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[Assistant] They're probably one of the smartest teams to do it with because as you know, you still need offense, but great pitching can win a World Series.


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[Assistant] There's just teams that will be in the playoffs that have zero chance. I think the Cavs have a small single digit chance, but they're a long shot.


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[Assistant] Yeah, it would be great. And if they do, uh, it's funny. It could be the two seed or, you know, or the three seed.


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[Assistant] But it's in baseball, win one road game and you were raised 15 wins from somebody in the regular season.


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[Assistant] So it's, uhm, it's a big eraser when you get in the playoffs if you can just win one road game. Before we move on from this, we did the same thing upstairs. We do it every year. We do, it's a bold predictions, our digital, uhm,


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[Assistant] Uh, staff puts together like six or seven questions and then they send it out to the newsroom. Usually 15 people or so reply and I was reading through some of the replies yesterday and one of the bold


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[Assistant] Resigns a long-term deal to stay here in Cleveland.


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[Assistant] And a year ago, I would have told you that's completely off the table.


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[Assistant] And I think that the Guardian's most difficult decision they'll have to make this year is what to do with him at the trade dead.


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[Assistant] If you're within three games, you can not trade Shane Bieber. You can't. Now what that, you run the risk then of getting nothing for it.


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[Assistant] Well, the reason I think that that is doable, I still think he won't. But the reason I feel more inclined to at least give that some time.


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[Assistant] Is that we know that the guardians now have a minority partner. And he is willing.


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[Assistant] Uhm, by, if, if you look at his track record with his other pro sports franchises, he spends money. But they spent nothing this offseason. Which is more, which...


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[Assistant] Perhaps they spent nothing because they're all in on Bieber or bust. And here's what I mean by that. Last year they went to the free agent well and not only was it dry, it turned up puke. It was awful. I mean,


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[Assistant] So in talking to Antonetti, when I brought that up with him, one of the things he said was, we tried that last year. This year we want to look at the kids. Let's just say they're in a really good spot in July.


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[Assistant] I think they're more likely to do a deal with Bieber because they didn't spend any money this year. I hope you're right. Maybe I'm being overly optimistic.


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[Assistant] It is. Alright, that's our Bold Prediction segment. What do you have, Earl?


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[Assistant] It is definitely paying, uh, paying big dividends. Uhm, by the way, I love Cecil Shorts. I just think he's just a great dude. Uhm, great interview. Is media part of his future plans? That's what he wants to do. I'm telling you, the guy would kill it in, in the, as a full-time media analyst with one of the networks. And I just can't figure out why it hasn't happened yet.


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[Assistant] Uhm, well, uh, go check that out, the, uh, the interviews, and quickly, on the Ultimate Guardians show. How's it going? You guys have done a couple. We did one episode. One.


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[Assistant] I've said this, it sounds gratuitous because I work with these guys and they're my friends, but I've had this conversation with other sports fans in Cleveland. I just want to share this quickly. I think our team, our teams,


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[Assistant] If you want, obviously if you want the full boat, then Ultimate Cleveland Sports Show is, I think it's the place, and it's proven by the metrics that it's Cleveland's go-to show. That's right. When they want to talk, when they want to listen to Cleveland Sports Talk.


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[Assistant] Is with his experience in veteran writing behind him and what he's covered and McNuggets.


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[Assistant] I say almost savant-like knowledge of the game. He played it at a high level. His understanding of the game is off the charts. If you want to listen to the regular Cavs beat, that's your go-to place. And then G. Bush on the Browns show, I'm sorry, it's just a game set match.


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[Assistant] It's nuts. And it's all happened in under two years. Our two-year anniversary is less than a month. May 9th. May 9th. Yeaah. So it's a little more than a month away. Five, six weeks. Amazing. Yeaah. Uh, kudos to you guys for the hard work and everybody. And, and, you know, poor little Steve back there is the director. And, uh, without Steve, this thing doesn't even get off the ground.


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[Assistant] That's a fact. Doesn't even get off the ground. We fell into this veteran director with, I think what, 144 years experience over Channel 5?


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[Assistant] How long were you there? I think he was there, uh, right after


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[Assistant] The civil war ended. I think he started channel five and then he retires and, and we're starting this venture and it's just like synergy.


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[Assistant] He lived down the street from Abraham. He did. He's somebody's godfather. I know that. He was on Noah's Ark. Alright, let's pivot and show our diversity, shall we? More than guardians, we give you Cleveland Brown's talk.


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[Assistant] Amari Cooper, we all talked, I think midway through the season, someone brought up, when are they going to get this extension done? Because it's clearly the WR1. Clearly, it's not debatable, at least yet. I mean, maybe next year he might be threatening that. Do we want an extension before the season?


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[Assistant] There's some value in waiting because it might motivate him to have another huge season, but you also run the risk of the price going up if he does. If you're Andrew Barry, are you doing an extension now? Are you waiting until after the season?


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[Assistant] Because whenever we ask these questions, should they sign? Now granted, you have the Operation Stockpile t-shirt and you're carrying the banner. Yes.


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[Assistant] And, and you guys keep saying the cap is an imaginary, it's a dwarf, it's- I don't-


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[Assistant] And I think I've amended my belief on that because I used to think that it was the Holy Grail. That's what you made all of your decisions based on. But as the league continues, I saw yesterday, I sent you guys the text. Did you see this? The league is going to auction off.


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[Assistant] Well, if the, if the NBA owned a day of the year, it was Christmas Day. Right. Not anymore. The NFL came and said, we like that. We're going to take that from you. And they did. And what they saw was people will watch football on Christmas Day like we do on Thanksgiving.


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[Assistant] continues to go up based on revenue. And as this revenue pile gets bigger and bigger, the cap number gets bigger and bigger. So you got, I give, you're right. I was wrong for two years.


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[Assistant] We know you're over there. You're no threat to us and we're going to keep spending. So because that's the new way, I say extend him immediately. Give him whatever he wants. I'm not with G. Whatever they want, give it to them. The cap number will continue to go up and we'll be okay.


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[Assistant] You're absolutely right. All right, it's noon. We saved this topic for noon because I think our audience is at its biggest as lunch hour starts.


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[Assistant] This next one, you gotta do a read before we go there. But this next one with Mayor Bibb is like an onion. There are so many layers to this thing. And yesterday, yet another piece of evidence


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[Assistant] As to where this brown stadium thing is going, unplayed, not with what the mayor said during his State of the City address, but what he didn't say. I mean, there was an elephant in the room that was covered in pink paint and splashing all over, and he just carried on like he wasn't seeing it and didn't get any pink paint on.


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[Assistant] I love that point. You're absolutely right. You don't want him to be a mentor for Jerry Judy who's already looked up to him as an icon and a hero for one year and then be gone. The other thing too that I wonder, you know, we're all in, there's a professional jealousy that exists in the NFL and we're all crazy if we don't acknowledge that.


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[Assistant] Do you know there had to be a piece of Amari watching the Browns?


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[Assistant] Extend a guy who's been a subpar performer based on what they thought he was gonna be, the Broncos.


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[Assistant] Give him a pile of money, he's gotta be over there going, whoa, whoa, whoa. What about me and what I've already done?


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[Assistant] The addition of Amari Cooper and for what we had to give up to get him, we stole him from the Cowboys. A complete steal. He has been over and above what I thought he was going to be and I had high expectations.


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[Assistant] It is a high stakes game of chicken and both, both parties have a


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[Assistant] Have a ton to gain and also a ton to lose.


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[Assistant] So you have, and I think what surprised me is how out, out in public now.


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[Assistant] The Haslums are on the We Want This dome in Brook Park. That's what they want. That is what they want and they are not sugarcoating it. They're after a long stretch of not talking to the media. They had to recently. They confirmed all of that. Yes, 176 acres purchased in Brook Park. Friendly for what we want to do. They don't want just a stadium.


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[Assistant] In terms of parking and just all these things. Don't sleep on the parking piece of this.


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[Assistant] So if there are 60,000 fans, and on average there are 2.4 fans that use


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[Assistant] Just say ten times a year, because, you know, that number's gonna... Right, sure.


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[Assistant] And if you get a playoff game, it's even more. Just let's base it on 10 games a year at 20,000 parking spots.


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[Assistant] I'm gonna guess. I don't have any numbers to back this up. I'm just, I'm gonna admit it's irresponsible to do this. I'm just gonna take a stab in the dark.


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[Assistant] 5%, not even 5% of the entire year. 3% of the entire year. They probably do 15 to 20% of their revenue business. Because look what it means.


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[Assistant] And so, so by the way, all of that sales tax money is gone. That's true.


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[Assistant] That's gone. Those are the 10 busiest days in our downtown metro area, and they would disappear.


