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Speaker 1: Laid fifteen to ten touched up. What's up? Guys, Welcome

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Speaker 1: into a brand new episode of Chargers Weekly. Chris Hayry

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Speaker 1: here from the Bolt. We have the great Matt Buddy

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Speaker 1: Smith on remote. Got a busy week for that guy,

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Speaker 1: traveling on Thanksgiving. We're taping this. It's pretty fresh. Tuesday morning,

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Speaker 1: Chargers lose to the Ravens thirty to twenty three. A

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Speaker 1: very competitive game through three quarters and then the fourth

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Speaker 2: Buddy.

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Speaker 1: I asked her some fan questions, but before we get

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Speaker 1: to those questions, just your two cents on what happened

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Speaker 1: last night.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I thought Coach Harbach, you know, put it perfectly.

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Speaker 2: And that's championship football. And that's a Ravens team that

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Speaker 2: was in the AFC Championship Game last year. If not

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Speaker 2: for a miss cube is I say Flowers an interception

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Speaker 2: in the end zone by Lamar Jackson, they're in the

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Speaker 2: Super Bowl and maybe they win the Super Bowl. So

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Speaker 2: in that fourth quarter you saw that separation. It's a

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Speaker 2: team that's knocking on the door. Added the best running

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Speaker 2: back in football over the last decade, and they are

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Speaker 2: incredibly hard to defend. They are incredibly physical upfront, and

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Speaker 2: when you see the holding penalties that the offensive line

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Speaker 2: unfortunately was called for a couple of my thought, we're

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Speaker 2: Tiki tag. I think we can we can break down

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Speaker 2: what about this play and that play and if only

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Speaker 2: this had happened. I was not happy with the officiating crew.

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Speaker 2: I thought they called a terrible game, but I think

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Speaker 2: ultimately what coach said sticks and it's you saw for

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Speaker 2: the first time I think this season. You know, no,

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Speaker 2: not meant to be a slight to the Chiefs, but

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Speaker 2: I think you saw for the first time this season

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Speaker 2: what championship football looks like. And it's nice that it

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Speaker 2: happens here and at the end of November and they

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Speaker 2: have an opportunity to recognize, Okay, this is what we need.

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Speaker 2: This is the level we need to play at if

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Speaker 2: we are able to qualify for the tournament into the playoffs,

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Speaker 2: to get out with a win in advance.

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Speaker 1: That was the best team that they've played to date.

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Speaker 1: And like you said, no disrespect to the Chiefs or

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Speaker 1: the Steelers, this was a measuring stick game for the Chargers' money.

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Speaker 1: And you know, I was looking forward to seeing a

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Speaker 1: healthy Justin Herbert against a team like this because you know,

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Speaker 1: to your point, Kansas City and Pittsburgh, Justin was on

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Speaker 1: one leg in both of those games. So I think

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Speaker 1: for the Chargers it was almost a little bit of

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Speaker 1: a dose of reality. The Chargers are trying to be

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Speaker 1: what the Ravens currently are, and they played a really

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Speaker 1: competitive football game for three cords. You get out to

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Speaker 1: a ten to nothing lead, you stop them the first

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Speaker 1: two possessions, a couple of punts, and then the Ravens

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Speaker 1: score on five straight possessions. And we'll get into everything

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Speaker 1: that happened throughout the course of the game, but you know,

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Speaker 1: it's it sounds simple, and it's I think the best

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Speaker 1: way you can distill it, doubt. It's just the Ravens

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Speaker 1: are a better football team right now. But in that

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Speaker 1: locker room money, the one thing that I saw that

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Speaker 1: I didn't see the last couple of years was just

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Speaker 1: the resolve and the flush it and move on. Like

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Speaker 1: these guys were disappointed that they lost, of course, but

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Speaker 1: you know, we live in this week to week league

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Speaker 1: where when you win, you're going to the super Bowl.

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Speaker 1: When you lose, everything's bad. And you know that's that's

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Speaker 1: how fans react to this and it's very easy to

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Speaker 1: do that. But I think for this football team, I

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Speaker 1: think did they realize that. Listen, they may have ran

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Speaker 1: coming up coming off of bye. You got to go

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Speaker 1: cross country, you got the holidays. You can't afford to

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Speaker 1: dwell on this one. You got to get your eighth

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Speaker 1: win next Sunday.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it can't lose twice. And that happens to a

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Speaker 2: lot of teams when they play the Ravens, when they

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Speaker 2: I think for coach Harbaugh, he wants that to be

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Speaker 2: the case when you play the Chargers and see whether

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Speaker 2: whether or not there's a hangover effect for the Ravens

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Speaker 2: So you can't let the Ravens beat you twice. You

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Speaker 2: got to recover. You got to get to Atlanta. You

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Speaker 2: said it, Chris. The schedule makers did not do the

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Speaker 2: it's going to be a ten am Pacific time kick,

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Speaker 2: So got to be able to get past all that.

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Speaker 2: And like you said, it's a team that's been very

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Speaker 2: just laser focused on the task at hand, and it's

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Speaker 2: not about what happened last week. It's not about it's

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Speaker 2: not about what's coming down the pike the following week

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Speaker 2: in Kansas City. It's about Atlanta. And it's an Atlanta

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Speaker 2: team that looks nothing like these Ravens. Nothing. This is

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Speaker 2: a team that is searching for some physicality, that is

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Speaker 2: searching for answers on defense that has been absolutely destroyed

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Speaker 2: it's an opportunity for the Chargers to write that ship.

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Speaker 2: And look, I think get into the game. I'm sure,

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Speaker 2: say these things have to be sorted out. But I

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Speaker 2: think in terms of the Chargers, you know, we talked

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Speaker 2: and so far they've done that. You know, and I

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Speaker 2: split the Bengals and Ravens. We said that you want

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Speaker 2: to win them all. You know, you want to go

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Speaker 2: seventeen and zero. But if you can split those two, great,

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Speaker 2: and I think that goes for these next two. Just

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Speaker 2: you've got to get a split. You've got to get

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Speaker 2: then you got to win those last two on the road,

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Speaker 2: you know, against teams that are going to be looking

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Speaker 2: That the Raiders down to their third quarterback now with

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Speaker 2: and I think for fans that and I get it

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Speaker 2: good coaching staff. I'll figure this stuff out and get

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Speaker 1: Yeah, a couple of things that happened yesterday, and we'll

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Speaker 1: get into some of the specifics. But JK. Dobbins running

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Speaker 1: With Derrick Henry and Justice Hill and just the way

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Speaker 1: And it's remarkable to be money that somebody with that

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Speaker 1: you know, to see the Chargers come out the way

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Speaker 1: Cameron Dicker bailing him out a few times throughout the

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Speaker 1: course of the game. Offensively, they need to learn to

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Speaker 2: Yeah, look, you're right about Paraman. I mean, Paraman's exactly

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Speaker 2: what they needed for this game. And Cam Hart for

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Speaker 2: And on multiple occasions you just kind of saw the

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Speaker 2: also the other thing, right, is this is a Charger

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Speaker 2: so this is just it was a matchup issue number one.

