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Hello and welcome.

It's our number two.

Hour number two of our radio program.

We go where the news of the day takes us this hour to the Charm City of Baltimore,

where the Ravens owner announced the team is willing to pay Lamar Jackson a mega, mega, mega contract when he's ready.

So what in the world is Lamar waiting for on a contract extension?

We examine the story.

We'll get to that right now, plus the final round of the NFL book for 2022.

Here it is our number two.

Problems in the nest.

Problems in the nest. Problems in the nest.

Welcome in the beginning of another hour of the Ben Mather show.

We are side by side in the air everywhere, as we call balls and strikes, coast to coast, border to border border and beyond on the vast.

An unfathomally powerful microphones of FSR emanating live from the sweatshop, slaving away over a hot microphone in the Fox Sports Radio Studios at a secret location somewhere in the Northwoods.

Hope you're well.

We still have one round left, round eight of the NFL book, and we'll get to that coming up in a couple of minutes as we put the baby to bed on that.

Just keeping track of all the picks.

One round.

Will we have a sleeper pick in round eight?

Inquiring minds would like to know.

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