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Speaker 1: Way fifteen to ten touchdown.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to Chargers Weekly, as we recap a contest against

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Speaker 2: the Browns and we preview a contest against the Titans.

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Speaker 2: Chargers with Juliel die here coming back to town, Juliel

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Speaker 2: for a three pack.

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Speaker 1: Of home games being bang boomed we have and a

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Speaker 1: slot for each of them.

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Speaker 2: We've got a one o'clock kick against the Titans following

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Speaker 2: week flexed into Sunday Night Football against the Bengals following

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Speaker 2: week Monday Night Football, the Horbowl's let's.

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Speaker 1: Start exactly the Harbowl.

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Speaker 2: Let's start by going back and what you take away

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Speaker 2: from a Chargers defense that essentially shut out a second

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Speaker 2: consecutive opponent from scoring a touchdown. You know, up twenty

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Speaker 2: seven to three, they get Cedric Tillman gets a little

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Speaker 2: toe in there at the end to make it twenty

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Speaker 2: seven to ten. For all intents and purposes, defense seems

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Speaker 2: to be humming.

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Speaker 3: Defense is humming, and defense is stingy right now, and

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Speaker 3: it's been for the whole season.

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Speaker 4: Right It hasn't been a week where you can say, you.

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Speaker 3: Know, where the defense hasn't played up to par, what

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Speaker 3: their standard has been, and what the coach of that

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Speaker 3: jesse Minner is sitting on that side of the ball,

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Speaker 3: and you just look at the guys, how enthusiastic they were,

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Speaker 3: how determined they were not to let them score no matter.

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Speaker 3: They knew the game was over, they knew they were

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Speaker 3: up twenty seventy three, the game was done. The defense

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Speaker 3: has done their job, but they were fighting tooth and

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Speaker 3: nail to keep them out of the end zone. So

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Speaker 3: that just goes to tell you the pride that they have,

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Speaker 3: what they put out on tape and what they put

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Speaker 3: on that field each and every Sunday.

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Speaker 4: Man, it's actually it's a beautiful thing to see right now.

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Speaker 2: You were on the field during training camp coaching these

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Speaker 2: guys up coach Clink and jesse Minner and kind of

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Speaker 2: what coach o Leary for the safeties and what they're doing.

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Speaker 2: How surprised, How surprised should we be that you got

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Speaker 2: two fifth round rookies out there starting on the outside

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Speaker 2: and they're playing at the level. It's a team that

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Speaker 2: does not play a lot of man. There's a lot

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Speaker 2: of zone. There's a lot of rules, there's a lot

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Speaker 2: of things you've got to figure out. Communications to follow,

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Speaker 2: communication passing off, and there's just no half steps, no missteps, Like,

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Speaker 2: what do you make of what Tarheed's still and cam

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Speaker 2: Hard have done these last few weeks.

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Speaker 3: Well, first of all, you got to give credit to

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Speaker 3: the front office of finding these guys in the fifth round, right,

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Speaker 3: these are guys that were not first round, second round

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Speaker 3: draft picks. These are guys who you had to do

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Speaker 3: your homework on and they were really good picks obviously,

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Speaker 3: and then just being with them in training camp. The

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Speaker 3: thing that was special about Tarheed and Camp and training camp,

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Speaker 3: although they were young rookies, they were very.

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Speaker 4: Mature for their years, right, They respect their elders.

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Speaker 3: They did all the things that the Vets wanted them

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Speaker 3: to do in the classroom. On the field, no pride,

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Speaker 3: no ego, guys that were willing to learn, knew that.

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Speaker 4: They didn't know every or anything right.

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Speaker 3: Obviously, big time players for their programs in college stars,

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Speaker 3: but these are kids who were young men who came

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Speaker 3: seen and humble their self and were like I'm all heirs,

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Speaker 3: I'm ready to take it in from the Vets. And

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Speaker 3: it's remarkable because in training camp these guys were not

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Speaker 3: even thought of maybe maybe the threes. Right, I was

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Speaker 3: there and it was it was a Sante, it was,

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Speaker 3: it was Kristen and it was it was just here

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Speaker 3: at the nickel, right, it was John the nickel, and

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Speaker 3: these guys were getting reps. And the thing about it,

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Speaker 3: they were making their splashes, but they weren't. It wasn't

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Speaker 3: be our day one starters. And that was obvious. Everybody

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Speaker 3: is like, these young guys are gonna ball win. We

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Speaker 3: don't know, but they flashed so much in training camp

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Speaker 3: cam Hart is a big, physical corner tarheeb. You could

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Speaker 3: was responsible for two of the three turnovers against the

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Speaker 4: As a young pup out there, he's balling and doing

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Speaker 2: I remember when Derwin had his first presser in training camp,

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Speaker 2: and he shouted out tarheeb. He's like, man, look out,

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Speaker 2: I bring that up because how you know, what does that?

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Speaker 2: What does that do for a defense when you have

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Speaker 2: you have a nucleus like Ray like Derwin. There's just

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Speaker 2: this this gravitational pull that they have and how that

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Speaker 2: how much that plays, I don't know. I don't want

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Speaker 2: what that does when you have a force like that

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Speaker 2: feels like something that everybody it's it's the sun and

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Speaker 2: you know these planets are kind of revolving around it.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, So he's the example. Durwin's the example. Obviously he's

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Speaker 3: been doing it for seven years now. Came in with

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Speaker 3: wasn't that he was cocky, wasn't that he was arrogant,

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Speaker 3: but he had this aura about him. Like you said,

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Speaker 3: it's almost like when he walks in the room, like

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Speaker 3: he brightens up the room, everyone's attention is on him.

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Speaker 3: Like he when he speaks, he has all ears, all eyes. Right,

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Speaker 3: So that's just the kind of person and not only

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Speaker 3: he brings us the energy he brings and it's it's

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Speaker 3: equivalent to a quarterback. If you have a quarterback in

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Speaker 3: this league, and it doesn't matter what team you're playing,

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Speaker 3: what stadium you're going into, what deficits you're facing, You're like,

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Speaker 3: we have a chance of winning this game, right, we believe.

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Speaker 4: We believe into the clocks at zero zero.

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Speaker 3: Same thing on defense, When you got a guy like

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Speaker 3: doesn't matter how good or bad you have played up

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Speaker 3: to that point. You when you have Duran on your

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Speaker 3: it's reassuring, and it's it's really it's a really good

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Speaker 3: knowing that you know he's gonna give everything that he

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Speaker 3: gonna pull you along like, hey, I got you, follow

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Speaker 3: my lead and let's get it done.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and yet he's the safety we bring up first,

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Speaker 2: but it's Elijah Molden who gets the pick and it's

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Speaker 1: I mean, what what a room they have.

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Speaker 2: And just to build on, you know the comment you

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Speaker 2: Elijah Molden for a seventh rounder and to see the

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Speaker 2: bag of chips money. Yeah, I mean just the versatility

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Speaker 2: where how they've played him all over the field and

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Speaker 2: the necessity because of the injury to a low he

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Speaker 2: back there and here's a guy who should have four interceptions.

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Speaker 2: I think he got hosed on the one against the Saints.

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Speaker 2: But just there's something about you know, speak to it, Jalil,

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Speaker 2: that there's something.

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Speaker 1: About having a nose for the ball.

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Speaker 2: Those guys that you know, the ball seems to find,

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Speaker 2: like you said, it's a tip ball from Tarhee, but

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Speaker 2: it finds Elijah the ball. There's certain dudes in this

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Speaker 4: No, it's it's a it's a real thing.

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Speaker 3: Playing with Casey Hayward, Casey Hayward was like, yeah, all Pro,

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Speaker 3: all Pro, all Pro Pro Bowl player, But the ball

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Speaker 3: always found Casey. I don't matter what it was. It's

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Speaker 3: just like I'm trying to get a pick.

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Speaker 3: Casey has two already, right, how do you get two already?

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Speaker 3: But it's just that's the type of player he is.

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Speaker 3: And I watch Eliza it's the same thing. The ball

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Speaker 3: finds him. And I would go even as fur to

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Speaker 3: say he is the best free agent signing that the

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Speaker 3: Chargers have had this year besides JK. When you look

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Speaker 3: late right, having to come in and learn a new system,

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Speaker 3: and like you just said, a system that is not

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Speaker 3: just man demand, lineup and play. You could pluck any

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Speaker 3: why the ball's finding him. Very obviously a smart guy,

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Speaker 3: you're a hard hitter, flash on film and hit hard.

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Speaker 3: If you take the ball away, take the ball away

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Speaker 3: on film. And the one thing that he does really

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Speaker 3: a lot of interest and he's gonna have a big

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Speaker 2: Yeah, came in with two pick sixes on his journey's

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Speaker 2: facing his old team that thought it'd be better to

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Speaker 1: So that's coming up this week. The Chargers love the Titans. Man.

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Speaker 2: They plucked a bunch of dudes from the Titans. You know,

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Speaker 2: Christian Fulton, Elijah Molden, Caleb Shoot, I can't remember his name.

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Speaker 2: They just signed him the practice squad, CAYLEB. Murphy I

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Speaker 2: think might be his name. Tier Tart was a was

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Speaker 2: a Titan for a while. And there's something about that, Mike,

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Speaker 2: and and you know, I point that out because there

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Speaker 2: was The Titans always played tough.