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Speaker 2: Number two, you're spot on with no DP and no

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Speaker 2: Three Khalil mackabeing on a snap count. He's one of

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Speaker 2: You lose out on that, and you know, and again

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Speaker 2: they were without the NFL's leading tackler. You know, they're

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Speaker 2: same time. I think that really affected the Chargers, not

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Speaker 2: You know, it's just some critical drops, critical drops. You know,

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Speaker 2: And it was a really rough game for q and

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Speaker 2: he acknowledged that, and coach acknowledged that, and you gotta

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Speaker 2: Inexcusable that they let the back judge come in and

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Speaker 1: Yeah, keep in mind, I think with success, you see

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Speaker 2: Stay within just from the first go for it. I

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Speaker 2: a fluke. It is a total fluke. He was in

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Speaker 2: It's like, Okay, we flipped it. We went out and

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Speaker 2: thing in the right direction. They didn't win a Super

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Speaker 2: it was the foundation. They poured the they put the

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Speaker 2: I think they can win a playoff game this year, absolutely,

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Speaker 2: kind of like what I'm what I'm getting at. You know,

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Speaker 1: I thought Justin said all the right things last night.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and really it's on Q. That's that's He can

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Speaker 2: that's what you do as a quarterback. As you say that,

432
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Speaker 2: and and you go to them right away, you know,

433
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Speaker 2: that's that's you run a play for him. You know,

434
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Speaker 2: it's it's the old basketball. You run a play for

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Speaker 2: him out of the time, out spring them open, get

436
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Speaker 2: that layup so they can see the ball go through

437
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Speaker 2: the net. And now you're not worried about being zero

438
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Speaker 2: for eight through the first two quarters. So that's it's

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Speaker 2: kind of what I suspect they'll do.

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Speaker 1: We got a lot of questions about dj Hark bult Moose.

441
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Speaker 1: How's dj Hark not seeing the field. He was inactive

442
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Speaker 1: yesterday and Money, this was a guy during training camp

443
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Speaker 1: that we identified as a potential wide receiver one for

444
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Speaker 1: this team, someone who's a veteran who can stretch the field.

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Speaker 1: Maybe it's time to get DJ Hark in the mix.

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Speaker 2: I get it, as you said, Chris, you got a

447
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Speaker 2: lot of these questions. I get a ton of it.

448
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Speaker 2: And the thing I keep saying is we're not at practice.

449
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Speaker 2: That's what this comes down to. They're they're not. It's

450
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Speaker 2: a good point not playing and you know, to sabotage

451
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Speaker 2: the guy or because there's some incentives in his contrast.

452
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Speaker 2: It's not that at all. To me. It's probably a

453
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Speaker 2: battle between Jalen Rager and DJ Shark in practice, and

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Speaker 2: the staff likes what Rager is doing more in practice

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Speaker 2: than Shark. And it's that simple, is what I would assume.

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Speaker 2: Because if he's playing great in practice, he's got to

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Speaker 2: be on the field for the game. That Now that said,

458
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Speaker 2: he does have more of that true X receiver skill

459
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Speaker 2: set that maybe and maybe part of this is on

460
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Speaker 2: Justin too, where Justin's got to go to Tossanja Lal

461
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Speaker 2: and to Greg Roman and to Shane Day and to

462
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Speaker 2: coach Arbon and say, hey, let's give this a go.

463
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Speaker 2: Let's see if we can get some fifty to fifty balls,

464
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Speaker 2: because I'm pretty darn good at throwing them. And let's

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Speaker 2: see if dj can can be that guy that helps

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Speaker 2: us out.

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Speaker 1: A couple about the running game. Let me get a

468
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Speaker 1: couple in here, because a lot of similar questions. Jake

469
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Speaker 1: Nelson hoping the best for JK. Thoughts on the running

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Speaker 1: Game and how it looked after he left, and how

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Speaker 1: do you game plan if he were to miss extend

472
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Speaker 1: the time? Have to keep the running game packed for

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Speaker 1: playoff time, no doubt, Jake. And there was another question

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Speaker 1: about the running game, more of a comment, just the

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Speaker 1: way that the Ravens ran the ball against the Chargers.

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Speaker 1: D that's the vision that Harball and Roman head for

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Speaker 1: the Chargers offense. And again, I don't think that that

478
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Speaker 1: happens overnight. You see it with JK and the way

479
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Speaker 1: he's run this year, and you have Alton Slater, and

480
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Speaker 1: you know, maybe some moves to be made in the

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Speaker 1: offseason in an effort to further bolster the running game.

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Speaker 1: But let's just stick with thema JK. We don't know

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Speaker 1: the status as we tape this and just a huge

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Speaker 1: part of the offense money and I think you saw

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Speaker 1: it that much more in the second half.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Look, he's the explosive runner. He's the guy that's

487
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Speaker 2: gonna get you those twenty thirty sixty yard runs that

488
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Speaker 2: he's done all season long. Last week, springing it for

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Speaker 2: twenty nine because you've you've pounded away and you've beat

490
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Speaker 2: and that's what we saw last you know, last night.

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Speaker 2: We're recording this on Tuesday with the Ravens, right is. Yeah,

492
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Speaker 2: Derrek Henry got threes and fours and then all of

493
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Speaker 2: a sudden there are elevens in twelve was in nineteen's

494
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Speaker 2: and that's just not necessarily what you're going to get

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Speaker 2: from Gus Edwards and Assan Haskins. And that's what's unfortunate

496
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Speaker 2: about Hassan being the third back instead of Kamani Videll

497
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Speaker 2: in that game, because Videll would have been able to

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Speaker 2: replicate what JK does a lot better than Haskins. Haskins

499
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Speaker 2: is that hammer, third and one fourth down, core four

500
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Speaker 2: special teamer, and that's why he's active. But if it

501
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Speaker 2: was the other way, if it was Videll, then yeah,

502
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Speaker 2: now you got a guy catched ball the backfield, it's

503
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Speaker 2: got some wiggle to him, it's got some explosion to him.

504
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Speaker 2: And when JK left guys averaging six point seven yards

505
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Speaker 2: per carry, he's got six for forty. So it's it's

506
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Speaker 2: unfortunate that that's what they were because then you know,

507
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Speaker 2: so what is JK six forty six point seven per

508
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Speaker 2: Gus Edwards and Assan Haskins combined for ten carries fourteen yards. Yeah,

509
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Speaker 2: now you're not balanced. Now your offense is out of balance.

510
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Speaker 2: Now the Baltimore front seven is on their toes and

511
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Speaker 2: leaning forward instead of of you know, worrying about both

512
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Speaker 2: and JK and what he's been able to do. And

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Speaker 2: and it just that the script was flipped from what

514
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Speaker 2: they were able to do in that first half when

515
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Speaker 2: they trailed by one.

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Speaker 1: If JK were to missed some time, and of course

517
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Speaker 1: we have no idea as we tape this, and the

518
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Speaker 1: hope is that JK can come back, soit of them later.

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Speaker 1: But Videll, what a spot it's going to be for

520
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Speaker 1: him over the next couple of weeks. You mentioned it.

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Speaker 1: Him being inactive was just really tough luck because he'd

522
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Speaker 1: be the guy that could kind of take the reins

523
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Speaker 1: in the second half, but for a land in Kansas City,

524
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Speaker 1: if he has to take on a bigger load. We

525
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Speaker 1: saw that that explosive play in the Denver game.

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Speaker 2: That little uh.

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Speaker 1: I think it was like a wheel route for a

528
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Speaker 1: touchdown in Denver, but him on the ground, it could

529
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Speaker 1: be a big spot for him money.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, And I again the this is this is a

531
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Speaker 2: different front office and they have churned the roster repeatedly,

532
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Speaker 2: And as I'm looking, I'm just like I would just

533
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Speaker 2: go through all the practice squads. I didn't think about

534
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Speaker 2: it until the question just came in, or else I

535
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Speaker 2: would have prepped Miles Gaskin is on the Minnesota practice squad.

536
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Speaker 2: I'm looking through like all of these for running backs

537
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Speaker 2: that might stand out, guys that have a little juice,

538
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Speaker 2: And it's a it's a position of attrition, so you

539
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Speaker 2: assume that for the most part, teams are carrying three

540
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Speaker 2: these days. But that's that's something that I wouldn't be

541
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Speaker 2: surprised in the least if there's a guy in a

542
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Speaker 2: practice squad that they like or that they like that

543
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Speaker 2: they can go claim and put on their active roster.

544
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Speaker 2: If JK is going to miss extended period of time.

