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Speaker 1: Hi, it doesn't not say Natalie. You listen to the

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Speaker 1: Chargers Podcast Network. What's up, guys? Chris Harry with you

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Speaker 1: on a week five edition of Chargers Weekly on the

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Speaker 1: new Chargers Podcast Network. Coming up, we'll get this week's

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Speaker 1: opposing view out of Denver from Nicky Jobvila of the

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Speaker 1: Athletic Chargers. Radio analyst Daniel Jeremiah shares his keys to

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Speaker 1: victory for the Bolts against the Broncos, plus a pair

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Speaker 1: of broadcasting legends, the NFL Today and Inside. The NFL's

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Speaker 1: James Brown will join me a bit later, but first

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Speaker 1: CBS Sports is Jim Nance previews Bronchos Chargers. All right,

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Speaker 1: my first guest will be in the booth along with

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Speaker 1: Tony Romo for Bronchos Chargers on CBS very please be

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Speaker 1: joined by the great Jim Nance here on Chargers Weekly.

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Speaker 1: And Jim, we're excited to have you in La. How

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Speaker 1: you doing service, I'm well, you know we haven't been.

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Speaker 1: I'm talking about our crew. Romo and I have not

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Speaker 1: anxious to experience it. Well, Jim, if I'm not mistaken,

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Speaker 1: you and Tony we're not on a Chargers game at

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Speaker 1: all in twenty eighteen until the last two playoff games

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Speaker 1: of course we have them at Baltimore at New England

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Speaker 1: and like what we saw with the way they played

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Speaker 1: against the Ravens, ran into a bus, saw the Super

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Speaker 1: Bowl champs were waiting for them up in Foxboro, but

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Speaker 1: anxious to be reunited with Coach Lynn and Philip Rivers

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Speaker 1: early in November. Oh wow, that's fantastic. Well, first, thanks,

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Speaker 1: First we'll get to this one with the Broncos, a

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Speaker 1: team that's Owen four, but Jim, they don't feel like

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Speaker 1: an Owen four team to me. Obviously, they have some

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Speaker 1: major injury news with Bradley Chubb out for the year,

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Speaker 1: But you talk about two last second losses at home,

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Speaker 1: a couple that just the AFC West in the matchups.

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Speaker 1: These teams know each other so well. Looking for a

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Speaker 1: close game on Sunday. I agree, you know there are

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Speaker 1: Broncos are the best of that bunch. Not that that's

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Speaker 1: any great honor to be able to say you're the

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Speaker 1: best of the winless teams. But Vic Fangio, their head coach,

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Speaker 1: is someone I've known in this league for a long time,

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Speaker 1: well respected defensive coordinator. He's got to be just beside

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Speaker 1: himself to be coming into this game. You know, at

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Speaker 1: two and two, at the worst they've been in every game,

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Speaker 1: they could have won all four of them, and now

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Speaker 1: to Vision rival. I mean, it's it's tough times around

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Speaker 1: around Bronco Land right now, for sure. Jim, your initial

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Speaker 1: Is it just Smeer? Does it seem like the Chargers

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Speaker 1: and obviously that's not injury related, but just a laundry

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Speaker 1: list of players that the Chargers are hoping to get

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Speaker 1: back at some point in twenty nineteen. It's just bizarre

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Speaker 1: because it's every year like this. It seems like it's

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Speaker 1: You know, it's so interesting that we talk about injuries

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Speaker 1: I fully expect in this game, Melvin, we'll get We'll

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Speaker 1: it's just is a doable Sure, it's doable. Uh. You know,

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Speaker 1: very mobile. He's not. Yeah, that is a fact. Finding

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Speaker 1: a way, finding a way, just move him. I don't

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Speaker 1: even know if you necessarily need to sack Joe Flacco.

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Speaker 1: Was just forcing him And it's kind of a cliche,

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Speaker 1: but force him off his spot. He's a totally different

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00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:03,919
Speaker 1: player when he can get comfortable and in a rhythm.

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Speaker 1: He's got a huge arm. They can test you vertically,

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Speaker 1: but if you can make him move and I'm not

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Speaker 1: talking about moving twenty feet, I'm talking about making him

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Speaker 1: move fifteen inches. Uh, and you're gonna have some success

436
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Speaker 1: against this team, So, uh, find a way get him

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Speaker 1: off the spot. Look, Garrett Bowles has been the marked man.

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Speaker 1: Um he's had a rough go of it, and um,

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Speaker 1: I would imagine we'll see Joey Bosa get some turns

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Speaker 1: on him. Finally. Keys to this game for the Chargers

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Speaker 1: you have, you have Denver, then you got Pittsburgh, who's

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Speaker 1: one in three. These next two weeks are gonna be

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Speaker 1: big for the Chargers. Two and two before two and

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Speaker 1: two weeks. Yeah, And look, I think the key is,

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Speaker 1: you know, we look at a couple couple of things. Um,

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00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:42,680
Speaker 1: can you finish drives offensively? Um? And we've seen look,

447
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Speaker 1: we've seen a couple of turnovers in the end zone

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Speaker 1: early in this season. Um, that would be one key.

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Speaker 1: And can we just please can we go one week

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Speaker 1: without having a touchdown call? That's what I was gonna say,

451
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Speaker 1: a fourth touchdown, believing and big long touchdowns and penalties

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Speaker 1: that not necessarily have a heck of a lot to

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Speaker 1: do with the outcome of the That was a good

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Speaker 1: looking Keenan touchdown man. That was good looking, And that

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00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:06,440
Speaker 1: was a questionable call. He's getting held and he tries

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Speaker 1: to free himself. Anyways, that is what it is. But

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Speaker 1: just try and find a way to get through a

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Speaker 1: clean game here. I think that'll be the key. If

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Speaker 1: it's a clean game. I like the charge his chances.

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Speaker 1: All right, man, we'll see you on Sunday. Thanks Bun.

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Speaker 1: All right. To get this week's opposing view, presented by

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Speaker 1: Mercury Insurance, we bring in Nikki Javla of The Athletic Nikki,

463
00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:27,600
Speaker 1: it's always great catching up a tough month in Broncos country,

464
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Speaker 1: especially when you take those two last sick and home

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Speaker 1: losses into account. Yeah, it's kind of been a brutal

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Speaker 1: start to the season. It feels like a you know,

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Speaker 1: their four losses have all been lost on just a

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Speaker 1: few plays. Um, and I guess that shows see that

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Speaker 1: the flying line between the teams that win and the

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Speaker 1: teams that lose in this league. Um. But the Broncos,

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Speaker 1: this is not how they envision the start to their season.

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Speaker 1: But they also feel encouraged because the way they lost

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Speaker 1: games that's been mostly their own doing, you know, their

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Speaker 1: own says, the A penalties, turnovers, mis tackles, whatever, So

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Speaker 1: they feel like they can easily correct it. They just

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Speaker 1: got to focus more on the details. Yeah. You know,

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Speaker 1: the Chargers were in Miami last Sunday, and I've said

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Speaker 1: this throughout the week. This Denver team is certainly not Miami.

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00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:19,560
Speaker 1: They could easily be two and two, maybe even three

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Speaker 1: and one of a couple of things go their way.

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Speaker 1: What's the biggest difference that you see out of this

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Speaker 1: team compared to the last two seasons in Denver. I

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Speaker 1: think they're just better coach, to be honest with you.

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Speaker 1: I think players have bought into the system and the staff.

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Speaker 1: I feel like players and coaches are helping more accountable

486
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Speaker 1: to things. Um. The schemes fits the personnel better. UM.

