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Dan Le Batard
Now's a good time to remember where tequila's story truly began. In 1795, Cuervo invented tequila.
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Dominique Foxworth
Cuervo.
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Dan Le Batard
What are you doing here?
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Stugotz
Cuervo? Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.
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Dan Le Batard
Well, I do know that to be true. But even during ad reads like Cuervo, I think he could lay out especially for one of our great partners.
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Stugotz
Sweet, delicious Cuervo.
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Dan Le Batard
Since then, Cuervo has stayed true to its roots. The same family, the same land, the same passion.
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Dominique Foxworth
Cuervo.
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Dan Le Batard
So enjoy the tequila that started it all. Cuervo. Cuervo the tequila that invented tequila. Proximo Cuervo.com Please drink responsibly.
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Dominique Foxworth
Cuervo.
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Dominique Foxworth
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Stugotz
Why are you listening to this show?
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Ad Read Announcer
The podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan LeBatard podcast.
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Dominique Foxworth
I'm sorry. I'm not gonna apologize for that.
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Ad Read Announcer
In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging.
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Stugotz
I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there. That hasn't happened to you guys.
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Dominique Foxworth
I've done it.
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And now here's the marching man to.
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Stugotz
Nowhere Fat Face and the Habitual Liar.
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Guest or Caller
This episode of the Dan Lebatard show is presented by DraftKings. DraftKings. The Crown is yours.
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Stugotz
Let's get some real football expertise to answer some of those questions that we didn't have answers to earlier. We'll do that in a second with Dominique Foxworth. But before we do that. Roy, can you please tell me who the nuttiest fan of the week was? Brought to you by Hampton Farms. We got to send Dominique some peanuts so that we're literally paying him in peanuts.
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Billy
Yeah.
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Dominique Foxworth
Congratulations to Texas Tech tortillas. They are this week's nuttiest fan. Presented by Hampton Farms. The official snack of the tailgate.
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Dan Le Batard
Well deserved. Been doing that for 30 years. We just noticed.
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Stugotz
That's right. And we're celebrating it by making. You shouldn't throw away tortillas. I think they should be penalized for that, not rewarded. But I'm not in charge around here. A couple of stats from the Dolphins game last night and in general. Okay. Last night was the first Dolphins drive with multiple third down conversions of 10 plus yards since week eight of 2022. And also Mike Renner of CBS Sports is going to hit Dolphin fans right in the groin region with to. His cap number is higher than Josh Allen's in 2025, 2026, 2027 and 2028. That's a structural flaw in your division.
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Dan Le Batard
He competed in the Bachelorette.
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Stugotz
Dominique, what can you tell me, and welcome sir, about what you saw last night and how you felt about it? Because I was arguing that's about as well as the do.
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Dominique Foxworth
Yeah, I mean we don't do moral victories, but I mean that was a chance that you guys could have been looking at an overhaul after that game and it feels like it was slightly encouraging. The stat about the multiple third down conversions is an interesting one because that's one thing that jumped out to me in the game is how many drives they had that were just empty, like three and out drives relative to the Bills, who I felt like never really went three and out, which they did score on every drive. They missed a field goal. They weren't perfect either. But the Dolphins really put a ton of pressure on their not that great defense by going three and out. So they have a long, beautiful. They had like a nine yard drive, a 16 yard drive that ended in touchdowns and that's like this is good football team stuff. And Tua was excellent in certain situations. He was able to get out of the pocket and create and do like unorthodox outside of the structure type of things. The things that Chris was looking for him to do in the past and I was impressed with him. But then those three and out drives are really killer. And then of course there's penalties and late game turnovers that kill you guys. But the talent is just a reminder. The talent differential in the NFL is so minuscule that any team can find a way to compete if they put together some good drives and and don't have stupid penalties and in opportune turnovers at the end of the game.
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Guest or Caller
Dominique, it's hard for us because we're watching on TV and you can't see down the field but like what can it.
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Dominique Foxworth
Oh, see, that's where you're wrong. Amazon, baby, that Thursday night game you watch the next gen joint. Oh, so much better.
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Guest or Caller
What do they do? Really?
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Dominique Foxworth
Yeah, so that they have like a next. You know, when they first came on Amazon, they had a bunch of different like side cast. It was like dude, perfect and some other just trying to pull people in that were just boring and terrible. But they also had the next gen telecast which the next gen telecast shows you the whole field. Saves me so much time. I don't have to do too many rewatches because I can see the whole field from the beginning to the end of the game. It's great. But I still had to rewatch because last night I was teaching my son about exponents.
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Guest or Caller
All right, so so help me out here then because I didn't know about that. Now I'll also tell you I'm probably still not going to watch that. But anyway, I didn't know about that. So what is, what is a defense doing that is preventing the Dolphins from even attempting anything over the middle or downfield or waddle and Hill. Like it's. It was screen pass after screen.
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Stugotz
We were saying before you came on here, Dominique, that two had more passes or as many passes behind the line of scrimmage as past the line of scrimmage.
