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Hello and welcome to my podcast. Do me a favor, subscribe with the John Conn report,

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Go to Hewel.com, H-U-u-el.com. Use the password chime. Check the terms and conditions. You can get 15% off if you're a new customer. Anyways, today I'm joined by Nikki Javala from The Athletic, as she will explain when we start. That's where she's at now. So I want to bring Nikki on. It's been a minute since I've had her on.

I know you guys like her. She has some really good observations. So we've talked about the joint practice, but also the upcoming preseason game. Wanted to get her observations and thoughts. Since all you've been here in is mine, I wanted to bring someone else to give some other good insight as well. So stay tuned for that. And one quick reminder before I get to Nicky,

I will be doing a podcast after the preseason game against the Patriots. Do not expect the

starters to play if there may, there may be a couple starters who play just because they need the work,

because maybe they're new, or, you know, for whatever reason, you're not going to see Jaden

Daniels on Friday and you're not going to see the key starters on Friday for sure. So, you know, for whatever reason, you're not going to see Jaden Daniels on Friday, and you're

not going to see the key starters on Friday for sure. So, but I will still be doing a wrap-up

because there are other spots that matter, backup receiver, the offensive line, you know,

et cetera, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. There's a lot of things to still look at the running backs,

to Corey, Kroski, Merritt, Bill, Nicky and I talk about him as well. So anyways, that will be coming after the game. The video likely out, they probably come out. It may be out early Saturday morning. So just as you know, like Friday night, you know, anyways, it'll be coming out of the game. Also on ESPN.com, I have a couple nuggets for that there as well. So anyway, that gets you caught up.

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