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Speaker 1: Hey, everybody, Chris Harry with you on a week nine

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Speaker 1: edition of Chargers Weekly. We have an awesome episode ahead.

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Speaker 1: Kevin Harland of CBS Sports joins me to preview Charger Seahawks.

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Speaker 1: We'll also get this week's opposing view from Bob Kendota

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Speaker 1: of the Seattle Times. Chargers radio analyst Daniel Jeremiah checks

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Speaker 1: in and explains why the Bolts are five and two.

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Speaker 1: But first, the Professor John Clayton provides an early look

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Speaker 1: at this AFC playoff picture and gives a primer for

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Speaker 1: Sunday's clash in Seattle. All right, it's a treat for

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Speaker 1: me to welcome in our first guest, What are the

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Speaker 1: best football writers in this business? The great John Clayton

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Speaker 1: joins me on Chargers Weekly, and John, first, very appreciative

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Speaker 1: of your time. I want to spin around the league

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Speaker 1: today and also get into your new website, Clayton Football

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Speaker 1: dot com. But let's start with the Charger Seahawks. Though

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Speaker 1: you're a host on ESPN seven Tennant Seattle, you also

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Speaker 1: worked the sidelines for Seahawks Radio. What are folks in

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Speaker 1: the Pacific Northwest end about this matchup? Sean? It's it's well,

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Speaker 1: I think there's a little trepidation because I think they're

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Speaker 1: worried about Philip Rivers, because Phillips having one of his

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Speaker 1: best seasons, and of course, if you go back to

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Speaker 1: the preseason game, I mean, he looked really sharp in

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Speaker 1: that game against Seattle's defense, and so I think that

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Speaker 1: you know, this is a stretch where you know, that's

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Speaker 1: the toughest stretch of the year for the defense because

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Speaker 1: they've got five games against franchise caliber quarterbacks. Now, they

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Speaker 1: survived the first one by really doing a good job

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Speaker 1: lead pretty much through the entire game. So that was

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Speaker 1: step they checked off the first box. But now after

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Speaker 1: this they've got Philip Rivers, they've got Jarrett Goff for

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Speaker 1: So it's a tough stretch that they're facing, and that's

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Speaker 1: I think what they're a little bit worried about, because

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Speaker 1: you know, they realized that Philip can put up through

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Speaker 1: much better than anybody expected. Yeah, you know, and I

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Speaker 1: lot of expectations for a lot of teams, but the Seahawks,

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Speaker 1: I feel like expectations were tempered a little bit. What's

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Speaker 1: been the bigger surprise in your eyes the way that

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Speaker 1: this offensive line has played in the running game and

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Speaker 1: play the defense. I think a combination of both. I mean,

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Speaker 1: certainly the offensive line has been a major surprise because

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Speaker 1: it was a real bad blocking. Pro Football Focus had

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Speaker 1: it rated as the off worst offensive line and it

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Speaker 1: wasn't too far off. Russell Wilson had basically run around

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Speaker 1: and scramble just to make any kind of a play,

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Speaker 1: and the protection was bad. The running was bad, and

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Speaker 1: they've got good running talents. And I think that comes

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Speaker 1: Mike Salari has come in and just done a remarkable job.

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Speaker 1: And then DJ Fluker and j R. Sweezy are the

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Speaker 1: Since that time, they've been averaging one hundred and fifty

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Speaker 1: You know, they basically in one year went from eight

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Speaker 1: There's only been about five examples of a team that

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Speaker 1: If Philip Rivers, a guy that you've covered from the beginning,

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Speaker 1: What I didn't anticipate was Patrick Mahomes to have his start,

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Speaker 1: In fact, I know, being on the sidelines because what

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Speaker 1: of a bigger cornerback, although that's not really the total

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Speaker 1: developing linebackers and establishing linebackers. But I think the familiarity

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Speaker 1: But also there's such great respect that each side has

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Speaker 1: for each other, no doubt. John Let's Flippitt says some

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Speaker 1: general storylines. I don't remember seeing this much movement at

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Speaker 1: the job so much easier for Philip in that offense.

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Speaker 1: So I'm I've always been in amer his You know,

431
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Speaker 1: there's been a lot of talk here lately about will

432
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Speaker 1: he a Hall of Fame guy? Will he get in

433
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Speaker 1: the Pro Football Hall of Fame? You know, he's not

434
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Speaker 1: had the great postseason run, but his numbers individually are fantastic.

435
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Speaker 1: And the great thing about the Hall of Fame is

436
00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:18,600
Speaker 1: there's a combination of players who benefited greatly from being

437
00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:22,639
Speaker 1: on good teams constantly were surrounded by the best talent,

438
00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:26,679
Speaker 1: and then thus their level was raised. There have been

439
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Speaker 1: other players like Philip who perhaps have not had the

440
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Speaker 1: best talent around them Hall of Fame talent, the teams

441
00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:35,159
Speaker 1: have not been all that good, are consistently good and

442
00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:40,280
Speaker 1: certainly postseason playoff good, and they're in there. So the

443
00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:43,680
Speaker 1: great thing for Rivers, I think is is that there

444
00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:47,520
Speaker 1: is room for everybody. But his numbers are undeniable, and

445
00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:51,200
Speaker 1: his longevity is a credit to the way he prepares

446
00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:55,320
Speaker 1: and keeps his body ready to go. And I just

447
00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:58,119
Speaker 1: think he's a very special player to watch. He really

448
00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:01,639
Speaker 1: is seventeen touchdowns just three receptions this season, and he

449
00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:04,480
Speaker 1: may have the most complete team around him that he's

450
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Speaker 1: had in some time. Kevin, maybe maybe even ever. You

451
00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:10,560
Speaker 1: look at the offensive balance, you can win in a

452
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Speaker 1: variety of ways. You mentioned against the Titans. You win

453
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Speaker 1: twenty nineteen on a couple of quick strikes, one to

454
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Speaker 1: Tyrelle Williams, one to Mike Williams. You didn't have Melvin

455
00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:21,199
Speaker 1: Gordon in there, but you've proven you can win. You

456
00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:23,480
Speaker 1: can win that way. And then when Melvine's in there,

457
00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:25,320
Speaker 1: you know he's been able to milk the clock a

458
00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:30,080
Speaker 1: little bit, control time of possession. So depending on the Sunday,

459
00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:32,920
Speaker 1: the Chargers have a few ways that they could play

460
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Speaker 1: and ultimately be successful. It starts with taking care of

461
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Speaker 1: the football, though it does, and they're playing a very

462
00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:43,680
Speaker 1: efficient team in Seattle. Their quarterback Russell Wilson is unbelievably efficient.

463
00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:48,399
Speaker 1: Seattle has discovered a ground game and now they are

464
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Speaker 1: running the ball. Their offensive lineman and basically stayed healthy,

465
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Speaker 1: so there's cohesion there and thus it's helping give time

466
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Speaker 1: to Wilson and give some running room for Chris Carson

467
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Speaker 1: they're running back. They have discovered a third receiver in

468
00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:07,920
Speaker 1: addition to Doug Bolton, who's kind of their headliner. They've

469
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Speaker 1: they've you know, been been able to withstand the storm

470
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Speaker 1: on the defensive side by you know, gathering the pieces

471
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Speaker 1: and putting them in there in place of Earl Thomas

472
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Speaker 1: who has been lost for the season. And you know,

473
00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:28,520
Speaker 1: Seattle is really kind of in midseason turned their fortunes around,

474
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Speaker 1: and they have not rebuilt which they really had in

475
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Speaker 1: front of them. They just kind of retooled what they

476
00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:37,440
Speaker 1: have and that has been very impressive as well. They've

477
00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:40,040
Speaker 1: they've they've done a great job and kind of bringing

478
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Speaker 1: back what I think Pete Carroll really believes in, and

479
00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:47,239
Speaker 1: that is running the ball and playing good defense, and

480
00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:51,000
Speaker 1: they're doing both. And then they've got Russell Wilson, who

481
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Speaker 1: to me is one of the top five quarterbacks in football.

482
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Speaker 1: He's just he's a magnificent gamer. He has I was

483
00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:03,359
Speaker 1: talking with Rich Gannon the other day about quarterbacks that

484
00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:06,199
Speaker 1: he kind of reminds you of and you kind of

485
00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:11,000
Speaker 1: get met that Roger Starbuck Brand Carkington. I think discussion

486
00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:15,679
Speaker 1: when when dealing with Russell because of the way he moves,

487
00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:21,040
Speaker 1: the accuracy he shows, he rarely makes a big mistake,

488
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Speaker 1: and he really he's invaluable. I mean, he's he's like

489
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Speaker 1: Philip is the for the Chargers. I mean you you

490
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Speaker 1: just can't even imagine what your team would be without them.

491
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Speaker 1: And luckily, these two teams, who are both playing very

492
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Speaker 1: well right now, have these quarterbacks that they have counted on,

493
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Speaker 1: and the quarterbacks, I guess, to nobody's surprise, are delivering.

494
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Speaker 1: You take out the first two weeks to Kevin and

495
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Speaker 1: when he I think he was sacked maybe six times

496
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Speaker 1: in each of the first two games. Take that out.

497
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Speaker 1: They have protected Russell Wilson. You can run the football

498
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Speaker 1: and it just makes him that much more dangerous when

499
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Speaker 1: they can run the football the way that they're running

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Speaker 1: it with Chris Carson. Yeah, they they've been able to

501
00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:05,000
Speaker 1: kind of figure out, you know, what they are. They

502
00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:06,679
Speaker 1: didn't have. My saw them on a Monday night in

503
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Speaker 1: Chicago very early in the season, and yeah, there was

504
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Speaker 1: really nothing that that stood out of it. There was

505
00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:19,200
Speaker 1: nothing dynamic. And then, um, you know, I guess the

506
00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:21,679
Speaker 1: credit really goes to Carroll here is that and and

507
00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:24,240
Speaker 1: the trust they had and the players they had and

508
00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:28,520
Speaker 1: that they've lost guys the free agency. They've lost guys

509
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Speaker 1: to contract issues and unable to pay them, and they've

510
00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:36,240
Speaker 1: had to let guys go, namely Richard Sherman, and you

511
00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:38,200
Speaker 1: know that they've been able to stick guys in there

512
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Speaker 1: that have made a difference that continue to you know,

513
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Speaker 1: really you know, find a way to to to fill

514
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Speaker 1: that void and are growing in their own space. They're

515
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Speaker 1: growing as as they were you know, supposed to grow

516
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Speaker 1: and the way that their general manager, John Snyder, and

517
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Speaker 1: and Pe Carroll, their coach, saw them. So they've got

518
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Speaker 1: a big offensive line. It had been criticized over the

519
00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:08,640
Speaker 1: last couple of years. It was a couple of high

520
00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:12,200
Speaker 1: draft picks on there. But but they've really been able

521
00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:14,760
Speaker 1: to kind of mold into a nice unit this year.

522
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Speaker 1: It's not a great offensive line, but it's been good enough.

523
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Speaker 1: And I think you find in the NFL that if

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Speaker 1: your offensive line is good enough, that's good enough for

525
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Speaker 1: the offense. It doesn't have to be a great offensive line.

