Hour 2 – College Football Scheduling, Albert Breer

Summary

The Dan Patrick Show

Hour 2 – College Football Scheduling, Albert Breer

Date: August 4, 2026
Podcast Network: iHeartPodcasts and Dan Patrick Podcast Network

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Overview

In Hour 2, Dan Patrick and his Danettes dive into the current state of college football scheduling amid playoff expansion, the value of running backs in the NFL, and big league baseball’s competitive balance. Albert Breer, senior NFL reporter and “Monday Morning Quarterback,” joins for an insight-rich segment on NFL training camps, Aaron Donald’s status, running back contracts, and team previews for the upcoming season. With Dan’s trademark humor, lively banter, and notable caller questions, the hour paints a vivid picture of the shifting sports landscape as the new football season looms.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Technical Glitches and Showhousekeeping

• Dan returns after technical difficulties, thanks the Danettes for covering.

  “Want to thank the Danettes for filling in the last 40 minutes. Had some technical difficulties, but full speed ahead.” — Dan Patrick (02:26)

• Covers poll results from Hour 1, including views on running back value and phone replacement habits.

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College Football Scheduling & Playoff Expansion

(06:00–10:00)

• Dan laments the lack of challenging games in the back halves of elite teams’ schedules, focusing on Notre Dame and USC.
• Expanded playoffs could encourage big schools to schedule tougher games, as multiple good teams can withstand a loss or two and still make it in.

  “If you’re going to go to a 16-game schedule, 16 playoff schedule, you can lose a game or two... I want to encourage teams to schedule some tougher teams to start the year.” — Dan (06:44)

• Discussion about the impact on Heisman odds, specifically for Notre Dame’s CJ Carr.

  “...He’ll lose out on that great game at the end of the year because we usually focus in on one game where somebody can win the Heisman or lose the Heisman late in the year.” — Dan (07:55)

• Banter about future Notre Dame-Miami matchups.
• Poll question tease: “Notre Dame and USC renewing their rivalry doesn’t excite me all that much or is so awesome I can’t wait until 2030.” — Dylan (08:53)

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NFL Draft and Quarterback Hype Cycle

(10:00–12:00)

• Early discussion about quarterback draft odds, Heisman hopefuls, and how quickly perceptions shift.
• Dan and the crew joke about mock draft volatility.

  “We say it every year, but this should be one of those, wow, you got a couple of franchise quarterbacks... we get on that hype train.” — Dan (10:12)

• Notable rookies: Arch Manning, Dante Moore, CJ Carr.

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The Running Back Market

(12:00–13:30)

• Examination of top RB contracts: Bijan Robinson, Saquon Barkley, McCaffrey, Jonathan Taylor, Breece Hall, Jameer Gibbs.

  “Breece Hall got paid, and that surprised me. I think he's a really good running back. I don’t know if he should be the fifth highest paid running back at 15.2.”—Dan (12:50)

• Ongoing debate: Is it smart to give big money to RBs?

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MLB Trade Deadline & Small-market Frustrations

(13:30–16:55; 38:10–40:33)

• Brewers fan calls in, frustrated about their team’s inability to land Tarek Skubal, venting about big-market teams (Dodgers) dominating trades.

  “I mean, you’re almost guaranteed a World Series. And this is my problem with baseball… as a small market team rooting for my Brewers against the big Goliath.” — Caller (14:12)

• Dan’s perspective: Small-market teams should occasionally “swing for the fences” with aggressive moves, especially when in contention.
• Speculation on which teams will—or should—stretch payroll to pursue a title, and whether MLB’s lack of a salary cap harms competitive balance.

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NFL Segment with Albert Breer

(24:22–35:43)

1. Aaron Donald’s Return to Rams

• Breer is confident Donald will play a full season, but likely returns after Rams’ camp at Loyola Marymount wraps.

  “I think he’s coming back and I think he will play the full season... Sean McVay and Aaron Donald are very, very close and they already have the framework of a plan laid out for what this is going to look like.” — Albert Breer (24:46)

• Rams can afford to keep Donald fresh due to new personnel depth.

2. Preseason Hype Comparisons

• Recent teams with non-champion hype: “Dream Team” Eagles (post-lockout free agency), Rams 2021 with Stafford.

  “It isn’t every year that you see a team in a position like this.” — Breer (26:21)

3. Value in Paying Running Backs Now?

• Breer notes RB contracts have become relatively affordable, making it less risky.

  “Running back has been devalued so much that it’s becoming a value to sign one... Saquon Barkley, that offseason, got the equivalent of what a third receiver’s making.” — Breer (27:22)

• Big-name teams like the Eagles, Ravens, and Packers have recently landed star RBs for reasonable money.
• Chiefs’ RB commitment explained as a “relative peanuts” move (29:18).

4. Chiefs' Offensive Philosophy

• With Mahomes returning from surgery and new OC, KC will likely prioritize the run game more, use Kenneth Walker creatively.

  “I do think there’s going to be more of a commitment to the run game. There's going to be a little bit of a shift, playing under center a little bit more with Kenneth Walker here.” — Breer (29:38)

5. Justin Herbert’s Outlook

• Potential for a breakout top-5 season now that offensive line is healthy and weapons are in place.

  “There are so many things in place... if they can stay healthy, there’s a lot set up for Justin Herbert to have a really big year.” — Breer (30:44)

• Mike McDaniel’s arrival as head coach is key.

6. Dallas Cowboys Preview

• Dallas “reverse Texans”—elite offense, just need a competent defense.

  “If they can just stay healthy with a new defensive coordinator... they've got a chance to be representative on the defensive side... may be all they need.” — Breer (32:27)

• Highlights on trade for Micah Parsons, solid captain/veteran presence.

7. Surprise Teams?

• Breer argues preseason covers every angle, but likes New Orleans Saints as an NFC South sleeper.