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Speaker 1: It wasn't the most flashy defense that you know, but

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Speaker 2: And that's the thing up that that jumps out about

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Speaker 2: this and and maybe there's some there's I don't know

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Speaker 2: scar tissues the right word, but haven't you know called

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Speaker 2: these last few years where it's just explosives all over

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Speaker 2: there is none of that this year. And it reminds

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Speaker 2: me a lot of those Titan defenses with Mike Rabel

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Speaker 2: where you know, who's who's this guy David Long what huh? Yeah,

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Speaker 2: it's one of the best guys in the right place

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Speaker 2: at the right place, you know, and you don't know,

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Speaker 2: ain't like And that's what this feels like. It feels

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Speaker 2: like everything's settled, like everything you never have those big

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Speaker 2: mistakes that I felt like were littered all you know

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Speaker 2: how many times I saw Eric Hendrick's pointing like this

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Speaker 4: Like palms up. We call it palms up, no palms

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Speaker 4: up on films right right.

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Speaker 4: These guys are balling.

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Speaker 1: They don't have points. I'm like, it's not Ben don't break.

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Speaker 1: That was Ben don't break.

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Speaker 2: It's been on the yardage, and you know then we

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Speaker 1: That was so different than what this fields.

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Speaker 3: When you're when you're top five and third downs. That's

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and kind of what when I'm chatting with people

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Speaker 2: because pressure's coming from where you don't know. It's going

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Speaker 2: It's gonna be a tackle for loss, and next thing

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's I think most offenses have a beat on

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Speaker 3: We're gonna switch it up here this week on third down,

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Speaker 3: just little stuff like that. Man, like you said, money,

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Speaker 4: Ahead of these guys.

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Speaker 3: And these guys are very mature, with guys like Khalil Mack,

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Speaker 2: they get Puna, who's playing exceptional football, drawing double teams

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Speaker 2: They and that's that's why does Jamis throw three picks? Well,

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Speaker 2: Harriball came in, when when Jim Harbaugh came in, he's like, yeah, we.

434
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Speaker 3: Got to fix this, fix fix the trenches offensive line,

435
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Speaker 3: in defensive line. And like you said, it always starts

436
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Speaker 3: up front. And what Poona and Tart and those guys

437
00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:14,440
Speaker 3: are doing up front are so good. Who is what's

438
00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:16,760
Speaker 3: making the run game so efficient? On the defensive side,

439
00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:19,640
Speaker 3: is they're creating a new line of scrimmage. Right when

440
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Speaker 3: that ball snap, they're not on their side of the ball.

441
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Speaker 3: When that ball snap, they're in their backfield. They're creating,

442
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Speaker 3: they're creasing, they're creating lanes upfield to make these the

443
00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:29,520
Speaker 3: running backs cut back. And they're taking on double teams,

444
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Speaker 3: which is allowing the linebackers, who the charges have are

445
00:18:32,359 --> 00:18:35,240
Speaker 3: very very athletic, allows them to run downhill and make plays.

446
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Speaker 1: Right.

447
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Speaker 3: So, and with that being said, if they take on

448
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Speaker 3: the double team and the linebackers are coming downhill really fast,

449
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Speaker 3: guess what the double team has to do.

450
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Speaker 4: It has to climb come off now poooning.

451
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Speaker 3: Those guys get their one on ones and they're making

452
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Speaker 3: their tackles, right, So it's a it's a hand in hand.

453
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Speaker 3: We always say the Russian cover works together, and defensive

454
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Speaker 3: line linebackers work together in the run game.

455
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Speaker 4: And they're doing a really good job of it.

456
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Speaker 2: And how nice is it to see two linebackers lead

457
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Speaker 2: this team in tackles and not safety. I mean the

458
00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:03,320
Speaker 2: fact that that Deayon's coming out of that Cleveland game

459
00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:06,880
Speaker 2: with fourteen he leads the team and tackles by almost twenty, Right,

460
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Speaker 2: behind him is Denzel and that was supposed to be.

461
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Speaker 2: That was a group that was circled as a problem area,

462
00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:15,080
Speaker 2: right like, oh, look out you got you got a

463
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Speaker 2: rookie and Colson and unproven and Henley and Denzel's in

464
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Speaker 2: year ten? Are we going to go with Troy Die?

465
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Speaker 2: He's more of a special team or guy. Arguably one

466
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Speaker 2: of the biggest plays at the game the game three

467
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Speaker 2: yea and so yeah, and so it's like, you know

468
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Speaker 2: what Navarro Bowman's doing with that group, Like you've got

469
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Speaker 2: guys getting coached up.

470
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Speaker 1: I mean, Dayan has happened. It just goes back to

471
00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:37,680
Speaker 1: last year. It's like, how did this guy not get

472
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Speaker 1: on the field?

473
00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:38,520
Speaker 2: Man?

474
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Speaker 1: You see how fast and athletic and smart he is,

475
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Speaker 1: And it's just crazy.

476
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Speaker 3: Speaking of day On, it's crazy because when I was

477
00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:48,040
Speaker 3: I did the internship with Staley's staff as well, and

478
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Speaker 3: they loved Dayon, Like they spoke highly of him. They

479
00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:52,840
Speaker 3: said he would be credit to this They said that

480
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Speaker 3: he would be what he is right now. They said

481
00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:56,720
Speaker 3: he'd be a start in this league. He's an athletic linebacker.

482
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Speaker 3: He can cover. And when I came into camp with

483
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Speaker 3: this half, I've seen that they drafted Denzel. I'm sorry

484
00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:04,840
Speaker 3: picked up Denzel. Obviously, I know who Denzel is, no

485
00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:07,640
Speaker 3: matter what year nine, year ten. The way that Denzel,

486
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Speaker 3: that's his biggest asset is playing the run. So I

487
00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:13,320
Speaker 3: knew bringing in Denzel, that's that's already and upgrade. No

488
00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:15,320
Speaker 3: matter if he's in your ten, you're eleven. That guy's

489
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Speaker 3: playing really really good ball right now. And then when

490
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Speaker 3: you look at Dane Henley, he's learning from Denzel the veteran, right,

491
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Speaker 3: and then he's able to see how Denzel plays the

492
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Speaker 3: run and with his athleticism and his speed. Remember he's

493
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Speaker 3: a special team's demon, right, He's that's what he came

494
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Speaker 3: into the league doing. So now he's on the field

495
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Speaker 3: and all he's doing is seeing playing seaball get ball,

496
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Speaker 3: and he's doing this thing out there.

497
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's it's it's wild to think that this is

498
00:20:39,359 --> 00:20:41,239
Speaker 2: one of the worst run defenses in the league, one

499
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Speaker 2: of the worst scoring defenses in the league. Linebacker was

500
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Speaker 2: an issue. Kenneth Murray and Eric Hendricks just you said,

501
00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:50,879
Speaker 2: palms up. We used to call it that the linebackers

502
00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:54,920
Speaker 2: led the league in points and points You.

503
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Speaker 1: What are you doing?

504
00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:57,960
Speaker 2: What you're supposed to be, you know, and and this

505
00:20:58,119 --> 00:21:00,000
Speaker 2: is what they have now, that's a lot of defense.

506
00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:02,760
Speaker 2: But I think, you know what, before we shift the offense.

507
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Speaker 2: So maybe that's the way we'll do this pod today.

508
00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:06,040
Speaker 2: We'll just kind of go half and half. But I

509
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Speaker 2: think flipping it forward I kind of scratched the surface there, Jalille.

510
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Speaker 2: But as you watch the Titans, they're coming off a

511
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Speaker 2: big win against the Patriots. Prior to that, you're talking

512
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Speaker 2: about two teams that really beat the snot out of them.

513
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Speaker 2: You know, the Lions hung fifty two on them, the

514
00:21:19,359 --> 00:21:22,040
Speaker 2: Bills had thirty four and answered on them, And it's

515
00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:24,800
Speaker 2: clear that in each of those games, you know, it's

516
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Speaker 2: this is an offense that wants to run the ball,

517
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Speaker 2: that has to run the ball, and if you can

518
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Speaker 2: take that away, you can really kind of get after

519
00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,080
Speaker 2: it a little bit. So it does feel like that's

520
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Speaker 2: sort of where this whole thing starts with this group.

521
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Speaker 2: No matter who the quarterback is, Yeah.

522
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Speaker 3: They're gonna listen when they the two quarterbacks that they

523
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Speaker 3: have right now is not who they envision running their

524
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Speaker 3: offense right now with Mason and Will obviously, and it's

525
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Speaker 3: no say to them, they are professional and quarterbacks, but

526
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Speaker 3: they are not the top tier quarterbacks. With that being said,

527
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Speaker 3: they will lean on the run to one keep the

528
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Speaker 3: ball out of Herbert's hand and out of the charges

529
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Speaker 3: offense hands, and two just to establish to get the

530
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Speaker 3: passing game open any way that they can. So if

531
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Speaker 3: the Chargers do a really good job like we know

532
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Speaker 3: they have done throughout the year and what they can

533
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Speaker 3: do and stopping the run, like I said, Christmas should

534
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Speaker 3: come early, and those dbs and linebackers should be receiving

535
00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:15,800
Speaker 3: some gifts with some picks, turnovers, tips and overthrows and

536
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Speaker 3: you got to get those.

