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before. Unbelievable job with Optimum

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Scouting as well as the Shrine Bowl

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1:04

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at Eric Galco. G-A-L-K-O. He's been

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Draft before. He

2:00

did good as there is out there

2:02

And terms of the Scouting community effect

2:04

as we're talking right now. Eric.

2:07

Is in first Go Texas for

2:09

the Big Twelve Pro Day which

2:11

makes sense to me by the

2:13

way. or I'd even hear about

2:15

this until you and I were

2:17

talking before we started recording that.

2:19

There's one pro day for the

2:21

entire conference. Semigloss and service at

2:24

there was a day last week

2:26

where was like Alabama, Ohio State,

2:28

you see all had their protests

2:30

on the Zenaida. doesn't make sense.

2:33

Yeah. And allows you know. First off it it

2:35

makes all the big hockey blindsided by. Go to

2:37

Texas Tech's Pro Day or I was they spreading

2:39

albeit one. And also of your Gm

2:41

a decision maker. You. May not love

2:43

one player from miss school but you like a

2:45

couple guys you're like on the guys here is

2:48

more worth your time to see a lotta guys

2:50

in one area. of last few days the just

2:52

got a one off campus here they're do what

2:54

they do. It is maybe the future of of

2:56

a lot of carbs but he midsize the mask

2:58

our brains top reads was a having one unified

3:00

pro day. There are some negative by the good

3:03

positive that help These players are like that. Yeah.

3:06

That makes a lot of sense for

3:08

sure. Audio makes more sense. eric. To.

3:10

Me at least. Is the new

3:13

tick off room. So. You're

3:15

listening during the intro when I

3:17

turn of ladies, their. I.

3:19

Don't know I moved on to thick or

3:21

not, but. I. First the

3:23

beginning. And. Throughout the

3:26

genesis of the Nfl

3:28

new kick off rule.

3:30

And. How you were fortunate to be

3:32

a part of it. Will

3:35

get a lot of credit. First and foremost

3:38

the stamps were seen who. This was really

3:40

his brainchild. He led a lot of discussion.

3:42

Wireless. communications with people in the special teams

3:44

merely a lot of read people outside of

3:46

football he he did all that research back

3:49

in early one eighteen when the accident i

3:51

just got lodged vince mcmahon hired oliver lot

3:53

to be the commissioner sam was one of

3:55

the first couple higher than album brought on

3:57

and he was tasked with really taking away

3:59

plays that don't matter in the game of

4:01

football. And there's punt aspect, there's

4:03

extra point aspect, the XFL did, there's replay

4:06

things the XFL did, but the kickoff is

4:08

really the most unique one that took a

4:10

lot of time. And when I was brought on in early 2018, we

4:13

were down at junior colleges in

4:15

Mississippi using JUCO players to test

4:17

this out, using semi-pro guys. We

4:20

probably tested this

4:22

30 times across different days and across about two

4:25

years before we actually put it into a

4:27

game in the XFL. And what

4:29

we were testing was kind of the edges.

4:31

How is it read? Where

4:33

do you line up everybody that's involved in this

4:35

unique kickoff? What are the rules that things go

4:37

awry? What's the purpose of

4:39

doing this? And Sam and myself coming from more

4:41

data analytics backgrounds, we wanted to be able to

4:44

verify that you said as well too. So it

4:46

took over two years to really test and feel

4:48

comfortable with it. And I think it's a credit

4:50

to our team that the NFL is

4:52

not only adopting this new kickoff, which is radically

4:54

different. They're doing those without ever putting it

4:56

into practice and NFL preseason game or testing it out.