  “There are a lot of pieces in place there... New Orleans, may be a surprise team.” — Breer (34:14)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Dan, on schedule strength and playoffs:

  “I want to encourage teams to schedule some tougher teams to start the year.” (06:53)

• Paulie, on mock draft volatility:

  "It changes the draft board… this year's flavor won't be next year's flavor..." (11:48)

• Dan, on small-market MLB economics:

  “Sometimes you got to swing for the fences...” (15:53)

• Breer, on RB contracts:

  “It's gotten to the point where running back has been devalued so much that it's becoming a value to sign one.” (27:22)

• Breer, on the Chiefs offense:

  “There's going to be more of a commitment to the run game... a little bit of a shift playing under center a little bit more with Kenneth Walker here.” (29:39)

• Breer, on Herbert/McDaniel combo:

  “You’re giving [Mike McDaniel] a guy who forces you to defend every blade of grass... Mike is super excited…” (31:24)

• Breer, on surprise teams:

  “We cover these things so thoroughly now... maybe one team that might surprise some people would be New Orleans.” (34:14)

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Timestamps for Major Segments

• 02:26: Dan returns post-tech issues, show housekeeping
• 06:00–10:00: College football scheduling, playoff expansion, Notre Dame/USC insights
• 12:00–13:30: RB contract market in NFL
• 14:00–16:55: Brewers fan on MLB’s market disparity, Dan’s small-market perspective
• 24:22–35:43: Albert Breer NFL interview—Rams, running backs, Chiefs, Herbert, Cowboys, sleeper teams
• 38:10–40:33: More on MLB competitive balance, salary cap discussion
• 45:25–51:24: Callers: Bijan's contract vs. Zeke's, SEC scheduling, running back vs. receiver value, MLB cap impact, WNBA physicality

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Callers & Offbeat Moments

• Fans weigh in humorously on MLB trades, Danette “trade value,” and RB/WR team building.
• Classic banter about personal tech (“I've never had an iPhone…” — Paulie).
• Ongoing tongue-in-cheek references to old movies, draft boards, and radio show mishaps.

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Tone & Style

• Conversational, quick-witted, sports-savvy.
• Dan maintains a relaxed, humorous, slightly self-deprecating style with thoughtful insights.
• Banter between Dan and the Danettes is playful but informational, inviting listener participation.

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Conclusion

This hour offers a wide-angle look at strategic changes across college football, the NFL, and MLB. The show balances sports analysis with humor and relatable fan frustration, punctuated by Albert Breer’s sharp NFL insights. With playoffs expanding, contracts evolving, and free agency intensifying, Dan and his team provide context, laughs, and a few bold predictions to set the stage for the new season.

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Yes, well, the Panthers are a playoff team. All right, poll question from hour one. You want to recap that, Dylan, and then we'll set sail into hour two.

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Yeah, we've.

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We've got two up there from hour one. Spending a lot on your running back is smart or not smart. 67% say not smart. And how often do you replace your phone? Every new model. Every couple years. Almost never. Only if mine breaks.

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46% say.

[Dylan]

Just every couple years.

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Yeah. I don't even think about it until somebody says, man, how old is that? And I go, I don't know. How old is that? Like a seven or eight. I go, I have no idea. But if you call and I pick up, then I'll. It still works. Now, maybe, maybe the camera isn't as, you know, high quality as the previous ones, but I'm not sure. Bells and whistles, but yeah, that's the only time I change my phone when somebody kind of forces me to. Shames me into it. Yes, Dylan.

[Dylan]

Yeah, I remember when the first iPhone came out that had the three cameras on the back. You didn't Want to get caught dead with the single camera on the back?

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Wait, let me check with my. I think I have two cameras.

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I have two also.

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Yeah, rough. Oh, Marvin, you got three.

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I have three.

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Okay, Paul, I'm going to admit something right now before you guys call me out. I've never had an iPhone. I have a non iPhone and I've had this brand of phone for at least 20 years. The other day I was in the car with my daughter and her teenage friends and they were asking about something. I had to hold up my phone to show them. They went. When they saw my non iPhone, you would have thought I had a rash on my arm like Dan. I thought I was the cool dad, the sports dad. They're like, oh, Mr. Pabst, it's not an iPhone.

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And Bob Costa's had a flip phone for years and years. And Andrew Luck had a flip phone for years and years. So Albert Breer, the Monday morning quarterback, he was at the Rams camp, Chargers camp. He'll join us coming up a little bit. Mike Sando, senior NFL writer at the Athletic, he's got a new list out of quarterbacks. You know, I love me a good list. So we'll talk to him about what went into compiling that list. Bijan Robinson, the highest paid running back in the NFL, at least for the time being until Jameer Gibbs signs his contract, whenever that is. We mentioned last hour, Notre Dame, USC kind of back in 2030. This is what I love about this though, that you can schedule a couple of tough games. If you're going to go to a 16 game schedule, 16 playoff schedule, you can lose a game or two and Notre Dame nearly got into the playoffs last year. They lost to A M and they lost to Miami. But had that been that, you know, 16 team playoff, they would have made it. And I want to encourage or hopefully they go, they're able to encourage teams to schedule some tougher teams to start the year. Because if Notre Dame lost to A and M and Miami at the end of the year, they wouldn't had any chance getting into the playoffs. But they lost to those two teams. Close games. Beginning of the year, they start out 02 and their schedule is never going to be difficult because you're, you're going to bring in what, two or three quality opponents it feels like and then you hand pick everybody else.

[Marvin]

Yes, Marvin, when they expand the playoffs to 24 teams, how many quote unquote good losses can a big time team afford to have?

[Dan Patrick]

Well, I think you're going to afford to have Two, But I also think it's when you lose those games, I think that's, that's really important. Yeah.

