1 00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:12,240 Speaker 1: Late fifteen to ten touched up. Hen we welcome you 2 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 1: to Chargers Weekly again with Juliela die hit Man. We 3 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:17,320 Speaker 1: are getting ready, coming off a bye week, Julil to 4 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:19,759 Speaker 1: take on a Broncos team that has caught a little 5 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 1: bit of heat here as of late. They've won three 6 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 1: in a row, their defense is dominating. Bon Nicks just 7 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 1: had his best game of his short early i should 8 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:33,479 Speaker 1: say not short, his early five game career. And we 9 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 1: know and I'll start with this. You can speak to it. 10 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:39,839 Speaker 1: Chargers have struggled in Denver. They struggle with the Broncos. 11 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 1: It's one of those teams that when you look in 12 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:45,240 Speaker 1: the annals, pretty much they always split. It's typically always 13 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 1: a one to one. And right now the Broncos riding 14 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 1: a three game win streak over this team. So let's 15 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:51,919 Speaker 1: just start there. What is it like to play at 16 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 1: Mile High and to play against that Denver team? And 17 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 1: why has it seemed like no matter how good you are, 18 00:00:57,200 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 1: how bad they are, how good they are, how bad 19 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:02,040 Speaker 1: you are by you, I mean the Chargers and the Broncos, 20 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:04,320 Speaker 1: team's always split. It's wild. 21 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 2: I mean, it's a division game. Money. 22 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:08,840 Speaker 3: When you look at division games, anything can happen. That's 23 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:13,039 Speaker 3: number one, right, Number two, that altitude. Playing in that 24 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:16,559 Speaker 3: game in the Denver Stadium in Male High, it's legit, 25 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 3: like you have you have to train for it. 26 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 2: If you don't train for it, you don't have a 27 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:21,039 Speaker 2: chance going in there. 28 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:23,679 Speaker 3: And it takes you almost two to three quarters before 29 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:26,679 Speaker 3: you actually catch your wind and you're being you're able 30 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 3: to just play ball and not worrying about breathing, and 31 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 3: it's stifling, like your chest feels like it's cramping, it 32 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 3: feels like it's suffocated. So I remember going out there 33 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:37,039 Speaker 3: in pregame like we would play there, and I would say, 34 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:38,320 Speaker 3: you know what, I have to get out there in 35 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 3: pregame at least thirty minutes and just get my lungs 36 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 3: open to it because they're used to it. And it's 37 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 3: a competitive advantage. 38 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 2: Right. 39 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:46,759 Speaker 3: So it's like the Buffalo Bills you play in Buffalo 40 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 3: in December. They're used to that weather and the Chargers 41 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 3: wouldn't be. So it's almost the same thing. It's just 42 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 3: that altitude is tough. And then three, when you look 43 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 3: at it, it's just it's no matter what even though 44 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:00,120 Speaker 3: their arrival it's a prestige organization. 45 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 2: They do a good job. 46 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 3: The stadium is beautiful, their fans they come out and 47 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 3: they support and it's just a tough place to play. 48 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 3: I would like to say it's one of the toughest place, 49 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 3: one of the tougher places to play. 50 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, as uh. You know, I've been calling my eighth year, 51 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 1: eighth year, ninth year calling games, eighth year calling games, 52 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 1: and you know, there's a couple of things at a 53 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 1: few of the stadiums that stick with you. Obviously raiders, 54 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:24,920 Speaker 1: you hear the rider. I hate that thing, you know, 55 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 1: the Chiefs, you got the that's the worst one. And 56 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:33,079 Speaker 1: see to me, I don't know why, but the end 57 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 1: come plet on third downs in Denver is the one 58 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:38,080 Speaker 1: that really just kind. 59 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 2: Of site it is. 60 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 1: It's demoralizing, you know, the punt's coming out. And for 61 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 1: by the way, for those of you that watch on 62 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:46,800 Speaker 1: TV or listed on the radio, if you didn't know, 63 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:48,400 Speaker 1: because it's kind of hard if you're not there to 64 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 1: know what they're saying. That's what it is. They scream 65 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 1: in complete on third and longs when the pass is 66 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:55,239 Speaker 1: busted up and they have to punt. But you're right, 67 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:58,360 Speaker 1: it's a great atmosphere. I have pre look I know 68 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:01,079 Speaker 1: some people for whatever reason, and they can't get over it, 69 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:03,960 Speaker 1: and their emotions won't allow them to pay any respect 70 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 1: to any of the divisional opponents. But you know, you 71 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 1: tip their calf. It's fun to be there, man. It's 72 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 1: a fun environment. It's a competitive environment, and I repeatedly 73 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:15,640 Speaker 1: say this. Players want juice, man, and there's a lot 74 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 1: of juice in that stadium. And I think that's why 75 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: you've seen in years past sometimes it'll be road road 76 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 1: splits where each team wins the road game. For Herbert, 77 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:26,640 Speaker 1: it's been a bit of a struggle. You look at 78 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 1: his QB ratings against division opponents. This is his lowest 79 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 1: QB rating against any team. I think it's in the 80 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:34,639 Speaker 1: eighty six range, kind of like right in there. He's 81 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 1: three and three, technically three and four. But he left 82 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 1: that game early last year. That's when he got hurt 83 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 1: and did not return. So for whatever reason, and I 84 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 1: think a lot of that was Vic Fangio. You know 85 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 1: those a handful of those games with those Vic Fangio 86 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 1: games that really frustrated him. But he's walking into a 87 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 1: buzzsaw and you know what sore the Broncos. This is 88 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 1: it's funny you think about Justin Herbert and Jim Harbaugh, 89 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: and you think about Sean Payton and then the offensive 90 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:00,839 Speaker 1: genius that he's supposed to be, and you look down 91 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 1: and you're like, Oh, this is the number one versus 92 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 1: the number two defense in the NFL right now, and 93 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 1: I would suspect that those things are going to hold. 94 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's going to be a defensive battle. And you 95 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 3: talk about defense. One thing that the Chargers, as we 96 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 3: all know going into this game, the one guy you 97 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 3: might not want to go to is pass or ten 98 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 3: the second right right now, he's probably one of the best, 99 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 3: if not the best cornerback in the league. Obviously, this 100 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 3: is the NFL. You shy away from nobody, right, we 101 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 3: respect all, but we fear none. But he's playing at 102 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 3: a level where, hey, if we're gonna target some guys, 103 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:31,960 Speaker 3: it probably shouldn't be to his side. And then on 104 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 3: the other hand, you look at the Chargers defense. They've 105 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:37,360 Speaker 3: played miraculous all year long, right, I don't think there'll 106 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 3: be any different. Speaking on what you said, going into 107 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 3: enemy's territory as a professional athlete, as a competitor, you 108 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 3: love that, you love going in there and silencing sixty 109 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:48,680 Speaker 3: thousand people breaking up a pass, scoring touchdowns and you 110 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:50,200 Speaker 3: hear you just look in the corner and you see 111 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 3: your Chargers fans going crazy, and you know the Broncos 112 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 3: fans or they're mad, they're cursing, they're calling you names 113 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:57,840 Speaker 3: when you come off the field. So listen, that atmosphere 114 00:04:57,880 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 3: is going to be big, especially coming off of buy 115 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 3: I'm pretty sure that the Chargers coaching staff and the 116 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 3: players have done a lot of due diligence as far 117 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 3: as looking at their opponents the last four games, so 118 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 3: I think they'll be coming out striking with fire. 119 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'll tell you. You think about where this Bronco 120 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:16,440 Speaker 1: team was in the offseason and moving on from Russell 121 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 1: Wilson and taking on all that dead money, tens of 122 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:21,719 Speaker 1: millions of dollars at dead money that was going to 123 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 1: impact their cap. And now they've got to move Jerry 124 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:27,160 Speaker 1: Judy and everyone's talking about, oh, they should trade patzertin. 