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Speaker 1: Welcome to the NFL Report. I am Steve White here

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Speaker 1: with my guy James Palmer JP. We are approaching the

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Speaker 1: first quarter pole of the NFL season. Will be four

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Speaker 1: games done after Monday night. This is where teams find

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Speaker 1: out who.

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Speaker 2: They are JP.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they find out who they are. I love it.

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Speaker 3: One thing I'd like to add to the NFL game experience.

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Speaker 3: We're at a lot of these games, Steve. I was

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Speaker 3: at a MLS game. The Colord Rapids play right down

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Speaker 3: the street for me, playing against Vancouver, sat in the

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Speaker 3: supporter section with my son. We need more drums and

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Speaker 3: horns and hell, bring the vouzelas back. I love the

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Speaker 3: environment of the musical side of a soccer game that's

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Speaker 3: not at NFL contests.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, I think at Philly if we brought

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Speaker 1: some of those potential weapons into the stadium in stadiums

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Speaker 1: like that. No, it's true. You know the real deal.

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Speaker 1: You know the deal.

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Speaker 2: Well, look, we've got a great show.

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Speaker 1: Also, we're gonna have Niner safety Talano Ufonga on here.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna be joined by Brian Baldinger for his breakdowns.

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Speaker 1: Jane Slater's gonna be coming in talking Cowboys, Pats plus

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Speaker 1: Alvin Kamara's return and Stacy Dale's and Cameron Wolf on

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Speaker 1: the Big Bill's Dolphins matchup.

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Speaker 2: But jap before we get started, we have to follow

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Speaker 2: the frenzy.

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Speaker 1: We have to go back to Met Life Stadium where

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Speaker 1: Taylor Swift is going to be taking all eyes off

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Speaker 1: of the home team product the New York Jets. Thank

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Speaker 1: goodness for those fans when they play Kansas City this week,

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Speaker 1: and she's gonna be there to see her her bo.

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Speaker 1: He admitted it on his podcast Travis Kelsey. He said,

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Speaker 1: this isn't a front. So it debunks my theory of

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Speaker 1: the new tight Ends series that's the spinoff of the

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Speaker 1: Quarterback series.

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Speaker 2: You know him and Taylor are really a night of JP.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it also debunks a lot of what well it

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Speaker 3: actually doesn't debunk with all my friends in Philly think,

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Speaker 3: which she's trying to infiltrate the defending Super Bowl champions

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Speaker 3: from within because she's a diehard Eagles fan. We'll see

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Speaker 3: at the end of the season if that's actually how

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Speaker 3: this thing is really playing out. But get to steve

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Speaker 3: some of these teams, because we know the Chiefs are

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Speaker 3: for real, so they're not on our list of questioning

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Speaker 3: teams whether they're for real or not. You mentioned the

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Speaker 3: quarter point is usually where most coaches in the NFL,

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Speaker 3: if you ask them, say, now I know what my

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Speaker 3: team really is, what we really have, So we're gonna

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Speaker 3: play little game'renna go straight down the list. We're gonna

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Speaker 3: talk about how good are they? I'm also gonna call

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Speaker 3: it my for real meter? How for real are these

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Speaker 3: teams still on your for real meter? How for real

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Speaker 3: are the Dallas Cowboys after what happened against Arizona Cardinals

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Speaker 3: the shocker of Week three?

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Speaker 2: They're for real?

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Speaker 1: I mean, look, no one's gonna win them all, but

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Speaker 1: we look their defense is so legit JP and one

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Speaker 1: thing we've seen about these teams that have jumped out

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Speaker 2: Is great defense.

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Speaker 1: We can talk about all the offenses we want, but

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Speaker 1: the great defenses are keeping them together.

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Speaker 2: I will say this about the Cowboys, though, they've got.

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Speaker 1: To get things going in the red zone offensively big time.

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Speaker 1: Dak still has to see the feel better and Mike

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Speaker 1: McCarthy's got to cost some better plays.

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Speaker 2: This defense can only carry them so far.

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Speaker 1: For the past few seasons, they've led the NFL and takeaways.

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Speaker 1: They've got Micah Parsons, but lose trade digs at corner.

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Speaker 2: They've got it kind of work their way through that.

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Speaker 2: They will.

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Speaker 1: I mean, they've got great coaching on that side. And

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Speaker 1: the fall the Dallas Cowboys are for real. They're gonna

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Speaker 1: be there at the end.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. You know, you could think just three games in

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Speaker 3: the issues in the red zone as we're seeing them here.

