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Speaker 1: And now Move the Sticks with Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks.

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Speaker 2: What's up, everybody? Welcome to Move the Sticks, DJ, Bucky

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Speaker 2: and Rhett with you on a Tuesday. And we have

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Speaker 2: got a lot to get into today normally, you know,

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Speaker 2: I'm fired up about the show. We've got some fun topics.

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Speaker 2: This one is the best of the year because of

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Speaker 2: what we were given by the college football gods last

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Speaker 2: night to get into those semi final games, as well

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Speaker 2: as looking back and looking ahead a little bit on

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Speaker 2: the NFL side of things. But boys, it's great to

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Speaker 2: see you. I want to jump right in, no happy

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Speaker 2: talk at the top. I want to jump right in,

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Speaker 2: and I want to start with the Rose Bowl, which

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Speaker 2: was an incredible game. Michigan ends up coming back meeting

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Speaker 2: Alabama in overtime. Rhett, I know you were at the game,

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Speaker 2: so I'm gonna let Bucky start. Go ahead, Buck, what'd

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Speaker 2: you think? Look?

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Speaker 3: Man?

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Speaker 2: It was a great game.

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Speaker 3: And I was conflicted because I love the way both teams,

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Speaker 3: the way both teams go about their business. I love

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Speaker 3: old school hard nos football, run game, defense and all

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Speaker 3: those things, and we got a chance to see all

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Speaker 3: of that. To me, what was really impressive was the

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Speaker 3: adjustments that coaches made throughout the course of the game

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Speaker 3: to take this game into really like an overtime affair.

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Speaker 3: It's one where Michigan came out, they were kind of

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Speaker 3: dominating with their defense. Alabama makes an adjustment, they come

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Speaker 3: back Michigan with under four minutes left, They put together

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Speaker 3: a drive. They go for it on a fourth down

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Speaker 3: with a clever little tactic where they get four strong

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Speaker 3: down the stretch. To me, I just think when you

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Speaker 3: have great coaching matchups, you have great teams playing, you

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Speaker 3: in the Rolls Ball and so I could be more

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Speaker 3: excited as a guy who's really a college football fan.

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Speaker 1: So I just want to start with the fact that

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Speaker 1: we talk and there is so much conversation about all

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Speaker 1: that is wrong with college football and with college athletics.

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Speaker 1: Now you want to talk about nil and transfer portal

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Speaker 1: and playoff expansion and conference realign. If you were out

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Speaker 1: there in Pasadena yesterday underneath the crystal blue skies in

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Speaker 1: the most iconic venue in all of college sports. With

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Speaker 1: ninety six thousand people in attendance, then is why we

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Speaker 1: love college football. You could just sit there outside. So

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Speaker 1: I was sitting there outside and watching everyone walk in

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Speaker 1: Bowl right with the script Rose Bowl out there, and

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Speaker 1: you could just watch their faces right and it was

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Speaker 1: college football. Now, Like once a game kicked off, I

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Speaker 1: was shocked that Michigan was in this game to begin with,

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Speaker 1: based on all the mistakes they made early on, Like

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Speaker 1: JJ McCarthy was trying to give Alabama the football in

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Speaker 1: the first play the game. I think you had Smage

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Speaker 1: and it was an ebb and flow.

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Speaker 4: You got to deal with.

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Speaker 1: The swings of this game, and that's what college football

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Speaker 1: should be about. On that stage in the College Football Playoff,

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Speaker 1: there were times where both teams went cold on offense

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Speaker 1: and even on defense, but Michigan proved that. I think

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Speaker 1: Last driver regulation for them sending it to ot and

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Speaker 1: then the two play drive in overtime was what Michigan

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Speaker 1: football is all about. It's Blake Korum, it's power run game.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Again, I did not love the play call there

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Speaker 2: on the Michigan side of things. This felt like we

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Speaker 2: all love the NCAA Tournament as college basketball fans. Michigan

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Speaker 2: felt like that team that had all the seniors. You know,

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Speaker 2: you've got other teams that and maybe you have more talent.

