Games with Names - NFL Week 1 Picks & Predictions

Episode Date: September 6, 2025

Rob Gronkowski and Julian Edelman give their picks and predictions for NFL Week 1Support the show: http://www.gameswithnames.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

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Starting point is 00:02:28 witnessed history jewels a Thursday and Friday game to start the year was cool but we're on to Sunday let's get on the Sunday so leave us a comment on what you thought of that Chargers versus Chiefs game football's back so we have to hop and run through the rest of week one right now let's get on to it yes we are going to go over every and each matchup give our thoughts quick thoughts that is make some quick points as well and just celebrate the return of the game we all love and that's football. Let's get into it. Tampa Bay, Atlanta. Week one, slates up.
Starting point is 00:03:03 Week one slate of games. One thought, Rob. And who do you have? Oh, I got the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. My former second team that I played for, Jules. Your side piece? Yes, my sidepiece team. Yes, that is correct. That you fell in love with.
Starting point is 00:03:17 That's a great way to. You can't fall in love with the side piece. No, but I just broke up with the side piece in the last two months. And now I'm back to being a Patriot. I just remarried Patriot Nation. That's love. Yes, that is true love right there. I tried out the side piece didn't like it and now I'm back.
Starting point is 00:03:31 No, you liked it. It's just you guys grew apart. Yeah, we grew apart. We're still friends. We're just friends. You still love having sex. Yes. No, no, no.
Starting point is 00:03:38 That's still being a side piece. Okay. We're just friends now. We're just friends. So I'm going on with the Tampa Bay bucks. I mean, they got a core that's been there, a foundation that's been there for a long time. The Atlanta Falcons, they're all over the place. Pennix is his first or first opening of the NFL season,
Starting point is 00:03:56 career start. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, too good of a wide receiver corpse as well. They're going to put up some serious points. You know, I'm really excited to see what this Atlanta Falcons teams looks like with Pennix at quarterback. Like, he looked pretty good last year at the end. At the end of the season, he looked pretty good. I want to see him. How is he going to look after having a full off season knowing he's the guy building rapport with receivers in practice? Drake London and has Bijon Robinson for a great running back. Like there's a lot of good pieces in Atlanta. There is a lot.
Starting point is 00:04:33 They should be good. There is a lot. They should be. But I'm going with the Tampa Bay Bucks as well. Now we're talking. Jules loves my side piece as well. But Atlanta Falcons, yes, a lot of great talent. But I just feel like they don't know how to utilize that talent.
Starting point is 00:04:48 Let's move on. Let's move on. Cincinnati at Cleveland. Jules, what do you got? Since A. I'm excited for the Cincinnati Bengals. Me too. Because this is the first off season that we get to see.
Starting point is 00:05:03 This is the first off season that they've had like a healthy off season without distractions on the offensive side of the ball. They've had the Hendrickson distraction contract, which they settled. Second or first round pick defensive end as well. Yeah, they settled on defense. They settled both of those. But on offense, they played in the preseason this year for the first time ever. What have they struggled with the most in the last? ever, forever, starting the season.
Starting point is 00:05:28 They, you know, I think what they're, they're one in 11, the first two weeks under Zach Taylor or something like that. They've been really bad. And the one thing that hurts them always at the end of the year is how they start the season because every game in the National Football League is when it's life or death. Every game, because it could come back to bite you in the ass, you know, week 16, 17, when you may have tricked off a game, but you need that game because you're a half game out. Like, so I want to see how they start.
Starting point is 00:05:55 They practiced really hard this year, it seems. Jamar Chase looked like a monster. Higgins is already a monster. I, you know, I want to see how they start. I think they're going to start fast. I'm going with Cincinnati. Yes, points well said. If you remember, the Cincinnati Bengals didn't make the playoffs last year.
Starting point is 00:06:10 They missed by one game. Why? Because they lost a season over to the New England Patriots last year, in which it was a game they should have never lost. They lost the first two, I think. I'm excited. just like you, Julian, to see how fast a Cincinnati Bengals start. And let me tell you, Jamar Chase is going to be spectacular this year.
