WEBVTT - The Group Chat Episode 7: A Bunch of Yankees 0:00:00.000 --> 0:00:02.520 Welcome to this episode of the Group Chat, where we 0:00:02.520 --> 0:00:06.000 are talking preseason game number four and the big decisions 0:00:06.040 --> 0:00:09.000 that are coming for this Carolina Panthers roster. Joey Sly 0:00:09.440 --> 0:00:11.280 and he pretty much made a promise to his brother 0:00:11.360 --> 0:00:13.520 that you know, I promise I'm gonna work every day 0:00:13.520 --> 0:00:15.280 of my life to make it the NFL and then 0:00:15.320 --> 0:00:18.800 for almost half of the current Carolina Panthers roster, this 0:00:18.840 --> 0:00:22.800 week is full of anxiety. So we're talking what else 0:00:23.040 --> 0:00:26.400 gives us anxiety? If I worked really hard in a story, 0:00:26.720 --> 0:00:29.200 I feel that way. Just it's mainly just like man, 0:00:29.240 --> 0:00:31.639 I hope people like this. All of this and much more, 0:00:31.760 --> 0:00:45.120 including Southern accents. On this week's the Group Chat. You've 0:00:45.120 --> 0:00:48.560 been added to the Group Chat with your friends Caroline, can, 0:00:48.720 --> 0:00:53.080 Max Sensen, and Will Brian. Welcome to the two thousand 0:00:53.280 --> 0:00:57.840 nineteen preseason super Bowl. We've made it. You say this 0:00:57.880 --> 0:01:02.320 week doesn't count, doesn't matter? Try again, ladies and gentlemens, 0:01:02.400 --> 0:01:04.640 this matters. You guys are both smiling. Get after me 0:01:04.720 --> 0:01:08.839 about this cheesy open, but this week matters. I don't 0:01:08.880 --> 0:01:12.800 care who you are. Come on, it matters, people. Everybody's 0:01:12.800 --> 0:01:16.440 gonna having the Super Bowl parties. Yeah, where take pictures 0:01:16.480 --> 0:01:19.760 at your Super Bowl parties, post them, let me see 0:01:19.800 --> 0:01:22.520 your best who are you cheering for? We need to 0:01:22.560 --> 0:01:24.480 do that. Now. This is a This is a big week. 0:01:24.880 --> 0:01:26.960 It really is. I know some people are like, let's 0:01:26.959 --> 0:01:28.840 just get to the regular season. But I was even 0:01:28.840 --> 0:01:31.280 talking to coach very earlier this week and he, I mean, 0:01:31.280 --> 0:01:33.119 he's saying the whole like, all right, one more to go, 0:01:33.760 --> 0:01:35.720 but just like this is a big deal for us 0:01:35.760 --> 0:01:38.600 to get out healthy, Like this is the depth. This 0:01:38.640 --> 0:01:40.640 is what matters when you get later into this season 0:01:40.680 --> 0:01:44.319 of if your depth is going to be there. This 0:01:44.360 --> 0:01:46.840 is a big deal. And for the guys that you 0:01:46.840 --> 0:01:50.360 know want jobs next week, that too. This uh, this 0:01:50.400 --> 0:01:53.000 game last year, the very first play of the game, 0:01:53.240 --> 0:01:58.160 the opening kickoff, Elijah Hood broken. Come on, we're knocking 0:01:58.160 --> 0:02:00.760 on all we're knocking on all the What we're saying 0:02:00.840 --> 0:02:02.440 is that if you're knock on, what if you're with me? 0:02:04.920 --> 0:02:09.200 We don't want that to happen. Yeah no, but I 0:02:09.200 --> 0:02:11.799 mean that's the point, right, that's why we're watching, That's 0:02:11.800 --> 0:02:15.600 why we're here. Yeah. Yeah. The fourth preseason game is 0:02:15.600 --> 0:02:18.240 always interesting because every year you kind of hear like 0:02:18.280 --> 0:02:22.119 there's three or four or five spots up for grabs, um, 0:02:22.160 --> 0:02:23.760 And yeah, the guys at the bottom of the roster 0:02:23.840 --> 0:02:27.920 are fighting for those final spots, But it's also a 0:02:28.000 --> 0:02:30.519 body of work thing, right, So it's it's like, yes, 0:02:30.600 --> 0:02:32.920 you want to play well in this game, but the 0:02:32.960 --> 0:02:36.000 coaches and management have been evaluating these guys all spring, 0:02:36.120 --> 0:02:38.280 summer leading up to this game too, So it's not 0:02:38.400 --> 0:02:42.400 like this this one game is for everything. Um, it's 