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Speaker 2: Now I don't think Alabama had more talent than them

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Speaker 2: With the special team's miscues that they had, they were

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Speaker 2: When really be honest with you, having watched a lot

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Speaker 2: of Michigan, this was not their best. I mean, They've

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Speaker 2: One of the things about Alabama is there the adjustments

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Speaker 2: they made some corrections there. One of the things about them, Buck,

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Speaker 2: appreciate when when the quarterback fumbles. When Milroe fumbles and

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Speaker 2: it looked like, man, this is going to change the

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Speaker 2: whole game, Alabama's defense goes right back out there, sudden

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Speaker 2: the talk we use about, you know, mental or physical toughness.

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Speaker 2: This both these teams incredibly mentally tough, which I thought

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Speaker 3: Yeah, look, as a high school coach, I certainly took

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Speaker 3: that away from a DJ. The first part of you

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Speaker 3: I immediately tweeted, like, man, part of why Alabama wins

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Speaker 3: and Michigan was doing a really good job of doing it.

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Speaker 3: JJ McCarthy appears to throw an interception in the first play.

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Speaker 3: It's overruled the special teams gaps that you guys alluded to,

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Speaker 2: It up up and like all of that stuff.

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Speaker 3: And so to me, look, man, when you have young

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Speaker 3: I think it's great, But I want to kind of

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Speaker 3: So for all of us who have watched Jim Harbot

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Speaker 3: We've always known that he is a power football guy,

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Speaker 3: The two biggest plays that Michigan had they use some

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Speaker 3: then they kind of bounce motion them to the right

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Speaker 3: was like, Hey, that's Jim Harbaugh being Jim Harbaugh. In

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Speaker 3: overtime the touchdown, when we talk about blake Korm. They

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Speaker 3: They line up fourth to the left strong, they have

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Speaker 3: They did run a power to put six over there.

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Speaker 3: So when Blake korm runs from a numerical standpoint, they

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Speaker 3: hats off to him for keeping it real. I appreciate

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Speaker 3: we can reflect on it, Look, this team wasn't one

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Speaker 3: the player be knocked off Georgia, but they overachieved with

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Speaker 3: what they have because if you look at this team

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Speaker 3: compared to old Alabama teams, they didn't really they have

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Speaker 3: a dynamic threat on the perimeter. The quarterback was a

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Speaker 3: not necessarily dominate like the USUE. But he got them there,

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Speaker 1: So a couple of things here on what you mentioned

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Speaker 1: about the schematic advantages that Michigan was creating there. That's

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Speaker 1: what they've done all year long, especially in big games.

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Speaker 1: They are one of the more schematically and competitively arrogant

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Speaker 3: Right.

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Speaker 1: They don't care if I mean, like six to the lee,

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Speaker 1: Had that on my notes from rewatching a Penn State

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Speaker 1: Just decided that we were going to be the better

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Speaker 4: A couple of things I was disappointed with, Like I.

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Speaker 1: Really thought that Dallas Turner and braswell, We're going to

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Speaker 1: create more havoc in this game than they did, especially

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Speaker 4: Those guys, those heage rushers for Alabama were minimized.

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Speaker 1: Now, JJ McCarthy didn't sit back there and have too

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Speaker 1: many classic drop back throws, which again credit to the

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Speaker 1: game plan. Right, you know, that's probably not an area

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Speaker 1: they minimized it and they ran the ball when they

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Speaker 1: you know, I don't know what. I didn't think Latham

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Speaker 1: the sacks. And then that front, like Mason Graham's going

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Speaker 1: they rotate four or five deep in that defensive tackle group,

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Speaker 1: and it's just they are, they are strong, and they

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Speaker 2: I remember at that time, many many many years ago,

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Speaker 1: like he's kind of uncoverable right now, and it's really

434
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Speaker 1: fun to watch, like what this offense can be like

435
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Speaker 1: when you've got one of those elite weapons out there.

