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Welcome into Good Morning Football.

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I'm Jane Slater joined by Jason mccordy.

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We've got Kyle Brant and we have got

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Tom Pellasero out there and am very rainy

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Detroit. We're glad that you guys are staying

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dry.

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We were and I think we feel great, and I think the people

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of Detroit feel great. Jason was coming after me ely

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on saying that I've been wearing Red Wings stuff

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and Tiger stuff, and Jason

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was saying, I'm not really a fan of those teams. Well,

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the only thing I haven't been wearing is lion stuff.

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So a fan came to the set yesterday

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and said, Kyle needs some lion stuff, and

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they dropped off this really cool jersey.

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Yeah, it's back. It's the black jersey. Jason, I'm

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not kidding. I wish I knew that the woman's name, but she

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said, you got to represent the line.

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So she came to the Good Morning Football set drop this

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off. It's really clean. It's my favorite

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Detroit Lion. I will wear this.

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And also like he's also very wealthy

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now and it's just all coming up Detroit, Tom.

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But for now you're sticking with Repin Eiserman feder

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Off.

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In the Boys.

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Yeah, it's not been a great year for the Red Wings, the

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fifth in the Atlantic. I googled that right before the segment

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started. But thank you very much for the jersey.

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We love you Detroit right back.

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We know that you googled it. You said, Ama

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raw favorite Detroit Lion. Craig

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Reynolds right now pissed off that you did

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not name him as your favorite Detroit Lion.

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Just cheated on Ama rossa Bob,

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But that's okay. We'll bet it pass

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go ahead. At some point, we like you to put the

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jersey on too, so we'll see.

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All right, who is a team

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you cannot wait to see hit the field?

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All right?

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So I was complimenting Tom earlier in the show that

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in the opening segment of the show we talked about

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the Carolina Panthers. We're the worst team in the league, and I think

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that's what the draft is all about. I am genuinely

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exciting, Jason, You're gonna love this. I'm ready for

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the twenty twenty four Arizona Cardinals.

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Let's get into this.

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I have a soft spot for last year's Cardinals.

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I think they were the toughest four win team I've ever seen.

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They had quality wins over the Cowboys and the

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Steelers, and they I think they really matter and I

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think they've annihilated their

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draft. They get the Marvin Harrison junior pick,

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It's great. It's like probably the best player in the entire

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draft. And then Darius Robbinson the defensive

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and out of Missouri, Max Melton from Rutgers

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for three, Trey Benson the running back. I feel

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like when you start to look at all these picks time, it's

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like, Man, the Cardinals I think are really lining

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up really nicely.

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And I'll say this, I'm rooting for Kyler

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Murray hard now because all.

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The jokes have been made, all the memes, all everything.

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I think we're past that and now it's like, it's pretty

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lame to make fun of Kyler Murray where he used to leave

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that. I root for those type of people that have

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been beaten down. I'm ready for the Kyler Murray comeback

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season. And if you take it from one of my favorite

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fans, Maggie from Mexico,

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the Arizona Cardinals fan, I think she's

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probably slightly excited too.

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Tom.

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I know it feels weird to be like, let's hype up

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the Arizona Cardinals.

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I don't care. They beat the Eagles at the end

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of last year too. I like, and they turned it around, and I love

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the picks that they've made.

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Everybody loves the whole FM picks. We're

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gonna give it up. We're going all in right now. What money outsen

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for doing a year ago. He traded back and

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back traded up. We traded back a lot,

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got more picks. So also you get more bites at

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the appling and they stand in. You take Marvin Harrison

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that he got those extra picks. This is how

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you rebuild an organization. I

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want to talk about a team that did not have

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to rebuild, but we never saw them

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in twenty twenty three, but four four snaps.

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I am excited to see the team that we've talked

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about more than anybody else

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through up twenty twenty three relative

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to what they actually did, and that is the New

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York Jets. You talked about Malachi Corley just

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a little bit ago, future Angry Runs

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Scepter Award winner. Think about

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what else the Jets have done through the course of this offseason.

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You had Malakai Corley, but you already added

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Mike Williams. You had a Tyrone Smith upfront

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to help protect Aaron Rodgers, Olu

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Fashanu, everybody wanted brought powers

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in New York though. You say, we're gonna double down, We're

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gonna.

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Keep Aaron Rodgers up right here.

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They made a big trade to bring in a

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pass rusher from Philadelphia, and Hassan

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read.

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This is a.

