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From the Chris Wessling podcast studio, it's Around the NFL.

I'm Dan Hansis.

I have some heroes with me.

Greg Rosenthal, Mark Sessler. You know, I don't like to miss shows, boys. I get a lot of FOMO, but family called. And I needed to do some good fam time over there in Anaheim. Did it, but I'm happy to be back. How's everybody doing? It's good to be, good to have you back. It doesn't feel right without you here. We had our fun on the broadcast and with Claibon and Henry, but it's just, it's wrong. It doesn't feel right. How I imagine, I did, I was kind of out of pocket, so I didn't hear the show or see the program in NFL network.

How did Greg do in the host chair, Mark?

I thought he did a competent job, not surprisingly.

Mark knows this is a tricky.

This is like Andrew Barry trying to answer questions.

Well, no, because I think that Greg, you know, I'll just say, I'll put it this way, after the show, I was driving home and got a text from Greg. Really? Yeah, about the show and about his own performance. Which I, you know, I always know. No, of course it's true. I know that Greg, like he, he, you know. Colleen hosted the broadcast, by the way. This is what this text said, by the way. What up, bitch. I did an incredible job with that. I'm sure you agree. I feel power. Real human power flowing through my bloodstream. I am nothing short of an unstoppable fireball in this industry in our league. Check you later, bro. Greg. Obviously, I was poking around looking for that naked ambition, and there it was in the text. I mean, I didn't even respond to it because it's like, I don't even know. That just gets me in the middle of it. I like in your pretend little text that you wrote out nicely for yourself. You made all caps for real human power. I don't know if you really delivered it that way. This is how you sent it to them. And then I want to, because I don't know if this came up late in the week, but I know obviously it's been a emotional roller coaster of a couple of weeks for you, Mark. And it should be noted that one of your great heroes on Twitter reached out to you, Mark Hamel. And that had to be a real thrill for you. It was a boost.

Right. This is not the right song.

This is Star Wars. He was not part of this. I'm sure it was a boost. He wouldn't want to be Simone on that day. I mean, Mark was just, uh, right, he was excited. Beow, Booh, Booh.

We've interacted before, but this, this felt a little bit different. I thought it unified us in a stronger way, Mark Ham. He knows who you are at this point. You guys are Twitter friends. You're Twitter friends. I got in the mix when you initially tagged him on it, and I replied, hey, help out my buddy, Mark with the C. He needs this.

I think you might have been the change agent on that. I do. I hope I was. And if I wasn't, it doesn't matter. All that matters is that you have a direct Cessler-Hamel connected perfectly in sync. Right. Although this is the score from Superman, just to be clear. Okay. Well, we try our best. By now it's a bit. You did that on purpose.

I try my best.

I work with Erica to produce the best show possible.

And if I fell short in that regard, my apology.

You're a human.

Let's get to the news.

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