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there. I'm loving it. James, today we've got to get into a very, very long and dramatic day

of news and injuries from Cleveland. And let's just start with the OVJ news. We talked about

this with Jeff.

That's going to be coming up in segment three of the show today.

And I yesterday said I wouldn't be surprised if he's inactive.

Turns out that was a little lenient as, you know, at this point, it might be an upset

if O'Dell Beckham Jr. is back with the Browns at any point this year. It seems like

his release may or may not be eminent, his agent working with Andrew Barry in Cleveland to

try to figure out what the options are. But sounds like things are shaky. He was dismissed from

practice on Wednesday. And hard to see a path back.

Yeah, it's kind of wild how things are transpiring right now in Cleveland.

But that's really been this Odell Baker saga.

It's just been a lot of drama on and off and we're seeing it right now.

So look, I think it's good for the Bengals because as dramatic as Odell Beckham Jr. is and you can look at the numbers and say, oh, well, Baker is better without him. Yeah, but O'Dell is scary and can still be

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