Locked On Titans - Daily Podcast On The Tennessee Titans - Tennessee Titans ROSTER PREDICTIONS: Malik Willis, Kyle Philips GET CUT & Keeping Depth on O-Line

Episode Date: July 21, 2024

Tennessee Titans' training camp week has ARRIVED!! With 91 men about to fight for a spot on the 2024 Titans, it is a perfect time to do a 53-man roster prediction before the festivities kick off. In p...art 1 of this two-part series, Tyler goes through the offensive side of the ball and picks out who he thinks makes the team. First, at quarterback, it is a tough call, but the Titans may want to move on from Malik Willis. Next, the wide receiver conversation is difficult, which is a new place for the Titans to be, but that means bad news for fan-favorite Kyle Philips. Finally, the Titans are committed to being better on the offensive line and they will show it by the number of players they keep there.Subscribe to the TicTacTitans Film Channel:https://www.youtube.com/@TicTacTitansTicTacTitans Merchandise: https://dixons-dream.square.site/shop/tictactitans-gear/C3AAPNWXSXA6SBYG3USV2I7R?page=1&limit=30&sort_by=category_order&sort_order=ascFollow Tyler on Twitter @TicTacTitansFollow the show on Facebook @LockedOnTitansPodSubscribe to the Locked On Titans YouTube channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/LockedOnTitans/videosSupport Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!LinkedInLinkedIn Jobs helps you find the qualified candidates you want to talk to, faster. Post your job for free at LinkedIn.com/LOCKEDONNFL. Terms and conditions apply.BetterHelpThis episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Make your brain your friend, with BetterHelp. Visit BetterHelp.com/LOCKEDON today to get 10% off your first month.eBay MotorsFor parts that fit, head to eBay Motors and look for the green check. Stay in the game with eBay Guaranteed Fit at eBayMotors.com. Let’s ride. eBay Guaranteed Fit only available to US customers. Eligible items only. Exclusions apply.GametimeDownload the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONNFL for $20 off your first purchase. Terms Apply.FanDuelFanDuel, America’s Number One Sportsbook. As playoffs wind down, the sports stop sporting like we want them to. But this summer, FanDuel is hooking up ALL CUSTOMERS with a boost or a bonus, DAILY! That’s right, there’s something for everyone, every day, all summer long! Visit FANDUEL.COM/LOCKEDON and add a big win to your summer bucket list!FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN)

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Tennessee Titans training camp starts this week, and there will be players fighting for their roster lives, including Malik Willis and Kyle Phillips, who I don't think make the team. I'll explain why on today's edition of the Locked on Titans podcast. You are Locked on Titans, your daily Tennessee Titans podcast. Part of the Locked on Podcast, your daily Tennessee Titans podcast, part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day. Welcome to the Locked on Titans podcast. I am your host, Tyler Rowland, Titans fans.
Starting point is 00:00:37 Today's edition of the Locked on Titans podcast is brought to you by LinkedIn Jobs. LinkedIn Jobs helps you find the qualified candidates you want to talk to faster. Post your job for free at linkedin.com slash locked on NFL. That's linkedin.com slash locked on NFL to post your job for free. Terms and conditions apply. Tennessee Titans training camp is finally here and that means it is a perfect time to do my pre-training camp 53-man roster predictions. I'm going to tell you who I think makes the team, who gets cut, go over all those conversations with you guys. I'm going to do the offensive side of the ball today. I'm going to tell you why Malik Willis doesn't make the cut,
Starting point is 00:01:19 Kyle Phillips doesn't make the team, and talk about massive depth on the offensive line. On tomorrow's show, I'm going to be breaking down the defensive side of the ball. So make sure that you don't miss that as well. But before we dive in, do want to thank you for making the Locked on Titans podcast your first listen each and every day. Remember, Monday through Friday, Tennessee Titans content all year round, always for free.
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Starting point is 00:02:02 I'm going to be breaking it all down. Let's dive in to this math conversation that we basically have to have with the offensive side of the ball. And we'll start where we should start with quarterback. So when deciding who would make the team to me, obviously the top two were pretty obvious.
