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The athletics, Ben Standing, at Ben Standing on X on Twitter.

Ben's got a podcast called Last Man Standing, and of course he writes for the athletics. So let's just start with a couple of

players, because some of these players spoke, and I have not spoken to you since. We learned something about a few

players over the three-day period last week. Let's just start with Latimore. What did we learn

from hearing from him and talking to others about his health and his prospect for being a much

better player in 25 than he was at the end of 24.

Yeah, I mean, I think he was, you know, fairly candid about his year last year following the

trade. That, look, he, you know, he said, look, I arrived injured. That's not an excuse if I'm on the field.

I got to go, I got to make the plays.

I didn't do enough of that.

He said, watching the tape, he saw a guy to look timid.

He could tell, by the way, he was like, you know, kind of moving out there that he looked timid.

And obviously, you know, his play, particularly in those playoff games against Tampa Bay and the Eagles,

he was not very good.

You know,

I mean, going up against Mike Evans and AJ Brown is not easy,

but that's why you make a trade for a guy like that.

But he said since the season ended,

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