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Speaker 2: As I'm scrolling through, I'm not seeing much. Man I

546
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Speaker 2: mentioned Miles Gaskin, but I don't know how much he's

547
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Speaker 2: got left. That's just a veteran name that jumps out

548
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Speaker 2: at you in terms of, you know, guys that were

549
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Speaker 2: maybe in the draft that they liked and didn't draft.

550
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Speaker 2: But as it stands right now, it's going to be

551
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Speaker 2: Kemanie by Dell. So much of it as pass pro,

552
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Speaker 2: something that Haskins is pretty darn good at and Gus

553
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Speaker 2: is good at and JK is good at. So you've

554
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Speaker 2: got to have a back in there that's going to

555
00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:03,320
Speaker 2: be able to protect Justin as well. It's not just

556
00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:06,360
Speaker 2: running the ball. But as I see, our old friend

557
00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:10,080
Speaker 2: Jarrett Patterson is on the Bills practice squad, so he's

558
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Speaker 2: someone that's familiar with the offense. You can go back

559
00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:16,679
Speaker 2: and and scoop him up and oh no, he's on

560
00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:19,240
Speaker 2: the Chargers practice squad. So there you go. That may

561
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Speaker 2: be your answer, Chris. They could elevate Jarrett, who's a

562
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Speaker 2: smaller guy but has some wiggle. I thought that he

563
00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:29,119
Speaker 2: went to Buffalo. That's where that came in. So sorry,

564
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Speaker 2: I'm just scrolling through these right now to see if

565
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Speaker 2: there's any thing.

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Speaker 1: He had a good preseason to money he had a

567
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Speaker 1: good preseason.

568
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Speaker 2: He did, he did, and so that's, you know, maybe

569
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Speaker 2: something to look at. I'm not really seeing much else

570
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Speaker 2: as I'm scrolling through. Sorry to be wasting your time

571
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Speaker 2: and just vamping here as I'm going from one practice

572
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Speaker 2: squad to the next to see if there's any running

573
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Speaker 2: backs that stand out. Blake Quadson, No, you.

574
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Speaker 1: Know, that's why they drafted Via Dell. That's why they

575
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Speaker 1: drafted him, and I do think that he can he

576
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Speaker 1: can do that. We saw the burst in preseason. We

577
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Speaker 1: saw that explosive plane Denver, and you know, very limited

578
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Speaker 1: opportunities on the ground for him because of the success

579
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Speaker 1: that Dobbins has had this year. So it's this that

580
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Speaker 1: cliche next man up mentality. We've seen some of these

581
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Speaker 1: rookies contribute in a big way, from lad to Alton.

582
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Speaker 1: You know, Kimani in Denver, it could be a big

583
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Speaker 1: spot for him against Atlanta in Kansas City, potentially.

584
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Speaker 2: Michael Carter's former like second or third round pick. He's

585
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Speaker 2: on the Arizona practice squad. But outside of that, you've

586
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Speaker 2: said it, Kimani bydel gets elevated, Jared Patterson gets added,

587
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Speaker 2: and that may be the way they have to move forward.

588
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Speaker 2: But ultimately, hope the JK is okay because he's having

589
00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:38,120
Speaker 2: a heck of a season. He deserves better than seeing

590
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Speaker 2: it end prematurely due to injury. His botty's betrayed him

591
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Speaker 2: his whole career. I'd love to see it be a

592
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Speaker 2: healthy season for him where he can post, you know,

593
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Speaker 2: one thy twelve hundred yards and a double digit touchdown.

594
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Speaker 2: So let's hope he's all right.

595
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Speaker 1: From Bob Middleton, the Chargers are struggling stopping the run

596
00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:57,840
Speaker 1: against good teams, giving up a lot of yards after contact.

597
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Speaker 1: How do they get better? In Bob, it's a great

598
00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:03,800
Speaker 1: point going into a game against the Atlanta Falcons with

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Speaker 1: b John Robinson.

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Speaker 2: In the backfield. Yeah, this one. Look, Derrick Henry's different man.

601
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Speaker 2: Derrick Henry is different than anybody else, and they're not

602
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Speaker 2: going to see anything like it for the rest of

603
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Speaker 2: the year. So I'm not as concerned about it. I'll

604
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Speaker 2: be honest, it doesn't It doesn't really concern me all

605
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Speaker 2: that much. I don't I think trying to to extrapolate, Oh,

606
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Speaker 2: this is what the rest of the season could look

607
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Speaker 2: like after Derrick Henry hangs one hundred and forty four

608
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Speaker 2: on you, I don't think that makes much sense. So yes,

609
00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:40,479
Speaker 2: Chase Brown got him in the Cincinnati game. But at

610
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Speaker 2: the same time, it's also because you're protecting with a

611
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Speaker 2: too high shell and you're pretty much in quarters the

612
00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:50,520
Speaker 2: whole time because Joe Burrow's quarterback and it's Jamar Chase

613
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Speaker 2: and it's t Higgins. So you're like, that's fine if

614
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Speaker 2: that's where it's going to come from. If Burrow's not

615
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Speaker 2: throwing it, we'll take it, man. So you also have

616
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Speaker 2: to remember that that gain. You know that the game

617
00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:04,440
Speaker 2: script dictates sort of how you're gonna play it and

618
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Speaker 2: whether or not you want to let it back you know,

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Speaker 2: kind of beat you same thing with James Connor, right, it's, hey,

620
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Speaker 2: you don't want Kyler Murray freaking run and free and

621
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Speaker 2: he ends up getting that touchdown anyway, But like that's

622
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Speaker 2: you got to kind of pick your poison with some

623
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Speaker 2: of these teams. So against the Falcons Kyle Pitts, Drake London,

624
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Speaker 2: Kirk Cousins, Jon like, it's it's a pretty balanced offense,

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Speaker 1: our offense go and what adjustments do we need to

644
00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:40,920
Speaker 1: make on both sides? I think it's a great point,

645
00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:43,800
Speaker 1: especially with the offense. You know, I don't know if

646
00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:46,360
Speaker 1: you have a scripted first drive, but it was seamless.

647
00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:49,320
Speaker 1: Go down there, score a touchdown, you go up ten points,

648
00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:51,800
Speaker 1: and then at one point money you're outscored thirty to six.

649
00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:55,880
Speaker 1: Baltimore scores on five straight possessions and the Chargers offense

650
00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:58,800
Speaker 1: couldn't keep paced. So maybe we stick on the offensive

651
00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:01,400
Speaker 1: side of the football. How do you sustain that success

652
00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:03,480
Speaker 1: for four cores and not just the beginning of the game.

653
00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:07,840
Speaker 2: They need to find the answer. He's absolutely right. This

654
00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:11,440
Speaker 2: team has gone stagnant in third quarters, in second half,

655
00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:15,320
Speaker 2: and then my statman, Steve de Seger, during the game

656
00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:17,560
Speaker 2: flipped me the piece of paper. I never got to

657
00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:20,080
Speaker 2: it because the game got away from him. But if

658
00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:24,400
Speaker 2: I remember right, it was something like since two thousand,

659
00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:27,960
Speaker 2: or it might be twenty ten, whatever, one hundred and

660
00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:31,240
Speaker 2: twenty three different times eight team has gotten the ball

661
00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:36,440
Speaker 2: with less than a minute inside their own fifteen yard line.

662
00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:38,320
Speaker 2: I think the Chargers were at their fourteen, right or

663
00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:39,800
Speaker 2: oere they at their sixteen, so it might have been

664
00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:44,240
Speaker 2: inside their own twenty And of every single one of those,

665
00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:48,840
Speaker 2: I think it was one hundred and twenty three. Five

666
00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:53,400
Speaker 2: of them scored touchdowns. Like that's how remarkable that drive was.

667
00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:57,520
Speaker 2: And it's there, like you know it's there, you can

668
00:32:57,560 --> 00:33:00,120
Speaker 2: see it there with Lad McConkie, and these explosives are

669
00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:02,800
Speaker 2: available to them. So it just got to figure it out.