0:02:42.400 --> 0:02:45.120 a piece of the puzzle. Uh. And certainly some of 0:02:45.160 --> 0:02:46.839 these guys want to come out here and whether it's 0:02:46.919 --> 0:02:49.760 you know, getting into the end zone, creating a takeaway, 0:02:49.840 --> 0:02:51.640 whatever it is, you want to end on the right note. 0:02:52.040 --> 0:02:53.880 But I think it's important to remember too that this 0:02:53.960 --> 0:02:56.280 is this is the end of a very long summer 0:02:56.320 --> 0:02:58.160 for these guys, and it's not just about what happens 0:02:58.160 --> 0:03:00.440 to night. It's about what happened in practice three weeks ago, 0:03:00.480 --> 0:03:02.160 it's about what happened in the first few weeks of 0:03:02.160 --> 0:03:04.240 the preseason. It's all those things and this is kind 0:03:04.280 --> 0:03:06.160 of the culmination of that. And obviously they're going to 0:03:06.200 --> 0:03:07.560 get more reps and they've ever gotten in a game 0:03:07.600 --> 0:03:10.040 sitting before, so this is your chance to truly which 0:03:10.040 --> 0:03:12.320 puts it on film as well. For other teams. You 0:03:12.360 --> 0:03:14.040 have to have to have that on film, both for 0:03:14.080 --> 0:03:15.919 the Panthers in the future and for other teams that 0:03:15.960 --> 0:03:18.600 are you know, looking at these roster changes this weekend. 0:03:18.919 --> 0:03:20.560 To be able to go back to, oh this, this 0:03:20.600 --> 0:03:22.400 is what this guy did on Thursday night, just three 0:03:22.480 --> 0:03:24.000 days ago. You know, you can kind of be fresh 0:03:24.040 --> 0:03:28.359 in people's minds. Yeah, I agree, but there are still 0:03:28.480 --> 0:03:32.000 so many question marks that these coaches are asking. So 0:03:32.240 --> 0:03:35.440 they've put together this great body of work, but these 0:03:35.480 --> 0:03:39.040 coaches and the scouts get staff and you know, Marty, 0:03:39.080 --> 0:03:41.120 they have big decisions coming and I think there's a 0:03:41.120 --> 0:03:45.880 lot of still question marks. Mean very ran through the 0:03:45.920 --> 0:03:48.280 positions that he's looking at, and I mean when he 0:03:48.360 --> 0:03:50.280 got done, I said, you've got enough time for that, 0:03:50.560 --> 0:03:52.480 yeah you know, and he was like, yeah, yeah, yeah, 0:03:52.640 --> 0:03:55.080 you know yes. But I think that's like the interesting 0:03:55.080 --> 0:03:57.560 part is it's not like you know, they are they 0:03:57.560 --> 0:03:59.840 feel good about their starters a lot of places, but 0:04:00.000 --> 0:04:01.360 it is the depth the guys we're going to see 0:04:01.360 --> 0:04:03.560 out here. So I mean, you go out here and 0:04:03.600 --> 0:04:08.080 have a really bad game, what have you done for 0:04:08.160 --> 0:04:10.240 me lately? You know? And so what will was saying 0:04:10.280 --> 0:04:13.720 to you know, oftentimes it's not just about who's playing 0:04:13.760 --> 0:04:15.960 on this field we're looking at right now, but the 0:04:16.000 --> 0:04:18.360 scouting staff has been working all summer and it's like, 0:04:18.360 --> 0:04:20.760 who else might be out there if someone isn't going 0:04:20.800 --> 0:04:23.120 to make that team, that might be able to help 0:04:23.120 --> 0:04:25.400 our team. I mean, that's that's all part of this 0:04:25.480 --> 0:04:28.520 final preseason game, as well as the days leading up 0:04:28.520 --> 0:04:31.880 to that. Yeah, things are about to get really really interesting, 0:04:32.040 --> 0:04:34.080 especially once you start talking about what you just said 0:04:34.080 --> 0:04:36.160 of all the other players that are out there. When 0:04:36.160 --> 0:04:38.599 this roster does get cut down to fifty three that 0:04:38.760 --> 0:04:41.919 back you know, four five spots are very much a 0:04:41.960 --> 0:04:44.640 revolving door. So it'll be interesting to see what happens. 