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Hey everybody, this is your GM, your back row

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dominance, your GM who currently is not on a

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team right now, but don't you worry about it,

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Kale, here to bring you episode 7 of the Stack

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and Shed series. Now in this series, we're covering

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all 32 teams, meaning nobody is neglected, everybody

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gets a chance to be talked about, alright? Now

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we're covering a few different topics, and they

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include what went wrong, what do they need, stack

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or shed, their draft picks, one move i would

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do in their cap space now in this episode we're

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talking about the commanders so for all my dmv

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little bit please thanks let's lock in All right,

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let's get into it. So what went wrong in the

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commander season? And I would venture to say

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it was a regressing offense and defense. Coming

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into the 25 season, the Commanders had a lot

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of momentum on their side. For starters, they

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just finished making an appearance in the NFC

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Championship. They traded for Laremy Tunsil.

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They traded for Deebo Samuel. And everybody is

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thinking that the Commanders are going to repeat

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what they just finished doing. Instead, what

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we saw was a regression in both the offense and

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the defense. So here's the offensive rankings

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from the 24 offense, according to NFL Pro. They

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had the 7th ranked offense and they averaged

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28 .5 points per game, 369 .6 yards per game,

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5 .7 yards per play, and 54 touchdowns. They

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were 17th in passing offense and they averaged

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215 .6 passing yards per game, 6 .4 passing yards

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per play, and 29 passing touchdowns. They were

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3rd in rushing offense and they averaged 154

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.1 rushing yards per game, 5 rushing yards per

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play, and 25 rushing touchdowns. Now the 25 offense

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had the 22nd ranked offense and they averaged

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20 .9 points per game, 318 .8 yards per game,

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5 .5 yards per play, and 39 touchdowns. They

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were 24th in passing offense and they averaged

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184 .1 passing yards per game, 6 .2 passing yards

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per play, and 19 passing touchdowns. They were

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4th in rushing offense and they averaged 134

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.7 rushing yards per game, 4 .7 rushing yards

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per play, and 20 rushing yards per game. Now,

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I'm not saying that I expected this passing offense

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to be top five or the best passing offense in

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the entire league, but you would have thought

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they would have made a significant step in the

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right direction. But clearly, that wasn't the

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case. Now, was it because of the quarterback

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play? Was it because of the availability of the

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receivers? Was it because the league itself finally

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had a game plan to counter Cliff Kingsbury's

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offense and Jaden Daniels? It's possible, but

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I don't think nobody expected this offense to

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go six steps back after going four steps forward.

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Now, the defensive regression is mainly in part

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because of the lack of talent that they have

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on that side of the ball. Now, I understand this

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veteran -led defense was productive in 24, but

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I don't think nobody expected the defense to

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replicate the same thing in 25. Now, they were

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probably thinking by acquiring Marshawn Lattimore

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via trade and signing Von Miller via free agency

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that maybe they'll add a little bit of splash

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or a little bit of juice to this defense, and

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clearly that wasn't the case. Now, we can all

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All admit the Marshawn Lattimore trade was a

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flop, and that Von Miller at this point in his

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career needs to be paired up with an elite pass

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rusher in order for him to be successful. And

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when we look at some of the stats from those

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defensive players, this is what we have. Von

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Miller had 9 sacks, 28 pressures, and a 10 .3

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% pressure rate. Dorian Armstrong had 5 .5 sacks,

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20 pressures, and a 15 .5 % pressure rate. Jake

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Martin had 5 .5 sacks. 43 pressures, and 11 .1

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% pressure rate. Jajar Newton had 5 sacks, 23

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pressures, and a 10 .8 % pressure rate. Bobby

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Wagner had 3 .5 sacks, 17 pressures, and a 23

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.3 % pressure rate. Now I was expecting more

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production from this defense, but clearly my

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expectations are too high. Now let's continue

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to paint this picture. When we look at the 24

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defense, they had the 13th ranked defense, and

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they allowed 23 points per game, 326 .9 yards

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per game, 5 .4 yards per play, and 43 touchdowns.

