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Hey guys, it's Robert.

Before we get started, I just wanted to take a moment to acknowledge the tragedy that unfolded at the Chief Super Bowl parade yesterday shortly after we finished recording this episode.

As of right now, one person is dead with another 10 to 15 reportedly injured in the shooting.

I don't know what's left to say that others haven't already said.

Several of the victims taken to local hospitals were reportedly children, kids who took

the day off from school to create a lasting memory with their friends and family after watching

their favorite team win the Super Bowl. We live in a country where those kids have to exist

under a specter of violence like this every day, where they have to live in fear, even in

moments and places reserved for

celebration.

I'll be thinking of those kids today and of how we continue to fail them over and over again.

For now, I hope a conversation about football can provide some of you a little bit of levity,

whatever that's worth.

Thanks and enjoy the show.

Welcome to the athletic football show.

I'm Robert Mays.

Joining me for this week's edition of In the Pocket.

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