436
00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:40,639
Speaker 1: I mean, we're talking about a guy who's going to

437
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Speaker 1: break you know, Cowboy's breaking Cowboys, you know, franchise records here,

438
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Speaker 1: and we talk about guys that wear that number and

439
00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:50,920
Speaker 1: play that position for that franchise. It does mean something

440
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Speaker 1: st a little bit more, And I think he's done

441
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Speaker 1: a great job of kind of understanding expectation and.

442
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Speaker 4: Thriving in the midst of all that.

443
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Speaker 1: Sure in that anxiety that comes with being one of

444
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Speaker 1: those guys that is dependent on for this team, Bucky,

445
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Speaker 1: and I think it's you know, it's I think it's

446
00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:11,080
Speaker 1: one of those things that could fuel this team on

447
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Speaker 1: a playoff run when you have a guy that's playing

448
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Speaker 1: this well.

449
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Speaker 3: Look, man, you talk about fueling the playoff run, A

450
00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:19,600
Speaker 3: couple of things happened, Like we could talk about the

451
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Speaker 3: officiating errors and how I played out and how the

452
00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:25,000
Speaker 3: Cowboys won their game, but the Philadelphia Eagles falling apart

453
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Speaker 3: and allowing the Dallas Cowboys to win and claim the

454
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Speaker 3: division and the number one seed, number two seed that

455
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Speaker 3: gives them a pathway to the Super Bowl. This team

456
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Speaker 3: plays significantly better at home. They're averaging thirty seven, almost

457
00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:41,400
Speaker 3: thirty eight points per game. There's almost a twenty two

458
00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:45,680
Speaker 3: point differential between points scored and points allowed when they

459
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Speaker 3: play at home. So to give this team an opportunity

460
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Speaker 3: to play at home in front of their fans where

461
00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:53,720
Speaker 3: that offense can get going. We've seen Dak Prescott lighted

462
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Speaker 3: up at home. We've seen that defense rely on the

463
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Speaker 3: crowd noise to be able to heat up that pass

464
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Speaker 3: rush and create turnovers. This team is well positioned to

465
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Speaker 3: make that deep postseason run that everyone has talked about

466
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Speaker 3: for years. And when I'm looking at Dak Prescott and

467
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Speaker 3: the connection that he has with Mike McCarthy and how

468
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Speaker 3: they're really running it through number four via eighty eight,

469
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Speaker 3: it's a tough team. And the only thing to me

470
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Speaker 3: that can trip this team up is their inability to

471
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Speaker 3: run it when they need to run it. Their inability

472
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Speaker 3: to run it to close out games. Tony Pollard and

473
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Speaker 3: crew like, they still have to be able to run

474
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Speaker 3: the game out because you don't want to see issues

475
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Speaker 3: that affected them at the end of the game where

476
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Speaker 3: they throw on second down and the other team doesn't

477
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Speaker 3: have timeouts and it's an incomplete pass and you allow

478
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Speaker 3: the Detroit Lions to be able to get back into it.

479
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Speaker 3: Game management, running the football in critical situations. Cowboys need

480
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Speaker 3: to work on that this final week or so as

481
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Speaker 3: they get ready for the postseason.

482
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Speaker 2: Yeah, one thing positive on the Lion side of things.

483
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Speaker 2: If you're going to get kind of screwed over a

484
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Speaker 2: little bit, much rather have it happen in the regular

485
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Speaker 2: season than in the postseason. As Dan Campbell said, control Fury. Uh,

486
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Speaker 2: that's gonna be the name of a lot of fantasy

487
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Speaker 2: teams next year. Controlled Fury there for the Detroit Lions.

488
00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:10,040
Speaker 2: So they've got a chance. Everything's still out in front

489
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Speaker 2: of them. They can bottle up all that energy. Maybe

490
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Speaker 2: a couple more ventings with a couple more shots, and

491
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Speaker 2: they'll be ready to go once we get to the postseason.

492
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Speaker 2: So I know it's it's they don't want Lions fans

493
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Speaker 2: don't want to hear. I know they're upset about it,

494
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Speaker 2: but they're They're still a very dangerous team in the

495
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Speaker 2: mix in the NFC. Get over the afcuh Buck Ravens Dolphins.

