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You can find us there as part of Empire Media, AMPIR. Always much appreciated when you tune in. Don't forget, you can read my work on ESPN.com. I have a story up. Well, it will be up. I believe it will be up Friday about the commander's offseason. and some of the decisions they have to make with personnel,

some of the key free agents, not all of them,

there's 30 unrestricted, about the commander's offices and some of the decisions they have to make with personnel some of the

key free agents not all of them there's there's 30 unrestricted free agents i'm not going through all of them

and then a couple of the extension possibilities and i'll get into that probably in another episode

coming up for sure but that'll be up on yespandcom as i record this it not up yet. So if there's not a link in the page on YouTube, that's why. So today I'm going to do a five thoughts. But before I get there, just a couple of things. I will be back with another podcast coming out Monday, Monday morning. Now, as you say, Sunday night, people are going to be a little bit occupied with the game. I get it. So let's do it Monday. And then also know that the commanders will have a press conference. I've been telling you this. And I think I told you their day tentatively for Tuesday. It is Tuesday at 1 o'clock with Dan Quinn and then David Blow. And then Durante Jones, the two coordinators. The staff should be mostly complete by then.

There may be one or two question marks,

and I think one of them would involve Brian Johnson, what's he going to do?

I think they're still trying to work that out, or I guess he's still trying to decide.

So anyways, but I think by Monday the staff should be largely complete.

I do think there might be another addition to the offensive staff.

I don't know.

But, you know, I will see.

I think some of that could depend on what Brian Johnson does for sure.

So anyway, so just so you know that, let's get to my five thoughts.

And by the way, the last one involves Chris Paul, an interview I did with him.

The last four or five minutes, if you want to skip ahead to that and just skip all this,

then you can do that.

And you can go right to Chris Paul if you want to listen, you know, one way or another.

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