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Episode Date: August 31, 2020

The B1G is actually managing to look even worse with news breaking that they are considering an earlier start around Thanksgiving. On the show, we'll discuss what news came out and what the pros/cons are for the student-athletes impacted. Most importantly, does it even matter at this point to push up the season just one month? We then hop back into our NFL miniseries with Jeff Lloyd of the Locked On Browns discussing how much Christian Kirksey meant to Cleveland and what Adrian Clayborn's expectations are this season before finishing off with a nice discussion on Brandon Scherff with Chris Russell from Locked On Washington Football Team.Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Rock AutoAmazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you.ManscapedGo to Manscaped.com and use code LOCKED to get 20% Off and Free Shipping. Manscaped is #1 in men’s below the belt grooming and offers precision-engineered tools for your family jewels.Built BarBuilt Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON,” and you’ll get $10 off your first order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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As always, I am your host, Andrew Wade, and I'm excited to be bringing you another episode on this Monday morning. As we have been doing, we're continuing our little mini-series with the hosts of the NFL channels. On today's episode, we have Jeff Lloyd from Locked On Browns. We got Chris Russell from the Locked On Washington football team. We're talking about Adrian Claiborne, Christian Kirksey, even though he is no longer a Brown and Brandon Sheriff on the show today. Before we get into that though, segment number one, we're actually going to be talking about the news coming out of the Big Ten as the Big Ten continues to screw up pretty much everything they're doing with a lack of transparency and a mini revolt from the coaches, it sounds like.

We're going to talk about that on segment number one of the show today. If you are tuning in for the first time and you do like what you hear today, please just subscribe wherever you downloaded this podcast at. Tell your friends about it. Give us that five-star review. I absolutely appreciate it. And follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Before we jump into the talk about the Big Ten and what they're going to do from a football

perspective, I do want to quickly make the announcement. Megan Gustafson and Kathleen Doyle, they actually played yesterday. Dallas won 82-78, and Gustafson went 0-3 in four minutes, had three personal fouls and one rebound. Kathleen Doyle got eight minutes of action, went 0-1, and had one assist and one steal. And then also the most important thing on the show today, a rest in peace to Lou Olson, a legend in the Iowa Hawkeye community.

So definitely giving thoughts and prayers out to his family. So let's take a quick, brief moment of silence for Lute, and then we will hop into it. All right. We are back, though, and we are going to break down what is going on in the Big Ten. So first off, this past weekend has been another kind of whirlwind of news coming on in the Big Ten. So first off, this past, this weekend has been another kind of whirlwind of news coming out of the Big Ten. It sounds like coaches are pushing hard to get that fall season revisited.

And there's, you know, a lot of reports coming out. And I think the first thing I want to say before anything else is don't believe random people who may not actually have sources who seem to be just spitting out random crap to try to see what sticks basically. I don't want to hate on people, but there are definitely some unverified people who are trying to pretend like they have sources. And it really does seem like over the last couple of weeks, they've just been doing whatever they can to really get a following. And if you throw enough crap on the wall, something will eventually stick. So keep that in mind. Make sure you're,

you know, listening to people who do have real sources. Um, I know I, the reason why I don't break news is because I only have a few sources and I think it's important to make sure you're getting it right as opposed to being the first one. And that's the most important thing in journalism, in my opinion, is to make sure you're getting it right as opposed to being the first one. And that's the most important thing in journalism, in my opinion, is to make sure you're getting it right. Not necessarily the first one. So just keep that, keep that in mind. There's a lot of people out there trying to, trying to get things right before trying to get things out there before they're actually getting them right. And then if something actually does happen and it comes true, they're going to say, Oh my gosh, I got it right. But, uh, I think that's a little bit ridiculous, but either way,

it sounds like there are some reports coming out that the Big Ten is looking at playing football this fall. So let's revisit kind of what has happened. August 11th is when they made the decision to postpone all fall sports. August 19th, Kevin Warren got on and said the decision would not be revisited. And now we're 10 days later and we are revisiting the decision, it sounds like. One of the things in play at this point is possibly starting over Thanksgiving weekend. There's also talks about trying to get it moved up earlier in the fall as well. Here's a couple of my thoughts on that, though.