526
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Speaker 1: And some you know, some have have that. But I

527
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Speaker 1: just think that they've had to play defense a little

528
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Speaker 1: bit differently because Chancellor's not there and Sherman's not there,

529
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Speaker 1: and Thomas isn't there, So the secondary's had to play

530
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Speaker 1: a little a little bit differently. They're not quite as

531
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Speaker 1: aggressive as they once were, more too deep now coverage.

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Speaker 1: You know, perhaps they're concerned a little bit on the

533
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Speaker 1: back end, but but that comes with transition and always

534
00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:56,000
Speaker 1: probably a weary eye is something that is not fully established,

535
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Speaker 1: and I think that's kind of where their secondary is.

536
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Speaker 1: They've got two terrific linebackers and kJ Wright and Bobby Wagner.

537
00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:06,520
Speaker 1: They're they're sensational and uh and some decent guys on

538
00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:09,879
Speaker 1: their on their defensive line um that have that have

539
00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:14,520
Speaker 1: been you know, kind of nice editions and all told,

540
00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:17,399
Speaker 1: they've you know that they've they've really put together a

541
00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,360
Speaker 1: nice team. Now if it's a championship team, I don't

542
00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:22,080
Speaker 1: know that, and I don't think they even know that.

543
00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:25,359
Speaker 1: I think they're still retooling and tweaking as they go along.

544
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Speaker 1: But kind of unlike the Chargers, who have had talent

545
00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:31,840
Speaker 1: and then they've lost them to injury and so they've

546
00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:33,600
Speaker 1: had to find different ways and has taken them a

547
00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:35,959
Speaker 1: while to kind of catch up with the void created

548
00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:39,879
Speaker 1: by that injury. The Seattle team has drafted and signed

549
00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:42,520
Speaker 1: guys off the street. They've stuck kind of to to

550
00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:45,679
Speaker 1: what their philosophy is, and just now they've begun to

551
00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:49,639
Speaker 1: really kind of see some some relevance in the decisions

552
00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:53,679
Speaker 1: they've made and some production and the guys they've got. Kevin,

553
00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:56,679
Speaker 1: last thing for you. You said something last year that

554
00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:58,879
Speaker 1: has really stuck with me, and I believe it's so true.

555
00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:01,680
Speaker 1: I think you said to the effect of, you really

556
00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:04,520
Speaker 1: don't know who's good in this league until you know

557
00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:07,760
Speaker 1: mid October going into November, and you've called a lot

558
00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:10,840
Speaker 1: of AFC games obviously this season. As we do get

559
00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:14,040
Speaker 1: into November and teams start to take shape, how would

560
00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:18,440
Speaker 1: you assess this AFC at this point? Well, the Chargers

561
00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:20,679
Speaker 1: in the West End, oh were favored going in, and

562
00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:22,920
Speaker 1: then I don't think anybody predicted how could they what

563
00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:25,639
Speaker 1: Mahomes has done in Kansas City, And I think we

564
00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:27,520
Speaker 1: knew they were a good team, But they've got a

565
00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:30,320
Speaker 1: liability on defense. They're bad. Their defense is number thirty

566
00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:32,960
Speaker 1: two and has been the thirty second ranked defense all

567
00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:36,800
Speaker 1: season long. And the fear, if you're a Chiefs fan,

568
00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:40,719
Speaker 1: is that you've got this explosive, powerful offense they can

569
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Speaker 1: put up forty a game if they need to, and

570
00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:45,560
Speaker 1: they've just about done that. But that boy, if you've

571
00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:47,560
Speaker 1: got to rely on that just out scoring the opponent

572
00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:49,760
Speaker 1: all the time, you're going to need your defense to

573
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Speaker 1: make a stop here or there. Now. Last week against

574
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Speaker 1: Denver in the game that Rich and I did, they

575
00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:57,280
Speaker 1: got some nice performances. D Fourdy had three sacks, and

576
00:28:57,960 --> 00:28:59,720
Speaker 1: they got some nice play in the back end, and

577
00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:02,640
Speaker 1: and they beat the Denver Broncos, which I think. I

578
00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:06,440
Speaker 1: think Denver's a very solid team, not great by any means,

579
00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:08,960
Speaker 1: but but they're they're no pushover and better than I

580
00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:12,440
Speaker 1: think the record indicates. And last week was kind of

581
00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:16,160
Speaker 1: a transformative game for them. I think they think they

582
00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:19,200
Speaker 1: felt had they won last week in Kansas City, they

583
00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:21,840
Speaker 1: were back in the saddle, and they didn't. And now

584
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:25,000
Speaker 1: you saw the Demerius Thomas deal, So they may be

585
00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:28,400
Speaker 1: looking now in different ways with five losses and knowing

586
00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:30,640
Speaker 1: that the Chargers in the Chiefs both are gonna be

587
00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:33,120
Speaker 1: very tough to catch up too. So in that division,

588
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:35,520
Speaker 1: you know the two teams you thought would be there.

589
00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:38,560
Speaker 1: Certainly the Chargers are answering everybody, and the Chiefs are

590
00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:41,200
Speaker 1: the big surprise in terms of what the quarterback has done.

591
00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:44,120
Speaker 1: We know that Pittsburgh is good. They just think they've

592
00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:48,800
Speaker 1: been there hard time getting traction and that's going to

593
00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:51,720
Speaker 1: be kind of a story to watch. In the North

594
00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:55,200
Speaker 1: Cleveland we thought might do something. Cincinnati got a good start,

595
00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:58,760
Speaker 1: but they've been exposed a little bit, so um, you know,

596
00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:01,960
Speaker 1: they've they've kind of found some ways to win. But

597
00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:04,200
Speaker 1: Cincinnati and Pittsburgh look to be the two teams there.

598
00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:06,880
Speaker 1: And I just saw New England on Monday night and

599
00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:08,600
Speaker 1: at the beginning of the season they were one in

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Speaker 1: two and Miami had surged the head to a four

601
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Speaker 1: and oh start. I think people kind of thought, like,

602
00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:16,640
Speaker 1: wait a minute, year, is this a changing of the guard?

603
00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:19,360
Speaker 1: Is forty one two old for Brady? And you know what,

604
00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:21,160
Speaker 1: we should just look at ourselves in the mirror and say,

605
00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:24,680
Speaker 1: don't say that stupid, because because every year they start

606
00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:28,360
Speaker 1: slowing exactly year they figure it out and every year

607
00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:30,360
Speaker 1: they end up very strong. And here we aren't. Like

608
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Speaker 1: you said, we always talk about the middle of October

609
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Speaker 1: to the end of October finding out what you are.

610
00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:38,360
Speaker 1: Belichick always by that time has figured out new five, six,

611
00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:41,720
Speaker 1: seven games, what he's got and does it accordingly. So

612
00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:44,920
Speaker 1: New England is an ad division, So when you talk about,

613
00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:47,040
Speaker 1: you know, these different divisions in the South, I just

614
00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:49,000
Speaker 1: I don't even know where to begin there. But Houston

615
00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:51,920
Speaker 1: has had this great turnaround and they've been fun to watch.

616
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Speaker 1: And I think we need to give Deshaun Watson, their quarterback,

617
00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:57,000
Speaker 1: just a little bit of time after blowing a knee

618
00:30:57,080 --> 00:30:59,520
Speaker 1: last year and it's taken him some time to kind

619
00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:01,560
Speaker 1: of get back, which he has done, and they're playing

620
00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:05,280
Speaker 1: well so wide opening the AFC NFC. Certainly with the

621
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Speaker 1: team that you share that city with, the Rams, they're terrific.

622
00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:12,479
Speaker 1: I saw them two weeks ago again San Francisco and

623
00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:16,840
Speaker 1: they're great. So as you canvass things right now, we're

624
00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:20,520
Speaker 1: about halfway through and it's as thrilling as we thought

625
00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:22,480
Speaker 1: it would be. It's been a lot about football this

626
00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:25,720
Speaker 1: year and not a lot about some other outside issues

627
00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:28,760
Speaker 1: and that's been very enjoyable and I hope it continues

628
00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:30,160
Speaker 1: to what I think is going to be a terrific

629
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Speaker 1: finish of this season. And it's going to continue on

630
00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:34,760
Speaker 1: Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks. For the Chargers, they can

631
00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:36,480
Speaker 1: go six and two for the first time since O

632
00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:40,200
Speaker 1: six when they finished fourteen and two hundred. Marty Schottenheimer,

633
00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:43,320
Speaker 1: the great Kevin Harland. Kevin, I know how busy you are,

634
00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:45,560
Speaker 1: probably the busiest guy in this business. So I can't

635
00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:47,280
Speaker 1: thank you enough for your time and ever look forward

636
00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:50,200
Speaker 1: to seeing you on Sunday. Great Chris, thank you always

637
00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:53,719
Speaker 1: great being on with you. And we are bullish on

638
00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:55,920
Speaker 1: the Chargers. We like this team a great deal, which

639
00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:58,080
Speaker 1: you and I do, and our crew is anxious to

640
00:31:58,080 --> 00:31:59,600
Speaker 1: see him for the first time, and I hope it's

641
00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:01,640
Speaker 1: not the lad last time this season. My feeling is

642
00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:04,760
Speaker 1: they're going to continue the way they are and Rivers

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Speaker 1: week's opposing view, Bob Condota of the Seattle Times joins

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Speaker 1: me and Bob we've got a big time matchup between

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Speaker 1: two hot teams and Century Link Field. But I want

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Speaker 1: to start. Last Sunday in Detroit, Seahawks went to Ford Field.

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00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:26,280
Speaker 1: They beat the Lines twenty eight fourteen, and it looks

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Speaker 1: like this was a game that was won in the

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Speaker 1: second quarter. Yeah, for sure, It did not start out

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Speaker 1: well for Seattle. They had to punt on their first series,

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Speaker 1: and then Detroit drove I think ninety one yards for

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Speaker 1: a touchdown the first time they had the ball, thirty

676
00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:40,320
Speaker 1: nine yard touchdown pass on a third and ten that

677
00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:43,200
Speaker 1: the Seahawks just totally misplayed. It, had a chance to

678
00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:46,800
Speaker 1: sack Staffer, he got away. Receivers just broke wide open

679
00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:50,080
Speaker 1: but broken covers to Marvin Jones. So it all looked

680
00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:53,840
Speaker 1: bad at that point, but the Seahawks then completely dominated. Yeah,

681
00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:56,440
Speaker 1: you know that. It was their next drive. It actually

682
00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:58,440
Speaker 1: ended in the second quarter, but they got the ball

683
00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:00,880
Speaker 1: go right down the field, score forced to fumble, and

684
00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:03,600
Speaker 1: even sewing kickoff took that in and scort, so they

685
00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:06,920
Speaker 1: suddenly led fourteen to seven without Detroit having run another

686
00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:09,600
Speaker 1: play held. Detroit got the ball right back. There was

687
00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:13,680
Speaker 1: sort of a controversial third down did he consider did

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00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:17,200
Speaker 1: he not? That went Seattle's away and scored another touchdown,

689
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Speaker 1: And in some ways I was at Yeah, I had

690
00:34:19,239 --> 00:34:22,399
Speaker 1: led twenty one seven at the half, used another pretty

691
00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:25,160
Speaker 1: long time to make a twenty eighth seven, and Detroit

692
00:34:25,239 --> 00:34:27,200
Speaker 1: tried a little tried to come back. The Seahawks sort

693
00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:29,680
Speaker 1: of went you know, their soft defense like NFL teams do,

694
00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:32,040
Speaker 1: and gave up a bunch of yards in the fourth quarter,

695
00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:35,760
Speaker 1: but the fourth turnovers a couple of times when Detroit

696
00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:40,480
Speaker 1: got into Seattle in the Seattle territory and all that

697
00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:42,239
Speaker 1: were able to hang on. So yeah, I think all

698
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Speaker 1: in all, it was probably Seattle's best game of the year.