125 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:29,559 Speaker 1: That's you know, let's recoup some of those draft picks 126 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:31,600 Speaker 1: and get a couple ones. And now you see why 127 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:35,479 Speaker 1: you don't do that. How important corners are in the NFL, 128 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 1: and certain against the Chargers in his career two interceptions, 129 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:41,479 Speaker 1: A pick six is one of them. He's got seventy 130 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:45,679 Speaker 1: return yards on those two interceptions, and now he's paired 131 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 1: with Riley Moss, and these are I think it's one 132 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 1: of it's either one of four or it's one of 133 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 1: I think it's one of four cornerback tandems that had 134 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 1: both our negative yards EPA on passes. So that is 135 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:02,600 Speaker 1: so so Riley Moss now and just his second season, 136 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 1: a second or third round pick. I think he was 137 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:07,039 Speaker 1: in twenty three. Yeah, nastally when you have someone like 138 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:11,479 Speaker 1: Certan on your team, it's it's that residual effect. Now 139 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 1: you've got arguably the best corner in the NFL that's 140 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:16,839 Speaker 1: bringing this young player along, and now you're looking at 141 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 1: one of the most impressive corner tandems, if not the 142 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 1: most impressive corner tandems in the league. Riley got his 143 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:28,280 Speaker 1: first interception last week. He's got a fumble. Yeah, yeah, 144 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:29,720 Speaker 1: go ahead, So I mean just kind of pick up 145 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:31,719 Speaker 1: on that secondary and what Herbert's facing. 146 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, so he's obviously he's facing two headed monsters out 147 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:37,360 Speaker 3: there on the island with Moss and with Certan. 148 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:39,520 Speaker 2: But if you're gonna pick your poison, I. 149 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:41,360 Speaker 3: Got to go to the guy who's less proven, Right, 150 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:43,279 Speaker 3: you're gonna have to go You're gonna have to attack Mass. 151 00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 3: He's gonna have to show you that he is that 152 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 3: number two. He is the young up and coming superstar 153 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:50,719 Speaker 3: or star cornerback. So to say that they're talking about 154 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 3: and rightfully. So, I mean they're playing really good defense. 155 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 3: And to your point is I remember when I played 156 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 3: with Durren James in twenty eighteen. Obviously he was a rookie, 157 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 3: but he came in Pro Bowl, all Pro hyper player, 158 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 3: and I'm looking across from him and I'm saying, hey, 159 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 3: you know what, I'm in your six. 160 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 2: This young stud's coming in. Who I love. 161 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:08,400 Speaker 3: He's balling. Listen, I got to go out there and 162 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 3: put my a game up as well. Right, you don't 163 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:12,239 Speaker 3: want to be the only guy out there not pulling 164 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:14,760 Speaker 3: your weight. It's like doing a group project, right and 165 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 3: you get it a and you did no work, right, 166 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 3: So you don't want to be upde on the defense 167 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 3: and everyone else is balling, they're putting up numbers, they're 168 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 3: making plays on Sundays and you're just crying as a cricket. 169 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 2: So I think that's what Mass has seen in Erten. 170 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 2: He's seeing, Hey, you know what, this guy's playing at 171 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 2: a top level. 172 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:32,120 Speaker 3: If I ever want to aspire to be that, I 173 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:33,720 Speaker 3: have to continue to come out here and compete and 174 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:34,760 Speaker 3: hold my side down. 175 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 2: But Herbert has to know that. 176 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 3: I think they try to attack in the air a 177 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:42,200 Speaker 3: little bit more, just with all the buzz and Herbert's 178 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:44,600 Speaker 3: numbers and him not being able to be unleashed right now. 179 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 3: But I think all in all, the running game is 180 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 3: going to have to do it. You're going on the road, 181 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:50,480 Speaker 3: you gotta pack your special teams, you gotta pack your defense, 182 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 3: and you got to pack your running game right, and 183 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:54,080 Speaker 3: to take that crowd out of it early. 184 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:57,800 Speaker 2: I think the running game has to be very very positive, right. 185 00:07:57,840 --> 00:07:59,880 Speaker 3: We have to be positive yards four to five yards 186 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 3: cloud of dust, be patient, and when those shots do. 187 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 2: Present themselves right with game plan, with schemes, with. 188 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 3: Offensive coordinators we're seeing and vice versa, then I think 189 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:12,480 Speaker 3: that's when you start letting the ball rip a little bit. 190 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 2: But you're gonna have to rely on the run game. 191 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, And look, I think when we talk about Herbert, 192 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 1: and we've brought this up, I don't think it can 193 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 1: be overstated. Like man They need DJ Shark, They need 194 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 1: that guy on the field, and I don't know if 195 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 1: he's going to be out there. I don't think he's 196 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 1: going to be out there yet. Is he's still working 197 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 1: his way through an injury. But to have you know 198 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 1: that legitimate six foot plus two hundred pound plus four 199 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 1: to three guy that can get off a press and 200 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 1: can stretch the field and can at least threaten to 201 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 1: beat his man within the first couple seconds and beat 202 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:48,559 Speaker 1: that downfield threat. Everything I was watching go I went 203 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 1: back and watched both games, and everything is just so 204 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:54,400 Speaker 1: packed in man, it is so pa It's and I 205 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:56,640 Speaker 1: think and the thing, Julie, I think people just think 206 00:08:56,679 --> 00:08:58,520 Speaker 1: about that in terms of the running game, And yeah, 207 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:02,120 Speaker 1: that obviously it's a big because there's repeatedly eight guys 208 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:03,840 Speaker 1: in the box. I was watching the Pittsburgh game. There's 209 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 1: times where it's nine guys on the five six. Yeah, 210 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 1: I mean they sound like first down. And I think 211 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:13,800 Speaker 1: that's affecting a lot of those short and intermediate routes 212 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:16,400 Speaker 1: that now you just have so much traffic out there. 213 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:19,439 Speaker 1: And so I'm guessing over the last two weeks that's 214 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:21,840 Speaker 1: something that they're trying to figure out. How can we 215 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:24,520 Speaker 1: get this? Like, I'm looking at Ladd's numbers and I 216 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 1: wonder if you just start putting Lad on the outside man. Right, 217 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:30,880 Speaker 1: it's like he's a four to three guy. He's top 218 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 1: ten in top speed. I think he's got a top 219 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 1: speed right now on that that one crosser he hit 220 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:39,199 Speaker 1: over twenty one miles an hour. I almost feel like, man, 221 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:41,840 Speaker 1: just stack him up outside on occasion, let's see if 222 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 1: he can get down there and money. 223 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 3: I alluded to that last week when I said, listen, 224 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:49,400 Speaker 3: Ladd has so much quickness that people forget about his 225 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:52,440 Speaker 3: top end speed, and so I wouldn't right now, Listen, 226 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 3: it's not working right, we don't have a deep threat 227 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:58,760 Speaker 3: on the offensive side, and why not put him out 228 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:00,640 Speaker 3: there and see what he can do on the out right? 229 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:03,679 Speaker 3: It can't hurt. And another thing is when you look 230 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:06,839 Speaker 3: at them packing the box, right, there's nine, there's eight 231 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:09,080 Speaker 3: guys in the box, and defenses always want to protect 232 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:10,040 Speaker 3: the middle of the field. 233 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:12,840 Speaker 2: Right, they call it lane one and lane nine on 234 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:13,320 Speaker 2: the outside. 235 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 3: Those are the less right, the lower percentage throws, right, 236 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 3: that's what you want to force. 237 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 2: So they're packing the box. Not only are they're packing 238 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:21,120 Speaker 2: the box and stop to run. 239 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:23,280 Speaker 3: They're packing the box because once it's a running their 240 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:26,319 Speaker 3: zone dropping, they're making sure that they're drops, they're four 241 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:29,680 Speaker 3: hunder three deep, they're cover four whatever it is there inside. 242 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 3: Droppers are taking away that middle of the field. And 243 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:34,199 Speaker 3: then they're forcing you to throw on lane one and 244 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 3: lane nine right, So the chargers have to say, hey, 245 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:39,559 Speaker 3: you're forcing us to do it, but that's what you're giving. 246 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 3: We have to take what you're giving us, and you're 247 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:43,800 Speaker 3: giving us the railroad shots down the field. But once again, 248 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:46,480 Speaker 3: who's out there, moss and certain So you're gonna have 249 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:48,080 Speaker 3: to figure out a way I don't know. 250 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:49,400 Speaker 2: Early on, getting. 251 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 3: Some jet sweepes, getting some screens, going right, getting off killed, 252 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 3: not running on first down, not running on second down, 253 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 3: throwing the ball to lighting up the box, and then 254 00:10:57,400 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 3: you're throwing a draw play in there and now that's 255 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:02,680 Speaker 3: seven eight yards and now you have a manageable second 256 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:04,840 Speaker 3: and too right. So you want to stay above. You 257 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:07,160 Speaker 3: want to stay above the sticks, not behind. So they 258 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:09,640 Speaker 3: have to it's a mind game. It's chess, and they 259 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:12,760 Speaker 3: got to figure out a way to combat whatever Denver 260 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:13,600 Speaker 3: tries to do to them. 261 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:14,200 Speaker 2: On Sunday. 