4:58

They really trust it's going to work for the long

5:01

haul right away this season. Yeah,

5:03

I mean, dude, you helped

5:06

change the sport of football. And honestly,

5:08

Eric, probably this might

5:10

be, especially probably

5:13

for casual fans, but even for

5:15

diehards, this might be the most

5:18

clearly visible

5:20

difference in the

5:22

sport that they've seen in their

5:24

lifetimes, right? I mean,

5:26

the expression, the opening kickoff and running down

5:29

on the kickoff and all that stuff, like

5:32

you're changing the sport

5:34

of football in a

5:36

really, I think a positive way because

5:38

A, it's a lot

5:40

safer than the play that ended my

5:43

career as I herniated disc in

5:45

my neck on the four-man wedge in

5:47

2007 against the Ravens. But

5:50

also you're keeping the play in the

5:52

game and keeping it an

5:54

exciting play to use your words that

5:56

matters. Yeah, and I

5:59

think it's also unique. too, because a lot of

6:01

the things that happen in football, whether

6:03

it's situational or strategic, come from the high

6:05

school level and then up to college. And

6:07

then the NFL starts to be adapting. The

6:09

NFL here is going to be the only

6:11

football played in America this year

6:14

that's going to use the XFL kickoff. Even the UFL,

6:16

which is a mix of the XFL and the UFL,

6:18

they're not even going to use it. So the NFL

6:20

is really being a thought leader on

6:22

this one and moving things forward before having someone

6:24

else make it forward, which I think is great

6:26

progress to the NFL, who's historically been more focused

6:28

on, you know, having things come up to

6:30

the rank and being tried and tested. The NFL wants to

6:32

make a drastic improvement here, and they made the bowl choice

6:34

to do that. So

6:37

before I get too much further down the

6:39

line, Eric, I gave you an

6:41

intro. I don't know if I nailed it. What

6:43

are all the different things you're doing now?

6:47

Yeah, I'm the director of the East West Round

6:49

Bowl, college all-star game featuring first

6:51

round pecs, all the best players in the

6:53

past 99 years in college football. That's

6:56

my main focus on a day-to-day basis, is

6:59

now leading this round bowl. I took over this round bowl back in 2021, right

7:04

after the XFL ended due to unfortunately due to

7:06

COVID. My training is my role at the

7:08

XFL as an executive to now make it to the East West

7:10

Round Bowl. And what were

7:12

you doing with the XFL that you were helping

7:15

Sam develop this stuff? What was your

7:17

role there? Yeah, my official

7:19

title was director of player personnel for the

7:21

entire league. But I was, you know,

7:23

at the XFL, we were a pretty lean team. So

7:26

there wasn't like a 20-person team

7:28

to kind of do this all.

7:30

It was myself and Sam, Justin

7:32

King, Oliver Luck, Doug Whaley and

7:34

Brian Kilmeade. And that's about it.

7:36

That developed the Texas LKGofa five-man

7:38

team going to Duke O's in

7:40

Mississippi or semi-pro in Dallas, Texas,

7:42

or York Hall football in Jacksonville

7:44

and going across the country to test this out.

7:46

So we all had different major titles. But again,

7:49

back then, the XFL was a very lean team as you're

7:51

trying to, you kind of said, change football in hindsight. So,

7:55

you know, I think it's better done

7:58

visually. Yeah. things

8:00

out there on social media that people can

8:02

check out. But if you

8:04

had to try to describe the new kickoff, using

8:08

just a word picture, Eric, how would

8:10

you describe it? Yeah, what

8:12

it's really, what the goal is trying to

8:14

accomplish is keeping what we love about the

8:16

past, the past NFL kickoff,

8:19

which is having returner catch the ball

8:21

deep, make a couple plays and make

8:23

and break a big play if that's possible. If the

8:25

kickoff team come downfield and make

8:27

a tackle on the ball character pretty quickly.

8:29

What the kickoff was designed to do was

8:32

it's A, if you kick it in the

8:34

end zone, now the ball goes

8:36

out to the 30 instead of the 25, which the

8:38

NFL is actually the 40, and

8:40

kick out of balance with even a further penalty, which incentivizes

8:42

just to keep the kick in play. But

8:45

secondly, forever it was, the

8:47

kickoff team was right next to the kick return

8:50

team and the kick return team would

8:52

drop back 15,

8:54

20, 30 yards, create this wedge, stop,

8:56

and try to hoard off people coming

8:58

downfield at high velocity around the 30,

9:01

35 yard line. And now what we've done

9:03

is saying, hey, let's make that collision point

9:05

where someone's coming full force and someone's trying

9:08

to pivot and turn and get up field,

9:11

and let's make that more close

9:13

together and then say, hey, when the

9:15

returner catches the ball, those two

9:17

parties, the kick return the kickoff team are going to

9:19

meet around the 30, 35 yard line

9:22

and they can collide there, reducing injuries, but

9:24

keeping the cool factor of the play involved.