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Dominique Foxworth
So it's a combination of things. It's. They're playing deep zones. They're forcing them to do that. They're giving extra attention to Tyreek Hill. They're only rushing four and Tua doesn't have a super strong arm. So the Dolphins blitzed a lot. But they also did some of this deep zone stuff to try to take away the big play. And they're tiny little windows and Josh Allen can rip it into those windows. And so when they are small windows to get deep downfield, if you have the arm strength in the accuracy and the anticipation, which is what Tua used to be like, the incoming cuts on anticipation, then you can hit it. But I think that a lot of teams have decided that the way that they want to play Tua is challenge him to be able to attack down the field. Like challenge this team to have a really long drive without making A mistake by forcing them to check down and try to take Tyreek Hill out of the game. And if you're going to attack us downfield, you're gonna have to squeeze it into a small zone with a quarterback who is not known for his arm strength.
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Guest or Caller
But is that new? Were teams not doing that two years ago or is it, you think more it is a drop off from Tua?
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Dominique Foxworth
No, I think it's somewhat of a change. They ran the ball well last night, but they ran the ball better in the past, which then that would cause the guys to come up and be a little more aggressive. And also I think the like anticipatory throws and the Tyreek Hill rolling out of these cuts into the end cuts. Like, I think it was slightly different, it was a little newer. And I think combining all those things and TUA has taken more and more hits. So I think that's also part of it where they're like, we're going to make him stand in this pocket and we assume that he doesn't want to hit. We know you don't want him to get hit. So we're going to try to make this play take as long as possible. Because if you extend the play and like, I haven't talked to the Bill's coaching staff, but when I'm watching that tape, that's what I'm thinking is they're like, please, the more times we make you do this, the more likely you're going to make a mistake. So whether it's make you check down or make you try to squeeze it into a zone deep down the field or hold you keep the coverage so long that you have to flush out of pocket and create something on your own, either run or throw in a run, you are going to make a mistake. And to actually made fewer mistakes last night than I think the Bills expected him to, but the defense couldn't hold up.
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Stugotz
So you're saying that the Miami Dolphins, structurally, one of the flaws is, I'm guessing you don't want Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen to extend a play, but you do want to. To extend the play.
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Dominique Foxworth
Yeah, I mean, I think that's what they're hoping for. They're daring him like, all right, you need a big chunk sooner or later. Like, that's one of the things explosive plays are really important to winning. You're going to need a big chunk. Do you have the arm strength and accuracy and faith, honestly, to let it rip down the field into this tight zone multiple times a game? If you don't, then you're going to have to roll out to force us to distort our zone. And we know, and no one would say this publicly, but in a football game, we know what you don't want as far as injury is concerned. And I think the opponents know that no one wants Tua to get hit. They don't want to running the ball, even though for whatever reason they do these zone reads where I'm like, ah, there's no way you're actually going to let this man keep it on his own read. Are you like the backside in should not respect that zone read. But I think that's what they're thinking is like, let's put two in a position that he's uncomfortable. And even if it's not about exposing him to more hits, it's also like he's not great in that outer structure. So, like we're going to force you to do what you don't want.
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Billy
Is he missing things this season because kind of what you're saying. I notice the past couple games when he was the fastest to get rid of the ball and he was just throwing passes where he thought people were going to be. They were effective. This season, it seems like he has the ball longer. I mean, numerically he has the ball longer where people would say, great, he has a better line, but it's been less successful. Is it just coincidental? Is he missing things or are they just not there?
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Dominique Foxworth
Yeah. So I think time to throw is one of those tricky ones that people assume means that your O line is protecting you well, which I guess it could. But it also does mean that you are not playing within structure or you're not comfortable. So I think that it's part of the fact that we've, like, it's not a secret that was the big move is like we're going to do these motions for Tyreek Hill and do these anticipatory deep end cuts. That was their offense and that again is a shorter throw. So I think taking into account Tua's limitations with arm strength, the challenge is and he did it, I think twice last night that he hit the outside deeper out cut throws. They're going to challenge him to do that because with that ball in the air for that long floating, they feel like that is to their advantage because he can't rip those throws.
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Billy
Well.
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Stugotz
What else here though? Because Dominique, when you talk about margin for error in this sport, it's a bit crazy. But can we simplify this too? When Tua was throwing the ball faster, getting rid of it faster than any quarterback ever. Faster than Tom Brady. He was. They, they had the best offense in the league statistically when he was getting rid of the ball faster than Tom Brady. Now he's literally taking one second longer. That's the difference between best offense in the league and a league and a team that can't throw the ball down the field.
