Ryan Fitzpatrick
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Ryan Fitzpatrick Talking Conference Championships, Stavros Halkios And The Ravens Loss, Ohio State Wins The Natty, Bears Get Ben Johnson And Tensions Are Mounting
And I like them back. And even guys who don't like football, they try to avoid me because I'm always trying to get them to like football.
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Ryan Fitzpatrick Talking Conference Championships, Stavros Halkios And The Ravens Loss, Ohio State Wins The Natty, Bears Get Ben Johnson And Tensions Are Mounting
Okay, let's start with the last question. Did I have anything to do with the win? So right before kickoff, shirt off, lead the charge, say the cheer. The Ravens get the kickoff. They go right down and score seven points. So I don't think I had much to do with the win. Okay. My voice is shot. A lot of tailgating. A lot of cheering. My shirt was off from right before kickoff.
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When I got into the green room in the back where the fans couldn't see me, and then I put four different layers of jackets and coats on with my mittens and my gloves. But it was, I mean, electric. The crowd was awesome. And it was such a great game. So happy that the Bills won. Yeah, it was a great game.
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Well, I'll say they look a lot like the Chiefs, right? I mean, they've kind of morphed into this team that doesn't turn the ball over. They're able to possess it, and they don't have a ton of explosives in the last few weeks on offense, but Josh has played really efficient. The thing that gets me about Josh now, looking at him now versus like five years ago, He's so patient.
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When you're watching the game, he's not forcing stuff down the field. That being said, and if you look at the last game with Kansas City, he's going to have to hit some go balls down the sideline. They play a lot of man coverage. Amari Cooper was involved in that first game. He's going to have to be involved again. Keon Coleman's going to have to be involved again.
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It's been interesting because they sort of have evolved into this team that looks like Kansas City on offense now. But I think it's their time, man. I mean, Kansas City has been so good. Obviously, Patrick Mahomes has been so good. But I think it's their time. They do feel a little bit different this year.
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Well, his rules are different than every other tight end in the game. He gets to do whatever he wants, and that's just something that over time he and Patrick – I mean, they're so on the same page. So, for example, if he's got a 12-yard out route, well, if it doesn't look like it's going to be open, he can turn in or he can run his out route and then stop or he could just keep running vertical.
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And for me, that would be really difficult because I was so much about the timing and getting it out when it's supposed to. But with him and Patrick, they're the same mind. It's unbelievable. He's got such a great feel for the game. And even as you've seen, maybe his athleticism come back a few notches the last few years, he's still just as effective because of how smart he is.
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And you'll see zone coverage. He's going to get the ball quite a bit because he's going to be able to find those holes. Patrick's going to be able to look around the field and then find him over the middle. So it's amazing to see what he's doing. And of course, you know, the playoffs come, he wakes up and is the same old Travis Kelsey again.
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Yeah, so there were two guys. And the first one, if you guys remember, Stevie Johnson in Buffalo. Yep. So we did a lot of three-by-one formations. And a lot of that, you know, the one was just Stevie on the backside. If it was man-to-man, you know, I was going to throw to him. If it was zone coverage, I was going to go to the three-receiver side.
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So I came up with what we called a you-do-you route. And I would just give him the Y, and that meant Stevie – You do you, buddy. Whatever you want to do, a slant, a go, a hitch, just get open. And he was phenomenal. His releases, you talk to guys, you talk to Revis, you talk to Sherm. When they say, who gave you the most trouble?
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They would say Stevie Johnson was one of the guys at the top of the list. He was so difficult to cover. And then Brandon Marshall was the other guy. Just so smart. And some of that with him was like, hey, you can run an in cut here, but if the safety comes down, go ahead and make it an in and a go up the middle of the field. But you have to really trust the guys to be able to do that.
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So there weren't a whole lot of those guys in my career, but those were two of them.
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Yeah, well, I could tell you the Buffalo fans are hoping that Keon Coleman has a big game for that reason, to kill that narrative. But, I mean, Xavier Worthy, perfect situation for him to be in because Andy Reid, he's a mastermind. He's an offensive genius.
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And so that speed and the way they've been able to incorporate him, different ways of getting him the ball, it's obviously not all just down the field stuff. It's some of the reverses and some of the, you know, cute plays that you can really take advantage of his speed. But I think eventually they're going to hope that he –
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evolves into more than just a gadget guy um and he's shown he's shown some potential this year but as you said some of the sideline awareness and some of those things that it's going to take to be a true number one receiver he he's just not there yet but i i could promise you when teams are playing the chiefs he's one of those guys that they're going to circle and they're going to say we can't let this guy ruin the game they're going to know where he is on every play
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Well, I mean, it would affect how I go about the week, which is trying to instill confidence in him, letting him know that we still believe in him, letting him know that there's going to be a big kick or a big moment in the game where we're really going to need you. And I've got your back. I believe in you 100%. So it's that part of it, which is the mental part of it.
