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Cooper & Reed on Eagles Getting Back on Track, Chargers MNF Preview & More | Exciting Mics Ep. 22
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Cooper DeJean & Reed Blankenship's 22nd Episode of Exciting Mics goes Behind the Scenes on Eagles Getting Back on Track, Chargers MNF Preview & More!
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Cooper DeJean
What's your approach, Mr. Captain? After these two tough losses, you know, obviously there's a lot of finger pointing that could be happening.
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Reed Blankenship
Yeah, and obviously that's, that's definitely not the case and we're not the team to, to do that. I know there's a lot of probably talk saying that there's finger pointing going on, but there really isn't. I mean we are a team that hold each other accountable, that we take accountability when, when things are wrong. But yeah, when you start getting to the finger pointing world, man, that's just.
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That ain't it, man. That's just, that's kind of cowardly in my opinion. I mean as a captain, you just gotta kind of rally the troops, you know, have, have talks about it. What, what do we need to have fixed? You know, is there anything that we need to do differently? Just be open about it. I mean it's the worst thing you do is bottle it all up. I mean that's the worst thing you can do. And yeah. And I. I believe we've done a really good job of not doing that and, you know, stating what needs to be fixed, like, what can we do better? And I know, like, on the defensive side, like, we just need to just worry about what we need to worry about. We need to worry about getting the ball back to the offense as quick as possible, you know, and that's just, you know, our main goal, you know, don't let them score and definitely give the ball back as fast as possible. And, you know, the past two weeks, we didn't. I mean, we didn't really do that at times. Like, we gotta not let them score at all, you know, we don't need to do.
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Cooper DeJean
Yeah, I don't know.
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Reed Blankenship
You just gotta play. You just gotta go out there. We gotta do our. Our job and still have fun with it, you know, don't lose that passion.
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Cooper DeJean
Welcome back to exciting Mics, presented by citizens. I'm Cooper DeJean.
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Reed Blankenship
And I'm Reed Blankenship. And we're back after the Thanksgiving holiday and of course, ready for another great episode.
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Cooper DeJean
Remember to follow exciting mics on all platforms like comment, share and subscribe on YouTub or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Let's get it started.
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We're gonna start this podcast off with how we do every single week with what is exciting you this week, Mr. Blankenship.
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Reed Blankenship
Just another chance to get better, dude.
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Cooper DeJean
Another chance. Prime time football again.
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Reed Blankenship
Life don't stop moving, man. You gotta keep going or get left behind.
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Cooper DeJean
Really don't. Really don't. Can't dwell on the past. It's about what. What we're going to do with our options.
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Reed Blankenship
Bring in the positivity, man.
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Cooper DeJean
Exactly. Reed got his first interception of the season. It's about time against the Dallas Cowboys, which was also very exciting in a big time moment. Down in the. Down in the red zone when we needed it most to help us get a stop. So that was. That was huge. But yeah, another. Another opportunity. And prime time Monday night Football. I think the last last four weeks have been prime time games, right?
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Reed Blankenship
Let's see. Green Bay.
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Cooper DeJean
Monday night, Sunday night, Friday night, Friday night, Monday night. Yeah. Yeah. Prime time football, baby.
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Reed Blankenship
Wait, yeah, yeah. Was Green Bay on Monday?
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Cooper DeJean
Yes, bro.
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Reed Blankenship
Oh.
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Cooper DeJean
Quick little recap from the Cowboys and Bears games. Obviously, neither game went. Went the way we wanted to, you know, start with the Cowboys, obviously. I mean, we. We just didn't finish the game, I think is the biggest thing you could say about it.
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Reed Blankenship
Can't let guys sneak back. I mean, still NFL man.
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Cooper DeJean
Yep. When you got them down, you got to keep them down. Don't let them. Don't let him back in it. And, you know, they found a way to get back in it. Obviously they got some. Got a couple good receivers.
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You know, that.
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Made some plays. But yeah, that one. That one was tough. That one stung, obviously. And then obviously the Bears on Black Friday and. And what, they were able to weak on Friday.
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Reed Blankenship
Yeah, I mean, that was. That was another. That was another tough one. That was a sting.
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Cooper DeJean
Yeah. Just. Yeah, you never, you never like to give up that many rushing yards in, In a game. It's not gonna. It's not a good formula for. For winning.
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Reed Blankenship
No.
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Cooper DeJean
And kind of just put you back.
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Reed Blankenship
On your heels a little bit and you're.
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Cooper DeJean
Yeah.
