The Herd with Colin Cowherd - THE HERD - Hour 3 - Drew Bledsoe stops by The Herd

Episode Date: December 16, 2025

Former New England Patriots QB Drew Bledsoe stops by The Herd to talk about Drake Maye and the Patriots this season, Mike Vrabel's coaching style, Caleb Williams' accuracy, George Pickens being unhappy in Dallas and more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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one of the absolute gems in North America. I've sent so many people in my life, now they're not getting snow yet this year. If you want to go and recreate and drink wine, you go to Bend, Oregon. I'll circle back to that in a second. The Bledso family winery is amazing. You know, it's interesting.

Philip Rivers 44, chopped it up. Kirk Cousins on Thursday, chopped it up. Tommy at 44. Stafford had a bad back-all camp. There is something you told me this years ago. You were actually in a wine store in Connecticut, maximum beverage, and you told me this. You said, Colin, I can still go in the parking lot and throw a seam route.

My legs are done. I watched Philip Rivers. I was like, that's what Drew told me. You can always throw it, right? Yeah, man, that doesn't really go away. I actually had a non-blood nephew that's a practice squad tied in for the Dolphins. and no. So I got out and loosed up. Let me show you how we used to do it, man.

Let me, you know, so, yeah, you can always throw it. That doesn't really go away. It's being able to take the hits and do the rest of it. But yeah, that was kind of cool for us old guys to see Philip Rivers come off the couch and have some success. Yeah, it was fun. So,

you know, it's interesting. When I look at the Patriots, you were with Mike Vrabel one year. And I still contend they're in a rebuild. And I want you go back to your second year as a quarterback. So you're like a sponge. You're trying to take all this stuff in.

Vrable's a tough coach. The roster's good. It's not as good as Seattle. It's not as the Rams. It's not as good as the Lions or Eagles. Go back to year two. Are you kind of amazed by Drake May or a Bo Nix or a Caleb? Or do you think, hey, the world's changed.

These guys get more snaps in high school now. Year two's a big year, Colin. Because that first year, man, everything is so fast. You know, I think Phil Sims famously described it as sticking your head in a popcorn machine. You know, it's just like everything is so fast. Year two, it slows down really dramatically. And then if you have, you know, what Drake May has, you have a great play caller.

You've got a roster that's being built around you and you have great support. You know, then you have a chance to really go and have some success pretty quickly. But year two generally is a time when you can make a big jump because everything really starts to slow down. and, you know, Drake did some great things his rookie year. There were flashes of what he could potentially be, but they didn't have much support around him. And, you know, there was a problem last year. Now he's got, you know, he's got, we like to call him the other Josh McDaniels

because our Josh McDaniels is our winemaker. But the other Josh McDaniels, the other play caller, he's great for quarterbacks. And Brable's just awesome, man. He, you know, he was a guy when we were playing. He had just so much energy, Colin. And, you know, he and Bruceki actually was the same way. During practice, they would go run scout team kickoff just to burn off extra energy. You know, he's almost like a Labrador, right?

Like, she just has so much energy. And that really translates to the players. And he is a tough coach, but he's tough in a good way, man. They're having fun. You know, they, I was out there. We were out there when they played the Browns. And he comes into the locker room, man. And it looks like he just came off the field.

He's so fired up. And he's really got the guys buying into what he's preaching. and man, they're just playing good football because I was with you, man. I thought they were rebuilding, but that rebuild seems to have been, you know, fast forwarded by probably two years in my estimation with what they're putting on the field this year. Caleb Williams is completing 58% of his throws. I don't know. I think I would be bothered more if he didn't have all the horsepower and torque behind him.

Josh Allen now has increased his completion percentage, but he doesn't throw the ball downfield anymore. just throws the tight ends because they haven't drafted receiver well. I'm not losing a ton of sleep over it, but to some, it's alarmingly low. Where do you stand on completion percentage when you have? You had it, by the way, you had the best arm in the league when you've got more torque than 98% of the planet. There's a problem sometimes, and you know, you said it, I fell into this. When you've got a big arm, you always feel like you can make the big throw-down field. And, you know, I think over time, what I learned and what you've seen with Josh and when Caleb will get here is like, okay, you know, it's great to, it's great to have that and have that ability when you really need to call on it. But it's okay to take the five-yarder.