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Speaker 1: So I think you know, one of the ways, one

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Speaker 1: of the coaches, I won't name his name, but one

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Speaker 1: of the ways you've described it as you know, it's

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Speaker 1: no longer one of a circuit here. Um. And that's

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Speaker 1: not the disparage the three staff or Vance Joseph or anything.

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Speaker 1: It just feels like, um, there's more leadership, and that's

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Speaker 1: one thing the Broncos still kind of lack in the

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Speaker 1: locker room. So when they didn't have it from the coaches,

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Speaker 1: it's you could see it, you could feel it, you

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Speaker 1: could see it on Sunday. So I'd say that's the

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Speaker 1: biggest difference. It's just a coaching What are the Broncos

498
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Speaker 1: saying about the Chargers and come into LA in Week five?

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Speaker 1: Obviously they had an AFC West game already, this would

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Speaker 1: be the Chargers first divisional game of the year, A

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Speaker 1: big game for both teams. Yeah, absolutely, you know, I

502
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Speaker 1: know the Broncos, they always get up. We're playing against

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Speaker 1: Philip Rivers did the defense. He's one He's one guy

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Speaker 1: that always comes up. They just really enjoyed going against them.

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Speaker 1: They like that he talks trash on the field. They

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Speaker 1: like that he's you know, there's a mutual respect there.

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Speaker 1: And I think this is obviously a huge game because,

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Speaker 1: like you said, it is a divisional game, But for

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Speaker 1: the Bronxo situation now, I mean every game always is

510
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Speaker 1: a muslins. But you know, they got to get out

511
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Speaker 1: of this run, and no longer it drags on, the

512
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Speaker 1: worst it's gonna get. UM. So if they're able to

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Speaker 1: come out of it on the road against the divisional opponent,

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Speaker 1: all the better for them. UM. But the Chargers, you know,

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Speaker 1: even in their smaller temporary stadium. UM, it's been a

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Speaker 1: challenge for the Bronxoes, especially in recent years. I mean

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Speaker 1: I remember just a couple of years ago, you know,

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Speaker 1: that was one of their little shutout losses and they

519
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Speaker 1: hadn't been shut out. I thinking gosh, decades. It was

520
00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:45,040
Speaker 1: like it was like early night. Yeah. So you know

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Speaker 1: they they've set some dubious records against the Chargers on

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Speaker 1: the road and racing the years. But you know, if

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Speaker 1: there's ever a year to correct it now, it would

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Speaker 1: be a good one. Um. So this is this is

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Speaker 1: a big game, big game for both teams. But you

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Speaker 1: know the bronxo is really to get a win here. Well,

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Speaker 1: you talked about this the mutual respect, and Philip Rivers

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Speaker 1: spoke earlier this week talking about just the respect that

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Speaker 1: he has for guys like Chris Harris and Wolf and

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Speaker 1: obviously Von Miller and the chirping that goes all back

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Speaker 1: and forth. I think that's just like the AFC West.

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Speaker 1: You know, it's a divisional game, and like you said,

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Speaker 1: both teams get up for that stuff. But von Miller,

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Speaker 1: I tell you, sixteen sacks against the Chargers, sixty seven

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Speaker 1: tackles in sixteen games. His running mate Bradley Chubb out

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Speaker 1: for the year. But Vaughan he came on last week

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Speaker 1: against the Jags. I believe he had two sacks. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: they went three games without a sack across the whole team,

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Speaker 1: which seems really odd, especially not two guys like Miller

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Speaker 1: and Chub and you bring in a linebacker specialists as

541
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Speaker 1: you're head coach is Victangio. But you know they were

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Speaker 1: able to bounce back. I think they had five all

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Speaker 1: together on the team. Miller had two, Chubb had one.

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Speaker 1: But you know, losing Hub in that game and somehow

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Speaker 1: you still manage lay throughout the whole game, and he

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Speaker 1: still had he had a forced fumble late after tearing

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Speaker 1: his aplum. But those two in Kandom, they were really

548
00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:13,800
Speaker 1: starting to develop a rhythm and they helped each other,

549
00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:16,520
Speaker 1: much like von Miller and DeMarcus Glaire helped each other,

550
00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:19,879
Speaker 1: because you know, it's hard enough to accountle one of

551
00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:23,359
Speaker 1: them on the edge for opposing offenses throw into and

552
00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:28,000
Speaker 1: it's it's even more difficult. So losing Shove will effect

553
00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:29,879
Speaker 1: that defends and more always than the one. I mean,

554
00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:31,920
Speaker 1: not only do they lose a great player and a

555
00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:34,760
Speaker 1: leader in the locker room, but it could also impact

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Speaker 1: von Miller's production. I think to play him as if

557
00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:42,960
Speaker 1: now is to have for the committee approach with the

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Speaker 1: reserves with Malick Reid, who's Mantra after rookie Justin Howard's

559
00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:49,320
Speaker 1: the fifth round Picks who's also playing inside as well

560
00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:54,160
Speaker 1: as outside, and Jeremiah Tattoo they just signed off the street.

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Speaker 1: So it's given the interesting to see how they try

562
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Speaker 1: to compensate because you can't really play the guy like

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Speaker 1: Bradley shocked. And how much it affects von Miller because, um,

564
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Speaker 1: you know the way the defense has been playing. Um,

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00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:12,080
Speaker 1: you know, vonn is crucial to the whole team. He

566
00:28:12,119 --> 00:28:14,960
Speaker 1: always has been, but especially so now. And he's also

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Speaker 1: good against the run. And you know, I look last

568
00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:20,080
Speaker 1: week Leonard Fournette two hundred twenty five yards on twenty

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Speaker 1: nine carries. And this will probably be the first game

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Speaker 1: we see Melvin Gordon in action in twenty nineteen. The

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Speaker 1: run defense endeavor. Was that just kind of an anomaly

572
00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:32,440
Speaker 1: or is that something you've seen throughout the first month

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Speaker 1: of the season. Um, is that many yards they that

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00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:40,320
Speaker 1: was sort of an anomaly. But last year two they

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Speaker 1: hit back to back games where they gave up, you know,

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00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:48,080
Speaker 1: monstrous performances to opposing running backs. They can sugget. Isaiah

577
00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:51,840
Speaker 1: Roll had a huge game, um, and then the Rams

578
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Speaker 1: put up big rushing numbers against them the very next week.

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Speaker 1: So they've had these periods where the run defense look

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Speaker 1: solid and then it's let's up for a game. Their

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00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:06,280
Speaker 1: problems this year they don't have They don't have the

582
00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:10,280
Speaker 1: pressure on the interior. Um the line for Vic fangis

583
00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:14,320
Speaker 1: system perhaps is not big enough for what he's used

584
00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:17,959
Speaker 1: to playing with. Um, you can't really replicate the defense

585
00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:22,160
Speaker 1: he had in Chicago, but this starting defensive line is

586
00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:26,560
Speaker 1: much smaller. The inside linebackers. You know, you're not going

587
00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:28,880
Speaker 1: to get a rope Fund Smith or a Dandy Curvation

588
00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:32,400
Speaker 1: than these guys. So their weaknesses on the inside, and

589
00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:35,520
Speaker 1: opposing offenses know that, and they've capitalized that. They've been

590
00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:37,680
Speaker 1: able to, you know, run up the middle and put

591
00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:40,560
Speaker 1: up some big numbers against this defense, and that right

592
00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:44,080
Speaker 1: now is their biggest weakness. So um, they got to

593
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Speaker 1: find a way to claim that up. A lot of

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00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:50,280
Speaker 1: it is mistassles too, um, but that's that's definitely been

595
00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:53,760
Speaker 1: an issue for them, especially of late well Nicky Also

596
00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:56,800
Speaker 1: last year case Keenum under center. Obviously a brand new