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[Assistant] But to a city who is already one of the most impoverished cities in the nation, you can't afford to lose your biggest cash cow. And that's what the Browns are. So, it's a really interesting dynamic politically.


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[Assistant] Because Mayor Bibb has big political aspirations. If you spend any time around him at all, you know that. He's not, I'm gonna be a four term mayor in the city of Cleveland. No.


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[Assistant] He wouldn't like to do one or two stints as a mayor. And I think, I've asked him this directly and he smiled and said, I have a big job to do in Cleveland and that's what I'm thinking about. That tells me he's a seasoned politician already. But I think in his blueprint that's buried away in his closet somewhere,


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[Assistant] He's got a term or two as Cleveland Mayor.


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[Assistant] Then maybe a run at the House of Representatives. Then maybe as a Senator. And don't scoff at this.


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[Assistant] Why not presidential ambitions? He's young, he's articulate, he's intelligent. Let's not hide the biggest fact in the world is the fact that he's a black man. He is a young Barack Obama to me. Now, I say that to say this, he's got all kinds of style and there's a lot of glitz around him.


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[Assistant] His stint as Cleveland mayor will determine what substance he has. He has in front of him the biggest negotiation he will likely ever participate in. You have got to make sure you land the cash cow.


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[Assistant] I saw a poll yesterday and I don't usually put a lot of stock in them. 70% of the fans in the poll I saw said they want the Gohm Stadium in Brook Park.


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[Assistant] You know, in fact, I think people in the suburbs would say there will be more space to move around. The parking will be more accessible. Right. It would be a lot easier of an in and out back and forth.


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[Assistant] The position they're in is they're looking up at those hammers saying, please don't crush me.


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[Assistant] They don't have a hammer in this. Here's what, and I don't, this isn't reporting, this is opinion. I want to be very clear that I make that distinction. But from talking to some people on both sides, the city and the team, it's my opinion, just opinion, that Jimmy has


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[Assistant] He gets a brand new, they're not renovating that dome. They're not renovating that dome. The stadium. The current stadium, I'm sorry, to make it a dome. No.


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[Assistant] And most likely, if the, if the Browns stay downtown, in its place, will be a new $2 billion dome stadium, largely paid for by the city.


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[Assistant] At least half. At least half. And when I say city, I mean public funds. City, county, state. Right, right, right. It would likely be under that umbrella. Now, the other option, I believe, is for Jimmy to build, and I love your name for it because that's what I've been calling it, Brown's World.


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[Assistant] Top golfs, I, I've spent a lot of time in Glendale, Arizona, and my parents lived just up the road from that when they took what was a plot of farmland and decided we're going to stake our Arizona Cardinals flag in this sand right here.


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[Assistant] And there's a Top Golf across the street from the stadium. There is a myriad of hotels, countless restaurants, bars. What was once literally a piece of irrigation, uh, fed farmland is now this oasis in the desert that just churns cash. The beauty of it from Jimmy Haslam's point of view is he'll own all of it. He'll get the parking.


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[Assistant] He'll get all of the revenues. And by the way, it's going to be a dome because it's not just going to be 10 dates a year. It's going to be 50 to 100 dates a year.


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[Assistant] We will absolutely get a Super Bowl from Jump. We will be awarded a Super Bowl. Well, that's to be determined. We don't know yet, and I'm not sure how all of that will play out. There's going to be a lot of negotiations and a lot of layers to this, but I think Jimmy initially started down this road and said,


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[Assistant] I'm gonna play a game of chicken and I'm gonna say I'm looking at a piece of land and the city's gonna cave. By the way, of note, yesterday Washington announced they're not moving, uh, the hockey team and the football team to Virginia.


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[Assistant] The same thing with Chicago. We've seen these negotiations take place and they're high stakes games of chicken, politically and professionally.


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[Assistant] I think what happened along the way was Jimmy said, let's start. We'll throw some breadcrumbs out that we're really going to move the team.


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[Assistant] And then the city will cave and give us what we wanted. But I think along the way, Jimmy started thinking and saying, huh, as much as I'd like for them to pay for it.


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[Assistant] Maybe the long-term best financial play is for us to actually do this, but for me to gain all of the piles of money and pull them into my empire.


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[Assistant] I'm glad you went there because that's where I was going next. So if you're the mayor, what are you doing? If you're the mayor, you're saying our waterfront is the worst used land probably in the state of Ohio.


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[Assistant] It's beautiful. Go to Chicago, see what they've done with their waterfront. Go to any city that's on the water and look what they've done. Ours is vacant, empty factories and parking lots. It's a joke.


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[Assistant] He could come out of this smelling like a rose because it's not like we're losing the Browns. If, if he was the mayor when the Browns moved to Baltimore, I wouldn't want to be in that spot, but they're not going anywhere. They're still going to be called the Cleveland Browns. They're still going to wear orange and brown. Nothing changes. We just go to a different spot eight, nine times a year.


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[Assistant] If he wants to come out of it, how do I win here? He can say, you want to move? Move. That's on you. Here's what we're doing. We're now going to make the downtown waterfront


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[Assistant] 50,000 residential units or whatever. 5,000, 10,000, 15,000. You increase the city's tax base and all of those people now need to grocery shop, they need to eat, they need to drink, they need places to spend their money. So the city can be a winner that way by, even though they would lose the Browns, you know, they would go to Brook Park, it might be a


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[Assistant] How would you do that logistically? We had heard that they had scouted several downtown locations, including this spot we're sitting on right now. Right, this whole area, there's a lot of abandoned buildings. WKYC Studios at 1333 Lakeside. It's civilization. I mean, it's just, it's not lakefront property. There's the railroad tracks and I-90 and then the airport and then the lake.


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[Assistant] So uhm, but you still have all the inherent problems that you have over here with the parking and, and your landlocked and everything else. They have looked at several, but I think all that now is out the window. Now,


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[Assistant] Here's my guess. And I don't want to say that, I don't know what's a long shot and what isn't because I can't get in Haslam's mind and see what he really, whatever he really wants is what he's gonna get.


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[Assistant] Pay for most of it himself and do it in Brook Park, he's gonna get that. Sure. I can't get in his mind, so I don't know exactly what he wants to say, but I will add one more thing to this conversation on


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[Assistant] Tuesday or Wednesday of this week, I talked to a reporter from WKYC's sister station in Minneapolis, uh, CARE TV. Very good television station known for their journalism and their excellence in journalism.


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[Assistant] I spoke with a reporter that's been there for a very long time who covered the city's discussions with the Vikings when the Wolf family decided they wanted a new stadium. Remember they had the Metrodome, which was downtown. It was antiquated. Same situation here. They had a dome.


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[Assistant] They came to an agreement where the city basically was like, we can't afford to lose you.


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[Assistant] So they stepped up and said, we're gonna do it. Now they had enough room in the parking lot to build it there while they were still using the old metrodome. But what was interesting to me was, it's paid off already.


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[Assistant] Way, way, way ahead of schedule and largely with the pull tasks. If you don't know what we're talking about, it's the things that seem to be like crap when people, they love them. It's a lottery game.


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[Assistant] That might be a difference because we can bet on other things. Minnesota, basically all the people that were, I mean all the legalized betting that was going on was to pay for the stadium, which was paid for


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[Assistant] Way, way, way ahead of schedule. Now, I think their cost was 1.1 billion, I asked the reporter. If my memory is right, it was around 1.1 billion. Ours would be likely in the 2 billion because, you know, everything, price of everything goes up. So I just think that all this really is dependent on what Jimmy and Dee want to do. Do they want to be downtown? And they want the city to pay for it?


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[Assistant] I think that might be priority one just because they wouldn't have to write the check up front.


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[Assistant] But Priority 2 I think is looking better and better to them. And Jim Donovan who has his...


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[Assistant] Ear to the ground when it comes to all issues with Cleveland Browns. He is reporting and told me earlier this week that he thinks that Jimmy's of the mindset that he's ready to go. Now look, they could be, that could be false information that they're sending out there to ratchet up the pressure on the city.


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[Assistant] Yeaah. Now, how would they play in the stadium? I think they dropped this one.


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[Assistant] Like if they, if, no telling when this is going to come to fruition.


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[Assistant] But as soon as they know it's gonna happen, the moment that season ends, they'll implode that old one, clear the site, and start


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[Assistant] Construction. Well, they're gonna have to, that takes two years.


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[Assistant] So likely you're looking at at least one season and perhaps two playing somewhere else. What are the options? Columbus. Off the top of my head? The horseshoe. It does seat a hundred thousand people.


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[Assistant] Uh, fans here wouldn't like it because they'd have to travel two hours to go down there. Uhm, remember, don't forget this, the Haslums have Columbus ties. They are owners of the Columbus Crew.


