WEBVTT - Mac & Bone Hour 2: Panthers/Broncos Matchups 0:00:17.200 --> 0:00:19.450 I mean, overall, they're a great defense, really good defense. 0:00:19.489 --> 0:00:23.489 They fly around. The D-line's obviously really good, great interior line, 0:00:23.510 --> 0:00:26.670 and then the guys on the outside are really fast, physical. 0:00:26.690 --> 0:00:33.300 Their linebacker is a former Canadian over there, a big guy, Alex. 0:00:33.340 --> 0:00:36.440 He's a great backer, flies around, physical, got a lot 0:00:36.460 --> 0:00:39.389 of respect for his game, and then Obviously the secondary 0:00:39.409 --> 0:00:40.890 is really good as well. I know they have a 0:00:40.930 --> 0:00:44.010 few injuries, but even the guys that have stepped up 0:00:44.050 --> 0:00:46.370 behind those guys have done a good job filling in. 0:00:46.390 --> 0:00:49.960 So it's a good team to go. 0:00:49.820 --> 0:00:50.300 Against for sure. 0:00:54.330 --> 0:00:54.790 There you go. 0:00:54.850 --> 0:00:59.710 Chuba talking about the Denver Broncos defense. If the Panthers 0:00:59.730 --> 0:01:01.790 are going to win, Chuba's going to have to have 0:01:01.830 --> 0:01:04.500 a ball game. He was amazing as a runner and 0:01:04.530 --> 0:01:07.580 a receiver against Green Bay. He's going to have to 0:01:07.620 --> 0:01:12.560 be that again. I'm coming up on Sunday in this 0:01:12.620 --> 0:01:16.170 game against the Broncos. I'm excited for this one. There's 0:01:16.190 --> 0:01:19.569 an opportunity to make Sean Payton angry, which would be awesome. 0:01:19.910 --> 0:01:23.260 But most importantly, bone man, we need a dub. So 0:01:23.340 --> 0:01:26.979 freaking bad. We're still sitting here in first place. Clinging 0:01:27.020 --> 0:01:29.840 to it like a cat on a screen door. But 0:01:30.120 --> 0:01:32.330 I don't know if y'all have noticed, it's been pretty 0:01:32.390 --> 0:01:38.050 ugly the last couple of weeks, especially pass protection. So 0:01:38.090 --> 0:01:39.950 we've got to talk through this one. I'm not going 0:01:39.970 --> 0:01:44.350 to act bone like every matchup. feels, you know, like 0:01:44.410 --> 0:01:46.900 a trip to the beach, Denver six and two for 0:01:46.920 --> 0:01:50.320 a reason, but also look at them and apparently Vegas 0:01:50.380 --> 0:01:52.840 and some betters do too, because there's still only two 0:01:52.860 --> 0:01:54.160 and a half point favorites over us. 0:01:54.180 --> 0:01:54.380 Yeah. 0:01:54.580 --> 0:01:56.800 I look at this as a game. I feel like 0:01:56.840 --> 0:01:58.440 we will be in, like, I just, I don't know 0:01:58.460 --> 0:02:00.830 how you feel bone. I feel like this one's going 0:02:00.860 --> 0:02:03.630 down to the wire. The bad news is Denver or 0:02:03.650 --> 0:02:07.610 the fourth quarter comeback hit Kings. They've won four games 0:02:07.730 --> 0:02:11.359 with fourth quarter comebacks. But I feel like we're going 0:02:11.380 --> 0:02:15.000 to be right there with a chance to stop that streak. 0:02:15.340 --> 0:02:17.710 You know, I feel very confident that we will be 0:02:18.290 --> 0:02:20.310 playing a football, not playing a football game on Sunday. 0:02:20.330 --> 0:02:23.740 That's That's not what I meant there. You should be confident. 0:02:23.750 --> 0:02:27.899 All right, let me— Bone, take two. I feel very confident, Matt, 0:02:27.940 --> 0:02:29.760 that they are going to play on Sunday and be 0:02:29.800 --> 0:02:32.179 in this game to the very end. How's it play 0:02:32.320 --> 0:02:34.889 out with what you're talking about, about the heroics of 0:02:34.910 --> 0:02:35.389 Bo Nix? 0:02:35.930 --> 0:02:37.310 We'll talk through that on the show. 0:02:37.690 --> 0:02:40.929 But there are certain matchups here that some people may 0:02:41.010 --> 0:02:44.899 freak out about, but I actually think— are in the Panthers' 0:02:44.940 --> 0:02:47.380 favor that I'm not worried about. One side of the 0:02:47.419 --> 0:02:50.079 ball that you already mentioned, the offensive line versus Denver's 0:02:50.100 --> 0:02:52.970 defensive front, yes, that's a major concern. 