It's okay to throw the check down a little more often. You know, you just relieve a lot of stress on yourself. If you're in, you know, second and sixth or third and three, then then you are. in third and ten a lot. So, you know, it's something I think you'll see a progression with Caleb because he's got huge arm talent, but there's a switch that has to happen. You're like, okay, let's take the easy ones. You know, let's go ahead and take these easy ones.

And then, you know, when we have to, we can make the big throwdown field. It's one of the things that's, you know, allow Pat Mahomes to be, you know, so amazingly effective, especially in the last few years. And I know the chiefs of the chiefs this year, but in the last few years, you know, you see him, he takes the easy ones in the first three quarters. and then when you need them to put on his cape at the end of the game, then Mahomes have put on his cape at the end of the game and go make these amazing plays.

But when you watch, you know, Pat over the last three, four, five years, you know, he would take the easy ones a lot. And then when he needed to call on that amazing ability, he would do that. So I think that's where Caleb is. It doesn't concern me. But, you know, if you watch, if he's getting the right support, you will see a progression over his career where he's going to be okay taking the easy ones, you know,

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We're going to franchise tag yet. And he's not happy. In football, the roster is big enough where not everybody's happy all the time. But I do think for a prominent player to be kind of cranky, moody, pouting, It does matter, not a gunner on special teams. Would you re-sign George Pickens, knowing, much like Georgia, Pittsburgh, and now Dallas, you don't know exactly what you're getting week-to-week mood-wise with him? You know, it's something that I talk about.

I do some corporate speaking, and I talk about it with our company as well, with our wine company and with our team. You know, culture in an organization, it's not equitable. And when I say that, it's exactly what you're talking about. If you're a prominent player and you're unhappy, you're not putting team first, you're not doing some of those things, you really can affect even a locker room of 60 guys. It can affect, you know, the entire culture. And so I don't know that situation in and out. You know, receivers are historically divas. I hope Eric Molds listens to this because he was a pain in the ass when I was in Buffalo.

But he was a great player and I love him to death and we were able to bring him around. you know so what it really takes you know it takes strong leadership within that locker room to bring them around you know and that was one of the reasons that you know the patriots with their dynasty you know they could bring in guys that had had problems elsewhere because that leadership came in the locker room you know i mean it was we just talked about brable it was rable it was willie mcginnis it was rodney harrison it was lawyer malloy it was there were a lot of these guys on the defensive side of the ball that would just grab somebody and they would bring them into the fold. And so, you know, if you're going to have a player like that, that leadership has to happen inside the locker room.

It's very hard for a coach at the top to go, you know, rein that in. I think that comes from inside the locker room. So if you're going to have a player that's having a problem like that, man, you know, you got to address it directly and right away. Otherwise, it actually really can affect the rest of your locker room, mostly because if one, part of your team is able to act that way. It gives others permission to act that way. Or it brings their performance down because, like, well, you know, why do I have to give everything I've got when that guy clearly isn't?

So you really do have to address it. I'm not saying it can't work. It can work, but you have to have great leadership in the locker room in order for that to work. You know, I was watching Tua last night, and I've said before, you're 6'6. I am a big believer. if you look at the first place quarterbacks in this league, they're six, three and up. That's just the reality.

Kyler Murray age quick, Russell Wilson, age quick. Tua last night, he doesn't feel like the same player. And I think a lot of it is, this is a hard league. Big men survive. I mean, you're a classic example. You look like an NBA guy, and I've stood next to you, and I'm 6'2. Take me to your career, and I don't want to pick on Tua, where your size was a huge advantage because you didn't have great O lines.

for your 14 years. You got, you had a couple of Herbert years where you had guys connected to your hip. You know, all things being equal, it's better to be bigger.

I mean, it's just, you know, you got a couple extra inches, a couple extra inches of viewpoint down the field. I do think it's a, it's a particular challenge from the pocket.

If you're not, you know, if you can't see over the top of these guys sometimes. But yeah, I watched you a play last night. And I've always been a fan of his game. of a fan of the guy.

