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PFT Live with Mike Florio

Don't overlook the Falcons; Draft: 2020 Offensive Rookie of the Year | 7/30 #2

PFT Live with Mike Florio

Mike Florio

Sports

4.31.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Matt Ryan talked to Mike Florio about how he's preparing for this season. Is everyone overlooking the Falcons? State of the Franchise: #24 Jets - Could they be a playoff team given their tough schedule? PFT Live Draft: Offensive Rookie of the Year candidates, where does Clyde Edwards-Helaire go? Titans: Where is Vic Beasley? Will he opt out?

Transcript

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0:00.0

Not quite the same vibe as in other years as players show up for work.

0:07.1

The Giants having the hub for their training camp at MetLife Stadium.

0:11.8

You've got guys who are getting ready.

0:13.7

You've got a lot of masks being worn, except if you're Tom Brady.

0:17.2

You got social distancing except if you're Tom Brady,

0:20.0

and you're getting ready for the 2020 season. A season unlike any other craziest season since I think World War II, when they had to combine the Steelers and the Eagles into one team because so many of the guys were off fighting in either the Pacific or the European theaters, Chris. I don't think I knew that. What did they call that team? You didn't know that? No. The Stiegel. Did they really call them the Seagles? I was going to say that, but that would be a corny joke, so I won't say it.

0:42.7

It was real.

0:44.2

It's a corny joke and it's a harsh reality.

0:46.9

The Stiegel actually were a thing in the 40s during World War II.

0:51.1

And that's probably the last time anything this strange has occurred for the National Football League.

0:56.3

But here we are. They're going to give it their best. during World War II. And that's probably the last time anything this strange has occurred for the National

0:55.7

Football League.

0:56.3

But here we are.

0:57.3

They're going to give it their best.

0:58.2

They're going to try to make it happen.

0:59.5

And it begins with an extended training camp and no preseason games.

1:03.4

The teams are in their quasi-bubbles, their practice facility bubbles.

1:09.4

They still go home at night.

1:11.0

They can bring the virus back with them. They can bring the virus back with them.

1:12.8

They could take the virus home with them.

1:15.1

That's what makes this the kind of experiment that I think we're all a little bit hesitant about.

1:21.0

We want to wait and see how it works.

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