0:04:44.680 --> 0:04:47.200 That will happen on Friday and Saturday are kind of 0:04:47.200 --> 0:04:50.320 those cut down days around the NFL. Um Eric question 0:04:50.400 --> 0:04:52.960 had said there's two times a year that he hates 0:04:53.800 --> 0:04:57.400 about this business, and it's that, you know, day after 0:04:57.480 --> 0:05:00.200 it's that Monday, Black Monday, when all the coaches will 0:05:00.240 --> 0:05:02.520 get fired and when they have to cut guys and 0:05:02.520 --> 0:05:05.320 and a lot of them will not find their place 0:05:05.360 --> 0:05:07.800 again on an NFL roster and say it's tough. Well, 0:05:07.839 --> 0:05:10.119 Graham had a good point too. He has no idea 0:05:10.160 --> 0:05:11.800 what it's like to be on a fifty three man 0:05:11.920 --> 0:05:14.800 roster because as long as these rookies have been here, 0:05:15.400 --> 0:05:17.680 it's been a big team. He came from college and 0:05:17.680 --> 0:05:21.120 it was a big team. He kind of said, yeah, 0:05:21.160 --> 0:05:24.000 I'm not sure what's coming. I don't know what this 0:05:24.080 --> 0:05:26.240 is like. And it really is, um a crazy deal 0:05:26.320 --> 0:05:28.880 if you think about it. But in the spirit of 0:05:28.920 --> 0:05:31.600 this preseason game and what is to come, what we've 0:05:31.600 --> 0:05:35.719 been talking about, we're going to pick one player and 0:05:35.760 --> 0:05:39.320 we're just going to We're gonna see if we can 0:05:39.360 --> 0:05:42.360 predict maybe where they will be, what will happen. We're 0:05:42.360 --> 0:05:44.279 gonna do this, and all of you out there gonna 0:05:44.279 --> 0:05:46.440 hold us accountable. We will hold ourselves accountable because we're 0:05:46.440 --> 0:05:49.560 gonna table this and come back to this, uh prediction 0:05:49.880 --> 0:05:52.040 that we are having here of these players. UM, I'm 0:05:52.040 --> 0:05:54.120 interested to see what you guys have to say and 0:05:54.160 --> 0:05:57.800 who you're going to pick. So let's go Max first, 0:05:58.240 --> 0:06:01.200 our resident Yankee. We're gonna get to that later. We're 0:06:01.240 --> 0:06:05.719 gonna get to this point later, but we believe that 0:06:05.839 --> 0:06:08.159 he's a closet Yankee. So go ahead with your pick 0:06:08.200 --> 0:06:10.880 and we'll be back with more on that later. I 0:06:10.920 --> 0:06:14.000 don't I want to get into that right now. My 0:06:14.120 --> 0:06:19.040 tongue hold. I hope, I hope I sound okay right now. 0:06:19.040 --> 0:06:22.560 I'm not too a couple of y'alls in there. You 0:06:23.839 --> 0:06:27.599 just come from my radio voice in the last episode here, 0:06:27.720 --> 0:06:35.920 I'm kind of nasially, I guess everything subjective anyway. So 0:06:36.760 --> 0:06:40.800 the the premise for this, what I took it as 0:06:40.880 --> 0:06:43.400 was like, Okay, this is fourth preseason game. Who am I? 0:06:43.520 --> 0:06:47.160 What story? What stories out there? Am I are we 0:06:47.240 --> 0:06:51.160 rooting for? Which guys you know, have a compelling story 0:06:51.200 --> 0:06:53.400 to tell personally how they've got to this point? And 0:06:53.440 --> 0:06:55.880 I think I'm sure you guys are gonna have great 0:06:55.880 --> 0:06:58.120 ones to j V and Elliott to me, has a 0:06:58.200 --> 0:07:02.039 great story. And here was a guy who signed Layton 0:07:02.080 --> 0:07:04.719 free agency, signed like kind of in the heels of 0:07:04.760 --> 0:07:08.400 that after Jerald McCoy signed, so another former buccaneer McCoy 0:07:08.480 --> 0:07:10.160 had signed, and obviously the huge deal was made out 0:07:10.200 --> 0:07:12.600 of that. No one really paid much attention to the Elliotts. 0:07:12.600 --> 0:07:14.480 Oh and by the way, a couple of days later 0:07:14.520 --> 0:07:16.560 we signed another team of baby Buck No one knew, 0:07:16.960 --> 0:07:19.480 but this kid he picked off Cam Newton last year 0:07:19.520 --> 0:07:21.720 for his first career interception. So he may have remembered 0:07:21.720 --> 0:07:25.720 the name Um. But he's at your classic underdog story. 