0:02:53.000 --> 0:02:53.810 How can it not be? 0:02:54.250 --> 0:02:58.690 But I don't have a huge fear, despite the at-time 0:02:58.750 --> 0:03:02.710 struggles of the defense, Denver's offense and their weapons, I 0:03:02.730 --> 0:03:05.750 know Waddle's good, I understand all that, they don't really 0:03:05.810 --> 0:03:07.600 put a whole lot of fear in me. If they 0:03:07.620 --> 0:03:11.139 can do a nice job against Green Bay... It was 0:03:11.180 --> 0:03:13.460 a nice job, all things considered. I think they can 0:03:13.480 --> 0:03:16.390 do similar against Denver. Yeah, I mean, this Denver, I 0:03:16.410 --> 0:03:17.329 would start there, too. 0:03:17.730 --> 0:03:20.970 This conversation, we do it every Friday before a Panther game. 0:03:21.389 --> 0:03:24.269 This conversation is, what do we look at and feel 0:03:24.310 --> 0:03:26.220 good about? And, of course, all those things end up 0:03:26.240 --> 0:03:29.340 playing out exactly the way we feel. But it's also like, 0:03:29.880 --> 0:03:32.919 what scares us about the Broncos coming in? I would 0:03:32.980 --> 0:03:36.240 start right where you're starting. Denver's offense, to me, is 0:03:36.280 --> 0:03:39.270 just eh. It's just I understand, Bo, and they've been 0:03:39.310 --> 0:03:42.330 much better in second halves, fourth quarters. I understand Bo 0:03:42.390 --> 0:03:45.940 Nix has been better the last two games statistically. He's 0:03:46.000 --> 0:03:48.820 been real good in these fourth quarters, better in the 0:03:48.860 --> 0:03:51.370 second halves as well. But I just look at their 0:03:51.410 --> 0:03:54.090 running game. It's one of the worst in football. And 0:03:54.150 --> 0:03:55.690 they lose Harvey in the mix now. 0:03:55.870 --> 0:03:58.810 They lose him. Jonah Coleman looked pretty good last week. 0:03:58.850 --> 0:04:02.790 Dobbins doesn't look like the same back he did in 0:04:02.810 --> 0:04:06.040 the past. He's averaging only 3.3 yards a carry. Bo 0:04:06.100 --> 0:04:08.700 Nix gets involved in the run game. He averages, Bone, 0:04:08.720 --> 0:04:11.300 I want to say around. 0:04:13.540 --> 0:04:15.800 Around, what is it, about four runs a game, but 0:04:15.820 --> 0:04:19.500 he only averages 3.6 yards a carry. I just, I 0:04:19.580 --> 0:04:23.440 think we're going to handle the run. I don't think 0:04:23.490 --> 0:04:25.560 this is, like, the two teams that lit us up 0:04:25.640 --> 0:04:28.029 on the ground, Bone, are literally the top two rush attacks, 0:04:28.310 --> 0:04:33.410 Tampa Bay and Chicago. When we face bottom 10 run games, Bone, 0:04:33.450 --> 0:04:35.909 we're giving up 78 yards a game. We've played three 0:04:35.970 --> 0:04:39.110 bottom 10 run games. And in those games, we've given 0:04:39.170 --> 0:04:42.680 up 78 rush yards a game. This is one of 0:04:42.760 --> 0:04:46.490 the statistically bone three or four worst run games in 0:04:46.529 --> 0:04:49.980 the league. I expect that not to be a problem. 0:04:50.390 --> 0:04:55.120 And passing Bo Nix is very inconsistent. He has been 0:04:55.140 --> 0:04:58.739 a slow starter. You've got to jump on them. This defense, 0:04:59.000 --> 0:05:01.210 Todd Walsh is talking about this attack up front and stuff. 0:05:01.610 --> 0:05:04.790 We've got to jump on them early, I feel like. 0:05:04.830 --> 0:05:07.910 They are slow starters offensively. Let's jump on them early. 0:05:07.930 --> 0:05:09.679 Let's get a little confidence defensively. 