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We're like two weeks from the actual NFL season beginning.

As promised, twice a week Simon Hunter and I have been going through every single

division in football, every team, how have they improved since last season?

What are their super bowl odds? What are their conference odds?

What are their division odds? What are their season win totals?

We have very specifically waited to do the AFC South until we had someone who

actually played in the AFC South to bring on the podcast.

We're going to do that today. I will get to him in a second.

Simon, my BFF, my companion.

What's going on, brother?

Yeah, what's up, buddy? How you doing?

I'm so ready. I'm so ready for week zero.

You know, we had Brett McMurphy on the podcast on Tuesday.

And I thought your questions were amazing.

And I thought the way you sort of responded to the insider nature of what he does.

It didn't even occur to me that, you know, you joined me for the podcast three seasons ago.

We did it with Darren that one year and then last year you and I did it solo.

And you're so good at this already and you're such a media professional already.

I forgot that like you would have legit questions about what it's like to be an insider

because I'm a jaded old media veteran who has been doing this for so fucking long.

It didn't even occur to me to think that people might have interest in understanding

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