0:07:25.920 --> 0:07:29.000 A guy who came out of high school, wasn't even 0:07:29.000 --> 0:07:31.800 playing college football for a few years before he then 0:07:32.200 --> 0:07:34.800 got into what was it will junior college route. Yeah, 0:07:34.800 --> 0:07:38.200 he went to Tallahassee Community College, community didn't even go 0:07:38.200 --> 0:07:41.120 on a college visit in recruiting, found his way to 0:07:41.120 --> 0:07:44.520 Florida State as a walk on, was on the scout team, 0:07:44.560 --> 0:07:47.680 and then finally got one year on scholarship, played for 0:07:47.720 --> 0:07:50.720 the Seminoles, and now finds himself, you know, in the NFL. 0:07:50.760 --> 0:07:52.880 This is the second team he's trying to play in 0:07:52.920 --> 0:07:56.240 the regular season for UM. So he's a good kid. 0:07:56.320 --> 0:07:58.640 I think he's really taken well to the secondary room. 0:07:58.720 --> 0:08:01.440 The guys like him. He's a playmaker, always seems to 0:08:01.440 --> 0:08:04.320 just be around the ball. Uh. And look he you know, 0:08:04.440 --> 0:08:06.400 with the amount of time the Panthers defense is gonna 0:08:06.440 --> 0:08:08.600 have to be in the nickel this year, whoever is 0:08:08.600 --> 0:08:10.560 gonna wins that small nickel job is gonna be out 0:08:10.600 --> 0:08:12.840 there a lot. Uh, and it very well might be 0:08:13.040 --> 0:08:15.560 j V and Elliott UM. And so I think he's 0:08:15.880 --> 0:08:18.880 He's done a nice job as a guy who even 0:08:19.240 --> 0:08:21.560 like those of us, didn't know anything about right when 0:08:21.560 --> 0:08:23.640 we came into training camp. Really and now here we 0:08:23.720 --> 0:08:26.480 are on the precipice of him perhaps being out there 0:08:26.640 --> 0:08:28.920 with the starters depending on what defense they come out 0:08:28.920 --> 0:08:31.240 in Week one against the Rams. Let's give people who 0:08:31.360 --> 0:08:33.480 is he competing with when they're watching on here, who 0:08:33.480 --> 0:08:36.320 are some other guys small nickel job has pretty much 0:08:36.360 --> 0:08:40.240 been battled all summer between he Korn Elder, Cole Luke, 0:08:40.600 --> 0:08:43.319 and then where Shawn Galden has pretty much settled into 0:08:43.360 --> 0:08:45.480 the big nickel roles. So like when they go, you'll 0:08:45.480 --> 0:08:47.679 hear the coaches be like the Buffalo package and the 0:08:47.840 --> 0:08:50.839 like Buffalo nickel is what Rashan has been lying up bad. 0:08:50.880 --> 0:08:53.640 It is. It's like a bigger body. If a tight 0:08:53.760 --> 0:08:55.640 end or a big wide receiver is kind of in 0:08:55.679 --> 0:08:58.840 the slot area, they like Rashan matched up against him, 0:08:58.920 --> 0:09:01.240 and then you've got like your oldbaslies for instance, who 0:09:01.240 --> 0:09:03.080 we saw in the Bills preseason game would be an 0:09:03.080 --> 0:09:05.320 example of somebody where okay, you want a smaller shift 0:09:05.320 --> 0:09:07.440 to your guy. That's what j V Nelly is trying 0:09:07.480 --> 0:09:09.760 to prove he can be cool. What do you got 0:09:10.480 --> 0:09:20.400 Joey Sly everyone I mean and and his you know 0:09:20.480 --> 0:09:23.319 his story that that Bill told on on Panthers dot 0:09:23.320 --> 0:09:25.120 Com a couple of weeks ago. Just you know that 0:09:25.240 --> 0:09:28.120 every time he hits a kick, he puts up six fingers. Um, 0:09:28.160 --> 0:09:30.040 I don't know for if for people have seen that 0:09:30.120 --> 0:09:31.760 kind of out in the game. And that's for his 0:09:31.760 --> 0:09:35.600 his brother who passed away in two thousand and fourteen, Um, 0:09:35.679 --> 0:09:38.480 who was at Salisbury was you know, really you know, 0:09:38.520 --> 0:09:41.280 trying to come into his football career. You know, had 0:09:41.679 --> 0:09:45.040 had had this disease and passed away. And um, so 0:09:45.120 --> 0:09:48.040 he's he's had this foundation, the Sly Strong six Foundation, 0:09:48.559 --> 0:09:50.400 and he pretty much made a promise to his brother 