0:05:10.420 --> 0:05:14.179 Bo Nix, Mac, is completing 59% of his passes right now. 0:05:14.240 --> 0:05:14.730 Yeah, that's it. 0:05:15.120 --> 0:05:18.430 Obviously, if you do the splits there, the fourth quarter 0:05:18.460 --> 0:05:21.570 is much different. But I don't– if Bo Nix is 0:05:21.630 --> 0:05:24.990 passing on us, I don't– there's not any– Jordan Love 0:05:25.029 --> 0:05:26.830 put the fear of God in me, especially leading up 0:05:26.850 --> 0:05:28.430 to the game, of what he could do. And we 0:05:28.450 --> 0:05:31.290 saw why. I don't have that fear with Bo Nix. 0:05:31.870 --> 0:05:32.490 I don't either. 0:05:32.910 --> 0:05:35.730 As a matter of fact– The way they're playing this year, 0:05:35.750 --> 0:05:38.219 and I know that the last little bit wasn't here, 0:05:38.240 --> 0:05:41.650 Bryce Young has had a better top-to-bottom season than Bo 0:05:41.670 --> 0:05:42.030 Nix has had. 0:05:43.240 --> 0:05:44.359 Oh, I don't think there's any denying. 0:05:44.580 --> 0:05:46.720 I mean, bone, it was just three weeks ago where 0:05:46.760 --> 0:05:49.359 Bo Nix was getting blasted by the entire nation in 0:05:49.400 --> 0:05:49.719 a win. 0:05:49.980 --> 0:05:50.160 Yes. 0:05:50.220 --> 0:05:51.060 They beat Seattle. 0:05:51.080 --> 0:05:52.560 The dude was scared to throw the ball more than 0:05:52.580 --> 0:05:56.630 five yards downfield and Ryan Fitzpatrick obliterated them. Like this 0:05:56.730 --> 0:05:58.969 is a dude that has not gotten the ball downfield 0:05:59.010 --> 0:06:02.050 very well. To your point, they are more of a short, 0:06:02.070 --> 0:06:05.510 you know, shorter passing game. Waddle is averaging like 10 0:06:05.510 --> 0:06:08.110 yards a catch. This is a big play guy, and 0:06:08.170 --> 0:06:09.540 maybe I'll regret it. 0:06:09.570 --> 0:06:10.670 Maybe with our corner. 0:06:10.410 --> 0:06:12.869 Situation, maybe they'll find a way to hit a couple 0:06:12.890 --> 0:06:15.530 of downfield. But I think to your point, I think 0:06:15.600 --> 0:06:18.860 with our messed up corner situation, Bone, I think it's 0:06:18.940 --> 0:06:20.440 a good team to play against. 0:06:21.380 --> 0:06:23.320 You know, as opposed to. 0:06:23.279 --> 0:06:26.760 Green Bay where, you know, those corners, man, it was 0:06:27.420 --> 0:06:30.080 it was live training against one of the best pass attacks. 0:06:30.100 --> 0:06:31.940 Matt, can I give you a ridiculous stat here that 0:06:31.980 --> 0:06:33.280 I thought was a misprint? At one point, I was 0:06:33.300 --> 0:06:37.600 looking at the Broncos, just individual stats. Alex Singleton, the 0:06:37.640 --> 0:06:41.440 linebacker who has two sacks, two tackles for loss. He 0:06:41.480 --> 0:06:44.560 leads the league in tackles right now by 19. We 0:06:44.580 --> 0:06:47.539 are early November. He's got one hundred and one tackles 0:06:47.560 --> 0:06:50.130 this year. I thought that was a misprint when I 0:06:50.170 --> 0:06:51.849 read it. Like, how's dude... He is all. 0:06:51.870 --> 0:06:54.290 Over the place. How does a dude have 101 tackles? 0:06:54.310 --> 0:06:58.020 He's all over the place. And he's the guy that Chuba... 0:06:57.380 --> 0:06:58.979 If you listened to that Chuba cut that we played, 0:06:59.320 --> 0:07:01.860 he's the guy that is the fellow Canadian. I did 0:07:01.900 --> 0:07:04.820 not realize Alex Singleton was a Canadian who played in 0:07:04.860 --> 0:07:05.820 the CFL at one point. 0:07:06.290 --> 0:07:07.930 I had no idea but right now he's one. 0:07:07.890 --> 0:07:10.930 Of the best middle linebackers in football he's a 32 0:07:10.930 --> 0:07:13.890 year old journeyman that has 101 tackles so far he's 0:07:13.890 --> 0:07:16.570 32 years old that's crazy yeah he's a baller man 0:07:16.630 --> 0:07:19.670 he's a baller so and that takes me to the 0:07:19.710 --> 0:07:22.850 defensive side of the ball i expect this bone to 0:07:22.910 --> 0:07:25.270 be a low scoring game i think our defense is 0:07:25.300 --> 0:07:25.730 going to have a. 0:07:25.860 --> 0:07:31.370 Good night day whatever they're playing Sunday. 