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[Assistant] So, uh, that might not be too far out of the realm of reasonability. The other one that I don't know if this is likely or not, but what does the Hall of Fame Stadium hold in Canton? 23. Tom Benson Stadium. 24. Okay, not big enough. That's pretty small. Not big enough. And the revenue loss. Yeah.


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[Assistant] Well, to your point, not only are the majority of residents not season ticket holders,


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[Assistant] He took an oath, and I believe him to be a really fine man. He's a, he's a man of, of upstanding moral compass. He, he, I think he's a really good man, and I think he probably undeniably has bigger political aspirations. I, I, maybe I'm naive.


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[Assistant] But the way I view this is, if he does the right thing by his constituents here,


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[Assistant] Even though it might, in the long run, alienate more of the voters he would need to hold a statewide office, if he does the right thing to his constituents, he can always, always, as the kids say today, stand on his business of saying this when he campaigns for bigger offices. Go ask my constituents if I did right by them.


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[Assistant] And I'll do the same thing when I hold a statewide office. I will then take into account.


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[Assistant] All of the needs and desires of all of my constituents. But right now he is sworn to serve the residents of Cleveland, Ohio.


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[Assistant] It's not, it's tough. And I thought your line summed it up best, Bull, because I feel exactly the same way. If the team, the team has never played anywhere but downtown. If the team moves,


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[Assistant] There will be a huge part of me that is very, very sad about that.


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[Assistant] But progress is progress. It's change. And who knows?


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[Assistant] Five years after the team moves to Brook Park, you could take a hole, and the predominant answer might be, I can't believe we used to play the games down here.


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[Assistant] Yeah, just pain. It was pain everywhere. One thing my, uh, my trainer, he told me, he said, what did he say?


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[Assistant] Our body is so symmetrical, right? You got, you got your wrists, you know, and then what are your wrists on the bottom half? Your ankles, you know, you got your shoulders up top. What are your shoulders? Your hips, you know what I'm saying? You got your elbows or the elbows? Your knees, right? Like so.


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[Assistant] As a kid, my passion was always football. I didn't realize that my passion was playing football. Condoms, uh, tandems in the league, right?


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[Assistant] I've always admired just the history of Cleveland and what it encompasses and to be able to be a part of that now, uh, is, is amazing.


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[Assistant] Uh, two minutes ago, it does say Jameis Winston close to finalizing a one-year deal worth 8.7 million with the Browns. See? Uh, so we'll wait to, now Jordan Schultz is pretty accurate.


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[Assistant] There's more of a track working on Jamus, but same situation.


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[Assistant] You're right. Going back over the last four seasons, by the way, he did throw 14 touchdowns at three interceptions two years ago, the last two seasons, or three seasons, the last two seasons in very limited time, more turnovers than touchdowns. But I asked the YouTube chat.


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[Assistant] Given the choice, if it was just Flacco vs. Jameis, who would you rather have at quarterback two? We have over 550 votes. What do you think the percentage is?


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[Assistant] Also, all the local reporters, Jake Trotter, Mary Kay, the Athletic have confirmed that they are nearing a deal. Jamis Winston will be the Browns backup quarterback in 2020.


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[Assistant] Hey Jason, Jason, one sec, it's up to 8-7. So I'm not sure what the base deal is, it's up to 8-7.


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[Assistant] That's an unfair comparison. One last point, then we'll do a read and talk about Jordan Hicks and Darius Smith and Mohurst. If the offense is going to shift to a more air raid, throw the ball deep like Ken Dorsey's done in the past, Jamis Winston historically throughout his career has ranked near the top of the league every year he's played significant time.


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[Assistant] The Browns also made three signings yesterday. Bola, we're going to run through these individually. Let's start with Jordan Hicks, the linebacker who is coming to Cleveland from Minnesota on a two year, $8 million contract. Like it, love it, hate it. Thoughts on Jordan Hicks.


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[Assistant] $1.5 million deal with the Browns according to Adam Schefter. Nahin Himes, the...


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[Assistant] Guy who was most notable for the game after Damar Hamlin's incident returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown. But Naheem Hines of the Buffalo Bills is heading to the table Browns on a one year, $3.5 million deal.


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[Assistant] For his career, by the way, just a little context to Hines, uh, 1,202 rushing yards, 1,800 receiving yards. He has 10 rushing touchdowns, eight receiving touchdowns. He has two special teams touchdowns, uh, versatile. Yeah, he's a return.


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[Assistant] Three and a half for one year, which goes to the point I think we were talking about yesterday. The Browns were only offering one and a half, one year deals to the running backs. They were not going to offer a two year deal.


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[Assistant] He has two punt return touchdowns in his career and two key return touchdowns.


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[Assistant] Uh, just to compare the two returning stats, and just looking at this for the first time, obviously I'm not super familiar with either of them, and Mary Kay just confirmed the report if anyone disagreed. Uh, but Agnew's returning stats, he has four


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[Assistant] Punch return touchdowns, two kick return touchdowns in an extra season of play. So, six kick return, punch return touchdowns verse, uh, four, four.


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[Assistant] He was out all of 23 with a season ending knee injury. Oh, so it was 22 that he split between 22. He split between two teams. He did not play in 23 was out all season with a knee injury that he suffered in a jet ski accident.


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[Assistant] And, Bull, I don't know if this helps, but if you take the tweet here, Steve, the exact wording from Jector is up to three and a half million. Yeaah. See, this is, this is probably two and a half or two and then some incentive.


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[Assistant] No, no, no, no, no. I just want to make sure we get our breaks in because we missed one yesterday, so I was instructed to make sure we get them in today. Uh, 6 o'clock tonight guys, Ultimate Cav Show. Myself, Jason. We'll be talking a lot about the late game struggles the Cavs have experienced lately. Also talking about Isaac Okuro, how much he can potentially get paid, and why it's not fair at Donovan Mitchell.


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[Assistant] I have not seen a guarantee yet. Just up to 3.2.


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[Assistant] And you want to be high in this, but, passer rating against, catches allowed, and yards after catch after reception.


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[Assistant] That's 200 bucks to use on point spreads, money lines. You can even pick who's going to win it all. Just visit FanDuel.com slash UCSS and bet on college hoops until they cut down the nets. So Bo, there's plenty of guys out there that are still available. Yep. Some big names out there too. Of all the guys left on the board. And I'll start with you.


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[Assistant] Who's the number one free agent available? You would want to see AV in the brown side.


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[Assistant] But just, there are some names out here that are still available. A couple more on top of these guys. You have the Neil Hunter, Patrick Queen, Eric Armstead, Henry Reader, a few other names. Calvin Ridley, Kendall Fuller, the defensive back.


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[Assistant] To my knowledge, I mean, if it's happened in the last second, I haven't seen it. Tyron Smith, the left tackle, Chase Young still out there.


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[Assistant] Uh, Josh Uche was a guy at Edge I thought the Browns would be interested in. They want us to Darius, so he's probably not a possibility. Marquise Brown still unsigned. Darnell Mooney, by the way, signed a three year, $39 million deal with the Falcons a few minutes ago. Exact same contract that Gabe Davis got with Jacksonville.


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[Assistant] Before we move on to winners and losers, I have a question for you guys real quick. And it probably means nothing, but it just scares.


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[Assistant] So Jordan Schultz was the one who broke the first report of the Winston signing. Jake Trotter, Mary Kay have now reported the same thing, but we haven't seen anything from Schefter, anything from Rappaport, Tom Pelicero, like the big nationalists haven't reported on it.


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[Assistant] James? I mean, George Shultz, I know he's newer.


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[Assistant] Thought it was interesting. We're gonna talk about some winners and losers from the first day of free agency. Before we do that,


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[Assistant] Yeah, so these are the running back specific deals, and they're not all of them. There's even more than just the five I listed here, but Steve, no, give me 179 please. I think there's been ten running backs that have signed


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[Assistant] But Kelsey retired too and he was kind of the key to the tush push.


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[Assistant] Yo, I wanted to ask you about Cousins and some of the other quarterback contracts. Now we know Winston can make up to 8.7 million according to the reports. Yeah. Kirk Cousins got 4 for 180, about 45 million per. Saw a guy like Gardner Minshew get 2 for 12 and a half. Uh, Berset got 8 million. Are all these numbers?


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[Assistant] Two years, 25 mil. Did I say 12 and a half? Sorry. Uh, two for 25.


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[Assistant] Are you- I wanna phrase this properly.


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[Assistant] Are all these numbers just a reflection of the salary cap jumping so high?


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[Assistant] I don't know if it's because the salary cap jumped so high, but those kind of guardrails seem to be out the window this year.


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[Assistant] We gotta, we gotta get him locked in here. What do you guys think that this does in terms of Hollywood Brown, Calvin, are they 20 million dollar a year players with this new cap show?