537
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Speaker 2: Yeah, you're talking about a Charger team that's top ten

538
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Speaker 2: and takeaways they got thirteen now and you bring in

539
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Speaker 2: a team that is thirty first in giveaways seventeen of them. So,

540
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Speaker 2: like we said, it's a pretty it feels like it's

541
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Speaker 2: a formula that's right there in front of them. Now,

542
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Speaker 2: it's always hard to execute. Tony Pollard's a heck of

543
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Speaker 2: a heck of a back. They've got a you know,

544
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Speaker 2: they drafted Latham there, They've got a solid offensive line,

545
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Speaker 2: and I think it's just kind of one of those.

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Speaker 1: Can you do it?

547
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Speaker 2: You know what you're supposed to do, you know, you

548
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Speaker 2: know kind of how you're supposed to do it.

549
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Speaker 1: Can you do it?

550
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Speaker 2: But yeah, that left side very similar to the Chargers

551
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Speaker 2: left side. When it comes to running the ball. I

552
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Speaker 2: want to make sure I had it right because I

553
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Speaker 2: wasn't sure if they had Skeronski at right or left.

554
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Speaker 2: So they got Skeronsky left guard, Latham left tackle. Those

555
00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:07,000
Speaker 2: guys can clear some freaking space in the run game.

556
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Speaker 2: But feel pretty good about the guys that that that

557
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Speaker 2: the Chargers are going to throw at them. But defensively,

558
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Speaker 2: it feels like that's kind of what we're looking at.

559
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Speaker 2: And I think, you know, you're you're also looking at

560
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Speaker 2: those rookie corners again, you know, based on sort of

561
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Speaker 2: where we're out in the injury report with Christian Fulton

562
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Speaker 2: not practicing yesterday. We haven't gotten today's report yet, but

563
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Speaker 2: you know, I think they'll probably be the same guys

564
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Speaker 2: that are out there.

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Speaker 4: And you got to think about it.

566
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Speaker 3: Two Tennessee's thinking, well, hey, we want to run the ball,

567
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Speaker 3: but they're also thinking what you just said. No matter

568
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Speaker 3: how good these guys have played on the outside, there's

569
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Speaker 3: still rookie corners who don't have much experience, so look

570
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Speaker 3: for them to try to attack them in whatever way

571
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Speaker 3: that they can. So I know that Jesse Miner is

572
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Speaker 3: thinking that, I know that Clint is thinking that. No

573
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Speaker 3: Learry is thinking that as well. So they're going to

574
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Speaker 3: have those guys, or should have those guys really prepared,

575
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Speaker 3: because at the end of the day, no matter how

576
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Speaker 3: much success that they've had so far, there's still young

577
00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:57,639
Speaker 3: guys are still rookie corners and that's the hardest position

578
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Speaker 3: other than left tackle to play as a rookie, and

579
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Speaker 3: obviously quarterback is playing on that island. But I think

580
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Speaker 3: those guys will be up for the task. They have

581
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Speaker 3: been all year, and I don't think this should be

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Speaker 2: All right, let's uh, let's move to the offensive side

599
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Speaker 2: and and you know, I guess we'll kind of go

600
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Speaker 2: halfway there because you said it, when you're on a

601
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Speaker 2: team with a quarterback, how you feel going into a place.

602
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Speaker 2: But I want to start on the other side because

603
00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:17,080
Speaker 2: I you know, there's two there's three names that come up.

604
00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:21,480
Speaker 2: I feel in in the NFL, where when you say him,

605
00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:25,280
Speaker 2: everyone's like, oh man, Patrick Mahomes coming to town, Oh boy,

606
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Speaker 2: Josh Allen's coming to town. And man, here comes Lamar Jackson,

607
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Speaker 2: Like for those are the three And to me, justin

608
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Speaker 2: Herbert is in that conversation because if he's a hunter,

609
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Speaker 2: if he's one hundred percent healthy, he is a problem.

610
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Speaker 1: If he can use his legs if he's.

611
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Speaker 2: You know, and I think you're starting to see that now,

612
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Speaker 2: and it's one of the big reasons why they didn't

613
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Speaker 2: go out and trade for a wide receiver, because they're.

614
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Speaker 1: Like, no, I just we needed to get him healthy.

615
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Speaker 2: We need him to settle in, get some chemistry with

616
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Speaker 2: these guys, and now you can kind of get Palmer

617
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Speaker 2: and Q and Lad to fall into their place. And

618
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Speaker 2: you know, if this is two weeks ago, oh, then yeah,

619
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Speaker 2: I think they're looking at Mike Williams and they're trying

620
00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:04,280
Speaker 2: to see if the Saints are interested in moving Chris

621
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Speaker 2: sal Lave or Garrett Wilson from the Jets, if that's

622
00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:08,520
Speaker 2: where the trade deadline is. But now that we've got

623
00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:11,120
Speaker 2: these last two weeks and Lad's showing, well, I could

624
00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:11,760
Speaker 2: be number one.

625
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Speaker 1: I can you want to target me? I can.

626
00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:15,679
Speaker 2: We can do it differently than some other places, but

627
00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:17,040
Speaker 2: we can do it from the slot and we can

628
00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:19,159
Speaker 2: put up a bunch of yards. And it feels like

629
00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:22,160
Speaker 2: that's now starting to hit its rhythm, this this passing game.

630
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Speaker 4: I agree with you, money.

631
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Speaker 3: And the funny thing is, since we had the episode

632
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Speaker 3: maybe three weeks ago when we were talking about the

633
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Speaker 3: free agency and we were saying, hey, they got to

634
00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:31,600
Speaker 3: look to bring in the number one. Those guys much

635
00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:34,199
Speaker 3: to watch the episode because since then they've been baling.

636
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Speaker 3: First of all, it is lad right, and then last

637
00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:38,680
Speaker 3: week it was it was c So it's been wide

638
00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:41,000
Speaker 3: receiver by committee and it's a beautiful thing to see

639
00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:43,840
Speaker 3: because these guys haven't had much success in the year

640
00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:46,000
Speaker 3: and there's been a lot of media talk about, you know,

641
00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:49,320
Speaker 3: the wide receiver one and who is just in throw

642
00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:52,040
Speaker 3: to and tight ends being his top target, and then

643
00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:54,159
Speaker 3: these guys are starting to come into their own, so

644
00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:56,679
Speaker 3: it's an awesome thing to see. Obviously, Ladd, the rookie

645
00:26:57,280 --> 00:27:00,239
Speaker 3: Q rookie last year who people wanted to label a US,

646
00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:02,040
Speaker 3: was dealing with some injuries and he came back and

647
00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:04,440
Speaker 3: had a big game last week. So it's like, who's

648
00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:06,080
Speaker 3: going to be the next guy this week? Who's going

649
00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:08,240
Speaker 3: to step up and make a play for the offense

650
00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:10,600
Speaker 3: and be that guy that Herbert can go to. And

651
00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:13,720
Speaker 3: it's kind of it's kind of reassuring and it's refreshing

652
00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:16,640
Speaker 3: because now defenses can't say, look, this is his number

653
00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:19,000
Speaker 3: one guy, this is what he's going to Herbert spreading

654
00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:21,959
Speaker 3: that thing around. He's not forcing anything. He's going to

655
00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:24,080
Speaker 3: where the play is designed to go to. If it's

656
00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:25,960
Speaker 3: not there, he's checking it down, or he's running and

657
00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:28,439
Speaker 3: using his legs like he did at Oregon, which made

658
00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:31,240
Speaker 3: him so so successful. So it's been awesome to see

659
00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:34,080
Speaker 3: the offense just in the last two weeks almost start

660
00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:36,359
Speaker 3: to find the rhythm, almost start to come into their own.

661
00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:40,719
Speaker 2: And by the way, you know why, perhaps this is

662
00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:44,960
Speaker 2: happening because of again coach Harbaugh and what in coach

663
00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:47,000
Speaker 2: Roman and what everybody thinks they're going to do. And

664
00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:49,320
Speaker 2: we've talked about it, that that box has been packed,

665
00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:52,240
Speaker 2: that nobody is honoring the past, that they're not afraid

666
00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:54,800
Speaker 2: of the vertical passing game, and so they're committing all

667
00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:57,800
Speaker 2: their resources and now it's caught up to them. And

668
00:27:57,840 --> 00:28:01,040
Speaker 2: now Justin Herbert has the highest pass gascerrating the last

669
00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:04,280
Speaker 2: three weeks on deep, on vertical throws, on throws over

670
00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:07,800
Speaker 2: ten yards and protect and he's and he's on a

671
00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:10,920
Speaker 2: six game streak, ties a Charger record without an interception.

672
00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:12,680
Speaker 2: He's leading the league. There's no other quarterback in the

673
00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:15,040
Speaker 2: league that's gone six consecutive games without throwing a pick

674
00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:18,480
Speaker 2: and and he's pushing the ball downfield. It's not little

675
00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:21,640
Speaker 2: bubble screens and check downs. It's I think he's number two.

676
00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:26,159
Speaker 2: I think he's number two and passes over ten air yards.

