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trying to generate that excitement. They instead bought into the

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idea of making the thirds that win football games. And

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I think that was a really smart move by Kellen

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Moore to kind of throttle them down to that point,

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even in those seven on sevens or nine on sevens,

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just kind of makes them think about an extra thing

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and kind of see how they operated in that context.

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Speaker 9: All right, so any young quarterback orross is going to

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want to be able to turn around and hand it

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off to a strong running game, strong running back behind

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a strong offensive line. I want to go to running

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back because that's going to take a lot of pressure

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off whoever the starting quarterback is.

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Speaker 8: We know Ak is going to be the lead back.

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But you've made some moves.

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Speaker 9: You've drafted running backs, You've signed veteran running backs in

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Clyde Edwards, d Lair, you signed Cam.

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Speaker 8: Akers the other day. What does that position look like

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for you?

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Speaker 9: Certainly behind Ak, because they're going to need more than

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just one guys we've seen over the last couple of years,

482
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and they brought in a lot of different guys with

483
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a lot of different experience.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 10: I mean there's eight different running backs I think in

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the room right now if I'm counting correctly. And they

487
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brought them in from the draft, undrafted, free agency, from

488
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free agency guys that they retained as well, And so

489
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they have a really eclectic group here. You know, kind

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of smaller guys that are willing, that can run really well.

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They have the one cut guys like Kendre Miller, and

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Devin Neil. They have the veteran guys like Clyde Ridge

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Laire and Cam Akers and Bayless Jones Junior who has

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some versatility to his game. Like, they have a big,

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kind of very eclectic group of these running backs. So

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I'm really interested to see where things go. The logic says, Okay,

497
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you have Alvin Kamara who has this incredible ability still

498
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going into year nine in space and doing all the

499
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things that he does, you know, outside of the tackles

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and in the receiving game and all this stuff. So

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then the logic feels like, okay, so who's going to

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be kind of the between the tackles bruiser. If that's

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the way that the go, then I think that's where

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guys like Handmakers, Ken dre Miller. I would even throw

505
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Claude Rizilier in there. That's kind of where those guys

506
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come in. Devin Neil as well. And then you're looking

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for a kind of a complimentary third piece. So it's

508
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going to be a pretty major competition here. And keep

509
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in mind too, the same kind of second tier rusher

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that they've really leaned on for a long time, and

511
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for many many years, it's been Taysom Hill not even

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a running back right, but he might not be available

513
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at the beginning of the season. We'll see where things

514
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are for him from a health standpoint. But if they

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have to be without him, and they are really going

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to have to make sure that they're getting production in

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the run game from another player not named Alvin Kamara,

518
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they won't. They might not have Taysom Hill to fall

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back on. And so whoever these running backs are that

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end up making the roster, I think a guy like

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Devin Neil feels like a clear, you know, possibility, as

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he was drafted by this organization. Ken dre Miller has

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been around for a couple of years, and so you know,

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those are the names that probably stand out. But really,

525
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any of these guys have a wide open path to

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making the roster based on what it is that he

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can do, and whoever gets those opportunities don't need to

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make the most of them because the Saints are not

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going to have Taysom Hill to fall back on, likely

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early on in the season, in order to be able

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to compliment that run game.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, Ross, Let's look to the other side of the

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ball here on defense and new defensive coordinator Brandon Staley

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comes in taking over installing new defenses, new defensive schemes.

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So the Saints in the past, have you kind of

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always run like the Dennis Allen type of defense where

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it's a little it's a little tricky, it's a little

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off pace for quarterbacks. They used to do a lot

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of two inverts and two fire zones, like some different situations.

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Speaker 3: But what have you seen.

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Speaker 4: I know it's hard when we don't have pads on

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we're not doing eleven on eleven. But what do you

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expect to see from the defense schematically? Is a lot

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of one high two highs. Have they been shown anything?

545
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Is what percentage pressure situations as a high high pressure guy.

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Have they shown any of that?

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Speaker 9: Yeah?

