The Herd with Colin Cowherd - Hour 3 - Eric Mangini joins The Herd

Episode Date: October 14, 2024

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this year, so of the Jets, frankly. But a lot of movement. Jeff Ulbrick is now the new head coach, Solafired. And now they have a new play caller in Todd Downing. Eric Manjini, former Jets coach, joining us live, Fox Sports. Okay, that's a lot of movement in a week. I don't know how much as a coach, how much of your own personality you can bring in. Do you think the Jets could be a little frenetic, a little uneven tonight?

What's your guess? Well, I would imagine that they're going to come out firing and there's going to be a lot of juice. And what happens is when you have a transition or change during the course of season, it's a lot like smelling salts. We all know that everything is tenuous and guys can get fired. But when it happens and it's real and you're in a moment like they're in right now, it's a pretty big wake-up call to the roster. So I expect them to come out and play well.

And for Jeff, he has nothing to lose. So he can take chances. He can make the decisions that he feels are in the best interest of the team because he really has nothing to lose at this point. So it's house money. And this will have an impact on other coaches around the league, whether it's Dallas or Jacksonville or Philadelphia. If this experiment works for the Jets and they start playing better, all those other coaches that the hot seats getting, you know, hotter and hotter now could be out sooner rather than later if it works in New York tonight. So if you go back to Thursday, Brock Purdy over Gino Smith, the best quarterback won every game this weekend.

And I think in the first month, bad teams don't know they're bad. And then eventually everybody gets film on everybody, and you're like, okay, there are quarterbacks that are limited. There's personnel groupings that are limited. I watched Caleb and Trevor Lawrence yesterday, and I don't know how much of the regression for Trevor is him or the coaching. But Caleb Williams coach, he looked like the real deal. Look, I mean, there are multiple times when he would look left, middle, right, come back

to left. It was like he looked apart, did he not? Yeah. what happens is the good teams and the good coaches, you go into the season with who you want to be and then you realize who you need to be and those good coaches and good teams figure that out and start playing that way and the other teams don't and they continue to lose. What I liked about Caleb in terms of his progression is he's so much more poised in the pocket. Early on it felt like every, and this is my concern, every time he had to make a play, he was leaving

in the pocket early. He was running around. He was extending plays. And that's not what you want. He has that ability, and he can make wild plays doing that. But you want to see him poised in the pocket, going through his progressions, taking what's there, and then making the wild plays when he needs to. I thought the two throws to Keenan Allen were great. I thought those were the best throws I've seen him make so far. All right, Drake May first start, 20 to 33. They don't have much to work with. I mean, he looks young.

His face looks young. I mean, he looks like a kid. I mean, you watch him and you're like, let's lower the ex-pat. I mean, Caleb Williams looks like, I mean, he's like, I don't know, the whole game, the power, the movement, he had Lincoln Riley, two big programs. Here comes this kid out of UNC. And what was your interpretation of it? Well, they got some offensive production, which they hadn't been getting at all.

really like the throw that he had at the end of the half. There's going to be mistakes like there are with any rookie quarterback, and he's further behind than the other guys who have been starting. But encouraging for the group to be able to at least put up 21 points, get the three touchdown passes. I do feel like there's some pretty strong Sam Darnold early comparisons with him as a player. So you're going to get mistakes.

you're going to get some throws where you just, it doesn't make sense. But that's part of the progression. And for the group, for the rest of the team, to have someone that gives you a chance, that that goes a long way. So very rarely, I'm not going to use the word quit, but the Dallas thing, I can see this with the chiefs on Monday against the Saints. And I saw this with the Lions against the Cowboys. I mean, they had three different touches for offensive linemen. It was kind of a flex. It was kind of, hey, we're on national TV.