Starting point is 00:06:30 Just watching him in preseason, this dude is an absolute freak of nature just to see how athletic he is, how big he is, and just the way he's moving. I can't wait to watch him. He's been phenomenal already throughout his career. But I think he's even taking it up another notch Cincinnati Bengals, Wamp the Browns. The Browns will still brown. You can't have Joe Flacco as your franchise course. quarterback when it's a team that hasn't even won kind of like it in years kind of like flacko i love flackle
Starting point is 00:06:58 but i like it needs to be on the team that has a chance to make it to the super bowl not a team that has a chance to be average let's go next game next game Miami at indianapolis oh Miami these are two teams that you know have a lot of hype but never live up to the hype that did live up to the hype that all falling down now they got great players great talent all over the place and they just can't figure it out totally what do you got jules you know i mean i want to see daniel jones and his resurgence with the indianapolis colts faster come on i like the colts they need just like the cincinnate bangles they need to be faster they got to be faster but i want to see stiking and in daniel jones and how how they get going like and that whole operation
Starting point is 00:07:43 they have great players in napolis i can't bet on on miami right now there's just it's too night it's too noisy out there with so many things going on though i mean it's a headline that tyriek hill's not a captain now there's a headline that there's this there's always something with miami that we're talking about and two is like i'm terrified that he's one hit away yes you know what i mean not just being hurt not like to being knocked out and that's a huge part of their team the miami dolphins are like the miami nightlife there it's great for a night and then all of a sudden you have a four-day hangover, and you're like, what the heck did I do with my life?
Starting point is 00:08:22 Also, two-o-one hit away from who knows what's going to happen. He may be out for his career. So that is the Miami Dolphus. Let's go with Indy. Tyler Warren, I think he's going to be a beast as well. Rookie sensation at the tight-end position. Next game, Las Vegas at New England. Oh, man.
Starting point is 00:08:41 Oh, I mean, is Tom going to go? Is Tom going to play? Is Tom going to wear a white jacket? Is he going to wear a white Raiders jacket in Foxborough? That would be really weird. He couldn't do that. He can't do that. He can't do it.
Starting point is 00:08:54 Oh, he's working. He works. Oh, yeah. He's calling the Cincinnati back. He's calling the game. No, no, he's calling the New York Giants game versus Washington. Come in. All right.
Starting point is 00:09:02 They got. They got. All right. I say Christian Gonzalez is out, which is a tough loss for the New England Patriots. But I'm still going with the Patriots. They're going to win 17 to 14. Just just. Ooh.
Starting point is 00:09:15 I think they're going to, I, I, I, you know what? Gino Smith. I'm excited to see what he does with paired backup with Pete Carroll. They did some good stuff in Seattle. They were very competitive football team. They're going to look like a pro football team. But so are the Patriots.
Starting point is 00:09:33 You know, this is the debut of Rabel and the gang. You know, Drake May, year two, you know, new draft picks, Will Campbell, Trayvon Henderson. How are they going to do? Like, they got a lot of stuff going. We haven't even talked about the defensive additions that the Patriots have had all off season, which they've spent a lot of money on a lot of good players that Rable knows works in Rabel's scheme.
Starting point is 00:09:57 So I'm excited to see this operation. I'm going with New England as well. Yes. I think the ball is going to be moved on both with both teams on the offensive side of the ball, but I don't think either team knows how to score yet. Jacoby Myers' revenge game. He doesn't even want to be there. I know, but it's still revenge game.
Starting point is 00:10:15 He's, you know what? Let's go. Let's move on. Let's move on this game. Arizona at New Orleans. I don't think anyone's really paying attention to these two teams, but we're still going to go over it. New Orleans, who knows what their quarterback situation is. Arizona Cardinals got Kyle Murray.
Starting point is 00:10:34 So I'm just going with the Arizona Cardinals for that factor because the Saints don't even know who they're starting quarterback. Dude, Arizona drafted a whole bunch of defensive guys. Arizona with Gannon. they've drafted a lot of defensive guys. He's a defensive coach. And Kyler Murray's won a lot of ball games for as much as we shit on him. He's still a competitor.
Starting point is 00:10:56 He's like the scary dude that if he puts it together for the weekend, they're going to beat your ass. They don't always do that. But if they can continue to change their offense and if they can continue to change their team to like a defensive team and then allow Kyler to become kind of like
Starting point is 00:11:12 Russell Wilson with the Legion of Boom, where he can methodically get you down and drive, maybe scramble for a long third. Like, that's a good recipe for some success. Like, they got a lot of good stuff going. I'm going with Arizona this week. I just don't know, like, Kellynne Moore. Who's he going to coach?