262 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:18,439 Speaker 1: Now you talk about first down and the broncos A 263 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:21,079 Speaker 1: they blitz at the highest rate in the NFL overall 264 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 1: forty five percent, but they blitz fifty four percent of 265 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:29,080 Speaker 1: the time on first down. Okay, so that's and look, 266 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:32,200 Speaker 1: you you can tailor your your game plan for each opponent. 267 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 1: We know that's what they do. So is that what 268 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:36,080 Speaker 1: they're gonna do against Chargers? Don't know, but that's been 269 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 1: their trend through five games thus far. And the flip 270 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:41,960 Speaker 1: side of that is Chargers have struggle with the blitz man. 271 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:44,960 Speaker 1: They have struggled to identify and pick up. It is 272 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:47,440 Speaker 1: the let's see, what is it forty eight point four 273 00:11:47,480 --> 00:11:50,400 Speaker 1: percent pressure rate on blitz seventh worst than I mean, 274 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 1: half the time you're getting pressure when you're coming with 275 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:55,480 Speaker 1: a blitz. So that's then when you go back and 276 00:11:55,520 --> 00:11:57,520 Speaker 1: watch it's just again, I think it's the growth of 277 00:11:57,559 --> 00:11:59,960 Speaker 1: this offensive line. It's the growth of Scott Matt Locke 278 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:03,200 Speaker 1: as a full back and trying to get that pass 279 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:06,960 Speaker 1: protection right. I mean, man, there were so many instances 280 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:10,120 Speaker 1: in that Kansas City game where you're just watching McDuffie 281 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:13,840 Speaker 1: come and you're just like, it's just anywhere unabated, and 282 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 1: it was just and you can see it's it's got 283 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 1: to be it has to be a communication issue. I 284 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 1: don't know what else it could be, where you're letting 285 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:23,520 Speaker 1: these free rushers come in and blow up these plays 286 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:26,600 Speaker 1: and you're behind the sticks and off schedule, and man, 287 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:29,959 Speaker 1: when you do it against a Broncos defense. So this 288 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 1: is the matchup I mentioned scoring right, number one versus 289 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 1: number two overall, Broncos third overall defense, Chargers fifth overall, 290 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:41,040 Speaker 1: Chargers sixth against the run, Broncos tenth, Chargers fifth, tenth 291 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 1: against the pass, the Broncos fifth, second and third in 292 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 1: red zone eight takeaways seven takeaway like these are the 293 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:51,240 Speaker 1: dominant defenses in the NFL. And I bring it up 294 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:53,800 Speaker 1: because it's probably gonna be that kind of game, right, 295 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:57,640 Speaker 1: it's probably gonna be a special teams turnover kind of game. 296 00:12:57,840 --> 00:13:00,720 Speaker 3: Special teams turnover and defensive game. But when you speaking 297 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:03,240 Speaker 3: about the blitz on first down, that's just basically them 298 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:07,280 Speaker 3: being an aggressive defense and they're trying to play bullyball, right, 299 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 3: They're trying to play bullyball, and we all know the 300 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:10,679 Speaker 3: best way to defeat a bully as you punch them 301 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:14,440 Speaker 3: back and the best way you combat or you slow 302 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:15,320 Speaker 3: a blitz down is. 303 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:17,880 Speaker 2: Like I said, quick game screens and you. 304 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:20,080 Speaker 3: Run the ball at the blitz right, because a lot 305 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 3: of times you run the ball at the blitz and 306 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 3: there's a lot of schemes and there's a lot of pools. 307 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:25,840 Speaker 3: Those guys are just blitzing when you're on defense, are 308 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:28,360 Speaker 3: saying blitz the A gap, blitz the B gap, blits 309 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:30,839 Speaker 3: the C gap, or go up and under, and that's 310 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:33,880 Speaker 3: when they're just pass dropping. But once those guards start pulling, 311 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 3: once those tackles start pulling, once they start running gap schemes, 312 00:13:37,559 --> 00:13:38,839 Speaker 3: now your blitz lanes are off. 313 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:40,400 Speaker 2: And that's how you defeat the blitz. You have to 314 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:42,560 Speaker 2: run into it like you have to run straight at. 315 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:44,640 Speaker 1: The blitz between the tackles, or you attack on the edge. 316 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:46,480 Speaker 1: Just doesn't matter what, it really. 317 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:48,120 Speaker 3: Doesn't matter, It really doesn't matter, but you have to 318 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 3: run at it right. You have to run at the blitz, 319 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:52,760 Speaker 3: and that's how you beat it. Other than that, screens 320 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 3: and quick games, and then you'll force them to be 321 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:57,320 Speaker 3: like you know what, hey, we can't be so aggressive 322 00:13:57,360 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 3: on first and second down. 323 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:00,400 Speaker 2: This is what they're doing Y and Z. 324 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:02,920 Speaker 3: And then now as the offense, You're like, Okay, now 325 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:05,160 Speaker 3: that they've slowed down their blitz, now we can get 326 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:07,600 Speaker 3: back to our game plan knowing that on third down, 327 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:09,960 Speaker 3: most likely the blitz is coming because it's it's an 328 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 3: obvious passed down, there's going to be past drops, it's 329 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 3: gonna be open lanes ABC's, and then there'll be a 330 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:16,680 Speaker 3: more clear path for them to get their blitz home. 331 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:17,160 Speaker 2: Right. 332 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:20,320 Speaker 3: So, I mean, obviously I'm not the offensive coordinator, but 333 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:22,080 Speaker 3: I've played a long time and I know that's how 334 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 3: when we blitzed a lot on whatever organization I played at, 335 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:26,880 Speaker 3: that's where we got heard at. 336 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, you know the thing with it. And look there's 337 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 1: a flip side of this, right. I mentioned Chargers defense 338 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:36,480 Speaker 1: is good and Bonix is a rookie, and Bo's got 339 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:40,680 Speaker 1: four touchdowns or maybe three, three or four and five interceptions. 340 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 1: He's run the ball very well. The Chargers have been 341 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:46,080 Speaker 1: the best team against running quarterbacks so far this year, 342 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 1: average him at a one point eight yards anytime they've 343 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:52,560 Speaker 1: tried to run. So like, that's why I kind of 344 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:55,920 Speaker 1: bring it up, is I don't think we can overstate 345 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:59,840 Speaker 1: how good Jesse Minner has been through four games when 346 00:14:59,880 --> 00:15:03,160 Speaker 1: you think about what this defense was, what he inherited, 347 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:05,720 Speaker 1: the pieces that they've dropped in, you know, one year 348 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 1: prove it deals for Christian Fulton, for Puna Ford, you know, 349 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 1: for Denzel Paramant, like some of the and look what 350 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:14,120 Speaker 1: they're doing. I mean, this is, like I said, the 351 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:16,520 Speaker 1: number one scoring defense and they just played the Chiefs. 352 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:20,400 Speaker 1: It's the number like I said, five overall, number two 353 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:22,680 Speaker 1: in the red zone. Okay, you let him down there, Ben, 354 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:25,960 Speaker 1: don't break now you're only allowing I think you're it's 355 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:28,920 Speaker 1: a thirty three percent touchdown rate in the red zone. Like, 356 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:33,520 Speaker 1: it's got all the signals of an elite unit, and 357 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:37,080 Speaker 1: the offense is not playing well yet you know that's. 358 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 3: What's frustrating money, right, So for the last few years, 359 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:42,840 Speaker 3: it's been explosive, explosive, explosive. The offense is putting points 360 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:46,160 Speaker 3: upon the board, they're lighting it up, it's entertaining, and 361 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:47,040 Speaker 3: then here. 362 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:49,080 Speaker 2: We go, the defense is letting us exactly right. 363 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 3: So now the defense has come and we still have 364 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:54,720 Speaker 3: this the same quarterback, the same superstar quarterback in my opinion, 365 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 3: who's a top five quarterback if he's playing on top 366 00:15:57,280 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 3: of his game and he's used right, and we've we're 367 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 3: seeing them struggle. So it's almost like, Okay, now we 368 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:04,880 Speaker 3: have a defense, and we think that now we're gonna 369 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:08,160 Speaker 3: have a full team offense defense. Don't forget about Ryan 370 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:11,960 Speaker 3: freaking on the special teams side. He's a phenomenal coordinator, 371 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:13,760 Speaker 3: no doubt, right, So special teams is humming. 372 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 2: Defense is humming. 373 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 3: And then we have Herbert at the helm and we're like, 374 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:20,120 Speaker 3: there's no way they won't be humting, right with Hardball 375 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:20,760 Speaker 3: and g. 376 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:22,360 Speaker 2: Ro coming in and they're just struggling. 377 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:25,360 Speaker 3: So it's frustrating, right because now we're like, this is 378 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 3: finally the year all three phases are going to be 379 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:30,600 Speaker 3: cooking with gas on fire, and we just have not 380 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 3: seen that yet from the offense. 