First and foremost, players need likely three to four weeks. These teams need likely three to four weeks to get ready and possibly get back on campus. But we did see FCS football played this week and we saw fans there. We also saw Iowa high school football played this week as well. So I'm curious as to what actually has changed per se. What has actually changed with the Big Ten decision to actually begin revisiting it? Is it the fact that the parents have been very, very adamant about getting information? Has it been the petition from Justin Fields? Has it been the coaches

expressing their concern and a really a general lack of cohesion among the leaders in the Big 10? What has made them kind of revisit this decision? I will say the fact that there is football being played and there's not been issues as far as we are aware of that, uh, definitely, you know, is positive, but again, they, the players and the coaches need three to four weeks. So even if they wanted to play in the fall, they need at least a month buffer probably until they could get going, which puts us at that beginning of October timeframe. Um, if they're looking at doing that Thanksgiving week timeframe, that really doesn't add a lot of value. The only value that really does add,

unless the NCAA is willing to move back bowl games and move back the college football playoff is allows these players an opportunity to get game film on and then still get some prep in before the combine and the postseason events that would lead up to the NFL draft. So that was, that's been my biggest concern biggest concern about the games being in the spring. You got guys who really need to get a good senior year tape. You got guys who want to move up from that day three talk to that day one talk or that day two talk, and they're not able to do it as easily if they're playing in the spring

and they're going to miss a lot of those postseason showcases, the senior bowl, the combine, those kind of things. These guys need better tape to be able to move themselves up. So I guess if they were to move it to Thanksgiving, there is a chance they could do that. However, that really doesn't take care of the fact that these teams are still not going to be really competing for the College Bowl playoff or a bowl game if this were to happen. So personally, I think it would make a lot more sense to move it up to maybe middle of October. That gives you about a six week runtime. You make the decision

in the next week, but again, it's the big 10. So who knows you make that decision in the next week, though you play maybe an eight game schedule, you play your division plus two crossovers. That gives you an opportunity to be in that mix, um, in that AP top 25 in the college ball playoff mix and a bowl game mix, and it gives your team an opportunity to have players get more game film and still be able to prep for the postseason. And again, that eliminates the concern of having two seasons in one calendar year. Obviously, we're talking mostly about football here. There's a lot of other fall sports that would be in consideration for this as well,

but football is kind of the main concern at this point, at least from a financial perspective, that's really what brings the money in, which is why we are talking about it. But again, as we get more information on this, we'll definitely be breaking that down on the show. But right now it's just all, you know, some, some reports here and there, but nothing has been finalized as of 5 PM central time on Sunday as I'm recording right now. So that'll do it, though. We're going to take a quick break, and then we're going to hop into the show with Jeff Lloyd from Lockdown Browns.

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We're good. You know, today should be, you know, what would be two weeks away from opening day. I think as much as we all were concerned and scared and worried about this day would never exist, I think we're starting to look at it with more realism, you know, starting to have more prospects that this is actually going to happen and a lot more confidence. You know, the players have been, you know,

across the NFL have been fantastic in their devotion to its football and nothing else right now. So, you know, hopefully, you know, two weeks from now we're getting to talk about something that, you know, maybe we thought we wouldn't see for, you know, obviously, you know obviously you know a long long time but we're getting closer to it yeah I mean I'm I'm personally I'm just trying not to get my hopes up too much I just don't want anything to be to be you know shattered or broken but we're two weeks away and I think we're actually going to have football which makes me excited and that's why I'm excited to be here because there's a lot of Iowa Hawkeyes around the league and there's one specifically with

the Browns now there was one who was with the Browns for quite some time. Christian Kirksey, you know, released this offseason, goes to the Packers. What did he mean to that Browns locker room? Because I watched Hard Knocks, and it really seemed like he was one of the leaders on that defense. Christian Kirksey, and it's tough in two aspects. In the earlier part of his career with the Browns, he was a dominant, dominant player for them.

He was really, really good. His 2018 season, his 2019 season, when he was making big money, absolutely ravaged by injuries. And during the end of the 2018 season, as Baker Mayfield, they were starting to win some ballgames, here was Christian Kirksey with his phone in his hand, videotaping all the press conferences, videotaping the locker room joy, basically being an outsider looking in, but knowing that this franchise that he had been a part of for so long, that never tasted any success, was starting to

become successful. Then, you know, he did a great job getting ready for the 2019 season, and now this was the thing, I mean, you know, blowing out your peck, it's just a weird injury, it's, you know, it's not along the lines of a knee or ankles, and, you know, here he was again in this same boat, the outside looking in. He was signed originally to the extension two front offices ago. John Dorsey was never down with it. They didn't want to resign Joe Sjobert. They weren't thrilled with the money Christian Kirksey was making. This new regime is not committed to spending money to linebackers as of now either. So Kirksey and Joe Schober, you know, both, you know, ended up leaving their 2019 season. But this was a guy who would just go out in the community.