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Reed Blankenship
Always playing the run and then, you know, I mean, if they're running it well, they're going to run the ball the whole time, so.
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Cooper DeJean
Yeah. And then, you know, you overcompensate for the run, then they hit a little play action or something on you. But, you know, there's. There's things we can obviously fix and you know, we've already looked at and gone back to the drawing board. But, you know, Black Friday, that was my first time playing on black, actually. No, it wasn't. I played on Black Friday in college.
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Reed Blankenship
Who'd you play?
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Cooper DeJean
We play. We always played Nebraska on Black Friday.
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Was that your first time playing, playing on Black Friday?
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Reed Blankenship
I think. I don't. I can't remember, but I'm pretty sure, yeah, it was. I played on Thanksgiving before.
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Cooper DeJean
Yeah. So it was great atmosphere though, as always at home.
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The legend Malcolm Jenkins went into Eagles hall of Fame. Congrats to him. Now he actually takes pictures at our games. I'm pretty sure. I know which is pretty.
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Reed Blankenship
Is it. Is it just our games or just like. Like an area.
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Cooper DeJean
I think, I think it's everybody in the air because I saw him at the soccer game this past summer. He was shooting pictures at the soccer game too. So I, I just think he does a bunch of sporting events. That's pretty cool, though. Yeah, it is pretty cool.
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Reed Blankenship
Find your passion and other things. I mean, regardless of what it is.
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Cooper DeJean
Yeah. But I think, you know the common theme from. From both losses. Well, I don't even know if there's a common theme is two.
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Reed Blankenship
Yeah, it's two kind of separate.
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Cooper DeJean
Yeah.
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I mean, when we get up on people, we just gotta. We gotta keep them down. Yeah.
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Reed Blankenship
Yeah, that's.
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Cooper DeJean
That's the biggest thing with that first one.
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Reed Blankenship
And then gotta keep them back I mean, when our field positions where it is, you know, I know Braden Mann's been doing a really good job of, of, of keeping them down there. And our, our special teams punt team has been really doing really good keeping them down there. And we just gotta do a better job of keeping people down there, you know, keeping people as far back as possible. Which, I mean, yes, it's tough, but that's, I mean, that's our job. That's what we got to do.
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Cooper DeJean
Obviously stopping their own game as well.
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Reed Blankenship
Yes.
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Cooper DeJean
Is another big thing, something we haven't done well the past couple weeks and you know, we need to get back to doing that. Reed had a little injury though, but he's. You're all good now, aren't you?
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Reed Blankenship
Yeah, yeah, I'm climbing back. I'm good.
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Cooper DeJean
I'll be ready to go for, for this Monday.
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Reed Blankenship
Absolutely.
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Cooper DeJean
What's your approach, Mr. Captain, after these two tough losses? You know, obviously there's a lot of finger pointing that could be happening.
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Reed Blankenship
Yeah. And obviously that's, that's definitely not the case and we're not the team to, to do that. I know there's a lot of probably talk saying that there's finger point going on, but there really isn't. I mean, we are a team that hold each other accountable, that we take accountability when, when things are wrong. But yeah, when you start getting to the finger pointing world, man, that's just. That ain't it, man. That's just, that's kind of cowardly in my opinion. But I mean, as a captain, you just gotta kind of rally the troops, you know, have. Have talks about it. What, what do we need to have fixed? You know, is there anything that we need to do differently? Just be open about it. I mean, it's the worst thing you do is bottle it all up. I mean, that's the worst thing you can do. And yeah, and I believe we've done a really good job of not doing that and you know, stating what needs to be fixed, like what can we do better? And I know, like on the defensive side, like, we just need to just worry about what we need to worry about. We need to worry about getting the ball back to the offense as quick as possible, you know, and that's just, you know, our main goal, you know, don't let them score and definitely give the ball back as fast as possible. And you know, the past two weeks we didn't, I mean, we didn't really do that at times. Like we gotta not let them score at all. You know, we don't need to do.
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Cooper DeJean
Yeah.
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Reed Blankenship
I don't know, you just gotta play. You just gotta go out there. We gotta do our job and still have fun with it, you know, don't lose that passion.
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Cooper DeJean
I think the biggest thing too is like, we hate the way we're playing. Like.
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Reed Blankenship
Yeah.
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Cooper DeJean
The way we're playing right now. And there's a lot of conversation between, you know, us as teammates on what we can do. Is there things we can do differently during the week, you know, to prepare for, you know, the team we're playing together.