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Dominique Foxworth
I mean, Dan, one second is an eternity in football. Like I think it's like two and a half seconds is like the average time to thr. So like a whole second is forever. It's going to change all the dynamics. And I also think that it's a, it's. I don't, I want to say it's an oversimplification, but I think that makes it seem like that stat doesn't matter. I think that stat matters, but there's so many other confounding variables that will play into the how effective this offense is. I think explosive plays are like the currency of offense in football. If you get a lot of explosive plays, then you're going to have a lot of success. Creating those explosive plays are sometimes dependent on other things that are less interesting or less attractive to talk about, which includes like the running game. That was the key to the Eagles last year was they were able to consistently create explosive plays without the high risk of throwing the ball down the field. So throwing the ball downfield is a lower probability of success. So you don't want to do it all the time. Even though you need explosives. Handing the ball off and also throwing the ball downfield opens you up to turnovers. Handing the ball off. Worst case scenario, we go get a two yard gain, a one yard loss, we can live the fight another day. Best case scenario for the Eagles last year was we're going to get a 50 yard touchdown. And I that was the same way that the Dolphins offense was at one point was they were getting explosive plays from the running attack which then causes teams to not be comfortable to sit back in those ridiculous zones. And then that opens up Tyreek Hill. You have to isolate Tyreek Hill if you're going to try to be aggressive in the running attack. And all of that stuff happens so fast that it protected the offensive line. They don't have those advantages right now because teams are not concerned as much about the running attack. And they have. They're forcing TUA to make those throws that they weren't really taking away that in those deep end cuts as much as they've decided to now. But honestly, having said all of that, they were actually much better on offense than I anticipated that they would be. But the Bills defense is really injured and and not all that great.
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Guest or Caller
Dominique, what did you see on the interception?
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Dominique Foxworth
I think the the who was the defensive tackle won really fast which I think put pressure on Tua. Like that was definitely a pass rush win. It was much, it was like less than a second. It felt like he was into his face, which gave him trouble. I think there was an anticipation that he Tua knew where he wanted to get where he wanted to throw that ball before the snap happened, which I don't think is a problem. But there's something that Tony Romo said in to me a long time ago in a joint practice that we had when I was with the Broncos is we're doing one on ones and I had a really good break on the ball and he threw it super high so I didn't get the interception and I was like, like jokingly you got lucky. And he was saying he never looks at the receiver in that situation. He's not throwing to a receiver, he's throwing away from the db. And I think that when you know where your receivers are supposed to be, your eyes should be on the defensive players. And it was like an inside linebacker who widened his zone more quickly and wider than he normally would. And Tua didn't anticipate him doing it. He didn't see him doing it. And that's like I'm not a quarterback. I don't it seems ridiculous to say don't look at your receivers, look at the defenders. But it makes sense if you know where your receiver is supposed to be. You need to be looking for threats, not looking for opportunities.
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Dominique Foxworth
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Dominique Foxworth
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Dominique Foxworth
Don LeBatard I took my son to the barbershop, get a haircut and my man gave out some limp dap. Oh no.
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Dan Le Batard
Damn, damn, damn stugats.
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Dominique Foxworth
I disowned him. I threw him right under the bus. I was like whose kid is that out here dishing out limp dap? This Is the Dan Levitar show with the Stugach.
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Stugotz
I want to speed him up and get all around the league talking. No, I know, but I want to go all around the league.
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Billy
You're doing good.
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Stugotz
You're doing great. No, but slow.
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Dan Le Batard
You've got a gimmick.
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Stugotz
No, we're a quickie guy. We want quickie, not a quickie guy. We want all football quickness when we leave the Dolphins. But before I do that, I just wanted to ask a question to all of you. I noticed today, I had not noticed it before. I was driving and I saw a library in a place that I had not noticed that there was a library before. And I got to thinking as I drove by it. I'm like, how is the library not extinct by now? Are people just using it for, for the Internet? Are they going like, how has the library not yet gone extinct? Because you can get all this stuff without leaving your home. What are your thoughts on the library before we speed you up and bounce around the league?
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Dominique Foxworth
That's amazing. I haven't given much thought to the library, but my guess is the reason why it's not extinct is because it's not a for profit business and is supported by government funds. And the library is probably adapted to having programs would be my guess. And people who are can't afford to send their kids to camp, can't afford to send their kids to all types of classes and expose them to different things. My guess is that public libraries probably provide a lot of different those services. And there's still the Internet. So, yeah, I don't think that a lot of people are checking out books necessarily. But also I think people who don't have access or can't afford to buy a bunch of things who still like to read, they probably go there, get books. That was a weird change up.
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Billy
I, I went to the library yesterday, Dominique, since this came up, the library and what you mentioned, the library does have programs during the summer. They have things where like they have guests come in and they have like readings to kids, stuff like that. So my wife would take my daughters, you know, like once a week to the library in the summer. And when they would go to the library, they listen to the readings and then they would, you know, check out books and they'd come home and read them the books or whatever. I, I found some of those library books and I was like, we got to return these to the library. But she would take them to different lib. So there's this one branch, they would do it on a Tuesday and another branch. They would do it, like, on a Monday or whatever. Right. So then I was trying to figure out, which library do these books come from? We thought it was this one branch, but I wasn't sure. So I was calling my wife, and she was at work. She wasn't answering. I'm like, I'm just gonna go in and talk to the person at the front desk and figure out if this is the library these books came from, if I can return them here. So I asked the woman in Spanish, I asked the woman, did these books come from here? I have to return these books. My wife and daughter, like, I'm so sorry. They checked out these books a while back. Are they from this library? And you know what she told me? She goes, it doesn't matter. You can return at any library. Then we'll figure it out. I was like, whoa, okay, hold on a second. I can just return these at any library. That's very convenient. I don't like that. I don't like that. Because then, like. And she's like, then we'll just send it to Wright Library. I'm like that. Like, is. I'm sure gonna cost money. That. Where is that coming from? I don't like this. Like, I feel like there should be accountability here, and I should know where these books should go. Not me. Like, my family are the delinquents, not me. But regardless, I'm responsible for this family. I should have to drive to that library. Not one of the employees here, however they do it, right?