But man, it was not great to watch last night. So I don't know exactly what's going on. You know, it's always more complicated than we want it to be, Colin, you know, in terms of what's going on, you know, down the field with what kind of what's going on schematically. It's never just simple. Like, hey, the quarterback's not playing well. It's, we like to boil it down and make it that simple,

and that's not what it is. But something's not right. You know, that's clearly evident because Tua's not playing to the standard that we've seen him play at in the past, right now. You know, and I'm confident he can get back there. But there's something going on because it definitely doesn't look like what we would expect from Tua right now on the field.

The Rams are probably the best team in the league. And it literally is an embarrassment of riches. Now that Blake Corum is playing well, it looks good. They play Seattle on Thursday. Now, I think Seattle's one of the only teams that can go toe to toe with the Rams. everybody's concerned about Sam Darnel and the interceptions. I have defended quarterbacks for years that are aggressive, throw it down the field. I was a huge Andrew Luck fan.

Farv. Elway through picks. When you look at Darnold, what do you see? And are you bothered by his picks? No, I'm not. Sam's a heck of a player. He's been, that's one of my favorite stories over the past few years, is to watch his rides after he was exiled to the Jets, you know,

where quarterbacks go to die. We all know that, right? And, you know, so it's been great to watch his rise. I'm not bothered by it. You know, I think it's something that's an easy fix for him. But, man, with the Rams, you know, one thing, Colin, that we have to talk about is Matt Stafford. The guy is playing at such a high level.

And for some reason, Matthew Stafford, when we talk about, when you hear the great quarterbacks in the league talked about year after year. year after year. Matt Stafford's not very often in that conversation. We talk about all these other guys and I almost think he's just a victim of being so consistently excellent that it becomes not interesting to talk about because, you know, he just has been consistently, you know, excellent since he came in the league and he was actually, you know, he was in Detroit before Dan Campbell got there. So he was playing great football on bad teams. But man, the guy is playing such great football this year. He's got great weapons around him.

and I think he should be the MVP. I hope he is. I think he deserves it. And I just think we need to, he needs to be in the conversation more, Colin. So I'm putting that on you. From now on, when you talk about the great quarterbacks in the NFL,

make sure you always include Matt Stafford on the list, man, because he's been consistently great for many, many years now. And it's cool to see him, you know, surrounded by some guys that are allowing him to really shine. Yeah, when they talk about the term arm talent, He's kind of the definition of armed talent. Like he could pitch in the Biggs. He's an NFL quarterback.

You were one of those guys. Doubleback wineries, the name of it, the Bledsoe family winery. You're in Bend, Oregon, a gem in the Pacific Northwest. Will you be at your wine bar today and will you sample your product? I will. We call that working, Colin. I'm going to go to work. I have to go try some wine.

And then we have our company holiday party tonight. So that's an excuse to work. a little harder and drink a little bit more wine. But we've got, man, we talk about great teams, man, and call them the coolest thing in our business. We have a rock star team. We've been very good in the past, and our team is getting better every single year, man. They keep just kicking ass for us and making me look good when I go out and talk about the wine.

So it's really fun. And at the end of the day, we get to sit and drink wine and call it works. So life's good, man. Bledso family winery. Look it up online. I've been looking at it during our interview. It's always great to see you, my friend. you too columb man

merry christmas to you and everybody uh everybody out there and i will talk to you again soon all right drew bledso it really is double back is a unbelievable the cab is unbelievable uh it's not you know you drew has been doing this for a long time walla walla bend oregon it's just fantastic uh all right i'm gonna do a break come back with herd line news

quarterbacks all love stafford if you ask quarterbacks about quarterbacks are all like like a comics comic comic Like an actor's actor, they're all like, no, it's the Stafford guy in L.A. That's the guy. Be sure to catch live editions of the herd weekdays in noon Eastern, 9 a.m. Pacific on Fox Sports Radio, FS1, and the IHeart Radio app. Hey, it's us to Jonas Brothers, and guess what? We have some big news.