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Speaker 10: I think I would expect just looking back at Brandon

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Staley's track record, probably some middle of field closed type

550
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of defenses, so cover one, cover three, things like that

551
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that kind of populate the middle of the field and

552
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then force you know, quarterbacks to look to the perimeter.

553
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But it's interesting because the NFL has really gone to

554
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kind of too high split safety looks as a means

555
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of trying to take away the big explosive plays and

556
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kind of force the run game. So we're watching offenses

557
00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:22,960
get bigger, more two tight ends, that's more two running

558
00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:25,160
back sets, because that's a that's a way to counter

559
00:26:25,319 --> 00:26:27,119
the Okay, you're going to take away the big play

560
00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:29,960
over the top, but now you're light in the box,

561
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let me go ahead and attack that. And so I

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think you're going to see a little bit of everything

563
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when it comes to Brandon Saley's defense. But I think

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that you'll notice as a big change from what Brent,

565
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what Dennis Allen used to do. It's kind of a

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transition from sort of the pressman back to the quarterback

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eyes on the route runner type of scheme to a

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more zone match pattern matching eyes in the backfield kind

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of coverage. And that's going to open up. And I've

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talked to a lot of the defensive players that'll be

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impacted by that, and they a lot of them feel

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that it's going to open them up to go out

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00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:06,480
there and make more plays like the Saints had I

574
00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:08,680
think it was eleven interceptions over the course of the

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first nine or so games, and then they had only

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three interceptions for the rest of the way throughout the

577
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rest of the season. And so this is the secondary

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that's hungry to go out there and make plays. And

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a lot of those members believe that what Brandon Staley's

580
00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:25,920
defense will do with allowing them to keep their eyes

581
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in the backfield should allow them to be able to

582
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kind of do that. Read the quarterback's eyes. Go out there,

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be attacking, be aggressive, and go try to make plays

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on the football. I think the other changes that you're

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going to see are the ones that you know, we've

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been talked about quite a bit with stand up pass

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00:27:38,839 --> 00:27:41,519
rushers and things like that, taking advantage of athleticism and speed.

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But I do think that those eyes in the backfield

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could help the Saints with another big thing that they've

590
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troubled with over the course of the past few years,

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and that's the mobile quarterback. It's a big difference when

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you have your back turned and that quarterback starts to

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run versus when the entire team or you know, a

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majority of the team has their eyes on the quarterback

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on them already of STAPs where they can maybe react

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00:28:01,839 --> 00:28:03,519
and try to go and make some place in that

597
00:28:03,559 --> 00:28:05,400
area too. So I think that's a couple of places

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where you'll see some differences.

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Speaker 9: Last one, Rawson, we always do appreciate the time catching

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up with Ross Jackson here on OTB. We've talked a

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lot about so many different players, so many drafted guys

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over the last couple of years, that we expect big

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things on this team.

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Speaker 8: But I do.

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Speaker 9: Feel like a guy that still is not a part

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of the conversation at least like on the airways sometimes

607
00:28:25,279 --> 00:28:28,720
is kol a McKinstry and you traded you know for him,

608
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Like there's the guy you moved up in the draft

609
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for just a year ago. What is his role? How

610
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impactful is he going to be? Because like with the

611
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assets you use and anytime you seck somebody in the

612
00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:41,680
second round, like that's got to be like a day

613
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one starter. His rookie year was okay, But what should

614
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we expect to see from kool Aid?

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Speaker 10: Yeah, I think you can expect good play from kool

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Aid and continued improvement from where he was last year.

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If you look at his season towards the end of

618
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last year, it just got better and better and better.