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Dominique Foxworth
And then I said, how many libraries do you guys frequent?
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Billy
There's.
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Dominique Foxworth
I feel like most people, like, you got your neighborhood library, like, three down.
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Billy
There's a good amount of libraries. Yeah. Different sizes. Some are, like, the main libraries, and there's, like, smaller ones. That's the one I was at yesterday trying to return these books, but they were from the library that was by the Home depot on, like, 1/17 where there used to be a. All you can eat pizza buffet.
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Dominique Foxworth
Anyways, so I mean no disrespect, but I think of South Florida. I don't think of, like, the most well read, like, community. I'm sorry.
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Billy
Okay, well, I will.
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Dominique Foxworth
I will take that disrespectful down there.
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Billy
I will take that disrespectfully, but I will move on nonetheless. So then I said to the librarian, I said, again, I'm so sorry. Like, thanks. She's like, they were from here, but they could be from anywhere. It's fine. I said, okay, again, I'm so Sorry, but I know these are past due. Like, how much do I owe you?
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Dominique Foxworth
Pink cocaine.
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Billy
And you know. You know what the librarian told me when I said, again, I know these are past you. How much? How much do I owe you? She said, nothing. We don't charge late fees anymore. I was like, this is bullshit. Like, this is absolute madness. There need to be consequences for my delinquent family holding onto these books longer than they were supposed to. There's no accountability anymore in the library system. You could just take the books wherever you want. You don't have to pay if they're late. Bring them back if you want to. If you don't, no big deal. Like. Like, this is insanity.
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Dominique Foxworth
Someone needs to come in that they're losing. That's how you know that they're losing is because I know it doesn't make sense. You would think that an industry that's under stress would capitulate to everything but. Or would not capitulate to anything. They'd say, well, give me this, give me that. I need it, I need help. But no, when you're losing, you do whatever. Like, I'll take whatever. Bring me some books backs, please.
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Billy
My kids need to learn about deadlines, my needs. Kids need to learn about accountability. This is where it goes. I mean, they don't drive yet, but this is where it goes back. This is how much you have to pay if you don't meet this deadline. She told me. She's like, no, we don't really charge if they're late anymore. If someone needs the book, like, we'll call you and we'll ask for you to bring back. You're not calling me to ask me to bring this book back. If I go to a library, the book's not there. I'm like, that's books lost or whatever, but I've never gone to a library. I'm like, when are you expecting this back? They're not doing that. The library right now. And I'm not endorsing this, but the way the plan that she laid out for me. Free books forever. Just go in, take a book off the shelf, scan it out if you want to. Don't scan it out if you don't want to. Bring it back if you feel like it. Any date and time doesn't matter. Here's a date. Four weeks from now. Here's a suggestion. If you don't bring it back, it doesn't matter. We're not going to charge you. Regardless. There's no consequence. This is a lawless society, and it starts with the libraries. Like, someone needs to come in and be a library enforcer. And I said that if it's my mission in life to do that, it's not my calling that I thought I would be called for. But if I have to come in and have to clean up the library system, I will do it. Not today, but at some point. Like, I will do it if I have to. And I know what you guys are gonna say. This is a Seinfeld episode. There was Bookman, who would go in there, and he took the job very seriously. The world could use more of those guys that go in there and respect the library. You can't just be taking books off the shelf and never having to return them.
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Dan Le Batard
I agree.
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Billy
That's insanity. And when you do, just return it wherever you want, and maybe we'll figure it out. Or maybe we won't.
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Dan Le Batard
And might I add, you were right to take that disrespectfully, because literacy rates in Miami Dade county far exceed that of the greater D.C. area. Mr. Glass House. You're like Jess Matana telling me how bad Miami is while she's in South Carolina.
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Dominique Foxworth
You shut your mouth. I didn't say Miami was bad.
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Dan Le Batard
Oh, no, you were cracking jokes that.
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Guest or Caller
Are literally said we were stupid.
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Dan Le Batard
By the way. Felt a little racist.
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Billy
I thought you were mentioning cocaine. Also.
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Stugotz
I was gonna accuse him of racist.
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Dan Le Batard
Well, because, like, how could the.
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Dominique Foxworth
All those.
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Dan Le Batard
How could all those Hispanics down there read? That's what that gave off.
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Dominique Foxworth
That's what that gave off, Mike.
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Stugotz
I took it the same way you did.
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Dan Le Batard
That's what that gave.