0:07:31.390 --> 0:07:33.230 I guess good night would be if they won the game. 0:07:33.250 --> 0:07:36.940 But anyway, I digress. I think the defense is going 0:07:36.980 --> 0:07:40.680 to play well. And I think it's going to be, 0:07:40.720 --> 0:07:44.880 but I do not feel great bone necessarily on the 0:07:45.020 --> 0:07:48.220 other side of the ball. Now, Denver, statistically, if you 0:07:48.260 --> 0:07:50.240 just look at their stats, you would say, you know, 0:07:50.840 --> 0:07:53.860 what's wrong with their defense? 25th in yards, 25th in 0:07:53.900 --> 0:07:57.430 rush yards, 20th in pass yards. It has not been good. 0:07:57.750 --> 0:08:00.170 But if you look at their last four games, Bone, 0:08:00.290 --> 0:08:03.770 it's completely changed. They are giving up 18 points a 0:08:03.790 --> 0:08:07.869 game in the last four, and their EPA is seventh 0:08:07.910 --> 0:08:10.030 per play in the last four. They're starting to look 0:08:10.110 --> 0:08:13.650 more like you expect a Denver defense to look, and 0:08:13.810 --> 0:08:17.290 I expect this to be a real challenge. Our passing 0:08:17.330 --> 0:08:21.480 game and our pass protection... I'm just terrified about it, man. 0:08:21.600 --> 0:08:24.360 I know people were laughing yesterday when I said this because, 0:08:24.540 --> 0:08:26.820 you know, the negatives don't like to hear this. But 0:08:26.860 --> 0:08:31.680 there is something about desperation in the NFL. Who's most desperate? 0:08:31.720 --> 0:08:35.210 There is something to that. And the desperation category in 0:08:35.250 --> 0:08:37.610 this game is on the Panthers, more so than Denver. 0:08:37.929 --> 0:08:39.429 And sometimes that does matter in these games. 0:08:39.470 --> 0:08:41.510 Yeah, I like that angle. I like that angle for us. 0:08:41.510 --> 0:08:43.809 That and the travel to the East Coast. Sometimes those 0:08:43.830 --> 0:08:44.390 things do matter. 0:08:44.410 --> 0:08:48.370 But can desperation turn Rasheed Walker into a good pass blocker? 0:08:49.290 --> 0:08:50.170 Like, that's like. 0:08:50.350 --> 0:08:53.830 Hey, man, I can just give you... I can just 0:08:53.850 --> 0:08:56.050 throw it out there. We can figure out what really matters. 0:08:56.090 --> 0:08:58.510 Are you staying only positive during this segment? Are you 0:08:58.550 --> 0:09:00.000 not talking about what you're worried about? 0:09:00.020 --> 0:09:04.800 Because, like, Freddy Krueger is not scarier to me than 0:09:04.840 --> 0:09:08.679 this Broncos pass rush with Nick Benito, Zach Allen, and all. 0:09:08.740 --> 0:09:10.310 When we started this, I said, um. 0:09:11.929 --> 0:09:14.950 OK, and I'm not worried about the Broncos weapons, but 0:09:14.970 --> 0:09:16.810 I also said I didn't get to it yet that 0:09:16.870 --> 0:09:20.579 I'm terrified of the offensive line versus the Broncos. So 0:09:20.640 --> 0:09:23.540 I said I literally said, if you're not, how are 0:09:23.580 --> 0:09:26.240 you not? No, that has to be the most terrifying 0:09:26.340 --> 0:09:31.280 aspect of this game. That is Sean Payton's face. You 0:09:31.320 --> 0:09:33.200 look at Denver. 0:09:33.980 --> 0:09:37.460 They are sixth in pressure percentage on defense, 13th in 0:09:37.520 --> 0:09:38.240 sack percentage. 