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[Assistant] Mooney's 24. Oh wow, even younger. Uh, no, no, no, sorry, sorry, sorry. 26, he's 20. Okay, well it's the same age as Mark, he's brown. Yea, same age as Hollywood.


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[Assistant] Darn El Moon, he just got 39 million. The last two seasons combined. Combined? Nothing.


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[Assistant] 1055 in 2021, and then the last two years, and by the way, he's played 27 games, 27 games, 900 yards, three touchdowns.


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[Assistant] Well, we were going to have Cody work on from Lockdown Broncos to talk a little bit about Jerry Judy, but he had to reschedule due to some Broncos news. So we will not have Cody work on. So we had a little bit of time. I got a question for you, Paul. We were going to talk about this a little bit.


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[Assistant] And then we had all the new information come in, so we stopped, and we were talking about pre-show.


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[Assistant] Oh, just, just my point is, and maybe I'm doing a bad job explaining the question. We gave him credit yesterday for being aggressive. Yeah. And at least in the last two seasons, his approach to pre-agency was, let the market set itself. I'm not going to go make one of these first deals. And I guess maybe in the past he did. So I apologize. That was pre me working on UCSS. Uh,


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[Assistant] Do you agree with the strategy of letting the market play itself out?


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[Assistant] I didn't say he's not aggressive in free agency. I just said he's not out there because they were reported to be linked to Christian Wilkins. It came out they weren't willing to offer that much money. It came out they weren't willing to offer two years to that cost.


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[Assistant] Compared to top, like they offered last year, Draymond Jones said Seattle offered more money. That's why I'm going to Seattle.


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[Assistant] They were in on Javon Hargrave. Javon Hargrave got more money from San Francisco. He went to San Francisco with Christian Wilkins. I don't know what the offer was, but he was one of the teams that everyone said linked to the Browns talking. He got a massive bag from the Las Vegas Raiders.


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[Assistant] Surprise actually on the same page as you, I was just coming at it from a different approach. We looked at, and I don't want to call out names here, but.


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[Assistant] Uh, one person in particular on Twitter who I very much like was all aboard, pay Christian Wilkins, whatever it takes. And then when he got paid a lot of money, it was too much money. Right. Of course. My point is, and I was asking the question more than making the statement. Aha.


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[Assistant] And you got Ronnie Hickman, undrafted free. And Ronnie Hickman, undrafted, which was a nice pick.


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[Assistant] Uh, something from Adam Schefter real quick, which is interesting. We mentioned Calvin Ridley's name a few times.


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[Assistant] I'm not being all that. According to SpowTrack, and once again, SpowTrack's not perfect, the best available free agent defensive tackles left. I'm gonna just read you the names.


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[Assistant] Reader's one, yeaah. I'll read you the other ones outside of DJ Reader. Tell me if any of these guys, uh, are worth at least talking.


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[Assistant] Uh, Fletcher Cox, who just retired. He ain't gonna retire. I don't think, but he did play for Jim Schwartz. I mean, Jim Schwartz was super tight. Yeah, he retired. I don't think so.


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[Assistant] He's a run stuffer. He's like 330 pounds. Giant guy. Shelby Harris is out there. Yeah. Haven Brian Jefferson bowl, who you mentioned. You said who? Quentin Jefferson?


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[Assistant] Uh, a couple other guys, Sebastian Joseph, Al Woods, who at least visited the Browns last season, Lindvall Josephs, older, Rayquan Davis, Jonathan Hankins.


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[Assistant] It was one of those free agent and destinations that seemed on paper so perfect. And most of the time in those situations it doesn't come to fruition, but.


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[Assistant] From player, from personality to city, city description and kind of what they embody, it felt like it was too good to be true and, uh, it stinks because he's a really good player.


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[Assistant] Alexander Madison? They're gonna be a Blake Hall. Probably Madison. Ezekiel Elliott. Oh, I do kinda like. Cam Akers is still out there. JK Dobbins. Kareem Hunt. Rashad Penny. AJ Dillon.


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[Assistant] Yeah, yeah, Ridley, he tweeted out, New England is pushing hard to sign free agent Calvin Ridley, but sources believe he prefers to return to Jacksonville and has been discussing a deal with the Jaguars. The reason I bring that up is the Jaguars paid Gabe Davis. They paid Christian Kirk a big contract two off seasons ago.


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[Assistant] We talk about how much can you invest in any certain position group.


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[Assistant] I guess I didn't equate that. That makes it a lot easier. Yeah, right. Good point.


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[Assistant] Well, if you can't even get a fifth round pick for Justin Fields, why in the world would you trade the first overall pick?


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[Assistant] I get it. Uh, we got two super chats real quick, and then we'll talk cash for the last five minutes here. The first one comes from Damien Frederick, who says, Jamus is America's QB. If he brings anything, it's positive vibes and some great memes. Jamus objectively is the funniest quarterback in football. And if he comes, he's hysterical. He's hysterical.


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[Assistant] He's just, he really is funny. And uh, world's fastest fat man says, Draft to Vondre's Sweat and destroy all running backs, free miles, free Zedarius, free JOK, T-sweat is the way, all hail T-sweat.


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[Assistant] Uh, funny Tavondre Sweat story, the first story I ever did in Texas was a feature on Tavondre Sweat. So I would really be happy if Tavondre came, uh,


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[Assistant] We're going to talk about this more in overtime. We'll continue the conversation, but the Cavs lost to the Suns last night. An incredible shooting performance in the first half. Kind of got icy cold. Those late game struggles continued. But, uh, Tyvis, what'd you take away from the Cav Suns matchup from last night?


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[Assistant] I was at peace for the first time that last two years of my life. I was at peace. I'm like, I'm battling if I still wanted to play.


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[Assistant] So I do all these x-rays and all these, uh, MRIs and everything. I still got my uniform on, like my undershirt from the game.


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[Assistant] And they, uh, I kind of find out two, no, about four years, three years ago.


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[Assistant] Today's edition of the Ultimate Cleveland Sports Show. Couldn't spit it out there for a second. A lot to get to on today's show. Yesterday is the two year, was the two year anniversary of the Browns side, or trading for Deshaun Watson.


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[Assistant] We're gonna play some audio of me reacting to one of my last couple of shows on 92.3 The Fan, reacting to the news broke.


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[Assistant] Because I'm not confident that he's gonna turn it around. But it's outside of me.


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[Assistant] Off a day and there's a big story, I'm like, oh damn, I wish I was on to talk about it. That's what I get. But, it's important to have a work-life balance.


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[Assistant] But it's also important to just get away. My, going on vacation, recharging my batteries, I've been in a great place.


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[Assistant] Uh, but let's start with the anniversary of John Watson in a second. First, let's go to Mike.


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[Assistant] Alright guys, so yesterday, uh, two years ago yesterday, the Browns traded for Deshaun Watson. It was a wild couple of weeks.


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[Assistant] Uhm, as there had been reports that the Browns were interested,


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[Assistant] And then there was a report that John Watson had turned the Browns down and it looked like it was dead. Yep. And then


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[Assistant] All of a sudden, out of nowhere, it came back to life. Let's play the clip. This was courtesy of my show on 92.3 The Fan, the Bull and Fox at the time.


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[Assistant] This was March 18th, 2022. It was one of my last shows. It was April 1st, 2022. It was my last show on the fan. Dustin was off that day. And by the way, it was great to hear Dustin back on the air yesterday. He came back after a


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[Assistant] If you would have told me at that time when I broke that news on the radio station.


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[Assistant] That we'd be here two years later, I'd never have guessed this. If you were to tell me what's the worst case scenario with Deshaun Watson, I would never have thought it would be as bad.


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[Assistant] At the time of the trade, if we knew for sure there was going to be a lawsuit.


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[Assistant] But yeaah, we didn't know the details and they started to come out. But, but, just on the field.


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[Assistant] Well, if the suspension had happened before, it would have been better because then the Browns would have gotten them for significantly less.


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[Assistant] If they traded for them. I think the argument was would they still trade for them? Not, I mean obviously they would have had to give it up less.


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[Assistant] Right, right. Anyway, that's neither here nor there at this point, but Mike, did you want to follow up a question on this?


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[Assistant] And the sky can still be the limit. And in fact, the roster not only, not only


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[Assistant] And that was without knowing what they were going to do with the roster because the roster has been significantly improved in the two years since they made that trade. In fact, I would argue that


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[Assistant] Forget quarterback, the rest of the roster, this might be, this is probably the Brown's best roster since at least the 80s. Oh, for sure. If not longer. For sure.


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[Assistant] So, there, so there's no excuse, but I, I could never have imagined Deshaun Watson playing as poorly as he has. Never. It never would have crossed my mind. I thought they had a top five quarterback in the bag. You could tell by how excited I was. I thought it was 100% certainty. I never thought for a minute he wouldn't play well.


