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Hello and welcome.

It's our number two, hour number two of our podcast.

And this hour dedicated to a bizarre story out of Wisconsin involving the pro football team of northern Wisconsin,

the Green Bay Packers, the monsters of the frozen tundra.

Well, Aaron Rogers, the reigning MVP, is still at odds with Packers' management over his contract.

I'll give you the latest and the pros and cons that Green Bay is dealing with with Aaron

Rogers' contracts coming your way right now in our number two.

The PAC attack. Batt battling it out yet again.

Welcome in.

It is the beginning of another hour of the Ben Mather show.

We are in the air everywhere as we babble coast to coast, border to border,

and beyond the vast and powerful

microphones of FSR emanating live from inside the theater, the theater of the mind.

The Farmers Insurance, Fox Sports Radio Studios, call 1-88-Farmers to switch, and you could save an average of $470 on auto insurance.

It's a lot of money for a quick phone call, don't you think?

Average nationwide annual savings survey data July to December 2020.

We are farmers.

Our lead this hour comes from the NFL.

This is not about the Deshawn Watson story.

We'll circle back to that, as the White House press secretary likes to say.

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