670
00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:06,760
Speaker 2: It's play calling, it's balance, it's execution, it's all of

671
00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:11,560
Speaker 2: those things. And the drops were a huge part of

672
00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:14,560
Speaker 2: it in the second half and whether or not they

673
00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:18,120
Speaker 2: were able to sustain drives and score points. So but

674
00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:21,440
Speaker 2: it's look, it's happened enough that you do have to

675
00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:23,040
Speaker 2: ask the question and try to figure out what the

676
00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:27,560
Speaker 2: solution is. And against Atlanta, against Kansas City, against Tampa

677
00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:29,680
Speaker 2: with Mike Evans just coming back, and the way Baker

678
00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:31,960
Speaker 2: is playing against Denver, with bo Nicks coming off a

679
00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:35,480
Speaker 2: three hundred yard four touchdown game against the Falcons, you've

680
00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:37,120
Speaker 2: got to figure it out. You're gonna have to be

681
00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:39,720
Speaker 2: able to keep offense going for four quarters.

682
00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:44,840
Speaker 1: Yeah, and you know Atlanta coming off a bye, they're

683
00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:48,520
Speaker 1: gonna bounce back and play good offensively, which leads us

684
00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:52,040
Speaker 1: to the next question from our guy, Russell McCrady. Appreciate

685
00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:53,520
Speaker 1: all the questions this morning.

686
00:33:53,560 --> 00:33:53,760
Speaker 2: Guys.

687
00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:56,320
Speaker 1: By the way, you guys delivered immediately. Can you talk

688
00:33:56,320 --> 00:33:59,280
Speaker 1: about how the prep for Atlanta changes with a short

689
00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:02,280
Speaker 1: week travel well in an early kickoff Sunday, especially coming

690
00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:06,440
Speaker 1: off a physical game and a tough turnaround. By the way,

691
00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:09,200
Speaker 1: great crowd last night and money, you've said it. The

692
00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:13,320
Speaker 1: NFL schedule makers did no favors to the Chargers putting

693
00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:15,520
Speaker 1: them on Monday Night Football with the Falcons coming off

694
00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:17,720
Speaker 1: of bye and the Bolts having to go cross country.

695
00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:22,160
Speaker 2: Yeah. Look, Warren Sharp does a great job of laying

696
00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:24,319
Speaker 2: this whole thing out and talking about rest and how

697
00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:28,400
Speaker 2: important it is and how often teams lose games because

698
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:30,640
Speaker 2: they're at negative rest when the other team has a

699
00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:33,720
Speaker 2: decided advantage in that category. It's so important. These guys,

700
00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:35,799
Speaker 2: we've seen it when we're on the planes flying home.

701
00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:38,680
Speaker 2: What they look like after a game. You said it repeatedly.

702
00:34:38,719 --> 00:34:40,719
Speaker 2: It's it's like a car crash. They're wrapped in ice,

703
00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:45,160
Speaker 2: they're walking slow, they're hobbling, and you've got a team

704
00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:47,600
Speaker 2: that hasn't played a football game in fourteen days and

705
00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:52,120
Speaker 2: you're going out there in six and it's the latest

706
00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:54,920
Speaker 2: possible time to the earliest possible time. You've got the

707
00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:57,480
Speaker 2: Monday night er and you're coming back on a Sunday

708
00:34:57,640 --> 00:35:02,120
Speaker 2: ten am Pacific, So overcome it. And it's It's what's

709
00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:04,759
Speaker 2: great about this coaching staff. They don't want to hear it,

710
00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:06,960
Speaker 2: and the players feel the same way. They don't want

711
00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:08,480
Speaker 2: to hear it. They're not going to make any excuses.

712
00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:12,760
Speaker 2: So you just don't let the the Ravens beat twice.

713
00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:14,719
Speaker 2: The good news is this is a defense that has

714
00:35:14,719 --> 00:35:17,520
Speaker 2: not been very physical all season. If you go through

715
00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:22,640
Speaker 2: the rankings, they have ten sacks. Ten sacks on the season.

716
00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:27,000
Speaker 2: As a team, they have ten sacks. They're allowing a

717
00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:29,640
Speaker 2: quarterback reading of one hundred and one point two, so

718
00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:34,040
Speaker 2: they're allowing completion percentage of seventy two percent. So the

719
00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:36,440
Speaker 2: defense is going to present you with opportunities. I just

720
00:35:36,520 --> 00:35:39,640
Speaker 2: mentioned what Bo Nicks, a rookie, was able to do

721
00:35:39,719 --> 00:35:42,279
Speaker 2: to them. You know, you're talking about Nick's going three

722
00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:44,880
Speaker 2: hundred and seven yards and four touchdowns. Twenty eight of

723
00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:47,760
Speaker 2: thirty three is what he did. You got Justin Herbert

724
00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:50,919
Speaker 2: out there. So you'd like to think that, hey, maybe

725
00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:53,440
Speaker 2: this is an offense game. Maybe this isn't this is

726
00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:56,040
Speaker 2: this is time for the offense to deliver like they

727
00:35:56,080 --> 00:35:58,080
Speaker 2: did against Cincinnati and put up some points and get

728
00:35:58,080 --> 00:35:58,799
Speaker 2: out of there with a win.

729
00:36:00,719 --> 00:36:02,400
Speaker 1: But I think that's why we're getting so many questions

730
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:05,120
Speaker 1: about DJ Hark and you know, I've get questions about

731
00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:08,960
Speaker 1: Brenda Rice and Simmi Fojoco when he can return, because

732
00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:11,200
Speaker 1: you know, Justin he puts the ball on the money

733
00:36:11,239 --> 00:36:15,200
Speaker 1: and I know that fans are envisioning him with a

734
00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:18,560
Speaker 1: superstar wide receiver. I know, lad right now. I mean,

735
00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:20,000
Speaker 1: he's gonna be He's gonna be a part of his

736
00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:22,200
Speaker 1: organization for a long time. But you know, you think

737
00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:26,400
Speaker 1: of guys like T Higgins and you know, potential availables

738
00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:28,839
Speaker 1: next year in free agency, in the draft, and who

739
00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:32,520
Speaker 1: can you pair Justin up with. So I think it's

740
00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:35,920
Speaker 1: it's valid to say, Okay, well, what's going on in

741
00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:39,319
Speaker 1: the second half of games? There's another question here. Let

742
00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:45,719
Speaker 1: me get to this one real quick money. Okay, this

743
00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:49,640
Speaker 1: is from Justin Justin Herbert. It's actually not Justin Herbert,

744
00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:53,399
Speaker 1: but that's that's the user it could be, babe, Yeah,

745
00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:57,279
Speaker 1: you think Justin's listening to this right now. Was the

746
00:36:57,360 --> 00:37:00,319
Speaker 1: Chargers lack of pass rush due to the Ravens line

747
00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:03,000
Speaker 1: being that good their run game being dominant, or a

748
00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:05,479
Speaker 1: good scheme. I know Lamar is difficult to get down,

749
00:37:05,719 --> 00:37:08,560
Speaker 1: but it seemed he wasn't even pressure that often. It's

750
00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:11,440
Speaker 1: a combination of all three of those things. How difficult

751
00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:14,640
Speaker 1: it is to stop that Ravens offense money when you

752
00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:17,319
Speaker 1: have a guy like Lamar who's so shifting, and it's

753
00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:19,680
Speaker 1: a dual threat. He's the he's maybe he's maybe the

754
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:24,160
Speaker 1: second best. Well between him and Henry, I don't know

755
00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:26,520
Speaker 1: if it's a better duo rushing the football. And then

756
00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:28,799
Speaker 1: you have to account for Lamar's arm as well, so

757
00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:31,520
Speaker 1: it makes it very difficult to get pressure on him.