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[Assistant] And, you know, obviously he hasn't to this point, and that's, uh, a bummer.


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[Assistant] Well, at the time I thought he was going to be a franchise quarterback and now he's not. Now, could he get back to it? Maybe. But, my, and that's why when people


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[Assistant] Sometimes people get upset because they'll say like, well Baker got this level of patience. Well Deshaun Watson came in here as being a Pro Bowl quarterback.


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[Assistant] We can't pretend now that we didn't have through the roof expectations. Everybody, when the Browns traded for Deshaun Watson, thought you had a top five quarterback. Didn't you think that?


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[Assistant] You know, level. I'm holding him to the elite quarterback level and he has played nowhere close to that. So now, two years later, I'm skeptical that he can get back to that. I hope he can. I still give him a shot.


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[Assistant] But if I had to bet a million dollars, which I don't have, but if I had to bet a million dollars...


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[Assistant] Will Deshaun Watson be a Pro Bowl, you know, legitimate, not like,


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[Assistant] That's right. So you, you gotta hold yourself to a high regard this season. Well, let me ask you guys this, because I feel like if he doesn't turn it around this year, that's it.


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[Assistant] Listen, when the broth traded for Deshaun Watson, I was 100% certain he was going to be great. And then even going into last year, I think I said I was still 90% certain he was great. Well now I'm like at 45%.


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[Assistant] Before we dive deep into that, because that was part of our conversation yesterday with Tyler Huntley. And Jason, you weren't here yesterday. What, what do you, before we get specifically into Watson, and maybe that's your answer, maybe you think the Watson thing's gonna fall apart. But what did you make of them signing another guy who's been a legitimate backup in the league? What did that signal to you?


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[Assistant] I think we should do a UCSS vacation with all our families. We rent like a...


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[Assistant] Well, that's where I stay. Although the golf side has gotten so crowded. Well, because it's better.


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[Assistant] The only thing when, it's just so people know, so the June 1st desig, the pre, the post June 1st designation, the only thing that does, it allows the cutting team, uh, which is in this case the Saints, right?


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[Assistant] Is that the Saints cannot use the cap savings that they get for Jameis until June 1st. Or until June 2nd.


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[Assistant] The only way I'd consider Stefan Diggs for the Browns is if he were somehow cut.


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[Assistant] Maybe he don't think Josh Allen is that guy. Well, the only team in football that has a clearly a better chance to win a Super Bowl is the Chiefs. That's it. Nobody else has a clearly better chance than the Bills.


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[Assistant] I'm not going to not do it because of Elijah Moore. Who gives a rat's ass about Elijah Moore? He's a slappy. I don't care about him. But, uh, and if, you know, but, but Diggs is just like, I mean, the guy, man.


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[Assistant] He's a good player, but he's going to be 31 during the season. Now, so is Amari, right? Which means the cliff is coming soon, but happens to everybody.


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[Assistant] Yeah, well those are the greatest basketball player and the greatest football player of all time, so. I'm just saying it's possible.


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[Assistant] By the way, I think Jerry Rice is the greatest football player of all time and I don't care what anybody else thinks.


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[Assistant] Actually, those amounts are nothing, but it's the amount of years that's the problem. I mean, I guess they can, I probably can get out of that, I would guess, after one year or two, but.


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[Assistant] Yes, because they, because what he's, they, they have essentially pushed money off.


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[Assistant] No, the Browns would take a cap hit certainly higher than the amount maybe depending on how they restructured the contract. But they wouldn't pick up the bill's cap hit. It's not dollars for dollars like that.


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[Assistant] And he had his worst season in awhile. Now, it was still good.


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[Assistant] Oh yeaah. And Devonte will turn 32 in December.


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[Assistant] That's Monday, it's coming Monday, the debut, 3pm. Most weeks it'll be at 3pm. We will have some fluctuation because of game times, but.


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[Assistant] What are the odds that this guy can help them as a plate in four years?


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[Assistant] Well they've acquired a couple of corners. I don't know if they're any good, but I don't know.


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[Assistant] Uh, time is, listen to this one, I'm curious. So this, this was the trade. It was, who was it? It was the bank, it was T. Higgins to...


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[Assistant] No, no, no, no, no. Shoot, I can't. It was the Bengals moving up in the draft. I can't remember. Who's, uh...


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[Assistant] Maybe it was the Cardinals. It might have been the Cardinals. But I'm like, why wouldn't the Cardinals just draft that wide receiver instead of trading for Teagans? It didn't make any sense.


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[Assistant] If the Bengals could trade Higgins and get a top 10 pick, you know, obviously they'd have to give up some other things in addition to Higgins. I would do it, and then I'd take either, if I could get Marvin Harrison obviously, or Neighbors, or even the tight end. What's his name? Bowers? Take him too.


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[Assistant] I said Mack Jones was gonna suck. I said Kenny Pickett was gonna be Mack Jones. So far I'm right. I think this, I think McCarthy's gonna be the same as those two guys.


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[Assistant] McCarthy. He's not a player. McCarthy. No chance that guy's gonna be good in the NFL. This is a McCarthy base. Anybody, anybody think these guys are gonna be good besides Kayla Williams?


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[Assistant] And by the way, you know at least some of them are not going to work out because...


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[Assistant] Herbert Tua Hurts Jordan Love with a top five quarterback. Yeah, that's really good. Yeah, that's crazy. His really good. That's five of your top 12, 15 quarterbacks in the league. Yeah, that's crazy.


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[Assistant] Yep. And they did the right thing. Green Bay was right. Green Bay was right. Jordan Love looked like a stud last year. Especially the second half. You're taking him on your fantasy team? Potentially. Potentially. I like him a lot this year.


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[Assistant] Guys, this is, I gotta tell ya, I don't need to be a party pooper, but I'm about to be a party pooper. Here we go. This is getting tough. I mean, I know they won.


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[Assistant] It's a different team. I saw somebody, some media outlet in Cleveland, might have been my old station posted, you know, gutsy win by the under man cabs, and I'm like, oh god.


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[Assistant] Marcus Morris, so, uh, a friend, I'm not gonna say who it was, but somebody I know saw Marcus Morris in Cleveland, right?


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[Assistant] He was just on the street. I don't know what he was doing. You know, walking somewhere or whatever.


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[Assistant] And so, and this person was like, hey, Mark, can I get a picture? And he was not friendly in return.


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[Assistant] It brings you good luck, yeaah. I guess so. When Karras is at his best, he's like the second best player on the team. Besides Donovan, no?


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[Assistant] I mean, he was probably the third best player last night behind Taris and Alan.


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[Assistant] How concerned are we about Darius just being awful shooting the ball right now?


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[Assistant] But basketball is the easiest sport, the three we pay attention to, it's the easiest sport to predict the guy's success. Because it's very rare in the NBA that a good player just has a bad season. Unless it's injury related. See that? Whereas in baseball and football it happens all the time.


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[Assistant] How many guys in the NBA go off a cliff unless it's due to injury?


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[Assistant] In baseball, there's guys like Dale Murphy was on his way to being a Hall of Famer. Do you know who Dale Murphy is?


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[Assistant] That was, that was the best running back in football. Two years later, he's out of the game. Todd Gurley! Peyton Hillis. Todd Gurley! No, Peyton Hillis had one weird year.


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[Assistant] I got a player, and a player of, what I'm saying is, like a player, the superstars of the league, the top 30 players, which Derry Thirling is not.


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[Assistant] Those guys just never had bad, they don't just have bad years. Unless they're hurt or they just got too old. In football it happens once in a while, in baseball it happens all the time.


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[Assistant] I can't find him to be one of the most fun players to watch the NBA, do you? Like as much as I'm down on him now, when Kyrie Irving played here, he was one of the most fun players.


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[Assistant] Yeaah. I'm curious, are Kat, let's, is, is Earl still here?


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[Assistant] Earl, jump on the mic here, because Earl's the biggest Cavs fan here.


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[Assistant] And I'm curious, when you're watching these games late in the year, before the playoffs, these last dozen games, whatever they got left.


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[Assistant] Are you sitting there watching every play like when they score a basket, are you like pumping your fist? I'm just curious.


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[Assistant] Alright, I see that. I feel like that's how, Earl's a die-hard. I feel like the die-hard Cavs fans are kinda, I bet generally like that right now. It's like, it's disappointing.


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[Assistant] How many times? Donovan Mitchell's been to the All-Star game almost every year, right?


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[Assistant] Okay, I didn't mean like he couldn't be higher. I'm just saying, I'm thinking all-star top 30 players. Like, he's a perennial all-star.


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[Assistant] Darius Garland's a good NBA player. There's a big difference between that.