Starting point is 00:11:30 Arizona has a solid product. Can they get over the hump this year? They're always competitive, though. Like, you know what I mean? They got more players going in to Gannon's scheme. So I think it's going to be, they're going to be tough. All right. Next game, Jules, we got the Pittsburgh Steelers at the New York
Starting point is 00:11:44 Jets, kind of Aaron Rogers' revenge game, but as Aaron Rogers says, it's just another game, which that's a pro speaking. We would say the same thing when we were on the Patriots, whenever we were playing a rival or if it was a big game that was getting hype. It's just another game. I like what Aaron Rogers said. You know, he's not buying into the hype, but I'm definitely going to go with the Pittsburgh Steelers. They got a solid product.
Starting point is 00:12:05 They're always a winning team. The Jets, I think they're all over to play still with the new head coach, Justin Fields, as a quarterback. Justin Fields, great quarterback, not a franchise. quarterback, but a great filler for an organization. I think he's going to be a filler for the New York Jets for just a couple years. I don't think that he'll be there long, long, long term.
Starting point is 00:12:23 But Pittsburgh Steelers, it is. They got too many weapons. Ann Rogers is going to come out firing. Well, what do you think, Jules? What did you? You said who? Who's your quarterback? He's not long term? I said Justin Fields is just a filler
Starting point is 00:12:38 for the New York Jets right now. For the next two or three years. I don't think he'll be a long-term project for But maybe this is a revenge game. You talked about Aaron Rogers. Maybe this is a revenge game for Justin Fields. Oh, yeah. That's a great point.
Starting point is 00:12:51 I forgot about that. He played with Steelers. He practiced against the Steelers all last year with their scout team once Russell took it. He knows that Steelers defense. Aaron Glenn's got this team. We haven't heard about the Jets. There's been no distractions on the Jets. For a reason.
Starting point is 00:13:07 But that's a good thing, kind of. Yeah, you're right. That's kind of a good thing. They're flying under the radar. They're flying under the radar. And I think Aaron Glenn, I like Aaron Glenn. He was a New York jet when the New York Jets were damn good. And they went to the AFC championship with Parcells.
Starting point is 00:13:20 He knows how to win in that city. I'm going with the goddamn New York Jets. Fireman, Ed. Get your ass up. Let's go. Joy and calm down. You're a patriot for a life. I am.
Starting point is 00:13:32 Stop talking about the Jets like that. God. Yeah. You're not after that. I don't know if you're actually loyal. We're talking about Jets fans too. Every time we played and we got our best stats and it was a guaranteed win. So I love the Jets.
Starting point is 00:13:43 Go Jets, baby. go just for that reason you get touched out all the time against it all right let's move on to the next game we got the new york giants at the washington commander this is a sneaky and saying i love dable i i've always talked about it he was one of my favorite tight-end coaches of all time he was with me for about three years won a super bowl with him he brings the best out of you so i think he's going to bring the best out of russell wilson they're going to compete they're going to be a lot better product than last year and i think they're going to you know answer the bell this year and raise a lot of eyebrows of
Starting point is 00:14:14 who look at that play look at them go the giants are going to be pretty spectacular also because of their defense line one of the best defensive lines in the game of football but I don't know if they're going to win what do you think dude jaden daniel's going into year
Starting point is 00:14:30 two he did a lot of stuff last year a lot of great stuff specifically and got to have it football third downs fourth downs four point plays which is third down in the red area. Those are four point plays. You don't get it. You're kicking a field goal. You're losing out on a touchdown. He executed in those at like a hot, like at a veteran type way. He had the best rookie season for an NFL quarterback in the history of the game. He took a three,
Starting point is 00:14:59 four win team to the NFC championship last year. He did that. This team wasn't supposed to win. I think he's going to be better with Cliff Kingsbury this year. Dan Quinn's got the defense kind of dialed up. He's always going to have a defense that's competitive that plays on a string with that Seattle 6 program that they all used to run. Like, I'm excited for them. Yes. But that defense line, like you said, Rob.