381 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:36,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, and I'll tell you I think and look, it's 382 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:38,360 Speaker 1: something that Charger fans and I'm pulling it up right 383 00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:42,840 Speaker 1: now because I think it bears going through name by name, 384 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:47,280 Speaker 1: and you know what the history is of this organization, 385 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 1: And here's kind of where where we're at. I mentioned 386 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:54,880 Speaker 1: DJ Shark does not expect his twenty one day practice 387 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:59,880 Speaker 1: window to be opened. So that's there's that Henley questionable, Paraman, questionable, 388 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 1: questionable Hurst questionable, Dicker questionable, Bosa questionable, Gus Edwards questionable, 389 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:09,639 Speaker 1: Fulton questionable, Coulson questionable, Alt questionable, Dean Leonard justin Herbert, 390 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:13,800 Speaker 1: John Taylor all on the injury report, like they are 391 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:16,400 Speaker 1: dealing with an incredible amount of injuries and now there's 392 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:18,840 Speaker 1: good news. And unfortunately I need to go to the UH. 393 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:21,399 Speaker 1: I need to get my official injury report pulled up 394 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:23,760 Speaker 1: because that'll tell you limitings. I want to make sure 395 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:26,959 Speaker 1: I go through this and like, so here we go, 396 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:32,120 Speaker 1: Alt limited, Junior limited. The guys that didn't practice are 397 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:36,000 Speaker 1: are Dicker, who's apparently just sick. Joey's still with that hip, 398 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 1: did not practice. Gus has got an ankle, now he 399 00:17:38,359 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 1: wasn't at practice. Fulton's got a knee, he didn't practice, 400 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:45,840 Speaker 1: Derwin's was personal, Dean Leonard still dealing with that that hammy, 401 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:48,679 Speaker 1: John Taylor still dealing with the fibula. And those are 402 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:51,600 Speaker 1: your gunners. You talk about Ficken like his two gunners 403 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:54,600 Speaker 1: are down. Nick Naemon, who's their best special teams player. Yeah, 404 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 1: like that's that's what's also been great about Ficken, Like 405 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:00,800 Speaker 1: you cannot overstate what he's been able to do. Both 406 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:03,680 Speaker 1: of his gunners down and his best special teams player, 407 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:05,640 Speaker 1: and Nick Neeman has not been around all season long, 408 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:08,760 Speaker 1: Junior Colson. It's kind of taken Knicks place. So I 409 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:11,680 Speaker 1: think it's important to kind of acknowledge and huzzah to 410 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:13,920 Speaker 1: Ryan Ficken for what he's done because you can speak 411 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:17,639 Speaker 1: to this. You lose both gunners, your best special teams players. 412 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:20,679 Speaker 1: Chris Rump, Nick Neeman now Junior Colts. I'm like, I 413 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:22,679 Speaker 1: can't imagine that how much he's just to drop guys in. 414 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:23,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, there's not much. 415 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:26,160 Speaker 3: There, and especially a lot of people overlook special teams. 416 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:28,920 Speaker 3: With special teams is like another offense or a defensive player. 417 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:30,840 Speaker 3: There's a lot of scheme to it. There's a lot 418 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:33,360 Speaker 3: of scouting to it, right, there's a lot of planning 419 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 3: on what's going to happen based on, you know, a 420 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:38,760 Speaker 3: guy's tilt, where punters lined up, where he's punting. So 421 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:40,399 Speaker 3: it's a lot of a lot of stuff. 422 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:43,200 Speaker 2: Like you don't see the amount of special. 423 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:45,960 Speaker 3: Teams meetings, the walkthroughs that these guys go through, and 424 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 3: it's not easy because offense and defense, each coach has 425 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:52,600 Speaker 3: a specific position that they're coaching. Ryan has an assistant, 426 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:56,479 Speaker 3: but he's coaching offensive lineman, he's coaching linebackers, he's coaching dbs, 427 00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:59,360 Speaker 3: he's coaching quarterbacks, holding the ball on field goals, he's 428 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 3: coaching kickers, he's coaching the whole team, right, So, and 429 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:05,720 Speaker 3: you have to know each guy's skill set, whether it's good, 430 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:08,680 Speaker 3: whether it's bad, for different positions on those phases. So 431 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:11,480 Speaker 3: he's done a tremendous job, especially Nick Meeman not being 432 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 3: in this year. He's a special team's ace at probably 433 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:17,560 Speaker 3: one of the best camps at the linebacker position when 434 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:20,040 Speaker 3: I was there. And then you have your gunners that 435 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:22,320 Speaker 3: are down and they'll still have guys going in there 436 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:24,480 Speaker 3: stepping up making play. So kudos to Ryan or what 437 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:27,120 Speaker 3: he's doing with that special teams unit. 438 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:31,399 Speaker 1: Yeah, and just speaking to your specific position, Julie, just 439 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:35,399 Speaker 1: you know, again, you gotta know Derwin James and it 440 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:38,080 Speaker 1: just feels like whichever player they drop in And look, 441 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:41,200 Speaker 1: it's not just obviously Jesse Minner, it's the position coaches 442 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:44,280 Speaker 1: as well. So you got to have to Clink and 443 00:19:44,359 --> 00:19:48,360 Speaker 1: O'Leary and to Elston and to Navarro Bowman like all 444 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:51,680 Speaker 1: of these guys where you lose Derwin James and now 445 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:54,600 Speaker 1: you've got to drop essentially. You know, here's Gilman playing 446 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:58,000 Speaker 1: up where Derwin was and now Elijah Molden is playing back, 447 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:00,320 Speaker 1: and AJ's still your third safety. Like they just did 448 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:02,240 Speaker 1: not really miss a beat. Yeah, you had the one 449 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:06,280 Speaker 1: touchdown to Xavier Worthy and whatever, but it's still you know, 450 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:07,080 Speaker 1: it looked good. 451 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:09,520 Speaker 2: It looked good, still money, it looked good. 452 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:12,040 Speaker 3: And like you said in Durham's the biggest piece on 453 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:16,120 Speaker 3: the defense and what you said, he didn't play obviously 454 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:18,520 Speaker 3: against one of the best tight ends ever to play 455 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:21,400 Speaker 3: the game, one of the most powerful offenses. 456 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 2: To ever play the game historically, right, and it didn't 457 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:26,560 Speaker 2: look it didn't. It wasn't a big drop off. 458 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,600 Speaker 3: And that's no, that's not discredited during at all because 459 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:31,679 Speaker 3: we all know what kind of player is. It's just 460 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:34,400 Speaker 3: more so credited in the defensive staff and in their 461 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:36,520 Speaker 3: game plan. 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You know, like 483 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:48,240 Speaker 1: you're talking about a guy that had one hundred and 484 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:55,080 Speaker 1: thirty eight, two forty six, two sixteen sixty sixty. There's 485 00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:57,879 Speaker 1: a sixty yards passing in there and then two oh 486 00:21:57,960 --> 00:22:00,560 Speaker 1: six last week, right, you know, he's running the ball. Okay, 487 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:02,960 Speaker 1: it's one hundred and fifteen yards rushing. He's got a 488 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:05,960 Speaker 1: bunch of touchdowns. I think he's got three. I want 489 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:08,120 Speaker 1: to say he's got three touchdowns. Check right now, he's 490 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:10,280 Speaker 1: got three rushing touchdowns. How about this? This is the 491 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:12,160 Speaker 1: one that jumped out at me. And this is why 492 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 1: I brought up that Chargers, the Chargers defense against and 493 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:20,159 Speaker 1: what Jesse Minner has these guys doing. And granted, you 494 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:24,040 Speaker 1: know it's justin fields. It's you know, it's Patrick Mahomes 495 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:25,399 Speaker 1: and you know how effective he can be with his 496 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:28,640 Speaker 1: legs rushing, So I'm sure it's coached into them per opponent. 497 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:33,119 Speaker 1: But Bonix has rushed for thirteen first downs this season, 498 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:36,960 Speaker 1: so that to me is a big You know that 499 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:38,560 Speaker 1: that's going to be a big part of this is 500 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:41,479 Speaker 1: the Chargers play a very disciplined brand. I know I'm 501 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:43,280 Speaker 1: throwing a lot of numbers out there. You hit it, 502 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:46,199 Speaker 1: put my board together, but you know, like, how about this? 503 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:51,720 Speaker 1: Chargers have where to go? The Chargers they are one 504 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:56,320 Speaker 1: of the best at making the tackle, the fourth best 505 00:22:56,400 --> 00:23:01,160 Speaker 1: mistackle rate. Sixty percent of their initial engage mins are tackles, 506 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:04,040 Speaker 1: which is fourth in the NFL, just ten and a 507 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:08,280 Speaker 1: half percent become missed tackles, legitimate mistackles. So to me, 508 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:10,919 Speaker 1: that speaks to don't let him get loose, do not 509 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,400 Speaker 1: let him pick up those first downs. And I think 510 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:15,480 Speaker 1: you take that away from a rookie quarterback like Bow 511 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:17,399 Speaker 1: when you force him to operate in the pocket and 512 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:19,800 Speaker 1: work through his progressions. With the games that jesse Minner 513 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:22,520 Speaker 1: is able to play, this feels like a turnover game 514 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:22,760 Speaker 1: to me. 515 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:26,080 Speaker 3: For the Chargers defense, I agree, And we always went 516 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:28,360 Speaker 3: into the season no matter who it was, if it's 517 00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:31,480 Speaker 3: a rookie quarterback, it's a rookie quarterback money. That's what 518 00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:33,360 Speaker 3: we thought, and that's how we were approaching the game. 519 00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:36,120 Speaker 3: There's no way we're giving a rookie quarterback that much 520 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:38,080 Speaker 3: that much credit right now. 521 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:39,720 Speaker 2: You're gonna have to show us that you can beat us. 522 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:41,919 Speaker 3: We're gonna throw everything at you, and it's gonna be 523 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:44,719 Speaker 3: a mental gymnastics game for you. With pre snap alignments, 524 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:47,680 Speaker 3: post snap movements, you know, lining up on third down, 525 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:49,879 Speaker 3: with all guys on the line, just giving them different looks, 526 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:53,000 Speaker 3: making them think. Because get without a doubt, he's playing 527 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:54,639 Speaker 3: good ball for a rookie. But at the end of 528 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:56,639 Speaker 3: the day, he's still a rookie quarterback. And as a 529 00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:59,439 Speaker 3: former player, when we played rookie quarterbacks, we were salivating, 530 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:00,840 Speaker 3: like time to feast. 