0:09:38.620 --> 0:09:39.790 But again, the last. 0:09:39.570 --> 0:09:42.390 Four weeks, during their four-game win streak, this defense is 0:09:42.410 --> 0:09:45.830 looking better and better. Seventh in sack percentage, sixth in 0:09:45.890 --> 0:09:49.589 pressure percentage over the last four weeks, and they're blitzing less. 0:09:50.290 --> 0:09:54.689 And what's been giving us problems? Four-man rushes. Four-man rushes, 0:09:54.809 --> 0:09:59.610 seven in coverage. So Bryce gets pressure quickly and does 0:10:00.270 --> 0:10:04.410 see options open downfield because these teams aren't having to 0:10:04.470 --> 0:10:05.950 send bone extra guys. 0:10:06.390 --> 0:10:10.630 The pressure. Yeah, Zach Allen is a terrifying thought in 0:10:10.650 --> 0:10:12.569 this game. He's a beast. And so is Benito on 0:10:12.590 --> 0:10:15.660 the outside against either tackle. you know? 0:10:15.740 --> 0:10:15.960 Yeah. 0:10:16.059 --> 0:10:21.530 And it's not just, we need to make Benito finito. Man, 0:10:21.550 --> 0:10:24.450 that ain't happening though. Um, and then there's other guys too. 0:10:24.490 --> 0:10:29.130 Bone Robinson off the edge, 22 pressures. Roach on the 0:10:29.210 --> 0:10:33.809 inside has like 24. They have four guys with 22 pressures. Uh, 0:10:34.110 --> 0:10:37.520 this texter says, I am terrified that Bryce young is 0:10:37.540 --> 0:10:40.800 going to look like garbage again. Yeah, they need to 0:10:40.840 --> 0:10:42.640 get it going again. They need to get that pass 0:10:42.660 --> 0:10:45.910 attack going, Bonesy. And obviously it all starts with the 0:10:45.950 --> 0:10:50.480 freaking upfront pressure. I think the run game is so key, though. 0:10:50.860 --> 0:10:53.420 I think we can run on them a bit. I 0:10:53.460 --> 0:10:56.380 think if they commit to it early and stay with 0:10:56.460 --> 0:11:00.540 it and try to get in second and manageable, third 0:11:00.600 --> 0:11:03.480 and short, so they can't just pin their ears back, 0:11:04.059 --> 0:11:05.559 I think we have a chance. 0:11:05.400 --> 0:11:07.200 At running it, man. 0:11:07.380 --> 0:11:10.080 Both receivers need to show up, and I think one 0:11:10.160 --> 0:11:13.640 could be taken out by Sertan, but I mean, Coker's 0:11:13.660 --> 0:11:15.360 got to show up, too. The one that is not 0:11:15.900 --> 0:11:18.820 playing on Sertan has to have a game. It can't 0:11:18.840 --> 0:11:22.110 be one where... You know, Sertan takes out TMAC and 0:11:22.120 --> 0:11:25.170 Coker doesn't do anything in the game. These guys have 0:11:25.210 --> 0:11:27.110 to show up for Bryce in this game. At least 0:11:27.270 --> 0:11:29.270 one of them that's not on Sertan. Because you have 0:11:29.309 --> 0:11:30.510 a feeling he's going to take someone out. 0:11:30.580 --> 0:11:32.920 Sertan's given up, I think, like 22 yards a game 0:11:32.960 --> 0:11:34.959 in the five games he's played. He returned from injury 0:11:35.000 --> 0:11:37.900 last week. Um, uh, yeah, I had it on my 0:11:37.940 --> 0:11:40.319 two things on my notes about Pat Sertan. One is 0:11:40.840 --> 0:11:43.000 move TMAC into the slot. If it's a game where 0:11:43.020 --> 0:11:45.900 Sertan is following him all over the field, Sertan has 0:11:45.940 --> 0:11:47.620 only played seven snaps in the slot. 0:11:47.660 --> 0:11:50.870 He doesn't really go in there. Um, so move TMAC 0:11:50.900 --> 0:11:51.469 into the slot. 0:11:51.990 --> 0:11:54.550 Don't allow him to Denzel Ward this thing, you know, 0:11:54.610 --> 0:11:57.450 with TMAC. The second thing is to your point, and 0:11:57.490 --> 0:12:06.300 I'll extend this beyond Coker. I'll need to make plays. 0:12:07.059 --> 0:12:07.900 They need to get open. 0:12:08.020 --> 0:12:08.240 Yes. 0:12:08.340 --> 0:12:10.790 And they need to make plays because it could be 0:12:10.830 --> 0:12:13.270 a game where TMAC has three for 21 or something 0:12:13.309 --> 0:12:13.630 like that. 0:12:13.650 --> 0:12:14.150 You know what I mean? 0:12:15.200 --> 0:12:18.380 Waller's got to show up. Tremble's got to show up. 0:12:18.400 --> 0:12:19.740 All these guys have to be active. 