0:09:50.520 --> 0:09:52.640 that you know, I promise, I'm gonna work every day 0:09:52.679 --> 0:09:54.560 of my life to make it to the NFL. And 0:09:54.600 --> 0:09:56.439 you know, here here he is. He's had the strong 0:09:56.480 --> 0:09:59.079 preseason and you know, whether it's with with the Panthers 0:09:59.160 --> 0:10:01.480 or potentially somewhere else, you know, kind of potentially on 0:10:01.520 --> 0:10:03.960 the precipice of being on a roster. And you know, 0:10:04.000 --> 0:10:07.079 here's a guy that last year Virginia Tech, you know, 0:10:07.200 --> 0:10:09.240 wasn't you know, a big name in the a sec 0:10:09.400 --> 0:10:12.640 you know, didn't have a great percentage made. But I 0:10:12.679 --> 0:10:14.920 mean his video when he hit what a seventy yard 0:10:14.960 --> 0:10:17.440 field goal, you know, he's he can bomb the ball. 0:10:17.840 --> 0:10:20.680 When they when they did that play that people saw 0:10:20.760 --> 0:10:24.160 when um Will grew through, uh kind of that that 0:10:24.240 --> 0:10:25.800 quick pass to get it too, like one second to 0:10:25.800 --> 0:10:27.560 get him a little bit closer to get his field 0:10:27.559 --> 0:10:30.240 goal closer. I'm pretty sure he went over the top 0:10:30.280 --> 0:10:33.040 of the uprights, like that ball was going into the 0:10:33.080 --> 0:10:35.800 five hundred level. It was, it was so high. So 0:10:36.280 --> 0:10:38.280 his story and just kind of who he is in 0:10:38.280 --> 0:10:40.880 the locker room, who he's been around this team. Um 0:10:41.240 --> 0:10:44.920 really really fascinating guy and in kind of a really 0:10:44.960 --> 0:10:47.600 cool story. Well of how kickers they don't get maybe 0:10:47.600 --> 0:10:51.760 the national headlines. Man new fan bases love a good 0:10:51.840 --> 0:10:55.679 kicker gate, and they happened more times than not. They 0:10:55.679 --> 0:10:58.480 get the national headlines when they miss, right, I'm saying, 0:10:58.920 --> 0:11:01.000 but that's the that's the using life of a kicker 0:11:01.800 --> 0:11:04.480 and our offensive lineman. You don't really met, Oh sorry, 0:11:04.600 --> 0:11:08.440 producer Matt his phone off. He seems to be fine. 0:11:08.840 --> 0:11:11.320 But like the Bears, like that's just after after their 0:11:11.320 --> 0:11:14.080 playoff exit, Like the Kickers thing has followed the Bears 0:11:14.120 --> 0:11:16.760 every day since, so they figure out what they're kicking 0:11:16.800 --> 0:11:18.199 situation is going to be. And I feel like the 0:11:18.200 --> 0:11:22.160 backup kicker always some somehow if they're brought in during 0:11:22.640 --> 0:11:26.720 the preseason. This happened when I was in Indianapolis. Badger 0:11:26.880 --> 0:11:29.040 he's now out with the Chargers and he's like they 0:11:29.040 --> 0:11:32.160 call him the money, the money Badger. His name is 0:11:32.240 --> 0:11:35.560 Bagley compared to the Badger. Yeah, I'm trying to think 0:11:35.600 --> 0:11:38.000 of his first name. That's terrible at it all, remember, 0:11:38.040 --> 0:11:39.880 But that was the thing when he was with the Colts, 0:11:40.600 --> 0:11:43.280 it was Adam Vinitary. This kid was just coming in 0:11:43.440 --> 0:11:45.760 so Adam didn't have to kick during the preseason. And 0:11:45.760 --> 0:11:48.760 then he does so well, he gets cut. The Chargers 0:11:48.800 --> 0:11:51.200 take him and now he is one of the faces 0:11:51.280 --> 0:11:55.320 of their organization and he has the swooped bag hair everything. 0:11:55.360 --> 0:11:57.240 And then you know it happened here a couple of 0:11:57.360 --> 0:11:59.920 years ago too. Yeah, he's in Kansas City. So it's 0:12:00.000 --> 0:12:02.199 always interesting when you see these guys come. I don't 0:12:02.240 --> 0:12:03.839 think this is the last that we will see of 0:12:03.960 --> 0:12:07.400 Joey Sly. I just don't know about in Carolina. I 0:12:07.400 --> 0:12:09.360 think he will stick around the NFL. I think he's 0:12:09.600 --> 0:12:12.720 done enough um to kind of be in those circles. 