699
00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:45,960
Speaker 1: The way they the way they ran the ball, the

700
00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:48,799
Speaker 1: way they helped the Troy's run down, the way they

701
00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:51,279
Speaker 1: sort of got the better special teams as well, just

702
00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:54,080
Speaker 1: a really complete performance by the Seats. You know, Bob,

703
00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:57,040
Speaker 1: They started their first seven games, five on the road

704
00:34:57,200 --> 00:34:59,759
Speaker 1: to start your four and three. At this point, p

705
00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:01,919
Speaker 1: Carroll and company, they got to be thrilled with where

706
00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:04,600
Speaker 1: they are based on how they started the season and

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00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:07,479
Speaker 1: just how they've really improved each and every week. Yeah,

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00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:09,239
Speaker 1: they really are, you know, at the part of the

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Speaker 1: team since twenty and thirteen year they won the Super Bowl.

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Speaker 1: And this is is I say, cappy as I've seen

711
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Speaker 1: Pete Carroll. I you know, there was a lot of

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Speaker 1: a lot of kind of muted expectations for the team

713
00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:22,759
Speaker 1: this year, certainly nationally, after so many of the they

714
00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:25,240
Speaker 1: named guys that you know, they sort of made decisions

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Speaker 1: to get to part ways with either through trade or

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Speaker 1: not resigning or whatever. And I think a lot of

717
00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:33,120
Speaker 1: Seahawks fans locally were sort of skeptical about how good

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00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:34,719
Speaker 1: the team is going to be. I think nationally there

719
00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:37,879
Speaker 1: was even more skepticism. But you know, he has sort

720
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Speaker 1: of maintained all along that he sort of like the

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00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:42,120
Speaker 1: you know a lot of young guys that kind of

722
00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:44,640
Speaker 1: thought they were getting back maybe where they were seven

723
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Speaker 1: or eight years ago when they sort of had a

724
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Speaker 1: young hundred group. But you know, the difference being now,

725
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:50,640
Speaker 1: you know, you have an established quarterback and Russell Wilson

726
00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:53,480
Speaker 1: to build it around. So you know, when they started

727
00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:56,200
Speaker 1: out oh and too, you know, both those games were

728
00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:58,600
Speaker 1: winnable games, especially the Tenter game. They sort of let

729
00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:01,759
Speaker 1: that would really get away if he and you know,

730
00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:03,879
Speaker 1: but since that old two stars, Yeah, they wanted four

731
00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:07,000
Speaker 1: or five, but the only loss being the game against

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Speaker 1: the Rams that they that they didn't got away right

733
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Speaker 1: at the very end. So yeah, it was a yeah,

734
00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:17,720
Speaker 1: it's been a really good five games. Yeah, Russell Wilson

735
00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:21,200
Speaker 1: perfect quarterback rating against the Lions. He's got sixteen touchdowns

736
00:36:21,239 --> 00:36:24,640
Speaker 1: four interceptions on the year, but it's really the running game, Bob,

737
00:36:24,680 --> 00:36:26,960
Speaker 1: that's been the surprise this season. They entered Week nine

738
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Speaker 1: fifth in the league and rushing, and it's led by

739
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Speaker 1: Chris Carson, not their their first round draft pick, Rashot Penny.

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Speaker 1: If someone told you that this Seahawks team would be

741
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Speaker 1: fifth in rushing entering Week nine and it wouldn't be

742
00:36:39,440 --> 00:36:43,360
Speaker 1: Rashod Penny, would that be surprised to you? It wouldn't

743
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Speaker 1: have been a complete shock. Just maybe I'm too close

744
00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:48,080
Speaker 1: to the team. I mean, you know, they really liked Carson.

745
00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:50,359
Speaker 1: He was their starter last year when he got hurt.

746
00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:52,399
Speaker 1: Part of why they drafted Penny was because they've had

747
00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:55,920
Speaker 1: so much trouble keeping any running back healthy really since.

748
00:36:56,239 --> 00:36:58,440
Speaker 1: You know, people try to figure out what happened, why

749
00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:00,279
Speaker 1: didn't they keep winning super Bowls and all at and

750
00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:03,720
Speaker 1: pointing to distension and after the after the after the

751
00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:06,080
Speaker 1: interception and everything. But part of what happened too was

752
00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:07,759
Speaker 1: marshn Lynz got hurt. You know, he got hurt in

753
00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:09,719
Speaker 1: the third game of the twenty fifteen season and was

754
00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:13,279
Speaker 1: never really the same and ever since then, the last

755
00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:16,560
Speaker 1: the last two years after that as well, they've really

756
00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:18,520
Speaker 1: startled to put together a running game, and Pete Carroll

757
00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:20,440
Speaker 1: was really adamant in the off season that they were

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Speaker 1: going to get back to running the ball. And you know,

759
00:37:22,080 --> 00:37:24,720
Speaker 1: they changed their offensive coordinators, changed their offensive line coats,

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00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:28,200
Speaker 1: they did both that hired guys that had really strong

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00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:31,719
Speaker 1: running game running games in their background, and with that

762
00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:34,520
Speaker 1: as a foundation, and Pizza saying it from the minute

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Speaker 1: they did that, and we're going to get back to

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Speaker 1: the running the ball and we're going to be good

765
00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:40,040
Speaker 1: at this. You know, whether if it kills us, and

766
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Speaker 1: so I think part of drafting Penny and I know

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00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:44,960
Speaker 1: that's going to be a really controversial pick, probably highly

768
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:47,400
Speaker 1: debated it if he doesn't play a whole lot, But

769
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Speaker 1: they just wanted to make sure they had enough healthy

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Speaker 1: running backs because they've really struggled with that ever since

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Speaker 1: the twenty fourteen season, just having anybody who could who

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Speaker 1: could stay healthy at that position and productive for more

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Speaker 1: than a couple of games. So I think they just

774
00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:00,800
Speaker 1: felt like they wanted to load up at the running

775
00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:03,200
Speaker 1: back spot. So Carson was a guy they really liked him.

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Speaker 1: He won the starting job going in the last year

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00:38:04,840 --> 00:38:07,600
Speaker 1: everything he broke his ankle in the fourth game and

778
00:38:07,719 --> 00:38:09,359
Speaker 1: was out for the year and that sort of led

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00:38:09,400 --> 00:38:11,920
Speaker 1: to another running game tails then. So, uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: Carson has been great. I mean, he was kind of

781
00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:15,560
Speaker 1: the star of the off season. You know, they basically

782
00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:17,359
Speaker 1: they aimed him the starter going into it. I mean,

783
00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:19,279
Speaker 1: it wasn't a surprise if you followed the team that

784
00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:21,279
Speaker 1: he was going to be the starter. I certainly think

785
00:38:21,280 --> 00:38:23,160
Speaker 1: they people thought they might have got more out of Penny.

786
00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:25,400
Speaker 1: Mike Davis has been a real surprise. He's sort of

787
00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:27,799
Speaker 1: their backup and sort of their third downtail back. I

788
00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:31,040
Speaker 1: think that's a role that people thought Penny might have um.

789
00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:33,000
Speaker 1: But Mike Davis was a guy they claimed off a

790
00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:36,239
Speaker 1: waivers last year. He ended up playing some playing quite

791
00:38:36,239 --> 00:38:37,640
Speaker 1: a bit at the end of the last season, and

792
00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:40,000
Speaker 1: a guy they sort of like. So you know, he's

793
00:38:40,080 --> 00:38:43,240
Speaker 1: kind of he's kind of become their their their complimentary tailback.

794
00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:45,120
Speaker 1: But you know, the way they view it is they

795
00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:46,879
Speaker 1: want to run at forty or so times a game,

796
00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:48,440
Speaker 1: and when you got ten games and ten weeks to

797
00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:50,920
Speaker 1: end the season, you might need more tail two tail

798
00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:52,799
Speaker 1: acts to get that done. So that's where they think

799
00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:55,720
Speaker 1: Rassan Fenny might commit eventually, and you stay on the offense.

800
00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:59,279
Speaker 1: Brian Schottenheimer the new offensive coordinator. You know, Bob, I

801
00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:01,600
Speaker 1: heard rumblings the beginning of the year like, oh, this

802
00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:05,520
Speaker 1: this offense may not suit Russell Wilson's skill set. But

803
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:09,960
Speaker 1: like anything, it takes time to get comfortable in a

804
00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:13,439
Speaker 1: new system, and the Seahawks certainly looked like they've they've

805
00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:15,680
Speaker 1: gotten comfortable. How would you assess the job that Brian

806
00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:18,920
Speaker 1: Shottenham's done thus far? Yeah, it's hard to argue what

807
00:39:18,920 --> 00:39:21,759
Speaker 1: we've seen in the last five games. M Yeah, you know,

808
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:25,040
Speaker 1: I there's Russell Wilson is such a unique quarterback. I

809
00:39:25,040 --> 00:39:27,920
Speaker 1: think people sometimes kind of struggle to figure out what

810
00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:30,520
Speaker 1: he is. Um. You know, they never wanted to, like

811
00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:33,560
Speaker 1: be emphasize what Russell's good at or anything like that.