There was one day people, he followed, you know, had his friends follow him around. He literally emptied out every sneaker in his house, put them in, you know, the big plastic totes and was just driving around Cleveland and giving, you know, clean brand new sneakers to homeless people. Just a great, great guy. The loss is tough from a leadership standpoint. And you understand the move financially. Because obviously Christian Kirksey made a lot of money in 2018 and 2019 for not playing much for the Browns.

But here he is at an opportunity. He gets to go to a place like Green Bay. He hasn't gotten much success. A franchise that probably has high aspirations for this season. Granted, he's not making a ton of money. He's made his money in the NFL. Christian Kirksey is, you know, the kind of guy, you know, when you draft, you're okay with if he doesn't turn out to be a great player because you had that quality, quality

individual, which usually happens a lot with the guys from Iowa. It was just tough to lose him. And it was just even tougher to see this team start to gain some success in 2018 and him not be a part of it for all these sacrifices to the lean years. Yeah, it's tough. And I think the one nice thing though, you know, you lose Christian Kirksey, but you do bring in that high character guy this year and Adrian Claiborne, another guy who has been a great locker room presence throughout his career, former first round draft pick, kind of relegated now to more of a situational pass rusher role. For the Cleveland Browns going into 2020, what are your expectations for Adrian Claiborne? Is it that backup role, kind of a third down pass rusher opposite of Myles Garrett?

Well, this is where, and one thing the Claiborne fit was, is they kind of like big, big DNs here is with the system. Obviously Myles Garrett is 275, Claiborne fit was is they kind of like big D-ends here is with the system. Obviously, Myles Garrett is 275. Claiborne's 280. Olivier Vernon's 265. They have a young second-year player in Porter Gustin. He's another player between 260 and 265. They like them long.

They like them big, obviously, so they have more of the propensity to help in run defense, not just being pass rushers. Claiborne, now in his 10th year, year he and Andrew Sandejo and this was the interesting thing that this front office did is they brought in a veteran everywhere they brought in a veteran at defensive tackle brought one in at the end they brought one in a linebacker they brought one in a corner they brought one in at safety they made an emphasis on they knew their roster was young but they also wanted to bring in some professionals along the way now Adrian

Claiborne comes in here um Granted, he's not going to start. They don't expect him to start here, but with him only usually playing, you know, against left tackles, this gives the opportunity. You can move Myles Garrett everywhere. They did this with Myles Garrett early in his career. It's a great success. Myles Garrett, the athlete he is, lining up over a center or standing up over a guard. It just creates for different opportunities. Olivier Vernon can move up around it on that line as well. Claiborne, and yes, situational pass rusher at this point of the game, and it's well suited for him. And maybe it's 20 reps a game. Maybe it's not even that much here. But he knows how to manipulate his body. He knows how to put the work in to maximize the time he is going to get.

So it was a really, really smart get for them because they have just a nice blend here. And look, Garrett may be the star that he is, and obviously, you know, big time future for him. And he's about to come into a ton of money. But this is an opportunity now where you can bring in a veteran with him until the big contract kicks in. In a year or two, you're not going to have those luxuries. It's going to have to be kids behind Myles Garrett. So also it gives Myles somebody else. Myles has always been the best defensive end in the room. Now it gives somebody with, you know, a longer list of experience and also can say, hey, look, I played against that guy three times.

