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And now, Move the Sticks with Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks.

What's up, everybody?

Welcome to Move the Sticks.

DJ Buck back with you, Buck.

How's it going on, my friend?

Man, it's going great, DJ.

Like, we're getting one step closer to preseason games. And I don't know how you're doing with the charges in terms of, like, trying to get lined up. But calling the preseason game is much different than calling, like, your own game because you got a lot of names to know. You have a bunch of different storylines. And you're actually trying to talk about the process and what people are going through and where

we're at this time of year, how the evaluations go, and why so many bubble players are playing,

but the starters are not, and how that factors into the overall evaluation.

And so it's funny.

And then anytime I get to this time of year, like I always reminisce about being like one of those

bottom third guys and like the pressure that escalates as you get closer to games and as you get

closer to those designated cut down days and how all of a sudden you can play one way, but then

the pressure makes you feel like you have to do more and that can ultimately trip you up.

And so I love watching those hard knock shows because I think it allows people to relate

to players as they're going through something that is really, really challenging,

maybe the most challenging thing that they do in their professional lives.

Yeah, I think that's one of the cool things about doing the preseason games that we're doing.

So you get a chance to tell some of those stories about those guys.

And it's, you know, over the years of doing this, I've kind of learned that one of the more

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