677
00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:29,919
Speaker 2: So it's he's pushing it. And it's because everyone is

678
00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:32,280
Speaker 2: now committed to that run. They're like, Okay, here's what

679
00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:34,400
Speaker 2: they've been doing. Here's what it's seven in the box,

680
00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:36,880
Speaker 2: eight in the box, nine in the box, and now

681
00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:39,400
Speaker 2: he's burning them. And yes, there's some blown coverages there

682
00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:41,240
Speaker 2: with Denzel Ward who missed all week of practice, but

683
00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:43,920
Speaker 2: at the same time, it might have one in the backfield.

684
00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:44,960
Speaker 4: It is what it is.

685
00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:47,240
Speaker 3: And yet and one of them, one of them looked

686
00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:49,560
Speaker 3: like it was may been covered two in the safety

687
00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:52,000
Speaker 3: like you said, may have to pass it off exactly,

688
00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:53,719
Speaker 3: he was going to pass it off and the safety

689
00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:56,920
Speaker 3: thought it was. So it's miscommunication. And then their feet

690
00:28:56,920 --> 00:28:59,240
Speaker 3: are slowing down and they're chattering their feet. As a DV,

691
00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:01,160
Speaker 3: you never want to chat your feet. When I say chatter,

692
00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:03,520
Speaker 3: it's almost like when you read passes pop up and

693
00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:06,080
Speaker 3: then you're getting into your pedal. These guys' feet are

694
00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:08,400
Speaker 3: not getting into the pedal. They're staying chattered because they

695
00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:11,080
Speaker 3: think what they think, run as soon as you look

696
00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:12,560
Speaker 3: up on you, oh it's not run. And now you

697
00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:14,600
Speaker 3: have a guy four to four for three run a

698
00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:17,120
Speaker 3: full speed at you, and now you're in panic mode. Right,

699
00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:21,120
Speaker 3: So it's the run game is crucial in so many ways,

700
00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:23,760
Speaker 3: so many aspects of the game. And obviously it hasn't

701
00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:25,600
Speaker 3: been the run game that we've seen in the first

702
00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:28,040
Speaker 3: three weeks. But the pass game hasn't been the pass

703
00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:29,800
Speaker 3: game that we've seen in the first three to four weeks.

704
00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:33,000
Speaker 3: Either it's evolved and it's becoming better, and that's obviously

705
00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:34,719
Speaker 3: a good thing to see right now leading it going

706
00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:35,400
Speaker 3: into week nine.

707
00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:39,240
Speaker 2: That's a perfect way to describe it because all right,

708
00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:42,080
Speaker 2: finally it feels like, all right, finally Herbert's healthy. You know,

709
00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:45,400
Speaker 2: he can move around back there, and now look what

710
00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:47,360
Speaker 2: you have. Now you're starting okay, so now you have

711
00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:49,920
Speaker 2: to worry about the vertical passing game. Now what happens

712
00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:53,160
Speaker 2: on that final drive? Here comes jk ripping off. You

713
00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:55,360
Speaker 2: know what I think is long Yester his long last

714
00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:57,440
Speaker 2: week thirty he had a thirty four. Last week he

715
00:29:57,480 --> 00:29:59,760
Speaker 2: had a sixteen that set up the seven yard touchdown

716
00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:03,720
Speaker 2: run and it's like, yes, why because Herbert's thrown for

717
00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:08,200
Speaker 2: two and eighty two on eighteen to twenty seven and

718
00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:09,360
Speaker 2: it's like, yeah, that's.

719
00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:11,840
Speaker 3: Why I'm alive again. So the indifference is now they're

720
00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:15,000
Speaker 3: playing the two shell money right, which leaves obviously leaves

721
00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:18,320
Speaker 3: one less defender in the box, right, so now they

722
00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:21,000
Speaker 3: can run or if they drop down, and Herbert I

723
00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:23,680
Speaker 3: think he has the because you got to remember, Herbert

724
00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:26,680
Speaker 3: was hurt a lot of time for training camp and

725
00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:28,360
Speaker 3: then he got hurt in the season, right, so he

726
00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:31,440
Speaker 3: never really got to grafts and get the reps with

727
00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:34,240
Speaker 3: his receivers in the office that you get in training camp.

728
00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:35,080
Speaker 4: That's what training camps for.

729
00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:38,120
Speaker 3: It's about building chemistry, it's about building timing, it's about

730
00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:38,840
Speaker 3: building rhythm.

731
00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:39,280
Speaker 4: Right.

732
00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:42,600
Speaker 3: So obviously, as a former player, about week eight, week nine,

733
00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:44,040
Speaker 3: where they are in the season. Right now, you have

734
00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:48,080
Speaker 3: your wind, you're not out of shape, you your pad,

735
00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:49,320
Speaker 3: just set your tacklings.

736
00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:51,360
Speaker 4: Well, you have a feel of the game.

737
00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:54,360
Speaker 3: You're in, you're in stride, you're in mint season form

738
00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:56,560
Speaker 3: and you can see that. And I love that Herbert's

739
00:30:56,600 --> 00:30:59,040
Speaker 3: using his feet because I mentioned it at Oregon.

740
00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:01,120
Speaker 4: That's what made him so special. He was a dual threat.

741
00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:03,360
Speaker 3: Obviously, people know him for his arm, but Herbert, it's

742
00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:05,920
Speaker 3: a running quarterback at the same time. Right, he doesn't

743
00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:07,800
Speaker 3: do it all the time, but he does it necessary

744
00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:10,720
Speaker 3: necessarily when he needs to, when to keep the chains moving.

745
00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:13,160
Speaker 3: And now that I think his ankle is better coming

746
00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:15,320
Speaker 3: off that planner fasciat is obviously with his foot and

747
00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:18,680
Speaker 3: then his ankle with the high ankle sprain, he's moving around.

748
00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:22,640
Speaker 6: And when there's nothing there in the past, he's scrambling

749
00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:24,640
Speaker 6: and he's picking up first downs with his feet, which

750
00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:28,560
Speaker 6: is keeping the drives alive, gives him opportunity after opportunity

751
00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:29,719
Speaker 6: after opportunity.

752
00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:31,840
Speaker 4: So I think it's awesome to see right now, man.

753
00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:36,560
Speaker 2: And I think when we go back to the introductory

754
00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:39,840
Speaker 2: pressure from Greg Roman, and he was talked about the

755
00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:44,080
Speaker 2: way you envision offense, run heavy offense. But now you

756
00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:46,240
Speaker 2: got Justin Herbert, are you really going to commit to that?

757
00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:49,920
Speaker 2: Is that is going to be the same. And his answer,

758
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:52,680
Speaker 2: you know, it's easy to remember because he said, can

759
00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:55,760
Speaker 2: you imagine Justin Herbert with a run game? And I

760
00:31:55,760 --> 00:32:00,160
Speaker 2: think what gets lost on people is my interpretation of

761
00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:05,320
Speaker 2: that is I don't like people recognize how pinpoint accurate

762
00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:08,400
Speaker 2: Justin is the windows that he throws into with his

763
00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:12,280
Speaker 2: arm strength, his accuracy, his processing, how quickly he goes

764
00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:15,800
Speaker 2: from through his progression. That's to me what he was

765
00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:18,800
Speaker 2: talking about. He's like, hey, what, And I'm glad you

766
00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:22,440
Speaker 2: brought up the chatter because that's what that's my interpretation

767
00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:27,440
Speaker 2: what he said. If I have DB's just thinking just

768
00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:30,240
Speaker 2: a little bit sec just a little bit, that windows

769
00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:32,360
Speaker 2: going to open up a little bit more. And my

770
00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:37,840
Speaker 2: quarterback's so ridiculously accurate with such incredible arm talent that

771
00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:41,280
Speaker 2: it's over. It's over because they got to honor the run.

772
00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:44,280
Speaker 2: And now those windows have opened just slightly. And I

773
00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:46,600
Speaker 2: think you're seeing that. You're seeing that, Just go back

774
00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:49,680
Speaker 2: and watch. I'm talking to the people listening and viewing

775
00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:52,560
Speaker 2: right now. Go back and watch the throws. These are

776
00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:54,840
Speaker 2: not wide open windows. You look at the touchdowns, Yeah,

777
00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:56,920
Speaker 2: those are busted coverages and they passed it off to

778
00:32:56,920 --> 00:32:59,640
Speaker 2: someone who wasn't there. But watch those throws to lad

779
00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:03,040
Speaker 2: why the throws underneath and they are just man, they

780
00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:05,560
Speaker 2: are perfect. And to me it's it's a product of

781
00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:08,400
Speaker 2: this offense becoming more balanced than those DB's sort of

782
00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:11,120
Speaker 2: just hesitating at open that window a little more.

783
00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:12,760
Speaker 3: Yeah, because they can't get a beat on it if

784
00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:14,360
Speaker 3: it's a run or pass. And when you can't get

785
00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:16,080
Speaker 3: a beat on when it's a run or pass and

786
00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:19,640
Speaker 3: the offense is really really balanced, it's the hardest thing

787
00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:21,600
Speaker 3: as a dB because you're so on You're on your

788
00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:22,400
Speaker 3: heels the whole time.

789
00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:24,360
Speaker 4: You never know when to be aggressive on the run.

790
00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:26,400
Speaker 3: You never know when to get back in the coverage

791
00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:30,040
Speaker 3: briskly and fast and be ready to pass off routes.