812
00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:35,360
Speaker 1: And one thing I think people really miss is his

813
00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:37,800
Speaker 1: goal in the running game. You know, they have forty

814
00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:39,680
Speaker 1: two runs the other day and you see people like, well,

815
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:41,480
Speaker 1: all Russell did was handing the ball off. Well, that's

816
00:39:41,520 --> 00:39:44,080
Speaker 1: not true at all. You know about how they probably

817
00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:46,960
Speaker 1: called center fifteen zone reads a game which our employees

818
00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:49,080
Speaker 1: where Russell has the option to keep it if he wants,

819
00:39:49,080 --> 00:39:50,879
Speaker 1: and Russell is the one making the decision of who

820
00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:52,840
Speaker 1: to hand it off to and where to hand it

821
00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:54,879
Speaker 1: off to the running back, and so you know, they

822
00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:57,319
Speaker 1: really trust him with running the offense in that guard

823
00:39:57,400 --> 00:40:00,319
Speaker 1: and go into the zone read if you want two,

824
00:40:00,480 --> 00:40:02,000
Speaker 1: or you know, switching out of it and go into

825
00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:04,080
Speaker 1: a quick pass or something if they see that. I mean,

826
00:40:04,760 --> 00:40:06,320
Speaker 1: you know, all their plays have a lot of built

827
00:40:06,320 --> 00:40:09,400
Speaker 1: in options into them, and Russell controls an awful lot

828
00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:11,120
Speaker 1: of that. And so you know, they ended up running

829
00:40:11,160 --> 00:40:12,640
Speaker 1: forty two times the other day because they had led

830
00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:14,600
Speaker 1: twenty eight seven early in the third quarter, and they

831
00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:16,200
Speaker 1: they just kind of sat on the ball the rest

832
00:40:16,239 --> 00:40:17,680
Speaker 1: of the game. They didn't throw a single pass on

833
00:40:17,719 --> 00:40:20,560
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter. You know, So that doesn't mean they

834
00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:22,440
Speaker 1: don't want to Russell to throw it or anything, but

835
00:40:22,600 --> 00:40:25,040
Speaker 1: they're just kind of picking their spots, and um, you know,

836
00:40:25,120 --> 00:40:26,839
Speaker 1: this is sort of the recipe of the two thousan

837
00:40:26,960 --> 00:40:28,840
Speaker 1: thirteen two thousand and fourteen teams they had. If you

838
00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:30,640
Speaker 1: go back and look, you know, Russell will probably end

839
00:40:30,719 --> 00:40:33,200
Speaker 1: up with those kinds of attempts this year instead of

840
00:40:33,239 --> 00:40:35,160
Speaker 1: last year when when he really was a sports to

841
00:40:35,160 --> 00:40:36,759
Speaker 1: throw it a lot because they couldn't run and they

842
00:40:36,760 --> 00:40:40,279
Speaker 1: were behind all the time. So you know, Russell has

843
00:40:40,280 --> 00:40:42,200
Speaker 1: been great the last you know, the last four or

844
00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:44,000
Speaker 1: five games in terms you know, when he has thrown it.

845
00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:45,759
Speaker 1: I think he only has one interception in the last

846
00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:48,160
Speaker 1: five games, and um, you know three three or more

847
00:40:48,200 --> 00:40:50,640
Speaker 1: touchdown passes and I think three the last four games,

848
00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:53,400
Speaker 1: so he'd been really on point. And you know, I

849
00:40:53,440 --> 00:40:55,520
Speaker 1: had the perfect pass the rating last week had pass

850
00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:57,480
Speaker 1: ratings of one twenty and one thirty I think, and

851
00:40:57,560 --> 00:41:01,480
Speaker 1: two of the three other games in asthma. So, um,

852
00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:03,359
Speaker 1: you know, I think he's I think he's more than

853
00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:05,880
Speaker 1: happy with the way things are going right now. You

854
00:41:05,960 --> 00:41:10,160
Speaker 1: flip it around, Bob Seattle fifth in total defense a year.

855
00:41:10,160 --> 00:41:12,600
Speaker 1: About all these defensive names who've departed over the past

856
00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:16,200
Speaker 1: couple of years, from Richard Sherman to cam Chancellor, Cliff Avril,

857
00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:18,799
Speaker 1: Earl Thomas now out for the year. How are they

858
00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:20,880
Speaker 1: getting it done through the first half of the season.

859
00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:22,480
Speaker 1: Seems like a lot of young guys who have all

860
00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:26,920
Speaker 1: bought in for sure, And uh yeah, I would I

861
00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:28,799
Speaker 1: would think that. You know, I think some of us

862
00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:31,200
Speaker 1: there something A lot of Seahawks fans might be more

863
00:41:31,239 --> 00:41:34,040
Speaker 1: surprised by how well the defenses played than than the

864
00:41:34,080 --> 00:41:36,000
Speaker 1: offense because you know they did sort of load up,

865
00:41:36,120 --> 00:41:38,480
Speaker 1: like I say, on offense this year. You know, uh,

866
00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:40,440
Speaker 1: tying Dwayne Brown to a big deal to be their

867
00:41:40,520 --> 00:41:42,359
Speaker 1: left tackle, and you know they've really made a lot

868
00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:45,120
Speaker 1: of moves there. Defensively was where you really had a

869
00:41:45,160 --> 00:41:47,120
Speaker 1: lot of questions about could they could they keep it

870
00:41:47,160 --> 00:41:49,360
Speaker 1: going that way? And um, you know, I don't know

871
00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:51,440
Speaker 1: if it's still quite as good as a defense. I

872
00:41:51,520 --> 00:41:53,719
Speaker 1: think a game like this against a good quarterback will

873
00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:56,000
Speaker 1: be a really good test to that. Um, but they've

874
00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:58,120
Speaker 1: been really good against the run. I mean they're from seven.

875
00:41:58,160 --> 00:42:01,120
Speaker 1: Has has played well in that regard. Um, their pass

876
00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:03,319
Speaker 1: us could be better. You know, that's an area for

877
00:42:03,360 --> 00:42:05,960
Speaker 1: sure that that I think that I think Bayway agree

878
00:42:06,239 --> 00:42:09,400
Speaker 1: is probably the biggest question mark defensively, But Bobby Wagner

879
00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:12,560
Speaker 1: has played played great in middle linebacker. Um, They've gotten

880
00:42:12,560 --> 00:42:14,719
Speaker 1: really good play from some of their other linebackers who

881
00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:16,720
Speaker 1: had to step in. They kind of had a rotating

882
00:42:16,760 --> 00:42:19,640
Speaker 1: core there because of kJ Wright pan out for some

883
00:42:19,719 --> 00:42:22,560
Speaker 1: of this, but he's back now and so that one.

884
00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:26,960
Speaker 1: You know that that tandem of Wright and Wagner you know,

885
00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:29,080
Speaker 1: has been their linebacking course in the two thousand and twelve,

886
00:42:29,120 --> 00:42:31,200
Speaker 1: and they're back in each healthy right now, so that

887
00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:33,920
Speaker 1: that made a big deal against Detroit. UM. A guy

888
00:42:33,960 --> 00:42:37,280
Speaker 1: named Jarren Reid, one of their third year nose tackle,

889
00:42:37,360 --> 00:42:39,480
Speaker 1: has really taken a step forward this year and has

890
00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:41,200
Speaker 1: done done a really nice job kind of plugged up

891
00:42:41,160 --> 00:42:43,239
Speaker 1: in the middle. And then their secondary has probably been

892
00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:45,319
Speaker 1: better than people thought. That's that's probably been the one

893
00:42:45,360 --> 00:42:47,319
Speaker 1: area that I think has been the biggest surprise. But

894
00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:50,880
Speaker 1: Bradley McDougal has played played great as strong safety, basically

895
00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:53,000
Speaker 1: filling the role the camp canceler had for all those years.

896
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:56,239
Speaker 1: They moved to Keel Griffin over to phil Phil Richard

897
00:42:56,280 --> 00:42:59,880
Speaker 1: Sherman's spot UM at the at the left cornerback position,

898
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:01,920
Speaker 1: and he's played really well so far. And then probably

899
00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:03,920
Speaker 1: the absolutely biggest surprise on their team is a guy

900
00:43:03,960 --> 00:43:06,440
Speaker 1: named Trey Flowers who's starting at the other corner spot.

901
00:43:06,960 --> 00:43:10,000
Speaker 1: Uh seth round Pick played safety in college, but um

902
00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:13,440
Speaker 1: looks an awful lot like Richard Sherman physically and and

903
00:43:13,560 --> 00:43:15,399
Speaker 1: all that, and was a guy that the minute they

904
00:43:15,880 --> 00:43:17,799
Speaker 1: you know, they drafted him, they everybody kind of made

905
00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:20,200
Speaker 1: those comparisons and maybe he can he can be that

906
00:43:20,239 --> 00:43:22,919
Speaker 1: same kind of player, and so far he's been really good.

907
00:43:23,239 --> 00:43:25,640
Speaker 1: Um he's uh, you know, he's kind of held down

908
00:43:25,640 --> 00:43:27,600
Speaker 1: that other corner spot. So they've been really surprised by

909
00:43:27,640 --> 00:43:31,920
Speaker 1: that too. So yeah, but you know, they got Philip

910
00:43:32,080 --> 00:43:34,560
Speaker 1: Rivers this week, Jeric Goffin next week, Aaron rodgerst a

911
00:43:34,600 --> 00:43:37,239
Speaker 1: week after that, Can Newton the week after that. So

912
00:43:37,880 --> 00:43:40,040
Speaker 1: I think these next four games for the Seahawks will

913
00:43:40,080 --> 00:43:42,839
Speaker 1: really tell exactly how good they're defensives. Wow, some some

914
00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:45,640
Speaker 1: great quarterbacks. I'm really interested to see these wide receivers.

915
00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:48,000
Speaker 1: Two of the Chargers against that second ary Keenan Allen

916
00:43:48,080 --> 00:43:51,920
Speaker 1: and Tyroll Williams and Mike Williams. But moving to special teams,

917
00:43:51,960 --> 00:43:55,800
Speaker 1: Bob perhaps the most important player in the team Michael Dixon.

918
00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:59,160
Speaker 1: And not only is this guy an invaluable weapon punting

919
00:43:59,160 --> 00:44:01,680
Speaker 1: the ball, he did something last Sunday out of his

920
00:44:01,719 --> 00:44:04,799
Speaker 1: own end zone I don't ever recall seeing. Can you

921
00:44:04,920 --> 00:44:07,400
Speaker 1: can you walk our listeners through what happened in the

922
00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:10,520
Speaker 1: fourth quarter? Sure? Yeah. The Seahawks have a fourth and

923
00:44:11,239 --> 00:44:13,560
Speaker 1: fourth and eight from their own three yard line, and

924
00:44:14,600 --> 00:44:16,839
Speaker 1: the play stamp with about I think two minutes eight

925
00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:19,279
Speaker 1: seconds to go. But the but the Seahawks. You know,

926
00:44:19,320 --> 00:44:21,520
Speaker 1: they jeter it is. You know that they wanted to

927
00:44:21,560 --> 00:44:23,080
Speaker 1: run the clock down to the two minute warning and

928
00:44:23,120 --> 00:44:26,320
Speaker 1: at least waste that. So the play was for Dixon

929
00:44:26,360 --> 00:44:28,240
Speaker 1: to run around in the end zone and then step

930
00:44:28,280 --> 00:44:30,040
Speaker 1: out of it, take a safety to it. They led

931
00:44:30,040 --> 00:44:32,839
Speaker 1: twenty eight to fourteen at the time, so I think

932
00:44:32,840 --> 00:44:35,240
Speaker 1: Pete five, well, well we'll use up the two minute

933
00:44:35,239 --> 00:44:37,560
Speaker 1: warning and we'll just point it back to them from

934
00:44:37,600 --> 00:44:39,719
Speaker 1: the from the twenty, you know, and pin them back

935
00:44:39,760 --> 00:44:42,040
Speaker 1: to the center twenty yard line if you do it right,

936
00:44:42,040 --> 00:44:43,759
Speaker 1: instead of kicking out of your own end zone when

937
00:44:44,080 --> 00:44:45,759
Speaker 1: you know, who knows what might happen there, maybe to

938
00:44:45,840 --> 00:44:48,600
Speaker 1: get the ball in midfield. So that was a lot.