Starting point is 00:15:22 Still not good enough, though. Dexter Lawrence, Abdul, Tunzel, who's that, uh, huh? Tippadoe. Tibito. Tribito. Tribito. My bad, Tibito. He's a bad man. He's a bad man. They got a defense line that
Starting point is 00:15:37 just can't get past the quarterback with this guy. You know, Jaylen Daniels can make you always wrong. I'm going with the Washington Commanders. I think it's going to be a very close game. Division games, opening day, a lot of unpredictability, a lot of new wrinkles for teams. I think Jane Daniels is in the Washington.
Starting point is 00:15:55 It's going to be a very close game. I know I was hyping up the New York Giants, and like I said, they're going to be better than last year, but they're still not going to take down the commanders. So I'm going with the Washington commanders. All right. Let's go to Carolina and Jacksonville, this barn burner.
Starting point is 00:16:10 Oh, it is a barn burner. there's a lot of hay in this barn that's burning and they just keep throwing the hay on top of the barn too because there's too much hay and they just want to keep it burning. Well, I'll tell you right now, the hay's in the barn. It is. It sure is. And I'm on a serious note, I'm excited to see Bryce Young. They look like a way better football team last year
Starting point is 00:16:33 compared to his rookie year. Bryce Young has gained some confidence. And I remember when he was coming out, People are saying this guy is a Steph Curry of football. He's a wizard out there. And you saw a little bit of that wizardry, wizardry, wizardry last year. Wizardly. Wizardly.
Starting point is 00:16:54 Wizards. Hey, you saw a lot of that stuff last year. Regardless. McMillan. T. Mack, University of Arizona, Bear down, Arizona. Who else they got the Thomas kid? He was a Renfro? They cut him and then re-signed him.
Starting point is 00:17:09 Renfro and they got it. So I don't know. I'm going to go with Carolina. I want to see Canales and the boys. Let's let's build off of last year. Yes. Yes. I think the Carolina Panthers will, you know, handle this situation and beat the Jacksonville Jaguars. But I'm excited to finally see the debut of Travis Hunter and see how the Jacksonville Jaguars use Travis Hunter. We will finally get the answers that we've been waiting for. Is he going to be playing on the offensive side of the ball? Start and receiver. Is he going to be playing on the defense? a side of the ball as well. How much is he going to play on defense? How much is he going to play on offense?
Starting point is 00:17:46 Is it going to change at halftime? We will finally get the air jersey. But they will not win. And how tired will he be? It's a great question. And can he handle it going versus NFL talent? It's heat. Jacksonville.
Starting point is 00:17:57 That's hot there. All right. It's hot there. Let's move on. Tennessee at Denver. Tennessee Denver. Long-going Denver. Champagne, too legit of a coach knows his football way too well.
Starting point is 00:18:06 Tennessee just doesn't have the talent. Yes, they got the number one draft pick camp war. but that's just not enough for them yet. Bo Nix and Denver Broncos taking them down. Denver, everyone loves Denver right now. And I think they're going to be a good football team. Sean Peyton has showed he can work with quarterbacks. Bo Nix looked really good last year,
Starting point is 00:18:25 but they have a really good defense too. So I think Denver, I'm excited to see Cam Ward. They've been really under the radar as well. I think they're going to be better than what people think as well. But Denver is just kind of like a little snowball, that's snowballing right now. All right.
Starting point is 00:18:40 And up next, we got San Francisco. Who? 49ers at Seattle Seahawks. This is a game. I would say San Fran, but it's at Seattle. And it's just one of the loudest stadiums of all time. The 12th men, the 12th man is going to be absolutely popping. Popping.
Starting point is 00:18:55 Stadium is going to be. Sam Darnold? I'm going with San Fran, though, still. Even though I was just talking about the 12th man, how that's going to help. But San Fran is just more of a stable organization. And I like when there's. a foundation in an organization. Seattle, they're all over the place.
Starting point is 00:19:13 They're going to be a better team. They had a really good defense last year of McDonald. They're going to be a better team by end of the year. But Sam Fran is a better team going into week one than Seattle. So Sam Fran. Oh, Sam Fran. I like that take. I just said, I like it a lot.
