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Staying in the neighborhood, or so it would appear.

Welcome in the beginning of another edition of the Ben Mather show.

We are in the air everywhere as we yak-a-y-y-y-hack coast-to-coast, border-to-border and beyond on the vast and powerful microphones of FSR emanating live from the flight deck soaring on the red eye all night long the Fox Sports Radio Studios.

Hope Paul is well with you.

Our lead this hour coming from the world of pro football.

It's kind of a big week in these parts.

The NFL draft just a couple days away.

This is our Tuesday show, the draft on Thursday.

The first round of the draft, it's an all-weekend affair.

It will spill into the entire weekend.

But specifically, the status of the veteran players, in this case, a quarterback.

Now, we're not talking about the obligatory to Sean Watson-Mallor monologue,

nor are we discussing Russell with Muscle, Mr. Unlimited,

but instead a status update on Aaron Rogers.

And what's going on with him in Wisconsin?

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