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[Assistant] Aren't those the only two examples?


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[Assistant] By the way, real quick, because you mentioned San Antonio. Has the game passed Popovich by? Is it time for him to retire?


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[Assistant] Yeah, what do you got to go with him? Well, I mean, shouldn't he be, didn't he used to develop guys out of left field?


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[Assistant] 28. I was gonna say 7. He turns 29 on the last day of May.


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[Assistant] Yeah, this is a huge season for his contract. If he has a bad year this year, he's not getting a big contract. No. If he has a big year, he's gonna get a good, a nice contract at the end of this year. Although he may, you know, we saw what happened with Blake Snell.


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[Assistant] I'm with you. I think if Chain Beiber's healthy, he's going to be very good. He'll be amongst the better pitchers in the American League. Do I expect him to win a Cy Young this year? I do not.


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[Assistant] I expect him to pitch very well if he's healthy and be one of the top, you know, 10-15 pitchers. So I guess if I'm expecting him to be one of the top 10-15 pitchers, why couldn't he be a Cy Young?


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[Assistant] Yes. Well, I shouldn't say I, yes, technically based on the word discount, yes. Same thing, I think Bauer won it in the National League. To me, anybody that won an award in 2020,


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[Assistant] It's with an asterisk. Because being great for 60 games versus 162 is a massive difference.


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[Assistant] I would be. Uh, so, but yes, it is, it is great that Bieber's pitching well. Uh, obviously if he was healthy, he was gonna be the opening day starter. It's not a surprise. The A's in that, Mike, the epilist of all the opening day starters, who's pitching for the A's? Is it J.P. Sears?


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[Assistant] I thought all the teams were announcing today. I thought Major League Baseball wanted it out there. I'm not sure about that.


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[Assistant] Uh, at this point, honestly, if I were the Guardians, I wouldn't want to pay them.


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[Assistant] Like before they're even in the majors and you get it for such a bargain.


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[Assistant] Back to the service time. Right. Which is. They'll make it right. It's just, baseball was trying to fix that. They've got to still work on it. And I think the solution to that, as I've said for years,


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[Assistant] Without, you know, you'd have to dive into it to get the exact numbers, but you draft a guy out of high school, you got him for ten years. You draft a guy out of college, you got him for eight, you know, whatever. Forget the exact number, and this, whether he's in the minors or majors, now that might lead to guys being rushed.


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[Assistant] Which could be a negative, but we'd never have this, oh we gotta keep them in the minors for service time nonsense anymore. That wouldn't happen.


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[Assistant] I think he'll, my guess is he'll definitely start against lefties.


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[Assistant] But I don't know, I'm just hoping he doesn't start.


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[Assistant] Who actually is having a decent camp for the Yankees. Is he? I didn't even look. Is he?


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[Assistant] Yeah, he's not on the 40 man roster, so he's probably not going to be on the team, but uh, go ahead.


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[Assistant] Right, but what's more likely is clearly the under 10 because he's-


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[Assistant] Oh, I blew this. You did the same question a few weeks after the All-Star break.


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[Assistant] That's one, I thought you were gonna ask about, uh, Imani Bates in that, that one.


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[Assistant] So the guy, so we're saying that for over 162 games, the guy who starts each game


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[Assistant] And then what's the best case scenario with L'Oreal? 20?


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[Assistant] What's the under, like, okay, let's say Stephen Kwan hits five, let's say they play Maelstrom more often, he hits zero.


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[Assistant] Well, that, what, there's nobody on their 40 man roster that they couldn't get rid of for Adam Duvall.


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[Assistant] No. So it's frustrating because I want the guardians to do well.


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[Assistant] But, uh, alright, but anyway, so I'll, but I will go over the 45, because under 15 is just too great.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, I mean, it's possible that the Guardians will have no outfielder with 10 home runs.


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[Assistant] That's possible. Unlikely, but not impossible. Who's 100% certain to get 10 home runs? Miles Straw.


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[Assistant] I am, despite my aggravation with the lineup, I am excited about the start of the season. I'm excited to do a show with Zach. I'm very excited about that. Zach's great. And I'm very optimistic about the pitching staff.


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[Assistant] That's where it was two years ago. Hey, if the Guardians get some good luck with some hitters.


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[Assistant] Yeaah. And, and they don't have to, listen, the Guardians offense is not going to be great, but if they can be mediocre, then they can win the division. With a mediocre offense, they can win the division, because the Twins lost their best pitcher. They traded away Polanco. By the way, their closers hurt, did you see that?


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[Assistant] That was a bad, I don't like that question. Your low number should have been higher than that.


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[Assistant] Right. Right. That's what I'm saying. I think there's like a 1% chance.


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[Assistant] I'll take Tyvis. I'm taking Tyvis. I'll take Tyvis. That's the easy one. Because, Tyvis, how old are you? 30? 30? Listen, you never know. There's zero chance Miles Strobel will hit seven on one. Zero.


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[Assistant] There you go. I believe in Titus. More than I believe in Maelstrom.


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[Assistant] Yes, but I still, the Browns had to get a quarterback with a higher ceiling. That's the bottom line.


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[Assistant] All credit to Baker, he had a very good year, but that's his ceiling. Yeah. So. Yep.


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[Assistant] But you can't, I mean, we have fans here that will argue that Deshaun had a better year than Baker, which is absurd. Well that's insane. That's insane. Go ahead.


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[Assistant] No, he's not. He's not. He's out of the mix there. But he was on some conspiracy theory podcast talking about all these crazy things like flat earth and all these wild, bizarre conspiracy theories. Go ahead.


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[Assistant] More than any athlete that I've covered here in Cleveland. Way more. I don't loathe Baker. I loathe Trevor Ballard.


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[Assistant] Uh, I would, if I were a team, I would give him an opportunity, even though I dis, even though I disdain, have major disdain for him. But even though he's,


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[Assistant] I don't know if he's, has he been officially vindicated in the courts? Yeah. I think so. Yeah. Here's the problem, Jason, for some, for a lot of teams right now.


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[Assistant] What he admitted to doing with these girls, even if consensual, is off putting to a lot of people.


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[Assistant] He performed violent sex acts with women. Now, to me, what people do in the bedroom, as long as it's consensual,


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[Assistant] And so I think that's a factor here.


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[Assistant] Obviously some of it is people don't believe he's innocent. Right. But even if you do, it's a PR hit and some themes don't think he's worth it.


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[Assistant] Yeah. That he was never a popular teammate. Correct. Like a lot of guys don't like him. Correct. Even beyond this stuff.


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[Assistant] They do? Uhm, Mike Clevenger, by the way, doesn't have a job either right now. That's amazing.


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[Assistant] That's amazing. Neither does Jordan Montgomery, who was the best pitcher in the World Series last year. Neither does J.D. Martinez. Guardians could use his bat. Guardians should sign J.D. Martinez right now to play D.H.


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[Assistant] Well, did you see that stat? Let me bring this up.


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[Assistant] I mean, that's not even close. It's Miles Straw. Easy. Barfkay's an idiot. I wouldn't be a vice president. I'd be a great vice president. I'd be a grea- I would be a way better president than half the presidents of my lifetime, I would say.


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[Assistant] Yeah, well, let's not get into that. Politics is disgusting. You're just the guy on strings. Yeah. Anyway, Mike, is that it?


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[Assistant] I just, I was mentioning this right before the show briefly, uh, I got a TV recommendation for you. There's a show on Netflix called The Gentlemen that I just finished watching last night. Very good show, funny, well acted. Who's in that?


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[Assistant] I thought that's been out for a while, no? It was a movie about seven, eight years ago called The Gentleman. Same guy wrote it, Guy Ritchie.


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[Assistant] It was, and I think it's off now, but this is a new show, just came out. Okay. But it's really good. If you know Guy Ritchie's movies or...


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[Assistant] You'll, and if you like his stuff, then you'll love this show. It was great.


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[Assistant] So the star of this show is, you know those, Mike, the two couples that were hanging out together?


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[Assistant] Yeah. He's British in real life. I didn't realize that. He's, and he is the star of this show. It takes place in England. It's really good.


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[Assistant] Well, if she likes the gore, then, uh, this, it was good. I mean, this is sub gore, but it's a really good show. What is it, White Lotus? Well, White Lotus is great. No, but I was talking about The Gentleman. Oh, The Gentleman. The Gentleman's on Netflix. White Lotus is on HBO Max. It's gory.


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[Assistant] Well, there is some gory in it. That's not the crux of it, but there is some goriness. We'll check it out today.


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[Assistant] Because I think we took like Chris Crocker. Browns took Leon McFadden one pick before.


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[Assistant] The, the room vacation, where you going? Oh, I mean, if we're, if we're.


