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We assume you're doing well, but you know what happens when you assume?

It's not always a good thing.

You're listening to the radio, so how bad could things be, right?

I mean, come on, Worst things in life.

But it is never boring.

I think we can say this.

It is never boring in Raider Nation.

Now, they might suck and they probably will suck on the field.

But from pure entertainment, I might even talk about Hard Knocks.

We'll get to that later.

I didn't see.

I saw some excerpts of Hard Knocks, some clips of it. I didn't watch it. I want to settle in. I usually wait until the weekend.

That's my routine because I can really kind of soak it all in, which is probably

not good for the show, but screw you.

I want to enjoy the show, so I'll wait until the weekend.

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