792
00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:32,840
Speaker 3: And then it's like it's it's beautiful to see because

793
00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:35,200
Speaker 3: I've played with Justin for two years and then I've

794
00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:38,800
Speaker 3: coached around Justin for two years, and these everyone sees

795
00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:41,360
Speaker 3: it thowse he makes on Sundays. But the thing about it,

796
00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:43,800
Speaker 3: I see what he's done in practice, and yes, his practice,

797
00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:45,960
Speaker 3: but the stuff that the throws that he make money

798
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:48,600
Speaker 3: just to back you up. Like I've played for nine years,

799
00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:50,760
Speaker 3: ten years, and I've played against Tom Brady, I've played

800
00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:53,920
Speaker 3: against Patrick Mahomes, I prayed against Aaron Rodgers, you can

801
00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:57,440
Speaker 3: name them. I've seen them all, right. Ben Roethlisberger and

802
00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:03,000
Speaker 3: Herbert makes throws that I've never ever seen before, and

803
00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:06,120
Speaker 3: national media doesn't give this guy enough credit, right, they're

804
00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:11,080
Speaker 3: more so ready to tear him down and say why

805
00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:13,400
Speaker 3: he's not a top five quarterback and why he's not

806
00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:15,799
Speaker 3: a winner, and why he's not But instead of just

807
00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:19,719
Speaker 3: sitting back and really really appreciating the talent that this

808
00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:22,640
Speaker 3: young man has, it's absolutely crazy.

809
00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:27,359
Speaker 2: Yeah, and it's not hard to find. There's just there's

810
00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:30,440
Speaker 2: one every game. There's there's every single game. You know,

811
00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:34,359
Speaker 2: I posted a throw from the Bronco game where you know,

812
00:34:34,680 --> 00:34:38,000
Speaker 2: Blitz came unblocked in his lap within a second and

813
00:34:38,080 --> 00:34:42,439
Speaker 2: he is backwards, fading away and throws an eleven yard

814
00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:46,840
Speaker 2: you know, eleven yards downfield but probably twenty air yards

815
00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:50,440
Speaker 2: out right on the numbers in it and against the

816
00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:52,839
Speaker 2: Saints there should have been safety. He's got a three

817
00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:56,560
Speaker 2: hundred pound defensive tackle on his ankle, stiff arms him

818
00:34:56,920 --> 00:35:00,000
Speaker 2: falling down, and let's throwing the ball between the number

819
00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:03,920
Speaker 2: versus John Walmer, like those whole shots to Stone Smart,

820
00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:07,640
Speaker 2: to Disley, to JK. Dobbins, I mean, how do you

821
00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:11,360
Speaker 2: see it? Let alone throw it? And I think that's

822
00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:12,879
Speaker 2: what gets away a little bit.

823
00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:13,320
Speaker 1: People.

824
00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:16,799
Speaker 2: They like the scramble and the busted play and oh,

825
00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:18,680
Speaker 2: look at them running around and pure a wedding and

826
00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:21,799
Speaker 2: it's like, yeah, but now you're asking guys to cover

827
00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:24,960
Speaker 2: for five six seconds. I'm not taking anything, you know

828
00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:28,600
Speaker 2: what I'm getting at or the yes, it's these these

829
00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:30,839
Speaker 2: that are out like that and pressures in his lap

830
00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:31,719
Speaker 2: and what he's able to.

831
00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:34,719
Speaker 3: Do and there's open and then there's NFL open, and

832
00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:38,120
Speaker 3: open is different. That's why a lot of quarterbacks come

833
00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:41,520
Speaker 3: into the NFL and struggle because college open could be

834
00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:46,879
Speaker 3: three yards right, NFL open is this justin Herbert makes

835
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:50,280
Speaker 3: NFL open throws right. So that's what makes him special.

836
00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:54,240
Speaker 3: It's not that every receiver is creating so much space and.

837
00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:54,520
Speaker 4: These guys are.

838
00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:57,399
Speaker 3: Yeah, there's buses covers like you mentioned with the Cleveland game,

839
00:35:57,440 --> 00:36:00,839
Speaker 3: But the throws that he's making money their NFL and

840
00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:02,799
Speaker 3: these guys aren't even open by this much. And it

841
00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:05,720
Speaker 3: has to be pinpoint accurate or it's either past deflected

842
00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:08,239
Speaker 3: or it's intercepted. So I think that's what when we

843
00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:10,120
Speaker 3: talk about his arm and you talk about the kind

844
00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:12,960
Speaker 3: of quarterback that he is, you're speaking on the type

845
00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:14,920
Speaker 3: of throws that he can make under the type of

846
00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:17,239
Speaker 3: pressure that he's in right, So I think it's a

847
00:36:17,239 --> 00:36:20,040
Speaker 3: beautiful thing to say. I keep saying it. I'm obviously

848
00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:22,040
Speaker 3: a Justin Herbert fan. I've played with him. I love

849
00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:24,880
Speaker 3: his game, I love his I even like the personality.

850
00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:26,840
Speaker 3: He's starting to show a lot more personality now, Like

851
00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:30,040
Speaker 3: he's talking a little junk, he's he's swagging with his teammates,

852
00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:32,160
Speaker 3: and we all know Justin he's a real quiet guy.

853
00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:33,200
Speaker 4: He doesn't speak much.

854
00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:36,359
Speaker 3: But I love to see that he's showing a lot

855
00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:38,719
Speaker 3: more passion right now, and it looks like he's having

856
00:36:38,719 --> 00:36:39,200
Speaker 3: fun again.

857
00:36:39,719 --> 00:36:42,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, you think about dropping that shoulder on Tyron Matthew,

858
00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:43,800
Speaker 2: you know, on that sideline, and what it did to

859
00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:46,040
Speaker 2: the sideline. You know, he jumps up, it gives the

860
00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:49,959
Speaker 2: first down, you know, salute, everybody gets jazzed. It's great,

861
00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:53,480
Speaker 2: you know, it's and I think I think this, you know,

862
00:36:53,719 --> 00:36:55,840
Speaker 2: if we can just maybe focus on something that that

863
00:36:55,880 --> 00:36:58,399
Speaker 2: you'd like to see, you know, continue to get better.

864
00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:01,839
Speaker 2: It's the interior of that line. And this is gonna

865
00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:04,840
Speaker 2: be a big week because it's Devandre Sweat and Jeffrey Simmons,

866
00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:07,719
Speaker 2: and you are gonna be hard pressed to find a

867
00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:09,960
Speaker 2: better tandem inside than those two that they're going to

868
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:11,439
Speaker 2: get this week. So it's gonna be a big week

869
00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:15,799
Speaker 2: for Zion and Bradley Boseman and Trey Pipkins. This is

870
00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:18,320
Speaker 2: you know, last week it was on Rashawan and Joe

871
00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:21,920
Speaker 2: all with Miles Garrett, who's just an absolute nightmare and

872
00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:25,680
Speaker 2: a unicorn and different and yeah whatever, Yeah, Rashawn very

873
00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:29,520
Speaker 2: rarely loses the week, and that's just different, man. It's

874
00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:32,920
Speaker 2: the old story goes that. Trying to think of what

875
00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:34,800
Speaker 2: it was, it was, I don't remember what team was

876
00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:37,239
Speaker 2: playing A and M. But they were talking about how

877
00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:40,200
Speaker 2: they prepared for Miles Garrett by having their defensive end

878
00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:43,960
Speaker 2: line up a yard deep, already a yard past the

879
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:46,839
Speaker 2: offensive line. Was how they practiced that week. He's just

880
00:37:46,920 --> 00:37:48,839
Speaker 2: so and when you stand next to him on the field,

881
00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:51,360
Speaker 2: it's like this, this doesn't exist.

882
00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:55,279
Speaker 3: You're bringing memories back because back in the McCoy days,

883
00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:57,800
Speaker 3: he would do that when we played Von Miller and

884
00:37:57,840 --> 00:37:58,839
Speaker 3: the Broncos literally have.

885
00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:00,160
Speaker 4: A defense end on the scout team.

886
00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:02,319
Speaker 3: Oh really yeah, he would have a defense end on

887
00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:04,360
Speaker 3: the scout team line up about a yard pass already

888
00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:07,239
Speaker 3: off sides. Like just is what it is, but it

889
00:38:07,360 --> 00:38:10,640
Speaker 3: forced the tackles to kick have to kick back with urgency,

890
00:38:10,680 --> 00:38:12,040
Speaker 3: like this is what's gonna feel like in the game.

891
00:38:12,040 --> 00:38:14,000
Speaker 3: These guys are getting these kind of jumps, and you

892
00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:16,000
Speaker 3: talk about Miles Garrett and those kind of unicorns are

893
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:17,520
Speaker 3: getting those kind of jumps to where it feels like

894
00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:20,600
Speaker 3: they're already lined off. They're already lined off sides before

895
00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:23,200
Speaker 3: the balls even snap coat. So that's funny you said that.

896
00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:26,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, and it's you watch that one rep

897
00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:28,359
Speaker 2: that he got the sack on against Joe Walt, and

898
00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:31,200
Speaker 2: you're talking about one of the largest humans in the NFL,

899
00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:34,400
Speaker 2: and it was one hand and he was in the

900
00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:36,640
Speaker 2: air and going back five yards.