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[Assistant] Marketing really sticks out on that list. I would have really heard if Kyla Sexton was on that list. I'd be like...


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[Assistant] They got smoked by Yukon. You said that incorrectly. They got smoked by Yukon. Did they get smoked?


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[Assistant] Yeah guys, you guys mentioned Jimmy Haslam and the Columbus Crew. Well, I want to let you know that I'm looking for Columbus Crew tickets, Cavaliers tickets, Browns tickets, and any kind of ticket you can get. You can get it with game time.


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[Assistant] Gametime is the go-to place to get all of your tickets. I'm looking to go to see Messi in June.


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[Assistant] I want you to set this next one up, because you kinda got into it on Twitter yesterday, and this was your idea, so I want you to pitch to everyone.


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[Assistant] No, we're gonna actually do the Black History Month highlight first from Earl.


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[Assistant] Dissamore? And then Steve, we can take this. Mike sent me this one the other day. It was hysterical. If you guys don't know, the pants are see through.


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[Assistant] We'll do number four next here because it really encapsulates those see-through pants. This comes from NiceFAL, and it's the girl from Madame Web.


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[Assistant] And then this one was just creative editing over by the Philly Muse. And I sent this to Earl and Mike because I was losing it watching this. This is how the MLB broadcasts are going to be in 2024.


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[Assistant] According to CNN here, it says fanatics began manufacturing on-field player uniforms for Nike in 2020, um, essentially serving as a subcontractor based on Nike's design specifications. So this might be a Nike change and fanatics just went with it and it looks whatever it is.


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[Assistant] I haven't, and have you seen anything? I haven't seen anything. I haven't seen any updates on the jerseys, but also a tweet that I didn't get to find real quick. The numbers are off center too. Like some of the numbers aren't aligned. Like the one will be here for a 10 and then the zero will be down here.


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[Assistant] It's, it's, it's a giant cluster. They're also no longer embroidered. They're all screen printed. So there's some lower quality. No, I'm telling you, it looks like a sh- it's a shirsey.


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[Assistant] Yeah, it's not stitched. That's crazy. Not stitched. Austin Hedges jersey is nicer than the new jerseys this year because it is at least stitched. Yeah, it's, it's bad. It's bad.


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[Assistant] And what we got in overtime coming up. We'll be talking some women's hoops because this Sunday, number five Iowa is taking on number two Ohio State. Go Bucs! And it's currently the most expensive ticket in women's basketball, WNBA or the NCAA. I bet.


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[Assistant] Go Bucs! Ohio State's number two right now? Go Bucs!


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[Assistant] I still, you know, I still got that nasty voice.


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[Assistant] Uhm, there are some, but listen, that's a nice move. Nice move. I like the fact that they cleaned up 10 million.


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[Assistant] And, uhm, it gives an opportunity to see what he's gonna do next year. I like players playing on contract years. I like players playing with a little bit of an incentive and a little bit of a fear behind them. So, right now, you look at, uh, Dewan Jones. He's a guy. Uhm, I was keep rotating him in there. Hey man, go get you some snaps at left.


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[Assistant] Even if you're not gonna put him there, I need, I need security blankets and security for all of these positions. I think one of the things that this has told us is, as we look at last year,


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[Assistant] In a wave and rash of injuries that you had from top to bottom from, from the best guys to the worst guys on the roster. You need to be able to have a backup plan for those guys because if you can pull it together, you can get some good play and your coaching staff can get guys to continue to play hard.


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[Assistant] You might be able to win a few games, right? I don't know, I'm not saying that you're going to be able to go win playoff games, but I like the fact that they're thinking ahead and saying hey.


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[Assistant] Let's, let's look at Jet, give him, put a little fire up under him, and uhm, and still get a little bit of money back for free agency.


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[Assistant] Everything ready to go. Uh, first of all, I do like the fact that you brought Marquis Brown in. I am doing so as well. Three years, $37 million. Okay. For Marquis Hollywood Brown.


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[Assistant] Okay, here we go. I go back to running back. We mentioned him a little bit later. Zach Moss, two years, eight million dollars.


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[Assistant] Two, two years in. So I like that too. Here's where it might get kind of tricky. This is the big term. The Browns have never spent more than I think $57 million on any free agent. That's what uh, oh boy, uh, Dava Thomason. So I bring in Christian Wilkins. Three years, $67 million.


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[Assistant] 22 and change. That's fair, that's fair. He may balk at the numbers, but I would tell him, hey, I think he's what, 27?


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[Assistant] But the tackles is different. Uh, Tomlinson is a run stopper. This guy has pass rush ability. When you got pass rush ability as a de-tackle, you have a premium on your, on your number. So for me, I'm willing to spend that. I got Taki Taki, two gears, 9.5 million. All right.


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[Assistant] That's reasonable. The duca knee jerk can actually budget an encounter. Look at that. Uh, I got, I like what you did. Hurst, Blorquez, and Chubb.


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[Assistant] I got all three of them somewhere in a 12 million dollar, uh, wrangle.


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[Assistant] And then Joe Flacco. Flacco Valley comes back.


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[Assistant] I couldn't try to get in for 5.5 or 6, like you got Jacoby Brissett.


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[Assistant] But I put a premium on the fact that I like it, I like what he did last year, and I actually want him to be uneasy a little bit. I want him in that locker room pushing Deshaun Watson in these OTAs and stuff, so that's why I got Deshaun Watson, or excuse me, Joe Flacco. Alright, that's a good list too.


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[Assistant] I would rather have an end to them because I think they're more versatile. You can do more things with them, but if you got a defensive tackle that keeps that progression production, especially when they play the shortest defense, I think he'll pay big dividends for you. All right. Mike, you're up.


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[Assistant] I don't like that margin. That margin is way too high for me. Uh, 25%.


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[Assistant] Uhm, yeaah, I know, I get you may want to roll a little bit over, uhm, but 25% is way too high for me. I need, I need you to be around the 10, 15% mark, mark, right? And then you can say, I still gotta sign my draft picks, okay? Uhm,


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[Assistant] Your draft picks are usually in the range of two, you're only signing, you're not signing a first round guy, you're signing a second round guy. Some of those, some of those other picks that you sign your draft picks, they probably won't even make the team.


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[Assistant] So, for me, I'd like you to be about 10-15%, 25% is too high for me, especially given this year. Now, and I would also like to see what names you brought in. Because if that, even if you get down to 25% and one of those is not a receiver,


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[Assistant] I feel like you're in big trouble. You can go, like they can go into the next season or into the draft not, not having.


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[Assistant] They can transform and turn into one being. I'll take, I'll take Elijah Mooney. But until then...


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[Assistant] Darnell or Darrell? Darnell. Darnell. And if he's playing bad, it's Darrell. Like Darrell Mooney, we can't get him out here. He'll be sent down to Darrell.


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[Assistant] And was he, was he, so let me see, was there any, was he played, did he play all the games? Played all the games. All the games, okay. All the games. This look bad for him.


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[Assistant] Nah dawg, we can't do it. We sorry. Thank you for bringing us to, thank you for coming to the stage. You know, you did your thing, but we looking for something else.


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[Assistant] And I might not even want no Buffalo receivers. Like somebody was talking about Stefan Diggs. How you mad? Once again, how you mad?


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[Assistant] He's mad! And I'm looking around like, okay, he wasn't ever really that fast. Now he's 31.


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[Assistant] If your speed on Madden is 86, 87, or 88, and you trying to get, nah, I'm cool. We could, like, you, once again, you are with Josh Allen.


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[Assistant] They throw the ball every play, and somehow, someway, you are upset. Nah, I'm cool.


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[Assistant] Well listen, you know, this analogy comes directly from Super Tuesdays. You know, you got two presidential candidates, right? Both of them are up in there long in the tooth. 80 plus years old, right? They don't have any teeth.


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[Assistant] It doesn't really usually matter because vice presidents really don't do anything. They're more of, let's go out and do some kissing babies, let's go about and talk the policies that we, uh, you know, we put it forth and we interject with the people. And usually vice presidents are pretty much a figurehead.


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[Assistant] That's because usually the candidates you endorse are in the 50s, maybe early 60s, good health, young, enthusiastic, and pretty much are not gonna die. They have the secret service, they're probably not gonna get sick or whatever. But in this case,


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[Assistant] It matters. Joe's old, Donald's fat, you know, it matters. Who are you running with? Right? So now people are looking more at those candidates for vice presidents to make their decision because they say you're one call for way you're one bad outing, one, one, one cheesesteak away from being out of here. So


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[Assistant] That is why I compare it to this situation. When you look at it, normally speaking, quarterbacks aren't, you know, backup quarterbacks aren't a thing, right? However,


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[Assistant] When you take a look at the way the roster is constructed with the Cleveland Browns, you have a quarterback who has not played for a sustained period of time. He's missed multiple calendar years. He only played six games. Uhm, you know, eleven games for you.