0:12:12.760 --> 0:12:15.160 But these kickers are crazy because they'll come in, they'll 0:12:15.200 --> 0:12:17.320 get cut, they may not get picked up again for 0:12:17.360 --> 0:12:19.520 like weeks, but they need to be able to come 0:12:19.559 --> 0:12:22.760 in week eight and like go and they're not sitting 0:12:22.760 --> 0:12:25.720 on practice squads. Yeah, And we're waiting for clarity on 0:12:25.760 --> 0:12:29.880 this Graham situation, right, I mean, that's something everyone's kind 0:12:29.920 --> 0:12:32.800 of wondering about right now. And Ron admitted himself he's 0:12:32.960 --> 0:12:35.719 quote uneasy about him right now. So they've got to 0:12:35.720 --> 0:12:37.959 figure out what's going on with Graham and if Graham 0:12:37.960 --> 0:12:40.719 will be ready to go, and if not, Look, you 0:12:40.800 --> 0:12:43.000 gotta give Joey Sly credit. All he can do is 0:12:43.080 --> 0:12:44.560 go out there and make the kicks that he's being 0:12:44.600 --> 0:12:47.199 asked to make, six or six right now through the preseason, 0:12:47.360 --> 0:12:49.800 made all his p a t s. He's doing, He's 0:12:49.800 --> 0:12:51.880 doing what he has to do in this situation to 0:12:51.960 --> 0:12:55.320 impress the people here, impress people across the league. Yeah, 0:12:55.360 --> 0:12:57.000 it is crazy, all right. I'm going with that. We've 0:12:57.040 --> 0:13:01.000 talked about running backs this entire training camp, preseason, everything, 0:13:01.040 --> 0:13:03.880 So I'm going with one thing you probably don't talk 0:13:03.880 --> 0:13:07.480 about much out there. We've got Reggie Bonbon, Reggie by 0:13:07.840 --> 0:13:11.040 people should start calling him that Reggie Bonbon. Well that's 0:13:11.080 --> 0:13:14.560 Cam's nickname for him is Bonbon, Reggie bon Bon bonfon 0:13:15.280 --> 0:13:18.200 who I like number one. He's got a great name. Okay, 0:13:18.280 --> 0:13:20.520 so he should already be a fan favorite. But here's 0:13:20.520 --> 0:13:22.240 the thing that I love about him. I feel like 0:13:22.280 --> 0:13:25.600 you have CMC obviously, okay, then you have you know 0:13:25.640 --> 0:13:28.880 holy Field, Like, oh okay, we know that last name. 0:13:28.920 --> 0:13:31.520 Like that's going to get some people's attention. Scarlett has 0:13:31.520 --> 0:13:33.320 made this big splash in these last few weeks just 0:13:33.400 --> 0:13:36.000 of like he was out, he came in, he looked explosive. 0:13:36.120 --> 0:13:39.040 We love this kid, and then Cameron Artist pain is 0:13:39.080 --> 0:13:41.760 he again? Like there's all these storylines around these running backs, 0:13:41.920 --> 0:13:46.280 and then there's Reggie What like no one's talking about Reggie, 0:13:46.360 --> 0:13:48.520 but he has the best hands. Coaches have said he 0:13:48.559 --> 0:13:51.040 has the best hands out of that group and he 0:13:51.240 --> 0:13:53.880 just became a running back, a full time running back 0:13:53.920 --> 0:13:56.959 two years ago. Okay, so if he can catch the ball, 0:13:57.720 --> 0:13:59.839 and then maybe what they're saying about him that isn't 0:14:00.080 --> 0:14:03.280 greater still developing? Is the run game a part of 0:14:03.280 --> 0:14:05.599 it of like being able to figure out gaps and 0:14:05.840 --> 0:14:09.160 squeeze through the line. Two years, people like give him 0:14:09.200 --> 0:14:12.079 a little I think he deserves more time to develop there. 