[Paulie]

Paulie, what hurts Notre Dame, year in and year out? Weirdly, even though they generally are going to make the playoffs, their schedule, the back half of the season, they don't have a killer national TV heavyweight on their schedule. You go last year, they had Boston College, Navy, Pitt, Syracuse, Stanford. None of those games helped them.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, and also you have CJ Carr, who might be the favorite for the Heisman. He'll lose out on that great game at the end of the year because we usually focus in on one game where somebody can win the Heisman or lose the Heisman late in the year. But, you know, if you're looking for a big game, what do they have? Something early November, Paul?

[Paulie]

Yeah, they. Notre Dame hosts Miami on NBC November 7th. That could be a Heisman game.

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No, we got a smattering from Todd, if you're interested.

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Notre Dame and USC renewing their rivalry doesn't excite me all that much or is so awesome. I can't wait until 2030.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, you have to wait whether you want to or not. We don't have many rivalries, and I want to hold on to the ones we have. And Notre Dame, usc. I get why USC is like, look, we play a Big Ten schedule, you know, we don't want to add another quality opponent to this. But if we're expanding the playoffs and with they go to 24, there's no excuses now for not having, you know, that, you know, Texas and Ohio State, that was awesome. I mean, it wasn't necessarily a great game, but still, you get two really good teams to start the year instead of. We scheduled the Citadel and you go, okay, yes, Paulie, if you look at

[Paulie]

USC this year, they don't have a big early September game to boost them up. They've got San Jose State, Fresno State, Louisiana. Not lsu. Louisiana. No offense. Raging Cajuns and Rutgers. Those are their. That's their September.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, I. I sit corrected. DraftKings has the. Oh, no. This is the number one pick in the draft. Odds I Got. I didn't get the Heisman odds. Arch Manning is one, Dante Moore is two, C.J. carr is three, and then dips down to Jeremiah Smith, Lenora Sellers, Darian Mensah, Julian Sayan. So, all right, there's. There's a lot of names in this draft coming up. I mean, this should be. We say it every year, but this should be one of those. Wow, you got a couple of franchise quarterback. No, we do, but, you know, I'm already hyping the draft. Yes, Marvin.

[Marvin]

And there's a guy that's going to be in the top 10 that we've never heard of right now.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. There's usually somebody who climbs. And then this is where we say, oh, C.J. cars the third best odds. And then if he happens to fall out of the top 10, then we blame CJ Carr, not us, because we put him in there with the third best odds to be the number one pick in the draft.

[Zach]

Yes.

[Dan Patrick]

Dylan, we sort of did this yesterday

[Dylan]

with the Dodgers versus the field. Would you take Arch Manning versus the field to go number one overall?

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I'll say I'll take the field. Yeah.

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Paulie, I went back and looked. I found two different legitimate mock drafts from a year ago today. Amongst the players in the top 10 of the mock draft, quarterback Lenora Sellers of South Carolina, Drew Aller of Penn State. Sellers went back to college, and Drew Aller was a late pick late in the draft pick Cade Clubnik was a top 10 pick out of Clemson a year ago. It changes the draft board.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, also, and we're talking about quarterbacks, and it feels like, you know, this year's flavor won't be next year's flavor and vice versa, that we get on that hype train and you watch somebody and you go, oh, wow. I think it was Kirk Herbstreet who was telling me about C.J. carr. I know Brady Quinn. Brady Quinn's like, he's the best quarterback last year. And I go, all right, high praise, and he'll be up there. I think he has the best odds for the Heisman. They could go undefeated, which would pave the way, I'm sure, for him to win the Heisman Trophy already. 8773-DP-SHoM email address dpdanpatrick.com Twitter handle @DPoM the running back market. Bijan at 22.2, Saquon at 20.6. McCaffrey at 19 million. I remember when Alvin Camara signed his deal, and I think incentives or signing bonus, it was like 15 million. So he's at 12.2. Jeremiah Love hasn't played it down. He's the ninth highest paid running back. Jonathan Taylor, he might be a bargain at $14 million when you consider what he does. Kenneth Walker getting paid, leaving Seattle to go to the Chiefs. Derrick Henry at 15 million. Breece hall got paid, and that surprised me. I think he's a really good running back. I don't know if he should be the fifth highest paid running back at 15.2. Devon HN at 16 million. But Jameer Gibbs is up next. I don't know how important it is for him to be the highest paid running back, but he's probably going to be. Vinnie in Wisconsin. Hi, Vinnie. What's on your mind today?

[Caller]

Well, the. I'm gonna change topics here a little bit, and first I want to give kudos to the boys for holding it down while you were off air. But by the way, people on hold could hear everything you guys were doing in between. And while we were, I was kind of expecting a little more chaos. You guys did a great job, Marvin. Great job with that dude. Wipes and Fritzi. Yeah, weird on that rating spike. The brewers not getting Tarek Scubal is what I really wanted to talk to you about there, Dan.

[Albert Breer]

Okay.

[Caller]

And it's being reported here in Wisconsin on the radio that the Tigers weren't even really listening or taking the Birds offer seriously because everybody knew he was going to the Dodgers. And why wouldn't you? Why wouldn't you want to go to the Dodgers stand? I mean, you're almost guaranteed a World Series. And this is my problem with baseball now and has been for quite some time, honestly, as a small market team rooting for, you know, my brewers against the big Goliath. It just seems to me that you're only going to have one or two choices to root for in the major leagues. And I don't think anybody is really happy with having to choose between one or two things. You know what I mean?

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I know there's a disparity here, but if did the brewers at least try to make an offer, that's what I'd be curious about. Because it's a good team, third best odds to win the World Series. I just got to make sure that I at least do my damnedest to take Tarek Scubal out of the Dodgers rotation here so I can help our team and I can hurt the Dodgers a little bit. Maybe they didn't want to fork over some of their prospects. Maybe they didn't have something that caught Detroit's attention. But I don't know. I know Derek Scuba wanted to go to the Dodgers, but if you give Detroit a better deal than the Dodgers, then they should be holding to Milwaukee. Yes. Paulie.