531 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:02,760 Speaker 2: You know, it's time to feast, no matter who it is, 532 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:03,280 Speaker 2: no matter. 533 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:06,840 Speaker 3: Who it was, was, who it is, what record they had, 534 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:08,159 Speaker 3: the numbers that they were putting up. 535 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:10,040 Speaker 2: At the end of the day, we feel like we're 536 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:12,360 Speaker 2: the best defense. We're coming in here to play you 537 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:12,960 Speaker 2: in your home. 538 00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 3: You're a rookie quarterback and you're gonna have to prove 539 00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:18,040 Speaker 3: to us that you're the rookie quarterback that everyone's talking about. Right, 540 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:20,240 Speaker 3: and then when you talk about the rate at which 541 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:23,879 Speaker 3: the defense is tackling, it's very impressive, and not just 542 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:26,919 Speaker 3: because of the numbers that you threw out. These guys 543 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:33,840 Speaker 3: only tackle on Sundays right, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. 544 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:36,960 Speaker 3: They don't tackle. The most they do on maybe a 545 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,240 Speaker 3: Tuesday is thud. You're never bringing a guy to the 546 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:41,560 Speaker 3: ground in the NFL when you're practicing, So for them 547 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:44,000 Speaker 3: to not have those reps of tackling and then going 548 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:46,359 Speaker 3: out there on Sundays and doing it at a high 549 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:49,560 Speaker 3: efficient rate, like credit to Jesson that defense. 550 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:49,719 Speaker 2: Man. 551 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:51,960 Speaker 3: I know we talk about them a lot, but they 552 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:58,000 Speaker 3: have done and over exceeded our expectations so far for 553 00:24:58,680 --> 00:24:59,679 Speaker 3: the defense this season. 554 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:01,959 Speaker 1: Yeah, no doubt. I mean when you go through it, 555 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:05,480 Speaker 1: eleven sacks in the last four games, thirty one percent 556 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:09,000 Speaker 1: pressure rate, posing quarterbacks eighty five point eight, rating just 557 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:12,000 Speaker 1: three touchdowns to four interception three touches. They play four games, 558 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:15,760 Speaker 1: They've allowed three passing touchdowns and have picked off quarterbacks 559 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:19,240 Speaker 1: four times. And this is a big one too because 560 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:22,960 Speaker 1: and I think this also speaks to how disciplined they are. 561 00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:26,720 Speaker 1: Is and just I hope it's not a big number 562 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:28,800 Speaker 1: salad for everybody that's listening. I don't mean for it 563 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:31,800 Speaker 1: to be, but numbers at times can tell the story. 564 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 1: Like think about rookie quarterbacks, right, and what are your 565 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:39,840 Speaker 1: easy completions and what are you still struggling? Like you said, 566 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:43,439 Speaker 1: throw everything at him. The Skies pre snap, change the 567 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:45,920 Speaker 1: look post snap. So what's the easiest thing for him 568 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:48,639 Speaker 1: to do? Dump off to the running back. Not surprising 569 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:51,879 Speaker 1: Javonte Williams one of the highest targeted players that he 570 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:54,400 Speaker 1: might be the highest targeted player in the passing game. 571 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:55,879 Speaker 1: I don't know if Courtland Sutton is or he is 572 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:57,520 Speaker 1: but one of the two, but I know he's got 573 00:25:57,560 --> 00:26:02,440 Speaker 1: a ton of targets. The Charger defense holds running backs 574 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:05,600 Speaker 1: when the quarterback is passing to running backs. Quarterbacks have 575 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:08,080 Speaker 1: a sixty three point three rating. Like to me, that 576 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:11,679 Speaker 1: speaks to discipline, to hey, we're not gonna give you 577 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:14,320 Speaker 1: the easy look and the easy completion and let that 578 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:17,200 Speaker 1: beat us. And so that's kind of been something that 579 00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:19,439 Speaker 1: Nix has done a lot of. And so if you 580 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:21,560 Speaker 1: can take that away, if you can take the quarterback 581 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:24,680 Speaker 1: run away, that to me is and. 582 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:26,680 Speaker 3: Stretch the ball down the field, right, and that's when 583 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:29,720 Speaker 3: you start feasting, right. So you obviously you go into 584 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:31,360 Speaker 3: the game plan and you say, what is he doing well? 585 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:34,160 Speaker 3: And like you just pointed to Money, he's throwing the ball, 586 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:36,240 Speaker 3: he's checking the ball down, he's getting the ball into 587 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:39,200 Speaker 3: his playmaker's hands and running backs hands and letting them run. 588 00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:40,600 Speaker 3: So you got to take that away. 589 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:43,120 Speaker 2: However that looks, I don't know right now. We don't 590 00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:43,680 Speaker 2: know right now. 591 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:47,320 Speaker 3: But on Sunday, it's like not saying that the running 592 00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:49,240 Speaker 3: back Williams is a game record, but it's like going 593 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:52,120 Speaker 3: into a game and we talked about it with Davante Adams, right, 594 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:53,760 Speaker 3: and you don't come out of the game and you know, 595 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:55,480 Speaker 3: say we took it L, but we took it L 596 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:58,280 Speaker 3: because Davante beat us right. Right, You go into the 597 00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:00,680 Speaker 3: game plan saying, what bo Nix is doing is making 598 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:02,240 Speaker 3: easy completions to his running backs. 599 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:04,120 Speaker 2: So no matter who it is, he's getting the ball 600 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:04,960 Speaker 2: of his hands quick. 601 00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:06,600 Speaker 3: So if that's what he's doing at a high rate, 602 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:09,439 Speaker 3: we must take that away and then we can get fancy, 603 00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:11,920 Speaker 3: get cued on third downs with different looks, different from 604 00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:14,480 Speaker 3: different blitzes, and then we force him to throw the 605 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:16,320 Speaker 3: ball down the field and then prove to us that 606 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:18,560 Speaker 3: you're this rookie quarterback that everyone's saying that you are. 607 00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:22,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a bummer that Joey's still not practicing whether 608 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:26,320 Speaker 1: or not he'll be available until he is, because man, 609 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:30,040 Speaker 1: he has beaten Garrett Bowls like a drum in his hill. 610 00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:31,480 Speaker 2: He's not even close. 611 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:35,040 Speaker 1: No, he is not, he is. Joey's got sacks against 612 00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:40,160 Speaker 1: Denver on five different quarterbacks, five different dudes have had 613 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:42,199 Speaker 1: to wear it because for whatever you know, and you 614 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:46,720 Speaker 1: know how that is, sometimes there's just match like I'll shoot, 615 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:49,520 Speaker 1: what's the guy's near the left tackle in in ur 616 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:53,880 Speaker 1: said Oakland in Vegas, the UCLA guy, darn it, Chris anyway, 617 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:57,600 Speaker 1: another guy Miller, good left tack. Yeah, yeah, exactly, Miller, 618 00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:01,760 Speaker 1: Colton Miller, another guy, good left tackle. Joey beats him 619 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:05,080 Speaker 1: like a drum. For whatever reason, what he does counters 620 00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:08,080 Speaker 1: what he's able to do. And same thing with Bulls. 621 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:10,480 Speaker 1: So that's why I'm hopeful. But I'll tell you the 622 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:12,840 Speaker 1: one thing that that I thought came out of that 623 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:17,560 Speaker 1: Chiefs game without, you know, without Joey too is how right, 624 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:19,160 Speaker 1: how well did Tuley play? 625 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:19,320 Speaker 3: Man? 626 00:28:19,359 --> 00:28:20,960 Speaker 1: Because you'll look at the box score and you won't 627 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:22,840 Speaker 1: see it. They didn't. They should have given him half 628 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:25,920 Speaker 1: sack for whatever reason, they didn't give it to him statistically. 629 00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:30,120 Speaker 1: But man, he he went next level in that game, 630 00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:32,680 Speaker 1: specifically with his his lane discipline. 631 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:35,639 Speaker 2: Yeah. And I always I'm a big fan of Tooley. 632 00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:38,400 Speaker 3: I've seen him for two years now work his craft 633 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:41,360 Speaker 3: each and every day training camp, and I always says, listen, 634 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:43,760 Speaker 3: if Joey wasn't here, toully be the starter. And if 635 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:46,760 Speaker 3: Tuley was on another any other thirty one other teams 636 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:48,840 Speaker 3: in the NFL, he'd be a starter. And he'd be 637 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:51,320 Speaker 3: one of the young up and coming rising stars in 638 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:54,200 Speaker 3: this league because the way he works, his strength, his power, 639 00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:57,000 Speaker 3: and he's just a disciplined kid. Right doesn't talk much, 640 00:28:57,040 --> 00:28:59,320 Speaker 3: doesn't say much, but when that helmet goes on in 641 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:01,720 Speaker 3: those pass stup he's a different kind of beast. 642 00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:03,880 Speaker 2: So, yes, we will miss Joey Bosa. 643 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:06,760 Speaker 3: Historically, we know what he's done against the Broncos, but 644 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:10,360 Speaker 3: the fact that they have a young guy behind Bosa 645 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:14,080 Speaker 3: learning from Boson who has his own style. He's totally 646 00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:16,760 Speaker 3: different than Bosa in the way they play. Excuse me, 647 00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:18,560 Speaker 3: but he has his own style and he's very efficient 648 00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:20,680 Speaker 3: at what he does and he's hungry to make plays. 