Starting point is 00:19:29 You know, Sam Darnold, Smith and Jigbaugh on offense. Is Sam Darnold going to be the Sam Darnold of last year? Is he going to be the Sam Darnold of Seeing Ghosts? That was when he was in New York Ched, if you guys know. calf either yeah but that's smith and jibu is pretty legit he's a really i like him yeah but i'm gonna go with san francisco as well i've been watching their little built on youtube uh it's it's their little like documentary yeah and you forget that they have they have like pro bowlers on every level of the ball they do they still do they may not have all of them but they and brock birdie he's a good football
Starting point is 00:20:04 player man he delivers that football and he puts it where they want it to put now what's up with christian mcalfre we're on are we limited already with a calf injury coming into week one those calves are associated with the the killies yes i'm going with seattle i'm going with seattle mcalfrey not there they did sign robinson you just said san fran and now you're going to seattle i'm going to seattle the mcalfrey not being there the mcalfrey is kind of messing with you that messing with me messing with And it's in the 12th man, bro. 12 man gets loud. Mm-hmm.
Starting point is 00:20:38 It does. It's going to be a close game. Yep. All right. Sanfran wins, but it's going to be a good game. Really good game. All right. We got Detroit at Green Bay.
Starting point is 00:20:45 It's all about Michael Parsons, obviously, because of the one of the biggest trades in history and then the biggest contract to ever be signed by a nine, non-quarterback. But I think Detroit still wins this game, even though the storyline is Michael Parsons. Everyone's forgetting about Aidan Hutchinson. He's the real deal at the defensive end position for the Detroit Lions. The offense is very, very sharp. And it's going to continue for the Lions like it was last year. Lions win this game by seven.
Starting point is 00:21:16 Ooh, by seven? Seven. Rob. Green Bay. So much continuity. Youngest football team last, like, three. I hear like they're the youngest football team since I played. And it's the same guys, but they're still the youngest team.
Starting point is 00:21:33 They got like so many young guys that have played together for years now. Now you incorporate Golden that they drafted in the first round, first receiver ever taken in the first round for the Green Bay Packers or whatever, something like that. Yes. Like I think he's a weapon. Josh Jacobs, a weapon. Jordan Love.
Starting point is 00:21:52 He's still got some, he still needs to learn out of have his dropback pass game, efficient past game rolling a little more. But I think he's, they're in a good place. I'm scared that Detroit lost both their coordinators. I'm going, I thought before the Mike and Parsons trade, Detroit was going to win the division. Now I'm full, I'm a cheesehead now. Mm-hmm.
Starting point is 00:22:14 I think Green Bay is. You look delicious. I want to take a bite. I'm going Green Bay. Green Bay? What kind of cheese would you be if you're? I would be cheddar cheese. How about you?
Starting point is 00:22:24 American. Yeah, because you're American. Now, I like that process shit. You're right. It does taste the best on burgers. The best on a burger. Yes, American cheese. The best on burgers.
Starting point is 00:22:35 Now let's get to the next matchup, Houston and the Los Angeles Rams. Really good game. Really good game. I got both of these teams winning their division, but the key difference here is going to be Sean McVeigh. So I have the Los Angeles Rams beating the Houston Texans. Man, how was it? You had a back injury.
Starting point is 00:22:57 I did. How old are you when you had the back injury? I was 19 years old. then I was 23 years old and I was 26 years old and then every age in between all those years and still to this day. You weren't 37 are you? No, I wasn't 37. I'm 36 and I still have the back injury, but I just fixed it two weeks ago.
Starting point is 00:23:15 Like I was telling you, like if it aggravates, you got to do the rehab. So if Matthew Stafford was doing the rehab, he should be good to go because I know that's who you're talking about. I mean, dude, he's got to. I know he's 37. I'm scared. If he did the rehab properly, he should be full go 100%. there's not like when you jumped up in the air and fell and like smashed your other disc like that can't happen potentially because he's compensating with other shit he's not jumping he's just dropping back and he's using his right arm to just unleash the football all right if you say that i'm going with l a rams all right all right we got the baltimore ravens at the buffalo bills a rematch of the playoff game last year which i think baltimore was the way better team but it doesn't matter if you're the better team it's any given sunday the better team the better team
Starting point is 00:24:02 may not play as the better team on that day. And that's why the Buffalo bills won last year. But I'm going with the Baltimore Ravens their run game is just phenomenal. They're a complete football team all over the board. I just don't think that Buffalo has the firepower on the offensive side of the ball right now. And they're going to have to figure out through the year, even though I got Buffalo winning, going to the Super Bowl and losing in the Super Bowl, but they're going to figure it out after they lose this game to the Ravens. No, they're not.