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Dominique Foxworth
All right, let's turn our ire to Billy instead. It feels like he's on a slippery slope to authoritarianism.
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Billy
No accountability. There's rules.
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Dan Le Batard
This is a weird apology to you. That's a weird apology.
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Dominique Foxworth
Okay, hold on. I apologize that I associated Miami with things more fun and interesting than reading old paperbacks. My apologies. You guys are very learned culture, unfortunately. You use that education to do crypto scams and whatnot, but you're smart people.
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Dan Le Batard
Things look chill in D.C. right now. You're right. You're right. We're the center of corruption. That's our bad.
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Dominique Foxworth
How.
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Dan Le Batard
How could I confuse D.C. with corruption?
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Billy
Dominique, let me ask you something. If you had a podcast recording and you just didn't show up because you didn't feel like it, and they're like, it's okay. Just show up whenever you feel like it. If you want to come next week, it's fine. If you want to come up the following week, it's fine. If not, what? It doesn't matter. If someone wants to hear your podcast, we'll call you, and then you can come in and you could do the podcast whenever they want. You would never. You would never do that. What were you saying? You're teaching your kids factors yesterday. Exponents. You're teaching them exponents. I'm sure your kids know when a library book is due. They take it back on time and they know where to take it back, correct?
- [25:27]
Dominique Foxworth
Yeah, they do. All right, so why is it books from the library school, though? So they just take them back to school?
- [25:32]
Billy
Why is it so. Why is it so crazy for me to want my kids to need accountability? I delinquent children who did not return their books, and then I have to figure out where to take them back and offer to pay for that out of my money, and then no one will even take it. I wanted to be punished yesterday for the sins of my family, and the library system wouldn't give it to me.
- [25:52]
Dominique Foxworth
I mean, I've heard Chris Cody read.
- [25:55]
Billy
That'S fair at Lebaton.
- [25:57]
Dominique Foxworth
I want to give Chris some credit and chastise you. There was a couple days ago where Chris Cody made an incredibly smart and funny joke, and y' all just blew by it, and I was hurt. I called Chris personally to tell him that was a good joke. He said that Ken Rosenthal looked in third person, and I thought that was funny. It was a good joke. And you guys just did. Expect for it to be anything smart or funny to come from him, or I guess you expect funny things, but you expect to laugh at him, not appreciate the man's funny, smart joke.
- [26:25]
Dan Le Batard
I think we're well within our right to not expect smart from him.
- [26:31]
Stugotz
He's earned that disrespect. And he can be funny as long as he's not reading, or he can be intentionally funny when he's reading. He's unintentionally funny. Let's put these poll questions up. Should the library raise your children and teach them about accountability? Are you surprised the library isn't extinct? And do you love the pizza buffet? I took my take to my wife the other day about the library and learned that she had recently not only been to the library, but stunned the librarian, who was suddenly radiant when she asked for a library card, which evidently someone hadn't asked for in weeks, because we're not doing that very much anymore. The asking, the getting of a library card, I can't imagine is happening a whole lot these days.
- [27:18]
Dominique Foxworth
I Appreciate that you are trying to pay with cash and your wife is trying to get a library card. We are just turning back the clock in the Levitard household. That's right.
- [27:26]
Stugotz
We got to the library. Horse and wagon.
- [27:29]
Dominique Foxworth
You guys didn't know that W was spelled out, like. I'm sorry, I didn't think that you guys were, like, the cutting edge of literacy.
- [27:36]
Stugotz
Like, how do you spell it?
- [27:37]
Dominique Foxworth
History. I mean, you spell it like W, like, obviously. And I mean, actually in, like, French. I believe they call it a double V, which, like, you guys talked about. Yeah, so, like, they. You talked about how it should be a double V. Because that's what it looks like. But it was originally a double, uh, U. And French is the influence. Why we say Z instead of zed, Right? Because everyone else in English says zed, we say Z. And I believe that's also French influence.
- [28:03]
Stugotz
How do you spell W? The word double and then a U?
- [28:08]
Dominique Foxworth
That's how I would have spelled it.
- [28:09]
Stugotz
You still. You don't know how to spell it.
- [28:11]
Billy
You don't need to spell letters. They're letters. They're not words.
- [28:16]
Dominique Foxworth
You know what the dot over. Over top of the I and the J is? Know what it's called? It's not a dot. You're not crossing your T's and dotting your I's. You're crossing your T's. Tittling your eyes. Gotta tittle them.
- [28:29]
Stugotz
That sounds sensual. That sounds like you do that slowly. You're a tiddler.
- [28:34]
Dominique Foxworth
I mean, I did earlier, man.
- [28:36]
Billy
I had someone reach out to me about the P's and Q's conversation yesterday. If you want some. Some info on the P's and Q's.
- [28:42]
Dan Le Batard
Okay, Dominique, stop. You've barely let Billy talk this segment.
- [28:45]
Billy
P's and Q's.
- [28:46]
Dominique Foxworth
We were doing that thing where he's talking and I'm doing another thing.
- [28:50]
Dan Le Batard
I can't get a word in edgewise.
