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We welcome in Mike Florio, editor of Pro Football Talk.com,

and co-host of PFT Live on Peacock TV.

We know he just finished up his TV gig, making some time for the junks,

which we do appreciate.

Mike, good morning. How are you?

Doing great, guys. How are you?

And Mike, I wanted to ask you, what's the landscape for people like you?

You guys who are breaking news, almost getting to fisticuffs at Starbucks.

I've seen you getting to spats with other guys and breaking news.

What's it like? Well, I've tried to get in spats with other guys and breaking news. What's it like?

Well, I've tried to evolve past all that.

Life's too short.

And, you know, I've been doing this 25 years now almost.

And the job for me has evolved over the years.

There was a time when we tried to get to the front of the line for whatever information that agents

were going to hand to insiders, five minutes before the announcement was made by the team.

And it's just kind of the point where, and look, I say this, taking and assuming the full

risk of having all of them mad at me, but I've been saying it recently.

Look at the formula, the copy-paste formula of these tweets.

Player X signs with Team Y for Z million dollars, deal negotiated by, insert name of agent.

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