Starting point is 00:02:18 You have Will Levis as the starter. You have Mason Rudolph as your backup. The conversation is all about Malik Willis. Should Malik Willis. Should Malik Willis make the team? Look, I've had the discussions on this show about Malik Willis' viability to make the roster. I think that as a scout team quarterback, he gives you a dynamic that you don't have with Will Levis or Mason Rudolph specifically because I'm thinking about practice squad. I'm thinking about not specific actual practice squad,
Starting point is 00:02:45 but the scout team in practice and having a guy with mobility like Malik Willis, who can do different things than what your other two quarterbacks can do. That allows you to get a better look at some of these quarterbacks around the league. I mean, if the Titans are going up against a Josh Allen, the Titans are going up against a Lamar Jackson,
Starting point is 00:03:03 the Titans are going up against a Jalen hurts, you know, you never know who you're going to go up against. And then you look at the schedule. There are some mobile quarterbacks on there as well. So Malik Willis can better simulate the talent and skill set of those more mobile quarterbacks that the Titans may end up facing down the line. So I do think he would have value from a scout team perspective. But the reality is the same reason that he makes sense from that perspective is the same reason really that I don't think that he makes the 53-man roster because I think with what the Titans do in their quick timing passing, everything we know about Malik Willis so far, whether you're someone who hates on Malik Willis relentlessly,
Starting point is 00:03:42 which there are people out there who do that, whether you're somebody who believes in Malik Willis relentlessly, which there are people out there who do that. Whether you're somebody who believes in Malik Willis. Either way, we all know, we all can look at each other and say, all right, Malik Willis' biggest issue is timing in the pocket. He holds the ball too long. That's been the problem with Malik Willis since he came into the league. It was still an issue when we saw him last in Baltimore. He holds the ball too long and doesn't get it out of his hand.
Starting point is 00:04:06 And that was a problem in the Titans play action-based system where you typically have more time to hold the ball and you have more defined routes and open receivers than you're going to in the quick-timing passing offense of Brian Callahan that has, you know, Sean McVay style zone elements, but also has some West Coast elements to it. Timing is more important than anything in that offense. So Malik Willis' worst skill, which is not hate, it's just even if you like Malik Willis, you have to admit his worst skill is holding on to the ball and the timing with which
Starting point is 00:04:43 he gets the ball out of his hands. So you take his worst trait and you pair that up with what's most important within the offense. I just don't see it as a good fit. I just don't think it makes sense. So I think what we could see is the Titans could keep a third quarterback on the roster. I think that's a possibility. With the emergency quarterback role,
Starting point is 00:05:01 it does make sense to keep a third quarterback. But I think if they do go out and get, or they do want to keep that third quarterback, they're going to go out and get somebody who fits the system a little bit better. So I don't think Malik Willis makes the team, but I don't know that that can happen right off the bat. It'd probably be a situation where the Titans go get a quarterback that was cut by another team, or the Titans take somebody off someone else's practice squad
Starting point is 00:05:25 once those are established. I think it would be something like that. So on the initial 53-man roster, I think there's only two quarterbacks with Will Levis and Mason Rudolph. Let me know down below. Play along with me if you're watching on YouTube. Let me know your thoughts on the roster predictions on offense. Going over to running back.
Starting point is 00:05:42 So we have two quarterbacks right now on the roster on the 53 cutting Malik Willis. Going to running back, the top two are obvious. My locks. Tajay Spears. Tony Pollard. But what do you do after that with the four guys that you have available? You have the two veterans and Haskins and Chestnut. You have the two
Starting point is 00:06:00 undrafted guys and Johnson and Smalls. Dylan Johnson and Jabari Small. To me, I want one of each. That's kind of been my thought process all along. I want one of each. I want one of Chestnut and Haskins. I want one of Johnson and Small.