- [28:51]
Billy
I gotta tell you, no one find it as funny as you do. We're gonna be here till 4 o'.
- [28:55]
Dominique Foxworth
Clock.
- [28:55]
Billy
Dan's gonna tell us. We're talking over each other.
- [28:58]
Dominique Foxworth
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- [30:23]
Dominique Foxworth
Don LeBatard.
- [30:24]
Stugotz
Go ahead Billy, ask him your question.
- [30:26]
Billy
Is gymnastics gymnastics? Possibly.
- [30:30]
Dominique Foxworth
Oh wow. Wow. Stugats.
- [30:32]
Billy
I got some phlegm in my mouth. Yeah, it's ok.
- [30:34]
Dominique Foxworth
Thank you.
- [30:35]
Billy
Is gymnastics possibly corrupt?
- [30:37]
Dominique Foxworth
This is the Dan Levatar show with the stugats.
- [30:47]
Billy
Ps and q's refers to when printers use letter set presses and would have to set letters backwards when they were setting up for the printing. It would be easy to confuse the two letters since they are nearly mirror images. So they said mind your P's and Q's.
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Dominique Foxworth
Oh, so it's not like Q's.
- [31:04]
Stugotz
No. That that information was bad yesterday.
- [31:06]
Dan Le Batard
That was Jeremy.
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Stugotz
I'm glad we were able to clarify that. Billy, always a model of efficiency. Thank you for taking care of for us. I'll see you in that four hour meeting. After the show we'll talk about everything that happened talking over to each other. Let's speed up Dominique Foxworth here and get as much football information as we can. Get your football questions ready. We're going to go as fast as we can here. True or false? The Vikings will be better with Carson Wentz.
- [31:32]
Dominique Foxworth
False. I think the assumption that Carson Wentz will function on time even though that's never been his style of play and this offense is a faulty one. I think the issues that Carson Wentz has had are not going to necessarily be rectified by the fact that he's with klc. But bringing back Darashaw. I think Darashaw is healthy again. That will change the offense.
- [31:52]
Dan Le Batard
It's early but Bo Nix is presently rated the worst quarterback in the league. By Pro Football Focus. Now I will apply context. They also claim Baker Mayfield has been the second worst quarterback in the league and we know that to be false. So what do you make of this?
- [32:06]
Dominique Foxworth
Yeah, I mean I think the Bo Nick stuff is simple. Their offense is designed around short passes like screen type passes and deep shots and Bo Knotta interceptions on the deep shots so far this year. And that's really slowed down their offense. And if you're going to. If the only passes that they're going to allow you to take downfield end up in like interceptions and incomplete passes. Yeah, they're going to have to rework that offense in a way to allow Bonix to make some plays.
- [32:29]
Dan Le Batard
Can you explain the Baker rating then? Because he's played pretty clean for Baker Mayfield. He always has a healthy amount of interceptions because he's taken the shot shots. He's done things without tackles. I don't really. Isn't PFF supposed to apply context? That one confused me as a Baker Mayfield homer.
- [32:44]
Dominique Foxworth
Yeah, I have a hard time with that also. But my assumption is they factor in the or they don't factor in the result of the play as much as they factor in the process of the play. So if there's someone open that he misses, they'll count that against him. If he, if there's a bad play or if there's an interception that's dropped where it won't count against you in QBR or stack stats or it won't hurt you if you lose the game, they will count as interception like a intercepted or turnover worthy playoff.
- [33:09]
Dan Le Batard
He had one of those on Monday night, no doubt.
- [33:12]
Dominique Foxworth
Yeah. So I think that's probably why.
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Guest or Caller
Why are we talking so much about the Tush push?
- [33:16]
Dominique Foxworth
Because it stinks and it's boring and no one likes it. But I mean I, I understand why the Eagles like it and they want to defend it and their fans want to defend it. But my biggest frustration with it is I want to see football players play. Like the opportunity cost of Saquon Barkley not having the ball or a fade to AJ Brown is I get to see a bunch of guys pussies push each other, that kind of thing. Whoa, whoa.
- [33:40]
Stugotz
You just struggled with the way that Tom Brady struggled with Kareem Hunt.
- [33:45]
Dan Le Batard
Yeah. You should go faster. What do you make of all the overhead camera angles that make it look like the Eagles are cheating on every push push with every single offensive lineman lining up offside side?
- [33:55]
Dominique Foxworth
You're right, they are. But 19 you ain't trying, I guess. Right? That's what they say and I like what I like, man. I'm sorry that sometime I had a Freudian slip.
- [34:03]
Stugotz
Thoughts on Travis Hunter so far?
- [34:06]
Dominique Foxworth
Yeah, it's a complicated situation over there. He's still an incredible athlete. Obviously. I see it out there. I don't like the way that they're using him. It seems as if a player with that frame is not someone that you want to get short passes over the middle of the field. But it feels like that's what they do with him offensively and defensively, like he just needs more and more reps. He's obviously comfortable over there. He's going to be fine.