[Paulie]

Yeah. I was reading a few columns with Milwaukee newspapers, and they echoed the same thing you're saying, Dan. It's like, I think the last time the brewers were in the World series was 82. And what's the downside? You lose a couple minor league guys, you're on this run. The brewers have made the postseason seven of the past nine years. A really good franchise. They're consistent. But you just got to pick off that one World Series. And Dodgers are playing for three. You're playing for one.

[Albert Breer]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

And this is a glass ceiling. It feels like. Like this is as good as we can get given the payroll constraints. Small market, but, you know, sometimes you got to swing for the fences. It feels like if I'm the. The Rays, I know I can't keep Tarek Scubal, but I can. I can win the American League. I gotta. I gotta deal with the Yankees. I can win the American League. I can go to the World Series. I don't know how important that is. And, you know, with. They're moving into a new stadium. I don't know, maybe if you win a World Series, somebody says, you know what? I'm gonna stay. I don't know if they can spend that money. I mean, Skubel's gonna get, you know, a couple of hundred million dollars here. Yes, Marvin.

[Marvin]

They could be like the Marlins when they won the World Series. Like, hey, let's just get rid of everybody as soon as we win.

[Dan Patrick]

I know they did that twice. It's like. Like five years they had a rebuilding, and then they won, and then they needed to rebuild again.

[Marvin]

Yes, Marvin, I don't think the Marlins have won the nle, but they have two World Series titles.

[Albert Breer]

It's ridiculous.

[Paulie]

Yes, well, in the first 25 years of the. Then Florida Marlins, then Miami Marlins from 93 to 2019, they made the playoffs twice. Both times they won the World Series. They never made the playoffs again.

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[Paulie]

All or nothing.

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Well, I don't want to put it on him, but DP Calendar [e-mail].

[Dan Patrick]

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[Paulie]

I like to split the difference here. As a light punishment to Mario, we get to see his senior year high school photo. Oh, there you go. Problem solve it.

[Dan Patrick]

DP Calendar [e-mail]. marvin. Okay, you send us your best, worst, most awkward yearbook picture and we'll try to include that. We have the entire month of December we're going to dedicate to our listeners. Yes, Todd, does Mary really refer to

[Albert Breer]

himself as the eyes and ears of the show?

[Dan Patrick]

That would be very disheartening if he actually said that to you. He does

[Sam J.]

think

[Dan Patrick]

as the director, he should be the eyes and ears of the show. You can't verbalize it like that and call yourself that. Well, you call yourself the best booker in the business. I don't know if I.

[Albert Breer]

That's an off air kind of thing.

[Dan Patrick]

I wouldn't want to stop.

[Albert Breer]

I'm trying to shake it off saying sound braggadocio.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, Albert Breer, the Monday morning quarterback will join us. Does he think Aaron Donald is coming back? And is this the year we finally see Justin Herbert? Take that jump upwards. We're back after this in the Dan Patrick Show.

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Hey, this is Hayes Davenport and Sean Clements. We host the podcast Hollywood Handbook every episode. We're trying to help our guest careers by mainly focusing on how they can help us improve our careers.

[Sean Clements]

The show's famously super accessible, so you can easily jump into any of our 650 episodes and understand what's going on.

[Hayes Davenport]

We recommend some of our recent episodes with Ben Stiller.

[Albert Breer]

The definition of what is a movie

[Paulie]

has kind of changed anyway, too, right?

[Dan Patrick]

What do you think it is now?

[Albert Breer]

It's images and words being spoken, captured by some sort of technology.

[Hayes Davenport]

Danny McBride.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, that's fantastic. And you make it on. You make your own. That's great.

[Hayes Davenport]

I call him Tarot Reed.

[Dan Patrick]

It's a good name.

[Sean Clements]

They're all named after cast members of American Pie.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I call.

[Hayes Davenport]

I don't. I never looked up if she was in this, but I call him Lychee Sobieski.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I don't think she was an American Pie, but I still haven't looked it up.

[Hayes Davenport]

Haven't looked it up.

[Dan Patrick]

She was prominent.

[Dylan]

Yeah.

[Hayes Davenport]

Then Mary Steenbergen.

[Chelsea Handler]

Why are you guys talking to me like I'm.

[Hayes Davenport]

Did you understand the movie?

[Chelsea Handler]

So down to me that you think I don't understand your little play?

[Carrie Brownstein]

Play?

[Hayes Davenport]

I just really trying to set you

[Dan Patrick]

up for success here.

[Sean Clements]

Listen to Hollywood handbook on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Chelsea Handler]

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[Yamaneika Saunders]

If you come over here to play games, I'mma check you. Okay. If you do some in the news that don't sound good, I' ma play

[Chelsea Handler]

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Do you know I just found out who Sydney Sweeney was.

[Chelsea Handler]

New episodes weekly every Wednesday as part of my new network, the Dear Chelsea Network.

[Yamaneika Saunders]

If he got a bunch of women, then I should have a bunch of men do better or do less so I don't have to do so much.

[Chelsea Handler]

So join Yamaneika each episode as she answers one question. Who's the problem?

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[Nick Turturro]

I'm Nick Turturro. You probably know me from NYPD Blue, the Longest Yard or Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman, but I'm also from Queensland, which means I know pizza. And on my new podcast, Delivering Happiness with Nick Turturro, I deliver pizza from Prince Street Pizza to a new guest.

[Ari Chambers]

Are you delivering pizza now?

[Nick Turturro]

Then we sit down for a real conversation. I've shared a slice with everyone from Seth Rollins.

[Albert Breer]

What are you doing?

[Caller]

My belt.

[Nick Turturro]

To Alex Rodriguez. Just to let you people know, we're talking to one of the goats here. To Bill Burr.