901
00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:39,560
Speaker 4: I mean, Miles, Miles isn't too small himself either.

902
00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:40,720
Speaker 1: Exactly exactly.

903
00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:43,080
Speaker 2: It's a it's a reminder that, yeah, don't get used

904
00:38:43,080 --> 00:38:44,799
Speaker 2: to that because that happened to Joe. The guy had

905
00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:48,520
Speaker 2: zero pressures the week before, and uh and and here

906
00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:51,080
Speaker 2: that's what Miles Garrett can do. But this is this

907
00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:55,080
Speaker 2: is a week where that communication you know that, And

908
00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:57,840
Speaker 2: that's what I think it's it's so hard for people

909
00:38:57,840 --> 00:38:59,840
Speaker 2: to kind of understand how you and I think it

910
00:38:59,920 --> 00:39:02,319
Speaker 2: is is it's hard to get that rhythm to get

911
00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:05,600
Speaker 2: that chemistry to figure out, oh, I gotta I'm passing

912
00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:08,960
Speaker 2: as and I think that's it's just been a click slow.

913
00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:11,960
Speaker 2: It's been a click slow of kind of keeping your

914
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,080
Speaker 2: head up and figuring out, Okay, I gotta pass off

915
00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:16,160
Speaker 2: and I gotta help over here. I gotta pick this

916
00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:18,719
Speaker 2: guy up because he's being And it feels like that's

917
00:39:18,719 --> 00:39:20,799
Speaker 2: sort of what's happening on the interior of that line

918
00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:22,960
Speaker 2: and some of the games and the stunts that they're running.

919
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:24,799
Speaker 1: And it's gonna be a tough one this week with you.

920
00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:28,760
Speaker 3: And a lot of that comes with just film preparation. Obviously,

921
00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:31,200
Speaker 3: you got to watch your opponent as an offensive lineman

922
00:39:31,239 --> 00:39:34,000
Speaker 3: and say, listen, this defense likes runs these kind of stunts.

923
00:39:34,040 --> 00:39:35,680
Speaker 3: They like to line up in a three or five

924
00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:38,120
Speaker 3: or seven, and if they're lined up with four by one,

925
00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:40,120
Speaker 3: that you got to know that somebody's looping back over.

926
00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:41,880
Speaker 3: And we got to talk about a pre snap. Not

927
00:39:41,920 --> 00:39:43,640
Speaker 3: only do we talk about a pre snap, but we

928
00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:45,399
Speaker 3: talk about it posting that, we talk about it while

929
00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:46,239
Speaker 3: the play's going on.

930
00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:49,399
Speaker 4: Hey, switch switch, switch left, left, left, right, right right,

931
00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:50,120
Speaker 4: it's it's.

932
00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:54,400
Speaker 3: Communication over communicate, And then with those monsters in the inside.

933
00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:56,319
Speaker 3: I'll probably see the Chargers running a lot of more

934
00:39:56,360 --> 00:39:59,960
Speaker 3: stret zone, not so much inside zone downhill, running probably

935
00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:02,279
Speaker 3: a lot more stret zone to get those big guys going,

936
00:40:02,560 --> 00:40:04,800
Speaker 3: get those big guys moving a little bit for tiged

937
00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:07,319
Speaker 3: and then as a game wears down, as they were down,

938
00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:09,759
Speaker 3: then you can probably see some more direct hitting runs

939
00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:13,040
Speaker 3: up the middle. But those guys inside are definitely difference makers.

940
00:40:13,040 --> 00:40:15,719
Speaker 3: So you'll try to not let them ruin the game,

941
00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:17,600
Speaker 3: not let them crush the game, and run a little

942
00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:19,120
Speaker 3: bit more perimeter run, as I would say.

943
00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:22,799
Speaker 2: And when you look at kind of the season this

944
00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:27,280
Speaker 2: year and the losses right, it's it's pretty easy to see.

945
00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:30,560
Speaker 2: You know, they they lose to the Bears and it's

946
00:40:30,719 --> 00:40:32,799
Speaker 2: one hundred and eighty eight yards on the I'm sorry

947
00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:34,880
Speaker 2: the Packers, it's one hundred and eighty eight yards on

948
00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:36,680
Speaker 2: the ground. You remember that game, that's the leak Willis

949
00:40:36,760 --> 00:40:39,240
Speaker 2: game where Matt Lafleur just schemed it up and said, yeah, we're.

950
00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:39,719
Speaker 1: Just gonna run it.

951
00:40:39,719 --> 00:40:42,640
Speaker 2: And maybe that's how you neutralize that that group, because man,

952
00:40:42,680 --> 00:40:44,960
Speaker 2: they're really good and you got to get Jeffrey Simmons

953
00:40:45,080 --> 00:40:47,879
Speaker 2: not coming upfield. The Lions hung fifty two on them

954
00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:49,640
Speaker 2: and they ran for one hundred and sixty four.

955
00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:53,720
Speaker 1: So it's just those it can be done.

956
00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:57,880
Speaker 2: It can be done, and I think it's gonna it's gonna, hopefully,

957
00:40:58,040 --> 00:40:59,879
Speaker 2: you know, be done, because I'd love to see Gak

958
00:41:00,120 --> 00:41:02,799
Speaker 2: continue to build on finally kind of getting back to

959
00:41:02,840 --> 00:41:05,600
Speaker 2: those explosive runs last week, getting back.

960
00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:06,240
Speaker 1: In the end zone.

961
00:41:06,480 --> 00:41:07,839
Speaker 2: And you know, he got in the end zone against

962
00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:09,879
Speaker 2: the Saints, you know, but it wasn't necessarily that sort

963
00:41:09,880 --> 00:41:12,440
Speaker 2: of JK day where he's running for five four and

964
00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:14,320
Speaker 2: a half five yards per carry. So would love to

965
00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:16,719
Speaker 2: see him get back to that because clearly, you know,

966
00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:17,560
Speaker 2: we've seen it happen.

967
00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:18,080
Speaker 1: We've seen the.

968
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:21,759
Speaker 2: Type of success and this is a look they all

969
00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:23,919
Speaker 2: count the same. I know, Like you said, your guys

970
00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:25,879
Speaker 2: are talking to you about old Burrows coming to town,

971
00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:29,960
Speaker 2: and it's like, don't just remember, you know, it's an

972
00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:33,239
Speaker 2: opportunity to get to six and three, to look at

973
00:41:33,239 --> 00:41:35,239
Speaker 2: the remainder of the season, and no, you only got

974
00:41:35,239 --> 00:41:38,000
Speaker 2: to go maybe four and four, and you are punching

975
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:40,440
Speaker 2: a ticket into the playoffs, you know, after that, because

976
00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:41,920
Speaker 2: you get the ten wins, it feels like that's going

977
00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:43,839
Speaker 2: to be enough to get into the tournament for sure,

978
00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:46,920
Speaker 2: and it's still a team that can make Remember it

979
00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:49,799
Speaker 2: took a weird throw from Will Levis to lose to

980
00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:52,759
Speaker 2: the Bears, another weird play by Will Levis to lose

981
00:41:52,800 --> 00:41:55,319
Speaker 2: to the Jets. Like, those are good defenses, and this

982
00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:57,600
Speaker 2: defense is good enough to keep you in those games.

983
00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:00,360
Speaker 2: So by no means do I think it's just going

984
00:42:00,440 --> 00:42:01,480
Speaker 2: to be a walk in the park. But I said

985
00:42:01,520 --> 00:42:04,520
Speaker 2: the same thing about the Browns, and you know, it's

986
00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:06,960
Speaker 2: your team that's starting to kind of find itself and

987
00:42:07,080 --> 00:42:10,200
Speaker 2: find its rhythm and you know, pull away from teams

988
00:42:10,239 --> 00:42:11,320
Speaker 2: that they feel.

989
00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:13,720
Speaker 3: They should And the mark of a good team money

990
00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:16,080
Speaker 3: is taking care of business against the team that you're

991
00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:18,640
Speaker 3: supposed to take care of business against. Right, And it's

992
00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:21,000
Speaker 3: no shade to the lower tier teams, but teams like

993
00:42:21,040 --> 00:42:23,640
Speaker 3: the Cleveland Browns and the Titans coming in obviously. I

994
00:42:23,680 --> 00:42:25,680
Speaker 3: always say it every time we're on the pod. You

995
00:42:25,719 --> 00:42:27,960
Speaker 3: can't just roll the ball out and expect to just

996
00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:29,719
Speaker 3: win the game. Because this is the NFL. These guys

997
00:42:29,760 --> 00:42:32,520
Speaker 3: are getting paid just like you best athletes in the world.