- [34:25]
Guest or Caller
Chiefs at Giants on Sunday night Any way the Chiefs fall to 03.
- [34:29]
Dominique Foxworth
I mean, it's possible. I I was on Dan Patrick the other day and he said it and it blew my mind because I never considered it as a possibility. But we saw what happened last night. It was a very winnable game for the Dolphins. The talent differential is so, so close. But I have a hard time thinking it'll be a blowout and I'll have an even harder time picking Russell Wilson in a close game over Patrick Mahomes. So I don't really see the path to a win. It's just neighbors going absolutely nuclear is the only way they could win that game.
- [34:56]
Stugotz
The Dominique Foxworth show with Charlie Kravitz he does a preview episode.
- [35:01]
Dominique Foxworth
Charlie, he don't got no damn whiff. What are we doing? That's a producer who I gave a microphone with. Charlie Kravitz. Get that man's name off my show.
- [35:09]
Stugotz
Dan the Dominique Foxworth show with Charlie Krav Kravitz does a preview episode every Friday this season with Mina Kimes, a recap episode every Monday with Bill Barnwell. And sources have informed me that on your show you had the opposite Vikings take. You said they'd look better with went and you're being accused of being stugats.
- [35:26]
Dominique Foxworth
Oh, yeah, you got to mix it up, man. You got to put a little seed here, a little seed there. But it's okay to change your mind. Like I learned from the great Mike Ryan is when you are wrong and it's okay to admit that you were wrong. I was wrong yesterday and now I'm wrong, right?
- [35:38]
Guest or Caller
What's the conversation around the Bears if they fall to 03? They're hosting Dallas this weekend.
- [35:44]
Dominique Foxworth
Yeah, the only conversation is going to be around Caleb's development. I think that's the thing that matters the most. And it depends how they fall to 03. If they still have difficulty running the ball. I think the conversation is going to be about addressing that position. But the defense I think is pretty bad right now. And the way they want to play, they need a dominant defensive line and they don't have that.
- [36:03]
Dan Le Batard
Does that money night performance say more about the Chargers defense or Gino Smith? Because that was very confusing.
- [36:08]
Dominique Foxworth
The Charger defense is great. It's another team that they like to play a lot of quarters, which allows the safeties to get in the run game. They surprisingly give up a lot or not a lot, but more explosive plays than you would expect for a good defense. But I think that's the most important part. They're going to be a contender. I don't think anyone thought or thinks the Raiders are going to be. So I find the Chargers for far more interesting.
- [36:30]
Guest or Caller
Will the Dolphins have a top five pick in the draft?
- [36:33]
Dominique Foxworth
Yeah.
- [36:34]
Stugotz
Do you agree with Zaslow and Colin Cowherd that. That Jim Harbaugh is an all time great already? Or in Colin Cowherd's case, that he's the best football coach there's ever been? If you include college and pros and exclude Pete Carroll?
- [36:49]
Dominique Foxworth
Nah, nah. No, I do not agree with that Beluga ass take. It's a lot ahead with a lot of brain and a really weak ass. I mean, it's sad that Colin Cowherd stole it from you.
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Guest or Caller
Yes.
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Dominique Foxworth
That was good for you to come up with. He did. Static. So it's an interesting discussion, but like an all time great. Let's stop it, man.
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Dan Le Batard
Outside of the Green Bay packers, which team. Which Kraft got hurt yesterday in practice too, so they're doing their annual thing of getting really banged up here. Outside of the Green Bay packers though, who is the team the Philadelphia Eagles want to see the least?
- [37:23]
Dominique Foxworth
Well, I mean, I assume you're talking about in the nfc because the nfc. Yeah.
- [37:27]
Dan Le Batard
Because there is one team down south that has their number.
- [37:30]
Dominique Foxworth
Yeah, I mean the. The Bucks, I think is the right answer to that question. The Bucks are the team that they probably are. They beat them in the playoffs a couple years ago and they don't even have to. Your point you made earlier. They don't even have their best offensive lineman and Tristan Worfs. They're moving people around and making the best of it. I think that defense is going to get better. Better as the season goes along and they're already pretty good. So I think that's probably the team that actually. Nope. Take it back. Rams. Rams.
- [37:55]
Dan Le Batard
That'll play out this season.
- [37:56]
Dominique Foxworth
Matt Stafford is doing he's for the.
- [37:58]
Dan Le Batard
Record, he is the top rated quarterback according to bff.
- [38:02]
Stugotz
They.
- [38:04]
Dominique Foxworth
The throws that he's making, like it's, it's incredible. There's no, there's no defense for perfect throw and he's made like 10. Like not just perfect throws, like impossible, impossibly perfect throws so far this season. And they have the personnel on defense, I think to give the Eagles some trouble. So we'll see this weekend.
- [38:22]
Dan Le Batard
Joined our good friend Dave Damaschek on Football America this week and we had a debate. Greatest number nine in NFL history. Now we agreed that it's true Breeze, but if Matthew Stafford gets another super bowl, does it become Matthew Stafford?