649 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:22,840 Speaker 3: So yes, we're missing him, but I don't think he'll 650 00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:24,560 Speaker 3: be much of a drop off toll. He's gonna get 651 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:25,240 Speaker 3: after him as well. 652 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:28,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, and let's not obviously forget who's on the other side. 653 00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:32,840 Speaker 1: I mentioned the five quarterbacks of Joey Khalil Macasek, four 654 00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:36,440 Speaker 1: different Denver quarterbacks, and he's got two and a half 655 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:38,480 Speaker 1: on the year. And look, bud Dupree just got an interception, 656 00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:41,080 Speaker 1: he's got a couple of sacks. Let's not minimize how 657 00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:44,960 Speaker 1: important that signing was, but it brings me to this 658 00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:46,800 Speaker 1: as well, Jalil, and it would love for you to 659 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:49,880 Speaker 1: dig in on it because you know, I think sacks 660 00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:53,480 Speaker 1: and now because we have it available to us, pressures, 661 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:57,479 Speaker 1: quarterback hits, hurries, they're all paid attention to by fans. 662 00:29:57,520 --> 00:30:01,120 Speaker 1: I think more than what you know in this particular defense, 663 00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:03,680 Speaker 1: what is that interior three doing? And I don't think 664 00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:08,840 Speaker 1: you can we've been under selling what poon Afford, Tito 665 00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:12,680 Speaker 1: and Morgan Fox have been doing. And obviously there's a 666 00:30:12,760 --> 00:30:15,000 Speaker 1: rotation there, but those are your three starters. What they've 667 00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:18,680 Speaker 1: been doing up front, specifically against the run man, this 668 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:22,040 Speaker 1: team is shutting down run games, those inside lanes and 669 00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:23,959 Speaker 1: that is something we have not seen in years. 670 00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:26,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, so they're the anchor of the defense right now. 671 00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:28,880 Speaker 3: Money and that's the thing that allows Jesse to be 672 00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:31,680 Speaker 3: a lot more flexible and play too high with two 673 00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:33,120 Speaker 3: safeties back A lot of times. 674 00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:34,600 Speaker 2: We just spoke about it earlier. 675 00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:37,440 Speaker 3: A lot of teams are defense defeating runs by having 676 00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:41,040 Speaker 3: eight guys nine guys in the box because the interior 677 00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:42,800 Speaker 3: d line is not holding up and they need that 678 00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:45,440 Speaker 3: extra hat for the run game. But what does that 679 00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:48,720 Speaker 3: make them deusceptible to the pass. Right where the charges 680 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:51,040 Speaker 3: are doing a really good job is they're having allowed 681 00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:54,120 Speaker 3: to play two safeties back and they're allowing poon A, 682 00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:57,040 Speaker 3: Morgan Tito and the guys up front that front seven 683 00:30:57,080 --> 00:30:59,400 Speaker 3: to get after it and they can what play the 684 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:02,760 Speaker 3: pass and they're playing the run with a light box. 685 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:05,200 Speaker 3: So those guys have been very pivotal for the defense. 686 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:08,800 Speaker 3: They've been a very key cornerstone for the defense, and 687 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:11,440 Speaker 3: I expect nothing less on Sunday for them to continue 688 00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:12,440 Speaker 3: to keep doing what they're doing. 689 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:15,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think against the against the Broncos. You know 690 00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:18,080 Speaker 1: you mentioned the two highs. The reason why, look, make 691 00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:20,920 Speaker 1: them run more plays, make bo Nicks take more snaps, 692 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:25,280 Speaker 1: just because eventually you're gonna get them. And that's where like, 693 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:27,959 Speaker 1: just think about that Chiefs game. It was one play. 694 00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:31,400 Speaker 1: It was one play. They had held them in check 695 00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:34,760 Speaker 1: for a half until one play got them and it 696 00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:37,280 Speaker 1: was a one It was an eight second, fifty four 697 00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:40,200 Speaker 1: yard one play drive. Outside of that, they were able 698 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:43,120 Speaker 1: to keep everything in front of them. And so that's 699 00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:46,480 Speaker 1: that can't happen because Cortland Sutton has tortured this team. 700 00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:49,760 Speaker 1: He has absolutely tortured this team I think about that 701 00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:55,200 Speaker 1: game where I want to say the Chargers, there might 702 00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:58,800 Speaker 1: have been fourteen seconds left or maybe even less than that. 703 00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:01,320 Speaker 1: And I don't remember if you were on the team 704 00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:03,760 Speaker 1: or not, Jalil, but if you were, I apologize for 705 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:07,080 Speaker 1: bringing it up. But it's a three point lead with 706 00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:10,800 Speaker 1: like maybe eight seconds left, and Locke just drops back 707 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:16,160 Speaker 1: to pass and somehow Courtland shakes behind two defenders ends 708 00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:18,240 Speaker 1: up getting a pass interference. They kicked the field goal 709 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:19,920 Speaker 1: to tie it, and they win in overtime. And it's 710 00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:24,040 Speaker 1: just like, man, Sutton is a problem, and it's understandable. 711 00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:26,600 Speaker 1: He's big, he's fast, he's got great hands, and that's 712 00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:29,560 Speaker 1: certainly the one guy. I think we talk about the run, 713 00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:31,560 Speaker 1: the running back in Javonte Williams and all that. But 714 00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:33,880 Speaker 1: to me, man, don't let Courtland Sutton beat you, because 715 00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:35,960 Speaker 1: it's just we've seen that movie before. 716 00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:38,880 Speaker 2: Man, yea, and no money, I was not on that team. 717 00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:41,600 Speaker 3: Good you did not hurt my feelings. I would have 718 00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:45,000 Speaker 3: took that little pert and I'm just messing with you. No, 719 00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:46,600 Speaker 3: I wasn't on that team, but yeah, you can't let 720 00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:48,400 Speaker 3: him beat you. Obviously, he's been in the league for 721 00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:51,120 Speaker 3: some years now. And Courtland has done a good job 722 00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:55,160 Speaker 3: against the charges as you mentioned, big, fast, physical, good hands, 723 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:56,360 Speaker 3: and he's the number one target. 724 00:32:56,440 --> 00:32:59,200 Speaker 2: So, like I said, you erase what they do best 725 00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:02,600 Speaker 2: and you make the guys beat you. And Jesse is listened. 726 00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:04,800 Speaker 3: Jesse is doing a good job, man, and he's doing 727 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:06,640 Speaker 3: a good job of taking away their deep threats. He's 728 00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:09,280 Speaker 3: doing a good job of taking away their biggest threats. 729 00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:12,400 Speaker 3: And I don't think he'll do anything different than that 730 00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:13,400 Speaker 3: on Sunday. 731 00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:16,440 Speaker 1: All right, let's dig into the offense, Julia, as we 732 00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:19,560 Speaker 1: look forward with this one, and it looks like it 733 00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:21,440 Speaker 1: looks like Joe Walt's going to be back. It was 734 00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:23,720 Speaker 1: he was in practice, he was working out with the team. 735 00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:26,720 Speaker 1: Slater was off to the side doing some work. So 736 00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:28,840 Speaker 1: we hope he's going to be available. But right now, 737 00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:31,080 Speaker 1: as it stands, it looks like, okay, maybe no Slater, 738 00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:35,400 Speaker 1: looks like Joe's going to be good. How do you 739 00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:38,880 Speaker 1: attack this defense? What have you seen from them? What's 740 00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:41,760 Speaker 1: the best way to go at it? Because, like I said, 741 00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:46,040 Speaker 1: their top ten and everything, their top five and even more, 742 00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:51,600 Speaker 1: they very similar to the Chiefs where you look down 743 00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:53,240 Speaker 1: and it's like, wow, this guy's got a sack sack 744 00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:55,600 Speaker 1: sack sacks. There's a bunch of guys with at least 745 00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:57,719 Speaker 1: a sacks, So it feels like it's coming from everywhere. 746 00:33:57,720 --> 00:34:00,000 Speaker 1: We talk about the blitz. So what have you been 747 00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:01,840 Speaker 1: doing for the last two weeks if you're Greg Roman 748 00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:04,200 Speaker 1: and Coach Harbaugh and trying to get this thing figured out? 749 00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:07,040 Speaker 3: Well, I think you're you self scout for one. So 750 00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:08,680 Speaker 3: you don't even look at the Broncos. You look at 751 00:34:08,719 --> 00:34:11,640 Speaker 3: what we have done. You look at the last three 752 00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:13,560 Speaker 3: four games, and you say, well. 753 00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:15,560 Speaker 2: What have we done well? And what have we not 754 00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:16,120 Speaker 2: done well? 755 00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:18,200 Speaker 3: Because what we're looking at is what the Broncos are 756 00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:20,000 Speaker 3: looking at, and that's how they're gonna come out and 757 00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:23,160 Speaker 3: play us. Right, So if we haven't passed the ball, well, 758 00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:24,280 Speaker 3: why what's the reason? 759 00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:25,719 Speaker 2: Right, Let's switch it up. 760 00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:28,160 Speaker 3: Let's get let's do some stacks and bunches, let's do 761 00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:31,200 Speaker 3: some quick game. Let's move lad to the outside. Right, 762 00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:34,799 Speaker 3: So let's do what we haven't done well. We have 763 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:37,000 Speaker 3: to make a change now on the run game. The 764 00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:39,520 Speaker 3: run game has been very good for us, but against 765 00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:42,440 Speaker 3: Kansas City, why wasn't it not as well for us 766 00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:43,000 Speaker 3: for that game? 767 00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:43,319 Speaker 2: Right? 