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Those last three games up against the I'm not going

620
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to try to do that the last three games of

621
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the year. You know, he was targeted over ten times

622
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and allowed you know, fewer than I think it was

623
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around five catches and things like that, and so you know,

624
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you kind of saw his game kind of step into

625
00:29:14,359 --> 00:29:17,559
the next next phase there, and he's looked out standing

626
00:29:17,839 --> 00:29:20,559
in Mini camp as well as NNTA has been one

627
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of the standout performers coming out of the off season programs,

628
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and so I think he's going to be a guy

629
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that's going to be tasked with oftentimes being sort of

630
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the quote unquote cornerback one, which doesn't always mean that

631
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he's going to be lined up across the best receiver

632
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because they're going to move receivers in and out of

633
00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:38,960
the slot things like that, so that'll kind of change

634
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a little bit of what those coverage asignments are. But

635
00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:43,920
I assume that he will be the number one guy

636
00:29:44,039 --> 00:29:46,720
for this team at corner. He's been really disruptive at

637
00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:49,880
the catch point. He's super sound fundamentally, which makes him

638
00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:52,799
a coaches dream as well because he's not having to

639
00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:56,039
rely on just raw talent. The raw talent adds to

640
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what he does well from a foundational standpoint, and then

641
00:29:58,759 --> 00:30:01,079
he can build upon that. So I think he'll continue

642
00:30:01,119 --> 00:30:04,160
to get better, especially as there's more time for him

643
00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:06,799
as well as when there's a pass rush introduced that

644
00:30:06,799 --> 00:30:08,759
should help him out quite a bit too. And so

645
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I think we've seen some good things for him, but

646
00:30:10,519 --> 00:30:12,720
I think good thing like more are on the way.

647
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When it comes to cool they begin trim really interested

648
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and excited to see his twenty twenty five season.

649
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Speaker 9: All right, he's our guy, Ross Jackson, Louisiana Sports dot Net,

650
00:30:21,519 --> 00:30:24,519
always putting out great articles on the New Orleans Saints

651
00:30:24,519 --> 00:30:25,359
and keeping you.

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Speaker 8: Up to date.

653
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Speaker 7: Ross.

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Speaker 9: We appreciate the time as always, sir, look forward to

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our next conversation.

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Speaker 10: Absolutely, guys, thanks so much. Appreciate you all, take care

657
00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:34,559
of stay safe, and I'll talk to you all right again.

658
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Speaker 8: Ross Jackson.

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Speaker 9: Nobody nobody's locked in no pun intended because he hosted

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Locked On Saints podcast, but always locked in, always ready

661
00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:43,160
to go.

662
00:30:43,279 --> 00:30:44,599
Speaker 8: So appreciate his time.

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Speaker 4: I like it, Savenus of the defensive schemes too. Yeah,

664
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it's gonna be fun to get into.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, he is like he is somebody that him and

666
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Nick Underhill both like great assets for us to be

667
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able to have here on OTV because they can actually

668
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talk about some of the things that.

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Speaker 8: We can out that we want to talk about all times.

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We'll start talking about them. We're like, hold up, wait

671
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a minute, do they know what that is?

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Speaker 9: Those two guys certainly are gonna be able to have

673
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those conversations. All right, we'll take a break to close

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out today's show. I think we're going to call Alandra

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and get her on the line, get an update on

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UH on the road trip, see how things are going,

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seeing if if they went the right direction, all those

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type of things.

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Speaker 8: So we've got that coming up for you as well.

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More OTB when we jump back here on one of four

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Speaker 8: Welcome back again. Oh t me h.

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Speaker 9: I got a little you know he did when I

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saw the tight ends on this quarter century NFL team.

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There's a couple of positions like linea linebacker, linebackers, tough.

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Speaker 8: No list is perfect. You're right about that.

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Speaker 9: Tony Gonzalez, Travis Kelce, and Rob Grinkowski. The tight ends.

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Antonio Gates obviously a teammate of mind. So I'm gonna,

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you know, be biasing the answer. But three time First

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Team All Pro, most touchdowns ever by a tight end,

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00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:28,400
almost twelve thousand career receiving yards, almost a thousand career catches,

716
00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:31,400
played sixteen NFL seasons for one team.

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Speaker 8: That's that's pretty telling as well.

718
00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:36,839
Speaker 4: I think you could probably agree with Gronk and Tony Gonzalez, right,

719
00:33:38,359 --> 00:33:39,240
Gronk for sure.