9:27

The NFL is a little bit different of what we had in

9:29

the XFL, but the the crux of it is the

9:31

kickoff team is lined up at about the 40 yard line,

9:33

kick returns you by the 35 yard line, and

9:36

they're going to meet once the ball's caught and

9:38

the returner can run up field after that. What

9:42

are some of the things that teams

9:45

should be considering in your mind, whether

9:48

it is personnel,

9:52

whether it is ways to

9:54

return it, whether it's ways to kick

9:56

it. Obviously, I saw your

9:58

thread on social media. and I encourage

10:00

people to check it out at Eric

10:02

Galico because he kind of went through this. But

10:05

for those of you that aren't on social media,

10:07

Eric, just sort of the considerations

10:09

really for everybody involved. Yeah,

10:12

I think one of the coolest things

10:14

initially is the play goes

10:17

from being relying on

10:19

high velocity on the kickoff

10:21

team and kind of more twitch

10:23

reaction and just kind of like, hey, can this returner

10:25

get through what's going to be a lot

10:28

of collision up front and then hopefully

10:30

bounce free, it turns more

10:32

randomness to more of a really a

10:34

run play in the run game. And

10:36

it makes your offensive defensive line, you

10:38

know, five yards apart, but really able to kind of

10:40

do some really creative things. I think we're going to

10:42

see a lot of special teams coaches, you

10:45

know, run power, pulling guards in

10:47

this play right across the field or maybe

10:49

running a zone scheme and having a preference

10:51

there because benefits you have there as well,

10:53

too. So I think it gives special teams

10:55

coaches a little more creativity and not

10:57

just saying, hey, like, how do we create our wedge,

11:00

how do we create this play, but actually designing plays

11:02

on a whiteboard and saying, hey, we're going to pull

11:04

this, our trick play is going to be this. So

11:06

I think if a special team's coach has a little

11:08

more flexibility to be creative on an offensive or defensive

11:10

standpoint, and it's going to make returners

11:13

and make a little more focused on their vision, their

11:16

ability to one-cut and explode up field because I

11:18

kind of saw the thread and the

11:20

old kickoff, when there was a lane, it could be

11:22

really big and you want to have a guy

11:24

as fast as possible to get through that lane and get up field. So

11:27

now the lanes are going to be a little bit smaller, but

11:30

as an offense or as a kick return team, you'll

11:32

be able to actually set those lanes up more like

11:34

a running back going through a hole. So I think

11:37

you'll see teams kind of shift from those speed demons

11:39

as returners to more really running

11:41

backs or debos Samuel, quarter-rail Patterson types or

11:43

receivers slash running backs, web explosiveness, who could

11:45

really make plays up field. And then last

11:47

but not least, to kind of counteract that,

11:50

your blockers or the kick return teams are

11:52

going to be more like your tight ends,

11:54

receivers, full back in space on run plays

11:56

and therefore your defense, more live baggers and

11:58

safety. So those to do. will kind of increase

12:00

in value in the back end of NFL team for officers. Yeah,

12:03

that was going to be one of my questions is just

12:06

what position groups do you think

12:08

teams will go heavier on? What

12:11

body types do you think

12:13

that they will now? It's interesting. I noticed,

12:15

Eric, it used to be back in the day, five

12:18

or six guys were on the team just because

12:20

of special teams. Right. It's

12:22

not really like, I mean, now it's

12:24

like two maybe? It's not really like

12:27

that. They don't allocate as

12:29

much as special teams. I wonder if that

12:31

sort of, if that pendulum swings

12:33

back to have more guys on

12:35

core special teams, guys. And

12:38

honestly, the way it's structured,

12:40

it might be some of the same guy

12:42

that are good as

12:44

punt holdup guys or as guys

12:46

that release on punts. It's

12:50

a more similar skill set to that, I think,

12:52

than the old kickoff. So guys that are good

12:55

at that might be good at both, you know,

12:57

the punt return and

12:59

punt coverage. It's

13:01