I played against this guy. Just things that can continuously help Myles Garrett open up his game. But the thing they love about Claiborne is it's just the worker in him to this point. That's how you get to be 10 years in the league. And, you know, it's just, they need more guys like this, you know, not selfish guys, guys that just come from the roots of you practice every day, you work every day, just be a player. Yeah. I mean, that very much fits the Iowa mold too. I mean, that's like you talked about with Christian Kirksey. That is, that is one of the things I think people around the NFL love about players who come from the Iowa football program. You're going to get a guy

who works his butt off, going to come and he's going to do the right things the right way. So Christian, you know, so Adrian Claiborne signed that two-year deal. Do you feel like he is going to, you know, actually get through that two-year deal? Or do you feel like it's more of like a one-year kind of prove it thing and see if he sticks around for the second year well where they're at with Olivia Vernon is Olivia Vernon his contract is just for this season so I mean obviously this is going to depend on Claiborne and look you know at 10 years I mean look he's probably got a couple years over what you would expect right now so I think they're going to play this season as it comes ideally they would love to maybe be in a position where next season, if they like what they've seen

of Adrian Claiborne, and again, thinking that it would then be year 11, let's just keep him in this role. It's weird how, you know, when, you know, basically the rust sets in on any player at any given position. But yeah, on paper, I'd say it's a one-year deal. And even, I mean, if he plays better than they thought, if they got to, you know, maybe kick him a little bit more for the second year, it's certainly possible. But I think they just like the fact that they're adding, you know, more, you know, veterans to their defense along with the nice mixture of youth that they have. Definitely. So last question for you, Jeff, would you say maybe like three, four or five sacks would be kind of the expectations for Adrian Claiborne? If you

had to pick like what would be a successful season for Claiborne? What would it be from a sack perspective? Well, last year, Chad Thomas for the Browns and Chad Thomas is just, you know, he's not going to make this team. He's just not a very good player. He had four sacks. And at the time they were decimated on the defensive line last season. So now if you look at it this year, there could be reps where Adrian Claiborne is on the field with Olivier Vernon, Sheldon Richardson, Miles Garrett, and himself. That's a pretty good defensive line.

And Adrian Claiborne will be the fourth person any offense chooses to block in that option. So guess what? A lot of one-on-ones for a guy who's won a lot of one-on-ones over his career. He does have a little heat. Porter Gustin is really coming on fast. That's their second year defensive end out of USC. It could maybe eat into some of Claiborne's reps, but I would say, you know, because at any bet you want to go with, you know, you want to go with a half so you can win in an over-under. I'd say if you put it at four and a half, I think he'll reach the over. He's never going to have to see, you know, double teams. It's just not going to work with the, you know, the talent that's surrounding him. And the opportunity's there. I mean, you know, healthy, you're always

going to worry about that with a player of his age, but he stays healthy, 15 to 20 reps, you know, per week. I would say, you know, you're going to look at north of four and a half sacks. I love it, Jeff. Well, hey, I appreciate you taking the time out of your busy day to talk to me and talk about Adrian Claiborne and Christian Kirksey. Where can the Iowa Hawkeye fans find you if they are a Browns fan or if they love to hear about Adrian Claiborne, where can they find you on Twitter and your podcast? Well, you know, obviously you're likely here at Lockdown Browns,

anywhere podcasts available, the Twitter account for Lockdown Browns, me personally at Jeff underscore LJ underscore Lloyd. You know, I love talking ball. I mean, as much as, you know, obviously I am host of the Lockdown Browns podcast. I cover the NFL draft. I cover the NFL. I write over at Pro Football Network. For me, it's, you know, just excited to get to this time of year because it was really, really looking lean. And I don't know for for me, who has been around the game, going on almost 38 years now between my playing days, coverage and coaching and all that aspect.

I don't know what this fall would have brought for me otherwise. But glad to see that hopefully the light is slowly, slowly looking like it's going to be on for the 2020 season. Definitely. Well, hopefully in two weeks we'll have that first kickoff. We had FCS football kickoff this week. So there is some positivity in the world from a football perspective. Jeff, I enjoy talking to you.

I'm always enjoy talking shop, talking football and talking to the Iowa Hawkeyes. So thank you very much and have a good day, man. All the best to you as well. All right. I am joined here by Chris Russell, host of the Locked On Washington Football Team podcast. Chris, how are you doing on this Sunday? Hey, Andrew. Thanks for having me. How are you, man?