720
00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:41,519
Speaker 8: For sure, Gronk for sure. I think Gronk might be

721
00:33:41,519 --> 00:33:42,880
the best ever end.

722
00:33:43,519 --> 00:33:45,480
Speaker 9: I still have Gates a little bit ahead of Tony

723
00:33:45,519 --> 00:33:47,480
Gonzalez when you put up their stats next to each other.

724
00:33:47,559 --> 00:33:50,079
I just think it's a very close argument. I could

725
00:33:50,079 --> 00:33:52,359
listen to either one. I think there's more things. There's

726
00:33:52,359 --> 00:33:55,960
more routes that Gates could run. Tony certainly had a

727
00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:58,599
couple of his repertoire that he ran at an elite level,

728
00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:02,000
where I think Gates could he could do some receiver things.

729
00:34:02,599 --> 00:34:05,640
Speaker 4: When you on that list, like the guys you're talking

730
00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:09,400
about Dates, Gronk, toninganz aalz Out even though Jason Whitten

731
00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:13,559
that we talked about that they can they could translate

732
00:34:13,599 --> 00:34:17,239
to any offense. Travis Kelcey's great in his own right,

733
00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:22,360
but it's also kind of probably a product of that offense.

734
00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:24,760
I don't know, but this is just our opinions up here.

735
00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:27,000
He's probably probably he's not the best blocker in the world.

736
00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:28,960
Speaker 6: That's what saying, Like you have to define the tight

737
00:34:29,039 --> 00:34:31,559
end position like Kelsey is essentially just a big receiver.

738
00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:33,360
He's not a great blocker, Like if you want to

739
00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:36,599
go tight end, like George kittles on much better all

740
00:34:36,599 --> 00:34:37,280
around tight end.

741
00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:40,199
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, we're we're looking at this list, we're

742
00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:43,400
breaking it down. I'm choosing George Kittle over Travis Kelcey. Yes,

743
00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:46,800
every day, all day. Dude's a freak.

744
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:52,280
Speaker 8: George Kittle is the most complete in the NFL. He's

745
00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:53,920
a mawler on the line.

746
00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:55,800
Speaker 4: He is.

747
00:34:56,280 --> 00:34:58,920
Speaker 8: He's not like a willing blocker like he's dude at it.

748
00:34:59,079 --> 00:35:01,360
Speaker 3: Ye. Yeah, he's fun to watch. He's electric.

749
00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:03,920
Speaker 4: He can he can beat you on a corner route

750
00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:06,599
or a go route or a crossing route, whatever it is.

751
00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:09,000
But it will also drive you in the dirt and

752
00:35:09,119 --> 00:35:11,239
talk about it to let you know about it with

753
00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:15,480
a smile on his face, which is pretty psychopathist in.

754
00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:15,800
Speaker 8: A good way.

755
00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:17,199
Speaker 4: But a lot of people in the chat talking out,

756
00:35:17,199 --> 00:35:20,039
they're bringing up Jimmy Graham. Okay, Jimmy Graham in his

757
00:35:20,119 --> 00:35:23,639
own right for sure, great for the Saints of Saints legend.

758
00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:25,840
Speaker 8: Yeah, he's a top ten guy.

759
00:35:26,679 --> 00:35:29,800
Speaker 4: Been fortunate enough to hang with Jimmy quite a bit

760
00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:33,719
the last couple of years through our relationship. We weren't

761
00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:36,559
so we didn't cross paths and we weren't teammates when

762
00:35:36,559 --> 00:35:37,880
I was with the Saints for a little bit. He

763
00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:40,679
came back after thatwks like never.

764
00:35:40,719 --> 00:35:45,039
Speaker 3: No ever, no, So yeah, we high five on the

765
00:35:45,039 --> 00:35:45,800
way way in.

766
00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:48,039
Speaker 4: But I've got to know him the last couple of

767
00:35:48,079 --> 00:35:49,960
years just from what we take a guys trip every

768
00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:53,119
year with some some former players, and uh, it kind

769
00:35:53,159 --> 00:35:53,639
of brought it up.