0:12:19.880 --> 0:12:21.980 But the run game, Fitty, I saw you nodding your 0:12:22.020 --> 0:12:29.080 head when I saw... Got that neck moving. When I said... 0:12:27.679 --> 0:12:28.679 Who said he didn't have a neck? 0:12:28.720 --> 0:12:30.400 I saw that neck and head bobbing up and down. 0:12:30.740 --> 0:12:33.040 When I said we can run the ball, Fitt, they 0:12:33.100 --> 0:12:35.400 are one of... It's crazy because of who their personnel is. 0:12:35.820 --> 0:12:39.140 They've been one of the worst tackling teams in football 0:12:39.179 --> 0:12:42.760 this year. They give up the most yards after contact... 0:12:42.860 --> 0:12:46.830 in the NFL on rushes, and they are 31st in 0:12:46.890 --> 0:12:53.050 tackling grade on PFF. Chuba, run your big, strong ass 0:12:53.320 --> 0:12:56.640 through these freaking Weasley-Wussy tackles. 0:12:56.660 --> 0:12:59.360 Just spit on me. Come on, baby. Jeez, you went 0:12:59.420 --> 0:13:02.100 straight Sergeant Slaughter on me. I'm sorry. I already feel 0:13:02.120 --> 0:13:03.620 bad enough I spit on this mic over here. 0:13:03.660 --> 0:13:05.170 You spit all the way across over here. 0:13:05.750 --> 0:13:08.130 I got loogied, Fitty. What do you think, Finn? What 0:13:08.150 --> 0:13:09.530 do you think now that I'm all hot and buttered? 0:13:09.590 --> 0:13:13.110 That's unfortunate for Bone. But no, I'm with you. You 0:13:13.130 --> 0:13:15.970 bring up all the tackling stats. But I also just 0:13:16.010 --> 0:13:18.970 feel like we're getting closer and closer to the two 0:13:19.010 --> 0:13:21.970 years ago, Mac. I think whenever they've ran the ball, 0:13:22.490 --> 0:13:25.610 you're seeing him finish runs. You're seeing him drive the pile, 0:13:25.630 --> 0:13:27.450 get an extra two, three yards. 0:13:27.690 --> 0:13:29.250 He looks healthy. He looks sharp. 0:13:30.100 --> 0:13:32.040 How many yards would he have this year if our 0:13:32.120 --> 0:13:34.199 sorry-ass offensive line wouldn't hold every time he had. 0:13:34.160 --> 0:13:35.800 A big run? That's true. Looking at you, Robert Hunt. 0:13:36.120 --> 0:13:39.280 Looking at you, Tommy Trimble in the tight end room. 0:13:39.340 --> 0:13:41.460 So I think they're going to have to run it 0:13:41.920 --> 0:13:47.080 to set up the passing game because I'm pretty certain. 0:13:46.600 --> 0:13:48.900 That someone's going to get taken away in the passing game. 0:13:48.960 --> 0:13:50.219 I see what you did there. On the Denver side 0:13:50.300 --> 0:13:53.820 of things. I see what you did there, Kent. But 0:13:54.460 --> 0:13:55.140 I've got a weird. 0:13:56.900 --> 0:13:59.530 I've got a weird feeling about our Panthers on Sunday. 0:13:59.630 --> 0:14:01.170 Is it a confident feeling or are you worried? 0:14:01.190 --> 0:14:03.010 Last time you had a weird feeling, we got emails 0:14:03.050 --> 0:14:06.150 that you clogged. 0:14:04.890 --> 0:14:09.729 Up the whole building. That's funny. I don't care who 0:14:09.750 --> 0:14:10.050 you are. 0:14:10.390 --> 0:14:13.640 What is your feeling? Sit on this Panther therapy couch, sir. 0:14:13.840 --> 0:14:17.040 I think this team is going to play pissed off. 0:14:17.860 --> 0:14:19.260 I think this team is going to play with a 0:14:19.320 --> 0:14:23.800 sense of urgency. You don't see coordinator changes that happen unless... 0:14:24.220 --> 0:14:27.800 There's something bigger at stake. They know they're better than 0:14:27.840 --> 0:14:30.420 what their records suggest they are. I don't think we're 0:14:30.470 --> 0:14:33.230 just some mad football team. I think we're better than 0:14:33.270 --> 0:14:34.210 just being average. 