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To, you know, make sure everybody's on the same page. And, you know, I think, I think that's a beautiful thing within our team. You know, everybody, everybody's trying to figure out ways to, to get better and, you know, get us, get us back on track. Obviously, the outside noise, especially in this city, is, is always going to be there.
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Reed Blankenship
They hold us accountable. They hold us accountable. They always will. And you know, that's what's great about this place. They. They care so much about this team and, you know, and we see that and we understand that and we're, I mean, we're like, like you're saying we're, we're figuring it out. You know, we're trying to figure it all out too and continue to stay positive about everything because the moment you get negative about it is when it's all lost. So trust me, like, we're, we're working on every day and.
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It'S just something that obviously has continued to, to grow and build on and just gather the troops like I always say, and just le other the end of the day.
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Cooper DeJean
We'Re eight and four and you know, things could be like, our record could be a lot worse, but we still have a lot to play for.
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Reed Blankenship
Absolutely.
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Cooper DeJean
That's just, that's just how it is within our division, within the nfc, within the whole thing. Like we still have everything right in front of us. We just got to still have.
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Reed Blankenship
We still, we still have a full on track. Feel like a. Seems like a full season left, you know, like let's have a few more games and yeah, we'll stay positive and motivated through it all and keep working, man. It's our job.
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Cooper DeJean
Yep. Yep. We did have Thanksgiving over the little break that, that we were gone. How was that? Did you, did you do some cooking? Did Elsa do some cooking?
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Reed Blankenship
She did. She. She whipped up a little, little something.
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Cooper DeJean
She.
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Reed Blankenship
We got a honey baked ham, green bean casserole. Oh yeah, sweet, sweet potato casserole.
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What else she cooked.
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Cooper DeJean
Was it Homemade or.
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Reed Blankenship
No, I mean, pretty much, yeah.
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Cooper DeJean
Nice.
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Reed Blankenship
Couple desserts. Nothing. Nothing crazy for. Because my parents came up, so it was just four of us. So you don't want a big spread?
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Cooper DeJean
Yeah.
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Reed Blankenship
Because, like, you could. I can only eat so much of Thanksgiving leftovers, so I'm like, all right, I'm done, you know?
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Cooper DeJean
Yeah, no, we. We did the same thing, though.
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Reed Blankenship
We had.
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Cooper DeJean
We had a ham. We did some mashed potatoes, some corn.
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Some. What else we have. We had some pumpkin pie. Nothing. Nothing crazy. You know, obviously, I didn't want to heat. Eat a whole lot because, you know, we had a game the next day, so I didn't need a whole lot, but I think it's just good to, you know, be able to hang out with the family and watch some football, eat some food, you know, do all that. So, yeah, that was. It was good to.
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Reed Blankenship
Really good to have some family time.
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Cooper DeJean
For sure. Yeah. Especially, you know, in the middle of the season like this.
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Reed, what was the hardest part about moving from your hometown to Philly?
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Reed Blankenship
Easy. It's got to be the word, John. Is it a verb or a noun or both?
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Cooper DeJean
Oh, for sure. Definitely. Jon. As two guys who went from farmland to the big leagues, there are a lot of things we can't make sense of.
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Reed Blankenship
Like if you're supposed to go Swiss or wiz our fellow players, fashion choices. Sorry, guys. And like we said, when it is and isn't appropriate to use the word John.
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Cooper DeJean
Yeah. Not sure that'll ever make sense to us. We're trying, though. But one thing we hear you can make sense of is your money. Thanks to citizens.
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Reed Blankenship
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Cooper DeJean
Of your money and your johns. Was that right?
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Reed Blankenship
No clue. Visit them online@citizensbank.com madeready or at your local branch and help make sense of your money with citizens member fdic. So, Coop, I need to come up with some good Christmas gift ideas for Elsa, but I feel like it needs to be something fun. I don't know, maybe something different.
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Cooper DeJean
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Reed Blankenship
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Cooper DeJean
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Reed Blankenship
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Reed Blankenship
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Cooper DeJean
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Reed Blankenship
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Cooper DeJean
Thank you, seatgeek.
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Reed Blankenship
Welcome back to the exciting mics presented by citizens. Our favorite segment. Coop.
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Cooper DeJean
Now it's time for our favorite segment, the exciting fits. Let's see what we got here from the past couple weeks. Exciting fits. Oh, little plane fit.
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Reed Blankenship
Okay, aj.
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Cooper DeJean
Yeah. Shout out to. Shout out to AJ Brown. The Peace Collective sweatshirt that I got on there. A little all black. Black on black with white. Nikes.
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Reed Blankenship
The Goyard.
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Cooper DeJean
Go yard.