939
00:44:49,160 --> 00:44:52,040
Speaker 1: But Dixon took off to the right and just sort

940
00:44:52,080 --> 00:44:55,480
Speaker 1: of the Lions were playing pretty passive, just kind of

941
00:44:55,480 --> 00:44:57,600
Speaker 1: playing for the return and kind of setting up a return.

942
00:44:57,640 --> 00:44:59,200
Speaker 1: So a lot of guys sort of had their backs

943
00:44:59,239 --> 00:45:02,640
Speaker 1: turned and and and all that, and Jason just sort

944
00:45:02,640 --> 00:45:04,319
Speaker 1: of saw that the right side of the field looked

945
00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:06,480
Speaker 1: open and decided to just take it une with it.

946
00:45:06,680 --> 00:45:09,520
Speaker 1: And so it wasn't called at all. You know, people

947
00:45:09,560 --> 00:45:11,239
Speaker 1: have been calling it a fake punt, and I guess

948
00:45:11,719 --> 00:45:14,239
Speaker 1: that it is. But it wasn't a design fake punt.

949
00:45:14,320 --> 00:45:16,440
Speaker 1: It was just him just kind of doing it on

950
00:45:16,440 --> 00:45:19,680
Speaker 1: his own. And he's, um, yeah, he's been a real

951
00:45:20,360 --> 00:45:23,640
Speaker 1: become a really popular player here. He's from Australia, um

952
00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:26,400
Speaker 1: and went to Texas for three years. But you know,

953
00:45:26,440 --> 00:45:29,440
Speaker 1: he has a kind of a unique personality and um,

954
00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:31,720
Speaker 1: you know, after the game, he talked pretty openly about

955
00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:34,960
Speaker 1: you know that he sort of did just to fy

956
00:45:35,040 --> 00:45:37,080
Speaker 1: the coaches a little bit here by doing that, but

957
00:45:37,160 --> 00:45:39,680
Speaker 1: since it worked out all as well, but um, you know,

958
00:45:39,719 --> 00:45:41,719
Speaker 1: he even admitted that he didn't really know for sure

959
00:45:41,760 --> 00:45:44,359
Speaker 1: how far he had to go to get the first down. Um,

960
00:45:44,400 --> 00:45:46,200
Speaker 1: but he just saw it wide opened down the down

961
00:45:46,239 --> 00:45:47,880
Speaker 1: the right side. I thought he could and thought he

962
00:45:47,920 --> 00:45:50,799
Speaker 1: could make it, so, um it was. It was a

963
00:45:50,840 --> 00:45:53,560
Speaker 1: really interesting play, Bob. What are the Seahawks saying about

964
00:45:53,560 --> 00:45:56,400
Speaker 1: facing this Chargers team? Obviously some familiar faces on the

965
00:45:56,400 --> 00:45:58,480
Speaker 1: other side, you talk about Brandon Mebaine, who was there

966
00:45:58,480 --> 00:46:00,799
Speaker 1: for nine years, were also coom one Super Bowl there

967
00:46:01,360 --> 00:46:04,719
Speaker 1: and then of course Gus Bradley making a return to Seattle.

968
00:46:05,040 --> 00:46:08,200
Speaker 1: What are these coaches saying about facing the Chargers? Yeah, well,

969
00:46:08,360 --> 00:46:09,520
Speaker 1: you know, I think they know it's a it's a

970
00:46:09,560 --> 00:46:11,520
Speaker 1: really big pass. It's interesting. You know, the Sehawks and

971
00:46:11,640 --> 00:46:14,400
Speaker 1: Charters play every year in the preseason, so um, they

972
00:46:14,440 --> 00:46:16,680
Speaker 1: do sort to see all these guys every year a

973
00:46:16,719 --> 00:46:19,520
Speaker 1: little bit, and they did again this year. But but

974
00:46:19,600 --> 00:46:21,920
Speaker 1: you're right, those are two really interesting names, guys who

975
00:46:21,960 --> 00:46:24,120
Speaker 1: are really strong leaders of the Super Bowl team, both

976
00:46:24,160 --> 00:46:27,200
Speaker 1: mebing and and o'coon there and you know, me being

977
00:46:27,239 --> 00:46:29,000
Speaker 1: in particular, I mean, both of those guys were have been.

978
00:46:29,040 --> 00:46:32,080
Speaker 1: Me being in particular, was you know what year they

979
00:46:32,080 --> 00:46:34,200
Speaker 1: won the Super Bowl. He was the longest longest tenure

980
00:46:34,239 --> 00:46:35,920
Speaker 1: guy on the team, and you know he'd been here

981
00:46:35,920 --> 00:46:37,640
Speaker 1: for for a long time with the last guy with

982
00:46:37,719 --> 00:46:41,000
Speaker 1: links to the Mike Holmgren era and all that. So, um,

983
00:46:41,040 --> 00:46:43,200
Speaker 1: you know, both many popular guys for sure. And then

984
00:46:43,400 --> 00:46:45,799
Speaker 1: I think Bess Bradley was the defensive coordinators for a

985
00:46:45,800 --> 00:46:48,160
Speaker 1: couple of years under Pete, left right before the year

986
00:46:48,200 --> 00:46:51,120
Speaker 1: they won the Super Bowl. But um, certainly, you know,

987
00:46:51,320 --> 00:46:53,279
Speaker 1: teams that have a lot of knowledge of each other

988
00:46:53,320 --> 00:46:56,000
Speaker 1: because they do basically were in the same offensive system

989
00:46:56,320 --> 00:47:00,799
Speaker 1: because you know, Bradley sort of rand would Pete wanted

990
00:47:00,840 --> 00:47:03,640
Speaker 1: to run. And it's kind of taken that everywhere he's

991
00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:05,759
Speaker 1: been since then, So I know, you know, I think

992
00:47:05,760 --> 00:47:08,520
Speaker 1: so you'll hear them say all week that they'll be

993
00:47:08,600 --> 00:47:10,319
Speaker 1: kind of looking at a mirror image that way. And

994
00:47:10,320 --> 00:47:14,400
Speaker 1: then Ute Pete Carroll always just raves about Philip Rivers,

995
00:47:14,400 --> 00:47:16,319
Speaker 1: you know, every time they've ever played the Chargers. I know,

996
00:47:16,360 --> 00:47:18,759
Speaker 1: in twenty fourteen, they lost to the Chargers down there,

997
00:47:18,760 --> 00:47:22,120
Speaker 1: and you know a lot of people afterwards, fans and stuff, were,

998
00:47:22,239 --> 00:47:23,920
Speaker 1: you know, upset about it and stuff like that. That

999
00:47:24,040 --> 00:47:26,120
Speaker 1: was their first loss after they had won the Super Bowl.

1000
00:47:26,800 --> 00:47:29,319
Speaker 1: But I remember Pete just talking about, hey, sometimes you know,

1001
00:47:29,360 --> 00:47:31,080
Speaker 1: there's just really good players on the other side of

1002
00:47:31,080 --> 00:47:33,759
Speaker 1: the ball too, And you know, I remember him, I

1003
00:47:33,840 --> 00:47:35,600
Speaker 1: was kind of just raving about Philip Rivers, and I

1004
00:47:35,600 --> 00:47:36,960
Speaker 1: know he does every year when they play him in

1005
00:47:36,960 --> 00:47:38,919
Speaker 1: the preseason. He always talks about what a great test

1006
00:47:38,920 --> 00:47:41,120
Speaker 1: it is for their for their defense to play him,

1007
00:47:41,160 --> 00:47:44,480
Speaker 1: even if accessed for a series. So, um, certainly I

1008
00:47:44,480 --> 00:47:46,480
Speaker 1: think they have a lot of respect for the Chargers.

1009
00:47:46,520 --> 00:47:48,239
Speaker 1: Coming in here, Bob, we'll get you out of here

1010
00:47:48,239 --> 00:47:50,000
Speaker 1: on this. What do you think it's going to decide

1011
00:47:50,040 --> 00:47:52,319
Speaker 1: this game? We got two hot teams Chargers from one

1012
00:47:52,400 --> 00:47:55,640
Speaker 1: four straight Seahawks and won four or five and it's

1013
00:47:55,880 --> 00:47:57,799
Speaker 1: a five star quarterback batchup. But I'd tell you if

1014
00:47:57,840 --> 00:48:01,680
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson versus Philip Rivers doesn't get better that yeah.

1015
00:48:01,760 --> 00:48:04,120
Speaker 1: I mean, I think for the Seahawks, the absolutely biggest

1016
00:48:04,160 --> 00:48:05,799
Speaker 1: thing for them will be if they can get what

1017
00:48:05,960 --> 00:48:08,359
Speaker 1: kind of a pass rusts they can get. Um, if

1018
00:48:08,360 --> 00:48:10,320
Speaker 1: you go look at their numbers, it's been pretty sporadic.

1019
00:48:10,360 --> 00:48:12,200
Speaker 1: They haven't had a great pass rust on some of

1020
00:48:12,200 --> 00:48:15,840
Speaker 1: these games. Um, they did against the Raiders, but the

1021
00:48:15,920 --> 00:48:18,440
Speaker 1: Raiders are a really struggling team right now and had

1022
00:48:18,480 --> 00:48:21,080
Speaker 1: a really banged up offen the line, and the Seahawks

1023
00:48:21,080 --> 00:48:22,839
Speaker 1: also got a got a big lead in that game,

1024
00:48:22,960 --> 00:48:24,680
Speaker 1: sort of just were able to kee off on them.

1025
00:48:24,719 --> 00:48:27,200
Speaker 1: But um, you know, they didn't have a great pass

1026
00:48:27,280 --> 00:48:29,040
Speaker 1: rust against the Lions. They sort of just had a

1027
00:48:29,080 --> 00:48:31,160
Speaker 1: timely one. They were able to make a couple of

1028
00:48:31,160 --> 00:48:34,840
Speaker 1: plays when it really mattered, but uh, you know, they

1029
00:48:35,360 --> 00:48:37,719
Speaker 1: really stopped their run in that game. But you know,

1030
00:48:37,760 --> 00:48:39,719
Speaker 1: I'd say that I think they gotta you know, up

1031
00:48:39,719 --> 00:48:42,440
Speaker 1: here in Seattle because of the crowd, and you know,

1032
00:48:42,440 --> 00:48:45,480
Speaker 1: it's always just more difficult from home teams, you know,

1033
00:48:45,560 --> 00:48:47,520
Speaker 1: getting getting the ball off in time. But all the

1034
00:48:47,560 --> 00:48:49,319
Speaker 1: linemen here and the staff counsel right, and all that

1035
00:48:49,360 --> 00:48:51,839
Speaker 1: kind of stuff. The Seahawks usually have a much better

1036
00:48:51,840 --> 00:48:53,560
Speaker 1: pass rush at home than on the road, and so

1037
00:48:53,600 --> 00:48:55,400
Speaker 1: I think that'll be a to me, that would be

1038
00:48:55,400 --> 00:48:57,400
Speaker 1: the biggest thaying Philip Fergus has time to throw that.