597
00:29:56,880 --> 00:30:00,720
Speaker 1: offense with Joe Flacco and you know you Courtland Sutton

598
00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:03,959
Speaker 1: taking another step, Emmanuel Sanders back from injury, still got

599
00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:07,360
Speaker 1: Lindsay and Freeman in the backfield. How's the offense different

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Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen from last year. Well, that's just it's

601
00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:14,440
Speaker 1: you know, it's more like what Kyle Shanahan has been

602
00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:17,320
Speaker 1: running in San Francisco. I mean, it's all based on

603
00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:21,640
Speaker 1: the Shanahan foundation that they ran up Kubiak and you

604
00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:24,160
Speaker 1: know when alas quarterbacks way back in the day. But

605
00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:27,120
Speaker 1: it's it's evolved, so it's you know, there's a lot

606
00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:29,960
Speaker 1: of crossing us, a lot of tight end fest. I mean,

607
00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:34,160
Speaker 1: they got two fullbacks now, so they're trying to make

608
00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:38,320
Speaker 1: it more nuance. Their problem now is they haven't really

609
00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:40,760
Speaker 1: been able to fully dive into the scheme because of

610
00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:44,960
Speaker 1: the game's circumstances. I mean, their first half last Sunday

611
00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:48,680
Speaker 1: again Shatsonville was undoubtedly the best showing they've had off season,

612
00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:52,800
Speaker 1: but the second half was the total disasters. They were

613
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Speaker 1: you know, forced to go you know, hurry up and

614
00:30:56,920 --> 00:30:58,920
Speaker 1: air and out, and they weren't able to use their

615
00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:03,880
Speaker 1: backs as my UM. So the team is quite a

616
00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:07,760
Speaker 1: bit different, especially compared to what Vance and Bill brust

617
00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:10,640
Speaker 1: Phil must they who are running UM, but they still

618
00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:13,680
Speaker 1: haven't been able to fully run in as they envisioned

619
00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:17,520
Speaker 1: with it being you know more run first and play action. Um,

620
00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:19,680
Speaker 1: because of the way the games have gone through the

621
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Speaker 1: first four weeks. Joey Bosa, he still gives double team,

622
00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:26,160
Speaker 1: he still finds ways to get to the quarterback. Um.

623
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Speaker 1: This Denver offensive line versus a guy like Bosa, Um,

624
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Speaker 1: how do you get black number ninety seventy bring in

625
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:36,200
Speaker 1: some tight ends? What's the remedy? I guess the guy

626
00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:41,560
Speaker 1: like Joey Bosa. Yeah, good question that's on this line

627
00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:44,880
Speaker 1: has certainly had to figure out. I mean this lebronses

628
00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:48,200
Speaker 1: across the board, Black steps and when they lost Jowan

629
00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:51,840
Speaker 1: James Um to a knee injury, he's been out the

630
00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:55,560
Speaker 1: last two weeks. Um, they've been relying on Earth Servilijah

631
00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:59,120
Speaker 1: books in it right tackle, Um, and the tackles that

632
00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:02,240
Speaker 1: you've seen nobody years for Denver has just not been

633
00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:05,760
Speaker 1: great at all. So, Um, you know, you got Garaballs

634
00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:07,840
Speaker 1: at less, Elijah Wilkins in a right, you got a

635
00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:10,760
Speaker 1: rookie at less hard, you got mon Leery right cart

636
00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:13,880
Speaker 1: and caught McGovern taken over at center. And so it's

637
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Speaker 1: a brand new group book front for the Bronxes, and

638
00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:19,680
Speaker 1: that East side had not played together before the season.

639
00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:23,880
Speaker 1: They're also you know, they're running a new scheme. Um,

640
00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:27,520
Speaker 1: they got Mike Munchak as their positional coach, so there's

641
00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:30,000
Speaker 1: been a lot of adjustments there, and you could see

642
00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:33,600
Speaker 1: it in their early going. Um, they've been better on

643
00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:37,400
Speaker 1: the last two games just in terms of penalties and

644
00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:42,880
Speaker 1: the pressures allowed. Um. But this is a relatively young

645
00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:45,640
Speaker 1: front side and they're gonna have that work cut out. Fun.

646
00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:48,240
Speaker 1: I mean, in the West, you're always gonna face these

647
00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:52,640
Speaker 1: great rushers, So, UM, it's gonna be a challenge for

648
00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:57,840
Speaker 1: them throughout the year. But UM, you know, I wish

649
00:32:57,880 --> 00:32:59,760
Speaker 1: I knew how to stock Joey both and I feel

650
00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:06,520
Speaker 1: like I tobably be doing more than just writing about football. Um,

651
00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:12,120
Speaker 1: that's certainly going to be a huge challenge for this offense. Nicky,

652
00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:14,960
Speaker 1: who were a few kind of under the radar players

653
00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:18,240
Speaker 1: on this Broncos team that maybe Chargers fans should have

654
00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:21,160
Speaker 1: eyes on it. Maybe somebody who didn't flash last year.

655
00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:24,040
Speaker 1: Maybe it's a rookie or somebody that's kind of shown

656
00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:26,760
Speaker 1: out the first quarter of the season. Well, I think

657
00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:30,840
Speaker 1: one guy that impressed in preseason and training campus Moleague Greeds,

658
00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:34,240
Speaker 1: and he's probably going to be, you know, opposite Valmella

659
00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:36,880
Speaker 1: at outside linebacker for most of the time as they

660
00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:40,080
Speaker 1: killed a void for Brentle but he's had very limited

661
00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:43,360
Speaker 1: time against the starters. I mean he filled in briefly

662
00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:45,880
Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter last week and when broly Chad

663
00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:48,720
Speaker 1: came out to have as being examined, and he was

664
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Speaker 1: able to get his first quarter stack in that stand.

665
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Speaker 1: But he's kind of an he really isn't unknown, and

666
00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:56,760
Speaker 1: he hasn't had a full game really as you know,

667
00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:59,400
Speaker 1: a stand up linebacker and going and gas suppose the

668
00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:03,040
Speaker 1: team started, so he could either surprise or he could

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00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:06,400
Speaker 1: you know either Hey the saying he could look like

670
00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:10,400
Speaker 1: a rookie out there. Um, but he has definitely wanted

671
00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:15,080
Speaker 1: to watch because you know he's just new u I.

672
00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:18,480
Speaker 1: They have offense. Uh, one day he was looking pretty

673
00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:21,080
Speaker 1: impressive to me, and it's it's rare for me to

674
00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:25,880
Speaker 1: you know, point out an offensive lineman for a good reason.

675
00:34:26,680 --> 00:34:29,200
Speaker 1: I mean usually you know offensive lineman and they're doing

676
00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:32,080
Speaker 1: something wrong. But Shelton Rise there is second round picks

677
00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:35,640
Speaker 1: their left suard. He has been very solid. He's uh,

678
00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:38,800
Speaker 1: he's one of those guys who has sort of split

679
00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:41,960
Speaker 1: personalities where he's you know, like one of the sweetest

680
00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:44,359
Speaker 1: human beings you've ever met. When he's away from the field,

681
00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:46,759
Speaker 1: and once he gets on the field, he's just an

682
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:49,399
Speaker 1: animal and you don't want to be anywhere near him. Um.

683
00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:54,640
Speaker 1: He's extremely tough, he's got solid technique. UM. He is

684
00:34:55,640 --> 00:35:00,960
Speaker 1: undoubtedly been their most consistent linemen so far. UM. So

685
00:35:01,239 --> 00:35:05,880
Speaker 1: he is one to watch. There. Another's Indy Janovic. Um.