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Reed Blankenship
The Goyard. Goes everywhere, man.
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Cooper DeJean
It really does. Goes most places.
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Reed Blankenship
Goes most places.
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Cooper DeJean
Yeah. Come a little plain fit. Comfortable.
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Reed Blankenship
Comfortable.
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Cooper DeJean
Oh, Zach bone. All white. All white. That's tough. Clean fit, calm fit, calm, clean. Oh, Saquon Barkley.
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Reed Blankenship
All Black Friday. The Black Friday fit.
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Cooper DeJean
That's. That jacket's sick, too. I. I didn't know Nike made jackets like that.
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Reed Blankenship
That's a Nike jacket. Yeah, I did not know that either.
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Cooper DeJean
It's kind of sick. Little leather jacket with the hoodie underneath, the Eagles hat. Looks like he's trying to grow out the. The beard a little bit, maybe.
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Reed Blankenship
Is he?
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Cooper DeJean
I think he is. Who knows?
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Reed Blankenship
I have to ask him about that.
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Cooper DeJean
Yeah, we'll see.
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Reed Blankenship
J.P. everybody. Everybody's with the black fit.
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Cooper DeJean
I like the bag.
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Reed Blankenship
I like the bag a lot kind of bag.
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Cooper DeJean
Is that.
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Reed Blankenship
I don't know. Looks exotic.
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Cooper DeJean
Is it Bottega?
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Reed Blankenship
I don't think it is.
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Cooper DeJean
I don't know. Looks good, though. You got those Big old gold chain on, you know, with the shades.
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Reed Blankenship
The JP chain. Yeah.
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Cooper DeJean
That's tough.
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Reed Blankenship
That is tough.
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Cooper DeJean
Clean fit. Oh, boy.
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Reed Blankenship
What are these dudes doing? What are they called?
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Cooper DeJean
The Caucasian Collision Unit.
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Reed Blankenship
Caucasian Collision Unit.
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Cooper DeJean
Bryce Betcher and Dylan Theen from the University of Oregon. The Caucasian Collision. The Caucasian Collision Unit.
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Reed Blankenship
Hey, that. That is pretty funny. I'll give that to him.
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Cooper DeJean
Maybe a little exciting. White times. Caucasian Collision Unit. Collab. It'd be sick. Good for them, though. Taking advantage of. I wonder what came up with that. I know.
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Reed Blankenship
Yeah.
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Cooper DeJean
I like that though. It's also funny.
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Reed Blankenship
It is funny.
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Cooper DeJean
Monday Night Football against the Chargers in la.
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Reed Blankenship
Seems like we go to LA every year.
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Cooper DeJean
I know.
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Reed Blankenship
Regardless.
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Cooper DeJean
LA last year for the Rams, this year for the Charges.
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Reed Blankenship
I've been in 23, 24 and 25.
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Cooper DeJean
And now you're going back again.
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Reed Blankenship
This is my third time. Yes.
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Cooper DeJean
Yeah, I mean, I think, I think everybody's just excited to get back out there and have a chance to play, you know, another week, another chance to get better, I think.
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Reed Blankenship
Right. Even though, even though we had like a short week last week and this week you play on a Monday, we have a, we have a pretty, a mini bar pretty much. And you know, those extra days mean so much mentally, physically.
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Pretty much everything. But you know, when, once you get back in the building, you're. You get that itched. Ready to go again, you know?
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Cooper DeJean
Yeah, I think.
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You know, just. I think the message is just more, more focused during the week, more intensity at practice.
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Just do a little, you know, do a little more to help yourself be focused come, come Monday night so you're prepared and you feel prepared out there on the field and, and, and ready to go. But yeah, that, that mini buy was, was huge for us.
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Obviously they got a great quarterback and, and Justin Herbert can throw the ball.
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Reed Blankenship
Down with the injuries. He finished the day though. He finished the game.
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Cooper DeJean
Yeah. This past game he had surgery on his hand.
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Reed Blankenship
Yeah.
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Cooper DeJean
Which so, I mean, kind of crazy that he played.
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Reed Blankenship
I mean, we're preparing. Like he's playing, so.
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Cooper DeJean
Yeah, yeah, no doubt, no doubt.
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Reed Blankenship
You know, we're not. We probably won't know until the day of, but still, it doesn't matter. You know, we just need to just focus on us and.
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You know, worry about everything.
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Cooper DeJean
Have you ever played through, played through a broken bone or anything like that?