768 00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:44,920 Speaker 3: Because that's what the Broncos are gonna do. That's what 769 00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:46,640 Speaker 3: they're going to look at. And then you go to 770 00:34:46,680 --> 00:34:49,440 Speaker 3: the Broncos. First, you self scout yourself. Then you go 771 00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:51,920 Speaker 3: to the Broncos and you're saying, okay, well, let's look 772 00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:54,680 Speaker 3: at their explosives. There's a cutup of explosives. That's what 773 00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:57,880 Speaker 3: I was doing in training camp. I'm breaking down explosives 774 00:34:57,880 --> 00:35:00,239 Speaker 3: for this week that week. Right as a coach, those 775 00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:03,279 Speaker 3: guys are grinding in the office, what's their explosive looks like. 776 00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:06,919 Speaker 3: And then it's a copycat league. Let's copy exactly what 777 00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:09,520 Speaker 3: that team did to hurt them on the explosive. Whether 778 00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:11,960 Speaker 3: it was a run, whether it was a pass, however 779 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:15,879 Speaker 3: it looked, let's do it. Sorry, we may get to it, 780 00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:17,440 Speaker 3: but we're gonna get to it in a different way 781 00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:19,560 Speaker 3: because they're self scouting as well as what hurt them, 782 00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:21,440 Speaker 3: So we get to it a different way. If it's 783 00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:23,359 Speaker 3: a run and it was a two by two, look 784 00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:26,920 Speaker 3: and they ran off the tackle and it hit for 785 00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:29,359 Speaker 3: thirty yards, well, hey, yeah, it's a three. 786 00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:30,520 Speaker 2: We're gonna show three by one. 787 00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:32,880 Speaker 3: Then we're gonna motion the two by two just to 788 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:35,200 Speaker 3: mask it a little bit and then hit them with 789 00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:37,840 Speaker 3: that same run. If it's a pass and it's a 790 00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:40,120 Speaker 3: twelve yard dagger with number two going up the scene 791 00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:43,000 Speaker 3: and number one running in. Yeah, hey, they did it 792 00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:44,560 Speaker 3: at a two by two, but maybe instead of two 793 00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:47,040 Speaker 3: by two, we start at two by two. We motioned 794 00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:49,000 Speaker 3: it to three by one and we do the same thing. 795 00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:52,480 Speaker 3: Number one runs a deep deep ball, Number three runs 796 00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:54,560 Speaker 3: a three to take the safeties out, and then number 797 00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:57,320 Speaker 3: two runs a deep dig behind. So just different stuff 798 00:35:57,360 --> 00:35:59,279 Speaker 3: that you've seen help them. I think you have to 799 00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:02,000 Speaker 3: copy that, but just mask it a little bit differently 800 00:36:02,239 --> 00:36:04,480 Speaker 3: so that they don't see it as players. Because they're smart. 801 00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:04,719 Speaker 2: Man. 802 00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:06,880 Speaker 3: I know i'd see something and be like, all right, 803 00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:08,600 Speaker 3: two by two, we got hurt here. I know this 804 00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:10,360 Speaker 3: is what coach talked about this week. I'm going to 805 00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:11,680 Speaker 3: stay in my zone. I'm not going to fall for 806 00:36:11,719 --> 00:36:14,640 Speaker 3: this play action here. It comes pick right. 807 00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:17,040 Speaker 2: So you have to mask it so that when you 808 00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:19,759 Speaker 2: line up in it, it's something that they haven't seen 809 00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:21,640 Speaker 2: beat them already. 810 00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:23,560 Speaker 1: I kind of, like I said, I think we already 811 00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:25,799 Speaker 1: discussed a couple of things that I'm interested to see. 812 00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:29,320 Speaker 1: If they take a shot with one lad on the outside, 813 00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:30,920 Speaker 1: just to try to get some speed and to get 814 00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:33,000 Speaker 1: some of these downfield throws to get this offense to 815 00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:35,239 Speaker 1: breathe a little bit more. I'm wondering if we're going 816 00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:37,560 Speaker 1: to start seeing a little bit more between the tackles running. 817 00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:39,759 Speaker 1: It just felt like anytime they attacked the edges, the 818 00:36:39,880 --> 00:36:42,920 Speaker 1: edges were collapsing. Without Alton Slater out there, so a 819 00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:44,839 Speaker 1: lot of it's going to depend on personnel, but if 820 00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:47,440 Speaker 1: who's playing, it felt like it felt like they were 821 00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:50,880 Speaker 1: a little more successful between the tackles than trying to 822 00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:54,319 Speaker 1: attack the edges. The edges were collapsing. And then the 823 00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:56,000 Speaker 1: other thing I'd love to see and look, this is 824 00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:58,000 Speaker 1: something that they did on the first drive. It was 825 00:36:58,080 --> 00:36:59,680 Speaker 1: just one play, but we've seen it a couple times 826 00:36:59,719 --> 00:37:02,400 Speaker 1: now year, and that's that tight end screen to Disley 827 00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:04,920 Speaker 1: and I know they're and I don't know if they 828 00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:06,560 Speaker 1: look at it's like, Okay, well that's only going to 829 00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:08,879 Speaker 1: work once. But man, I watched the Chiefs they run 830 00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:12,440 Speaker 1: out all the time. They are constantly running that Noah Gray. 831 00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:14,279 Speaker 1: You know, there's a little bit of Kelsey in there, 832 00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:15,759 Speaker 1: but a lot of times it's that other it's that 833 00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:18,440 Speaker 1: second tight end that's taken those screens and you got 834 00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:20,880 Speaker 1: this eye candy over here of you know, Pacheco or 835 00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:24,239 Speaker 1: Kareem hunting, and it's like, no, bang, it's a little 836 00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:27,240 Speaker 1: tight end screen and that thing's going for eight fifteen yards. 837 00:37:27,239 --> 00:37:29,600 Speaker 1: So I'd love to see because I feel like they're 838 00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:32,520 Speaker 1: trying to figure out how can we how can we 839 00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:34,680 Speaker 1: get these tight ends to activate. We've seen it in 840 00:37:34,719 --> 00:37:37,200 Speaker 1: all these Greg Roman offenses where the tight end is 841 00:37:37,239 --> 00:37:39,880 Speaker 1: so important, and I feel like they're just sort of 842 00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:42,719 Speaker 1: scratching it and that that you know what I mean, 843 00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:44,799 Speaker 1: like that needs to take that neck. And Disley has 844 00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:47,120 Speaker 1: proven he can do it. Man, he's catching passes, he's 845 00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:50,680 Speaker 1: getting yack, he can get I feel like you can catch. Yeah, 846 00:37:50,719 --> 00:37:52,239 Speaker 1: I feel like that's kind of the next step. How 847 00:37:52,239 --> 00:37:54,439 Speaker 1: can we get these tight ends activated in the passing game? 848 00:37:54,719 --> 00:37:57,680 Speaker 2: Yeah? I just listen, when you win, no one cares 849 00:37:57,680 --> 00:38:00,000 Speaker 2: about how it looked. You just want to w right. 850 00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:02,160 Speaker 3: And I don't care who receives the ball. I don't 851 00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:04,080 Speaker 3: care who catches the ball. I don't care what they're 852 00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:07,960 Speaker 3: schemed up for, particularly who it's schemed up for. Excuse me, 853 00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:13,239 Speaker 3: but I just have to I have to imagine with 854 00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:16,239 Speaker 3: Herbert's numbers and the way he has not thrown the 855 00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:19,439 Speaker 3: ball this year that yes, you lean on the run, 856 00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:21,759 Speaker 3: but you have to these last two weeks, man, they 857 00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:26,000 Speaker 3: should be in that office studying themselves, studying the Broncos 858 00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:29,239 Speaker 3: and figuring out a way to listen. Herbert has to. 859 00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:32,160 Speaker 3: He has to get those numbers right. And it's not 860 00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:37,320 Speaker 3: for his own personal gain, but it's the morale of 861 00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:40,560 Speaker 3: the jam. Yeah, his success when he's lighting up the scoreboard, 862 00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:43,520 Speaker 3: when he's when he's throwing deep balls and deep digs 863 00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:46,120 Speaker 3: and deep corners, and he's picking teams apart. And then 864 00:38:46,160 --> 00:38:47,920 Speaker 3: now they're they're on their heels and they don't know 865 00:38:47,920 --> 00:38:49,600 Speaker 3: what to do. And now here you come with JK. 866 00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:52,520 Speaker 3: You're running between the tackles, you're going screens, you're doing 867 00:38:52,600 --> 00:38:57,719 Speaker 3: jetsuits to Q, you're throwing slot routes to Ladd Maconckley. 868 00:38:57,840 --> 00:39:00,560 Speaker 2: So it's you have to get the air tach going. 869 00:39:00,640 --> 00:39:03,480 Speaker 2: You have to. And should they force it a little 870 00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:03,960 Speaker 2: bit this week? 871 00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:06,440 Speaker 3: I think so? I think so. I think they have 872 00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:08,920 Speaker 3: to get that pass game going. I mean, some people 873 00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:12,680 Speaker 3: may disagree with me. The run has been tremendous for 874 00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:15,319 Speaker 3: us this year, but you have to get ten going. 875 00:39:15,360 --> 00:39:18,080 Speaker 3: However that looks I don't know, but to me, you 876 00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:19,040 Speaker 3: have to get him going. 877 00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:22,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, I look, I know he missed a half, you know, 878 00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:24,640 Speaker 1: about a quarter and a half of the Steelers game, 879 00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:27,480 Speaker 1: and I had to I was looking for those watching 880 00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:30,600 Speaker 1: on video on YouTube. I'm looking off the screen while 881 00:39:30,719 --> 00:39:32,840 Speaker 1: Julia's talking because I'm making sure that the numbers I 882 00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:34,879 Speaker 1: got on my border right, because I don't believe them, 883 00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:37,279 Speaker 1: Like Justin Herbert has not passed for one hundred and 884 00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:40,520 Speaker 1: fifty yards per game. He's had five hundred and seventy 885 00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:43,879 Speaker 1: eight yards through four games. That just capable of putting 886 00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:46,680 Speaker 1: that up in a game, and that's a possible point. 