758
00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:33,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's the toughest cover in the league, There's no

759
00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:37,680
Speaker 2: question about it. Because if you break contain, it's gone

760
00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:41,640
Speaker 2: for sixty and it's just and when you have Derek Henry,

761
00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:45,240
Speaker 2: so you've got to commit resources there and they're running

762
00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:48,600
Speaker 2: mesh the entire game. And when he hands it, now

763
00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:50,640
Speaker 2: you've got a guy with a runway that can just

764
00:37:50,760 --> 00:37:53,560
Speaker 2: fall forward and pick up four yards, or you've got

765
00:37:53,560 --> 00:37:57,080
Speaker 2: a guy that's you know, legit low four four speed

766
00:37:57,719 --> 00:37:59,719
Speaker 2: that you're not playing that you have to honor the

767
00:37:59,760 --> 00:38:02,720
Speaker 2: throw because he's he's thrown the ball. He's got twenty

768
00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:05,719
Speaker 2: five touchdowns coming into that game last night. So it's

769
00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:07,960
Speaker 2: just a really hard cover and I think it's sometime,

770
00:38:08,040 --> 00:38:11,239
Speaker 2: you know, sometimes you hope you can hang in there

771
00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:15,200
Speaker 2: and and see if your offense can pull it out.

772
00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:18,600
Speaker 2: And in this game, I think, I don't think you

773
00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:22,759
Speaker 2: can minimize how much they missed Denzel Paraman and Cam Hard.

774
00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:25,319
Speaker 2: It's weird to say a fifth round rookie, but just

775
00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:29,279
Speaker 2: that physicality, you need to be physical, and it got

776
00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:31,200
Speaker 2: away from him and Khalil Mack again, he's on a

777
00:38:31,239 --> 00:38:35,279
Speaker 2: snap count, so it's it was it was just it

778
00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:38,439
Speaker 2: was tough there. Their old line is good there, Rose

779
00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:40,560
Speaker 2: and Gardens not good. He's he's been he's had a

780
00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:42,640
Speaker 2: rough year. But outside of that, the other four solid.

781
00:38:42,719 --> 00:38:44,440
Speaker 2: I mean, Stanley's still one of the best left tackles

782
00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:47,120
Speaker 2: in the game. So yeah, it's it's a tough It's

783
00:38:47,120 --> 00:38:49,520
Speaker 2: definitely a tough matchup, and it's there's a reason why

784
00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:51,360
Speaker 2: they were in the AFC Championship and probably should have

785
00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:53,799
Speaker 2: won that game. Miscues is why they lost that game,

786
00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:55,479
Speaker 2: not because they weren't the better team on the field.

787
00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:01,239
Speaker 1: All Right, It's another good question from us with a K.

788
00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:05,160
Speaker 1: I think this loss actually helps their prep for when

789
00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:07,600
Speaker 1: they see this team again. What do you guys expect

790
00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:10,440
Speaker 1: could be the biggest takeaway from this game that helps

791
00:39:10,480 --> 00:39:13,600
Speaker 1: them close out the regular season with a strong finish. Also,

792
00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:15,719
Speaker 1: will Junior Colson be back this year? We got a

793
00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:18,319
Speaker 1: couple questions about Junior and That'sante Samuel as well. We

794
00:39:18,320 --> 00:39:21,080
Speaker 1: could talk about we could really use him. Yeah, I

795
00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:24,080
Speaker 1: mean we talked about Denzel Perryman money, but not having

796
00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:26,719
Speaker 1: Junior Colson for a bulk of this year too. That

797
00:39:27,239 --> 00:39:29,759
Speaker 1: was a rookie that we expected to contribute right away.

798
00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:34,040
Speaker 2: My number one takeaway, just going to the first part

799
00:39:34,080 --> 00:39:37,920
Speaker 2: of the question is you can't give this team second chances.

800
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:41,080
Speaker 2: You can't give them freebies. That's ultimately what it came

801
00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:45,600
Speaker 2: down to. Those dropped passes are freebies. The passes are pinpoint,

802
00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:49,319
Speaker 2: they're accurate, they should be caught and you should be

803
00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:51,640
Speaker 2: moving the football and you should be scoring points. So

804
00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:54,200
Speaker 2: you can't drop the football. And what's just Q there

805
00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:56,919
Speaker 2: were other drops out there, so you know, not lad

806
00:39:57,120 --> 00:40:00,240
Speaker 2: six targets, six catches, but there were drops out there.

807
00:40:00,719 --> 00:40:04,560
Speaker 2: You have to be it has to be precision and

808
00:40:05,360 --> 00:40:08,759
Speaker 2: when it's fourth and one. You've got to commit to say,

809
00:40:08,760 --> 00:40:12,920
Speaker 2: you know what they're they're the most physical team in football.

810
00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:16,040
Speaker 2: They're not going to do anything fancy. It's John Harbaugh.

811
00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:17,879
Speaker 2: They're gonna run it up the gut and it's our

812
00:40:17,920 --> 00:40:19,799
Speaker 2: will against your will, and you've just got to commit

813
00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:24,040
Speaker 2: all those resources. And if they beat you, because you know,

814
00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:26,960
Speaker 2: Lamark keeps it on the mesh and he takes off

815
00:40:26,960 --> 00:40:30,200
Speaker 2: on the corner, then so be it. But three fourth

816
00:40:30,239 --> 00:40:32,520
Speaker 2: and ones and three fourth and ones they pile the

817
00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:35,839
Speaker 2: a gap and they get you every time. You got

818
00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:40,560
Speaker 2: to overcome that. And you've got to catch football, you know.

819
00:40:40,640 --> 00:40:43,279
Speaker 2: And when Josh Palmer's streaking on a post, you gotta

820
00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:45,560
Speaker 2: hit him and stride and score the like, every one

821
00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:49,000
Speaker 2: of those plays has to be executed perfectly or else

822
00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:51,840
Speaker 2: a championship galliber team is going to take advantage of you.

823
00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:55,719
Speaker 2: So ultimately, I think that's that's what my takeaway would

824
00:40:55,760 --> 00:40:58,359
Speaker 2: be is we're good enough. The players are there, he's

825
00:40:58,360 --> 00:41:01,200
Speaker 2: gotta make them. You make the play, and you're in

826
00:41:01,239 --> 00:41:05,560
Speaker 2: this game. So I think that's that's ultimately what I

827
00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:07,799
Speaker 2: would say. As far as the injuries, don't know, you know,

828
00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:10,360
Speaker 2: I hope they come back. You need those guys, the

829
00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:14,920
Speaker 2: Sante and Junior. Just don't know a Sante's window, you know,

830
00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:16,839
Speaker 2: he could have they could have opened his window three

831
00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:19,000
Speaker 2: weeks ago and they still haven't. So not quite sure

832
00:41:19,040 --> 00:41:19,839
Speaker 2: what's going to go on there.

833
00:41:20,840 --> 00:41:23,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, let's keep it rolling a lot of great questions.

834
00:41:23,200 --> 00:41:24,880
Speaker 1: So that's why I'm looking down. I'm trying to make

835
00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:29,799
Speaker 1: sure we all get as many guys as possible. Servando, Hello,

836
00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:32,239
Speaker 1: Chris Muddy, huge fan of the show. How deep in

837
00:41:32,280 --> 00:41:34,960
Speaker 1: the playoffs do you think we can go with this roster?

838
00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:38,200
Speaker 1: It's a good question, And again I think that there's

839
00:41:38,239 --> 00:41:40,480
Speaker 1: gonna be a little bit of an overreaction to losing

840
00:41:40,520 --> 00:41:42,640
Speaker 1: to the Ravens. But you know, if they if they

841
00:41:42,640 --> 00:41:45,840
Speaker 1: beat Atlanta, Listen, this team is building confidence each and

842
00:41:45,880 --> 00:41:49,080
Speaker 1: every week. They believe in coach Harball and what they're building.