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Reed Blankenship
The only, not like anything broken. The only thing I've for real, like I could play through would have been. Well, I guess. I mean, I broke my, like my thumb and stuff and wrist and like middle school or high school and play with a cast on. But like I played with the torn labrums before. Yeah.
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Cooper DeJean
That's pretty common for football.
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Reed Blankenship
Yeah. Guys, what's the worst for those of.
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Cooper DeJean
You that don't know.
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Reed Blankenship
Yeah, I guess just. I don't know.
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Cooper DeJean
I really haven't played through any like big time injury. I broke my leg in practice, but there was no way I was playing.
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Reed Blankenship
Yeah.
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Cooper DeJean
On a broken fibula with, with my.
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Reed Blankenship
Yeah.
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Cooper DeJean
I mean, obviously.
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Reed Blankenship
But when I broke my leg, my leg was an L, a backwards L. So.
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Cooper DeJean
Yeah. Probably wouldn't be able to play through that.
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Reed Blankenship
No. Probably couldn't even stand on it. So if I, if I try to stand up, I'd probably be standing on my shin bone. So.
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Yeah, it probably wouldn't have worked.
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Cooper DeJean
Let's. Yeah. The Chargers though, they're for the defense though. It's. It's another good challenge for us. Obviously they got some good receivers, some good young receivers, a veteran receiver, and then good tight ends.
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Reed Blankenship
And good tight ends. Yeah.
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Cooper DeJean
Good running back. Just a good offense in general. I think they run the ball and throw the ball, so. But do you think it's a different experience playing the Chargers versus the Rams?
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Reed Blankenship
And so far I have no idea. I've never played the Chargers before in Sofi and so like I've never played them in general.
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Cooper DeJean
Oh, really?
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Reed Blankenship
I've only played the Rams, so I have no idea.
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Cooper DeJean
I've never played the Chargers before either. So this will be be interesting. I imagine there'll be a lot of Philly fans like there was for the Rams game last year, so.
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Reed Blankenship
Oh, yeah, no, we travel really well.
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Cooper DeJean
Yeah. See how that goes.
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Now it is time to check out our say cheese with Cooper. Sharp fan submissions up first.
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Reed Blankenship
This was submitted by Tom Mitchell with the Hollywood Cafe squad. Oh, a little Kelly Green action going on, eh?
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Cooper DeJean
Kelly Green action. Looks like they got a little watch party going on.
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Reed Blankenship
Eagles head in the back. Oh, go ahead and see that in so I can wear it on the pod.
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Cooper DeJean
I need to get you one of them.
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Reed Blankenship
I know what we got next.
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Cooper DeJean
Next, Connor rocking the Cooper cheese.
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Reed Blankenship
McKenzie rocking the Cooper cheese. Merch man.
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Cooper DeJean
Sunglasses and a little necklace too. Huh?
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Reed Blankenship
That glows.
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Cooper DeJean
I like that. Looking good. Looking good.
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Reed Blankenship
And last up from Megan submitted her son who went to their first Eagles game on his 10th birthday ever.
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Cooper DeJean
Eagles game on his 10th birthday.
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Reed Blankenship
Let's dig into that.
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Cooper DeJean
Look at the sign. Sign we got.
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Reed Blankenship
So we got go Middle Tennessee State.
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Cooper DeJean
Okay. Little coops crunch action. Obviously he's got the 30, 32 and 33 on there too. Fly, eagles, fly.
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Reed Blankenship
And then the second one is. Oh, it says say cheese with 33 in it.
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Cooper DeJean
Love it. I don't know.
- [24:18]
Reed Blankenship
I think we already got a. A winner right here, man. A strong one.
- [24:22]
Cooper DeJean
I think this is our. The birthday boys. Our winner.
- [24:25]
Reed Blankenship
Birthday boy. Happy belated.
- [24:27]
Cooper DeJean
Happy belated birthday, birthday boy. Sick signs. We love them.
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Reed Blankenship
Shout out, man. Shout out. But thanks to everyone for sharing your picks. We'll get our winners some Cooper Cheese merch.
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Cooper DeJean
Now for this week, do you think you or someone you know look like reader?
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Jamie (Fantasy Expert)
Me?
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Cooper DeJean
Reader.
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Cooper DeJean
We want you to say cheese by sharing or sending in pictures of your exciting mics look alike.
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Reed Blankenship
When you share your picture on social, make sure you tag Exciting Mike's and Cooper Cheese. We'll be selecting a say cheese winner to receive Cooper Cheese merch.