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Jets team that they've gotten one

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percent of the hype through this offseason that we gave

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them a year ago. And it's all because now

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they weren't all that relevant. It was Zach Wilson, there

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was five different quarterbacks.

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It was all kind of a mess. Here.

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I am legitimately excited to

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see what the Jets could actually do

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when their quarterback stays on the field for

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a full series and hopefully a lot more.

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Damn right, I love it. That's actually talk some

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Jets, Jason, you want to talk some Jets.

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I absolutely love that.

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Olan Foshon when he goes in that first round, you

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see the family celebrating, everybody going nuts,

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and you're like, all right, they're gonna actually protect

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Aaron Rodgers. They're gonna be fine, and you love

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to see what they've been able to do. Jets fans,

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they need to have a big season after

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it ended in four plays last year. A

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team that I'm looking at also in the AFC's

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Pittsburgh Steelers. Mike Tomlin called a

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lot of flag last year, but he still got his team

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to the playoffs and went through multiple quarterbacks

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this offseason. Obviously, the talk

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has been Russell Wilson and Justin Fields,

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the two new quarterbacks that are going

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to be leading now organization. Russell

5:05

Wilson, we look like it's going to be the starter

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to get the opportunity first. Who knows which

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guy is going to be under center for them all

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year long.

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But you look at their draft.

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They go two offensive linemen and Zach Fraser

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and Troy file Tom and they're

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trying to show up that we already talked about it.

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You get these quarterbacks, but we know what their bread

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and butter is.

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You have two running backs and Najie Harris and

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they have Jalen Warren.

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You're going to run the rock rate at people.

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Arthur Smith, the new offensive coordinator,

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wants to run the ball and play action. When

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he was at his best as the Tennessee Titans

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offensive coordinator, he had Derek

5:37

Henry, had big receivers like AJ Brown

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and Corey Davis, and they were able to run

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the ball and.

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Get the ball over the top to those guys.

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They also added Roman Wilson out of Michigan,

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a guy in the slot who can make plays

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of goal alongside George Pickens as well.

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So this is a team and the Steelers that I'm fired up

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to see them when they actually get on the field

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because we've talked about these two quarterbacks

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so much and both falling short

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for Justin Fields in Chicago for.

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Russell Wilson into Denver with Broncos.

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So now seeing those guys and that black

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and yellow for the Steelers, I want to see exactly

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what they're going to look like this season.

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Jay, who's the team that you're looking at?

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Gim me Washington making the NFSE

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East really interesting and spicy.

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Obviously, they went out and got Jaden Daniels, who's

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a bona fide Day one starter,

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a duel threat quarterback Austin

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Eckler. You pair them with him win

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healthy, he can catch the ball and run

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the ball. You've obviously got Terry McLaurin, You've got

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John Dotson. They also grabbed I love this

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one Kansas State tight end Bensonut. He's

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a hybrid fullback early on in his career. He can play

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in the slot and wide receiver. And then they got

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a defensive tackle, got first round grades.

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He can play three technique. Compair of that with Bobby

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Wagner. They went out and stole Dorance

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Armstrong, Tyler Baddish, Dante

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Fowler from the Cowboys. And we've seen how

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quick dan Quinn can turn around a culture just

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in one year. So I think it's gonna be really really

6:57

interesting to see what they're going to do with Washington

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and some of these guys in both free agency and the

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draft. All right, let's talk about non

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core guys. We spent a lot of time

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in the last two days talking about them. Kyle,

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We'll start with you. What is the guy

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that's a non quarterback that you think is going to

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have an immediate Day one impact.

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Well, I was laughing yesterday when

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Peter was saying couldn't

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and maybe shouldn't the other thirty

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one teams have a pre draft meeting regarding

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the Chiefs like, can't we

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just played defense on Kansas City a little

7:28

bit. They've won back to back Super Bowls. Apparently

7:30

that meeting didn't happen because they

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got literally the fastest player

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in NFL history to Patrick Mahomes,

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and you credit the Chiefs for that, and Xavier

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were almost You always get mad at the other teams

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about how couldn't someone just fall on.

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That one and say, he doesn't.

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Really fit into our draft plans, We

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don't really actually like him. In fact, we met

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him and we hated him, but you know what, we're

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gonna draft.

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Him, So the Chiefs don't. Nobody

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did that. The Chiefs got it.

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They got him with a pick they traded for the

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comfort rival with. It's one of these things

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where you can't actually believe that this happened.

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And here's what I believe. Dude, Really don't

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think that Andy Reid is gonna have a plan for him.