more similar now to the kick return and

13:04

kick coverage. Yeah, I think for a while,

13:06

we know about special teams, aces in the draft

13:08

or in the NFL that weren't returners. We

13:10

really talked about gunners, right? That's just not a

13:12

matter because the kickoff was kind of taken out

13:14

of the game for the most part, right? 90,

13:16

90 plus percent of kickoffs were kicked out of

13:18

bounds or in the end zone, I think, the

13:21

last couple of years. So you really didn't need

13:23

special teams, aces for those type of plays

13:25

where now you do and now you

13:27

do in a really unique way. You know, kickoffs

13:30

on average, teams average between five and

13:32

six kickoffs per game per team. So

13:34

that's about 10, 11 plays that are now

13:36

back in the game that weren't there just a year ago. By

13:40

comparison, right, most teams run five,

13:42

six, seven red zone plays a game, right?

13:44

So you're kind of adding a whole package

13:46

of plays now back involved. And

13:48

the smart teams, teams that, you know, Bill Belchikos is known

13:51

for his focus on special teams as well on the third,

13:53

the third, and third. Now, when you combine

13:55

punt and kickoff, it truly is going to be a third,

13:57

a third, a third again for these rosters. a

14:00

lot more teams focus on those

14:02

gunner positions, which are usually receivers or corners and big

14:04

body types. You'll have some of those. But again, you're

14:06

going to want guys on your return

14:09

team who are blockers, right? Tight ends, receivers

14:11

who are willing and have shown a willingness

14:13

to block, full back second block, running back

14:15

second block, and then vice versa, safeties,

14:17

corners, linebackers that can shed blocks. And I think

14:19

you're going to have a lot of guys who

14:21

can be really impact guys by making plays on

14:24

kickoff. Because again, if you have a good linebacker

14:26

or a safe you can block shed, you're going to

14:28

save yourself $5.10. And even 15

14:30

yards on a return on field position, which

14:32

is super, super bad. It's going

14:35

to be a real play again, which means

14:37

it's not going to be time to

14:39

go grab some Lebat Blue Lights from

14:42

your fridge and skip

14:44

the kickoff. You're going to have

14:46

to drink them during the commercial

14:48

or grab it during the commercial.

14:50

Always enjoy responsibly. Beer, Lebat USA,

14:52

Buffalo, New York. What

14:54

about the kick itself, Eric? Because

14:57

I've already seen people suggesting, and

14:59

I think it was

15:01

Steve Fezzik, my co-host on

15:03

my Even Money betting podcast,

15:06

based on the NFL's rules. I don't

15:08

know if this was your rules as

15:10

well, but based on the NFL

15:12

rules, he thinks kickers,

15:14

teams are going to teach kickers

15:17

to try to line drive the

15:19

ball into the end

15:21

zone because that's an automatic touch back

15:24

for a 20 yard, ball

15:26

to 20 yard line. Your thoughts on

15:28

that? So it'll be at the 30

15:30

yard line if it's out of the end zone. So

15:33

you are incentivized a little bit to say, hey, can we

15:35

have these guys keep it in play a little bit? One

15:38

of the downsides of a line drive kick is

15:40

that both teams don't move until

15:42

the returner catches the ball. And

15:45

a line drive kick, we learned, at least the

15:47

XFL allowed the returner to get more of a

15:49

head start up field. Right, with the ball high

15:51

in the air, you got to time it and

15:53

look at it and come down and catch it.

15:55

More line drive plays, a returner who's smart and

15:57

is trained in this can actually get a run.

15:59

when it started a little bit and get a

16:01

huge, huge advantage momentum-wise on defenders. So I think

16:03

you'll see teams look at that. I think the

16:06

NFL late made a change. I think it was

16:08

going to be the 35-yard line. If it was

16:10

out of the end zone, now the 30-yard line,

16:12

which maybe I don't necessarily agree with entirely for

16:14

that exact reason. I think overall, you'll

16:16

see some teams, when especially when teams later in the

16:18

season really sort of figure out how

16:20

to return and how to score big, get big

16:22

plays and be really creative when the offense kind

16:24

of catches up to how this is all done.