1039
00:48:57,480 --> 00:49:01,240
Speaker 1: It could be a tough day. Bob Candota, Seattle Times, Bob,

1040
00:49:01,320 --> 00:49:03,760
Speaker 1: I can't thank you enough for your time, awesome insight,

1041
00:49:03,920 --> 00:49:05,279
Speaker 1: and we look forward to this one to me to

1042
00:49:05,320 --> 00:49:08,480
Speaker 1: go one. Okay, all right, thank you guys. All right, guys,

1043
00:49:08,480 --> 00:49:10,880
Speaker 1: we'll get to Daniel Jeremiah in a second, But I

1044
00:49:10,920 --> 00:49:13,200
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1050
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Speaker 1: of the LA Chargers. All right, back from the bye

1051
00:49:36,160 --> 00:49:38,839
Speaker 1: here with Daniel Jeremiah at the Hope Performance Center. DJ.

1052
00:49:39,040 --> 00:49:41,080
Speaker 1: How was the buy man? Oh it's nice? Your little

1053
00:49:41,160 --> 00:49:44,560
Speaker 1: rest a little break and rejuvenate trips. Trips. No, I

1054
00:49:44,560 --> 00:49:47,160
Speaker 1: think we did enough travel with the London game, so

1055
00:49:47,239 --> 00:49:50,239
Speaker 1: I was very much a homebody. Listen, man, I saw

1056
00:49:50,360 --> 00:49:53,440
Speaker 1: your London experience with money, and I feel like you

1057
00:49:53,480 --> 00:49:56,120
Speaker 1: guys did, like would jammed a lot in things in

1058
00:49:56,120 --> 00:49:57,880
Speaker 1: like twenty four hours. What was the highlight? Go, we

1059
00:49:57,880 --> 00:50:00,440
Speaker 1: really jammed a lot in look, going to going to

1060
00:50:00,440 --> 00:50:02,160
Speaker 1: the soccer match was a lot of fun. Seeing it

1061
00:50:02,200 --> 00:50:05,719
Speaker 1: was Chelsea and Manchester United. Seeing that in person and

1062
00:50:05,760 --> 00:50:07,879
Speaker 1: getting the chance to kind of feel the flare there

1063
00:50:07,960 --> 00:50:10,080
Speaker 1: and then a little bit. It was fun. Man, I

1064
00:50:10,160 --> 00:50:12,120
Speaker 1: enjoyed it. I've never I don't really understand a lot

1065
00:50:12,160 --> 00:50:14,080
Speaker 1: about soccer, so I'm very much a newbie, but I

1066
00:50:14,400 --> 00:50:15,879
Speaker 1: enjoyed it over there. You kind of see why it's

1067
00:50:15,880 --> 00:50:18,640
Speaker 1: so popular. And other than that, really just kind of

1068
00:50:18,680 --> 00:50:20,560
Speaker 1: walking around and seeing it. So much to see there,

1069
00:50:20,680 --> 00:50:22,640
Speaker 1: so just just walking around, I know, every every night

1070
00:50:22,680 --> 00:50:24,600
Speaker 1: we get back to the hotel room, it's like, Man,

1071
00:50:24,640 --> 00:50:28,239
Speaker 1: were like ten miles today just houghing it around. So uh,

1072
00:50:28,360 --> 00:50:30,080
Speaker 1: it was Man, it's a it's a beautiful city. We

1073
00:50:30,120 --> 00:50:32,800
Speaker 1: caught it with great weather and then from a charger standpoint,

1074
00:50:32,800 --> 00:50:34,040
Speaker 1: it was it was a great game. It was great

1075
00:50:34,040 --> 00:50:38,160
Speaker 1: action packed weekend. And I want to start there that

1076
00:50:38,280 --> 00:50:42,480
Speaker 1: last two point conversion. I did a podcast with coach Milas.

1077
00:50:42,840 --> 00:50:45,280
Speaker 1: I was like, walk me through not only the first

1078
00:50:45,320 --> 00:50:47,160
Speaker 1: one with the penalty, but the second one as well.

1079
00:50:47,280 --> 00:50:49,600
Speaker 1: What was it like from your vantage point with money?

1080
00:50:49,640 --> 00:50:52,800
Speaker 1: Watching that? It was crazy because you know, once the

1081
00:50:52,960 --> 00:50:54,640
Speaker 1: once the ball went up in the air, it just

1082
00:50:54,640 --> 00:50:56,680
Speaker 1: seemed like it was up there forever and just be

1083
00:50:56,719 --> 00:50:57,880
Speaker 1: able to find a way to get a hand. And

1084
00:50:57,920 --> 00:51:00,640
Speaker 1: I thought for sure we would see Mario as a

1085
00:51:00,719 --> 00:51:04,600
Speaker 1: runner maybe in that situation, but they're yeah, they chose

1086
00:51:04,640 --> 00:51:06,399
Speaker 1: to go away from that, so I think they played

1087
00:51:06,400 --> 00:51:08,600
Speaker 1: in the charger's hand a little bit. And uh and

1088
00:51:08,680 --> 00:51:10,279
Speaker 1: just find in a way. My eyes, to be honest

1089
00:51:10,320 --> 00:51:12,640
Speaker 1: with you, when you get down on the goal line,

1090
00:51:12,680 --> 00:51:14,600
Speaker 1: usually your eyes are trained on fifty four because he

1091
00:51:14,640 --> 00:51:16,520
Speaker 1: finds a way to make a play. But this time

1092
00:51:16,640 --> 00:51:19,919
Speaker 1: was in the back end. So five and two. Look

1093
00:51:19,960 --> 00:51:22,560
Speaker 1: over that first six and two start since oh six,

1094
00:51:22,680 --> 00:51:24,959
Speaker 1: while name we have fourteen to two under Marty shot

1095
00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:28,880
Speaker 1: and however first seven games would you like, Well, I'll

1096
00:51:28,920 --> 00:51:31,399
Speaker 1: tell you what. Playing clean football for the most part,

1097
00:51:31,480 --> 00:51:35,719
Speaker 1: protecting the football, being smart offensively, Philip just playing at

1098
00:51:35,719 --> 00:51:38,839
Speaker 1: an extremely yeah, and really you can you know, one

1099
00:51:38,840 --> 00:51:41,400
Speaker 1: of them you can excuse too, so um, you know,

1100
00:51:41,480 --> 00:51:44,879
Speaker 1: he's just he's been outstanding. And then you look at defensively,

1101
00:51:44,920 --> 00:51:47,160
Speaker 1: I think you're seeing them make strides and improvements and

1102
00:51:47,200 --> 00:51:49,279
Speaker 1: getting better, which is what you want to see on

1103
00:51:49,320 --> 00:51:52,080
Speaker 1: a week by week basis to me, probably the biggest

1104
00:51:52,120 --> 00:51:56,279
Speaker 1: surprise coming through you know, offseason, and unfortunately with the

1105
00:51:56,320 --> 00:51:58,000
Speaker 1: injury to Hunter Henry, I thought, man that you know,

1106
00:51:58,000 --> 00:52:00,000
Speaker 1: the tight end position could really be a weak spot

1107
00:52:00,040 --> 00:52:02,920
Speaker 1: here for this team. But the way that Virgil Green's played,

1108
00:52:02,960 --> 00:52:05,680
Speaker 1: you know, Antonio Gates still catches everything that comes his way,

1109
00:52:05,800 --> 00:52:07,520
Speaker 1: and Colkins done a nice job in the run game.

1110
00:52:07,560 --> 00:52:10,120
Speaker 1: Really as as a positional group, that to me has

1111
00:52:10,120 --> 00:52:12,640
Speaker 1: probably been the biggest surprise. They've played really well. Yeah,

1112
00:52:12,840 --> 00:52:14,439
Speaker 1: I mean we talked about this a couple of weeks ago.

1113
00:52:14,600 --> 00:52:16,839
Speaker 1: It's it's almost been almost a strength when you talk

1114
00:52:16,840 --> 00:52:19,480
Speaker 1: about the run in the run game, absolutely, they're outstanding

1115
00:52:19,560 --> 00:52:21,480
Speaker 1: in the run game. And then to me, anything you

1116
00:52:21,520 --> 00:52:23,400
Speaker 1: get is gravy in the passing game and they've been

1117
00:52:23,400 --> 00:52:25,880
Speaker 1: solid there. So that's been good. And I think the

1118
00:52:25,920 --> 00:52:29,719
Speaker 1: other probably most positive development is is seeing some of

1119
00:52:29,719 --> 00:52:32,920
Speaker 1: these defensive linemen in the absence of Joey Bosa really

1120
00:52:32,920 --> 00:52:35,080
Speaker 1: stepped their game up. It's valuable ref CEG. Actually, I

1121
00:52:35,120 --> 00:52:37,879
Speaker 1: was going there next. The fact that Joey hasn't been

1122
00:52:37,880 --> 00:52:41,000
Speaker 1: with the team through the first seven games. You look

1123
00:52:41,040 --> 00:52:43,719
Speaker 1: at that probably in December, and it could be a

1124
00:52:43,719 --> 00:52:46,480
Speaker 1: benefit when you see the way that ISAA Michelle's come on,

1125
00:52:47,160 --> 00:52:50,120
Speaker 1: getting Corry leads you back, just that defensive line in general,

1126
00:52:50,160 --> 00:52:51,920
Speaker 1: and not only stopping the run but getting to the passer,

1127
00:52:52,320 --> 00:52:55,080
Speaker 1: doing everything and rolling a bunch of those guys through

1128
00:52:55,320 --> 00:52:58,240
Speaker 1: and keeping keeping one another fresh into the fourth quarter.

1129
00:52:58,280 --> 00:52:59,960
Speaker 1: And you saw in the Tennessee game. You want to

1130
00:53:00,120 --> 00:53:02,200
Speaker 1: be fresh at the end of the game, um, and

1131
00:53:02,239 --> 00:53:04,680
Speaker 1: they've been able to do that. Isaac Ruschell just continues

1132
00:53:04,680 --> 00:53:06,960
Speaker 1: to get better and coming to his own Corey Legiate

1133
00:53:07,000 --> 00:53:09,239
Speaker 1: coming off of the time he missed his stepped right

1134
00:53:09,239 --> 00:53:12,320
Speaker 1: in and been outstanding. And you've got somebody like Damian

1135
00:53:12,360 --> 00:53:14,759
Speaker 1: Square who can move around and it has been very disruptive.

1136
00:53:14,800 --> 00:53:17,319
Speaker 1: So they've done a nice job there. What can you

1137
00:53:17,360 --> 00:53:20,520
Speaker 1: say about winning close games? You know, Coach Milas talked

1138
00:53:20,560 --> 00:53:22,719
Speaker 1: about just the fact that they have done it. You know,

1139
00:53:22,760 --> 00:53:25,640
Speaker 1: against San Francisco, against Tennessee, and those are the things.

