Good morning, everybody. Today is Friday, June 23rd. And as a reminder, we have our second

NFL release of the season going out today at 12 p.m. Pacific time. If you'd like to

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pick today at 12 p.m. But all picks for the duration of the entire 2023 season right

up until the Super Bowl. Hopefully everybody's Fridays off to a fantastic start. You're looking

forward to another great weekend as we get towards the end of June. But one more episode

here to close off the week of first thoughts today, looking at the Carolina Panthers, new

head coach in Frank Reich, new offensive coordinator in Thomas Brown. We have a couple important

things to talk about. And what has been a bit of a murky off season for the Panthers

so far. So Frank Reich was brought in as the head coach. He goes and hires offensive

coordinator Thomas Brown. And they draft quarterback Bryce Young, first overall in the draft.

These are the three focal points of the episode. Interesting article comes out just a couple

of weeks ago. And it says that the offensive coordinator head coach relationship between

Frank Reich and Thomas Brown is not Kumbaya. And that was a quote taken directly from Frank

Reich, who was asked about the working conditions with Thomas Brown. And the big problem that

is beginning to brew is Thomas Brown comes over from the Los Angeles Rams. He's a Sean McVey

coaching tree disciple. But Frank Reich, of course, is a long time offensive mind within

the NFL. And Frank said, yeah, at one level, it's not easy because the offense, it's your

baby. But you understand, hey, we're adopting someone. This is going to make our family

bigger and stronger. And that's really the approach we've taken. And it has, I respect Thomas's

football mind. I respect who he is as a person. We've had a number of disagreements. And

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