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[Assistant] Excuse me, and you're giving them all this money. So, then you have another guy, DTR, who is a backup, uhm, who is young, did not play that many games, and you're, you're spending a bunch of money on the quarterback, you're regular with these contracts, everywhere with your good players to try to get more cat players and get cat space to get better.


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[Assistant] And guess what? It does matter who your backup quarterback is. Because I've always said, after they signed Yashaun Watson, the Cleveland Browns were too big to fail. When Jimmy Haslam made that move, he told you.


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[Assistant] I'm going to spend this amount of money and I'm signing up to restructure these deals. I'm signing up for whatever comes with it. And that means I need a plan and a backup plan for everything.


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[Assistant] And you see what it is. Now you get Joe Flacco coming back in. Yes. Is it, is it ideal? No.


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[Assistant] Uhm, I wouldn't care about a vice president, but, uh, now I'm looking at it, right? Now I'm, I'm looking because I know what the consequences could be. And the Browns know what those consequences could be. Uh, Deshaun got hurt.


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[Assistant] Then we were sitting here looking around trying to find a way to move the football. What better way to end that conversation than to have a guy that was already doing it coming back in and he's a veteran and he's going to be staying sharp. I want to do this. I want to stay sharp. And I actually like the fact that he's going to be competitive to be truthful.


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[Assistant] He don't even really want to say, like, when you hear interviews, he does not want to concede the fact that, like, Deshaun Watson's better than him.


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[Assistant] You're right. He does not concede that he's a professional, but he's like under no way, shape or form am I about to sit up here and say that I think that I shouldn't be able to compete.


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[Assistant] Uhm, I kinda like that. I like the fact that he's been in both positions. And to me, I think the reason why the Browns in the Cleveland area and the Cleveland markets does this a lot about quarterbacks in general, uhm, is because we've never had one.


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[Assistant] Sustainable. The last guy we had was Burton Kozlar. They ran him out of town. And we've been trying to, we've been kinda...


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[Assistant] Yo, spinning our tires, trying to find guys, whether it's, it's retreads, older guys, rookies, nothing's really helped.


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[Assistant] I look at it like this. I don't just morph to the playoffs. I say, what if it's a guy that just needs to win you?


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[Assistant] Everybody get nicknames, but the one nickname that stands for long and stands the test of time is NFL. That stands for not for long.


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[Assistant] You got, like, Joe Flacco, when you come in on DTR, Joe Flacco got Flacavelli, and Flacavelli was greater than DTR. Like, if you said, watch this, if you said you had one game.


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[Assistant] Because, like, I like to watch the game with inside the game. And one of the things that I've been watching is how the Cavs play without Donovan Mitchell.


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[Assistant] Uh, what does the rotation look like? Um, and just overall, I think the most important position you look at is Darius Garland, you know, for, you know, I was watching the show the other day and, uh, Tyvis was talking about it and he said, you know, Darius, you can't be getting these 15.


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[Assistant] You know, the 20s, the 25s, the 30s, which we know you can do. But for me, I feel like he got the spirit of confusion right now. He's just in between.


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[Assistant] I feel like in his mind, he remembers what it was like to just have the ball all the time and get into that flow where I could do this and get 50 points, right? By the way, Darius Garland is a guy who's gotten 40s and 50s on a regular basis, right?


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[Assistant] And then now it's like, okay, you know, he comes back and Donovan Mitchell was playing and they're obviously playing a different style of ball. So he's trying to fit it into that way. And then now Donovan is out.


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[Assistant] And I was like, okay, you got the ball, go do your thing, move the ball, let's, let's do, we need more scoring. And it's just like, I feel like right now his game is a little confusing. He still gets under the rim and instead of being aggressive looking for his shot.


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[Assistant] Look at it, they should off to get other guys involved because that's just his game. So for me...


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[Assistant] You know, when I'm looking at these type games, I want to see what he does. And it's not so much about how many points he gets. It's about...


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[Assistant] The cohesiveness and what type of style he's playing. And for a point guard, the truly great point guards know how to use style, pace, uh, and how to get your guys involved but they don't know when to take the best shots. And that's the part of a really good, like it's me, he's a combo guard.


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[Assistant] You would actually use a point guard? Not really. Is he better than doing it at college section? Yes.


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[Assistant] I think Kyrie Irving is a combo guard, right? He's not really a point guard. So for me, I think he just has to do a better job of understanding what type of timing you want and just getting his shots. Today is the day when you're playing against Anthony Edwards.


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[Assistant] Gotta have it. T should be thinking 25. Am I wrong, Jason? He should be thinking 25 tonight. Bare minimum.


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[Assistant] Hey, let me tell you this. This is a problem. You know what my main takeaway from that is?


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[Assistant] Why is this man not in a dunk contest? See, y'all, like, the dunk contest is finished. No, it ain't. Give me Zion Williamson. Give me Edwards. And listen, John Moran, I don't care if you were injured. Get on the court. If you had those three at some point in time, that is a dunk contest.


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[Assistant] Yeah, it's disappointing. Why did he never do it? Because he doesn't have- They've all been done. He doesn't have any dunks.


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[Assistant] If you go back and watch the high school dunk contest, he did these regularo Minimowski dunks and he was just, his whole torso was over the rim, so they had to give it to him.


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[Assistant] He got that Rodney Rogers build. He got that Charles Barclay, Elton Brand build. Charles Barclay got the rebound. Yeah, these dudes.


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[Assistant] Was his hips level to that man's earlobes?


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[Assistant] Ron Harper was nice here, so they got him up out of here, man. He's, there's a lot of urban legends out there, but we need to, urban legends, why Ron Harper was no longer with the team. We'll tell you one day, one day. But I, listen, Church Richardson got me.


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[Assistant] I thought Trent Richardson was going. I'm like, they finally done went up. They, they, you know, Adrian Peterson, I believe they got picked prior to him and Adrian Peterson was killing the league.


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[Assistant] Uh, and then, Trent Richardson comes out of Alabama, he's like all over the place, like, I mean, they had his highlights just, just oozing down just every single TV screen. And he got here, and just consistently ran into the ankles of his guards.


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[Assistant] Bro, that hat, but you gotta think that hat Jarvis and O'Dell and that hat Chubb, we was like, and this was like, oh, y'all in trouble.


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[Assistant] That's a good one. Larry Hughes, I thought when we got Larry Hughes it was over. Yeaah. Or Darius, uh, what's his name, Darius Miles.


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[Assistant] And I would put this guy too because I thought he was going to be one of the best at his position of all time. Helen Winslow.


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[Assistant] Playing for the U, I'm like, this dude is about to be a monster.


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[Assistant] There's a, there's a, there's a interview there on, uhm, on YouTube with all those guys talking about LeBron before he came in. And they said, look at their faces. Are they hating me? Like they had this interview where like, like Carlos Boozer said, oh, we got seven, eight guys on this team that could start over LeBron right now.


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[Assistant] It was funny because when he first got here, like I think he put up crazy numbers, like he was getting double doubles every night and then it was right in the mix of the Warriors for getting off the death lineup.


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[Assistant] And we got down to the, to the bottom of the Paul George to Cleveland deal.


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[Assistant] When does Deshaun Watson's contract over? Deshaun Watson's got three years left.


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[Assistant] Okay, save forensics and go to the playoffs all three of those years, progressive. Doesn't make it to the Super Bowl, makes it to the AFC Championship game. If he is a free agent, do you believe he almost has to sign with Cleveland? No.


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[Assistant] Yeah, that was really out of left field. Well, because I'm sitting here thinking to myself, I'm like, all right, if, if, if, you know, the Browns are like, yeah, we took a chance on you and we gave you the biggest, stood by you, you did nothing for two years. You've been injured a lot. We need you to sign back. And I'm sitting here thinking.


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[Assistant] Would he hit free agency and just test it or what do you think that the market out there?


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[Assistant] You'd have to get a top three pick? There's a reason why Operation Stockpile has not been mentioned with Marvin Harrison Jr.


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[Assistant] And I'm Mikey McNuggets and we're going to tell you whether or not it's a lock that Kevin Stefanski and Andrew Berry get extensions this offseason, but we start by grading the Cavs on their first half performance, Jay.


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[Assistant] Yeah. And speaking of walk-offs, mine, I've only been in Cleveland for a couple of years, so it's a short list, but when Oscar Gonzalez took Corey Kluber deep in the 15th inning, the walk-off hit Anthony could play the video whenever you want, my friend, literally anytime you got it queued up, we got, no, it's the wrong one. Anthony, we'll go to break. Anthony, you're so close buddy. By the way, on that day, I was at my nephew's