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Welcome back to the Thursday edition of the Adam Shifter podcast as we now head in to week eight of the NFL season.

And to help us get ready for week eight of the NFL season, my friend, my colleague, the coach of the Pat McAfee show, Ty Schmidt for the Thursday edition of the weekly six-patch.

Thank you very much, Chefty.

Good to be with you as always.

Boy, listen, I know I sound like a broken record every week doing this,

but week eight already is insane.

I mean, Halloween next week already.

Trade deadline right after that.

We are in the thick of it now,

and man, we got some great games this weekend, too. So not a bad time to be a football fan and you're bringing up hollewan in the trade that line which only means we're right around the corner from thanksgiving christmas in the new year as well and the super bowl because it's going to start flying i have always said i've always said this the season moves but once it gets to thanksgiving and we're not there yet we're a little ways away, but once it gets to Thanksgiving, that's when it just takes off and the weeks really fly from one week to the next. But it's gone pretty quickly so far, Ty. Yeah, it has. I mean, I guess that's what happens when you just wait and wait and wait and wait for something to get there. You get so excited, and then you blink your eyes and you're almost halfway through.

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