998
00:42:32,719 --> 00:42:34,759
Speaker 3: But at the same time, when you look at roster

999
00:42:34,840 --> 00:42:37,799
Speaker 3: for roster team, for team. Listen, the Chargers should be

1000
00:42:37,800 --> 00:42:40,120
Speaker 3: able to take this one on Sunday. And the mark

1001
00:42:40,160 --> 00:42:42,200
Speaker 3: of a good team when I was playing, is always, look,

1002
00:42:42,360 --> 00:42:44,279
Speaker 3: we're going in to play this team. Let's not give

1003
00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:45,800
Speaker 3: them no breath, because what do you do when you

1004
00:42:45,880 --> 00:42:48,040
Speaker 3: let an underdog hang around? You give them life, right,

1005
00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:50,160
Speaker 3: take the wind out of them right away, put your

1006
00:42:50,160 --> 00:42:52,160
Speaker 3: foot in their neck, and let's get this done right

1007
00:42:52,200 --> 00:42:54,520
Speaker 3: and let them know that there's no room for error,

1008
00:42:54,520 --> 00:42:57,879
Speaker 3: there's no room to let them feel like they belong here, right.

1009
00:42:57,960 --> 00:43:00,440
Speaker 3: And I don't think the Chargers have that mentality. Obviously

1010
00:43:00,480 --> 00:43:03,480
Speaker 3: they're coach well by Harball and that coaching staff, so

1011
00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:06,560
Speaker 3: I know they're going to approach this like professionals and

1012
00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:08,080
Speaker 3: be ready to take care of business.

1013
00:43:08,480 --> 00:43:10,719
Speaker 2: That's kind of you think about the the Arizona game,

1014
00:43:10,760 --> 00:43:12,719
Speaker 2: and you know just what what could have been had

1015
00:43:12,760 --> 00:43:15,040
Speaker 2: you had Reager not have that fumble at the start.

1016
00:43:15,120 --> 00:43:17,080
Speaker 2: You punch it in immediately, and it becomes kind of

1017
00:43:17,080 --> 00:43:18,920
Speaker 2: like a boy we got justin hurry down, you know,

1018
00:43:19,280 --> 00:43:22,520
Speaker 2: a goo and and instead it's five field goals and

1019
00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:25,279
Speaker 2: a lot of drops. And since then, wide receivers have

1020
00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:29,359
Speaker 2: been exceptional. The passing game has been incredible and it's

1021
00:43:29,360 --> 00:43:31,640
Speaker 2: a chance to build on that. And as you as

1022
00:43:31,680 --> 00:43:35,480
Speaker 2: you look down the schedule, you know this is after this, man,

1023
00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:40,360
Speaker 2: it's the Gauntlet, It's Bengals, It's the Bengals, Ravens, Falcons,

1024
00:43:40,680 --> 00:43:43,960
Speaker 2: Chiefs and then Buccaneers after that. You know, and the

1025
00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:46,239
Speaker 2: box are pretty darn good. This year should have gone.

1026
00:43:46,239 --> 00:43:47,960
Speaker 2: They go for to and who knows, maybe you're talking

1027
00:43:47,960 --> 00:43:48,440
Speaker 2: about that they.

1028
00:43:50,360 --> 00:43:53,360
Speaker 4: Should in Kansas City.

1029
00:43:53,520 --> 00:43:57,080
Speaker 3: You have them on their heels and uh, they haven't

1030
00:43:57,080 --> 00:43:59,000
Speaker 3: stopped your offense in that drive. I don't see why

1031
00:43:59,040 --> 00:44:02,160
Speaker 3: you give fifteen other chance. But that's another competition.

1032
00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:04,520
Speaker 1: It is, and just you see it.

1033
00:44:04,719 --> 00:44:06,719
Speaker 2: Baker always wears his emotion on his sleeve. And as

1034
00:44:06,760 --> 00:44:09,360
Speaker 2: soon as that coin toss came up, the head back, Oh,

1035
00:44:09,640 --> 00:44:13,520
Speaker 2: it's like, yeah, you lost, like you lost.

1036
00:44:13,560 --> 00:44:15,520
Speaker 3: The NFL needs to change that rule. I'm sorry, they

1037
00:44:15,520 --> 00:44:18,400
Speaker 3: need to change that rule. Every Both teams need opportunity

1038
00:44:18,440 --> 00:44:18,759
Speaker 3: to score.

1039
00:44:18,920 --> 00:44:20,319
Speaker 4: I'm just an.

1040
00:44:21,200 --> 00:44:24,120
Speaker 2: There's although if you told me I can only choose one,

1041
00:44:24,320 --> 00:44:26,440
Speaker 2: and I can get rid of the stupid challenge system

1042
00:44:26,680 --> 00:44:29,920
Speaker 2: and I can just do the college replay where you

1043
00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:32,319
Speaker 2: just buzz down. Hey, hold, we want to get another

1044
00:44:32,360 --> 00:44:34,719
Speaker 2: look at this. That's my number one. Can we just

1045
00:44:34,760 --> 00:44:37,360
Speaker 2: get to that already? Can we lay these games of

1046
00:44:37,440 --> 00:44:39,560
Speaker 2: well automatic review on turnovers and.

1047
00:44:39,600 --> 00:44:41,440
Speaker 4: Touchdowns and review it?

1048
00:44:42,160 --> 00:44:45,360
Speaker 2: Just yeah, just have three guys staring at hits and

1049
00:44:45,360 --> 00:44:47,040
Speaker 2: they're gonna buzz you when they want you to hold

1050
00:44:47,080 --> 00:44:48,719
Speaker 2: the play, and it's going to be a lot better

1051
00:44:48,760 --> 00:44:51,200
Speaker 2: than a guy digging into his pocket throwing the flag

1052
00:44:51,280 --> 00:44:53,799
Speaker 2: up for twenty five seconds and then the regular.

1053
00:44:54,600 --> 00:44:57,640
Speaker 4: And it's a ya crap show exactly.

1054
00:44:57,920 --> 00:45:00,319
Speaker 2: Just get me that first. But I'm I'm with you

1055
00:45:00,360 --> 00:45:02,080
Speaker 2: on that overtime is still.

1056
00:45:02,120 --> 00:45:04,680
Speaker 4: Not quite They're going to tweet that. Man, it's not fair.

1057
00:45:05,120 --> 00:45:07,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I almost I know it's a lot of

1058
00:45:07,880 --> 00:45:09,880
Speaker 2: people don't like it, but I think I would almost

1059
00:45:09,920 --> 00:45:12,960
Speaker 2: take the college version versus this one, you know one,

1060
00:45:13,760 --> 00:45:15,480
Speaker 2: you know, I know people hate It's like, really, we're

1061
00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:17,000
Speaker 2: going to start at the thirty five.

1062
00:45:17,040 --> 00:45:18,719
Speaker 3: I feel like everyone's going to score and the games

1063
00:45:18,800 --> 00:45:20,800
Speaker 3: is going to be seven over times because it's the NFL,

1064
00:45:20,880 --> 00:45:23,440
Speaker 3: So I get that right, right, But even if you

1065
00:45:23,480 --> 00:45:25,640
Speaker 3: don't do it at the college version, at least, hey,

1066
00:45:25,719 --> 00:45:26,560
Speaker 3: you know what you score?

1067
00:45:27,520 --> 00:45:29,400
Speaker 4: Still, yeah, they get a possession.

1068
00:45:29,440 --> 00:45:32,320
Speaker 3: They have to, Like I mean, so if you don't

1069
00:45:32,640 --> 00:45:35,640
Speaker 3: get lucky on a coin toss and you lose the game.

1070
00:45:35,480 --> 00:45:39,040
Speaker 4: Like I just and that's I've never agreed with it, honestly. Right.

1071
00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:44,040
Speaker 2: For people that are wondering, it's it's because the NFL

1072
00:45:44,360 --> 00:45:47,480
Speaker 2: has windows and they want network team wants you in

1073
00:45:47,520 --> 00:45:50,120
Speaker 2: a three hour window. It's not college where they're fine

1074
00:45:50,160 --> 00:45:52,560
Speaker 2: if it goes three fifty or four fifty, like, that's

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00:45:52,600 --> 00:45:55,600
Speaker 2: not an NFL wants you in and out in three hours.

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00:45:55,680 --> 00:45:58,919
Speaker 2: They can go Pacific time, ten to one, one to four,

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00:45:59,360 --> 00:46:02,960
Speaker 2: pregame show and five twenty bang and let's get out

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00:46:03,000 --> 00:46:04,879
Speaker 2: of here. And that's what they want. And so over

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00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:08,439
Speaker 2: time with the college can can go from a three

1080
00:46:08,440 --> 00:46:11,600
Speaker 2: hour game to a three fifteen And now the network's like,

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00:46:11,680 --> 00:46:12,400
Speaker 2: come on, man.

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00:46:12,440 --> 00:46:13,239
Speaker 1: I got to get to this.

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00:46:13,360 --> 00:46:15,480
Speaker 2: I got my premiere game coming at one o'clock and

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00:46:15,520 --> 00:46:16,360
Speaker 2: you're dipping into.

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00:46:16,239 --> 00:46:18,800
Speaker 3: That all over here, all over here, not playing any defense,

1086
00:46:18,840 --> 00:46:20,840
Speaker 3: and just it's overtime after overtime.