686
00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:09,919
Speaker 1: He's coming back from a victorial muscle injury. Last week

687
00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:12,759
Speaker 1: was his first game back. But he's always kind of

688
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:15,759
Speaker 1: a difference maker, unnoticed difference maker, just because he comes

689
00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:19,040
Speaker 1: up with these huge blocks that really open up holes

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00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:21,360
Speaker 1: in the run game. So he could be huge in

691
00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:23,919
Speaker 1: this game if you know, they give him more time

692
00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:26,759
Speaker 1: and they are able to rely on the run game

693
00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:29,840
Speaker 1: and they're not saying catch out, nicky, final thank for you.

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00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:32,160
Speaker 1: What do you think decides this one? You've seen this

695
00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:35,920
Speaker 1: Broncos team play throughout the first month. These AFCUS games

696
00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:39,320
Speaker 1: always seem to be closed down to the wire, especially

697
00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:41,759
Speaker 1: if these Broncos Charger games the last few years. What

698
00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:44,439
Speaker 1: do you think decides this one? I think it's gonna

699
00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:46,400
Speaker 1: come down to this very end, like all the others have.

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00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:50,320
Speaker 1: I think, ultimately for the Broncos is gonna be he

701
00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:54,560
Speaker 1: still makes the fewest mistakes. Um, that's kind of then.

702
00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:58,800
Speaker 1: The thing lately is they've shown they have the talent

703
00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:02,640
Speaker 1: and can get the yards and get the points they need,

704
00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:06,360
Speaker 1: but they always seem to get into the way, especially

705
00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:11,120
Speaker 1: Layton games with you know, penalties or turnovers or just

706
00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:16,799
Speaker 1: silly mistakes, mispath wells, misassignments. So I think for them

707
00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:20,960
Speaker 1: it's going to come down to minimizing the mistakes and

708
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:25,120
Speaker 1: you know, obviously making fewer than your opponents. And they

709
00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:28,280
Speaker 1: also need to get takeaway. They've unfortry games without a takeaway,

710
00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:32,920
Speaker 1: which they've never done ever. They ended their fact streak

711
00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:35,640
Speaker 1: obviously last weekend, but they still haven't gonne a takeaway,

712
00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:38,719
Speaker 1: so that could be a distance maker. That's one to

713
00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:41,759
Speaker 1: watch for sure. Nikki Javolo, the athletic you're always might

714
00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:44,839
Speaker 1: go to when the Broncos play the Chargers. Great work

715
00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:47,759
Speaker 1: up there and we'll see you soon, Thanks so much.

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00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:50,160
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Speaker 1: may apply. All right, I couldn't be more excited to

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Speaker 1: bring on our next guest. He's the host of the

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Speaker 1: NFL Today on CBS, Inside the NFL on a showtime.

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Speaker 1: One of the most respected people in this business, James Brown,

738
00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:56,200
Speaker 1: joins me here on Chargers Weekly. JB, thank you so much,

739
00:37:56,239 --> 00:37:58,720
Speaker 1: for joining us, sir, how are you doing? Hey, Christ?

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00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:01,520
Speaker 1: First of all, I'm thrilled to be there, especially with

741
00:38:01,719 --> 00:38:05,480
Speaker 1: the former guy from the district Maryland Virginia areas actually

742
00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:07,919
Speaker 1: call it the DMV, but now on the other side

743
00:38:07,960 --> 00:38:10,439
Speaker 1: of the world. But thank you so much for having me, Hey,

744
00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:13,839
Speaker 1: It's it's my pleasure, believe me. You know, more times

745
00:38:13,880 --> 00:38:16,480
Speaker 1: than not, when you get two members of the AFC

746
00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:19,960
Speaker 1: West together on a Sunday afternoon, JB, you're gonna get

747
00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:22,680
Speaker 1: a good game. And we got a rivalry that really

748
00:38:22,760 --> 00:38:26,360
Speaker 1: means something with the Chargers and Broncos on Sunday, I

749
00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:28,120
Speaker 1: know a game that you guys are probably fired up

750
00:38:28,160 --> 00:38:31,440
Speaker 1: for in that studio, no doubt about it. The AFC

751
00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:34,440
Speaker 1: obviously is you know, that's our side of the other picture,

752
00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:37,480
Speaker 1: and we're looking forward to it Hens. You know what.

753
00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:39,560
Speaker 1: And when I think about the Charges, I think about

754
00:38:39,960 --> 00:38:45,800
Speaker 1: how old is mister Rivers. Old man River just keeps

755
00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:50,160
Speaker 1: it going. Is talk about a fiery and tenacious player, Kevin's.

756
00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:52,080
Speaker 1: If I were still able to play, I would love

757
00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:54,040
Speaker 1: to play with a guy like him, because that's a

758
00:38:54,120 --> 00:38:56,840
Speaker 1: teammate that you can count on. But we also understand

759
00:38:56,880 --> 00:39:00,879
Speaker 1: the inherent rivalry between two excellent franchises with a good

760
00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:03,719
Speaker 1: pass though we're looking forward to it as well. You know,

761
00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:07,799
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers, you're seventeen JB and talk to Kylleague Jim

762
00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:11,080
Speaker 1: Nance about this. The fact that you know, Eli Manning

763
00:39:11,360 --> 00:39:14,439
Speaker 1: has the torch kind of passed Daniel Jones at this point,

764
00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:17,320
Speaker 1: and Big Ben out for the year, and Drew Brees

765
00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:21,359
Speaker 1: going down Phillips start to the season, you know, third

766
00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:25,080
Speaker 1: and passing yards seven touchdowns is two picks. Passer rating

767
00:39:25,120 --> 00:39:28,240
Speaker 1: of over one hundred and five other than Tom Brady

768
00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:32,080
Speaker 1: is pretty remarkable. Just to see the longevity of somebody

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00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:34,319
Speaker 1: at that position who hasn't missed a start since two

770
00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:38,080
Speaker 1: thousand and six. Phenominal is all I have to say.

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00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:41,080
Speaker 1: And when you think about people, I guess the words

772
00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:47,440
Speaker 1: that come immediately to mind for me sustained, excellent, augmented

773
00:39:47,520 --> 00:39:52,160
Speaker 1: with passion, and being an inherent leader of that fund. Look,

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00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:54,759
Speaker 1: it's often said, we hear all of the cliches in

775
00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:58,200
Speaker 1: the world of sports, but your best player is supposed

776
00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:01,799
Speaker 1: to be your hardest worker, setting the tone for all

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00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:05,080
Speaker 1: the others. And clearly this is a quarterback driven league.

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00:40:05,680 --> 00:40:09,640
Speaker 1: Players will get their queue, take their queue from Philip Rivers. He,

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00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:12,320
Speaker 1: by the way, reminds me you talk about Tom Brady,

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Speaker 1: I guess the big three in terms of longevity and

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Speaker 1: sustained excellence, being synonymous with them would be Tom Brady,

782
00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:21,759
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers, and Drew Brees in my mind for sure.

783
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Speaker 1: But when I think about Philip Rivers, he reminds me

784
00:40:25,880 --> 00:40:29,600
Speaker 1: of and you know, since you were a cot you know,

785
00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:32,880
Speaker 1: watching me, you know for two hundred years in his

786
00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:37,240
Speaker 1: business ran our back when he when Larry Bird played

787
00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:41,360
Speaker 1: for the Celtics, he was the standard bearer for that

788
00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:44,200
Speaker 1: team and anybody who was traded to that team, it

789
00:40:44,360 --> 00:40:46,279
Speaker 1: was like Larry Bird being the coach and the floor.