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And then it is when you're in those offensive meetings, especially with the play caller or the head coach, you have those discussions of, okay, where are we thinking we're going to go for it? You know, if it's fourth and five on the 35, like you said, this is a situation this week, you know, where we could potentially just go. We're going to go for it every time.
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We don't feel comfortable unless he's inside the 45. And even there, you know, You know, points are going to be at a premium this game. Maybe if it's less than fourth and four, we're going no matter what. And you saw that with a team like Detroit this year and, you know, with Washington and how unbelievable they've been on fourth down this year. It's a mentality and guys take a lot of pride in it.
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And if you know beforehand, OK, coach is putting it on us as an offense. That's a real motivator for you to get it done as an offense. And so I think that's where I would be. A lot of closed door whispers that Jake's not going to hear. But then outwardly, you're trying to, you know, breathe some confidence into him.
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No, I'm always a kick watcher. Always watching that kick.
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Yeah, usually they go hand-in-hand. If you're a C-watcher, you're a K-watcher usually, and vice versa.
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Oh, my God, there's a lot of whispers.
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When you're playing quarterback and you're not playing well, and it's like, am I going to get benched or am I not? And those whispers are happening everywhere. And you walk in a room and it goes silent, you know?
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Hey, guys. Yeah. Yeah. You know, they're happening. But it's those those inner demons, man. You got to fight them. You just got to go out and rely on your technique. And, you know, just I would tell him you're here for a reason, man. You've made a lot of big kicks in your career.
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That's like a Tuesday. That's a Tuesday conversation.
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Yeah, well, you nailed it. I'm really worried about that matchup, too. And even with Cosme, I mean, Carter's just been an issue, right? But with Sam being out, that's a big deal.
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I think they're built for it, the way that Cliff Kingsbury runs his offense, getting it out quick, making sure that some of your shot plays are the plays you're going to hold on to the ball a little bit longer, happening later in drives. I think that's part of it. So getting them gassed a little bit, making sure that you're getting your first downs and extending your drives.
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And then maybe on the sixth play of the drive, okay, Jalen Carter just had four pass rushes in the last five plays. Maybe this is one we can hold on to it longer. Those things, they have to go in your head. And then protection schemes are the same thing. But Philly's really good up front. So it's not just one guy.
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That's going to be the guy, obviously, they're going to circle and say we need to know where he is on every play. but big loss for the commanders. But the other equalizers, just Daniel's in the way he moves, man. He's so cool and calm back there. Escaping the pocket is obviously one of the best things that he does.
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And then when he escapes up inside, taking off and going, you know, I decided we had that Thursday night game, but to look more at the last game that they played they, I think Jane Daniels was a little injured kind of in the middle of the season. I don't know if it was a rib or something, but it just looked like something was going on.
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So that last game, I just watched it again this morning from week 16 was unbelievable. Obviously five touchdown passes, but he ran for 81 yards as well. That's going to be a huge factor in the game. And then just confused at why the Eagles didn't run the ball more in the second half. It was kind of a weird game plan after Jalen Hurts went down. But...
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The Commanders are going to have to score a bunch of points to win this game, but the great thing about that is they're explosive, and they can, and they've showed it, and they've scored 40 points a bunch of times this year. They just did it versus Detroit.
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Yeah, I mean, you get in trouble for making quarterback there. I do all the time, especially now that I'm new to Twitter. Oh, my God, the Eagles fans hate me.
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Yeah, I think I said he's a top 8, but not a top 5. He's not on the Mount Rushmore at the top 4. Yeah. But it's also like then there's restraint of I'm not going to do a victory lap. I'm not rooting against the guy. And I hate that he had the playoff game that he had and they lost. But But with Jalen Hurts, I go back to the game in the Super Bowl versus the Chiefs.
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He had one fumble, but other than that, he was lights out that whole game. On the biggest stage, he was unbelievable. I think they have struggled a little bit in the rhythm passing game. I think when he has to throw the ball over the middle and not to the outsides, that's where he struggles a little bit more. But he's an elite go ball thrower. He's got a great deep ball.
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They've obviously got two guys that can go and get it. But the addition of Saquon, it just plays into the strengths of what he is as well. Jalen Hurts is an elite runner. Yeah. You know, we'll see what happens with his knee and how healthy he is when he comes out. But Jalen Hurts is the perfect quarterback for that system, for the system they're in.