0:14:12.120 --> 0:14:16.760 He played three positions in college three I would people 0:14:16.800 --> 0:14:19.280 out there can't even make a roster playing one, okay, 0:14:19.240 --> 0:14:21.760 and he played three. Became at full time run back 0:14:21.760 --> 0:14:24.480 in two thousand and seventeen. I didn't even know that 0:14:24.480 --> 0:14:26.840 when I started looking at him. I picked him before 0:14:26.920 --> 0:14:28.440 knowing all of this about him, So I was like, 0:14:29.280 --> 0:14:31.960 he's talking about him, like no one's talking about him 0:14:31.960 --> 0:14:33.640 because you have all of these other names. I would 0:14:33.640 --> 0:14:36.600 not be surprised if he's that under the radar running 0:14:36.640 --> 0:14:39.080 back that makes this roster because he can catch out 0:14:39.080 --> 0:14:41.760 of the backfield, and he's proven that he has great hands, 0:14:41.760 --> 0:14:43.160 and I think that is where and if you look 0:14:43.200 --> 0:14:45.960 at his stats, I mean, he had rushing nine attempts 0:14:45.960 --> 0:14:48.120 for forty four yards, So that's where it's like, okay, 0:14:48.120 --> 0:14:50.760 like that's not bad, but it's not jumping out receiving 0:14:50.800 --> 0:14:54.080 ten receptions for ninety three yards in three games that 0:14:54.160 --> 0:14:55.760 he had the biggest game of the New England or 0:14:55.800 --> 0:14:57.200 the biggest play in the New England game with that 0:14:59.080 --> 0:15:04.360 seven yards on that, so you can't like remember the name. 0:15:04.520 --> 0:15:06.000 I don't know what will happen with him, but you 0:15:06.040 --> 0:15:07.640 have to remember his name because I think when you 0:15:07.680 --> 0:15:09.480 look at that running back, there's still that was one 0:15:09.480 --> 0:15:11.600 of the big question marks that this team still has. 0:15:11.880 --> 0:15:13.200 So I want to see what he's gonna do out 0:15:13.200 --> 0:15:15.640 here in this last game. But maybe if you combine 0:15:15.960 --> 0:15:18.240 a few of the running backs, you get this complete 0:15:18.240 --> 0:15:21.720 back that can you know, help Christian McCaffrey and take 0:15:21.760 --> 0:15:24.600 some of those snaps off of him. But I think 0:15:24.880 --> 0:15:28.800 he deserves more opportunities to prove that he can be 0:15:29.080 --> 0:15:31.640 a true running back. He's and he's definitely the one 0:15:32.760 --> 0:15:34.920 out of that group that can come in and most 0:15:35.000 --> 0:15:39.040 closely resemble the types of packages that you're running with McCaffrey. 0:15:39.080 --> 0:15:42.120 You know, he might not obviously execute them to McCaffrey's level, 0:15:42.120 --> 0:15:44.480 but you can put him potentially in slots or run 0:15:44.520 --> 0:15:46.200 him out, you know, run Hi out of the backfield 0:15:46.560 --> 0:15:48.400 in the same sort of looks that you would. You know, 0:15:48.440 --> 0:15:50.640 if one of those other guys come in, they're more 0:15:50.720 --> 0:15:52.920 limited in terms of what types of play call you 0:15:52.920 --> 0:15:55.960 can do. Because I think if you like gave Scarlett, 0:15:56.040 --> 0:16:01.400 Reggie Bonifon's hands and gave Reggie Bonifon Scarlett. It's like explosiveness, 0:16:01.960 --> 0:16:04.440 you would have a complete back. So then that yeah, 0:16:04.480 --> 0:16:06.680 so then that kind of leads to where is the 0:16:06.800 --> 0:16:08.680 staff thinking or are they you know? And then I 0:16:08.680 --> 0:16:11.320 mean bringing the other guys too, of you have ax armor, 0:16:11.480 --> 0:16:13.400 so he kind of fits into that too, of like, okay, 0:16:13.440 --> 0:16:15.160 well can we lean on him more in the run 0:16:15.200 --> 0:16:18.680 game too, you know then offset It's just it's an 0:16:18.680 --> 0:16:20.400 interesting I think you can kind of plug and play 0:16:20.440 --> 0:16:22.960 a lot of those players, but I want Reggie Bond 0:16:22.960 --> 0:16:25.960 Bond Bonafon on this roster next week. I'm writting for 0:16:26.000 --> 0:16:28.000 Reggie two. I mean, yeah, like the other positions, he 0:16:28.040 --> 0:16:30.160 played wide receiver one of them. So that's hence his 0:16:30.240 --> 0:16:33.600 great hands and the guys his experience in that and quarterback. 