Starting point is 00:24:32 Yes, they are. No, they got, they got, we'll see. They got cooks, which diced up the Ravens last year. He cooked them up. I think Josh Allen had under 200 yards throwing last year when they played him in the playoffs because they diced them up with cooks. Shakir, really good little slot receiver that has had a lot of production for them. I think he's going to be good. I think Coleman, with another year in the system, getting those one-on-one matchups outside the number,
Starting point is 00:24:58 I think he's begun to win those. Now, I get scared with what you said, the run game for the Ravens. You should get. Because they are light in the box with the Buffalo Bills with that two safety defense they play. But Matt Milano is back. And I'm taking, I'm taking the Buffalo Bills. I can tell you this. So Bill's Mafia is going to win this game because it's Sunday night football in Buffalo.
Starting point is 00:25:22 Week one is going to be popping. It's the last game last season opener ever to be played. I'm pretty sure is it? Highmark Stadium or is it New Era Stadium now? It used to be Ralph Wilson Stadium. I just know it's the last seasonal opener at this stadium, which I believe I would, I always said it was the best football atmosphere in all of the NFL just because of the stadium.
Starting point is 00:25:48 And hopefully it stays like that. They're crazy. And just the way the bowl is, the fans are on top of you. They're crazy. It's the best place to play football. Well, we're going to see. All right. Next game.
Starting point is 00:25:59 Minnesota. Last game at Chicago. Monday night. Monday night football. You got a new quarterback in J.J. McCarthy for the Minnesota Vikings. First round pick who got injured last year. So is he reliable? Can he sustain a whole entire year?
Starting point is 00:26:12 And then you got the first pick of the draft last year for the Chicago Bears. New coach, Ben Johnson, who's an offensive genius. Is he going to take Caleb Williams to the next level? I actually think so. So I'm going with the Chicago Bears. The Bears are back. They're going to win some games this year. How did Minnesota at a hefty price?
Starting point is 00:26:33 Give me Google real quick. How did Minnesota do last year against Minnesota's defense do against the Detroit Lions last year? Does this have to do with anything, Jules? Because B-Flow is the defensive coordinator for those Minnesota Vikings. I want to see how he did against Ben Johnson last year. Okay. Okay.
Starting point is 00:26:53 I understand. Ben Johnson's- I just did an explanation. You gave me an explanation, and I appreciate that. Detroit 31. points on that one. Last time they played 31. Jules, do you really need all this info?
Starting point is 00:27:11 These are quick takes. Like, just give a quick take, buddy. Like, this is taking an extra five minutes because you've got to look up a defense. 31 points both time. So Ben Johnson knows how to play against B-Flo. Oh, all right. But does Caleb Williams...
Starting point is 00:27:26 I see why you're doing all that research. All right. Now it makes sense. Is Caleb Williams going to be able to execute Ben Johnson's against Ben Johnson's offense against the Vikings and B-Flow's defense?
Starting point is 00:27:41 I think so. That's why I said the Bears. You're going with the Bears. The Bears. I'm going with the Bears too. I think I'm excited to see what Caleb does with Ben Johnson at the helm. I think it's going to be a really close game. And if anyone can get the quarterback going, it's Kevin O'Connell. But I don't know.
Starting point is 00:27:59 This is his first game. Division opponent in Chicago. Chicago is going to be rocking. I know the defense for Minnesota always comes up with turnovers, but like, I don't know, maybe it's a little different. I was at that, I was at the preseason game. It was different. A little different in Chicago right now.
Starting point is 00:28:16 The city of Chicago needs the Bears back to winning games. The NFL needs it. The city needs it. The Bears. I think I just choked on a bowl of shots. Is there, Bobbs? That's the Chicago accent. Oh, that was really a...
Starting point is 00:28:36 The Chicago accent that's a little like this. It's like somewhere overseas. No, it's from Saturday Night Live. Oh, I didn't see it. All right, well, let's have a great... What do I know? What do I know? Let's have a great week one.
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