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00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:49,200
Speaker 1: Of course he talked with that player. He sat down

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00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:52,160
Speaker 1: to let them understand, let him or you know him

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00:40:52,239 --> 00:40:55,520
Speaker 1: understand or whoever the players were in im plural. This

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00:40:55,719 --> 00:40:57,879
Speaker 1: is the way we do things, this is how it's

794
00:40:57,880 --> 00:40:59,960
Speaker 1: going to be done. I'm going to be the lead.

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00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:02,680
Speaker 1: You know, the trend set are here and that's exactly

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00:41:02,719 --> 00:41:05,560
Speaker 1: what Philip Rivers is. Anybody coming there, they want to

797
00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:08,880
Speaker 1: know what that guy says, what he does, and follow

798
00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:12,520
Speaker 1: his leading. He's just phenomenal. The leadership that he provides

799
00:41:12,680 --> 00:41:15,399
Speaker 1: on the field, JB a second to none, and then

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00:41:15,480 --> 00:41:17,719
Speaker 1: off the field, you look at hey, coach Anthony Lynn,

801
00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:21,239
Speaker 1: and exactly two years ago the Chargers started oh and

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00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:24,920
Speaker 1: four under coach Lynn, and since that moment they're twenty

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00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:28,319
Speaker 1: three and nine in the regular season. I know from

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00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:31,800
Speaker 1: afar you've probably watched this Chargers team and kind of

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00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:34,239
Speaker 1: how they've built from that oh and four start to

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00:41:34,320 --> 00:41:36,560
Speaker 1: what they are now? What have you seen from coach

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00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:38,760
Speaker 1: Lynn and kind of the winning culture that he's building

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00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:43,440
Speaker 1: here in LA. It speaks volumes about the person that

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00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:46,280
Speaker 1: he is, as you well know, being in the business.

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00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:48,680
Speaker 1: It's so easy for those of us who are sitting

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00:41:48,760 --> 00:41:53,359
Speaker 1: on the outside to make hasty or draw or run

812
00:41:53,440 --> 00:41:57,520
Speaker 1: to it and come up with hasty generalization that's totally

813
00:41:57,640 --> 00:42:01,320
Speaker 1: unfair because we don't know what's going on inside the clubhouse,

814
00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:05,480
Speaker 1: in the locker room, in the organization, what he's doing.

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00:42:06,120 --> 00:42:10,560
Speaker 1: Many folks will just use generic metrics to determine whether

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00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:12,080
Speaker 1: or not a coach is doing a job or the

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00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:16,239
Speaker 1: right culture is being said. Not true unless you're inside

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00:42:16,320 --> 00:42:19,480
Speaker 1: the organization to know. I think back to Sparky Anderson,

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00:42:19,560 --> 00:42:22,960
Speaker 1: God bless him, but you know, major League Baseball managers, saying,

820
00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:25,640
Speaker 1: who once told me when I was asking him questions

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Speaker 1: about another's team and their players and how this manager

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00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:30,920
Speaker 1: was dealing with these baseball players, He says, you know what,

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Speaker 1: jab I have abscribed to it, and subscribe to the

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Speaker 1: to the police. Because that manager and in this case football,

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00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:42,719
Speaker 1: that coach, they are there with those players every day.

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Speaker 1: They understand far more about what it takes to inspire

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Speaker 1: that person, what their real work ethics like, how they

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00:42:49,640 --> 00:42:53,800
Speaker 1: handle challenges, how they overcome all those things. What Anthony

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00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:56,200
Speaker 1: Lynn has done from the outside looking at has been

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Speaker 1: flat out a phenomenal. Gosh, hey, Chris, when team moved

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00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:02,800
Speaker 1: to LA and many of the players and you know

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00:43:02,920 --> 00:43:05,879
Speaker 1: better than me the numbers that were commuting from San

833
00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:09,640
Speaker 1: Diego to Los Angeles or just uprooting their families and moving,

834
00:43:09,760 --> 00:43:13,720
Speaker 1: all those things affect a players performance on the field.

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00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:17,880
Speaker 1: A coach has to manage to that and through that

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Speaker 1: and still make it feel like it's a family and

837
00:43:20,360 --> 00:43:24,640
Speaker 1: everything is okay. So in those areas managing the variables

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00:43:24,719 --> 00:43:27,000
Speaker 1: like that that many of us on the outside don't

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Speaker 1: place an awful lot of credence and a lot of

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00:43:29,160 --> 00:43:32,160
Speaker 1: weight in Anthony's gone A remarkable job. And oh, by

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Speaker 1: the way, the number that you just gave after that

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00:43:34,440 --> 00:43:36,600
Speaker 1: oh and four starting being twenty three and nine, that

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00:43:36,760 --> 00:43:39,239
Speaker 1: speaks volumes that they've got the right guy. Now. What

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00:43:39,360 --> 00:43:41,480
Speaker 1: I do know is what everybody speaks about him, that

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00:43:41,600 --> 00:43:45,120
Speaker 1: he is absolutely a man of character and integrity, and

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00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:46,919
Speaker 1: he's the kind of guy you want in the locker

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00:43:47,040 --> 00:43:50,080
Speaker 1: room understanding the ups and downs, the ebbs and flows

848
00:43:50,120 --> 00:43:52,640
Speaker 1: of the season. You want somebody who was steady like that,

849
00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:55,759
Speaker 1: who's been there and understands it and can guide the

850
00:43:55,800 --> 00:43:57,680
Speaker 1: ship with the steady hand. Does that makes sense, Chris,

851
00:43:58,000 --> 00:44:01,200
Speaker 1: no doubt about that. You know the thing with the NFL, JB,

852
00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:04,920
Speaker 1: you know this better than anybody. We're very quick to react.

853
00:44:05,760 --> 00:44:08,480
Speaker 1: And this first month of the season, for example, and

854
00:44:08,719 --> 00:44:12,400
Speaker 1: it's kind of an interesting dynamic here because the Chargers

855
00:44:12,440 --> 00:44:15,160
Speaker 1: just beat the Dolphins and Brian Flores, who I believe

856
00:44:15,280 --> 00:44:18,240
Speaker 1: is going to be a fantastic head coach. They're facing

857
00:44:18,280 --> 00:44:21,879
Speaker 1: the Broncos this week in Vic Fangio, who's owing four.

858
00:44:22,320 --> 00:44:25,920
Speaker 1: And I think sometimes we're quick to judge whether or

859
00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:29,960
Speaker 1: not a coach is capable of winning at a consistent

860
00:44:30,040 --> 00:44:32,359
Speaker 1: rate in the NFL, and sometimes we need to take

861
00:44:32,360 --> 00:44:35,280
Speaker 1: a step back and realize that this thing, it takes time,

862
00:44:35,600 --> 00:44:38,880
Speaker 1: and every situation is different. And you know what, and

863
00:44:39,360 --> 00:44:42,640
Speaker 1: this is what I've learned from many coaches I've worked

864
00:44:42,680 --> 00:44:45,959
Speaker 1: with years ago, and play by play when I worked

865
00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:50,400
Speaker 1: with coaches, certainly being on location doing Thursday night football

866
00:44:50,480 --> 00:44:52,360
Speaker 1: or doing some of our broadcasts when I was with

867
00:44:52,520 --> 00:44:56,759
Speaker 1: Fox and now back at CBS. If what you just said,

868
00:44:56,920 --> 00:44:59,400
Speaker 1: let's let's look at the big picture. Don't be so

869
00:44:59,640 --> 00:45:05,080
Speaker 1: quick to draw hasty generalizations without understanding the context. There's

870
00:45:05,360 --> 00:45:08,640
Speaker 1: a Biblical expression that says, don't judge a thing before

871
00:45:08,840 --> 00:45:11,000
Speaker 1: its time. You need to look at the whole picture.