Andy Reid Monday, and Dan Campbell and Ben Johnson said, we got a few tricks, and we want you all to know in this league, we're the bully now. I mean, it literally felt like that. Were you shocked how uneven the talent and coaching looked? I wasn't shocked. I've been down on Dallas since before the start of the season. They talked about going all in.

but they weren't really in a position to go all in. And they're one-dimensional, Colin. They can't run the ball with any kind of effectiveness at all. So it all falls on DAC and C.D. Lamb, and now defensively, you know that you can tee off 90% of the time because they can't run the ball. And then defensively, they're transitioning from Dan to Mike Zimmer's defense, and it's very different, and there's been problems, and now there's been injuries, and I would imagine it's a total.

different approach to defense. Good, but different, and will take time, and nothing's clicking for them at all. And to lose the way that they've lost at home for how long they've been so good at home, that makes me think that going into this bi-week, I know Jerry said he's not going to make a change,

but again, if the Jets lighted up here tonight and they've got time, who knows what Jerry could be thinking, you know, a few days from now. You know, it's interesting. The Lions lose Aidan Hutchison, and there's been a lot of speculation. Max Crosby, the Raiders are done.

I mean, even the Patriots this year moved off Judon before the season to Atlanta, because Atlanta felt like we can win the division, and I get New England thinking, and we'll get some draft picks. What would you give, if you're Detroit, and you're going to have to start paying some of these guys, some of these old linemen,

what would you give up to get a Max Crosby? Because I do think Hutchison's loss, he gives that secondary, which has not been good, and he makes the secondary better. And you get into these playoff games and a shootout, and you don't have a pass rush with that secondary in Detroit, I mean, if you were a coach and a GM came to you, what would you give up to go get a Max Crosby, and a really elite player to replace him,

knowing that Hutchison's back next year? Yeah, that's a difficult question, especially this early in the season, because I don't think that Las Vegas feels they're done. And a lot of these teams that have some talented guys that they may eventually be willing to give up, they're not at the spot yet where they think the season's over. So the price you're going to have to pay is pretty high. And Detroit strikes me as the type of team that wants their homegrown talent to go in and fill those games. gaps to go in and fill those those voids as opposed to trying to go out and get somebody else and that that culture is is strong it's it's been developed it's hard he he he coaches hard he works them hard and the difference of for for them is their guys have bought into it and and and own it and like it where a lot of times that that hard coaching guys will revolt against they seem that they seem to have embraced it and you bring somebody in from the outside world that doesn't understand the way the lions do things, the lion's way, you may not get the production you're hoping for from a trade like that.

Did you ever, I watched Nick Seriani, all the years you ran off the field in Cleveland and New York, those are cold weather fans, they get ticked off. Did you ever say anything to a fan? Did you ever want to say anything? There were plenty of times where you wanted to say things, but no, you never, you never say anything and and look unfortunately I had some down years and there was there's some booing and some some pretty negative comments but the last thing you want to do is to engage your home fan base in a negative way because not just because of it's not the right thing to do but it's

not the right thing to do for your players now that environment the next time they make a mistake is going to turn that much more negative because you've antagonized the group So now your guys have to deal with that. And as a head coach, your whole job is to avoid distractions, to make things easier for the group of players around you. The last thing you want to do is anger the Philadelphia Eagles had. I mean, as a coach, when you watch that, what do you think? I think you came out of a buy.

You got your three stars back. and you're getting a field goal blocked. You're still haven't scored in the first quarter. You promise changes. And the only thing that really changes is your haircut. And it's not, it's not, it's not what you would expect from somebody in a position like he's in, or really any head coach for that matter. It's, I don't know, maybe, maybe I'm getting old, Colin.

but I just, I don't get that approach at all. Yeah, I just, it just looks so juvenile. Eric Mangini, Browns. It looks, yeah. Yeah, it's rough. You know if the owner doesn't like it. You know Howie Roseman doesn't like it. Those guys upstairs, regardless if you support him or not,

the guys upstairs don't like that. The owner would probably talk to him this morning, right? You would, yeah, I would think so. And then, I mean, even kids watching it, what do you do when, when things, aren't going your way, you start jawing back and forth or someone. It's not a good look. It's not a good look for anybody. Eric, good seeing you as always, coach.

Awesome. Talk to you soon, Colin. You bet. It is just so weird to see that, right? Like, that's the last thing you ever want to acknowledge. Give fans oxygen. They're dying for that. Just avoid them.

If you're a player, keep your helmet on, run off the field. Just stay out of that space. fans have a right to be obnoxious. It's your responsibility is the one with a good job to just let people blow steam off. Isn't this sort of like when people come after you on social media and are yelling at you and screaming, you sting, blah, blah, blah, you know, bad words. People have a right to, I get it. Sports people love sport. I don't have a problem with fans barking and yelling.

