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Welcome to another edition of the Around the NFL podcast.

Today I'm going to be your host, Greg Rosenthal, Dan Hanses, out for the show alongside Mark Sessler and Patrick Claibon.

It's been a long time since I did this little introduction.

I'm not really totally sure I remember the words.

That last part is the most important part of you questioning yourself.

But you nailed it, as always, Greg. Yeah,

you know, Greg, I think there was one show that you were hosting where you called me Matt. So I think

you're off to already a better start than that episode was. You know, it's got to be a loose show.

Dan Redden's a tight ship. He's, you know, he's the host with the most. And we're just going to talk about stories from this week.

It's, you know, we're all getting ready for a little summer break a little bit.

Shows are going to be a little less often after this.

The NFL teams are about to go on summer vacation.

It's got that last day of school type feel vibe this week, except for for Claibon,

who's wearing a tie right now, and I think is working very hard throughout the summer. So I'm

sorry for the previous 30 seconds, Claibon. It's okay. I recognize that, you know, I am not

the protagonist of reality. And other people's circumstances are different than mine. And I appreciate it. I'm glad you guys get a little bit of a break. Like, I'm not vindictive about it, you know? Well, I mean, there would have been, we were, and personally, we were heading close towards, like, rebellion territory if we didn't get, like, a little bit of time here. Although we have two shows coming up next week to set out the schedule early, we're back next Tuesday and Thursday, I believe. So we'll have a little bit of a break, a six-day break. We still got two shows this week, two shows next week, and then I think we go once a week and we go dark for a little while. And I, you know, it stuck in my head when

we were in person, Sessler, that Dan said, like, the juice cleanse Sessler is not, not his favorite

Sessler, but at least, you know, which I think it was a little harsh, but it, at least like on, on screen,

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