872
00:45:11,200 --> 00:45:13,319
Speaker 1: We all know the story of Joe Gibbs, by the way,

873
00:45:13,400 --> 00:45:15,759
Speaker 1: with a background from out there was certainly in San

874
00:45:15,800 --> 00:45:20,600
Speaker 1: Diego who started oz in five here in Washington, but

875
00:45:20,920 --> 00:45:23,040
Speaker 1: he knew that the team was headed in the right direction.

876
00:45:23,120 --> 00:45:26,040
Speaker 1: And Jack Kent Cook, God bless him, certainly was patient

877
00:45:26,080 --> 00:45:28,440
Speaker 1: with him because he knew he made the right higher.

878
00:45:28,840 --> 00:45:30,800
Speaker 1: Look at what I mean, he's a Hall of Famer.

879
00:45:30,880 --> 00:45:34,400
Speaker 1: Now you think about Heaven's last year. Frank Reich with

880
00:45:34,560 --> 00:45:38,960
Speaker 1: Indianapolis as they started out and and fandom wanted to

881
00:45:39,080 --> 00:45:40,960
Speaker 1: get rid of them saying he didn't know what he's doing.

882
00:45:41,400 --> 00:45:45,600
Speaker 1: But and while they were criticizing on the outside, frank

883
00:45:45,680 --> 00:45:48,880
Speaker 1: Reich said, no, we knew by the metrics we were

884
00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:52,160
Speaker 1: basing things on, but more than just metrics, because we

885
00:45:52,200 --> 00:45:54,680
Speaker 1: do have a tendency to go overboard when we think

886
00:45:54,680 --> 00:45:58,000
Speaker 1: about analytics. There's a human side of the equation as

887
00:45:58,040 --> 00:46:00,759
Speaker 1: well too, which is what really determines good coach who

888
00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:04,400
Speaker 1: can work in the balance of the metrics and the

889
00:46:04,560 --> 00:46:09,320
Speaker 1: human aspects of motivating people. Frank Wright turned that squad around,

890
00:46:09,360 --> 00:46:11,399
Speaker 1: and we know what they did last year, and here

891
00:46:11,680 --> 00:46:14,360
Speaker 1: see whether the storm of losing andrew lux before the

892
00:46:14,440 --> 00:46:16,680
Speaker 1: season even starts. So we need to look at people,

893
00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:19,480
Speaker 1: you know, in contact over the long haul. And Anthony

894
00:46:19,640 --> 00:46:23,400
Speaker 1: Lynn checks all the right boxes that would suggest that

895
00:46:23,520 --> 00:46:26,200
Speaker 1: the kind of culture that has been established there along

896
00:46:26,239 --> 00:46:27,640
Speaker 1: with time to let's go. And let me give him

897
00:46:27,680 --> 00:46:30,520
Speaker 1: some credit as well too in that regard that the

898
00:46:30,640 --> 00:46:33,040
Speaker 1: ship is heading in the right direction. And again, I

899
00:46:33,120 --> 00:46:34,839
Speaker 1: know I'm saying this to you and you've got your

900
00:46:34,880 --> 00:46:37,239
Speaker 1: finger in the post better than me, But is that

901
00:46:37,360 --> 00:46:40,400
Speaker 1: a good read and accurate read? More importantly, it is,

902
00:46:40,600 --> 00:46:43,680
Speaker 1: and you know it takes everybody and you mentioned time

903
00:46:43,760 --> 00:46:45,280
Speaker 1: till us go, and I'm glad you did it because

904
00:46:45,480 --> 00:46:47,560
Speaker 1: you know the drafts that he's had over the last

905
00:46:47,600 --> 00:46:49,840
Speaker 1: several years. There's a lot of young guys on this team,

906
00:46:50,560 --> 00:46:52,800
Speaker 1: and the Charges, as you all know, have had a

907
00:46:52,880 --> 00:46:55,480
Speaker 1: lot of injuries throughout the first four weeks of the season.

908
00:46:55,560 --> 00:46:58,759
Speaker 1: You lose three your tight ends, wide receiver for a

909
00:46:58,800 --> 00:47:01,960
Speaker 1: little bit of time, perhaps your best defensive player in

910
00:47:02,040 --> 00:47:04,680
Speaker 1: Derwin James, Melvin Ingram's probably gonna be out this week.

911
00:47:05,120 --> 00:47:09,279
Speaker 1: So to have younger guys that can step in and

912
00:47:09,840 --> 00:47:13,200
Speaker 1: play valuable reps and kind of hold down the fort

913
00:47:13,320 --> 00:47:16,760
Speaker 1: until some of these starters come back, that speaks volumes.

914
00:47:16,880 --> 00:47:20,200
Speaker 1: And it's a lot of young guys who have experienced

915
00:47:20,280 --> 00:47:25,160
Speaker 1: early in their careers that you typically wouldn't have, which

916
00:47:25,680 --> 00:47:31,160
Speaker 1: is going to prove beneficial down the line. To get

917
00:47:31,239 --> 00:47:34,920
Speaker 1: that opportunity, And again, how awesome to be in an

918
00:47:35,120 --> 00:47:38,719
Speaker 1: environment where you've got you And I'm sure you know

919
00:47:38,840 --> 00:47:40,840
Speaker 1: this as well too, when you look at an organization

920
00:47:41,480 --> 00:47:45,640
Speaker 1: that is undergoing change as all do, in terms of

921
00:47:45,880 --> 00:47:48,840
Speaker 1: the balance on the squad of the kind of players

922
00:47:48,880 --> 00:47:52,160
Speaker 1: that they have there. Clearly, you want talent, we get that,

923
00:47:53,080 --> 00:47:57,000
Speaker 1: but you also want those season players who still are

924
00:47:57,160 --> 00:48:03,520
Speaker 1: showing talent, showing util adding value to the team. And

925
00:48:03,680 --> 00:48:05,960
Speaker 1: clearly we've already talked about the Philip Rivers and what

926
00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:07,759
Speaker 1: he's done in that regard, but you want to have

927
00:48:07,920 --> 00:48:13,000
Speaker 1: guys who show the younger players what being a professional

928
00:48:13,239 --> 00:48:16,120
Speaker 1: is all about. That's critical. That's something that the coach

929
00:48:16,440 --> 00:48:19,920
Speaker 1: cannot do in that locker room where he doesn't have

930
00:48:20,080 --> 00:48:22,640
Speaker 1: the influence he being the coach. But they I mean,

931
00:48:22,680 --> 00:48:25,359
Speaker 1: they can have influence, but they're not in there day

932
00:48:25,400 --> 00:48:26,920
Speaker 1: in and day out. You know, there's got to be

933
00:48:27,040 --> 00:48:30,600
Speaker 1: a good locker room culture. That's what Philip Rivers and

934
00:48:30,880 --> 00:48:34,879
Speaker 1: others the other season professionals are showing the youngsters who've

935
00:48:34,920 --> 00:48:37,759
Speaker 1: got talent so that that talent is really nurtured in

936
00:48:37,840 --> 00:48:40,000
Speaker 1: the right fashion. You and I Christ have seen a

937
00:48:40,080 --> 00:48:43,760
Speaker 1: number of examples over the years of some prodigiously talented

938
00:48:43,840 --> 00:48:47,160
Speaker 1: players coming into the league on a team where maybe

939
00:48:47,200 --> 00:48:50,520
Speaker 1: you've got a few prima donna superstars who aren't interested

940
00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:53,160
Speaker 1: in creating the right kind of culture, and that young

941
00:48:53,360 --> 00:48:57,080
Speaker 1: talented person adapts that same attitude and that is not

942
00:48:57,440 --> 00:49:01,120
Speaker 1: healthy for the franchise long haul. JB. I tell you

943
00:49:01,360 --> 00:49:04,920
Speaker 1: there's a guy who the Chargers signed this offseason and

944
00:49:05,080 --> 00:49:08,440
Speaker 1: you would think he's been here for a decade. And

945
00:49:08,560 --> 00:49:12,640
Speaker 1: that's Thomas Davis Walter Payton of the Year, the only

946
00:49:12,800 --> 00:49:16,520
Speaker 1: defender from the two thousand and five draft class that's

947
00:49:16,560 --> 00:49:20,239
Speaker 1: still in the league. His work ethic and what he

948
00:49:20,560 --> 00:49:23,320
Speaker 1: kind of sets, he sets a tone on defense for

949
00:49:23,360 --> 00:49:25,800
Speaker 1: a lot of these young guys at the linebacker position

950
00:49:25,880 --> 00:49:30,000
Speaker 1: and even in the secondary defensive line, there's a standard.