770
00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:55,559
Speaker 3: He is about to embark.

771
00:35:55,199 --> 00:35:59,039
Speaker 4: On like an incredible event, a credible journey, like if

772
00:35:59,079 --> 00:36:01,280
y'all't know, like Jimmy Backstore. He is one of the

773
00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:05,800
most like impressive humans, like Renaissance Man. He's a pilot,

774
00:36:06,159 --> 00:36:11,280
he flies planes, jets, helicopters, he navigates weather, he's a cyclist.

775
00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:15,000
He does all this crazy stuff. So he's a part

776
00:36:15,119 --> 00:36:19,320
of what's called the the Arctic Challenge, where basically they're

777
00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:23,119
gonna get on a canoe a team of four, unaccompanied

778
00:36:23,119 --> 00:36:26,280
by any like safety vessels or anything like that, and

779
00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:29,719
they're gonna just row across the Arctic Ocean what I

780
00:36:29,719 --> 00:36:31,320
don't know if you've ever heard of that ocean.

781
00:36:32,119 --> 00:36:33,480
Speaker 7: So they're just gonna run dangerous.

782
00:36:33,599 --> 00:36:36,199
Speaker 4: Yeah, so it's all for a good calls like bringing

783
00:36:36,239 --> 00:36:40,360
awareness of charity and like you know, challenging people to

784
00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:42,119
push themselves, pushing their body.

785
00:36:42,159 --> 00:36:43,400
Speaker 3: But yeah, it's a team.

786
00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:47,920
Speaker 4: So it's Jimmy gram so X NFL player, Navy Seals

787
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:49,039
and rowers.

788
00:36:48,719 --> 00:36:52,519
Speaker 3: From like Team USA. So they've been training for like

789
00:36:52,719 --> 00:36:53,199
a year.

790
00:36:53,599 --> 00:36:55,320
Speaker 4: I think they've done a lot of rowing and stuff

791
00:36:55,320 --> 00:36:59,400
on on like poncha train. Yeah, so they're doing they're

792
00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:01,320
doing all sorts of stuff. So you know, Jimmy Hops

793
00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:03,639
is playing, you know, flies over and he's just a

794
00:37:04,119 --> 00:37:07,119
it's an impressive dude, renaissance man, and like go look

795
00:37:07,119 --> 00:37:09,280
it up, like go see like this, you could see

796
00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:11,599
it online. The canoe that they're I call it a canoe,

797
00:37:11,599 --> 00:37:13,679
that's not what it is, but it's a it's a

798
00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:14,880
rowing boat machine.

799
00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:16,719
Speaker 8: Yeah. We didn't go to the Ivy League. We don't

800
00:37:16,719 --> 00:37:17,280
know the term.

801
00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:19,000
Speaker 4: Yeah, so I think it's like there, it's like two

802
00:37:19,039 --> 00:37:21,519
hours on, two hours off, two hours of rowing and

803
00:37:21,519 --> 00:37:23,320
then you get two hours ago, like take a little rest,

804
00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:23,880
take a nap.

805
00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:25,639
Speaker 3: Get it. They got like a little cabin. I don't

806
00:37:25,639 --> 00:37:27,000
know how Jimmy's gonna fit in this thame.

807
00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:31,880
Speaker 4: He's a big human. But yeah, dude, it's really cool.

808
00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:34,000
Go look it up. You see, like their sponsors, the

809
00:37:34,079 --> 00:37:36,360
charity that it's supporting, and it's just a really cool

810
00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:39,119
You'll be able to like track their journey throughout the

811
00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:42,119
entire thing, and Jimmy's like the Jimmy's in charge of

812
00:37:42,199 --> 00:37:45,119
navigating them or because because of him being a pilot,

813
00:37:45,440 --> 00:37:45,960
he knows.

814
00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:48,800
Speaker 5: How to track weather, the pressures, the fronts and everything

815
00:37:48,840 --> 00:37:49,039
like that.