I'm doing well. Nice to obviously chat with you. And I'm excited to talk about, you know, Brandon Sheriff. I've done a couple of these and Brandon's probably the most, one of the most successful Iowa football players currently in the league today so always nice to talk about you know someone who has experienced such a high level of success especially being a former top 10 NFL draft pick so as far as Brandon is concerned you know he is currently on that franchise tag as far as a contract goes though do you have any concerns about giving him a big contract at the age of 29

um I mean if if it were me making the decision Andrew and if I'm being honest yes I do have concerns especially if we're talking four plus years meaning you know four or five years I think I my level of concern goes down if we're talking about a short-term deal two to three years but when are we ever really talking about that for a multiple-time pro bowler you know who is considered one of the better guards one of the best guards if you want to put it in that respect he's not as good as some other guys around the league but he's one of the better guards if not one of the best guards again kind of depending on on how you you know you write that up or say it uh but yeah and and mostly it's not because Brandon's not really good Brandon is good uh I

don't know if he's dominant all the time like some others think he is but the main part for me is you know he I mean it's it's a league of availability he's only played in 19 of 32 games in the last two years and I know there are people in the building uh at least there were last year I don't know how they kind of view it this year that were really really really concerned with how former offensive line coach and interim head coach Bill Callahan worked those guys as a unit and Brandon specifically after practice, constantly pounding on their joints and on their knees and ankles and feet.

And you know, the wear and tear that that just takes on the human body, especially, you know, when your body is your biggest weapon. Absolutely. And that was actually one of the things I wanted to bring up because he hasn't been available. The last time he played a full season was his second year in the league. He has missed games in the last three seasons, as you alluded to as well.

He's missed 13 games in the last two. So as far as, you know, the concerns within the program or within, you know, within the building, are there concerns about his injuries going forward? Now that, you know, Callahan maybe, you know, isn't there, what are the concerns about Sheriff's, you know, injuries? And do they feel like this is something he can get over? You know, I think a couple of things, you know, Ron Rivera, the new head coach, and we haven't had an opportunity to talk to the new offensive line coach, John Matsko yet,

but Rivera, obviously, we talked to him, you know, on a pretty everyday basis and whenever Sheriff's name came up, you know, over the off season and early here in camp, it was like, Hey, you know, we really got to get to know these guys as people and as players first, be around them every day, not just virtually on zoom and all that stuff. Not just relying on who was here in the past. So now, you know, now that they've been able to be together, practice together, Brandon's in there every day as the number one right guard, obviously. And, you know, Ron's tune kind of changed the last time we talked to him, you know,

about Brandon specifically. And he was, you know, just talking about how hard of a worker he is, how dedicated he is, you know, never used the word like great or anything like that. But I think he has a healthy respect for Brandon that maybe he was unsure of before this process of, say, the last month or so. So I think it's growing. I think the relationship is growing. I have no doubt that the Washington football team wants to continue the relationship. The question is, is how do you continue that relationship? Again, term is going to be important. Is it a four or five year deal stretched out for salary cap purposes? Is it a two or three year deal

because you're unsure of the injuries and how his body is going to hold up at premium money? And, and again, quite honestly, the financials part of it, you know, he's making just over $15 million per year this year or this year, I should say all straight up cash under the franchise tag. You know, it's going to be hard for Brandon Sheriff to go much lower than that on an average annual basis. I think if the Washington football team wants to do a four or five year deal, I think they'd like that number more in the 12s or the 13s,

as opposed to the 14s or the 15s. Absolutely. So I think the big thing here then is the fact that he is on that, you know, he's on that franchise tag and next year he's going to be free agent. You talked about the four or five year deal, if they can get in that $12 million range, looking at the, you know he's on that franchise tag and next year he's going to be free agent you talked about the the four or five year deal if they can get in that 12 million dollar range looking at the you know the the Washington football team that's gonna be tough for me to get used to saying looking at the Washington football teams you know free agents next year does Sheriff rank as the top free agent on that list I mean there's a lot of older guys you got Thomas Davis Ryan Kerrigan then you got

some of the younger guys Ronald Ronald Darby, Sean Davis. I mean, where does Brandon Sheriff rank in terms of priority for next year? I mean, I would say Sheriff is right up there at number one if he's not 1A. I mean, you mentioned Darby. You know, Thomas Davis is more like a veteran leader type thing, and he's so familiar with Ron Rivera from their time in Carolina. I don't – you know, that doesn't take priority for me over that. But a guy like Ronald Darby, if he, you know, has the kind of year that

he's looking like he's having in camp, certainly you can make an argument, you know, that they'll be jockeying, if you will, for that top spot. You know, there's no doubt that Brandon Sheriff is going to be a priority. I think if Brandon is being true, and you guys know him probably, you know, even better than I do, just because, you know, he was drafted, the year he was drafted, I kind of cycled off the beat. So I haven't been around him as much in person over the last four years. I just kind of went full time back on the beat midway through last year. So I'm still kind of trying to get to know him a little bit personally. And it's hard with all the COVID restrictions and all of that.