I don't have a problem with it. I mean, I don't have a problem with me getting hate online. But you've got to be above it, right? Like, that's the responsibility to the guy making the money. like be above the anger and the emoting and trust me when you go after a team on here or say something negative you're going to get 50 fans from the Steelers or whatever fan base saying really inappropriate stuff to you and who cares like I think you just got to brush that off yeah as a coach I can't believe you can even hear it I mean it's loud you've got headsets on you're barking that's a good point I got the fact that you would hear it back there

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or the practicality and corporate business sense of the Sith Rule of Two. Listen to Stuff to Bo Your Mind on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. J-Mack with the News. No, no, no, no, turn on the news. This is the Herdline News. All right, Colin, the London game featured the Jaguars, who fell to one and five, got kind of dismembered there by the Bears.

In the Super Bowl era, only four teams have rallied from a one-and-five start to make the playoffs. And yesterday after the loss, Doug Peterson said Jacksonville needed, wait for it, to change the culture? He explained further this morning when asked again about it. Obviously, we've lost some games here, right? So we want to change that culture to win a culture. That's why we coach and that's why we play. What do you make of it? But wasn't he hired to change the culture after the Urban Meyer, if he asked?

I think it's very hard to change a culture midstream. Like when you come in and you're Dan Campbell, so it's always better for a coach to come in hard, like Tom Coughlin or Dan Campbell, and lighten up. I think it's incredibly hard to come in soft and then pretend you're a tough guy. Like parenting, if you're strict, it's easy to lighten up as your kid's age. It's hard to be ice cream for breakfast dad, and then they're going to take you seriously when you bark at them when they're a senior in high school. You've got to come in hard and tough as a coach, set of culture.

Doug's never been known as a great culture guy. He's a smart guy. He's a nice guy. But in Philadelphia, it got too loose. This organization looks loose. But Colin, it's not like this is year one for him. This is year three. I know.

Now he's saying we need a culture seat. Now he wants to bang his hand on the table. I think it's too late. Wade Phillips was this. Wade's like a nice guy. But Wade was just kind of a nice guy. He let stuff go. You'll find this in every industry.

You've got to coach hard during the good times. Like Nick Sabineau was called positive media rat poison. Like when you're good, everybody says how great you are, then practices slowly dovetail and you let stuff go. And it's like, no, no, no, no. It's much easier to stop that when you're winning. When you're losing, you'll lose players. So Jacksonville now wants to change the culture and they're losing.

Well, you probably have half that locker room that already doesn't buy a thing he says. Now he's going to pound, bang the table for respect. It's not going to work. It's over. Total disaster. Next up is Lamar Jackson, the two-time MVP. I think you earlier said that he's probably the MVP leader right now. Well, Sunday, he passed Cam Newton for second-most career rushing yards by a quarterback.

quarterback. I'll just remind you, Lamar's 27 years old. Oh, no, no. He's only 448 yards behind Mike Vic, the quarterback NFL rushing leader of all time. Yeah, he's the best running quarterback ever. Steve Young is probably in that class. Vic was two, for sure.

Well, if Lamar's won, Vic has to be two. Vic, come on. You're too. You're too... Prime Mike Vic? You're too young to remember Steve Young. He hoisted... He hoisted... He was not a better running quarterback than Mike. Steve Young was really good. Great passing quarterback. excellent runner.

He was a... Now, Cam's not in that class. I mean, in terms of... Be careful what you say. He watches. He's got rabbit ears. I'd like his podcast. Really?

I'd like to get his podcast. He invited me on and then backed out. Well, you get a little... Oh, I'm sorry for bringing facts and data to the table. Sorry, Cam. You sometimes get... He's all vibes. Come on, get out of you.

Well, I would say the best running quarterback, I would say to me, it's Vic, Steve Young, and Lamar. Put him in the order you want. They were all different. I think Young developed into a great passer. He was also a lefty, so Steve was a running quarterback and a lefty in an era that quarterbacks didn't run, so he was such a unique player.