951
00:49:30,200 --> 00:49:33,160
Speaker 1: And you know, Philip Rivers is certainly that guy on offense.

952
00:49:33,440 --> 00:49:36,000
Speaker 1: But when you're bringing a guy like Thomas Davis who's

953
00:49:36,040 --> 00:49:38,960
Speaker 1: thirty six years old, still running around like he's twenty

954
00:49:39,000 --> 00:49:42,200
Speaker 1: four years old. But it's his leadership that I think

955
00:49:42,640 --> 00:49:45,759
Speaker 1: means more than anything. Hey, can I say thank you

956
00:49:45,840 --> 00:49:48,480
Speaker 1: so very much for even underscoring that, because you're right

957
00:49:49,160 --> 00:49:52,080
Speaker 1: other than those who follow the LA Charges really closely

958
00:49:52,239 --> 00:49:56,000
Speaker 1: from wherever you're right to us on the outside. Don't

959
00:49:56,080 --> 00:49:59,359
Speaker 1: think down in the weeds more granulally if you will,

960
00:49:59,480 --> 00:50:01,719
Speaker 1: like you just did in pointing out what that guy

961
00:50:01,760 --> 00:50:04,400
Speaker 1: on the defensive side of the ball really means. Heavens,

962
00:50:04,440 --> 00:50:06,120
Speaker 1: I worked with a Hall of Famer and a guy

963
00:50:06,239 --> 00:50:11,239
Speaker 1: who's man his passion. Phil Simms was teasing ray Lewis

964
00:50:11,320 --> 00:50:14,879
Speaker 1: as they raided, please keep your blood pressure below one fifty.

965
00:50:14,960 --> 00:50:17,400
Speaker 1: You're about to explode here on the set. But you

966
00:50:17,560 --> 00:50:20,520
Speaker 1: love seeing that displayed out on the football field in

967
00:50:20,719 --> 00:50:23,960
Speaker 1: practice settings where you know, again, the younger guys are

968
00:50:24,000 --> 00:50:26,839
Speaker 1: taking the lead of an old lion like that who's

969
00:50:26,880 --> 00:50:29,360
Speaker 1: still playing like a young lion and who has the

970
00:50:29,480 --> 00:50:31,759
Speaker 1: attitude of that. They don't want to let him down,

971
00:50:31,840 --> 00:50:34,040
Speaker 1: they don't want to disappoint him. I think about ray

972
00:50:34,160 --> 00:50:36,960
Speaker 1: Lewis and how much he talked about Ed Reid bringing

973
00:50:37,040 --> 00:50:40,200
Speaker 1: that same kind of passion and determination and leadership out

974
00:50:40,200 --> 00:50:41,640
Speaker 1: there in the field as well too. So if you've

975
00:50:41,680 --> 00:50:44,720
Speaker 1: got a Thomas Davis doing that, those are the ingredients.

976
00:50:44,760 --> 00:50:47,120
Speaker 1: And Anthony Lynn and Tom till us Go and the

977
00:50:47,160 --> 00:50:49,880
Speaker 1: rest of the brain trust there, they understand that. And

978
00:50:49,960 --> 00:50:52,440
Speaker 1: if you can bring in some young talented players and

979
00:50:52,600 --> 00:50:56,040
Speaker 1: they're rallying around an excellent role model like that on

980
00:50:56,160 --> 00:50:58,440
Speaker 1: the defensive side of the ball, hey good for you.

981
00:50:58,560 --> 00:51:01,680
Speaker 1: Because again we're still we're just going into week five

982
00:51:01,800 --> 00:51:03,719
Speaker 1: right now, and you look at the long haul and

983
00:51:04,160 --> 00:51:09,239
Speaker 1: that's AFC West Division. Clearly, Kansas City played extremely well.

984
00:51:09,960 --> 00:51:13,600
Speaker 1: People understand where the weaknesses may be defensively open looking

985
00:51:13,640 --> 00:51:15,680
Speaker 1: to try to rebound from all that went on in

986
00:51:15,800 --> 00:51:19,879
Speaker 1: the preseason with Antonio Brown. The Chargers are right there,

987
00:51:20,200 --> 00:51:23,040
Speaker 1: and as you mentioned about Dick Fangio and Denver, you know,

988
00:51:23,280 --> 00:51:26,600
Speaker 1: when they get that thing turned around, playing too Joe

989
00:51:26,680 --> 00:51:30,400
Speaker 1: Flacco's strength and designing things around that. Even though right

990
00:51:30,440 --> 00:51:32,160
Speaker 1: now they're taking a lot of heat from the press,

991
00:51:32,560 --> 00:51:35,279
Speaker 1: that is still a strong division to say the least.

992
00:51:35,280 --> 00:51:37,560
Speaker 1: Then let's see how it plays out over the long haul.

993
00:51:38,400 --> 00:51:40,279
Speaker 1: It's hard to believe we're only a week five. There's

994
00:51:40,320 --> 00:51:43,000
Speaker 1: so much more football to go. And Jbi, you've been

995
00:51:43,040 --> 00:51:44,759
Speaker 1: so gracious with your time. We'll get you out here

996
00:51:44,800 --> 00:51:48,239
Speaker 1: on this. Just your takeaways from the first quarter of

997
00:51:48,360 --> 00:51:53,759
Speaker 1: the NFL season. Who's impressed, surprise, maybe disappointed. There's been

998
00:51:54,000 --> 00:51:57,080
Speaker 1: so many things that have happened over this first quarter

999
00:51:57,239 --> 00:52:00,320
Speaker 1: that I don't think many people were expecting. Yeah, you

1000
00:52:00,400 --> 00:52:02,319
Speaker 1: know what, And I'm not going to be as good

1001
00:52:02,360 --> 00:52:04,000
Speaker 1: as you in terms of trying to be so think

1002
00:52:04,080 --> 00:52:06,399
Speaker 1: with it. But as we just talked about in terms

1003
00:52:06,440 --> 00:52:08,600
Speaker 1: of the AFC West, we kind of gave a little

1004
00:52:08,640 --> 00:52:12,000
Speaker 1: thumbnail of the squads there, folks may be totally surprised

1005
00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:14,680
Speaker 1: to see how things shake out down the stretch, loving

1006
00:52:14,760 --> 00:52:17,359
Speaker 1: what Andy Reid has done with Patrick Mahomes, because many

1007
00:52:17,400 --> 00:52:19,520
Speaker 1: people in the Washington area are trying to say, hey,

1008
00:52:19,560 --> 00:52:22,000
Speaker 1: put the young quarterback Dwayne Haskins in there, but you

1009
00:52:22,080 --> 00:52:24,200
Speaker 1: know what, just because he's a young quarterback, he don't

1010
00:52:24,239 --> 00:52:26,120
Speaker 1: measure him the same way you do Daniel Jones and

1011
00:52:26,200 --> 00:52:29,840
Speaker 1: everybody else. Patrick Mahomes wrote the Bench for a year learning.