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They were third in passing defense, and they

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allowed 189 .5 passing yards per game, 6 passing

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yards per play, and 25 passing touchdowns. They

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were 30th in run defense, and they allowed 18

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rushing touchdowns, 137 .5 rushing yards per

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game, and 4. rushing yards per play now if we

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compare that to the 25 defense this is what we

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have they were the worst defense in the league

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and they allowed 26 .5 points per game 384 .3

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yards per game six yards per play and 51 touchdowns

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they were 28th and pass defense and they allowed

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242 .5 passing yards per game 7 .1 passing yards

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per play and 33 passing touchdowns they were

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30th and run defense and they allowed 18 rushing

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touchdowns 100 141 .8 rushing yards per game

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and 4 .8 rushing yards per play. Now with that

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being said, what do the commanders need? And

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that is more offensive production and creativity

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and more defensive playmakers. Now, by promoting

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David Blau to offensive coordinator, I do believe

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the commanders are making the first step in the

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right direction. Now, I'm not expecting this

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offense to be productive or creative like the

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49ers or the Chiefs, but I do expect for them

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to be different in some capacity. Now, that all

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depends on what the commanders do with this offense.

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If they can extend Deebo Samuel and Larimi Tunsil,

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maybe trade for Brandon Iyuk or sign him if the

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49ers release him, and then maybe go after a

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productive tight end in the draft, I think that's

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a step in the right direction. However, if the

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Commanders do none of these things, then we need

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to have an honest conversation about Adam Peters

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and Dan Quinn. Because at this point, going into

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next season, they're on the hot seat right now.

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I understand they started their tenure hot. I

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understand that the fan base and ownership wants

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them to go back to being in the NFC Championship.

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And I understand that's hard. But at the same

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time, you have to show that this team is heading

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in the right direction. Now, getting more defensive

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playmakers is an easy fix. And the reason why

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I say this is because you have a lot of cap space

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and you have a decent amount of draft picks.

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So whatever you don't get in the draft or free

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agency, you just get it in the other phase. It's

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a very simple fix. So if that means that you

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address pass rushers high up in the draft, that

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means that you can address corner and free agency

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or interior defensive linemen or linebacker,

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however you want to do it. Now, with that being

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said, the question we all need to ask ourselves

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is stack or shed. And I will eventually say stack.

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And the reason why I say this is because you

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have your franchise quarterback. Build off of

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that. As long as you don't continue to go after

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these old, past their prime veterans, I think

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you're going to be in a good spot. But if you

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continue to go down that road, you are playing

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with fire. We saw what the Bengals did when Joe

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Burrow was on his rookie deal. They built that

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team up, and they went on a Super Bowl run, and

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they went to a couple AFC championships. The

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Commanders can do the exact same thing. But it

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all depends on what you do in this offseason.

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Because this is a very pivotal offseason, not

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just for Adam Peters, but for Dan Quinn and everybody

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else that is on this coaching staff. When we

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look at their draft picks, they have their first,

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their third, their fifth, two sixth round picks,

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and a seventh round pick, which isn't bad. You're

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also in a really good spot in the first round.

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So you can get one of the top players in whatever

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position you're trying to address. Now with that

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being said, the one move that I would do is draft

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a defensive player. Now me personally, I think

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the commander should address the secondary or

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edge rusher in the first round. Now whoever falls

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when it's time for you to make your pick, go

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for it. If it's Caleb Downs, do it. If it's Arvo

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Reese, even though I don't think that's going

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to happen, do it. If it's Sonny Styles, do it.

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Looking at the Commander's cap situation, they

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have $79 .2 million for now. And that's in part

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because the NFL has informed all teams that everyone

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is getting $22 million added to their cap space.

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Meaning that the Commanders can be big spenders

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in all three ways of free agency. My expectation

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is the Commanders will go after players such

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as Lloyd Cushenberry, Devin Lloyd, Adafio Way,

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Boye Mafe, Tyreek Woolen, maybe make a trade

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for someone, maybe try to go after Brandon Ayuk,

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depending on how that situation goes. I think

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all of those options are on the table right now.

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But only time will tell. But I'm going to end

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this episode here. If you guys like what you

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