816
00:37:49,079 --> 00:37:50,960
Speaker 4: So they're gonna have to like he's gonna be doing

817
00:37:51,039 --> 00:37:52,840
like the weather making sure they're not like going into

818
00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:54,039
a huge Arctic storm.

819
00:37:54,079 --> 00:37:59,199
Speaker 8: Right yeah, yeah, pretty well, Jimmy's not a meat head.

820
00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:01,360
Speaker 3: Oh no, definitely not.

821
00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:04,960
Speaker 9: Look and I'm not saying that, you know, meatheads can't

822
00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:07,119
do things like that, but that feels like a step

823
00:38:07,159 --> 00:38:08,360
above a meathead.

824
00:38:08,719 --> 00:38:09,119
Speaker 8: Uh you know.

825
00:38:09,199 --> 00:38:12,719
Speaker 9: Bobby Carpenter is a professor of finance at the Ohio

826
00:38:12,719 --> 00:38:15,519
State University. But that feels like the ceiling for a meathead.

827
00:38:16,039 --> 00:38:18,400
But when you're like leading into the ocean like this,

828
00:38:18,599 --> 00:38:20,519
it feels like yeah.

829
00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:23,039
Speaker 3: Yeah, and like the you know, the safety of the

830
00:38:23,159 --> 00:38:23,719
vessel and.

831
00:38:23,679 --> 00:38:26,280
Speaker 4: The crew kind of kind of depends on you know,

832
00:38:27,079 --> 00:38:29,480
there's some weather up ahead, right, Well, yeah, so I

833
00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:32,159
think it's a thousand kilometers, are going six hundred miles

834
00:38:32,239 --> 00:38:34,760
something like that? What six hundred miles?

835
00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:38,039
Speaker 3: A believe? Yeah, it's artic Cohan, guys.

836
00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:42,039
Speaker 7: Six man, this is this is this is unbelievable.

837
00:38:42,599 --> 00:38:42,960
Speaker 3: Let's see.

838
00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:45,360
Speaker 4: The Arctic Challenge is a six hundred mile record setting

839
00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:49,280
expedition across the Arctic Ocean led by diverse American crew,

840
00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:53,639
rowing NonStop through freezing seas to test human limits, inspire

841
00:38:53,679 --> 00:38:56,599
the next generation, and support youth driven causes.

842
00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:57,559
Speaker 3: How about that?

843
00:38:57,679 --> 00:39:00,480
Speaker 7: All right, I man, shout out, Jimmy, Jimmy Grant, get

844
00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:00,840
it done.

845
00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:01,320
Speaker 3: Let's go.

846
00:39:01,679 --> 00:39:03,800
Speaker 7: I'll be watching from the warmth of my house.

847
00:39:04,119 --> 00:39:09,679
Speaker 9: So it's gonna be so yeah, Oh all right. We're

848
00:39:09,719 --> 00:39:13,199
gonna step away for the final time this week. We

849
00:39:13,239 --> 00:39:16,840
will check in with Alandra Rivers. They're on the road

850
00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:21,320
right now, road tripping to Omaha. Gonna call Landra, get

851
00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:24,480
kind of a behind the scenes how it's been so far.

852
00:39:24,639 --> 00:39:26,480
Not sure how far they made it. We'll see if

853
00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:29,920
they're heading to the right direction, making good time there

854
00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:33,199
to Omaha. Will have that to close out today's Oh

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Speaker 1: From players to legends, Hester and Flynn breakdown LSU football

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like only champions can do you Sleepy.

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Speaker 8: Underrated MJ here Jordan's.

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Speaker 7: I'm cooking man. You know I'm cooking, but you're cooking

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cooking in the kitchen.

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Speaker 9: Yes, just because you turned forty. These dad jokes are

881
00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:06,199
getting at and that's two.

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Speaker 8: All right, too many? All right, let's go now to

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parts unknown.

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Speaker 9: Producer of our show, Elandra Blank Space Villa Reale Rivers Sue,

885
00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:18,039
you own the road to Omaha?