[Albert Breer]

I don't think I've ever met somebody so exactly out of their mind as I am.

[Nick Turturro]

And now we even have more great guests coming up, including the great John Turturro. It's called Happiness, Delivering Happiness, Mariano Rivera, and many, many more. Open your free I Heart radio app Search Delivering Happiness with Nick Turturro. And listen now.

[Dan Patrick]

Broncos yesterday, he's at the Chiefs today. Texans, Lions, Bengals, Colts, Bears, Packers, Vikings, Browns, Bills. He's Albert Breer. Very, very busy man. Thanks for joining us. Let me start with the the headline Aaron Donald, the possibility of him coming back, the general sense that you got when you were with the Rams was what?

[Albert Breer]

I think he's coming back and I think he will play the full season. I would say it's unlikely that happens before they leave Loyola Marymount, where they're having their training camp. I believe they leave there on Friday and I think after that everything's in play when they get back to their home facility. And look, they've discussed this. You know, Sean McVeigh and Aaron Donald are very, very close and they, they already have the framework of a plan laid out for what this is going to look like and how they're going to handle it. And I think one thing that helps In a weird roundabout way is the fact that he held out in 2017 and 2018. Those are Sean McVeigh's first two years in LA. And in both of those years they had to be creative in ramping them up and getting, getting them ready to play the season. And in both those years, Aaron Donald was the defensive player of the year. And the second of those years they went to the Super Bowl. So they have an idea of how to do this. And you know, I think the other thing that really helps is the depth they have at that position. Like they don't need to play them 60 plays a game. They can use him creatively and they like the, you know, the Kobe Turners, the Braden Fisk's, the Puna Fords, the Tyler Davis's. This is a situation where they can really use him in a way that's going to, I think, put him in position to be at his best when it matters most.

[Dan Patrick]

You remember the last time a team was hyped this much preseason and a team that wasn't the defending super bowl

[Albert Breer]

championship, the Rams in 2021, maybe when they traded for Stafford. It's sort of similar to that. Yeah, I mean I, like I, I remember being on the ground floor for the Dream Team Eagles coming out of the lockout, what that was like and all the hype. Because if you remember like that year, free agency happened at the start of training camp. And so when they signed Namdi Asimois to a team that had like Michael Vick was coming off of a fantastic, obviously that went the wrong way, but like there was a ton of hype around that team. You see this, I mean, I don't, I don't think this is like an outsized amount of hype, you know, but it isn't every year that you see a team in a position like this.

[Dan Patrick]

We had Bijan Robinson, he signed his contract. Jameer Gibbs. Now in the on deck circle. What's your philosophy of, you know, re signing a first round pick at that position?

[Albert Breer]

I, I actually think, Dan, it's gotten to the point where running back has been devalued like so much that it's becoming a value to sign one. And I, I, I remember this two years ago, right? The off season in 2024. And if you remember that that year Saquon Barkley, Derrick Henry and Josh Jacobs were all free agents and the Eagles, the Ravens and the packers signed those three guys. And I remember thinking to myself in that, in the moment when that was happening, like, those aren't stupid. Teams, you know what I mean? Like, those aren't teams that are going and doing dumb things in March and winning the off season. And, you know, the more you talk to people in those organizations, you realize, like, the way smart teams are starting to look at it is here's a guy I'm going to give the ball to 15, 20, 25 times a game. That's way more than the receivers getting the ball. He's going to contribute in both the run game and the pass game in a really significant way. And if I have, like, a bad year at the end of the contract, like, is. If that's the cost, that's almost nothing. Saquon Barkley, that off season, got like the equivalent of what Darnell Mooney got in Atlanta. Think about that. Like, that was the comparable contract third receivers are getting. We're getting $16 million a year, and that's, you know, like, more than those guys got that off season. So, I mean, it's starting to correct itself a little bit. But, I mean, I'm in Chiefs camp right now. It's part of the reason why they go and sign Kenneth Walker is relative peanuts when you compare to. Compared to what guys are making at other positions. So, you know, I think it went from, like, it's not smart to sign a running back with a lot of mileage, you know, in year four, year five, to a contract at the top of the market to now. It's like the top of the market is a fraction of where it is at other positions. So what are we even talking about?

[Dan Patrick]

He's Albert Brer, the Monday morning quarterback, senior NFL reporter. He's at the Chiefs today. Speaking of which, with Mahomes coming back from surgery, you bring in Kenneth Walker. The Chief's offensive philosophy changing because of maybe Mahomes not running as much as he normally would.

[Nick Turturro]

Yeah.

[Albert Breer]

New coordinator, too, you know, like, so, I mean, Andy's obviously still running the offense, but you do go from Matt Nagy back to. To Eric B. Enemy. I do think there's going to be more of a commitment to the run game. I think there's going to be a little bit of a shift playing under center a little bit more with Kenneth Walker here. And, you know, I think that that's going to serve a couple purposes. Number one, you know, I think it's going to help Mahomes as he comes back from the knee, because there's always an adjustment. He's looked great. He hasn't missed anything. He's been out here every day, you know, but I Think it's also going to unlock some things in the passing game for them. And so I do think that the Chiefs offense is going to look a little bit different. And, you know, I think, you know, a guy like Walker can unlock a lot of different things for them and he was such an important part of what the Seahawks did. So. So, yeah, you know, I think they are going to have a little bit of a different look on offense versus what they've had the last couple of years.

[Dan Patrick]

Is this the year Justin Herbert acts like maybe a top five quarterback?

[Albert Breer]

There are so many things in place there, Dan. I mean, I, I think, you know, you look at it now and I'm not sure he got enough credit for last year.

[Caller]

By the way.