Now a lot of guys move, but it's those three. Cam's career didn't last very long. His peak was excellent, the one year he was the MVP, and they won't in the Super Bowl. I had about a five-year peak where he was just, there wasn't anything like him on the planet. Big Ben had some of his skills, size and could move, but Cam was totally different. good. He was a really good player. Always had a defensive coach.

Belichick to Ron Revere. It's always playing someone else. Anyways, okay, let's move on. Final story. NBA, NBA, Colin. Now, I don't know if you saw this last night.

Dante DiVincenzo, who was shipped from Minnesota to New York, they played at the Garden. And if you're watching it home, Dante DiVincenzo had some words for Tibeto at the foul line. And lip readers were going crazy last night. And then after the game, DeVincenzo got into a heated discussion with Jalen Brunson.

dad. Now, again, it's unclear what went down. Devinchenzo tried to poo-poo some of it afterward. But, Colin, it was very weird. He's saying it was an inside joke with Tibido. But there's no smile or grin or laugh. So my question. So here's my question on this. I thought the reports were Defingento was glad he was going. He wanted more touches. More playing time and touches, yeah. And that is he insinuating? I mean, look at the Jalen Brunson's dad. Jaylen Brunson had his arm around DeVincenzo trying to defuse it while he was talking trash to Jalen Brunson's dad. That is very awkward, God. What do you, I don't, what is the, what is the, not moral to the story?

What's the, what's the play here? Is it that Tibado wanted him gone? And Jalen Brunson's dad signed off on it and he's bitter against both? Well, apparently it doesn't, it's more Brunson's dad, I believe. That wanted him out. It was driving. We need to get talent. We need more size.

we need a real score to help like that. So basically Jalen Brunson's dad to the Star Guard probably went to Tibbs and said, we need size. Yeah, we got enough guards. We need size. And DeVin Genzo wants to be a bigger part of the scoring than he probably deserves. And then Deven Genzo heard it. Eventually you heard it.

Yeah, you're going to hear stuff. That basically Brunson's dad and Tibbs were like, yeah, let's get him out. We got enough guards. Well, they have enough scoring now with McAil Bridges, Carl Anthony Towns, and Brunson. They have a point guard score. a small forward score and a big score. They're stacked. I love this team. I love this team.

OG. O.G. Annarobie? No, it's a good team. It's a good team. Really? They're loaded. There's only five teams that could win the championship. No, let's hear them. Name them. O. Casey. Denver.

Okay, C. Okay, sure. O'C., Denver. Boston. New York? Stop. Really? Well, Philly and New York are both good. Philly. Jolla, B. Really? Come on.

That's true. I like New York more than Philly, although I love Paul George. So I would say if I had to get five teams to win the title, I would go, no order. Boston, Oklahoma, Denver. And then I have to choose. I don't buy Dallas like you do. They have Clay Thompson. You're aware of that?

Oh, there'll be a nice regular season team. What about the Lakers and LeBron? Are you just missing the King? No, you're going to start seeing a little oil leak like the Cowboys. Stop it. JJ Reddick's got them really looking good. It's not a JJ Reddick issue. It's a LeBronzie year older.

80's getting frustrated. Austin Reeves still on the team, by the way. Just FYI. Brony, maybe the third leading score. Ronnie. Okay. All right. So we didn't finish.

O.K.C. Boston. I think the Knicks are better than Philly slightly. Denver. Minnesota? There's Anthony Edwards. No, I think Minnesota. Gobert, Gobert, Conley, Ant, Defengeanzo off the bench, Julius Randall. That's a pretty good team.

I don't know what their chemistry is going to be like, but that's a good team. That's a good, that's a good club. Great coach, too. Your guy. Yeah. I'll say the top of this league. I think there's like six or 70. Well, six is Dallas.

You like him more than I do. Yeah, I, you could discount LeBron all you want, but I would have him there. He's like, he's 48 now. So, he's still really good. J-Mack with the news. Well, that's the news. And thanks for stopping by. The Hurd-Lie News.

And last year, Anthony Davis was healthy all year. And Anthony Davis probably doesn't like me, but I had said all year, he was the defensive player of the year. I don't care about Gobert. I don't want to hear it. AD was amazing. But is he going to have another year with no injuries? That dude played every night last year.