496
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Speaker 2: The Ravens have the number one seed. We'll get to

497
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Speaker 2: their side of things in a second here, But Miami

498
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Speaker 2: shorthanded a little bit in this game and h and

499
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Speaker 2: man they came out of been hurting as well. They

500
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Speaker 2: lose chubbed. So when you when you look now at

501
00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:42,960
Speaker 2: their defensive front and what it looked like, you know,

502
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Speaker 2: six weeks ago to what it looks like now with

503
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Speaker 2: the injuries that they've suffered with their both their edge rushers, Man,

504
00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:52,399
Speaker 2: it's hard to feel great about Miami going, you know,

505
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Speaker 2: not only into this week against Buffalo, but into the

506
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Speaker 2: tournament now with with what they're missing up front.

507
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Speaker 3: It puts more pressure on the offense. I think now

508
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Speaker 3: they have to try and figure out a way they

509
00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:03,680
Speaker 3: can turn every game into a shootout before they can

510
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Speaker 3: think about maybe adopting a complimentary style against some of

511
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Speaker 3: the opponents that they played against. Now this has to

512
00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:11,560
Speaker 3: be to a tang of Alloa, Jalen Waddow, Tyreek Hill,

513
00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:13,800
Speaker 3: trying to see if they can get to forty points

514
00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:16,440
Speaker 3: each and every week. That means a little more risk taking,

515
00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:20,080
Speaker 3: a little edginess in terms of being aggressive as a

516
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Speaker 3: play caller. They have to approach the game each week, Hey,

517
00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:26,720
Speaker 3: we got to outscore our opponent, because defensively, they just

518
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Speaker 3: don't have the personnel to be able to do it.

519
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Speaker 3: When you lose Bradley Chubb and you've already lost Jalen Phillips,

520
00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:33,639
Speaker 3: you've lost your ability to really get after the passer.

521
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Speaker 3: You have Xavii and Howard who's nursing an injury. It

522
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Speaker 3: is just a shal of what they thought they were

523
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Speaker 3: going to have available getting into the postseason. So defensively

524
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Speaker 3: you can depend on that part of it. It has

525
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Speaker 3: to be an offensive lead situation in the postseason. That

526
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Speaker 3: means Mike, I mean James, he has to be on

527
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Speaker 3: his p's and q's to make sure this offense could

528
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Speaker 3: get up and going. Puts a lot more pressure onto

529
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Speaker 3: a togu of alla.

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Speaker 1: Wello, this is the team that's actually has had their

531
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Speaker 1: fair share of injury. He's you know, throughout the year,

532
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Speaker 1: even on the offensive side, I mean, toront Armstead has

533
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Speaker 1: been in and mostly out of the lineup at left tackle.

534
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Speaker 1: Connor Williams missed a bunch of games at center. Raheem

535
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Speaker 1: Mostert was down this game, and I think Raheem Mostert

536
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Speaker 1: is a huge part of this offense. And you know,

537
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Speaker 1: obviously with the touchdowns that he scored is you know,

538
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Speaker 1: he's on an epic run this year. But missing him,

539
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Speaker 1: you know, not having him in the fold last week

540
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Speaker 1: did did hurt? It felt like and Devon ah Chan

541
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Speaker 1: you know, had a you know, did have a touchdown

542
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Speaker 1: in the second half.

543
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Speaker 4: As they tried to kick start.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Waddle being down, I mean like it it makes

545
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Speaker 1: a difference because I think part of what makes this

546
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Speaker 1: offense so great is that you have to deal with

547
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Speaker 1: so many different options, right, and that's why we see

548
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Speaker 1: Tyreek get off so many different times, and why you

549
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Speaker 1: see Moster find success in the run game too, because

550
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Speaker 1: you know you've got when you have that full compliment,

551
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Speaker 1: it is so hard to defend. So I do think

552
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Speaker 1: health plays a big role ultimately in what this Miami

553
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Speaker 1: Dolphins team is going to be able to accomplish this year.