1140
00:53:25,719 --> 00:53:28,239
Speaker 1: I think those are character building wins and that you

1141
00:53:28,280 --> 00:53:31,560
Speaker 1: store away for December and hopefully January and beyond. Yeah,

1142
00:53:31,640 --> 00:53:33,520
Speaker 1: you're gonna find yourself in a bunch of close games

1143
00:53:33,520 --> 00:53:35,000
Speaker 1: if you can, if you get into the tournament, you

1144
00:53:35,000 --> 00:53:36,640
Speaker 1: get into the postseason. A lot of those games are

1145
00:53:36,640 --> 00:53:39,440
Speaker 1: just one score games, and so finding a way to

1146
00:53:39,520 --> 00:53:41,520
Speaker 1: make a play when you need to on both sides

1147
00:53:41,560 --> 00:53:43,840
Speaker 1: of the ball and having that pressure on you, I

1148
00:53:43,920 --> 00:53:46,440
Speaker 1: think that'll benefit you in the future. Now, I bet

1149
00:53:46,480 --> 00:53:48,040
Speaker 1: you if you gave him some truth serum, they probably

1150
00:53:48,080 --> 00:53:50,120
Speaker 1: would appreciate some blowouts to go ahead and put some

1151
00:53:50,120 --> 00:53:52,799
Speaker 1: teams away a little bit earlier. Yeah, that's that's uh.

1152
00:53:52,960 --> 00:53:55,319
Speaker 1: But that's something they got into Cleveland. Yeah, they got

1153
00:53:55,360 --> 00:53:57,279
Speaker 1: one there. Having a laugh for every now and then

1154
00:53:57,239 --> 00:53:59,560
Speaker 1: it is good for you as well. So to me,

1155
00:53:59,680 --> 00:54:02,200
Speaker 1: I just it's a long it's a marathon. Everybody says

1156
00:54:02,200 --> 00:54:04,200
Speaker 1: that it's a it's a long haul through an NFL season.

1157
00:54:04,200 --> 00:54:05,480
Speaker 1: So you're gonna have to find a way to win

1158
00:54:05,520 --> 00:54:06,920
Speaker 1: some close games. You're gonna have to have a couple

1159
00:54:06,960 --> 00:54:10,480
Speaker 1: of bounces go your way. Hopefully you stay healthy and

1160
00:54:10,520 --> 00:54:13,520
Speaker 1: you get better throughout the season. Now the interesting thing is,

1161
00:54:14,000 --> 00:54:15,680
Speaker 1: you know if you can eventually add both, so you're

1162
00:54:15,719 --> 00:54:19,319
Speaker 1: you're adding pieces to your team, you're getting healthier and

1163
00:54:19,360 --> 00:54:21,600
Speaker 1: you're you're just improving throughout the year. And they've been

1164
00:54:21,640 --> 00:54:23,560
Speaker 1: able to do that while collecting wins. And they got

1165
00:54:23,560 --> 00:54:26,279
Speaker 1: a tough one on Sunday. It's never easy, regardless of

1166
00:54:26,280 --> 00:54:29,360
Speaker 1: the record of the Seattle Seahawks going up to Century

1167
00:54:29,400 --> 00:54:31,520
Speaker 1: Linkfield and then trying to win a football game. But

1168
00:54:31,600 --> 00:54:34,279
Speaker 1: this Seattle team has played really, really well dj over

1169
00:54:34,320 --> 00:54:37,360
Speaker 1: the last five games or so. They couldn't really protect

1170
00:54:37,440 --> 00:54:39,919
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson to the first two games. Since then, they've

1171
00:54:40,000 --> 00:54:42,560
Speaker 1: kept him cleaning, the running games clicking, and Russell Wilson's

1172
00:54:42,560 --> 00:54:44,560
Speaker 1: playing his best Footballyeah. They've done some good things. And

1173
00:54:44,640 --> 00:54:46,680
Speaker 1: I thought, you know, Brian Schottenheimer took a lot of

1174
00:54:46,680 --> 00:54:48,680
Speaker 1: heat when he got that job because people thought, Okay,

1175
00:54:48,680 --> 00:54:51,000
Speaker 1: he's not creative through the first two weeks. Yeah, and

1176
00:54:51,000 --> 00:54:53,320
Speaker 1: I just said, you know, he's not. He's not where

1177
00:54:53,520 --> 00:54:55,760
Speaker 1: the game of football is right now. He's old school

1178
00:54:55,800 --> 00:54:58,879
Speaker 1: and this is a new school era, and he's kind

1179
00:54:58,880 --> 00:55:00,359
Speaker 1: of shut a lot of people up to be honest

1180
00:55:00,360 --> 00:55:03,200
Speaker 1: with you. They're running the ball efficiently, they're protecting Russell

1181
00:55:03,239 --> 00:55:05,520
Speaker 1: Wilson and doing it in some creative ways. You see

1182
00:55:05,520 --> 00:55:07,480
Speaker 1: it with six offensive lineman at times when they bring

1183
00:55:07,520 --> 00:55:10,759
Speaker 1: George Fan in there, which which interestingly enough, when I

1184
00:55:10,800 --> 00:55:14,000
Speaker 1: watched that game on tape against Detroit, they actually run

1185
00:55:14,080 --> 00:55:16,000
Speaker 1: them on a deep over route as you see number

1186
00:55:16,000 --> 00:55:18,799
Speaker 1: seventy four. Yeah, he's seventy four about twenty yards down

1187
00:55:18,840 --> 00:55:20,279
Speaker 1: the field on a deep over route. So that that

1188
00:55:20,360 --> 00:55:22,560
Speaker 1: kind of destroys any of your tendencies about anytime you

1189
00:55:22,560 --> 00:55:25,000
Speaker 1: have six linemen on the field, So that was interesting.

1190
00:55:25,440 --> 00:55:28,279
Speaker 1: But playing with six linemen using their wide receivers sum

1191
00:55:28,360 --> 00:55:31,080
Speaker 1: to help out and pass protection. Um. So, look, they've

1192
00:55:31,120 --> 00:55:33,439
Speaker 1: kept Russell Wilson clean, and when they keep him clean,

1193
00:55:33,480 --> 00:55:35,080
Speaker 1: he doesn't turn the ball over. They're tough to beat

1194
00:55:35,200 --> 00:55:38,560
Speaker 1: based on what Schottenheimer has done in the past. And

1195
00:55:38,640 --> 00:55:40,080
Speaker 1: you know, you look at those first two games. Has

1196
00:55:40,080 --> 00:55:42,320
Speaker 1: it been a mix of just like him making adjustments

1197
00:55:42,560 --> 00:55:44,960
Speaker 1: catering to what Russell Wilson does and then vice versa.

1198
00:55:45,040 --> 00:55:48,000
Speaker 1: Russell's just getting more comfortable with what Chadeneimer is doing. Well.

1199
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Speaker 1: I think first of all, running the football, I mean

1200
00:55:50,160 --> 00:55:52,960
Speaker 1: if you if you're getting you know number five league, right, Yeah,

1201
00:55:52,960 --> 00:55:55,319
Speaker 1: if you're getting one yard negative yards on first down

1202
00:55:55,440 --> 00:55:57,120
Speaker 1: and it doesn't do any good, you throw all those

1203
00:55:57,120 --> 00:55:59,399
Speaker 1: plans out the window. So to me, it all starts

1204
00:55:59,440 --> 00:56:01,279
Speaker 1: that they're a billy to run the ball, and if

1205
00:56:01,280 --> 00:56:03,239
Speaker 1: you're looking at it from a charger standpoint, that's where

1206
00:56:03,239 --> 00:56:05,200
Speaker 1: you have to start. You have to stop the run

1207
00:56:05,280 --> 00:56:08,480
Speaker 1: in this game, put them off schedule. When they're on schedule,

1208
00:56:08,480 --> 00:56:10,719
Speaker 1: and Russell Wilson's in third and two, third and fourth,

1209
00:56:10,760 --> 00:56:13,600
Speaker 1: third and five, they're gonna be tough to be So

1210
00:56:13,719 --> 00:56:15,480
Speaker 1: you've got to find a way to win first down

1211
00:56:15,520 --> 00:56:17,319
Speaker 1: in order to put yourself in position to win third.

1212
00:56:17,840 --> 00:56:20,520
Speaker 1: Last time Philip Rivers was up in Seattle, he threw

1213
00:56:20,560 --> 00:56:22,560
Speaker 1: for four hundred and fifty five yards I think the

1214
00:56:22,600 --> 00:56:27,040
Speaker 1: second passing yards in his career. Yeah, he's yeah, I'll

1215
00:56:27,040 --> 00:56:28,640
Speaker 1: tell you what. He's been doing it for so long now.

1216
00:56:28,640 --> 00:56:30,920
Speaker 1: It seems like almost every team you play, there's an

1217
00:56:30,920 --> 00:56:33,279
Speaker 1: incredible story that goes along with it. In Philip Rivers.

1218
00:56:33,680 --> 00:56:35,360
Speaker 1: It's something to be said about this offense though, no

1219
00:56:35,480 --> 00:56:39,080
Speaker 1: DJ that you find different ways to win, and usually

1220
00:56:39,239 --> 00:56:41,200
Speaker 1: you can grind the clock out with Melvin Gordon. You

1221
00:56:41,200 --> 00:56:43,160
Speaker 1: weren't able to do that against the Titans. The Titans

1222
00:56:43,600 --> 00:56:47,920
Speaker 1: dominated time of possession, yet the quick scores quick strikes

1223
00:56:47,960 --> 00:56:52,480
Speaker 1: that that first play from scrimmage to Tyrrell from Mike Williams.

1224
00:56:52,800 --> 00:56:55,080
Speaker 1: So this team can find a variety of ways to win.

1225
00:56:55,160 --> 00:56:57,120
Speaker 1: You know, obviously you want Melvin Gordon there. He's gonna

1226
00:56:57,120 --> 00:56:58,920
Speaker 1: be a big part of this the back half. But

1227
00:56:59,200 --> 00:57:01,600
Speaker 1: this team is proved and they can get things done. Yeah,

1228
00:57:01,680 --> 00:57:03,719
Speaker 1: finding different ways to win and having a formula. There's

1229
00:57:03,760 --> 00:57:05,600
Speaker 1: some teams. I mean, you can look at a team,

1230
00:57:05,640 --> 00:57:07,760
Speaker 1: you know, like the Washington Redskins have a very specific

1231
00:57:07,760 --> 00:57:09,680
Speaker 1: formula they need to follow to win games. They've been

1232
00:57:09,680 --> 00:57:11,799
Speaker 1: able to do that. You know, run the football, don't

1233
00:57:11,840 --> 00:57:14,359
Speaker 1: turn the ball over, play great defense. Well, eventually you're

1234
00:57:14,360 --> 00:57:16,680
Speaker 1: gonna find yourself in different types of games. There's gonna

1235
00:57:16,680 --> 00:57:19,240
Speaker 1: be some shootouts. It's a great example. And the Chargers

1236
00:57:19,240 --> 00:57:21,240
Speaker 1: are equipped to be able to compete in a shootout.