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Cooper DeJean
Exciting Mike's is fueled by Cooper Sharp. From cheesesteaks to bubbling Mac and cheese, Cooper Cheese brings the flavor that makes every bite legendary. Find Cooper near you@coopercheese.com and discover why fans have been hooked for more than 130 years.
- [25:24]
Around college football. Some big news. Lane Kiffin taking the LSU job.
- [25:30]
Reed Blankenship
Yeah. So what's all this stuff going on with it? I don't. I'm not in it.
- [25:35]
Cooper DeJean
I guess he was trying to. He wanted to take the LSU job, but he also wanted to coach Ole Miss in the cfp, the College Football Playoff.
- [25:46]
But the athletic director at Ole Miss wouldn't let him coach. So now their defensive coordinator just got promoted to. Well, to. They made him the permanent head coach now.
- [25:58]
Reed Blankenship
Wow.
- [25:59]
Cooper DeJean
And he told us, I guess allegedly told his assistants that if they don't come on the plane with them to lsu, they, they're out. And I think most, I think most of them stayed at Ole Miss, to be honest.
- [26:13]
Reed Blankenship
What's their rank?
- [26:14]
Cooper DeJean
I don't know, but I know they're 11 and 1. So they're going to be in the playoff. I don't know if they're playing in the SEC championship this week or not.
- [26:21]
Reed Blankenship
No, it's Bama and Georgia this week.
- [26:25]
Cooper DeJean
Yeah. But I don't know.
- [26:26]
Reed Blankenship
It's.
- [26:27]
Cooper DeJean
I think, I think. I don't know. They gotta, they gotta do something about that because I think, I think it's because of the way the recruiting cycles scheduled that makes, that makes it so.
- [26:43]
You know, like if you want to go to a different place from a school that, I mean, you have to get there.
- [26:50]
Before signing day so you can sign, get guys to come to your school. I think signing days next week maybe or it might be this week.
- [26:59]
Reed Blankenship
Is it early signing day or is it. I don't know.
- [27:04]
Cooper DeJean
But yeah.
- [27:05]
Reed Blankenship
I don't even know how much this has changed. Like obviously you have a better understanding than I do because you.
- [27:10]
Cooper DeJean
I don't think it has really. But I think they need to push back the signing day until after.
- [27:17]
The playoff maybe. So it makes it so that coaches can. They get new job opportunities that they want to take. They can still recruit and coach their team if their team's having a successful year. Because the same thing happened with the Tulane coach too.
- [27:32]
Reed Blankenship
Sumro.
- [27:32]
Cooper DeJean
I think. Because I think they're having a good year too.
- [27:35]
Reed Blankenship
Yeah.
- [27:35]
Cooper DeJean
I mean, if I'm not mistaken, feel.
- [27:38]
Reed Blankenship
Like everywhere he's been, he's got. He's had a good year. Was. No, he wasn't.
- [27:45]
Cooper DeJean
There's been a lot of coaching changes though, over the past.
- [27:48]
Reed Blankenship
Yeah, a lot.
- [27:50]
Cooper DeJean
Two days.
- [27:50]
Reed Blankenship
Yeah.
- [27:52]
Cooper DeJean
But a little drama in college football though.
- [27:55]
Reed Blankenship
I know. I can only imagine now, you know, we don't partake in fantasy football, but our phly fantasy expert Jamie has some pics to share. Tell the people what's up, Jamie.
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- [30:01]
Cooper DeJean
Oh boy. Let's check out our predictions that we made from the preseason on our.
- [30:08]
Reed Blankenship
How did I do?
- [30:10]
Cooper DeJean
12 and. Oh, my prediction. What's your prediction? 9 and 3 respectable, but I don't know.
- [30:15]
Reed Blankenship
9 and 3 and you beat a couple of high ranked teams. You beat Oregon. This stands right there.
- [30:20]
Cooper DeJean
All right. From an outsider. We'll, we'll take that. I guess you almost. Oh, no, you didn't.
- [30:26]
Reed Blankenship
No, I didn't. I was close.
- [30:29]
Cooper DeJean
Iowa finished 8 and 46 in the Big Ten. Lost to Iowa State, Indiana, Oregon and USC, who are all. I believe they're all top 12 teams. Indiana, Oregon and USC.
- [30:44]
Are. But I mean the guys were, they were a couple plays away from, from being shoot 8 and 1 or not 8 and 1. 11, 11 1.
- [30:58]
I think that the Indiana game came down to the wire. Oregon had the lead late and they, they had a last second field goal to beat us and then USC also came down to the wire, so.
- [31:12]
Reed Blankenship
But yeah, not a pretty good year, dude.