And there are so many bigs in the league now. I mean, AD was, last year and a half, that dude is, he's not missing. games. And his career, he gets banged up. I don't know. Just get that ball to brawny on the wing. Be sure to catch live editions of the herd

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Yep, that's me, Clipper Taylor the 4th. You might have seen the skits, the reactions, my journey from basketball to college football, or my career in sports media. Well, somewhere along the way, this platform became bigger than I ever imagined. And now I'm bringing all of that excitement to my brand new podcast, The Clifford Show. This is a place for raw, unfiltered conversations with some of your favorite athletes, creators, and voices that not only deserve to be heard, but celebrated. One week, I'll take you behind the scenes of the biggest moments in sports and entertainment,

and the next we'll talk about life, mental health, purpose, and even music. The Clifford Show isn't just a podcast. It's a space for honest conversations, stories that don't always get told, and for people who are chasing something bigger. So if you've ever supported me or you're just chasing down a dream, this is right where you need to be. Listen to the Clifford show on the IHeart Radio app,

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Not just because of crack I'm down to talk about crack on day But just so y'all know At this point, Mark, this is the second episode where we've discussed crack So I'm starting to see that there's a through line We also have AIDS on the table right now So

Thank you for finishing that. sentence. I don't think there's a more important year for black people. Really? Yeah. For me, it's one of the most important years for black people in American history. Listen to look back at it on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome to my new podcast, learn the hard way with me, your host, and your favorite therapist, Kear Games. And in recognition of mental health awareness month, I'm bringing over a decade of my own experience in the mental health field and conversations with so many incredible guests. I'm talking.

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but I'll use it analogous to like a poll. If I put something on my website today that was a poll, do you think yes or no and 100 people voted? You will get the same result in terms of percentage, 60, 40, 35, 65, as you would with 100,000 people voting, is that you think as you extrapolate it out, it will change it, it really doesn't. And the same goes for seasons.

You can tell by week six, If you look at the standings today, I don't think there's going to be a lot of changes from what we see today. We know the best coaches. We know the worst coaches. We know the best quarterbacks and the worst quarterbacks. I mean, take the AFC. I predicted the four teams leading their divisions in the AFC, I predicted all of them. Why?

Because they all had capable coaches and good quarterbacks. And so I think Buffalo and the Jets, Miami, I think Buffalo is the one team that will make the playoffs. I think the Jets in Miami, as I predicted, will battle to the final week of the year. Tua is eventually coming back. In the AFC South, I don't think there's any question. The Texans are the best team. I don't think there's a playoff team in the rest of that division. In the AFC North, I think Cincinnati will win, I think, more games than Pittsburgh over time.

If Burroughs healthy, Baltimore is clearly the class. I pick them to win the division. They lead. In the AFC West, I think it's going to finish Kansas City one, hardball and Herbert. So I don't, you know, what order three and four in doesn't really matter. But I think to this point, the teams that you think, because the quarterback play is so good in the AFC, it's been very predictable. And I don't think you'll see massive changes. In the NFC, the NFC East and the NFC West are different.

So the NFC East, I had Philadelphia and Washington making the playoffs. I think that's the case. I don't think Dallas is very good. I think the New York Giants aren't good enough to be a playoff team. So Washington right now leads the division, Philadelphia 2nd. I predicted they would flip-flop, but at this point, I've watched Washington. I think they have a better coach and a better quarterback without having as many good players. But that's not a shock.

NFC South, I think I picked Atlanta to win it in Tampa Bay to finish second. So that's not a big shock. It's the two best quarterbacks in that division, which are Kirk Cousins and Baker Mayfield, not surprising. NFC North. Now, obviously, Minnesota is a big surprise, but we said, we thought, the division was going to be really good. So I picked Green Bay to win it, and then I had Detroit and Green Bay of the playoffs teams. It looks like Minnesota is going to be a playoff team.

I think you could have three playoff teams from that division. I would not shock me at all. So we'll let that play out. But the only surprise is Minnesota, and even then we said if Minnesota finishes third or fourth, they'll be the best third or fourth offense to ever not make the playoffs. They're stacked. NFC West, I picked the Rams and the Niners to make the playoffs. I think the Niners will probably win this division.