What's the news, new? Huge news. We created our own podcast called, Hey, Jonas. We invented a podcast? Well, we didn't invent it. We just contributed to it. We're the first people to do podcasts. Pretty, yeah, pretty wide range of podcasts.

Starting a trend. But this one's extra special. So how do we actually come up with a name, Hey Jonas, guys? I honestly don't remember. I think it was on a call about what we should call it. Oh, we were thinking I'm originally calling it one of the early names of our band

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Steve Nass would get that thing. That man, hell get to get the. flying, he running up the court, licking his fingers why he got the ball, like, after you go through a training camp with that, I said, you figure it out real quick. Get your ass up and down the court, and you're going to get the ball. So listen to Point Game on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, I'm Jared Adano. You might know me as that loud guy who yells out, help on the internet. Help!

Somebody! Please! But there's so much more to me than me. I'm an actor. I'm a comedian. and recently I've become quite the helper myself. And on my new podcast, Hope from a Hypocrite, I'll be changing lives, helping people in need with my sage advice and thoughtful solutions.

Sike, I'm a comedian. I'm not qualified to give good advice. Join me and my comedian friends as we riff rant and recommend some of the most legally dubious advice known to man. If I'm calling you, even if you're on your phone, let it ring twice. one ring is too scary. Cream a chicken suit.

Hey, cream a chicken suit. This is Help from a Hypocrite, the worst advice from the dumbest people you know. Listen to Help from Hypocrat as part of the Mike Coutura Podcast Network available on the IHart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you're watching the latest season of the Real Housewives of Atlanta, you already know there's a lot to break down.

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the drama, the alliances, and the team everybody's talking about. As an executive producer in reality television, I'm not just watching it. I understand the game. As somebody who creates shows, I'll even say this. At the end of the day, when people are at home, they want entertainment. To hear this and more, listen to Reality with the King on the IHard Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. The story I've told myself about love or relationships can then shape my behavior,

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NBA Cup. Knicks are, you're going to take on Wemby and the Spurs. That's a good NBA Cup. The East stinks, but the Knicks are... Interesting. J-Mac with the news. No, no, no, no. Turn on the news.

This is the herd line news. Oh, I've been waiting on this story for a good hour. It's your boy. Sam Darnold and the Seahawks, huge game Thursday coming. Yeah. Sam Darnold's been on the struggle bus. He's got a one-way ticket on the struggle bus for about the last month now. I'll have some stats for you shortly.

They nearly lost to Philip Rivers, the 44-year-old dad bod who climbed off the sofa. and went to Seattle nearly won as a 14-point dog. Anyways, here's Sam Darnold talking about offensive issues which have plagued Seattle of late. For us, we just got to start faster as an offense. We've got to finish in the red zone. I feel like it's becoming a theme now these next few weeks and we've got to get it figured out.

You know, I feel like our defense is playing really good football. But, yeah, we just got to step it up a little bit as an offense. You know, and that starts with me. But we just got to play better. How do you not love Sam Darnold? Never a victim. Starts with me. That guy is such a good guy.

Clearly. Very nice guy. I was such a fan of his when he was on the Jets. Now the bad news. No, last 38 starts. Let's say some more positive stuff. Go ahead. Last 38 starts, which is Carolina at the end, Minnesota, Seattle.

Higher winning percentage than the goat and Mahomes. Awesome. Yeah, I mean, they won a lot of games last year in Minnesota. Okay. Now to what matters. is the last three games. Colin, this is staggering. So the staff was like, you know,

the offense hasn't scored a touchdown in the first half in the last three games. So I dug into the drives. Look at this. 15 drives in the last three games. Zero touchdowns offensively. Basically, Colin, they had one drive over 50 yards in the first half

of the last three games. So let me ask you this. When you look at this and you're like, oh, wait, Kubiak last year, remember how hot he started in New Orleans? I mean, his car was cooking. They were scoring 40 points. Petered out.

End of the season, quietly Kubiak. Let's move on. Sam Donald last year started hot with O'Connell. Petered out at the end, struggle, done. This is happening again to Kubiak and Darno, Colin. What's the concern level? First of all, weather gets worse. Later a season is, offense is harder.

