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Welcome Inside with the Insiders.

Alongside Ian Rappaport, I am Tom Pell Lacerro.

Seven weeks from tonight, the NFL regular season kicks off with the Ravens and the Chiefs.

So much to talk about through the course of this show.

And as always, we are jammed pack.

Dion Dawkins, the Bill's offensive tackle, one of the most knowledgeable guys in the game.

He is going to be on this show.

We'll also have Michael F. Florio, our fantasy

guru, taking a fantasy spin on some recent news around the NFL. We'll also talk bears.

We'll talk bucks, commanders, and dolphins. But let's start out in Houston because for the first

time today, we had a real live NFL practice. The Texans, the first

full squad to report. There they are out on the field. Different expectations for that team this

time around. What do you think about all of it, C.J. Stroud? It's only year two for me, so I have a lot

to learn. I want to get better. I'm willing to get better.

And I'm willing to be vulnerable about that, you know.

And I ask questions.

I ask hard questions, you know, and I want to know why I'm doing what I'm doing.

And, you know, and last year I got to see a lot of success from that.

Also, some things that I need to get better at.

Now is your second year and now it's, you know, you, they say there's a comfort level so you can be a little bit more vocal, right, to the

entire team, not just speaking to the offense, but the team has his ear and he can lean on that

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