843
00:41:50,320 --> 00:41:51,960
Speaker 1: You know, I do think if they get in, it

844
00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:55,279
Speaker 1: depends on the seating and and who they draw in

845
00:41:55,320 --> 00:41:58,960
Speaker 1: the first round and all of that stuff. But let

846
00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:01,799
Speaker 1: me just pair it with another question. Jexi says, seven

847
00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:05,080
Speaker 1: to four isn't terrible in a rebuild year, so I'm thankful.

848
00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:07,200
Speaker 1: How long do you think it will take to get

849
00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:09,799
Speaker 1: the weapons and talent that Jim needs to be able

850
00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:12,719
Speaker 1: to compete with these winning record, high caliber teams like

851
00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:16,200
Speaker 1: the Chiefs and Ravens. Well, I'll say this too, money

852
00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:19,319
Speaker 1: ten nothing up on the on the Ravens. Ten nothing

853
00:42:19,400 --> 00:42:22,200
Speaker 1: up on the Chiefs. With Justin on one on one foot,

854
00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:24,040
Speaker 1: I don't think the Chargers are that far off. I

855
00:42:24,040 --> 00:42:26,640
Speaker 1: mean there's a bit of a gap right now. But

856
00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:28,520
Speaker 1: when you have a well coached team and you have

857
00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:30,080
Speaker 1: a franchise quarterback, I mean you're gonna be in a

858
00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:31,800
Speaker 1: lot of these games, even against the best teams.

859
00:42:33,239 --> 00:42:36,600
Speaker 2: Look at those are the easiest. I'm not trying to

860
00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:39,360
Speaker 2: discount the talent at the positions, but they're just the

861
00:42:39,480 --> 00:42:44,120
Speaker 2: easier things to find. And look at the Lions. Look

862
00:42:44,120 --> 00:42:48,120
Speaker 2: at what they've they've added, How they sprinkled in Jamier Gibbs,

863
00:42:48,480 --> 00:42:52,319
Speaker 2: Jamison Williams, Sam Laporta. They did all that after their

864
00:42:52,360 --> 00:42:57,600
Speaker 2: own line is Ragnow and Glasgow and Decker and Sewell.

865
00:42:57,880 --> 00:43:00,440
Speaker 2: And they got the quarterback. And on the D line

866
00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:04,719
Speaker 2: you got Aiden Hutchinson, and like you can, you can

867
00:43:04,760 --> 00:43:06,759
Speaker 2: get the wide receiver, and you can get the tight end,

868
00:43:06,840 --> 00:43:09,480
Speaker 2: you get the running back, and you can drop those in.

869
00:43:09,640 --> 00:43:13,640
Speaker 2: It's it's about establishing an identity. Dan Campbell took two

870
00:43:13,840 --> 00:43:17,279
Speaker 2: three years to establish that identity, and then you're able

871
00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:21,520
Speaker 2: to put those pieces in the explosives, the the athletes,

872
00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:25,680
Speaker 2: the ones that you can then drop in there because

873
00:43:25,680 --> 00:43:28,680
Speaker 2: there's so many more of those available than there are

874
00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:33,600
Speaker 2: dominant right tackles and left tackles like Slater and Alt.

875
00:43:34,280 --> 00:43:39,120
Speaker 2: Lad McConkey was the ninth receiver taken ninth, so you're

876
00:43:39,120 --> 00:43:41,640
Speaker 2: talking about eight guys that were drafted ahead of him

877
00:43:42,120 --> 00:43:44,520
Speaker 2: because they're available, and they're all good players. You know,

878
00:43:44,600 --> 00:43:48,440
Speaker 2: Keon Coleman's good players. Aviely gets a good player, Malik Neighbors,

879
00:43:48,520 --> 00:43:52,200
Speaker 2: Roma Doons say, they're all good players. Brock Bauers is

880
00:43:52,239 --> 00:43:55,040
Speaker 2: a pass catcher. Tenth pass catcher is what Lad was

881
00:43:55,160 --> 00:43:59,360
Speaker 2: and he's still a great player. So you know, Marshall,

882
00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:03,040
Speaker 2: I mean, I'm sorry, Brian Thomas like that. They're they're

883
00:44:03,080 --> 00:44:06,600
Speaker 2: out there so you can get those guys and you

884
00:44:06,719 --> 00:44:10,960
Speaker 2: have to build the foundation and the culture. When they

885
00:44:11,000 --> 00:44:14,799
Speaker 2: had the choice between Jamar Chase and Pine Seouel, the

886
00:44:14,840 --> 00:44:18,480
Speaker 2: Bengals went Jamar Chase the Bronco or the Lions end

887
00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:21,319
Speaker 2: up with Pine Sewel and just you can see the

888
00:44:21,360 --> 00:44:24,400
Speaker 2: identities of those two teams, right and how it shifts,

889
00:44:24,440 --> 00:44:28,000
Speaker 2: and like, that's that's what Harbaugh and Hortez are building.

890
00:44:28,200 --> 00:44:31,120
Speaker 2: They're they're the Pine Sewel Lane, not the Joy because

891
00:44:31,120 --> 00:44:32,279
Speaker 2: they could have done it right, they could have done

892
00:44:32,280 --> 00:44:35,239
Speaker 2: Elak Neighbors overall, and instead it's like, no, this is

893
00:44:36,080 --> 00:44:41,520
Speaker 2: this is more sustainable. Let's build. You got Tully, We'll

894
00:44:41,600 --> 00:44:43,799
Speaker 2: sign Bud Dupree as our number one free agent for

895
00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:47,920
Speaker 2: nine million bucks because that's what's sustainable. We'll keep Joey

896
00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:51,439
Speaker 2: and Khalil instead of Mike and Keenan because that's how

897
00:44:51,440 --> 00:44:54,839
Speaker 2: you build. So that's you're looking in a mirror. It's

898
00:44:54,960 --> 00:44:57,560
Speaker 2: just the difference with the image that you see from

899
00:44:57,560 --> 00:45:00,960
Speaker 2: the from the Ravens is essentially putting a filter on

900
00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:03,880
Speaker 2: your Instagram photo making you look ten years younger and better.

901
00:45:03,960 --> 00:45:06,120
Speaker 2: You know, Like that that's what they want to be.

902
00:45:06,200 --> 00:45:08,920
Speaker 2: They want to be what the Ravens are, and it's

903
00:45:09,200 --> 00:45:12,160
Speaker 2: it's right there, and it's going to take a couple

904
00:45:12,120 --> 00:45:16,080
Speaker 2: of seasons to get everything, but man, this is and

905
00:45:16,160 --> 00:45:18,400
Speaker 2: that's going back to the first question. That's it's a

906
00:45:18,440 --> 00:45:21,720
Speaker 2: great start. It's seven and four, and like you said, Chris,

907
00:45:21,719 --> 00:45:25,120
Speaker 2: depending on how the playoffs shakeout. You know, right now

908
00:45:25,160 --> 00:45:28,319
Speaker 2: you got the Ravens, the Chargers, and the Broncos as

909
00:45:28,360 --> 00:45:31,320
Speaker 2: your wild card teams. Do you feel like there is

910
00:45:31,360 --> 00:45:35,840
Speaker 2: a decided advantage from the Texans, the Steelers and the

911
00:45:35,920 --> 00:45:39,359
Speaker 2: Chiefs if they have to play any of those three

912
00:45:39,480 --> 00:45:42,919
Speaker 2: I'm sorry, and the Bills if they have to play

913
00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:45,960
Speaker 2: any of those three teams. No, I would not be

914
00:45:46,040 --> 00:45:50,440
Speaker 2: the least bit surprised if a team knocks any of

915
00:45:50,440 --> 00:45:53,000
Speaker 2: those three home teams in the wild card round out,

916
00:45:53,080 --> 00:45:54,680
Speaker 2: would not be the least bit surprised.