Secondly, offensive line's a physical position. Nobody's offensive line is healthy. Seattle's was bad last year better. could be dinged up. Also, let's be honest, it's a long season. It gets repetitive. Teams go high and low. I mean, this week, Denver comes off that huge Green Bay win. Would you be shocked if they lose to Jacksonville? Like, it's hard. And as the season goes on, you've exhausted every play and every set and every motion. Defense and running games are paramount. Seattle is winning games, my young friend. All right, and then another set for you.

So you want to go first nine games this season, Darnell was unbelievable. 17 touchdown, six picks, 71% completions. Last five, starting with that Rams game, 62% completions. He's falling down 9%. Five touchdowns, five picks. Now four were against the Rams.

But the numbers are significantly depressed. One could argue the Seahawks are winning in spite of Sam Darnold in the last few games. I'm not willing to go that far, but I do think you can say, Colin, can I interest you in a first half under in Ram C. Hawks? Yes, yes, but let me ask you. Here are the three quarterbacks. I keep being told we have real concerns over.

Bonix, Sam Darnold, Caleb Williams. What are their combined numbers? They keep winning. I like winners. I'm not, stats. Can we delete that? Are we live right now? His stats?

No. Okay. All right, let's move on to the next story. This is a sad one. Pete Carroll and the Raiders, holy hell, this team is a disaster. Do you remember when he got the job? He's like, oh, we can turn it around.

We're a player or two away. Pete said he expected the team to compete right away. Not rebuild. They're now two and 12. They are in the mix for the numeral Uno pick in the draft. Here's Pete Carroll on his job security and the Raiders as a whole. Do you feel like you're coaching? four-year job?

I wonder how to do kind of like... No, I don't feel like that at all. I really don't. I'm well beyond that. I'm blindly optimistic as I am. You know, I thought we would come in here and we'd have a big factor on this club and we would be able to find success

that we would be proud of. And right now it doesn't feel like that. It's not that they're losing. It's how they're losing. 75 yards of offense. So, you know, it's beyond losing. of teams lose. They lose close. They're competitive. They fight. It's how they're losing. You see that line against the Texans in Houston?

14 and a half. I mean, you kind of want to just lay it, bet it and forget it as they like to say. Let me just ask you this. It just hit me. Old guy Bill Belichick goes to college. Total flop. The last two presidents have been very old and they've both struggled greatly. Pete Carroll goes to the Raiders. Old. I mean, that's something. point, do we need you to say, hey, guys, I know you had a good run. Maybe it's time to just shut it down and leave the coaching and politics to younger folks. I don't, Pete Carroll has been, looks clueless on the sideline, Colin. He has like no idea what to do. He's like, oh, let's start Kenny Pickett. They had 75 yards. I'm not being an ageist here. I know that

might sound bad, but it's like, come on, guys. Like, what are we doing here? I don't see any way Pete Carroll survives, do you? Well, I think the last two years, he and John Snyder had issues. He and shoes, Pete's. I'm not going to get personal. It's been disappointing. I don't think from ownership down, it's working. I believe if you're going to hire a defensive coach, you've got to go D'Amico, Ryan, or Mike McDonald, or maybe the next one is Jesse Minter. You've got to go young. A lot of these older defensive coaches, Ron Rivera, Pete, Belichick, sometimes Tomlin, they feel they don't quite understand the world's changed. You have to be a lead on offense to win.

Great defenses like Houston. Houston's going to be a number seven seed and easily has the best defense in the league. What does that tell you about defense in the modern era? There's limitations on your defense. Philadelphia's defense is amazing. They're struggling. Why? Because they can't get the offense right.

So if you're going to go defense, there's an argument. Lovie Smith was like struggled a bit at the end. You got to go young in defense. Jesse Minter would be a guy. I would look at. So if I'm Jesse Minter and I see that the Titans job is open with Cam Ward, the Giants' job is open, and the Raiders, which one of those appeals to you if you're Jesse Minter? Or do you just stay with Herbert and Harbaugh for another year?

That's the answer. Exactly. I don't think this is a great job. Honestly, I know, not to make it about the Jets, but like, I know Glenn has not been great. I'm not dumping him because there's nobody out there. I don't see any great candidates. I do think Pete gets run and, you know, obviously you can flex Tom Brady and he could probably bring in a big name.