[Albert Breer]

Like, they won 11 games despite losing Joe Alt and Rashawn Slater. Not only that, they were at one point down to like their fifth and sixth tackles, like, and that's the foundation of their identity. That's what their investment was, was in that offensive line. And so I think to be able to win 11 games, now you've got Alt back, now you've got Slater back. They expect their Young receivers, Vlad McConkey, Tre Harris to come along. Omarion Hampton, the rookie running back from last year, is his second year and healthy again. It just feels like if they can stay healthy, there's a lot of things set up for Justin Herbert to have a really big year. And I think a huge part of the equation is Mike McDaniel and what he's going to be able to do. Mike McDaniel's never had a quarterback like this, you know, and we've seen creatively what he's been able to do over the years. He was obviously, you know, you know, part of those San Francisco teams that built around Jimmy Garoppolo and they got the most out of TUA and went to the playoffs with tua, you know, in my Miami, you know, now you're giving him a guy who, you know, forces you to defend every blade of grass in the field and has the mind to manipulate everything in between. I know Mike is super excited to work with Justin Herbert.

[Dan Patrick]

I don't want to jump on a hype train, but I do love what the Cowboys have on offense and it comes down to just how good they are on defense. And I thought if they come close to the offensive numbers, yeah, I just need a top 15 defense. It feels like for this team to be an actual true contender. What did you feel or take away when you visited the Cowboys?

[Albert Breer]

They, they view themselves as almost the Reverse Texans, if that makes sense. You know what I mean? Like if the Texas can just be pretty good on offense, then they'll be unbelievable as a team because of their defenses is off the charts and they really think they have a chance to have the best offensive football. Now they have to answer the left tackle question. But those two receivers are two legitimate number one guys, you know, like they, they feel good about the makeup of their team. A young running back. They have Jaden Blue out of Texas going in the second year is going to be a factor. And they look at themselves defensively as we can't have a lot of injuries. But Rashawn, Gary Donovan, Ezraku, Kenny Clark, Quinn and Williams, the way that they see it and that the young, the young safety, they bring in Caleb Downs playing next to a veteran in Jalen Thompson who's coming over from Ariz. Arizona. If they can just stay healthy with a new defensive coordinator coming in there and Christian Parker's bringing Vic Fangio's scheme, they've got a chance to be representative on the defensive side of the ball like a good solid pro defense. And that like you said, given the offense they have, may be all they need. The other thing that's interesting about them, the makeup of the team's really good. Coming out of the Micah Parsons trade from last year. Like a lot of good guys there and I don't think it's a mistake. Kenny Clark, former team captain Quinn Williams, former team captain Jaylen Thompson, former captain and I talked to Dak about this. He's not afraid to, to. To. To. To put into words their aspirations to go and win a Super bowl this year. So it'll be interesting to see how the defense comes along. But if they can just be good on that side of the ball, you're right, they've got a chance.

[Dan Patrick]

Give me the surprise team. Good or bad in your opinion?

[Albert Breer]

I think we cover these things so thoroughly now that by the time we get to August we're like out of surprise teams. So I don't know who that would be. I mean, look, I look at the NFC south honestly, Dan and I, I look at New Orleans and the way New Orleans came on last year and like, I think Kellen Moore is a really good offensive design guy. Offensive play caller, they've got a good defensive coordinator and Brandon Staley, if Tyler Schuck can be who he was for the last six games of last year over the course of a full year, well, they got two first round picks at tackle, they've got two first round picks at receiver, they have Tamara and Etsy in. At running back, they're bringing in, you know, a new tight end and Oscar Delt to go with Juwan Johnson. I just. There are a lot of pieces in place there and they looked really good at the end of last year. So the danger is always taken like the December the year before and projecting it. But I think, but I think New Orleans, there was a surprise team because I think you could take 22 teams, 23 teams, 24 teams off the table. As we've all talked about, all of them, maybe one of the team is like out of the group that's left. That might surprise some people would be New Orleans.

[Dan Patrick]

Safe travels. Thanks for spending some time with us. We'll talk to you soon.

[Albert Breer]

Thanks, Dan. I'll have somebody take a picture of my ridiculous setup. Here you are perched on top of a 12 pack of Coke and a 12 pack of Diet Coke, but we made it work.

[Dan Patrick]

Thank you, Albert.

[Albert Breer]

Thanks, Dan.

[Dan Patrick]

Albert Breer, Monday morning quarterback. Yeah, there's movement behind him. There's guys getting soft drinks out of the cooler right next to him. But he's been a busy man at the Chiefs today, at the Broncos yesterday. Then he's got Texans, Lions, Bengals, Colts, Bears, Packers, Vikings, Browns and the Bills. Couple of phone calls in here. Tripp in Vegas is back. Hi, Trip. What do you have for me?

[Caller]

Hey, D.P. good morning. Always good to speak with y'. All. Last week when you were talking about trade value of the Dan, that's basically, I think you guys are set to win now until you retire. Meaning that Paulie, quarterback overachiever. Marvin's a small handed but a surehanded skill position player that's deserving. Dylan's on a rookie contract, so you

can't do anything with him.

And then with Todd, he just reminds me of Roger Dorn in the movie Major League when they go, hey, we didn't know you didn't have any high. We thought you didn't have any high price talent. We don't. He's just high priced. Y' all have a good day.

[Dan Patrick]

Thank you. Triple.

[Albert Breer]

He's always got a shot for me, Trip. Yeah, he does take a shot, usually very accurate.

[Dan Patrick]

So I got no comeback. Zach. And Knoxville's back. Hi, Zach. What do you have for me?

[Zach]

Adp?

[Caller]

Thanks for taking my call to play up the running back conversation. Would you rather have a Saquon Barkley or a Bijan Robinson or would you rather funnel that money towards like, say like a T. Higgins and a solid number two wide receiver?