1012
00:52:29,920 --> 00:52:32,959
Speaker 1: Andy Reid understood that when you look at the AFC South,

1013
00:52:33,440 --> 00:52:35,560
Speaker 1: I'm Mike and again I mentioned Frank k and how

1014
00:52:35,719 --> 00:52:40,480
Speaker 1: he's whether the storm nicely with the unexpected retirement of

1015
00:52:40,560 --> 00:52:43,480
Speaker 1: Andrew Luck and right now everybody in that division is

1016
00:52:43,520 --> 00:52:47,160
Speaker 1: two and two Houston. I mean, I think Deshaun Watson

1017
00:52:47,400 --> 00:52:50,399
Speaker 1: is just really remarkable in what he is as a leader,

1018
00:52:50,400 --> 00:52:51,880
Speaker 1: and I just hope they can, you know, get the

1019
00:52:51,960 --> 00:52:54,200
Speaker 1: kind of protection that they leave from him. Many people

1020
00:52:54,280 --> 00:52:57,120
Speaker 1: thought Cleveland would just be a runaway squad because they've

1021
00:52:57,120 --> 00:52:59,880
Speaker 1: got this great collection of talent. But let's see what happened.

1022
00:53:00,160 --> 00:53:03,040
Speaker 1: And in that AFC North, I look at Lamar Jackson.

1023
00:53:03,320 --> 00:53:05,840
Speaker 1: Still a long ways to go, but certainly he's shown

1024
00:53:05,880 --> 00:53:08,960
Speaker 1: the flashes of what he can be as that balanced

1025
00:53:09,040 --> 00:53:12,960
Speaker 1: quarterback that people were expecting. I'm surprised at what's happened

1026
00:53:12,960 --> 00:53:15,239
Speaker 1: to Pittsburgh, But then again, I guess you can have

1027
00:53:15,400 --> 00:53:17,920
Speaker 1: a diminution of talent like that and not expected to

1028
00:53:18,120 --> 00:53:19,960
Speaker 1: not have an impact on them. And then the loose

1029
00:53:20,000 --> 00:53:23,160
Speaker 1: Ben Roethlisberger and they have one in three and gosh,

1030
00:53:23,239 --> 00:53:25,640
Speaker 1: let me ask you, Chris, because I don't even go

1031
00:53:25,760 --> 00:53:30,160
Speaker 1: through all the NFC, when will New England ever show

1032
00:53:30,400 --> 00:53:34,040
Speaker 1: a chink any armor? Chris? You know what, it's a

1033
00:53:34,120 --> 00:53:38,400
Speaker 1: great question because we were there in January and it

1034
00:53:38,600 --> 00:53:40,960
Speaker 1: was it was a tough game for the Chargers to

1035
00:53:41,000 --> 00:53:45,120
Speaker 1: say the least. You see Stephen Gaskowski is on ir now.

1036
00:53:45,520 --> 00:53:49,120
Speaker 1: But I'll tell you what, JB. They have an operation

1037
00:53:49,280 --> 00:53:53,560
Speaker 1: there that they bounced back from, whether it's injuries, any adversity.

1038
00:53:54,480 --> 00:53:57,880
Speaker 1: They have probably the greatest coach of all time, greatest

1039
00:53:57,960 --> 00:54:00,520
Speaker 1: quarterback of all time, and a program aim that just

1040
00:54:01,040 --> 00:54:05,279
Speaker 1: continuously is dominant. So your guess is as good as

1041
00:54:05,400 --> 00:54:07,719
Speaker 1: mine is the last time we're going to see New

1042
00:54:07,760 --> 00:54:12,680
Speaker 1: England in a deep playoff front. It really is remarkable. Hey,

1043
00:54:12,800 --> 00:54:15,160
Speaker 1: First of all, you have gotten me fired up because

1044
00:54:15,160 --> 00:54:17,120
Speaker 1: I know there's so much more we could have selved into.

1045
00:54:17,360 --> 00:54:19,520
Speaker 1: I think about the New York James and how fans

1046
00:54:19,640 --> 00:54:22,319
Speaker 1: were booing the fact that the Daniel Jones is taken

1047
00:54:22,400 --> 00:54:24,319
Speaker 1: with what the sixth pickup leaves. That's right, and they

1048
00:54:24,360 --> 00:54:26,400
Speaker 1: were just thinking that Dave Gentleman just loved it, and

1049
00:54:26,480 --> 00:54:28,560
Speaker 1: now of course they want to, you know, do a

1050
00:54:28,640 --> 00:54:30,400
Speaker 1: parade for him. It's still a long season, but it

1051
00:54:30,520 --> 00:54:32,399
Speaker 1: just goes to show you, hey, you know what again,

1052
00:54:32,560 --> 00:54:34,719
Speaker 1: as you and I have been kind of an underlying them,

1053
00:54:35,160 --> 00:54:37,400
Speaker 1: take a look at the entire picture. It's a long season.

1054
00:54:37,719 --> 00:54:39,560
Speaker 1: Let's see what happens, and there's going to be an

1055
00:54:39,560 --> 00:54:43,640
Speaker 1: awful lot more season remaining. But Chris, please drag me

1056
00:54:43,800 --> 00:54:46,239
Speaker 1: back on your show again. This is good. I'm learning

1057
00:54:46,320 --> 00:54:49,000
Speaker 1: as much from you as hopefully whatever a couple of

1058
00:54:49,120 --> 00:54:51,279
Speaker 1: nuggets I can throw your way, and I wish you

1059
00:54:51,400 --> 00:54:54,600
Speaker 1: continue success in all that you were doing well. Jab

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Speaker 1: your television show is appointment television inside the NFL, and

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Speaker 1: you guys are given a hard time about his toe

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Speaker 1: this week. Good Dancing with the Stars. That was hilarious. Hey, Chris, Hey, Chris,

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Speaker 1: I'm sure speaking of hilarious, you had to laugh as

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Speaker 1: well too. As much as we try to talk football

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Speaker 1: and get the fans, you know, kind of set the

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Speaker 1: table for what they're going to see the upcoming week.

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Speaker 1: You know, from guys who were in the fraternity of

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Speaker 1: players and coaches, can you believe that one of the

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Speaker 1: most talked about, often ask questions right now through week

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Speaker 1: four is when is Phil sim going to have that

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Speaker 1: pull up bar in the studio and is he going

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Speaker 1: to get twenty chin ups that he challenged Brandon Marshall

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Speaker 1: and ray Lewis that he can get done and Michael Urpan.

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Speaker 1: So anyway, there's what you call a real good football talk,

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Speaker 1: right Chris. Doesn't get any better and they better than you. JB.

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Speaker 1: I can't thank you for your time. It will have

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Speaker 1: you back soon. Really appreciate it. Sounds good, Chris, Thank

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Speaker 1: you so very much, buddy. All Right, guys, that's gonna

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Speaker 1: do it for us. A big thanks to James Brown,

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Speaker 1: Nikki Jovila, Daniel Jeremiah and Jim Nance for joining me,

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Speaker 1: and of course thanks to you all for listening. Remember

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Speaker 1: be sure to download and subscribe to the All New

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Speaker 1: Chargers podcast network. We're now on Spotify and SoundCloud too,

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Speaker 1: so wherever you listen to podcasts be sure to download.

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much for listening, Enjoy the game on Sunday,

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Speaker 1: and until next time, I'm Chris Harry