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If you're watching any YouTube, hit that like button, hit that subscribe button. You can find us there as part of Empire Media, AMPIR. Always much appreciated when you tune in. Don't forget you can read my work on ESPN.com. So if you didn't hear my interview with Greg Williams that ran on Monday, go back and listen to it because Greg was really good. I think you really enjoy it. Just getting his thoughts on what he, what makes a defensive coordinator

good, what makes schemes good, et cetera. And then also some Sean Taylor memories, some stuff on

Fred Smoot, all that good stuff. But Greg was always was always good when he was here to talk to

and was very good on the podcast as well.

So give that a listen.

Also, I'll be back later in the week.

I don't know if I'll come out Wednesday or Thursday, but I had an interview with Alex Smith talking about what's it like for a quarterback to adjust to new systems, et cetera, what Jane Davis has to go through.

And Alex changed coordinators every year for, I think, his first five years in San Francisco.

So he has a deep understanding of what the process is like.

And I did ask him about like under center and this and that, you know, versus pistol gun.

So you'll hear that later in the week and I think you'll enjoy it.

Also, today I'm just going to be talking about like a second thoughts based on some news

that happened on Monday.

I was out of town all day, Monday, so I'm recording this Monday night.

And then just kind of some other thoughts based on what, from the game and from the

coaching staff and from Jaden Dan's a 202424 quarterback class so let's get to it so

obviously i'm sure you know by now that the that the commanders hired uh donnell stapleton to be their

offensive line coach promoted shame taub to be the assistant offensive line coach all right so let's

start let's start there with those thoughts it's a big move for the. And you know my thoughts have been that the most important hire for a coordinator and coach can make beyond the coordinators is the offensive line coach. You've got to, you're going to help with the protection. You're going to help with the run scheme. It's all of that. So is this a good hire? We'll find out. Here's why I can tell you, and I'm not going to

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