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pistons as the hour wraps we got a lion schedule out and John I haven't going 11 and 6

okay I'm not going to give you I don't want you to give yours yet no but I just wanted to get

the early reaction to the schedule we knew the opponents but you see how it lays out there's a soft runway they're going to end the early reaction to the schedule. We knew the opponents, but you see how it lays out.

There's a soft runway.

They're going to end the year with some big prime time in division games and road games.

They get that crunch around Thanksgiving where they don't get the buy.

It comes early this season.

What were some things that stood out to you?

Oh, I instantly looked at the end of the schedule.

And it is three division

opponents in four weeks. Now, I'm not, I think that's kind of awesome. But all three of those

are on the road. I'm not a fan of having that type of, I don't want to say disadvantage,

because if you're a good team,

it shouldn't matter. If you're better than Minnesota, it shouldn't matter. If you're better

than Chicago, Green Bay. But I do think at that time of the year, it's a big deal to have that

type of schedule ending the season.

And you will have been playing for how many consecutive weeks, again, with the early buy?

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