Starting point is 00:06:17 And to me, when you have two guys like Spears and Pollard with their skill set, if you play on men, think you have receiving back, elusive back, power back. Okay? Just to make it easy. Think about it like that. Well, Spears and Pollard are both elusive backs. Okay? So to me, I want to fill out
Starting point is 00:06:36 the back end of my roster here at running back with more power guys, with bigger bodied guys. Okay? So that's why I decided out of Chestnut and Haskins, I'm going to go with Hassan Haskins. One of the things that you have to keep in mind here is special teams value. And although I have continuously said Hassan Haskins is not a running back, he simply is not good enough at the running back duties to be considered a running
Starting point is 00:07:01 back in my mind. He is still a very valuable special teams player and he's a bigger body guy. If for some reason they did have to play at running back, then you have a bigger body guy that compliments your top two guys. And I think Hassan Haskins was good in pass protection his rookie year when asked to play running back. So at minimum, he could be a third emergency pass protection guy to go along with being a fantastic special teams player. Julius Chestnut isn't a good enough running back to be in the NFL on his running back skills, and he's not a good special teams player.
Starting point is 00:07:35 So to me, special teams tips the scales, and I go with Hassan Haskins as a big-bodied guy who can pass protect on third downs in an emergency and who can be a dynamo on special teams units, which the Titans are going to need. Okay. They're going to need that special teams value. Now out of the two undrafted free agents, I know that Jabari small is the Tennessee guy. And I don't have, like, I'm not going to be upset if Jabari small makes it and Dylan Johnson doesn't, but just based on their skill sets and size, I'm going to go with Dylan Johnson here because like I said, Hassan Haskins is a bigger bodied guy,
Starting point is 00:08:06 but he's not a good running back. Dylan Johnson may not be a very good special teams guy. Right now, that remains to be seen once we put the pads on. He'll certainly be asked to do it, but I don't know if that'll be a specialty for him. What I do know is he's a power runner who I think is a better running back than Hassan Haskins as an actual running back.
Starting point is 00:08:28 You know what I mean? So you would have Spears. You would have Pollard. You would have Dylan Johnson as your third running back who's a bigger body guy who runs with more power to give you some variety. And then you would have Hassan Haskins as another bigger body guy who could be an emergency third down pass protector but also could be a dynamic player on special teams.
Starting point is 00:08:45 So you have one running back who can actually be the backup running back, and you have one running back who can actually be a special teams ace. So I think Spears, Pollard, Haskins, and Johnson, four running backs with the two quarterbacks, that's six players. We're going to move to wide receiver and tight end next. Before we do, though, do want to let you guys know that today's episode is brought to you by FanDuel Sportsbook. Look, guys, I love sports.
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Starting point is 00:09:59 FanDuel. Official sports betting partner of Major League Baseball. Titans fans, let's continue part one of my 53-man roster prediction before Tennessee Titans training camp kicks off this week. That is right. Tennessee Titans football is back in our lives, folks. So excited, and there's no better place to stay up to date on your Tennessee Titans than here on the Locked on Titans podcast. You are going to be a smarter Tennessee Titans fan by being an everydayer, tuning in Monday through Friday. It's free. It's on Titans podcast. You are going to be a smarter Tennessee Titans fan by being an everydayer,
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Starting point is 00:10:57 We have four roster spots already claimed, two quarterbacks, four running backs. Now we got to have one of the other very serious discussions here about the wide receiver position because there is a math problem that, if I'm honest, it's a nice math problem to have. Not a lot of math problems are nice to have, let's be honest. But this one is one for the Titans.
Starting point is 00:11:20 So there's just so many good wide receivers. How many can you keep? Can you keep seven wide receivers? I don't think that you can. I think with the special teams needs that you're going to have, I think you're going to need some depth on the defensive side of the ball because you don't have a lot of talent at certain spots, like linebacker, interior defensive line, edge, safety.
Starting point is 00:11:40 You're going to have to have enough guys there. So I think wide receiver is one of those places where people want to say, oh, they can keep seven. Brian Callahan loves wide receivers and probably keeps seven. I guess you could, but I just think it's going to be hard to keep seven with the type of players that you're going to be keeping at the end. So let's start to get into some of the names. Obviously, I think the top four players are locks here.