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Do you think they drafted him just to sit him around

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and be on the back side of some passes

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to Kelsey, No, Mahomes

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is gonna do some reverse pivot, clap

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his hands, do a dance, throw a backwards lateral

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to Worthy.

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He's gonna go three hundred yards for his first NFL

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touchdown. You know what's gonna happen.

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I know what's gonna happen, and Tom the rest

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of the teams that didn't draft them know what's gonna happen.

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So you're just gonna have to just sit there and take it. There were so

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many intriguing receivers. We saw a.

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Bunch go off the board up top and round one,

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to the bottom of round one and at the top round

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two.

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We didn't coordinate this, but you started.

8:38

Off the show talking about Lad McConkie to

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the Chargers.

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That is an instant impact type of player.

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Yes, there were some medical concerns that contributed to

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him going to.

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The second round third not in the first. But I

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talked to one offensive coordinator prior to the draft

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now from the jar Vigo, who said, that's my.

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Favorite guy in this draft.

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All the different ways you can use him inside

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and outside. He's tough.

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Listen, he's got some speed to him as

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well.

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Jim Marbaugh and company, Gregorwman, they're

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gonna have a plan for how they're gonna get lab

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mccauckey at the ball.

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And let's be honest, you.

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Look at the rest of the Chargers, Jeth Tas maybe Quentin

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Johnson last years first round pick, maybe he breaks out.

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Under and who's staff here, but there figure.

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To be a lot of balls Hitded lab mccaukeey's

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way. He's stepped up time and again. May

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not look the part, but he is one of those

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players who when you watch him play in the biggest

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moments, in the biggest games, going for national championships,

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he steps.

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Up to the play.

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What I love about this draft, as we said for months

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that this is a wide receiver deep draft. Kyle,

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you go wide receiver, Tom, you go

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wide receiver. On following suit, I'm going

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with Keon Coleman, who ends

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up in Buffalo with Josh Allen.

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As his quarterback.

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You talk about day one impact being

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able to go out there and make plays

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for him. You're going to get a chance as that

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I do not believe is Can Colman, but you're going to get

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a chance to go out there and make plays because

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Stefan Diggs is now Houston Texan

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and Blake korm who's joining the Rams, is

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going to be a huge impact as well and

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be able to run the ball and make

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plays for them alongside of Kyron

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will Williams and Matthew Stafford as

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his quarterback. As I'm freestyling talking about

10:08

Blake Crome and Keon Coleman, Yes, just

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keep the screen on me.

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I can make up for it. Keon Coleman

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unbelievable wide receiver. What I love about

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him.

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He didn't run the fast forty, but he is a

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guy that goes up and he makes contested

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catches and he ran through the gaulllet at the

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combine, had the fastest time going through

10:24

that and also catching the DP ball.

10:26

So you look at that for Josh Allen, a quarterback

10:28

that likes to.

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Take chances and give his wide receivers an opportunity.

10:32

He loses big play, Gabe Davis who goes

10:34

to the Jaguars and loses Stefan dis Now

10:36

you have another guy in Keyon Coleman that you can

10:38

throw the ball.

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Up to and he can make plays.

10:42

Jane, just get ready because we're going to throw up

10:44

any prospect on the screen and gonna

10:46

have to talk about him in depth, So be prepared.

10:48

Whatever.

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I love it.

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Well, you guys all went wide receivers. I'm

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going with the receiving threat. The

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Raiders went with a tight end. They of course

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needed a right tackle. They need

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what was the other thing they did, They needed a corner. They

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go out and get brought Bowers, who has

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gotten George Kittle coomps, which was a

11:07

little shocking because they had Michael Mayer last

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year.

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But parent with.

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Devonte Adams and Jacobe

11:13

Meyer, he may not have to do it all,

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but I think what's important about having him out there.

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His impact will be that he will get fed

11:19

and he'll also allow other people to eat.

11:21

So I really love seeing what they're doing with

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him. There lots to see who's throwing to him, you know, Gardner,

11:26

minshew A O'Connell, there's Spencer Rattler

11:28

that's still there. But I did really like

11:30

that one. I think he's going to make an immediate impact with them

11:32

for it the Raiders. All right, let's real

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quick talk about the viral moments though.

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What was one of your faves, Kyle?

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You had to pick one, which one was it?

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Well?

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I was in the scrum with the Raiders fans when

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they picked Bowers and they were so

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so so excited.

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You won't see a fan base that excited to draft

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a tight end that high.