[Carrie Brownstein]

Oh,

[Dan Patrick]

feels like you can get receivers, but then it feels like you can get running backs as well. But there's only a couple that are that high end like Saquon Bijan, Jameer Gibbs. If you want to still throw in Christian McCaffrey. McCaffrey's not a home run hitter like he used to be. The other guys are home run hitters and there's very. That's why I was like Jeremiah Love, you know, I thought he was going to be the best player in the draft. I thought he was a home run hitter. He could, you know, kick return out of the backfield, catch passes and like Arizona may get it right one of these days. They, they do have, sorry, do have some talent. Like if Marvin Harrison continues to progress. Trey McBride, like you have, you have some pieces there. You could just use a quarterback there. That's what's kind of holding them back. Charlie and Dayton. Hi Charlie. What do you have for me?

[Caller]

Good morning, Dan. You were talking about the potential for there to be a cap for an MLB and somebody was talking about, you know, the problems that may or may not solve. And if the main problem is me trying to figure out if the Cincinnati reserve farm team or a legitimate team, I think that is a big problem. And I would, I would guess that the cab 4 would maybe solve that or at least make me think that the Reds are trying to be relevant or you know, a small market team with the 4 SOL. Would it be similar to like how the NFL like is it. Would it put it to the point where like a major League baseball team at least gives you the illusion that you are relevant?

[Dan Patrick]

Well, I think just making the playoffs is probably good enough for quite a few owners that you're going to make your money, you're going to have people come out and revenue share and we don't. We're not going to be in for the big guys. Maybe we get lucky like Arizona did a couple of years ago where they take out the Dodgers. But you got to spend money. It's going to be really challenging. Maybe Tampa does it. Maybe Tampa surprises people. The American League is open for business. I know the Yankees are there. See, I thought the Yankees would have been involved in the Tarek Skubal sweepstakes as well. And maybe it's not that desirable or the Dodgers are so desirable that they're taking people out of, you know, the process here of, you know, offering up some kind of trade. But imagine if you're the Yankees, you can go back to the World Series, you get Terry Skubel you can go back to the World Series because who's in your way now? The Red Sox are playing great. Is there going to be something out of the Central? The west is terrible. I mean, terrible. And so if I'm the Yankee now, they may say we're going to go to the World Series anyway. But I got Tampa to worry about Seattle, you're the Yankees. And if you had Tarek Skubal, you're going to the World Series. In my opinion.

[Paulie]

Yeah, Paulie, the AL west is terrible. Dan, as you said, the best team has is 58 and 56. The Astros, they've been outscored by 29 runs this year. Every team in the division has been outscored this season.

[Dan Patrick]

We'll talk quarterbacks, ranking quarterbacks coming up next hour. Mike Sando, he did a deep dive. He is a senior NFL writer for the Athletic. He'll join us in about 40 minutes from now. We'll take a break. More phone calls coming up. We're back after this.

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[Fred Armisen]

How did any of this get made? Why do we think that was a good idea? We're ready to talk about it.

[Carrie Brownstein]

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[Fred Armisen]

Kyle is going for it. Here you fully improvised, not just words, but a song about it.

[Albert Breer]

I thought he was gonna write. I thought you were all gonna write a song.

[Fred Armisen]

I remember you thinking that.

[Carrie Brownstein]

Listen to Podlandia Ayo rewatch on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Hayes Davenport]

Hey, this is Hayes Davenport and Sean Clements. We host the podcast Hollywood Handbook. Every episode. We're trying to help our guests improve their careers by mainly focusing on how they can help us improve our careers.

[Sean Clements]

The show is famously super accessible, so you can easily jump into any of our 650 episodes and understand what's going on.

[Hayes Davenport]

We recommend some of our recent episodes with Ben Stiller.

[Albert Breer]

The definition of what is a movie

[Paulie]

has kind of changed anyway, too, right?

[Dan Patrick]

What do you think it is now?

[Albert Breer]

It's images and words being spoken, captured by some sort of technology.

[Hayes Davenport]

Danny McBride, you love.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, that's fantastic. And you make it on. You make your own. That's great.

[Hayes Davenport]

I call him Tarot Read.

[Dan Patrick]

It's a good name.

[Sean Clements]

They're all named after cast members of American Pie.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I call.

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Hayes Davenport]

I don't. I never looked up if she was in this, but I call him Leechy Sobieski.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I don't think she was an American Pie, but I still haven't looked it up.

[Hayes Davenport]

Haven't looked it up.

[Dan Patrick]

She was prominent.

[Dylan]

Yeah.

[Hayes Davenport]

Then Mary Steenburgen.

[Chelsea Handler]

Why are you guys talking to me? Like, why so down to me that you think I don't understand your little play?

[Yamaneika Saunders]

Play.

[Hayes Davenport]

I just really.

[Chelsea Handler]

I get it.

[Hayes Davenport]

I'm trying to set you up for success.

[Sean Clements]

Listen to Hollywood handbook on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Chelsea Handler]

This is Chelsea Handler from Dear Chelsea. Every week the news gets worse, the world gets crazier, and Yamaneika is here to tell whoever's responsible, you're the problem.

[Yamaneika Saunders]

If you come over here to play games, I' ma check you. Okay? If you do some in the news that don't sound good, I'mma play you.

[Chelsea Handler]

Join Yamanika Saunders as she breaks down the week's most problematic stories on her new podcast. You're the Problem with Yamaneika.

[Yamaneika Saunders]

Do you know? I just found out who Sydney Sweeney was.

[Chelsea Handler]

New episodes weekly, every Wednesday as part of my new network, the Dear Chelsea Network.

[Yamaneika Saunders]

If he got a bunch of women, then I should have a bunch of men do better or do less so I don't have to do so much.

[Chelsea Handler]

So join Yamaneika each episode as she answers one question. Who's the problem?