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00:46:20,960 --> 00:46:23,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, and on the East coast back. And that's what's

1088
00:46:23,040 --> 00:46:26,080
Speaker 2: funny is it's changed so much. It's because you know

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00:46:26,160 --> 00:46:29,160
Speaker 2: at four o'clock that game now ends at seven or

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00:46:29,160 --> 00:46:31,080
Speaker 2: at four to twenty five ends at seven thirty. They

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00:46:31,080 --> 00:46:33,480
Speaker 2: want to get local news primetime. Primetime starts at eight,

1092
00:46:33,520 --> 00:46:35,399
Speaker 2: So we got our local news in and and they

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00:46:35,400 --> 00:46:37,440
Speaker 2: can't have it. And now it's kind of changed a

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00:46:37,480 --> 00:46:39,520
Speaker 2: little bit. It's like, eh, people ain't watching primetime as

1095
00:46:39,560 --> 00:46:41,680
Speaker 2: much anymore because they're wi, they're streaming and they're doing

1096
00:46:41,719 --> 00:46:42,280
Speaker 2: all that stuff.

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00:46:42,320 --> 00:46:44,960
Speaker 3: So let's especially when you put a money, especially when

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00:46:45,000 --> 00:46:48,120
Speaker 3: you put in another Monday Night on ESPN Plus, like

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00:46:49,320 --> 00:46:50,400
Speaker 3: it's another story money.

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00:46:50,400 --> 00:46:51,520
Speaker 4: We could be here all.

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00:46:51,480 --> 00:46:52,600
Speaker 1: Day it is.

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00:46:52,680 --> 00:46:55,560
Speaker 2: It's like, yeah, thanks for that one, thanks for putting Chargers.

1103
00:46:55,560 --> 00:46:59,759
Speaker 2: Arizona's the the and nobody even know. It's not like Netflix.

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00:46:59,800 --> 00:47:03,799
Speaker 2: It's not like Amazon ProAb knows what ESPN where the

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00:47:03,960 --> 00:47:04,439
Speaker 2: they're going.

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00:47:04,800 --> 00:47:05,560
Speaker 4: It's like Monday night.

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00:47:05,560 --> 00:47:06,719
Speaker 3: When you grow up as a kid and you say

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00:47:06,760 --> 00:47:08,840
Speaker 3: I'm playing on Monday Night football, You're playing on ESPN

1109
00:47:08,880 --> 00:47:10,719
Speaker 3: Like you're playing on Monday night football.

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00:47:10,880 --> 00:47:12,920
Speaker 2: See, and that's the difference between you and me and

1111
00:47:12,960 --> 00:47:14,880
Speaker 2: me being a lot older than you, it's like Monday

1112
00:47:14,920 --> 00:47:18,759
Speaker 2: night football Channel seven, Like you know, it's ABC's right

1113
00:47:18,800 --> 00:47:21,359
Speaker 2: here we go. We're on the network, and it's it's

1114
00:47:21,360 --> 00:47:24,120
Speaker 2: a national stage exactly like exactly if.

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00:47:24,000 --> 00:47:25,839
Speaker 3: One Monday Night game, we get the whole world gets

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00:47:25,880 --> 00:47:30,440
Speaker 3: to watch. Like you don't put money games on streaming apps, No, it's.

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00:47:30,440 --> 00:47:31,239
Speaker 1: Uh, but now we do.

1118
00:47:31,400 --> 00:47:34,680
Speaker 2: Thursday night is on Amazon, pri Night's here, Black Friday

1119
00:47:34,719 --> 00:47:37,880
Speaker 2: games on Amazon and it's just anyway, Yeah, you'll.

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00:47:37,760 --> 00:47:39,240
Speaker 4: Be here all day money, Yes.

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00:47:39,120 --> 00:47:43,120
Speaker 2: We would all right, well tennessee. Uh and after that,

1122
00:47:43,239 --> 00:47:45,480
Speaker 2: I'll just wrap with this. I talked about that gauntlet,

1123
00:47:45,520 --> 00:47:46,960
Speaker 2: but then you look at the three at the end

1124
00:47:46,960 --> 00:47:49,400
Speaker 2: of the year. So if you get this one, you

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00:47:49,520 --> 00:47:52,879
Speaker 2: close home Denver. You already beat them in Denver at

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00:47:52,920 --> 00:47:55,839
Speaker 2: New England, I think a three win team now after

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00:47:55,840 --> 00:47:56,880
Speaker 2: the win and.

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Speaker 4: Still too not playing with a good ball.

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00:47:59,320 --> 00:48:03,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, and the Raiders two in team at at Vegas.

1130
00:48:03,640 --> 00:48:05,920
Speaker 2: So it's a chance. It's a chance to get a

1131
00:48:05,920 --> 00:48:09,920
Speaker 2: step closer, proved to six and three and feel pretty good.

1132
00:48:09,920 --> 00:48:11,880
Speaker 2: And you know what I'll tell you, man, with all

1133
00:48:11,920 --> 00:48:14,160
Speaker 2: the injuries, you get to that number one wild card

1134
00:48:14,200 --> 00:48:17,680
Speaker 2: spot and you think about the Steelers and the Ravens

1135
00:48:17,760 --> 00:48:21,279
Speaker 2: and you could end up having one of those two

1136
00:48:21,360 --> 00:48:24,600
Speaker 2: teams behind you if you can get that that number

1137
00:48:24,600 --> 00:48:27,120
Speaker 2: five spot, and next thing you know, you feel pretty

1138
00:48:27,120 --> 00:48:30,160
Speaker 2: good about them, maybe knocking off a team that's that's

1139
00:48:30,200 --> 00:48:31,959
Speaker 2: going to have a home game in the wildcard round

1140
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:33,960
Speaker 2: because it's it's the Ravens or the Steelers and how

1141
00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:36,360
Speaker 2: well they're playing right now, and then they got to

1142
00:48:36,360 --> 00:48:38,960
Speaker 2: go to Kansas City for the divisional round and you

1143
00:48:39,040 --> 00:48:41,040
Speaker 2: get to follow the other path, and it could be

1144
00:48:41,880 --> 00:48:44,680
Speaker 2: it's the the AFC is is not what we're used to.

1145
00:48:44,880 --> 00:48:47,320
Speaker 2: I feel like, you know, as well as as Lamar

1146
00:48:47,480 --> 00:48:50,840
Speaker 2: is playing and the Baltimore offense is running, you know,

1147
00:48:50,920 --> 00:48:53,800
Speaker 2: the Kansas City offense has kind of been hiccup in

1148
00:48:53,880 --> 00:48:54,359
Speaker 2: a little bit.

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00:48:54,440 --> 00:48:55,200
Speaker 1: It's been defense.

1150
00:48:55,719 --> 00:48:56,839
Speaker 4: They've just been squeaking by.

1151
00:48:57,360 --> 00:48:58,560
Speaker 1: It feels wide open them.

1152
00:48:59,640 --> 00:49:01,799
Speaker 2: It does feel like it has in your years past,

1153
00:49:01,800 --> 00:49:05,120
Speaker 2: where you're like, oh man, the Bills are a juggernaut,

1154
00:49:05,160 --> 00:49:08,439
Speaker 2: the Chiefs are a juggernaut, the Bengals are just humming.

1155
00:49:08,120 --> 00:49:10,640
Speaker 1: With those three receivers. It doesn't feel like that. This year.

1156
00:49:10,640 --> 00:49:14,080
Speaker 1: It feels like it's it's there to grab it.

1157
00:49:13,520 --> 00:49:16,319
Speaker 3: It feels like Travis Kelsey can be guarded like he

1158
00:49:16,480 --> 00:49:17,399
Speaker 3: was years back.

1159
00:49:17,480 --> 00:49:19,839
Speaker 4: It was like, goodness, like, how do you stop this guy?

1160
00:49:19,880 --> 00:49:23,359
Speaker 3: And it's obviously is his production isn't what it has

1161
00:49:23,400 --> 00:49:25,400
Speaker 3: been in the past. So like when you see the

1162
00:49:25,480 --> 00:49:27,799
Speaker 3: Chiefs on your schedule. Obviously it's the Chiefs and they're

1163
00:49:27,880 --> 00:49:32,040
Speaker 3: balling the only undefeated team in the league, but they've

1164
00:49:32,040 --> 00:49:33,919
Speaker 3: sown signs of being able to be beat.

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00:49:34,000 --> 00:49:36,560
Speaker 1: Yes, yes, so get this one.

1166
00:49:37,000 --> 00:49:39,520
Speaker 2: We'll move on to Cincinnati signing that football back to

1167
00:49:39,560 --> 00:49:41,520
Speaker 2: back primetime game is gonna be awful fun.

1168
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Speaker 4: So I'll be there, Money, I'll be there, I'll be there.

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00:49:43,600 --> 00:49:43,960
Speaker 1: There you go.

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Speaker 2: I'll see you on Sunday at so Far Tennessee. Everybody,

1171
00:49:47,840 --> 00:49:49,680
Speaker 2: we look forward to seeing you out there as well.

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00:49:49,680 --> 00:49:51,920
Speaker 2: It's the salute the service games, so huge, thank you

1173
00:49:51,920 --> 00:49:55,360
Speaker 2: to all of those that serve, and you'll be certainly

1174
00:49:55,360 --> 00:49:57,759
Speaker 2: honored and we look forward to that and it's gonna

1175
00:49:57,800 --> 00:49:59,759
Speaker 2: be a fun one. So thanks everybody for checking us out.

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Speaker 2: Appreciate the ratings, the reviews, the comments on YouTube. We

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00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:05,520
Speaker 2: love interacting with you there and we'll be back again

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Speaker 2: next week with another Chargers Weekly.

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Speaker 1: Thanks Julie,