0:16:33.600 --> 0:16:37.640 He was Louisville's quarterback. I love it big time program. Yeah, 0:16:37.920 --> 0:16:40.880 and yeah, he's not far removed from that, which is 0:16:40.880 --> 0:16:43.760 pretty crazy. And he's just a different kind of back, 0:16:43.840 --> 0:16:45.840 Like you don't see six three running backs very much. 0:16:46.040 --> 0:16:48.680 Reggie's kind of like a longer dude, and he it 0:16:48.840 --> 0:16:51.240 just looks different with him out there, but he can 0:16:51.280 --> 0:16:54.360 move well. I just said, he can catch well, he 0:16:54.400 --> 0:16:56.840 brings he brings something to the table, he brings something different, 0:16:56.880 --> 0:16:58.560 So it'll be interesting. There's a lot of those kind 0:16:58.560 --> 0:17:00.360 of storylines. But you know what all these players are 0:17:00.360 --> 0:17:05.199 feeling right now? Anxious? Can you imagine like what if 0:17:05.240 --> 0:17:10.040 our jobs were like this, like, hey, guys, get anxious broadcast. No, 0:17:10.119 --> 0:17:13.160 I'm saying anxious for you know, I'm saying like yes 0:17:13.440 --> 0:17:14.960 in that sense, but I'm saying, like what if it 0:17:15.000 --> 0:17:16.600 was like, hey, guys, we're gonna need you to come 0:17:16.600 --> 0:17:19.439 in and work the preseason training camp, got a lot 0:17:19.440 --> 0:17:21.479 of guys to cover and stuff, but once we hit 0:17:21.480 --> 0:17:23.520 the regular season, we're just gonna we're just gonna keep 0:17:23.560 --> 0:17:25.800 the best ones, you know. So, like we're sitting as 0:17:25.840 --> 0:17:28.520 could be very last podcast. I mean it could be 0:17:28.600 --> 0:17:30.960 depending on some of the reviews that you choose to 0:17:31.040 --> 0:17:37.239 leave on this. However, that's a that's frightening. I do 0:17:37.280 --> 0:17:39.960 get anxiety about work though. Any time we put out 0:17:39.960 --> 0:17:42.800 a vlog, I'm sweating. It's a lot of my face 0:17:42.880 --> 0:17:45.919 when you put it out. Yes, I mean, like getting 0:17:45.960 --> 0:17:50.080 it together is you get used to it, It's like okay, 0:17:50.119 --> 0:17:52.239 but when it's like all done and you're gonna sent 0:17:52.320 --> 0:17:54.399 it out there and you take that like final lookout 0:17:54.480 --> 0:17:56.760 you're like, wow, that's a lot of my face. Yeah, 0:17:56.800 --> 0:17:59.680 that's in the anxiety. I hope people like you get 0:18:00.000 --> 0:18:03.280 before you publish. If I worked really hard in a story, yeah, 0:18:03.440 --> 0:18:05.920 I feel that way, just because it's mainly just like, man, 0:18:05.960 --> 0:18:08.479 I hope people like this. Yeah, that's exactly what it is. 0:18:08.520 --> 0:18:10.320 And it's just like because I put a lot into it, 0:18:10.520 --> 0:18:13.239 and like doing what we do creating content, you're you're 0:18:13.240 --> 0:18:15.080 putting yourself out there in a way like this is 0:18:15.119 --> 0:18:18.520 what you've worked on. And it's in social media especially, 0:18:18.600 --> 0:18:23.000 anybody can immediately say this sucked or you know, people 0:18:23.040 --> 0:18:24.720 didn't like my shoe. I wish I could have my 0:18:24.760 --> 0:18:27.280 five minutes back. For sure, people didn't like my shoes 0:18:27.400 --> 0:18:32.919 last week either didn't like or they loved my shoes. 0:18:32.960 --> 0:18:37.760 There was no lukewarm feeling about the shoes. So yes, 0:18:37.880 --> 0:18:41.159 anytime you have published or post, but it feels great 0:18:41.680 --> 0:18:45.920 when someone says this is a great read that article. Yeah, 0:18:45.960 --> 0:18:49.359 I mean that is very real. Yeah, high risk, high reward. 0:18:49.600 --> 0:18:53.320 What are you anxious about? Will give us something? Um guy? 0:18:53.480 --> 0:18:55.320 Probably when we have to do a live stream on 0:18:55.359 --> 0:18:59.439 the site, yes, yes, that that literally literally before the 0:18:59.640 --> 0:19:02.439 before you know, we've been streaming these preseason games and 0:19:02.520 --> 0:19:04.160 usually when you do a live stream, you can kind 0:19:04.160 --> 0:19:06.160 of see stuff in the preview and you can know 0:19:06.200 --> 0:19:08.680 that it's there, but it has to go up through 0:19:08.720 --> 0:19:11.080 the NFL and they put the geo gait on it, 0:19:11.119 --> 0:19:12.879