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But there's guys, there's quarterbacks, and I think we all know who they are. We have our top four with Burrow, Allen, Mahomes, and Lamar. Jane Daniels is now in this conversation of you can pick them up and drop them in any situation in the NFL, and they're going to be elite.
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And then there's other guys that you could sprinkle around and put them in the right systems. And I think two is like that. I think Brock's like that. I think Jalen's probably like that, where if you get them in the right spot, then they can be as good as anybody. But you can't necessarily pick them up and drop them in any situation and have them be elite.
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one yeah that's all i don't know how many people i don't know how many people have made this comparison and i'll just dig myself a deeper hole but what do you think about the jalen hurts and russell wilson like a young russell wilson oh yeah i don't hate that russell wilson was good or he was great he's still like they're elite goalball throwers yeah great down the field they're also both very good runners especially young russ and they win yeah i mean i i
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I don't know that it's possible. I think you do go into this game saying, all right, the main focus is going to be on Saquon, but that means you're going to have one-on-ones on the outside. And like I just said, he's an elite goalball thrower. So with Devontae Smith, And A.J. Brown on the outside, it makes it difficult. So it's a pick your poison type thing.
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But I would go into the game saying that. I mean, you have to stop Saquon. That being said, you know, the other way you combat that is you possess the ball. And when you have fourth and six or less, you go for it on offense, which is the formula that Washington has pretty much used all year and being really aggressive on fourth down. And then they've got to light up the scoreboard.
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They know going into this game, this isn't going to be the same game that the Buffalo-Kansas City game is. That game is going to be 24-23, 27-22, whatever it's going to be. This one, in order for Washington to win the game, they've got to score 30-plus points and maybe 40 to win this game.
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into the NFL my last few years, and I didn't like it at all. I think maybe it's just what he's grown up with. But yeah, it's obviously working, and maybe I should have done it more. But he also has that thing where if he doesn't like what he sees, he just takes off and runs, and nobody can catch him. which is really effective too.
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Yeah. But he, between, between the way that he throws the deep ball and the way that he processes, there's one play in particular in that last game, it's cover zero. He's got two guys free coming at him and every quarterback in the league, you're taking the flat route. You're throwing it at your hot throw. You've got an unblock guy. He just takes two more steps back. the hot throw is covered.
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And then he finds Zach Ertz on a seven route to the outside. He throws it three steps before Ertz is out of his break, right in stride. And it's like, what planet is this guy from, you know, between the athleticism, his ability to throw it accurately and now his ability to process and, The calmness, the poise under pressure, it's unbelievable and something we haven't seen recently.
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Yeah, so it's the first time I got something stuck in a hole that I couldn't get it out. And my brother lives next door. So his son is becoming a shot putter. And so his little shit five-year-old son brought the shot put ball over to our backyard and thought it'd be fun to get it in the hole. It literally was the perfect size.
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It was the perfect size to where it couldn't have been any bigger and fit in there. There was nothing I could do. And I love your suggestion, but I couldn't put any liquids in there because there's sand underneath the hole and it just would have dissipated underneath the hole.
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So it was an absolute saga that ended like you thought it would, which was brute force and just destroying the fake green and the hole and everything. But it was a fun two hours.
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I was hoping Elon was going to chime in, like the submarine thing that he did and this whole SpaceX thing. I don't know what he would have suggested. My three butter knives and two two-by-fours and trying to wedge it out of there didn't work. I don't think my wife follows me on Twitter.
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I don't think she has an account, so she doesn't know that the three butter knives got broken and are still missing. But it's going to come up one day for sure.
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That was my favorite suggestion that somebody made was like, when are you moving?
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Why not just be...
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Yeah. So now you guys kind of taught me this. I have my own podcast with Andrew Whitworth, and I just said that the Eagles were going to win. But on here, can I say the Commanders are going to win? So then you can play both takes. Yeah, yeah. Okay, good. So I think the Bills are going to win, and let's go with the Commanders. Bills, Commanders, and the Super Bowl.
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Well, so it was really funny, the second personal foul, Patrick Mahomes, when he kind of danced around and went down and got crunched by the two guys. I'm I'm complaining like, oh, my God, I can't believe he did that. He's baiting him into getting the flag. And and then my buddy next to me was like, yeah, but Josh does that sometimes, too. True. True.
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But, you know, both these guys have learned how to weaponize that a little bit, which you try to try to take that out of the game in the offseason. But who do you know who the crew is? It's either Hockley or Cleet Blakeman.