16:26

You'll see teams maybe take out of the end

16:28

zone and go up the 30-yard line. But again,

16:30

hey, the average fish is now five yards up

16:32

at the 30-yard line. That matters. You know how

16:34

that goes, five, six, seven yards, early starting position,

16:36

saves you maybe a half a first down or

16:38

a first down in your drive. So I think

16:40

it'll be really intriguing how teams handle it. And

16:43

my hunch is that teams are going to want

16:45

to keep the ball in play and trust their

16:47

kickoff team, because you can, the same token, if

16:49

you have a good guy on kickoff and can

16:51

get upfield in block shed, you can stop that play easily in

16:53

the 20-25 job with a guy that is a good

16:55

defender. Is the biggest negative,

16:57

Eric, like just the no more

16:59

surprise on sides? Is it, I mean, which

17:02

by the way, it doesn't really happen that

17:04

often anyway, but is that

17:06

the biggest negative, you think? That's

17:08

the only negative that we learned, right? We

17:11

knew that coming in as the one downside

17:13

is that you take away surprise on side.

17:15

Based off our data back then, that was

17:17

about 1% of kick. We're

17:20

on-side kickoffs. We're taking away .1% of all kickoffs that

17:25

were traditional a year ago, which I think is

17:28

a worthwhile replacement to get back 10 plays a

17:30

game and the kickoff team. And I will say

17:32

that I think this first year, maybe the first

17:34

two years, we'll see a little

17:36

bit of players not being used to this,

17:38

right, the first year. I've talked

17:41

to a couple NFL special teams coaches, and they're prepared

17:43

more than I actually would have thought, and they're not

17:45

insulting them, but like I didn't mean it was so

17:47

creative already. I've talked to coaches who are really creative

17:49

on what they're going to do, because they've thought about

17:51

this for a while now for the last five, six,

17:53

seven months, and even a year ago, they brought this

17:55

up in their committee. I think players will

17:57

take some time. We learned that players really took a look.

18:00

a little while just because it's so different, it's

18:02

so foreign. And even, like I said, as a

18:04

run blocking play, you know, some receivers and running

18:06

backs have never been in an outside zone play before,

18:08

right? And they got a little bit that even looks

18:10

like in this new setting as well too. So I

18:13

think we'll see players be late to adapt. And then

18:15

again, the rookies coming into the NFL in the 2025 draft, they

18:17

won't do this in college,

18:19

will be new for them as well too. So there'll be a learning curve,

18:21

I think the first eight, nine games

18:24

of the NFL season and probably overall the

18:26

first two years before it really blossoms into

18:28

a play that could be truly a touchdown

18:30

on any time it's kicked off. Last

18:33

question, Eric, give me your thoughts. Give me one

18:35

thought on the draft, just one thought on

18:38

the draft that maybe people aren't talking enough

18:40

about year of the quarterback, the O-line, is

18:42

there a position group? Is there

18:44

something that jumps out to you specifically about the 2024

18:46

draft? Couple

18:49

things, number one, offensive lineman

18:51

and early game people think it's

18:54

a deep offensive line class, but the teams are not

18:56

going to pass on less tacos. You might see six

18:58

go on the top 15, 16 picks

19:00

even with the quarterbacks there as well too. But the

19:02

other interesting wrinkle too is if I

19:05

think what happens will be the top four picks

19:07

will all be quarterbacks. Don't be surprised if maybe

19:09

only one quarterback goes at all on day two

19:11

of the draft. We could have a delta where

19:13

it's the top four picks and then maybe one

19:15

until pick 100 on the day three of the

19:17

NFL draft. So I think teams are saying, hey,

19:19

if we can get our guy, let's move up.

19:21

If not, maybe we'll wait until late day two

19:23

early day three for the quarterback as well too.

19:25

So those bone X's Michael Pennick, defensive Rattlers, Devin

19:27

Leary, those guys, maybe day two picks other years,

19:29

this year might have pushed to day three. Wow,

19:32

very interesting stuff. Check him out

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on social media. As you can tell,

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he's all over. He's fantastic. He's on

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the road, still came on the show,

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truly appreciate it. At Eric Galco, obviously

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a guy you need to follow. Eric,

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thank you so much for the time,

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man. Really appreciate it. Thanks

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buddy. Man, you are not going to want to

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miss any part of the action for any of