554
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Speaker 2: And no doubt, see if they can get healthy going

555
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Speaker 2: into this week as well as into the postseason, they

556
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Speaker 2: can still be a dangerous team. We thought they would

557
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Speaker 2: be going back a month ago. Let's switch gears here.

558
00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:07,439
Speaker 2: We want to talk about the Ravens here, and if

559
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Speaker 2: you look at the leaders in the league in sacks,

560
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Speaker 2: not a surprise. The Baltimore Ravens are right there at

561
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Speaker 2: the top of the list, followed by some potential playoff

562
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Speaker 2: teams here. Obviously the Chiefs are in, Dolphins are in.

563
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Speaker 2: We'll see what the Bills and Colts. But again it's

564
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Speaker 2: not a surprise. We always talk about quarterback play and

565
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Speaker 2: pass rushes being the two key ingredients to championship football

566
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Speaker 2: at this time of year, and Buck, when you look

567
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Speaker 2: at the Ravens how they've done it. I hinted at

568
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Speaker 2: this earlier. When you look at how they play and

569
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Speaker 2: you look at how Michigan plays at the college level,

570
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Speaker 2: this is a brand of defense that's going to be

571
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Speaker 2: copied in the copycat world that we live in. They're

572
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Speaker 2: going to get cherry picked off both of those staffs

573
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Speaker 2: as teams try and implement this. What is it that

574
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Speaker 2: stands out to you when you watch this Ravens defense

575
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Speaker 2: and pass rush.

576
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Speaker 3: DJ is something that all of us have talked about

577
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Speaker 3: for the last few years, is positionless football. Like we've

578
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Speaker 3: talked about taking a set of athletes that have interchangeable

579
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Speaker 3: skills and putting them together on a defense able to

580
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Speaker 3: match it with any and every style that you could

581
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Speaker 3: possibly face. When I look at the Baltimore Ravens and

582
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Speaker 3: I look at the pieces that they have in place,

583
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Speaker 3: from upfront with Calvin Noyt being versatile, mad a week Win,

584
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Speaker 3: a versatile impact player on the inside, Jadavian Clowney. Then

585
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Speaker 3: you go to the second level where you have Patrick

586
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Speaker 3: Queen and Rokwan Smith who are both fast, Kyle Hamilton

587
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Speaker 3: who's that hybrid linebacker, safety, General Stone being able to

588
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Speaker 3: play in the back end. They have a bunch of

589
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Speaker 3: different guys that can give you contributions as rushers, as playmakers.

590
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Speaker 3: As I'm thinking about how the football continues, the game

591
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Speaker 3: continues to advance, I think you're going to see more

592
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Speaker 3: teams who have those highweight, speed athletes that have diverse

593
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Speaker 3: toolboxes that are able to do a bunch of different things.

594
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Speaker 3: And then you just need to have the mastermind that

595
00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:51,359
Speaker 3: can put it together. It's fun to watch the Ravens play,

596
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Speaker 3: and on the heels of the Ravens and Michigan the

597
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Speaker 3: success that they're having basically using the same scheme, you

598
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Speaker 3: absolutely can bank on other teams trying to be and

599
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Speaker 3: mimic what they're doing.

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Speaker 1: You know, And I love that that look at it

601
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Speaker 1: from the scheme perspective. I'd also look at it from

602
00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:07,840
Speaker 1: you know what we cover a bunch here or move

603
00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:12,400
Speaker 1: the sticks from the roster construction standpoint here. I don't

604
00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:14,760
Speaker 1: know that we talk about development enough, you know, in

605
00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:17,800
Speaker 1: this league, draft and develop right and understand what your

606
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Speaker 1: what your team needs, and how your your coordinators and

607
00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:23,640
Speaker 1: your your head coach are going to utilize the pieces

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Speaker 1: that you give them as a personnel, uh, you know operation.

609
00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:30,080
Speaker 1: And I think it particularly on defense that this group,

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Speaker 1: you know, with Eric Tacosta, understands what John Harbaugh and

611
00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:37,520
Speaker 1: what Mike McDonald, what that whole crew want and need

612
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Speaker 1: to be successful and then understand that, you know, they're

613
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Speaker 1: going to give them some guys that, if you if

614
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Speaker 1: they could developed properly, are going to turn into stars.