Starting point is 00:12:05 Hopkins, Ridley, Boyd, Burks. There's really no doubt in my mind. The only way that Traylon Burks doesn't make this team is if he gets traded. There's a big injury and somebody comes to offer a third round pick for Traylon Burks. That is what I think would get him traded. But I don't think that's going to happen.
Starting point is 00:12:24 So I think those four players, DeAndre Hopkins, Calvin Ridley, Tyler Boyd, Traylon Burks, absolute locks for this roster. So then it becomes, do you keep two more? Do you keep three more? Okay. And the next guy for me is NWI, Nick Westbrook-Akene. And I think he's going to make the team. One in his role now as the fifth wide receiver
Starting point is 00:12:47 with four bona fide guys ahead of him, now NWI can get back to focusing on special teams as much as he was at the early part of his career. Okay, he can be a gunner on coverage units. I mean, he even did some kick returning in his past. He could be an emergency option there as well. Also, let's just call it what it is. NWI is reliable. I mean, he even did some kick returning in his past. He could be an emergency option there as well. Also, let's just call it what it is.
Starting point is 00:13:08 NWI is reliable. He's always out on the field. He'll block. He'll do all the dirty work. He knows all three positions at the wide receiver spot. He can play all of them. He has his physical limitations. He has his talent limitations. But the guy just simply gets the job done.
Starting point is 00:13:23 He just does. He's a coach's best friend. All right? So, no way, in my opinion, NWI isn't going to make the team. I just think he provides too much value, and now that he's properly slotted, he's a good role player for the Titans to have. So now, that's five spots.
Starting point is 00:13:41 Gone. And it leaves the two slots. Jaquan Jackson and Kyle Phillips. And, I mean, Kiaris Jackson, Treshawn Harrison. Like, guys that Titans fans
Starting point is 00:13:56 have probably gotten a little too high on in the past few years from training camp reports. This guy, that guy, blah, blah, blah, you know. But Kiaris Jackson made the team last year and provided value as a punt returner. He can also do some slot, wide receiver work.
Starting point is 00:14:08 So he could be in that convo, but the Titans went out and drafted Jaquan Jackson because he can return, because he can play in the slot, because he provides quickness. But he has one thing that Kyle Phillips doesn't have, and it's long speed. Phillips is quick, but he doesn't have that long speed. And I think in this offense,
Starting point is 00:14:33 that long speed from the slot position is going to be more important than it was before. Before, the Titans didn't really care if their slot had speed. It was all just those quick little short routes to get open and move the chains on third downs. Now the Titans are going to play if their slot had speed. It was all just those quick little short routes to get open and move the chains on third downs. Now the Titans are going to play in three wide receiver much more often, and that means that their slot receivers are going to be asked to do more things
Starting point is 00:14:53 because they're going to be on the field more, more involved in the offense, more involved in the fabric of the offense, rather than just an add-on, which is what it felt like with the Titans' heavy tight end zone scheme they've been in since they had Derrick Henry. Okay? So, Jaquan Jackson offers everything that Kyle Phillips does, returner, quickness, slot, but he offers additional bonuses like kickoff return
Starting point is 00:15:17 and that long speed. So, if the Titans keep seven, maybe you could keep both of those, but I just have a hard time keeping Jaquan Jackson and Kyle Phillips when there's so much overlap between those two and like only one guy can return. So if you keep both of them and Jaquan Jackson is doing the punt returning, what is Kyle Phillips doing? You know, like playing seven snaps a game in the slot. He can't do, he's not big enough to do coverage responsibilities like on kickoff coverage or You know, like playing seven snaps a game in the slot. He can't do, he's not big enough to do coverage responsibilities like on kickoff coverage or punt coverage.