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I think the magic of the Draft is

11:53

these people have their faces painted and they got

11:55

wigs and costumes and jerseys. There

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is no game, Like, there's not a game for

11:59

like five months or something like that. All it is is a

12:01

reading of names, if you break down to it. But

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it was like something so special,

12:06

and it's like I've always said this, Tom that in a way,

12:08

I feel like the Draft isn't a way cooler

12:10

than the super Bowl because Superl's got two teams. All right,

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it's two teams, it's two fan bases. The other thirty

12:15

teams are all pissed off and they're just watching in jealous.

12:17

There's thirty two teams in this game.

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All thirty two fan bases are involved,

12:21

and I got to meet a lot of them.

12:22

So I was going around, I'm.

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With this fan base when their pick is made, I'm with this fan.

12:26

Base, and they cheer.

12:27

When the Giants were on the clock and a lot of people

12:29

thought they might take JJ McCarthy, I

12:31

decided to zag and go be with the Eagles fans

12:34

for the Giants pick.

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But I liked meeting those guys. That's where it was

12:37

for me. Tom. It's great being down there.

12:38

What was was the moment you liked at the start

12:40

of the draft, where Rockerie Dell's introducer are, here's all

12:42

the legends of the game who are going to be introducing

12:45

their picks, and right behind Roger

12:47

was a face that we haven't seen in a while.

12:49

One of the great characters in the NFL.

12:52

Andre Risen, was focused

12:54

on making sure that all his followers

12:56

got the best possible look the.

12:57

Falcons straighted up. He wasn't quite ready.

13:00

He was talking to the followers, answering their

13:02

question, you can't win them all on rise

13:04

at one of my favorite players in my found

13:07

legend.

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Go ahead, all right, Roger

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Goodell getting manhandled by J.

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C.

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Latham.

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I brought this up to you guys yesterday, but

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it was still my favorite because it was early in the night.

13:19

I remember this was the seventh pick. Roger

13:22

Goodell had back surgery. Just oh

13:24

gosh, just watching it, I felt, and he had

13:26

it three weeks prior to

13:28

this. We always loved the bear hugs,

13:31

but it was a hands off approach for all the draft

13:33

picks. I don't know if in his excitement Latham

13:36

forgot or maybe he didn't get the membo,

13:38

but you guys know, I always am curious. I

13:41

gotta get answers. I did send an email

13:43

to the commissioner and I asked him,

13:45

I said, are you okay? And his response

13:47

back was, quote, we've got to show up.

13:50

It's all good, but talk about playing hard.

13:52

I don't know about you guys, but it looked like as

13:54

the night went on, he just looked like he

13:56

was in more and more pain.

13:58

Oh oh

14:05

oh, row, you turn into scoopy doo like

14:07

right in the middle of it. It was definitely his first

14:09

time seeing the card. But

14:11

Jane, I honestly hurt for the commissioner to you

14:13

ever like even just throw your back out, never mind surgery.

14:16

You don't even want to like turn your head. You

14:18

can turn like Batman, you know, like with no neck.

14:21

He got through it, and I hope his eyes down and I hope

14:23

he has a cold one now.

14:24

He's probably doing like what he did at COVID.

14:26

Remember when he was in that sweet basement with that

14:28

really comfy recliner. That's where he spent the

14:30

rest of the drought. That's where he's likely on day three

14:32

and he deserves it.

14:47

Good morning football, Welcome

14:51

back to Coimrning Football. Welcome back Froight

14:54

Michigan and the people are out and about.

14:56

The rain has stopped.

14:58

I know you've been trying to set all these attendance records

15:00

all weekend.

15:00

If you woke up this morning.

15:01

And saw rain, you might say, oh, no, it's gonna rain

15:03

on their parade. No, it's kind of stopping, slowing down.

15:05

You got people showing up. There's an ABC seven

15:08

newswoman who set up shop right outside our

15:10

set and.

15:10

She's tweeting on us.

15:11

We respect it, we love it, and we love

15:14

Stacey Dale's sitting down

15:16

with two of the biggest stars in the entire NFL

15:18

draft. You know, nobody knows the Bears inside and out better

15:20

than Stacey, and sure enough, Caleb

15:23

Williams, Roma Doomsay right

15:25

there in Chicago sat down with her.

15:28

The Chicago Bears absolutely annihilated

15:31

the first round of this draft with these two

15:34

men beside me, the ninth overall pick,

15:36

Roma Doonza, and of course the guy that

15:38

went at number one, Caleb Williams. What did y'all

15:40

say to each other when you're picked and

15:43

you're thinking this, this is like a bromance

15:45

kind of thing that started before the

15:47

draft, and.