1237
00:57:21,240 --> 00:57:23,200
Speaker 1: Then they have you know, I have some pieces in place.

1238
00:57:23,240 --> 00:57:24,800
Speaker 1: If you're gonna have a grinded out game, you gotta

1239
00:57:24,840 --> 00:57:26,960
Speaker 1: run the ball and you get bad weather. I think

1240
00:57:26,960 --> 00:57:28,720
Speaker 1: the Chargers are built to kind of play that way

1241
00:57:28,760 --> 00:57:30,600
Speaker 1: as well. So you want to be able to win

1242
00:57:30,640 --> 00:57:32,120
Speaker 1: in a variety of ways. The best teams in the

1243
00:57:32,200 --> 00:57:33,920
Speaker 1: NFL can do that, and I think the Chargers are

1244
00:57:33,960 --> 00:57:35,640
Speaker 1: in that class. I've heard you talk about teams like

1245
00:57:35,640 --> 00:57:37,880
Speaker 1: the Saints who can beach in so many different questions.

1246
00:57:38,000 --> 00:57:39,880
Speaker 1: Whatever game you want to play, they'll play. You can

1247
00:57:39,880 --> 00:57:42,160
Speaker 1: do it. Yeah, in the Redskins are a great example

1248
00:57:42,160 --> 00:57:44,320
Speaker 1: of a team that you know, I'm surprised that they're

1249
00:57:44,360 --> 00:57:47,760
Speaker 1: five and two. They're grinding out wins, they're playing well defensively,

1250
00:57:48,120 --> 00:57:50,680
Speaker 1: but you don't have those explosive weapons on the outside,

1251
00:57:50,680 --> 00:57:52,400
Speaker 1: you don't have speed, you can't get separation less of

1252
00:57:52,440 --> 00:57:55,480
Speaker 1: those wide receivers. It becomes a problem in later later

1253
00:57:55,480 --> 00:57:57,200
Speaker 1: in the year, no question. And look, there's a lot

1254
00:57:57,240 --> 00:57:59,240
Speaker 1: of people, some a lot smarter people than me that'll

1255
00:57:59,240 --> 00:58:02,360
Speaker 1: tell you if you just go out there and protect

1256
00:58:02,400 --> 00:58:04,760
Speaker 1: the football, play efficient, you can win nine or ten

1257
00:58:04,800 --> 00:58:07,280
Speaker 1: games in this league year after year after year. Now,

1258
00:58:07,440 --> 00:58:09,600
Speaker 1: what separates those good teams from the great teams the

1259
00:58:09,640 --> 00:58:11,880
Speaker 1: teams that again can play in a variety of ways

1260
00:58:11,880 --> 00:58:14,840
Speaker 1: and can can score points when and they're needed. And

1261
00:58:14,840 --> 00:58:16,320
Speaker 1: you know, I think that's the interesting thing about the

1262
00:58:16,400 --> 00:58:18,960
Speaker 1: Chargers is that they have that capability of doing that.

1263
00:58:19,240 --> 00:58:21,600
Speaker 1: I continue to get better defensively and be able to

1264
00:58:21,600 --> 00:58:24,320
Speaker 1: close people out. You know, that's that's something you continue

1265
00:58:24,320 --> 00:58:27,360
Speaker 1: to focus on. But they can play whatever whatever style

1266
00:58:27,560 --> 00:58:29,400
Speaker 1: you know, fight you want to have. They're they're equipped

1267
00:58:29,400 --> 00:58:30,920
Speaker 1: to be able to compete. There's a lot of teams

1268
00:58:30,920 --> 00:58:32,680
Speaker 1: in this league. If you go down. I use the

1269
00:58:32,760 --> 00:58:34,600
Speaker 1: Niners game as an example. You go to a fourteen

1270
00:58:34,680 --> 00:58:37,320
Speaker 1: nothing in a game, it's a rap that's curtains. Now, yeah,

1271
00:58:37,320 --> 00:58:39,320
Speaker 1: you can't you can't come back from that. This team,

1272
00:58:39,360 --> 00:58:41,720
Speaker 1: I feel like they know even when they're down to

1273
00:58:41,720 --> 00:58:43,960
Speaker 1: three scores, they can always get back into a game.

1274
00:58:43,960 --> 00:58:45,200
Speaker 1: And when we saw that, it gains the Chiefs in

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Speaker 1: Week one. They didn't win it, but you know they

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Speaker 1: were darn near in the whole time. Yeah, and you

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00:58:49,920 --> 00:58:52,800
Speaker 1: know the challenges now when you play start playing some heavyweights,

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00:58:53,520 --> 00:58:55,479
Speaker 1: it's tougher to get away with that. So you gotta

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00:58:55,480 --> 00:58:57,160
Speaker 1: be able to string together four quarters. You gotta be

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Speaker 1: able to get off to a fast start and not

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00:58:58,800 --> 00:59:01,440
Speaker 1: put yourself in a hole. So you know, that'll be

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00:59:01,480 --> 00:59:03,080
Speaker 1: the challenge the Chargers. You look at that second half

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00:59:03,120 --> 00:59:04,960
Speaker 1: of the season, they're gonna see some big time teams now,

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00:59:05,000 --> 00:59:07,680
Speaker 1: So you've got to find a way to start fast,

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00:59:07,720 --> 00:59:09,520
Speaker 1: not put yourself in that hole they did against San

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00:59:09,520 --> 00:59:12,800
Speaker 1: Francisco and have to to pull off a miracle pull

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Speaker 1: or would say, a pull rabbit out of your head,

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Speaker 1: rabit out of your exactly, exactly. Hey, I've asked a

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Speaker 1: lot of people. This only gets your take on this

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Speaker 1: as well, because I think it was Kevin Harland last

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Speaker 1: year they told me that, you know, mid October is

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Speaker 1: when I start to take the league seriously in terms

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00:59:27,920 --> 00:59:31,840
Speaker 1: of who's good who's not, And those first four or

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00:59:31,840 --> 00:59:34,720
Speaker 1: five games or almost an extension of the preseason, if

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00:59:34,720 --> 00:59:37,240
Speaker 1: you keep your head above water, win some games, you

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Speaker 1: really find out who you are in mid October and beyond.

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Speaker 1: Is that something that you can see throughout this league? Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I mean, look, you can't you can't win the super

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00:59:46,760 --> 00:59:48,600
Speaker 1: Bowl in the first four or five games, but you

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00:59:48,600 --> 00:59:50,800
Speaker 1: can lose it. I mean, you can put yourself in

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00:59:50,800 --> 00:59:52,560
Speaker 1: such a hole you can't climb out. So the whole

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00:59:52,600 --> 00:59:55,440
Speaker 1: key is to be to be alive, to be alive

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Speaker 1: as you're finding yourself and figuring out who you are

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00:59:57,560 --> 00:59:59,760
Speaker 1: and what you're about as a football team. And you know,

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Speaker 1: ast year's a perfect example. You know, at the end

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Speaker 1: of the year, Chargers playing as well as anybody, but

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Speaker 1: they didn't they didn't they didn't keep their head above

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Speaker 1: water in those first four games, and that didn't matter.

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Speaker 1: So that what they've done now is I think they're

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Speaker 1: still growing an evolving team, but they've been able to

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Speaker 1: win games as they're continuing to grow and evolve. Are

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Speaker 1: you surprised by the amount of teams that have traded

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Speaker 1: players away? But I mean this almost felt like an

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Speaker 1: NBA deadline to me, like one of those basic league

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Speaker 1: Baseball deadlines where a lot more player moving than we're

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Speaker 1: used to seeing in the NFL. Yeah, you know, most

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Speaker 1: of them. You know, it was a mix. Wasn't surprised

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Speaker 1: when you see Denver, you know, making that trade. I

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Speaker 1: thought that was more about creating an opportunity for some

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Speaker 1: of their younger receivers, you guys like Courtland Sutton to

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Speaker 1: get him on the field. So that one didn't surprise me.

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Speaker 1: The two that maybe head scratchers, I would say, you know,

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Speaker 1: Marii Cooper didn't surprise me that Oakland's in a full rebuild.

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Speaker 1: But the two that I kind of a little bit

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Speaker 1: surprising that Detroit would part would Golden Tate when they're

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Speaker 1: very much still alive in that division. For Philly, it's

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Speaker 1: a great get for them. He's a perfect fit for

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Speaker 1: the for the Eagles, But that one just from the

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Speaker 1: Detroit side, was a little bit surprised. Even the third

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Speaker 1: round picks good compensation, but nonetheless I thought, that's kind

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Speaker 1: of it's hard to say you're not punting on the

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Speaker 1: season when you make that move. And then the other

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Speaker 1: one that just kind of was a head scratch to

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Speaker 1: me was how Clinton dicks again, same division, packers very

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Speaker 1: much alive, and I don't know that they have a

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Speaker 1: better option on campus right now, so I don't know

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Speaker 1: that they were freeing up a spot for somebody they

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Speaker 1: felt better. I don't think they had anybody better than him,

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01:01:22,800 --> 01:01:25,280
Speaker 1: So that one again didn't really totally get that one,

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Speaker 1: especially a team that you may be competing with for

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01:01:27,640 --> 01:01:30,600
Speaker 1: a wildcard spot who already beat you, yeah, exactly, already

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01:01:30,640 --> 01:01:32,000
Speaker 1: have the head to head on you, and now you

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Speaker 1: kind of gift wrapped him for the Washington Redskins. So

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Speaker 1: it was a great gift for them. I really thought

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Speaker 1: it was a nice move by the Redskins. Well, hey,

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be fun on Sunday. What do you think

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Speaker 1: is gonna decide this one? This is a five star

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Speaker 1: quarterback matchup. Oh, it's gonna be fun. And to me,

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Speaker 1: I think this game comes down to whether or not

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Speaker 1: the Chargers can stop the run. If they stopped the run,

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Speaker 1: I think they got a great chance of winning this

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Speaker 1: football game. If Chris Carson, then they established a line

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Speaker 1: of scrimmage and and they're running the ball and getting

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Speaker 1: one twenty forty yards rushing. It is going to be

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Speaker 1: tough in that environment against that team. When they limit

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Speaker 1: your possessions and control the ball, they're gonna be tough

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Speaker 1: to beat. So to me, that's what this game is

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Speaker 1: all about. Stopping the run. Yep. I know one thing,

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Speaker 1: the plane rides can be a little bit shorter. Yeah, no,

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Speaker 1: I am looking forward to that. I don't know if

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Speaker 1: you can finish the whole movie, you'd be able to

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Speaker 1: DJ Thanks man, Thanks buddy, and that's gonna do it big.

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Speaker 1: Thanks to Dania, Jeremiah, Bob Condota, Kevin Harland, John Clayton

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Speaker 1: for joining me, and of course thanks to you all

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Speaker 1: for listening. You can find Charges Weekly in our new

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Speaker 1: Backstage Chargers podcast on Apple Podcasts. While you're there, please

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Speaker 1: leave a review, help spread the word. Enjoy the game

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Speaker 1: this Sunday and until next time. I'm Chris Harry