886
00:41:18,719 --> 00:41:21,000
Speaker 8: How are we doing? How's the road trip so far?

887
00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:22,800
Are we heading in the right direction?

888
00:41:24,079 --> 00:41:26,840
Speaker 2: I think we're headed in the right direction. It says north,

889
00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:30,679
so that feels right. I'm not quite sure where we're at.

890
00:41:30,719 --> 00:41:33,000
I think we just crossed over into Missouri.

891
00:41:33,719 --> 00:41:35,639
Speaker 8: All right, to show mistake, show me seven, I'll show

892
00:41:35,639 --> 00:41:35,960
you eight.

893
00:41:37,440 --> 00:41:38,719
Speaker 2: Don't know what that means, and I'm going.

894
00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:43,840
Speaker 8: You remember how you felt?

895
00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:46,039
Speaker 9: You remember how you felt about Blue October? That's how

896
00:41:46,079 --> 00:41:46,840
I feel right now?

897
00:41:47,880 --> 00:41:48,159
Speaker 2: Wait?

898
00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:48,719
Speaker 8: What did you?

899
00:41:49,039 --> 00:41:49,280
Speaker 4: Wait?

900
00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:52,239
Speaker 2: Okay, hold on, Rivers, do you know who Blue October is?

901
00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:53,480
Speaker 8: Right?

902
00:41:53,639 --> 00:41:55,039
Speaker 4: Wait's what I think? Hey?

903
00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:55,639
Speaker 10: Wait?

904
00:41:55,760 --> 00:41:57,119
Speaker 2: Hate me today?

905
00:41:58,519 --> 00:41:58,880
Speaker 10: Okay?

906
00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:01,519
Speaker 2: Anyways, alsome, I guess I'm the only one in this

907
00:42:02,119 --> 00:42:04,159
world who knows who me and Matt Miscona know who

908
00:42:04,159 --> 00:42:05,000
Blue October is?

909
00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:09,960
Speaker 9: All right, Well, how's it been like? How How is

910
00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:12,639
the trip? That was a Nelly song by the way

911
00:42:12,679 --> 00:42:15,840
that I was quoting there. How's the trip been so far?

912
00:42:15,920 --> 00:42:18,079
Where did we stop? What time did we get back

913
00:42:18,159 --> 00:42:19,400
up and start to drive again?

914
00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:23,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, so it was like nine hours of just being

915
00:42:23,559 --> 00:42:28,000
locked in and driving. Yesterday we stopped maybe once or twice,

916
00:42:28,199 --> 00:42:31,199
and then we stopped in Bentonville, Arkansas. Don't know if

917
00:42:31,199 --> 00:42:31,719
you've heard.

918
00:42:31,599 --> 00:42:34,320
Speaker 8: Of it, but it's.

919
00:42:34,679 --> 00:42:37,280
Speaker 2: So Bentonville. And then we stopped there last night and

920
00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:39,440
we just got back on the road like at nine.

921
00:42:41,559 --> 00:42:44,599
So we're gonna stop in. I keep seeing Saint Louis,

922
00:42:44,599 --> 00:42:45,719
but it's Kansas City.

923
00:42:47,599 --> 00:42:49,880
Speaker 9: Well there's two Kansas City's. I mean the Kansas side

924
00:42:49,920 --> 00:42:52,400
the Missouri side. That does get confusing.

925
00:42:52,960 --> 00:42:57,239
Speaker 2: Yeah, but it's Kansas Okay. Also, Matt, happy birthday, thank you.

926
00:42:57,440 --> 00:43:01,920
But there's a place called Joe's Barbecue that we're going

927
00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:05,639
to stop at, and Anthony Bourdain talked about it, so

928
00:43:05,719 --> 00:43:09,719
I can see what that's about. Yeah, but about six

929
00:43:09,760 --> 00:43:12,440
hours from Omaha right now, we're very excited.