The Rams had a ton of cluster injuries, but I'll throw this out there. I think the Rams will finish second in this division. I think Arizona's immature and inconsistent, and I think Seattle's got limitations at quarterback. So my guess is L.A. and Seattle will battle for that number two spot in the division. So the only huge shock this year is Minnesota. That's it. And I think Washington didn't surprise me, but Washington has surprised some people. But there's not as many crazy outcomes.

There's been a shock team every year in the league that I can remember. Last year it's Houston. This year it's Minnesota. And that's it. Now, Jerry Jones, his team, he suffered his worst loss ever at home, which is remarkable because the first year he bought the team in 89. They were 1 in 15 and finished 5th in the NFC East. And the NFC East no longer has five teams.

He was frustrated after the loss. This was very concerning and it was very humbling. This was a shocker. I thought we would do a lot of things better than that football game and think we can. We just didn't do them out there today. I would not fire Mike McCarthy. I do think Eric Mangini made a good point. If the interim guys for the Jets look good the rest of the way,

it will give some people the idea you can do that. Jerry doesn't fire midseason. It's not his thing. it's just he doesn't do that so and he he addressed firing Mike McCarthy would it take you to evaluate making a head coach who changed in season

oh I haven't you considered that I'm not considering that just so you're clear I'm not considering that I wouldn't be a hypothetical in that matter do you think I'm an idiot do you he's pretty upset yeah

I think you can blame whoever you want When Micah Parsons doesn't play, it's not a very good defense. And they haven't hit on a ton of draft picks. They've hit on their first rounders. They hit on Micah and C.D. Lamb. I think I would consider trading. I think I'd consider trading Micah and getting a first round and a fourth round pick.

I mean, look. Detroit, the two best running backs in that game, both Detroit. Best offensive line, Detroit. Before the injury, best edge rusher, Detroit. Best tight end Detroit. Best quarterback Detroit. Best culture, Detroit. I mean, best wide receiving unit, Detroit.

Detroit's better than Dallas everywhere. Secondary, Detroit's been, you know, bailing water for years on that. But I don't, like, that wasn't, if they played 10 times, Detroit would win all 10 games. They're better across the board than Dallas. I think you can, I think there's an argument. The best roster in the league, San Francisco, number two, is Detroit. Can I float a team that you were high on in the offseason, but have been maybe not lukewarm, but just not as bullish on.

And that's the Green Bay Packers. Oh, I like him a lot. So if we just toss out the first game in Brazil and then Jordan Love's first game back from injury. No, I think they're going to go on a seven-game winning streak. So this quote just came across my desk, okay? D'emiko Ryan's on Packers quarterback Jordan Love, they're playing on Sunday. Great matchup. He will be the best quarterback we've seen this year.

Houston faced Josh Allen two weeks ago. And D'emico Ryans is out here saying Jordan Love is the best quarterback we're seeing this year. I think in the last 12 games, Jordan Love is not. much more consistent than Josh Allen. Miss Packer's team looks very... I mean, you called... That was my bet of the weekend. I didn't think it would be that easy.

They were up like 23-0-0. It was a blowout early. The defense starts coming around, and Love is 100% healthy. I think Jordan Love is going to have a Super Bowl win. I don't know if it's this year. Boy, it's going to be hard to get... You better...

NFC's tougher than the AFC right now, it feels like. There's just a lot of good teams. I think I get more consistency. Like, can't... Like, I don't know, Baltimore is so dangerous. Green Bay, Houston, I don't think that makes the blazing four. Listen to this. Jordan Love has already missed two games.

He's second in the NFL and touchdown passes. They're receivers. They're tight ends. You can't just shut down one guy. They have three capable tight ends. Five capable wide receivers. They're, Green Bay, nobody, if you go to the last 30 years, and maybe I'm being hypothetical,

I bet you Green Bay is drafted better and developed better than anybody in the league. Yeah, they've drafted really good. By the way, this week's schedule is unbelievable. And Jet Steelers is going to be a slobber knocker. It's going to be good. But look around. Chiefs Niners. I'm going to, I got to be honest with you. I may have to

bet Brock Purdy this weekend. Really? Yeah. Andy Reid off a buy? I thought that was like an auto play for you. We'll see. There's some good ones. How about my... How about my... How about this? I'm 3-0 this.

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