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21:02

right Ross so the NFL they banned the

21:04

hip-drop tackle the coaches they will now get

21:06

an extra challenge if they get even one

21:08

Of their first two right and as discussed

21:11

the hybrid kickoff rule was passed So

21:14

the hip-drop tackle, let me just tell you guys

21:17

that they're not gonna call this very often

21:20

They're gonna if they see it They're gonna

21:22

find the guy after the game and these

21:25

guys are gonna try to stop doing it because they don't want

21:27

to lose their money Very hard

21:29

to officiate and by the way It's a

21:31

terrible idea to be throwing a lot

21:33

of flags for something that most fans

21:35

watching Will have never heard of

21:37

and don't know what it is. That's

21:39

not good for for anybody, right? so I

21:42

think they'll do a pretty good job of

21:45

Sort of legislating these with fines and then

21:47

players will start to come up with different

21:49

ways To tackle a guy and not

21:51

fall in the back of their legs Sort

21:53

of like the horse collar part of it. I

21:56

love the extra challenge because if

21:58

you get one, right? You should get another one one and

22:01

I'm a big fan of the new hybrid kickoff rule.

22:04

I just, the, the touch back

22:07

we had Jeff Miller on it, you know,

22:09

earlier in the off season, 22% were

22:11

returned. I mean, it

22:13

just became a totally ineffectual

22:16

non-play that like wasn't even like, it

22:18

was like, Oh, it's a touch back.

22:20

Oh, it's a touch back. Like this

22:23

now it's interesting. Now it's exciting. Let's do

22:25

it. A couple of

22:27

scheduling notes bears versus Texans will be the 2024

22:29

hall of fame game and

22:32

the NFL is going to play two games on Christmas day this

22:34

year. Yeah. I got

22:36

thoughts on both of these. First of all, bears Texans

22:38

boy, that's terrible news. That means you go to training

22:40

camp at least a week before every

22:42

other team. Players hate that. And

22:45

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23:02

see so many people up in arms about

23:05

player safety because of

23:08

the two Wednesday Christmas day games.

23:11

First of all, Albert Breer said that the

23:13

NFL is going to allow the networks to

23:15

bid on both those games. So just off

23:17

the top of my head, right? Peacock

23:19

paid 110 million for a playoff game. You

23:22

see the ratings for the Christmas games last

23:24

year. It's like almost 30 million people. So

23:26

let's just say for argument's sake, it's

23:28

$150 million each. So

23:31

that's $300 million of which

23:33

the players get almost 50%. It's

23:36

48 and a half, but let's just say it's 50%. Again,

23:38

make the math easy for me. That's

23:40

$150 million that goes

23:43

into the salary cap for the players. There's

23:45

like 1600 players. Again, let's make

23:47

the math easy for me. Let's say there's 1500 players.

23:51

That's a hundred grand a player,

23:53

a hundred grand a player that goes into the system.

23:56

So I exaggerate. I, I whatever. So

23:58

let's say it's 75,000. or $50,000. If

24:01

you went to NFL locker rooms and

24:03

you said to the guys, Hey, fellas,

24:08

there's a 12 and a half

24:10

percent chance. Four

24:13

teams are going to have to play on Christmas 12 and a

24:15

half percent chance that you'll have to play one

24:17

of the 17 games already scheduled

24:20

on short rest, but

24:22

everybody gets an extra $75,000. Are you kidding me? 99% of the

24:25

guys would sign up for that immediately,

24:32

immediately. Even if it was 50 grand, 99%

24:34

of the 12% chance that we have to

24:36

play on short

24:39

rest for a game we're already playing for a

24:41

30 million dollar, 30 million people. Give

24:43

me a break. Liders

24:46

to your quies walk and signs of

24:48

Steelers. Commander sign offensive line. Michael Dieter,

24:50

Steelers signed kick returner Cordell Patterson, Rams

24:52

bring in Trudavius White, cornerback Raven sign,

24:54

offensive line with Josh Jones, Eagles sign

24:57

Paris Campbell, Chargers sign Kristen Fulton, the

24:59

cornerback, Bill signed to pep the lineman,

25:01

Austin Johnson, and the Lions release cornerback

25:03

Cam Sutton. So I guess

25:05

what's notable there is the Steelers bringing in

25:07

Cordell Patterson, Rams signing Trudavius

25:10

White coming off the torn Achilles and

25:12

Cam Sutton kind of knew that was going to happen.

25:14

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