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Hello and welcome to my podcast. Do me a favor, subscribe to the John Conreport,

wherever you get your podcast. If you're watching on YouTube, hit that like button, hit that subscribe button. You can find us there as part of Empire Media, AMPRI. Always much appreciated when you tune. And don't forget, you can read my work on ESPN.com. I have a story up on Saturday on ESPN.com about, like, basically, what is it they're hoping to see over these next six weeks from a couple

different areas and we're going to get into like one thing I don't get into too deep at this point

are the young players I think that's also coming certainly trust me I'm going to be writing that

at some point soon because I do think there's some young guys who are definitely going to matter

and some young guys who are kind of experienced players for them will matter what they do over the next six weeks. So I'll get into all that. So you're not going to read about that part of it, but there are things to play for why they want to see certain things in offense, defense, and also some individual players for sure that they have decisions on. So anyway, that'll be up on ESPN.com on Saturday. Look for it there. Also for you club members, for all you club members, will be due to the private chat before the game at 5.30 p.m. Eastern Time. So look for that on Sunday. Join me there. I know there's a lot to talk about, but there's also a lot to commiserate about. So we'll just see if it gets better over these next six weeks. And I still maintain that, you know, I know for fans, you're looking at draft status, but internally, I know what they're looking at and why they feel a strong finish is important, not just from a record standpoint, but just from a locker room standpoint, all those things. But I'll get into that in coming weeks for sure. So anyways, let's get into my five thoughts.

Well, actually, before I get there, just as an update on injuries, you know Jane Daniels is out.

He was never going to play this week.

He was Dan Quinn even kept calling them unlikely.

Minnesota has always been the more initial target date.

Now, whether or not that plays out that way, we'll see.

But that was always the game that I heard over the last couple of weeks that was more likely.

I don't know yet if that's for sure.

It was just that it was more likely for sure than the Denver game.

And I would certainly look at New York as being at the very latest it would feel like it's that.

I'm watching him throw in practice.

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