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Yeah. So, you know, the good thing is these are the best of the best. So Cleet and his crew, they do a great job. They're obviously, you know, you go into the game and as a head coach, you have a list of things you tell the refs beforehand. They're going to say, hey, their tackles leave early. Patrick Mahomes isn't running out of bounds.
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You'll have that checklist of things that you're going to say, we want to alert you to these and vice versa. They'll do the same thing with the bills, but We got to just hope for the best. These are the best crews that we have. These guys both, Hockley on the other side, other than being very long-winded and liking the spotlight like his father, and Blakeman are both very good at what they do.
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Yeah. And the speaking of, you know, calls the last time the commanders and the Eagles played Lattimore, was it like three pass interferences on A.J. Brown? Yep. I mean, yeah, it just kept happening. So hopefully that ends up a little bit better for him this time, too.
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Well, and if you're middle of the road on defense, you've got to create turnovers, right? You've got to have some big plays. Because even going back to the Buffalo game this last weekend – Their defense played good. They didn't play great, but they got three turnovers. And that was the huge difference in the game. So it's like you think back to the – Mark Andrews had a catch. He was wide open.
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Nobody was near him. And then they're driving down to score, but Terrell Bernard comes and punches that ball out. So opportunistic. That's going to be the big word for these defenses because –
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I would say Kansas City and Philly probably have the two best defenses that are left, but the Bills have been very opportunistic this year in the way they force turnovers, and Washington's going to need the same thing versus Philly this weekend.
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Well, I'll say my favorite moment as a Bill was 2011, which was my third year there. And early in the season, we beat the Patriots at home. And that was when I think people – on the team that were new, really understood what the mafia is and how much football means to them because we hadn't beat the Patriots in forever. It had been forever.
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Tom Brady obviously owned the Bills, owned the division forever. And the appreciation after that game and the tears and the joy from all the fans, that was a moment that I'll never forget where it was like, all right, I can mess with these guys. These are my dudes. These are my people. And there's also just flying back there for Sunday. It's like the weather is shitty.
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You don't know if it's going to snow two feet or two inches. The wind's blowing. It's cold. But everybody's out there in the parking lot with a smile on their face because they live for Bills football. And the Bills went 10-0 at home this year. So they rewarded them with a great season.
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It's a good life. Do you guys see the belt in the background here? Yeah, yeah. So this guy was in our section. He came over. I had my three boys with me, 17, 16, and five. And he's like falling over. He's dressed like Macho Man Randy Savage. And he gave my five-year-old that belt. And he was so excited. And then later, one of his buddies came back because I think he was fairly inebriated.
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And he was like, hey, can my friend have his belt back? And I was like, hey, I'm sorry my five-year-old was clutching it. He slept with it last night. I'm like, look, I can get you another belt, but I don't think we're going to get it away from him. You gave it to him.
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I do. I'd love to pick your brain at some point. We haven't had any guests yet. I think it's been easier because Thursday night football, talking about our adventures, talking about all these games, as soon as the season ends, We're going to be in a dark place. I don't know what to talk about.
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I mean, but I guess the season, you know, football lives on throughout the year, but it's been a lot of fun. I've enjoyed it. I was hesitant for a while, but I think I found the right guy in wit. Yeah. We're, we're best buddies. He's such an impressive dude. You know, very thoughtful, very insightful. And then, you know, I just enjoy hanging out with him. He's a family guy. He's got four kids.
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I've got seven. So yeah, that part of it's been really fun too.
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Seven different women too, which is not a good, uh,
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Yeah, and then it depends, too, like if your oldest is a boy or a girl because, you know, a 17-year-old boy is not as good as an 11-year-old girl in terms of taking care of younger kids, right? I mean, the boys are selfish. They're into their cell phones and their friends and sports and farting in their Zubas, like you said. So I think for us, once we get to four – That was a pretty good number.
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But really, when we made the decision to go from six to seven, that's when you don't fit in a car anymore. And you've got to go with like a weird kids actually call our van the kidnapper van. So when you've got to go, it's like the weird kidnapper van when you have 12 seats and you can kind of bring all their friends to the soccer games and basketball games. That's where we're at right now.
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That's crazy.
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But we do have we do have two drivers now. So now we're in a whole different realm where, hey, go pick up your sister from soccer practice. Go take your friend or your son to the birthday party.
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Yeah. Thank you. Hey, do you know, do you know who the long snapper for the commanders is?
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No, it used to be Cheeseman. Yeah, he's gone. He was there when I was there, but Tyler Ott. Okay. Do you know where he went to college? I do not.
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That's why you guys have the advantage, yeah.
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All right, we'll see you there. Thanks, guys.