0:14:34.250 --> 0:14:35.410 Good football team. 0:14:35.490 --> 0:14:38.270 I got to tell you, I'd take average after watching 0:14:38.310 --> 0:14:39.930 some of the stuff in the last two games. 0:14:40.030 --> 0:14:42.290 It's a battle of two first-place teams at the bank. 0:14:43.020 --> 0:14:45.160 I hope the fans show up. I hope the fans 0:14:45.200 --> 0:14:49.620 show out. Give them something to cheer for. Give us 0:14:49.680 --> 0:14:53.170 a good environment. But I think Carolina responds on Sunday afternoon. 0:14:53.230 --> 0:14:54.850 I like what you're saying there. I like what you're 0:14:54.870 --> 0:14:58.310 saying about, like, look at NC State with Dave Doran. 0:14:58.530 --> 0:15:01.010 They kind of rallied behind it, right? And I'm not 0:15:01.050 --> 0:15:02.890 sure that's carrying over to the Duke game. We'll talk 0:15:02.910 --> 0:15:03.580 about that later. 0:15:03.890 --> 0:15:04.340 Hope not. 0:15:04.480 --> 0:15:04.920 But, like. 0:15:05.440 --> 0:15:08.100 You know, the one week after a coach is fired 0:15:08.140 --> 0:15:10.320 in soccer, they call it the new manager bounce, right? 0:15:10.340 --> 0:15:13.010 When they get rid of a manager. Like, I feel 0:15:13.050 --> 0:15:14.950 like the defense is going to play with a purpose. 0:15:15.090 --> 0:15:18.180 I think that's been a great point you've used this week. Like, 0:15:18.540 --> 0:15:21.890 they're going to feel. Derrick Brown said it. I feel 0:15:21.910 --> 0:15:22.870 like I got, you know. 0:15:22.770 --> 0:15:25.370 What I mean? I cost people jobs. They're embarrassed. Yeah. 0:15:25.770 --> 0:15:29.630 And Denver's offense, to your point, Bone, is not anything 0:15:29.690 --> 0:15:30.590 to be afraid of. 0:15:31.030 --> 0:15:34.040 It's a very pedestrian offense when you consider the pedigree 0:15:34.080 --> 0:15:36.780 of Sean Payton offenses, right? When you think of New 0:15:36.900 --> 0:15:40.760 Orleans and how many times back did he find wide 0:15:40.820 --> 0:15:43.400 receivers out of nowhere? We say, where'd that guy come from? 0:15:43.440 --> 0:15:45.480 How'd that guy? He used to do it all the time. 0:15:45.520 --> 0:15:48.920 This is not the same operation anymore. I don't know 0:15:48.940 --> 0:15:51.700 if it's Bo Nix or whatever, but the Sean Payton 0:15:51.760 --> 0:15:54.240 offense is we feared in New Orleans, not in Denver. 0:15:54.280 --> 0:15:54.820 Not at all. 0:15:55.180 --> 0:15:58.950 So there's varying opinions right now, Bone, about my takes 0:15:59.610 --> 0:16:03.930 and our takes. This texter says, too much confidence from 0:16:03.970 --> 0:16:08.450 this crew. Another texter says, when Max starts throwing out 0:16:08.490 --> 0:16:12.130 those stats that indicate we should be positive about a 0:16:12.150 --> 0:16:15.210 Panther game, I want to cram them on him where 0:16:15.250 --> 0:16:16.510 the sun don't shine. 0:16:16.530 --> 0:16:22.160 Excuse me? All I can do is give you the information. 0:16:22.840 --> 0:16:23.760 That's all I can do. 0:16:23.940 --> 0:16:26.180 I can't control whether or not, Bone, we actually take 0:16:26.210 --> 0:16:27.810 advantage of another team's weaknesses. 0:16:28.950 --> 0:16:31.990 Did you set up a singer on the line? 0:16:32.010 --> 0:16:34.010 Yeah, we got a little entertainment on a Friday. We 0:16:34.050 --> 0:16:37.410 got a little entertainment on a Friday for you. Gator 0:16:37.450 --> 0:16:40.870 Rube says, when Worried Mac makes an appearance, I know 0:16:40.910 --> 0:16:42.250 who I want to put my bread on. 0:16:43.300 --> 0:16:44.590 So he thinks I'm worried. 