887 00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:49,640 Speaker 1: So yeah, like you've got to figure it out. You 888 00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:53,719 Speaker 1: cannot be running, you know, And I'm sure I get it. 889 00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:55,440 Speaker 1: They're trying to run the ball to open it up, 890 00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:57,880 Speaker 1: to make it easier to create this separation on these 891 00:39:57,920 --> 00:40:00,160 Speaker 1: play action pass because they'rerunning them, they're running motions, they're 892 00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:02,920 Speaker 1: running play actions. They're getting after it. But like you 893 00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:07,120 Speaker 1: just you can't. He's got the touchdowns, he's got five 894 00:40:07,160 --> 00:40:09,480 Speaker 1: touchdowns through four games. Would love to see that maybe 895 00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:11,600 Speaker 1: a little closer to eight, averaging two per that's kind 896 00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:13,320 Speaker 1: of what Herbert's been doing his whole career for the 897 00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:17,520 Speaker 1: most part. But to see five hundred and seventy eight 898 00:40:17,600 --> 00:40:20,440 Speaker 1: yards past here, it hurts. It hurts when you've got 899 00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:23,160 Speaker 1: a guy that is that talented and was able to 900 00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:27,440 Speaker 1: do it his rookie season with the offensive line that 901 00:40:27,560 --> 00:40:29,520 Speaker 1: he was playing with. You know how much they struggled 902 00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:31,239 Speaker 1: and how that was kind of like, hey, plug this 903 00:40:31,320 --> 00:40:34,280 Speaker 1: guy here, and it's heavy at left tackle because o'coon 904 00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:36,080 Speaker 1: went down. You got to figure that out. And the 905 00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:39,640 Speaker 1: interior was was super leaky and a little turnstyle he there, 906 00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:41,759 Speaker 1: and you got guys signed off nothing. I'm not going 907 00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:43,760 Speaker 1: to name names, but you're signing guys off the street, 908 00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:47,000 Speaker 1: and you're plugging him into the Star and in Keenan's 909 00:40:47,080 --> 00:40:50,160 Speaker 1: hurt and Mike's hurt, and he's throwing to Jalen Geiton 910 00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:54,120 Speaker 1: and he's throwing a tea Billy, and it's like, hey, 911 00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:56,200 Speaker 1: he can and I know the ankle comes into play 912 00:40:56,280 --> 00:40:57,920 Speaker 1: and move in the pocket and the launch point and 913 00:40:57,920 --> 00:41:00,480 Speaker 1: all that sort of stuff, But to me, like he 914 00:41:01,080 --> 00:41:03,280 Speaker 1: has proven that he can do this with a leaky 915 00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:06,360 Speaker 1: offensive line, that he can do it without his number 916 00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:10,200 Speaker 1: one receivers. Yes, and I just I think you hit it. 917 00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:12,000 Speaker 1: You know, I feel like that's something that we're going 918 00:41:12,080 --> 00:41:14,600 Speaker 1: to need to see because that may be the way 919 00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:16,520 Speaker 1: that you've got to open this thing up, not reverse, 920 00:41:16,600 --> 00:41:18,160 Speaker 1: not hey, let's run the ball to open up the past, 921 00:41:18,239 --> 00:41:20,760 Speaker 1: let's pass the ball to get these running lanes opening exactly. 922 00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:22,960 Speaker 2: That was my point, money right on the head man, 923 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:23,359 Speaker 2: you hit it. 924 00:41:24,200 --> 00:41:27,719 Speaker 1: Well, this is an interesting quarter, right you'd like to 925 00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:29,719 Speaker 1: end the quarter three and one or four, and oh 926 00:41:29,760 --> 00:41:33,239 Speaker 1: they end at two and two this quarter. There. If 927 00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:35,360 Speaker 1: I had to guess, they're probably going to be favored 928 00:41:35,400 --> 00:41:37,759 Speaker 1: in every game. They're favored in the game against the Broncos, 929 00:41:38,160 --> 00:41:40,560 Speaker 1: they'll likely be favored in the Monday night or in Arizona. 930 00:41:40,719 --> 00:41:43,520 Speaker 1: They'll be favored, I would imagine against a Saints team 931 00:41:43,520 --> 00:41:46,360 Speaker 1: at home, and they'll probably be favored against the Browns. 932 00:41:46,520 --> 00:41:49,080 Speaker 1: But you got three games on a road. Not easy 933 00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:50,799 Speaker 1: to play on the road in the NFL, no matter 934 00:41:50,840 --> 00:41:53,799 Speaker 1: what the other teams record looks like, especially when you're 935 00:41:53,840 --> 00:41:56,080 Speaker 1: on the West Coast. Thankfully, they're two short trips Denver 936 00:41:56,120 --> 00:41:58,480 Speaker 1: in Arizona mix with a long one in there in Cleveland, 937 00:41:59,800 --> 00:42:04,600 Speaker 1: so it's it's again, from an odds maker standpoint, it 938 00:42:04,680 --> 00:42:06,680 Speaker 1: looks like an easy second quarter where you should be 939 00:42:06,719 --> 00:42:08,359 Speaker 1: favored in all four games, But when you look at 940 00:42:08,360 --> 00:42:14,560 Speaker 1: the travel and division game, it's not necessarily an easy one. 941 00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:18,720 Speaker 1: But I think it's so imperative to avoid three straight losses. 942 00:42:18,760 --> 00:42:21,200 Speaker 1: And on top of that, given your divisional opponent a win, 943 00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:24,720 Speaker 1: who's now riding this hot streak with a rookie quarterback 944 00:42:24,760 --> 00:42:26,840 Speaker 1: at three straight wins. So it's a big one. 945 00:42:27,120 --> 00:42:27,480 Speaker 2: It is. 946 00:42:27,520 --> 00:42:29,959 Speaker 3: And when you look at it, you said, they're riding 947 00:42:29,960 --> 00:42:32,600 Speaker 3: this hot streak with the rookie quarterback in this league. 948 00:42:32,640 --> 00:42:35,160 Speaker 2: Being a former player in this league, it's all about confidence. 949 00:42:35,680 --> 00:42:38,840 Speaker 3: If you're confident and the team's confident, and you're confident 950 00:42:38,880 --> 00:42:41,600 Speaker 3: in your ability and you've had success in the past, 951 00:42:42,040 --> 00:42:44,120 Speaker 3: then when you walk into the stadium on Sunday, I 952 00:42:44,160 --> 00:42:47,840 Speaker 3: remember we would feel like, no, we couldn't be touched right. 953 00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:50,600 Speaker 3: And on the flip side, if your confidence is down, 954 00:42:50,640 --> 00:42:53,279 Speaker 3: no matter if you're all pro a pro bowler and 955 00:42:53,400 --> 00:42:55,759 Speaker 3: things are not going well for you individually or your team, 956 00:42:56,280 --> 00:42:58,320 Speaker 3: you walk in there with some self doubt. 957 00:42:58,400 --> 00:43:00,960 Speaker 2: It's just naturally, is what it is. We're human. 958 00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:03,359 Speaker 3: At the end of the day, right, So, like you said, 959 00:43:03,360 --> 00:43:05,960 Speaker 3: they can't go down with three straight losses and they 960 00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:09,960 Speaker 3: can't take the second division loss. Excuse me this early 961 00:43:10,040 --> 00:43:12,239 Speaker 3: in the season, like this is a pivotal, pivotal game. 962 00:43:12,440 --> 00:43:15,040 Speaker 2: Obviously, you don't look forward to those next. 963 00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:16,680 Speaker 3: Games on the schedule. The most important one is the 964 00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:19,319 Speaker 3: one in front of them right now. But after they 965 00:43:19,320 --> 00:43:21,239 Speaker 3: take care of the Broncos, which I think they do, 966 00:43:23,040 --> 00:43:26,360 Speaker 3: the schedule does line up for them to have a 967 00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:29,200 Speaker 3: successful run in this second quarter. Obviously, you just don't 968 00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:30,960 Speaker 3: roll the ball out there on Sundays and think because 969 00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:33,840 Speaker 3: we're the Los Angeles Chargers, were these big bag bullies 970 00:43:33,840 --> 00:43:35,520 Speaker 3: and we're gonna win the game. Obviously, there's work to 971 00:43:35,520 --> 00:43:38,759 Speaker 3: be put in weekend and week out, and like I 972 00:43:38,960 --> 00:43:43,800 Speaker 3: rapeatedly say, each week in each episode, being around those guys, 973 00:43:43,840 --> 00:43:46,320 Speaker 3: playing with some of those guys, being around that coaching 974 00:43:46,320 --> 00:43:48,880 Speaker 3: staff for six to eight weeks. 975 00:43:48,880 --> 00:43:50,040 Speaker 2: I know they're putting the work in. 976 00:43:50,160 --> 00:43:54,040 Speaker 3: So I'm excited to see the finishing product on Sunday 977 00:43:54,040 --> 00:43:55,120 Speaker 3: after this by week. 978 00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:59,080 Speaker 1: That I'll rap with this. It's funny because there's a 979 00:43:59,320 --> 00:44:01,319 Speaker 1: nothing you can do, well, there's nothing anybody can do 980 00:44:01,320 --> 00:44:03,040 Speaker 1: about it, and we're not playing the games. So we're 981 00:44:03,080 --> 00:44:07,320 Speaker 1: still just watching. But be like, what the injury report 982 00:44:07,360 --> 00:44:10,080 Speaker 1: says on Wednesday or Thursday or Friday really doesn't matter. 983 00:44:10,239 --> 00:44:12,880 Speaker 1: It matters. It's not going to affect what happens on Sunday. 984 00:44:12,880 --> 00:44:14,360 Speaker 1: Are the guys ready to go on Sunday or not? 985 00:44:14,440 --> 00:44:16,920 Speaker 1: But it is something I'll be keeping an eye on 986 00:44:17,640 --> 00:44:19,719 Speaker 1: because you certainly want to see those guys out there. 987 00:44:19,880 --> 00:44:21,080 Speaker 1: You're going to be a heck of a lot better 988 00:44:21,120 --> 00:44:24,360 Speaker 1: at full strength and not at full strength. But the 989 00:44:24,440 --> 00:44:27,520 Speaker 1: Chiefs are five and zero. Man, they're five and zero. 990 00:44:27,600 --> 00:44:29,480 Speaker 1: The easiest way into the postseason is to win your 991 00:44:29,480 --> 00:44:31,480 Speaker 1: division and you get a home game potentially out of it. 992 00:44:31,560 --> 00:44:33,880 Speaker 1: So well, you do get a home game out of it. 993 00:44:34,560 --> 00:44:38,080 Speaker 1: So that's the ultimate goal of the regular season, is 994 00:44:38,120 --> 00:44:41,160 Speaker 1: to win your division, punch your ticket into the tournament, 995 00:44:41,320 --> 00:44:45,520 Speaker 1: and let the Chips fall where they may. Falling behind 996 00:44:45,520 --> 00:44:47,279 Speaker 1: a team that's five and zero and posting a two 997 00:44:47,320 --> 00:44:48,960 Speaker 1: and three record, it's going to be a heck of 998 00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:51,000 Speaker 1: a hole to dig out of. This looks like it's 999 00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:52,640 Speaker 1: lining up pretty darn well for him. They got to 1000 00:44:52,680 --> 00:44:55,640 Speaker 1: play thirteen straight. You know, bye is gone. It is 1001 00:44:55,760 --> 00:45:01,040 Speaker 1: now thirteen weeks. Yeah, at thirteen games, so you want 1002 00:45:01,040 --> 00:45:04,359 Speaker 1: to start stacking wins and get that momentum and maybe 1003 00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:06,080 Speaker 1: it feels a little bit better when you're wrapped in 1004 00:45:06,120 --> 00:45:07,439 Speaker 1: ice bags on the flight home. 1005 00:45:08,080 --> 00:45:10,280 Speaker 2: I'll tell you that. I'll tell you from experience money 1006 00:45:10,360 --> 00:45:10,799 Speaker 2: it does. 1007 00:45:12,080 --> 00:45:16,359 Speaker 1: Yes, I was telling when we were on the road, 1008 00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:20,080 Speaker 1: you know, for the full week in Charlotte. I said, 1009 00:45:20,120 --> 00:45:23,279 Speaker 1: it's funny, and I was talking to one of the 1010 00:45:23,280 --> 00:45:25,400 Speaker 1: coaches and I said, I don't want this to come 1011 00:45:25,440 --> 00:45:27,400 Speaker 1: out the wrong way or to be a dig I 1012 00:45:27,440 --> 00:45:29,680 Speaker 1: was like, but I'm here early. I'm one of the 1013 00:45:29,680 --> 00:45:31,520 Speaker 1: first guys in the meal room and I'm watching everybody 1014 00:45:31,520 --> 00:45:33,719 Speaker 1: walk in. I was like, it's pretty easy to tell 1015 00:45:33,760 --> 00:45:38,279 Speaker 1: who played this week and who didn't on Monday, exactly right, 1016 00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:41,479 Speaker 1: It's very easy. It is a very easy game to play. 1017 00:45:41,640 --> 00:45:44,279 Speaker 1: That guy play, No, did that guy play? Absolutely, And 1018 00:45:44,320 --> 00:45:46,440 Speaker 1: it's every single one. So you know the toll that 1019 00:45:46,480 --> 00:45:47,759 Speaker 1: it takes on you. And they're going to have to 1020 00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:51,480 Speaker 1: do that thirteen consecutive weeks, and so you're gonna want 1021 00:45:51,480 --> 00:45:55,000 Speaker 1: to start stacking wins or those injuries start to hurdle 1022 00:45:55,000 --> 00:45:57,479 Speaker 1: it more and the season gets to be a little 1023 00:45:57,480 --> 00:45:59,480 Speaker 1: bit long. When it's nowhere near over, so let's hope 1024 00:45:59,520 --> 00:46:02,920 Speaker 1: they do it this week in Denver. Julia appreciate it, 1025 00:46:03,160 --> 00:46:07,000 Speaker 1: and we'll be back again next week, hopefully breaking this 1026 00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:09,160 Speaker 1: thing down and talking about one of the few primetime 1027 00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:12,880 Speaker 1: games this team has, a Monday nighter against the Arizona 1028 00:46:12,920 --> 00:46:16,080 Speaker 1: Cardinals out there in Glendale and hopefully starting to stack 1029 00:46:16,160 --> 00:46:16,520 Speaker 1: some wins. 1030 00:46:16,719 --> 00:46:19,160 Speaker 2: Let's get it, Let's get him money. Appreciate you, ma'am. 1031 00:46:19,760 --> 00:46:23,880 Speaker 1: Appreciate you. Thanks everybody for listening. Appreciate a review comment 1032 00:46:24,000 --> 00:46:26,239 Speaker 1: on YouTube. We love interacting with you, so if you 1033 00:46:26,320 --> 00:46:28,920 Speaker 1: leave something, we like to engage. 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