917
00:45:57,120 --> 00:46:01,680
Speaker 1: This is fun from Krim. How is it that Hortiz

918
00:46:01,719 --> 00:46:04,520
Speaker 1: and Hardball go and get somebody like t Higgins. It's

919
00:46:04,560 --> 00:46:07,000
Speaker 1: clear we need him, but can you see them spending

920
00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:09,800
Speaker 1: close to thirty mili a year on a wide receiver.

921
00:46:10,200 --> 00:46:12,880
Speaker 1: That's where it gets interesting with who's available, And you

922
00:46:12,960 --> 00:46:16,360
Speaker 1: mentioned all the cap space that they have money, and

923
00:46:16,400 --> 00:46:18,960
Speaker 1: you also mentioned guys like Brian Thomas Junior, and we're

924
00:46:18,960 --> 00:46:21,759
Speaker 1: seeing what Ladd did and just the impact that these

925
00:46:21,840 --> 00:46:24,759
Speaker 1: rookie wide receivers can make, and you can get them

926
00:46:24,760 --> 00:46:27,040
Speaker 1: on a more cost controlled deal, so you know, we

927
00:46:27,160 --> 00:46:29,520
Speaker 1: get a lot of wide receiver questions today, because I

928
00:46:29,520 --> 00:46:32,239
Speaker 1: think it's clear that Justin Justin needs a little help

929
00:46:32,280 --> 00:46:34,560
Speaker 1: on the outside going into twenty twenty five, even though

930
00:46:34,560 --> 00:46:37,000
Speaker 1: we still have, you know, five more games to go here.

931
00:46:37,040 --> 00:46:40,040
Speaker 1: But you know, this is more of a long long

932
00:46:40,160 --> 00:46:42,920
Speaker 1: view question. But in terms of the wide receiver position,

933
00:46:42,960 --> 00:46:44,279
Speaker 1: what do you what do you think this team goes

934
00:46:44,280 --> 00:46:45,120
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty five?

935
00:46:45,800 --> 00:46:47,879
Speaker 2: Yeah? I think Look, you're going to have to pay

936
00:46:47,920 --> 00:46:50,640
Speaker 2: Slater and he's going to cost a fortune, and you

937
00:46:50,719 --> 00:46:52,800
Speaker 2: have to pay him because you can't let a tackle

938
00:46:53,239 --> 00:46:55,840
Speaker 2: get out of here. So that's that's going to be

939
00:46:55,880 --> 00:46:57,759
Speaker 2: a big chunk of your free agent money or a

940
00:46:57,760 --> 00:47:00,560
Speaker 2: big a chunk of your cap space after that? At

941
00:47:01,160 --> 00:47:03,000
Speaker 2: what are you gonna do with Joey and Khalil? What's

942
00:47:03,040 --> 00:47:05,960
Speaker 2: what's the plan moving forward there? Are you comfortable with

943
00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:08,600
Speaker 2: Tuley and and how how a you're gonna build that out?

944
00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:11,120
Speaker 2: What are you gonna do with the sante? What? You

945
00:47:11,160 --> 00:47:13,600
Speaker 2: know what? You've got a bunch of guys on one

946
00:47:13,640 --> 00:47:19,040
Speaker 2: year deals and Elijah Moulden and Puna Ford who's certainly

947
00:47:19,040 --> 00:47:22,560
Speaker 2: earned an extension, Tier Tart who was a force last

948
00:47:22,680 --> 00:47:24,799
Speaker 2: night man before he got hurt, Holy Coy was he

949
00:47:24,840 --> 00:47:29,320
Speaker 2: playing great? And so like all of those things contribute

950
00:47:29,360 --> 00:47:33,200
Speaker 2: to seeing this big pile of cash just dwindle, dwindle, dwindle,

951
00:47:33,239 --> 00:47:35,000
Speaker 2: the biggest of which is going to be Rashaan Slater.

952
00:47:35,040 --> 00:47:37,680
Speaker 2: He's going to take a giant chunk of that. So

953
00:47:38,320 --> 00:47:43,160
Speaker 2: can you afford to give you know, Slater twenty five

954
00:47:43,200 --> 00:47:44,880
Speaker 2: million bucks a year? Whatever it's gonna I don't know

955
00:47:44,920 --> 00:47:47,040
Speaker 2: what Pinne Sewel's deal is, but it's going to probably

956
00:47:47,080 --> 00:47:49,359
Speaker 2: come in just right under that is where I would

957
00:47:49,360 --> 00:47:51,400
Speaker 2: guess that comes in, or maybe right at it, whatever

958
00:47:51,480 --> 00:47:54,640
Speaker 2: Tunsil and Trent and Sewell are at, that's kind of

959
00:47:54,640 --> 00:47:56,799
Speaker 2: where Slater's going to be. So that's going to dig

960
00:47:56,840 --> 00:47:58,160
Speaker 2: into it. And then I think it just depends what's

961
00:47:58,200 --> 00:48:00,719
Speaker 2: the market. You know, what's the market, how you want

962
00:48:00,760 --> 00:48:02,239
Speaker 2: to how you want to work this thing. But yeah,

963
00:48:02,280 --> 00:48:06,000
Speaker 2: look you drop t Higgins in on this team, and

964
00:48:06,280 --> 00:48:09,000
Speaker 2: it just it changes everything because it resets the order.

965
00:48:09,640 --> 00:48:12,680
Speaker 2: And now now you've got to commit resources. We saw it,

966
00:48:12,880 --> 00:48:15,160
Speaker 2: got to commit two resources to that guy on the outside,

967
00:48:16,040 --> 00:48:18,359
Speaker 2: and now lads running around breaking ankles all over the place.

968
00:48:18,400 --> 00:48:21,120
Speaker 2: So yes, I agree, that would be a great signing.

969
00:48:21,160 --> 00:48:22,600
Speaker 2: I just don't know how the money is gonna work

970
00:48:22,600 --> 00:48:24,040
Speaker 2: when when you got to figure out what you want

971
00:48:24,040 --> 00:48:25,800
Speaker 2: to do on your D line, your O line.

972
00:48:28,640 --> 00:48:30,799
Speaker 1: Guys, I think we got to you know, I didn't

973
00:48:30,800 --> 00:48:32,480
Speaker 1: get to everybody, but a lot of there's a lot

974
00:48:32,480 --> 00:48:36,480
Speaker 1: of kind of repeat questions about certain topics and themes

975
00:48:36,480 --> 00:48:39,600
Speaker 1: from last night's game and going into Atlanta and money.

976
00:48:39,600 --> 00:48:42,120
Speaker 1: I guess I'll just end on this. What are you

977
00:48:42,160 --> 00:48:44,840
Speaker 1: expecting in Atlanta? Again, we're taping this on a Tuesday.

978
00:48:45,080 --> 00:48:47,960
Speaker 1: We don't know a lot about injuries and everything, but

979
00:48:48,200 --> 00:48:51,080
Speaker 1: just in terms of bouncing back and being resilient, we've

980
00:48:51,120 --> 00:48:54,439
Speaker 1: seen this team bounce back from tough losses and put

981
00:48:54,440 --> 00:48:57,400
Speaker 1: together strings here. So that's been an early theme of

982
00:48:57,440 --> 00:48:58,080
Speaker 1: the hardball era.

983
00:48:59,200 --> 00:49:04,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, look, I expect nothing, say, you know, but a

984
00:49:04,440 --> 00:49:07,080
Speaker 2: competitive game, but a team that is ready to play,

985
00:49:07,239 --> 00:49:10,680
Speaker 2: that's ready to execute, it's ready to be physical, that

986
00:49:10,840 --> 00:49:14,320
Speaker 2: will show no letdown. They lost back to back games

987
00:49:14,360 --> 00:49:17,160
Speaker 2: against the Steelers and Chiefs. They go to Denver, a

988
00:49:17,280 --> 00:49:20,520
Speaker 2: very tough place to play, and yeah they lost Patzertan

989
00:49:20,640 --> 00:49:23,239
Speaker 2: and the first you know, a couple snaps, but at

990
00:49:23,239 --> 00:49:25,879
Speaker 2: the same time, they put it on them and they

991
00:49:25,880 --> 00:49:27,560
Speaker 2: were able to get out of there with a win.