615
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Speaker 1: Like how many times have we talked about Brandon Stevens

616
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Speaker 1: this year, guy who's played over a thousand snaps at corner,

617
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Speaker 1: third round pick out of SMU two years ago. Well,

618
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Speaker 1: what Geno Stone has done is a seventh round pick

619
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Speaker 1: out of Iowa, second leading interception guy in the league

620
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Speaker 1: right now with seven and he is having an absolute

621
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Speaker 1: breakout year. He's played over nine hundred snaps and is

622
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Speaker 1: a ballhawk back there. And then obviously Kyle Hamilton gives

623
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Speaker 1: you the chess piece, right that Bucky that you're talking about.

624
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Speaker 4: But how about consistency too.

625
00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:15,920
Speaker 1: We're just talking about the Dolphins in health, Patrick Queen

626
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Speaker 1: and Roquan Smith. Like Queen has played one thousand and

627
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Speaker 1: sixty nine snaps in Roquwan has played one thousand.

628
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Speaker 4: And sixty six snaps.

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Speaker 1: How many teams can say that about that inside off

630
00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:28,360
Speaker 1: the ball linebacker pairing that plays such a big role

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Speaker 1: in what this defense ultimately does. And then obviously Madabuek

632
00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:33,760
Speaker 1: Mattabek is having you know, his best year.

633
00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:35,800
Speaker 4: So like you're seeing guys develop and.

634
00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:37,959
Speaker 1: Obviously these are guys that have been drafted into this

635
00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:41,000
Speaker 1: and have been brought in, you know, through a variety

636
00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:44,320
Speaker 1: of different ways to fill needs in specific roles like

637
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Speaker 1: Kyle van Noy. We've talked about that a bunch, like

638
00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:49,880
Speaker 1: utilizing all avenues to find the best players for your defense.

639
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Speaker 3: DJ.

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00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:53,440
Speaker 2: Yeah. Also, Michael Pierce is about three hundred and seventy

641
00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:55,760
Speaker 2: pounds in the middle of that defense, So you can

642
00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:57,840
Speaker 2: do a lot of different things when when you've got

643
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Speaker 2: somebody that can eat up as much space as he

644
00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:02,200
Speaker 2: not to mention getting him on undersized center and letting

645
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Speaker 2: him walk them back to the quarterback. Our buddy dani

646
00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:08,160
Speaker 2: Or Lapsky used the phrase the spine of the defense.

647
00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:09,920
Speaker 2: We always talk about building up the middle. We've talked

648
00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:12,640
Speaker 2: about it forever on here. Bucky referenced it earlier, But

649
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Speaker 2: it's really kind of that spine. They are sturdy and

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Speaker 2: strong in the middle of the field and networks not

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Speaker 2: only against the run but against the pass. And you've

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Speaker 2: got linebackers that you better be able to cover. And

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Speaker 2: it reminds me a little bit with them. And this

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Speaker 2: will get us to the forty nine ers here when

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Speaker 2: we talk about the importance of off the ball linebackers,

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Speaker 2: and both these organizations believe in it. I think this

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Speaker 2: Raven's Off the Ball Linebacker group kind of reminds me

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Speaker 2: of that Navarro Bowman. Gosh, why I'm on the point

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Speaker 2: here on the Pat Willison will that as that they

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Speaker 2: had that is very similar with how those guys play

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Speaker 2: because you don't have to take them off the field.

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Speaker 2: They can stay out there and cover. You want to

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Speaker 2: stay out there and passing downs, no problem. They can

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Speaker 2: both run and cover all day long. Backs, tight ends,

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Speaker 2: getting vertical down the field, can still find and play

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Speaker 2: the ball. That's one of the things that stands out.