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Dominique Foxworth
Oh, I mean I laughed at, at Dan Orlovsky when he said that Matthew Stafford was in the hall of Fame after he won a Super bowl.
- [38:41]
Billy
But.
- [38:41]
Dominique Foxworth
But he might get in there eventually because the way that he continues to play. Yeah, I don't know. Sure he can have it.
- [38:50]
Dan Le Batard
Or are you a Sonny Jurgensen guy?
- [38:53]
Dominique Foxworth
Nah. Rodney. Pete, give me Rodney. Pete.
- [38:55]
Stugotz
What's real and what's not real on Daniel Jones?
- [38:59]
Dominique Foxworth
I think it's all real. I think it's a lot of help. I think Daniel Jones is a serviceable quarterback and there are a number of quarterbacks that I think that that are around the middle of the league as far as talent is concerned and in the right situation or have a lot of success. Of course they're going to be some bad games. Like, I feel like it's a very Sam Darnold like situation where it's like in the right situation, which they have a good offensive line. That door, that dude Warren, he's incredible as far as athleticism concerned at tight end and they have skilled players and Taylor's running the ball well. So I think it's, it's more about the situation. I don't think that that Daniel Jones is ever like just terrible. He just was mediocre in a bad situation. Now he's mediocre in a good situation, which makes him good.
- [39:40]
Stugotz
You're not terribly surprised by that because you thought the Colts would indeed be good. What has surprised you the most this season?
- [39:47]
Dominique Foxworth
O surprised me the most. I mean, the week one ridiculous game in the Bills was like shocking in that moment. That surprised me. I think this sounds silly because I know how you feel about this, Dan, but I am a little surprised that the Chiefs offense is still as like, pedestrian as it is, especially with Josh Simmons playing that tackle spot as well as he planned, because I thought that was the problem. I thought Patrick Mahomes, if you could protect him, and the protection elsewhere is not perfect, but if you could protect him with a solid left tackle, then he'll be able to make other things happen. But I think the connection that Patrick relies on with his receivers down the field, that's been off. He hasn't had that. It's. You see, sometimes people are open and he'll throw it to a spot and they are like a couple steps off. And it seems like even with Travis Kelce has happened a couple times. So that's weird. And then watching Patrick Mahomes try to run people over, it's like, does he just want to get hurt so he doesn't have to deal with this season anymore? He's just. Three times in the first two weeks, he put his shoulder down and ran people over in unnecessary situations.
- [40:49]
Stugotz
I think you guys are framing me unfairly. As it regards the Chiefs. He's just been a Dinkin dunk quarterback because of circumstances. It's not because he's not good.
- [40:59]
Dan Le Batard
I think we. I think we actually helped you find that because of circumstances. Lyon. And I shall remind you that a phrase that was uttered on this show earlier today was they made Josh Allen do that Patrick Mahomes thing out of con.
- [41:13]
Dominique Foxworth
You.
- [41:14]
Dan Le Batard
You just, like, knocked the two best.
- [41:16]
Stugotz
Quarterbacks in the league because Allen attempted only one pass over 10 air yards.
- [41:20]
Dan Le Batard
Yes, I came with this guy. Patrick Mahomes is great and so is.
- [41:24]
Dominique Foxworth
But I. I don't. I don't think so. When you say that Patrick Mahomes thing, that. So I was with you. I don't think I was mischaracterizing what you were saying. I agree with some of the things that you were saying. But when you say that Patrick Mahomes thing, the thing I identify with, Patrick Mahomes, is not Dinkin and Duncan. If anyone ever says you're doing that Patrick Mahomes thing, I'm gonna say thank you. I'm not gonna be like, huh?
- [41:48]
Stugotz
The last. The last. Last two, three years. Two years he's been someone who throws underneath by design because that's what the defenses are doing, and that's what the limitations of the offense are. And that's what happened to Josh Allen last night. Like, Josh Allen was not throwing the ball down the field. He wasn't.
- [42:03]
Dominique Foxworth
All right, I can't wait till you have a sit down with Mike. And you also learn to admit when you're wrong and back off of it.
- [42:09]
Stugotz
The Dominique Foxworth show with Charlie Kravitz episodes Friday with Mina Kimes and every Monday with Bill Barnwell. If you have an absence of Miami Races in your life, that is a good spot for it. The Dominique Foxworth Show. See you later, Dominique. Good seeing you.
- [42:27]
Dominique Foxworth
Bye.
- [42:29]
Dan Le Batard
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Dominique Foxworth
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- [42:36]
Dan Le Batard
What are you doing here?
- [42:37]
Stugotz
Cuervo? Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.
- [42:40]
Dan Le Batard
Well, I do know that to be true. But even during ad reads like Cuervo, I think you could lay out, especially.
- [42:45]
Stugotz
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- [42:48]
Dan Le Batard
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- [42:53]
Dominique Foxworth
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- [42:54]
Dan Le Batard
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- [42:57]
Dominique Foxworth
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- [42:58]
Dan Le Batard
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- [43:01]
Dominique Foxworth
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Dan Le Batard
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- [43:03]
Dominique Foxworth
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