- [31:15]
Cooper DeJean
Pretty good year. Yeah, I know they're, they're not satisfied with it, but we'll see. We'll see what bowl game they end up in.
- [31:22]
Reed Blankenship
I should have stuck with a couple of my predictions that I got talked out of. Who you taught me out of them. I gave you like one or two because I probably would have guessed it right.
- [31:39]
Cooper DeJean
Hey, you might have, might have not. Let's check on the MTSU Blue Raiders.
- [31:45]
Reed Blankenship
Nah, I said we went out, bro.
- [31:47]
Cooper DeJean
All right, I'll give you seven and five going to a bowl game. Probably going back to Hawaii, easy.
- [31:53]
Reed Blankenship
Hey, bro, bowl games are our freaking championship games, man. Relax.
- [31:57]
Cooper DeJean
How'd they finish up here?
- [31:59]
Reed Blankenship
They went three and on three and.
- [32:02]
Cooper DeJean
Nine, you had them going 11 and one. Okay.
- [32:09]
Reed Blankenship
What bro?
- [32:11]
Cooper DeJean
I'm just, I don't know. Do you have any thoughts on, on this, their season?
- [32:16]
Reed Blankenship
It's a tough, I mean it's a tough year. It was a tough year. Obviously.
- [32:22]
I remember when I, in 2020, I think we went 3 and 6. That was near Covid and like I, I kind of knew or knew I was like, kind of could feel the morale. Not the, not like it was bad. Like I'm just saying it from my point of view. It was tough. It was tough to get out of.
- [32:42]
Cooper DeJean
Those slumps.
- [32:45]
Reed Blankenship
And you know, it's.
- [32:48]
It'S just tough like a mid major like that.
- [32:53]
I don't know, man.
- [32:55]
Cooper DeJean
Yeah, I just don't know. Tough season for the, for the boys. But you know, hopefully they'll bounce back, be motivated for next year.
- [33:06]
Reed Blankenship
Is this a snack break or what?
- [33:08]
Cooper DeJean
Nah, brother, it's a creatine break.
- [33:11]
Reed Blankenship
Oh, that's right. You got those Create gummies, right?
- [33:13]
Cooper DeJean
Nah, brother. We've got the Create Gummies look under your chair.
- [33:20]
Reed Blankenship
Does that mean I can throw all that creatine powder stuff out?
- [33:23]
Cooper DeJean
Taste one and you tell me. I've got the blue raspberry ones. I've been taking them all year. In fact, you know how you've been saying I've had a little more pop this year?
- [33:34]
Reed Blankenship
First, this orange one is really good. Second, you have been freaking on one this year. You say NSCs create gummies.
- [33:43]
Cooper DeJean
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- [35:57]
Cooper DeJean
Welcome back to Exciting Mics presented by Citizens now it's time for our fan Q and A. Right now we have Sergio joining us.
- [36:07]
Reed Blankenship
What up?
- [36:09]
Sergio (Caller)
What's up fellas?
- [36:09]
Cooper DeJean
How we doing? Good. You from Philly?
- [36:12]
Sergio (Caller)
I'm good, yeah, man. Northeast Philly.
- [36:15]
Reed Blankenship
Yeah, I can tell an accent, man.
- [36:17]
Sergio (Caller)
Cold. Get me on that plane to LA with you guys.
- [36:20]
Reed Blankenship
Oh.
- [36:23]
Cooper DeJean
Long ass flight.
- [36:25]
Sergio (Caller)
Listen, speaking of long flights, my question today, I just got done a. A beautiful but absolutely horrific ending to a Disney trip with my family. So gorgeous wife, 7 year old, 5 year old and a 1 year old.
- [36:42]
Reed Blankenship
Oh, wow.
- [36:44]
Sergio (Caller)
Get to the airport. Flight's canceled. So good old Sergio had to drive a nice 16 and a half hours from Orlando. From Orlando to good old Philadelphia. So my question to you guys is, what is the worst or longest trip that a road trip that you guys have ever had?
- [37:02]
Reed Blankenship
Oh, I mean I drove from Tennessee to Philly, from Philly to Tennessee like three times now. And it's like a 12 and a half to 13 hour drive. And I drove back last year after, I guess was it after the parade and that's when there's like a lot of snow on the ground. So I was going through Virginia and it was like a blizzard by myself. So I mean that was probably mine, honestly.
- [37:36]
Cooper DeJean
Mine. I remember.
- [37:40]
And I was playing AAU basketball and we had a tournament in New York City.
- [37:47]
And we took.