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Speaker 2: And obviously as we get to the forty nine here

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Speaker 2: a team that's locked up the number one seed in

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Speaker 2: the other conference, another defense ret that's built right up

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Speaker 2: the middle with the strength that they have, and a

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Speaker 2: team that I think the Ravens and the forty nine

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Speaker 2: ers what makes them the number one seed is that

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Speaker 2: they can play in a variety of games. You want

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Speaker 2: to get in a bloodbath, They're fine doing that. You

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Speaker 2: want to get in a shootout. I think there's enough

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Speaker 2: ammunition offensively they can do that as well.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Sure, And looking at what the forty nine ers have done,

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Speaker 1: I think, you know, for so long we've talked about

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Speaker 1: the depth up front, right, the depth that passed, the

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Speaker 1: ways they can rotate guys through along the defensive line

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Speaker 1: and create havoc there. And obviously we were just talking

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Speaker 1: about the off the ball backers for the Ravens. Got

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Speaker 1: a dang good pair there in San Francisco as well

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Speaker 1: with Fred Warner and Drake Greenlaw. But I think more

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Speaker 1: so this year than in recent years they've developed. Obviously

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Speaker 1: they signed and or drafted and developed some really good cornerbacks.

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Speaker 1: Now to various wards playing some really good football. Diamodor

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Speaker 1: Lenor has come in and made some big plays for

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Speaker 1: this team at times. You go back to the last week,

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Speaker 1: I think each one of them.

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Speaker 4: Had a pick.

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Speaker 1: I feel like they're better equipped in the secondary this

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Speaker 1: year than maybe they have been in recent years to

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Speaker 1: match what they do.

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Speaker 4: Buckie up front.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, No, they absolutely are equipped, and they're doing it

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Speaker 3: a little differently with Steve Wilks in the fold, a

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Speaker 3: little more quarters, they use some men man, They've done

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Speaker 3: some different things. I think the bigger lesson that we

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Speaker 3: all can take and looking at the way these two

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Speaker 3: teams are constructed. One we always talk about line play

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Speaker 3: being essential. We always talk about defensive and offensive fronts

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Speaker 3: being able to control the trenches. So that stands out

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Speaker 3: the other thing, DJ, you talked about being strong right

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Speaker 3: down the middle. When you look at at a time

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Speaker 3: when teams are not investing in linebackers. We talked about, oh,

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Speaker 3: you can't take a top off the ball linebacker early,

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Speaker 3: Oh you don't want to pay off the ball linebackers.

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Speaker 3: We're seeing two teams that are built on playing bullyball,

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Speaker 3: playing with physicality, toughness, dominating the middle of the field.

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Speaker 3: They're willing to invest in those positions, and so I know,

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Speaker 3: sometimes we can get cute as we're trying to study

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Speaker 3: how to build teams and where we can kind of

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Speaker 3: cut maybe you can win into margins. I think the

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Speaker 3: Ravens and the Niners are showing us that a old

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Speaker 3: school football still wins, and not necessarily stylistically, but old

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Speaker 3: school in terms of the way you construct your team.

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Speaker 3: You better have some guys that can run, hit, cover,

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Speaker 3: that can enforce, and they can play different styles and

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Speaker 3: impose their wills on the opponent. I think you're seeing

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Speaker 3: both of those guys, and a lot of it is

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Speaker 3: because at the second level they have athletes who are

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Speaker 3: really instinctive and physical football players, and those guys are

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Speaker 3: able to change the game.

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Speaker 2: No doubt they are those teams. You know no secret

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Speaker 2: that they're both holding down the number one seeds with

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Speaker 2: the Ravens and the forty nine Ers, teams that are

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Speaker 2: built similarly. They met up once it went the Ravens

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Speaker 2: way in a strong fashion. Maybe they're going to meet

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Speaker 2: up again in Las Vegas. We will wait and see.

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Speaker 2: All right, well that is going to do it for

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Speaker 2: today again, Ravens and the forty nine Ers doing things

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Speaker 2: the right way. I think we can all agree on

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Speaker 2: that one. This has been a fun episode. Hope you

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Speaker 2: guys have enjoyed it. We will be back tomorrow with

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Speaker 2: a brand new episode up Moved the Sticks. We'll see

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Speaker 2: that