Starting point is 00:15:50 He can't do those things. So, you know, it's kind of crazy that we've got here with the Kyle Phillips situation based on his first game with the Titans, how much hope and optimism Titans fans have had for Kyle Phillips. But I really do think Kyle Phillips' time is over. Like, and I think he will get, and he should, he'll get picked up immediately by another team when the Titans cut him. Maybe the Titans can trade him for a seventh round pick or something like that
Starting point is 00:16:15 so a team doesn't have to go through waivers to get him. But I just think the Titans drafted Jaquan Jackson and Jackson is going to be a more valuable player to the team. So I don't think that Kyle Phillips makes this team. I don't think they keep seven wide receivers. To me, I would rather keep Hassan Haskins than Kyle Phillips. I would rather keep a ninth offensive lineman than Kyle Phillips. That's the questions you have to ask yourself.
Starting point is 00:16:40 And let me know down below or let me know on Twitter, at Tic Tac Titans. Would you rather keep Hass Son Haskins, who could be a role player at running back and be a special teams dynamo? Or would you rather keep Kyle Phillips, who's your third slot receiver on the depth chart, your backup punt returner at best and doesn't give you anything on coverage units? Think about it.
Starting point is 00:17:02 Would you rather keep Kyle Phillips or would you rather keep an extra offensive tackle which we're getting ready to discuss you know what I mean like those are the questions you have to ask here and to me I'd rather keep a Haskins I'd rather keep a ninth offensive lineman all over Malik Willis or Kyle Phillips. So maybe not everyone agrees with that, but that's how I'm processing the math.
Starting point is 00:17:30 Finally, we talk tight end. And I got to be honest with you, there's not really a lot of discussion to have. Well, not finally, but finally for this part of our show. It's Chig, it's Josh Wiley, it's Nick Van Et. There's not a lot of tight end usage in the Brian Callahan offense. It's not like they're going to have two or three tight ends on the field all the time like the Titans did under Mike Vrabel. They're going to be a mostly wide receiver-led team.
Starting point is 00:17:55 So three tight ends. You keep Thomas Odukoye as an international pathway player exemption on your practice squad so you can have 17 players on your practice squad and cheat the numbers. Um, and then you can use him if you absolutely need a fourth tight end, but I'm only keeping three tight ends again, rather keep a ninth offensive lineman, rather keep a fourth running back than keep, you know, uh, Brevin span forward or, uh, Stephen Stellanos or bump Thomas Otakoye up to the real roster. I'm just not I'm not doing any of that. Give me
Starting point is 00:18:28 Chica Conquo, Josh Wiley, Nick Vanette. I need three tight ends and I'm good to go. So we've had two quarterbacks, four running backs. That's six. Six wide receivers. That's 12 and then three tight ends. That's 15. Not a lot of players on offense but I got a lot of spots ready for this offensive line so I'll give you those names now. Before I do though do want to let you guys know that today's episode is brought to you
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Starting point is 00:20:40 I'm going to add a lot of spots with the offensive linemen. I'll explain why. Before I get into it, though, I do want to thank you again for making Locked on Titans your first listen each and every day. For your second listen, check out Locked on Sports today.
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Starting point is 00:21:12 Now available on YouTube, on the Free Fire TV channels app, on Amazon. Nine offensive linemen. That's right. Nine offensive linemen. Most teams just keep eight. But I think this team needs to keep nine. Okay, look. So my nine,
Starting point is 00:21:30 JC Latham, Peter Skowronski, Lloyd Cushenberry, Sadiq Charles, Nicholas Petit-Ferrer. That's who I think is the starting offensive line for the Tennessee Titans when they actually kick off the season.
Starting point is 00:21:43 Now, maybe NPF gets replaced if he doesn't get his stuff together and get out on the field for training camp. That is something that we will discuss over the next few weeks as training camp takes place. But right now, I think those five players absolutely make the team. I also think that Dylan Radins and Daniel Brunskill are locks to make this team. Well, not locks. Radins is a lock, but Brunskill is on the bubble. But I think Brunskill ultimately does make the team. I think the Titans decide that they have the money. They don't need to cut Brunskill for the extra two, three million dollars
Starting point is 00:22:14 in cap savings. What they need is good offensive linemen. And having Daniel Brunskill as your backup center or your third interior guard, like, that's a great spot to be. Daniel Brunskill is a low-level starting offensive lineman in the NFL. To have him as your backup center or your third-string guard,
Starting point is 00:22:33 that is great depth on the offensive line. Brunskill's on the bubble, but I think he ultimately makes it. I think the Titans decide that having him on the team is worth more than what they would save by getting rid of him. So you have Radins, who is your primary backup interior offensive lineman at the guard spots.