0:16:44.970 --> 0:16:46.710 Does that mean Denver's going to win? 0:16:47.090 --> 0:16:49.770 Bread as in money, right? I believe so. I thought 0:16:49.790 --> 0:16:51.760 it was cheese. I believe so. I thought chicken was 0:16:51.800 --> 0:16:53.300 money too at one point. I think it was. 0:16:53.780 --> 0:16:56.380 Yeah, that was what Marshawn Lynch, or no, it was 0:16:56.440 --> 0:16:59.660 chicken your brain. Remember you said you got to take 0:16:59.680 --> 0:17:00.340 care of your bread? 0:17:00.560 --> 0:17:02.840 Take care of your chicken. Apparently your chicken ain't working 0:17:02.880 --> 0:17:08.919 right now. All right. Let's do it, man. Let's do it. 0:17:09.070 --> 0:17:09.870 It is time. 0:17:09.890 --> 0:17:12.910 Our guy, the official crooner of the Mac and Bone 0:17:12.970 --> 0:17:15.670 show is Juan Barron. And from time to time, Bone, 0:17:15.710 --> 0:17:18.550 he will feel inspiration. What's going on in a Panther 0:17:18.570 --> 0:17:21.619 season will hit him. And like any good songwriter, Bone, 0:17:22.140 --> 0:17:25.480 he will take to writing. And he wants to perform 0:17:25.560 --> 0:17:30.740 it right now live. a live concert event, Bone, on 0:17:30.760 --> 0:17:32.500 the Mac and Bone Show. 0:17:32.540 --> 0:17:35.080 Bone is very excited. He's going acoustic, too. I am 0:17:35.119 --> 0:17:37.119 going the voice while I turn my chair around. 0:17:39.730 --> 0:17:43.650 I'm going Randy Jackson while I send Dog through to Hollywood. 0:17:44.330 --> 0:17:47.470 So here he is. Baron, what's up, Baron? How you feeling, man? 0:17:50.780 --> 0:17:55.260 Emotional rollercoaster this season. We went from feeling confident, like, Hey, 0:17:55.280 --> 0:17:59.040 we're a team that is consistent. People are going to fear. Uh, 0:17:59.080 --> 0:18:01.340 and then after those last two games, I think all 0:18:01.359 --> 0:18:03.940 of us, the last 10 days have felt a completely 0:18:03.980 --> 0:18:08.119 different way, almost a point where we're already defeated. Uh, 0:18:08.160 --> 0:18:12.399 but this Panther team over, over the years, it's, we 0:18:12.420 --> 0:18:15.530 either win the games. We're not supposed to, or lose 0:18:15.550 --> 0:18:19.170 the ones that we're guaranteed to. Um, if everyone picks 0:18:19.230 --> 0:18:23.470 against us, we win. If everyone picks for us, we lose. So, uh, 0:18:24.020 --> 0:18:29.180 To me, it's just, you spin me right round, Panthers 0:18:29.270 --> 0:18:33.630 right round, with your record going up, down, round, round. 0:18:34.090 --> 0:18:39.100 You spin me right round, Panthers right round, my emotions 0:18:39.160 --> 0:18:43.450 going up, down, round, round. That's how we all feel. 0:18:43.470 --> 0:18:44.230 I love that, baby. 0:18:44.350 --> 0:18:47.410 And it's so apt. It's such a description of this 0:18:47.590 --> 0:18:50.700 up-and-down team. That is some great 80s music for those 0:18:50.720 --> 0:18:52.719 of you too young to know what that is. All right, Barron, 0:18:53.060 --> 0:18:55.320 we appreciate you, baby. I think that sums up. 0:18:55.619 --> 0:18:56.379 Where we are. 0:18:56.760 --> 0:18:59.479 Bone did not turn his chair around. What's going on 0:19:00.320 --> 0:19:02.800 over there? I'm sending dog through to Hollywood, baby. 0:19:02.859 --> 0:19:04.869 It's not the effort Barron puts a lot into it. 0:19:04.900 --> 0:19:08.270 That wasn't, I don't think, his best song. 0:19:08.310 --> 0:19:10.750 What was his best? The ones he's done before. 0:19:10.770 --> 0:19:10.830 Ha! 0:19:13.350 --> 0:19:15.370 Do you remember? Are you old enough to remember that 0:19:15.410 --> 0:19:16.010 song or no? 0:19:16.270 --> 0:19:18.689 I've heard the song, obviously, but, you know, like on 0:19:18.710 --> 0:19:20.530 The Voice, like that might be a good song for you. 0:19:20.830 --> 0:19:22.650 That might be your guy. I just didn't feel like 0:19:22.710 --> 0:19:23.929 it was right for what I. 0:19:23.910 --> 0:19:24.430