But final story, Colin, let's go to college football. Big day in the college football world. A lot of speculation about Arch Manning and Arch's dad confirmed that Archmanning will return to Texas for the 2026 season. He's not going to enter the draft. I don't think this surprises anybody. We knew this after week one. I will just say, you know, Arch ended the season on a high note, right? He looked pretty good in that A&M game, certainly better than he did early.

he's still got some work to do. We got its schedule next year. You want to see it? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, next year. Not great. They got to face Ohio State, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, LSU, A&M, this is Tennessee, Florida. This is life in the SEC. Like, it's not going to be easy for Archie.

Well, Ole Miss won't be as good. Well, Lane Kiffin's going to be there. They're going to hit the portal hard, man. No, that's the LSU. LSU will be great. Oh, I'm sorry, LSU. Yes, yes, yes, Lane Kiff. Well, next year's, well, next year's close.

Class will have Arch Manning, Jaden Mayaba, as starters. Dante Moore, does he come out? If he comes out next year, he would be the number one pick. He and Arch Manning would be the number one pick. Keep an eye on the kid from Florida who's transferring. He's pretty good. He throws a lot of picks. A lot of pick.

He's really inconsistent. What about your guy Julian Sane? I'm not anywhere close on that. I love Julian saying. No, Underwood was her red shirt. He was a freshman this year, so no, he's not eligible. But yeah, as we always say, next year's draft is stacked at quarterback.

Mateer from Oklahoma. I'm very curious to see what he looks like, by the way, Friday night. So am I. Is he playing Friday? I think they play Friday, Oklahoma, Alabama. Wow, that's a good game. That's a good Friday. A couple potential NFL quarterbacks.

You know, you're in the Midwest. You should just, you know, take a little drive, what is, a couple hours down there at Oklahoma? No, it's not a couple hours. A couple hours for me to get to the burbs. A couple hours is Green Bay. J. Mac with the news. Well, that's the news.

And thanks for stopping by. The Hurd Lie News. By the way, Mike McDaniel, who I argued earlier, he's not my cup of tea as a head coach. But there's not a great pool out there, and the GM didn't do a good job. Two has regressed. There's an argument the new GM says, I'm going to keep Mike McDaniel around for a year, and we're going to go draft a young quarterback and see what I can get. I think that's out there.

here's Mike McDaniel today at a pressure talking about her last night talking about benching potentially Tua. I think that we're in the process of game planning for the Cincinnati Bengals. So in that process, we're trying to determine who will give us the best chance to win. Is that in your mind still Tua, or are you considering a quarterback change this week? Well, I think the quarterback play last night. was not good enough and so for me, everything's on the table. I'll throw this at you. Their next

three games are Cincinnati, Burrow will play, New England and Tampa. I would I'd rest a few of your defensive starters. I'd go 0 and 3. They currently have the number 11 picked. I'd play two. I don't care. I would, you're going to lose to Tampa and New England because you don't have the players.

Cincinnati, maybe rest your top running back, whatever. I'd rest a few guys and end up 6 and 11. And you may have to reach on a quarterback. Maybe you move down and replenish the roster a little bit, but I think Mike McDaniel with a new quarterback move off Tua for a year.

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Tua. I can make that argument. I didn't like, my theory has always been if you have two as a quarterback, you have to have two things. A top six or seven O' line and a good backup quarterback. They're bad at both. That's not Mike McDaniel's fault. So,

Quinn Ewers is a more than capable backup. You know what? I think that's what I'd do. I'd play Quinn Ewers. I want to see what I got. Go play Quinn Ewers next three weeks. I think that's what I would do. Zach Wilson, I know what I've got. Quinn Ewers, put him out there.

Let's see if he can play. And if he can, you don't have to draft the quarterback. But I would sure like to have that 11th pick become like the seventh pick because that's the territory that you can move down and get a four and a five. Because they're not close. But McDaniel is good enough at what he does. It's, if I, I get the job as GM, which has always been my dream job, I get the job as GM. I can sit around and go to Stephen Ross and say, I'm going to keep him for a year.

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