992
00:49:27,680 --> 00:49:30,480
Speaker 2: They losed Arizona, they come back and they absolutely smash

993
00:49:30,560 --> 00:49:32,759
Speaker 2: the Saints, and that's what they were supposed to do.

994
00:49:32,840 --> 00:49:38,000
Speaker 2: So we've seen them respond after losses, and the Kansas

995
00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:40,560
Speaker 2: City one, you know, following the Pittsburgh loss, was just

996
00:49:40,600 --> 00:49:43,160
Speaker 2: a product of Herbert not being healthy, your tackle's not

997
00:49:43,200 --> 00:49:46,520
Speaker 2: being healthy, and you still end up in a seventeen

998
00:49:46,560 --> 00:49:49,400
Speaker 2: to ten game. So I don't know what the ultimate

999
00:49:49,400 --> 00:49:51,920
Speaker 2: outcome is going to be, but I expect a team

1000
00:49:51,960 --> 00:49:54,840
Speaker 2: that on paper is every bit as good as Atlanta,

1001
00:49:55,239 --> 00:49:57,319
Speaker 2: that should be able to go in there and play

1002
00:49:57,320 --> 00:49:59,879
Speaker 2: a competitive game and hope that it bounces their way

1003
00:50:00,440 --> 00:50:03,120
Speaker 2: at the end. So that's I know, it's a bit

1004
00:50:03,160 --> 00:50:05,520
Speaker 2: of a you know, it's probably not what you want

1005
00:50:05,560 --> 00:50:07,759
Speaker 2: to hear, but that's that's what I suspect. It's a

1006
00:50:07,800 --> 00:50:10,799
Speaker 2: good Atlanta team. It's it's Kirk Cousins is thrown for

1007
00:50:10,880 --> 00:50:13,280
Speaker 2: five hundred yards in a game this season against Tampa,

1008
00:50:13,400 --> 00:50:15,440
Speaker 2: so you know the kind of damage he can do.

1009
00:50:15,520 --> 00:50:18,120
Speaker 2: Those are really good weapons. Kyle Pitts, b Jean Robinson,

1010
00:50:18,200 --> 00:50:20,839
Speaker 2: Drake London. That's a nasty triumphant that you're dealing with.

1011
00:50:21,560 --> 00:50:23,000
Speaker 2: But the defense is going to allow you to make

1012
00:50:23,040 --> 00:50:26,360
Speaker 2: some place because they have all season long, so I

1013
00:50:26,360 --> 00:50:28,919
Speaker 2: think it'll it'll be a great opportunity for these guys

1014
00:50:28,960 --> 00:50:30,560
Speaker 2: and I'm certainly looking forward to it.

1015
00:50:31,960 --> 00:50:32,319
Speaker 1: Me too.

1016
00:50:32,360 --> 00:50:32,520
Speaker 2: Man.

1017
00:50:32,600 --> 00:50:35,440
Speaker 1: I appreciate you guys answering the bell early on a Tuesday.

1018
00:50:35,560 --> 00:50:38,040
Speaker 1: This is in our typical spot for Chargers Weekly, but

1019
00:50:38,080 --> 00:50:40,640
Speaker 1: with Thanksgiving coming up, we wanted to react to this

1020
00:50:40,719 --> 00:50:43,640
Speaker 1: game and kind of set the scene early for Atlanta.

1021
00:50:43,760 --> 00:50:47,360
Speaker 1: So appreciate you guys listening watching as always. Money, have

1022
00:50:47,440 --> 00:50:50,480
Speaker 1: a very happy Thanksgiving and I will see you in Atlanta.

1023
00:50:50,200 --> 00:50:53,640
Speaker 2: My man, you as well. You know it's time to

1024
00:50:53,680 --> 00:50:56,480
Speaker 2: be thankful, thankful for all you that watch Chargers Weekly

1025
00:50:56,680 --> 00:50:59,200
Speaker 2: and subscribe to the pod and do all that and

1026
00:50:59,480 --> 00:51:03,320
Speaker 2: make what we do valuable to the team and valuable

1027
00:51:03,400 --> 00:51:05,479
Speaker 2: enough for us to keep doing it week after week.

1028
00:51:06,000 --> 00:51:08,080
Speaker 2: So thanks to all of you for watching and submitting

1029
00:51:08,080 --> 00:51:10,200
Speaker 2: the questions, like you said, Chris, interacting with us. We

1030
00:51:10,239 --> 00:51:12,319
Speaker 2: certainly appreciate it. Always love seeing you all out at

1031
00:51:12,320 --> 00:51:15,399
Speaker 2: the stadium. Saw a bunch of people this past Monday night.

1032
00:51:15,600 --> 00:51:16,279
Speaker 2: Yeah we're talking.

1033
00:51:16,320 --> 00:51:18,280
Speaker 1: It was awesome, wasn't it. I was just I forgot

1034
00:51:18,280 --> 00:51:20,759
Speaker 1: to mention that money. It was so awesome to see

1035
00:51:20,800 --> 00:51:23,360
Speaker 1: the fans, and just the last three weeks at so

1036
00:51:23,520 --> 00:51:26,000
Speaker 1: Far have been just it's been a special time for

1037
00:51:26,040 --> 00:51:28,879
Speaker 1: the organization. You know, it's it's it's different.

1038
00:51:29,680 --> 00:51:33,560
Speaker 2: No doubt, incredible. Again, I'm glad you mentioned that, Chris.

1039
00:51:33,600 --> 00:51:35,239
Speaker 2: Thankful for all of you that are coming out in

1040
00:51:35,280 --> 00:51:37,400
Speaker 2: your powder blues and showing people what it looks like

1041
00:51:37,840 --> 00:51:40,520
Speaker 2: and how different this is. It was a it was

1042
00:51:40,520 --> 00:51:42,279
Speaker 2: a heck of a crowd last night. It was a

1043
00:51:42,280 --> 00:51:44,719
Speaker 2: heck of a crowd against Cincinnati and Tennessee. The three

1044
00:51:44,840 --> 00:51:47,120
Speaker 2: best crowds I have ever seen at Sofi Stadium for

1045
00:51:47,120 --> 00:51:49,080
Speaker 2: a Chargers game have been these last three weeks. And

1046
00:51:49,120 --> 00:51:51,880
Speaker 2: you can feel it, feel it turning. You know, the

1047
00:51:51,920 --> 00:51:55,000
Speaker 2: worm is turned. It goes for the crowd as well.

1048
00:51:55,080 --> 00:51:57,080
Speaker 2: So appreciate all of you. Thankful for all of you.

1049
00:51:58,320 --> 00:52:00,840
Speaker 1: Yeah, and you know when you hit things Thanksgiving and

1050
00:52:00,920 --> 00:52:03,879
Speaker 1: you're in contention and you have meaningful games ahead, it's

1051
00:52:03,880 --> 00:52:06,319
Speaker 1: just it's it's it's just so much fun. You know,

1052
00:52:06,719 --> 00:52:08,640
Speaker 1: Charges haven't really had they didn't have it last year,

1053
00:52:09,200 --> 00:52:11,600
Speaker 1: but to know that you have an upright future with

1054
00:52:11,680 --> 00:52:14,839
Speaker 1: some meaningful games ahead, it makes us podcast that much

1055
00:52:14,840 --> 00:52:17,200
Speaker 1: more fun too, so we appreciate you guys. You guys

1056
00:52:17,200 --> 00:52:19,799
Speaker 1: make this thing go for money. I'm Chris. This has

1057
00:52:19,840 --> 00:52:20,600
Speaker 1: been Chargers Week.