930
00:43:13,480 --> 00:43:16,000
Speaker 4: So once you let's say you'll drive, you'll cross the

931
00:43:16,039 --> 00:43:19,119
city limits in Omaha. What's the plan? What are you

932
00:43:19,159 --> 00:43:21,719
What's what's on the agenda today? Once you get there,

933
00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:22,599
what you're going to do.

934
00:43:23,480 --> 00:43:25,719
Speaker 2: So we're gonna do some bar hopping, for sure, go

935
00:43:25,880 --> 00:43:30,480
check out all the that are popular in Omaha. We

936
00:43:30,559 --> 00:43:33,320
just talked to Hunt. He went to a place called

937
00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:37,320
Old Market last night, so we'll probably check that out. Obviously,

938
00:43:37,400 --> 00:43:42,280
go to Roccos and add to the Deello shot competition,

939
00:43:42,480 --> 00:43:44,760
and then we're gonna go to Blats as well, and

940
00:43:44,800 --> 00:43:49,840
then take that Ryan Legee the memorial that he talked about.

941
00:43:49,840 --> 00:43:51,320
Speaker 9: We're gonna go to that awesome.

942
00:43:52,159 --> 00:43:55,440
Speaker 2: Apparently the guy gives you a beer to sip on

943
00:43:55,480 --> 00:43:59,559
while you're shopping around, so it sounds like my place absolutely.

944
00:44:00,599 --> 00:44:03,480
Speaker 9: So one thing we always know about, like Omaha wants

945
00:44:03,559 --> 00:44:07,039
LSU makes it to the Championship Series is thousands of

946
00:44:07,320 --> 00:44:09,760
new LSU fans not new to LSU but new to

947
00:44:09,920 --> 00:44:12,639
omahall make their way up there, kind of like y'all

948
00:44:12,639 --> 00:44:13,719
are doing right now.

949
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Speaker 8: How many have we seen on the road?

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Speaker 9: Have we seen anybody with like LSU flags or anything

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on the.

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Speaker 8: Way up there?

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Speaker 2: So I surprisingly have not seen like any LSU fans

954
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or any sort of Louisiana even license plates. We did

955
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stop at a gas station and I had an LSU

956
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shirt on and this guy was like, I like that shirt,

957
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So that counts for anything.

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Speaker 8: Absolutely hitting with the go Tigers.

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Speaker 2: I did. I was like, go Tigers.

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Speaker 8: There you go, well done, my best toe boys.

961
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Speaker 9: Well, that's the only way that you can do that

962
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is rivers pulling for LSU or Coastal Carolina.

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Speaker 2: So she's been very neutral, but her nails are yellow. Okay,

964
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so I feel like that's the is you cool?

965
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Speaker 8: You're well, they're not.

966
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Speaker 1: Tell here's the deal.

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Speaker 2: I have brought some purple and some gold to dabble

968
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with while I'm on this trip.

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Speaker 4: You know that can't go full L s U.

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Speaker 8: All right, Well, fair enough, fair enough something.

971
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Speaker 2: Something I'm every day gonna get progressively more an L

972
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s U fan as far as what I'm wearing.

973
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Speaker 3: All right, sounds like she's going L s U.

974
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Speaker 9: And two it sounds like she is going L s

975
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U to sweep Coastal Carolina. Well, y'all be safe. We

976
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got about ten seconds left. Y'all be safe, Cheer on

977
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the Tigers safely, and uh have a lot of yellow shots.

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Speaker 10: All right?

979
00:45:40,079 --> 00:45:42,440
Speaker 8: Bye, all right, see y'all later, and we'll see you

980
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later next.

981
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Speaker 9: Go into f and Tigers off the bench and go

982
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hall Star Toyota van herstuck in there.

983
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Speaker 3: I love it.

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Speaker 8: You can say that, right, F F I n G.

985
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Speaker 3: The thing.

986
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Speaker 8: It's OK.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely it's not.

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Speaker 8: You know you can do it. No, you can do it.

989
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I know the rules, dude.

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Speaker 3: Again.

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Speaker 9: We know everybody's tuned in. The stuc's up there. We

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know it got it, everybody's tuned in, O t B.

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