Starting point is 00:22:52 You have Brunskill, who could be your backup center and then also backup at the guard spots as well. That's great depth. Even if you lose a starting center and a starting guard, you have guys who you could slide in there. If the Titans had to slide Dylan Radins in for Sadiq Charles because of injury and had to slide in, you know, Daniel Brunskill for Lloyd Cushenberry for a game or two, I wouldn't be panicking.
Starting point is 00:23:15 Which, pretty much any other year for the Titans in the last few years, if there were two injuries to the starting offensive line, I would be panicking. So, I like the idea of having good depth. So that's seven right there with the starting five and Raidens and Brunskill. Well, after that, the obvious thing is you need another, you need backup tackles, okay?
Starting point is 00:23:35 Raidens could kick out the tackle for sure, but I don't think the Titans want them to. They want them to play at guard. So you need backup tackles. And the Titans went out and got two of them from Bill Callahan's pass already this offseason. You go out and get Leroy Watson in the trade. You go out and you get Jerron Christian in free agency.
Starting point is 00:23:54 I think both those guys make the team. Why not? Why not commit no matter what? The right side of the offensive line, up and down. We got young players on the left side, Skowronski and Latham. Like, things could go crazy. What you need is depth. The Titans cannot have the offensive line crumble the way that it has the last two years. It will unravel the season, period. No question about it. It will unravel the season. So I don't care that nine is a big number I don't care if I gotta cut Malik Willis
Starting point is 00:24:26 and cut Kyle Phillips I don't care I'm willing to do that to keep nine offensive linemen so again you have your starting five you have Radins and Brunsco backing up on the interior you have Christian and Watson backing up at the offensive tackle spots I would feel so comfortable with the Titans offensive line if that's what they did.
Starting point is 00:24:45 So that's going to be my prediction. I think a guy like Cole Spencer and a guy like John Ajuku are going to be on the practice squad. I think Ajuku would be a great call-up if they needed him. And I think Spencer is a guy the Titans want to develop desperately. So I really like that group of 11 offensive linemen. I love that group. So two quarterbacks, Will Levis, Mason Rudolph.
Starting point is 00:25:12 Four running backs, Tajay Spears, Tony Pollard, Hassan Haskins, Dylan Johnson. Six wide receivers, DeAndre Hopkins, Calvin Ridley, Tyler Boyd, Traylon Burks, Nick Westbrook-Akene, Jaquan Jackson. Three tight ends, Chika Konkwo, Josh Wiley, Tyler Boyd, Traylon Burks, Nick Westbrook-Akene, Jaquan Jackson. Three tight ends, Chica Conquo, Josh Wiley, Nick Vanette, and nine offensive linemen, J.C. Latham, Peter Skoronsky, Lloyd Cushenberry, Sadiq Charles, Dylan Radins, Daniel Brunskill, Jerron Christian, and Leroy Watson.
Starting point is 00:25:42 That is 24 players on the offensive side of the ball. That's who I think makes the 53-man roster here before training camp. I'm going to do another 53-man roster prediction later on in the offseason before we get to the actual cuts after we have preseason, all the training camps, all that. So that'll be fun to do. But tomorrow, tomorrow we got to talk about defense. And things are complicated on defense as well. We got three special team spots that are filled by Nick Folk, Ryan Stonehouse, or Ty Zettner, whoever's healthy, and Morgan Cox. So that leaves me 24 spots on defense.
Starting point is 00:26:16 Or how many more? 24. See, I'm an athlete, not a mathlete, folks. 24, 3, 27, to 53. That's 26. 26 spots on defense. I'm going to be filling them tomorrow. Make sure that you join me. This is going to do it for me today, folks. As always, I am
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