But Brandon, the sense that I have is Brandon's not going to say something as defiantly as he defiantly would be wrong, as enthusiastically as he has every time he's asked about wanting to stay here, wanting to be here, wanting to be a leader. You know, him and Morgan Moses have developed that right tackle, this relationship. They've been together since 2015, you know. So I think he does want to stay here. The question is, you know, again, if Washington wants him to take only a two-year deal because they're worried about injuries, especially if this year is another injury-filled year, you know, I don't know if he is willing to go that low. So that would be my concern moving forward.

If he stays healthy this year, we get to, you know, 12, 13 games in, and he's riding high and he's dominant, looking like a pro bowler, you know, I think we're then talking about a four- or five-year extension and, you know, $14 million-ish per year. Yeah, I mean, it's also safe to say if you look at another former Iowa Hawkeye who was an elite guard in the league, Marshall Yonda, played until the age of 34 and played at a pretty high level. So if you're looking at that, that four that this year is kind of a big year for Brandon to see if he can play a full season, see if he can, you know, get rid of that injury bug that he has experienced the last three years

and get back to playing at an elite level. No doubt. And, you know, look, when I asked him, I said, do you think it's more unlucky or more technique-based or just, you know, kind of wear and tear? Because, again, what I had heard that there were a lot of people on the previous coaching staff that were really concerned about his body wearing down. And some of the elements that I discussed earlier in this spot, you know, he thought,

you know, it was more unlucky, the way it kind of happened, you know, like the rotator cuff shoulder thing, his arm just got caught, got twisted back. You know, that was the major one. And then their, you know, knee and whatever. But he also admitted, hey, two things. One, my technique can be better. And I think most offensive linemen are going to say that. But I think coming from Brandon, he means that, number one. And number two, the one thing I would tell you, Andrew, that he admitted to us, and he was very open about this, talking to Ryan Kerrigan, a guy who you mentioned earlier in the spot as a free agent to be. Brandon said, when I was a rookie, early in my career,

I used to come in from 7.45 for an 8 o'clock meeting. Now I'm getting here at 6, 6.15. I'm having breakfast. I'm getting my body ready. I'm getting treatment every day, even when I'm getting here at 6 6 15 I'm having breakfast I'm getting my body ready I'm getting treatment every day even when I'm feeling pretty good and he learned that again from a veteran like Kerrigan who's been around even longer because he realizes as he gets up there in age his body needs more maintenance it needs more care so maybe that help and uh and also not having OTAs which he

said was a huge thing for his body it allowed him to stay back in iowa and do some turkey hunting uh yeah and drinking lots of bush light he said bush light apple you know maybe that maybe the combination of that will help brandon stay healthy this year well i sure hope so um that is i mean i would love to see him play a full season again and get back to that elite level. Chris, I really appreciate you hopping on the show and talking to us about Brandon and talking to us about what he needs to do and kind of what the expectations

are for him in Washington. Where can the fans find you though? They want to listen to more Washington football team talk and maybe listen to a little bit more Brandon Sheriff talk down the line. Thank you, Andrew. I appreciate it. Yeah. The Locked On Washington football team podcast, obviously kind of like what you do, you know, five days a week, we go hard at it, you know, all sorts of different times, but we'll, you know,

play a lot of interviews and press conferences and have my own analysis and opinions. So that's available on the Locked On podcast network, wherever you download, you know, your podcast and any other Locked On Podcast Network, wherever you download, you know, your podcast and any other Locked On podcast. Also SI.com, you know, for Sports Illustrated, do comprehensive Washington football team written and video coverage there. And then on the radio, 1067 The Fan in Washington, D.C., if you're ever in that area, or on the nationwide, worldwide, really, radio.com app.

So lots of different jobs, lots of different options, lots of different ways to babble incessantly about the football team. I love it, man. Well, Chris, I really appreciate having you on. I hope you have a great Sunday, and we'll talk to you later. All right, and that will do it for our show today. I hope you enjoyed our two conversations, one with Jeff Lloyd from lockdown Browns and one with Chris Russell from

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