[Yamaneika Saunders]

I'm Yamanika, and I'm out. Listen to youo're the Problem with yamaneika on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Nick Turturro]

I'm Nick Turturro. You probably know me from NYPD Blue, the Longest Yard, or Spike Lee's blackkklansman, But I'm also from Queens, which means I know pizza. And on my new Podcast Delivering Happiness with Nick Turturro. And I deliver pizza from Prince Street Pizza to a new guest.

[Ari Chambers]

Are you delivering pizza now?

[Nick Turturro]

Then we sit down for a real conversation. I've shared a slice with everyone from Seth Rollins.

[Albert Breer]

What are you doing?

[Caller]

My belt.

[Nick Turturro]

To Alex Rodriguez. Just to let you people know, we're talking to one of the goats here. To Bill Burr.

[Albert Breer]

I don't think I've ever met somebody so exactly out of their mind as I am.

[Nick Turturro]

And now we even have more great guests coming up, including the great John Turturro. It's called Happiness, Delivering Happiness, Mariano Rivera and many, many more. Open your free iHeartradio app search delivering Happiness with Nick Turo. And listen now.

[Dan Patrick]

Cody in Texas. Hi, Cody. What do you have for me today?

[Caller]

Hey, Dan, just want to really give a quick shout out to the guys I was watching on Peacock. They did such a good job with all the technical difficulties. But, you know, talking about the Bijan signing, you know, I'm having, you know, p, you know, PTSD from the Ezekiel Elliott signing from the Cowboys years ago that you were so right on the head about, you know, it's just, it's such a gamble and a risk and, and you know, going back to first hour, the guys were talking about college football scheduling. You know, there used to be that week in the SEC where there was a cupcake every year, you know, the Citadel or Chattanooga, Tennessee. If you look at the schedule now moving forward, a lot of that's gone away. So the SEC is now actually looks like they're backloading. A lot of the schedule probably has to do with, of course, playoff selection and trying to get as many teams in as they can.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, didn't they go to nine games, Paulie, that you had to play nine conference games?

[Dylan]

Yes.

[Dan Patrick]

So that probably took away one of those cupcakes. Jeff in Milwaukee. Hi, Jeff. What do you have for me today?

[Zach]

Hey, morning. I am wondering if as far as school goes, so talking as a Brewers fan, as I've marinated on this, of course the first thing I thought on Saturday was, you gotta be kidding me. The Dodgers did this again. How could they do it? Well, then I became why didn't the brewers do this? And just had knee surgery yesterday. And also a reason that I somehow wanted to call, if you can believe that, with your shut in audience. But maybe it's the drugs talking. But did do the other owners not want to be beat the Dodgers offer so that they can have the storyline going into the off season that the Dodgers are too rich and we need a salary cap.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, but if you look at what the Dodgers gave up to get school, just, just to get him, I know that they can pay him and most of these other teams can't. By most baseball experts accounts. That's not. It wasn't this treasure trove that Detroit got, I think that that was what was surprising is other teams probably could have trumped that. The question is, are you okay with an excuse as to why you didn't win? If I'm an owner, like, I have to be, you know, fiscally responsible, but I also have to be responsible for occasionally getting out of my comfort zone and trying to win something larger. I. Could you imagine if the brewers won the World Series?

[Caller]

You.

[Dan Patrick]

I mean, that's generational. The Dodgers. No, it's not. We expect them to win. If the Yankees win, okay, that might be a little bit of a surprise. But if the Guardians would happen to win, Tampa would happen to win. No, Tampa's been to World Series. But, but you know, these are moments where you go, are we. Can we go toe to toe in a seven game series? That's how I would view this. And if you give me Mizaroski and Scubal, if I could get him, I know it's a rental. What happens if we win the World Series? Is there any chance of keeping him? What's a better chance than not getting him at all? Jim in Michigan. Hi, Jim. What do you have for me today?

[Zach]

Just wanted to touch base with you. I was watching NBA WNBA games on Saturday with Indiana and Minnesota. I'm having a hard time interpreting what the refs consider penalties. It just seems there's a lot of vagueness and laborious procedure to determine what's happened. I don't know if it's the same way in the NBA, but that's a frustration for a viewer on. For me, a novice viewer on tv, coupled with the trash talk that like a bunch of playground police, it's, it's, it's not comfortable to watch. I guess that's what I'll say. And I'm new to the N. Wnba, but I wish, I wish I could understand a little bit more what they're trying to do.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, we've tried to get the commissioner on. That's not happening. But if you're new to the wnba, then you're new to the physicality of women's basketball. This is not college basketball. This is professional basketball. And there is physicality. That's what surprises everybody. People may have just stumbled upon the WNBA a couple of years ago when Caitlin Clark came in, and that's where people are like, wow, they're roughing her up. Yes, they are. But you're going to do that if you're allowed to do that. But it's rough all over. It's not just Caitlin Clark, but we do focus on her. But the league is physical. These are great athletes out there. It's not, hey, four bounce passes and, you know, a set shot. They're creating offensively, defensively, big, quick, fast, strong, great shooters. It's just different. People got in and all of a sudden they couldn't believe how physical. I would be physical with Caitlin Clark if I was guarding here, because I can get into her head. I want her frustrated. I'm picking her up half court. I mean, that would be my philosophy. And I would tell my team, go get her. Until otherwise. Go get her. Yes.

[Marvin]

Marvin, you always talk about that with Steph Curry, and I think the big difference is nothing seems to rattle Steph Curry. Steph Curry's always pretty even keel when he's on the floor, even when guys are trying to get physical with him. And also the difference is he's always moving around so he's not just standing in one place. So you just can't stand there and rough him up.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I think that's really important aspect of Steph Curry's game that's underrated. He's in constant motion and he's one of the smallest guys on the floor. But you got to catch up to him. He's going to run you. Final hour on this Tuesday. Coming up, talk some football. Who's in the confessional? Paul's going in there, and rightfully so. Final hour right after this.

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