- [37:49]
This like three buses, three charter buses from Iowa to New York City. It took us like two days to get there and then we had to take. And then we had to take them back too. It was so ass.
- [38:07]
Reed Blankenship
That's awful. I actually gotta change my. We drove from Bama to Canada.
- [38:14]
20 some hour drive to go like on a fishing trip. It was like six of us in like one of those big family vans, bro. I don't, I don't know why I didn't think of that, but yes, that was the worst trip or drive ever. I mean I was just riding the whole time. That's awful.
- [38:31]
Sergio (Caller)
Shout out to you and the new baby. So if you have to do it again, God bless you.
- [38:36]
Maybe you when you get up to three and not just one baby girl, you'll, you, you'll get to experience a beautiful long drive with one bottle.
- [38:44]
Reed Blankenship
Look man, we're going to cross that bridge when we get there, all right?
- [38:49]
Sergio (Caller)
One at a time, one at a.
- [38:50]
Reed Blankenship
Time, one at a time.
- [38:53]
Cooper DeJean
Appreciate you, brother. Thanks for joining us.
- [38:56]
Sergio (Caller)
Good luck this week. And go bird baby.
- [39:00]
Reed Blankenship
Let's go.
- [39:00]
Jamie (Fantasy Expert)
Yes, sir.
- [39:01]
Cooper DeJean
Our next guest, we got Graydon and Will joining us. What's up fellas? How we doing?
- [39:07]
Reed Blankenship
Good. How are you?
- [39:08]
Cooper DeJean
How are you? Where are you guys from? We're calling him. Calling him from Richmond, Virginia.
- [39:13]
Reed Blankenship
Nice.
- [39:13]
Cooper DeJean
Richmond. Richmond, Virginia.
- [39:17]
Reed Blankenship
Love it.
- [39:17]
Cooper DeJean
What's your. What's your questions you got for us? If you could relive one moment in your whole football career, what would it be?
- [39:27]
Reed Blankenship
Reed?
- [39:29]
Cooper DeJean
In high school, I'd probably go back to high school.
- [39:35]
Winning back to back state championships in high school. That was pretty.
- [39:40]
Pretty cool moment, I'd say, in my. My football career outside of the super bowl, obviously, outside of service, I mean, that's. I feel like that's a given. Yeah.
- [39:49]
Reed Blankenship
But I think I would have to go back to high school, too. I didn't win. The only state championship I won was in basketball. But going back to football my last two years.
- [40:01]
Like, in the playoffs, like that, the group of guys that I played with were just phenomenal. I mean, they were really good dudes. Grew up with them. Played my whole life with them, played baseball, basketball, whatever with them. So you just. I don't know. High school football is just different. You know, the smell, the interaction, the relationships is different. So I think I would go back and relive probably my senior year of football.
- [40:25]
Cooper DeJean
And then between. Between y' all two, who's winning a 1v1 boxing match?
- [40:30]
Reed Blankenship
Probably me.
- [40:32]
Because I'm the dad of the group now, so I got dad strength. What the.
- [40:37]
Cooper DeJean
What does that mean? That means nothing.
- [40:41]
Reed Blankenship
That means a lot, bro.
- [40:42]
Cooper DeJean
Reads a little softy at heart.
- [40:44]
Reed Blankenship
I am not soft, bro.
- [40:50]
Cooper DeJean
He can't throw a punch, though, so I'll. I'll take that one.
- [40:54]
Reed Blankenship
I haven't seen you throw a punch either, so I don't want to hear it.
- [40:59]
Not.
- [40:59]
Cooper DeJean
I'd probably win.
- [41:01]
Reed Blankenship
I'd probably win, though. That's a good question. I'll probably win, though.
- [41:08]
Cooper DeJean
Who do you guys think would win? I gotta take Cooper. Yeah, I'm taking Cooper as well.
- [41:16]
Get out of here. Get out of here.
- [41:20]
Reed Blankenship
Hey, man, get these dudes off my screen, bro.
- [41:26]
Cooper DeJean
Awesome. I appreciate you guys. Thanks for joining us. No, thank you.
- [41:34]
Thank you for tuning in to another episode of Exciting Mics.
- [41:37]
Reed Blankenship
Remember to, like, comment, share, and subscribe on YouTube or wherever you listen to your podcast.
- [41:43]
Cooper DeJean
Drop your questions in the comment section below and you could be joining us next week live in the episode.
- [41:49]
Reed Blankenship
And as always, we appreciate your love and support. We'll see you next week.
- [41:54]
Cooper DeJean
Go Birds. Go Birds. Go Birds. Dickhead.
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