15:48

Then we saw it happen.

15:49

Yeah, when I when I finally was able

15:51

to you know, see him after he was picked, I

15:53

said, it was uh, you know, tapped

15:56

him up, gave him a hug and said congrats, but also

15:58

said, uh, you know, it's like d Wade

16:00

and Lebron when they were at the Heat, you

16:03

know exactly.

16:04

You know, we're starting our own little you

16:06

know duo here together. So I'm

16:08

excited for it, you know. There it was just pure excitement. Honestly,

16:11

we can barely you know, contain our emotions. So but

16:13

we're both excited to finally work together

16:15

and get to work.

16:16

It feels like the draft journey is an eternity.

16:18

Yeah, it's it's long.

16:20

It is a long process

16:23

for for me at least. You know, it was my

16:25

season ended, not his, but my season

16:27

ended November eighteenth, and so a good

16:29

five months. And so you know, I'm happy, you

16:31

know that I'm that I'm here and that that that five

16:33

months is over.

16:34

Yeah.

16:35

No, my season that ended in January,

16:37

and it still feels, you know, like it took forever.

16:39

So you know, there's a lot of different phases

16:41

of it, a lot of different things you have to go through. But for

16:44

this to be the outcome, you know it's

16:46

worth it.

16:46

Yeah, so many people out there break down your

16:48

tape in those five months and the lead up.

16:50

But like I've talked to Lincoln Riley for

16:52

you, Caleb, and what would you describe

16:55

your leadership style?

16:56

What like, we know what you can do on

16:58

the field, but how are you as

17:00

a servant leader?

17:01

And what are these what are these teammates getting?

17:03

Yeah, someone that cares.

17:05

It's not just my teammates and this

17:07

guy right here, it's it's it's all

17:09

of the people a part of this. You

17:11

know, this bears place, whether it's the fans, community,

17:14

you know, from the executives all the way up

17:17

to you know, the custodians.

17:19

You know that I care about all of them. And so that's

17:22

the most important part.

17:23

I don't think people understand how competitive you are.

17:25

You are we yeah, but when I

17:27

watched you at just it was my little glimpse

17:29

into you roam at the combine and you're still doing

17:31

the three cone. Can Can you describe

17:34

this inner fire within you

17:36

in terms of that that competitiveness.

17:39

Yeah, No, definitely. I Mean I grew up with brothers,

17:41

so that definitely creates a little bit. Grew up playing football

17:43

since I was six, So I've been in competitive,

17:46

competitive environment since, you know, ever

17:48

since I was born, I think so. I

17:50

think it's just instilled in me, especially from my

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parents, who are very you know, striving and

17:54

determined people.

17:55

Have you had a pretty in perspective? You were milking cows

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as a youngster on your grandpa's farm.

17:59

That's right, milking cows

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to you know, playing for the Bears, I.

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Got a lot of nod.

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No, no, no, we didn't do.

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I grew up a little bit country.

18:11

I was more of the riding derbikes and full with his

18:13

countryside, not the not a little bit of

18:15

that, A little bit of that, not the milk and cow.

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So I'm just as we wrap up here,

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gosh, there's so much to look forward to.

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The Bears are competitive, man.

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Oh yeah.

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What kind of a product are we going to get offensively

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on the field this year in twenty twenty four?

18:29

Efficient, explosive and

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someone that you know, not someone but but the

18:34

eleven of us out there having fun doing

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it?

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Yeah? Fantastic?

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Well, no, one hundred percent agree with that. You

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know all that we have to offer.

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You know, he's not he's not a fifty to fifty ball,

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right, he's.

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One five, one hundred

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zero. Man.

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I'm sorry. Sometimes

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sometimes I gotta throw it out of bound too. I'm

18:52

getting I gotta throw it over his head.

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All right, We appreciate y'all. Roma

18:56

Dune Day, Caleb Williams. Awesome, Thanks so much.

18:59

Thank you, thank you,

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Stacey. It's so very exciting. I don't

19:03

care if you're a Bears fan and if

19:05

you're a Packers fan you hate the

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Bears. It's all new talents.

19:08

It's all very very very fresh and new,

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and we're gonna hopefully see it. If you're a Bears fan for

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years and years to come. Great jobs, Stacy, Milk

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and.

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Cows who knew who knew Rome Don days

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Milking Cows as a kid. Now he's going to try

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to be a Bear's legend and they cannot wait.