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13 Pro Bowls in 20 years, probably the most accurate thrower of the football in the history of the league.

Eligible for the Hall of Fame in 2026. He's our friend

Drew Brees, who's been a regular on this show this year, and we've loved every second of it.

He's joining us now live. So it's really interesting. Brady was on yesterday, and we talked

about the late hit, and I kind of sided a little bit with Tom that you've basically all the rules have changed.

They're against defense.

Defensive players don't get paid like offensive players.

And I'm sitting there thinking, okay, I know it's a late hit on Trevor Lawrence.

I get it.

But man, those defensive guys, when you don't slide early,

I get them going hard and fast, or am I just wrong? And that's just a bad hit. And he should be

out of the league for six games. How do you view that Trevor Lawrence hit? Yeah. Look, it's difficult to play defense nowadays, given these rules, because you have to think

about how you're wired back there, right?

You're ready just to light up anything that comes across the field.

And as the quarterback's approaching, I think that's one of the hardest things, because

the way the rules are,

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