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Speaker 3: If you're watching the show, not just listening to the show,

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Speaker 3: is they were number one in red zone offense a

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Speaker 3: this early part of the season. To me, what jumps

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Speaker 3: Dalton Schultze tight end has gotten more targets in the

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Speaker 3: red zone last year than any other player on the Cowboys.

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Speaker 3: He's gone. We know how dominant Zekeel it was in

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Speaker 3: that short yardage red zone portion, Steve, that actually is

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Speaker 3: really if you talk to defensive coordinators, that's an advantage

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Speaker 3: curious is that's also is that you don't see Dak

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Speaker 3: using his legs very much since really that that brutal

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Speaker 3: ankle injury. Before that, he was a threat. You go

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Speaker 3: he was a threat to use his legs in the

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Speaker 3: red zone. That's another part that you know. Dak hinted.

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Speaker 3: Maybe that's something I come back on. But if they

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Speaker 3: fix these red zone stuff like they're they're right back

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Speaker 3: to where to where we've seen.

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Speaker 1: Them angle offensive lineman healthy. We know the durability of

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Speaker 1: their offensive line has been an issue.

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Speaker 2: All right, JP.

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Speaker 1: Are the Pittsburgh Steelers the two and one Steelers for real?

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Speaker 3: I don't know yet. I don't know where my fur

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Speaker 3: US six. And we're talking about an offense in Dallas

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Speaker 3: that we think you fix the red zone problems. Boom,

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Speaker 3: they right back to it because they are having long drives,

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Speaker 3: great drives. I'm still curious about this Steelers offense, and

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Speaker 3: there's still been so many questions. I don't know if

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Speaker 3: there's an offensive coordinator in football Steed that's questioned more

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Speaker 3: by the fans of their team than Mac cannell. Oh

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Speaker 3: had a really really strong game. There is who yes, Chicago,

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Speaker 3: look at okay, okay, well, all right, okay, Luketz, that's

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Speaker 3: actually a good call anyway, Matt Canada did play did

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Speaker 3: set things up for Kenny Pickett very well in this

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Speaker 3: last game. And what did we see. It's because they

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Speaker 3: ran the football pretty well and they were able to

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Speaker 3: play off of play action. I think Kenny Pickett personally,

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Speaker 3: I've a chance to talk to him in training camp.

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Speaker 3: Him operating out of play action giving a defense the

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Speaker 3: Najie Harrison company, that showed me that this offense has

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Speaker 3: sustain some drives. Who saw all these different things they

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Speaker 3: can do. Mike Tomlin talked about it this week, just saying,

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Speaker 3: be more diverse in your play calling, something that we

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Speaker 3: didn't see. They've had their work cut out with them

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Speaker 3: with a lot of dominant pass rushers going after this

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Speaker 3: offensive line. But I think that's just one game where

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Speaker 3: we've seen Kenny Pickett and Mat Canada go out there

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Speaker 3: and play really good offensive football. I still need to

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Speaker 3: see it a little bit more because there's still some

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Speaker 3: questions I.

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Speaker 1: Would agree with that, but again, they opened up against

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Speaker 1: San Francisco and Cleveland, two of the best defense they're

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Speaker 1: gonna con found just about everybody.

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Speaker 2: I do need to see a little bit more.

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Speaker 1: But one reason I still love the Steelers the past

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Speaker 1: two Decembers and January is their record nine and three.

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Speaker 1: This group of players finishes the season well, especially when

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Speaker 1: the weather gets a little bit inclement and they are

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Speaker 1: holding teams during that span jp to five points a

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Speaker 1: at the end of the season. That's why if they

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Speaker 3: Okay, I like it. Also, we haven't seen Joey Porter

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Speaker 3: getting to few where they'rekinda doing that with a lot

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Speaker 3: of the rookies, so maybe they'll start getting some more

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Speaker 3: time as they move on with this season. Let's move

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Speaker 3: on with this, Steve to the Cleveland Browns. Let's stay

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Speaker 3: in the division. Are the Browns for real in your mind?

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Speaker 2: Yeah?

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Speaker 1: I mean, remember, James, this is the team I called

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Speaker 1: to win the AFC North coming into the season. Yep,

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Speaker 1: we knew the defense is going to be good. But

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Speaker 1: good grief, I mean, what's going on is insane. I mean, know,

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Speaker 1: we we know Miles Garrett, but again, the guys in

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Speaker 1: just is just insane. I mean, Oba Ogaronkuo and Taki Taki.

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Speaker 1: second level this defense, who are absolutely raising Kane on

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Speaker 2: So offensively, that still remains the question.

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Speaker 1: Now that Nick Chubb is out again, it's going to

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Speaker 1: be more of a the Shawn friendly based offense. I

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Speaker 1: like what they did last week with Elijah Moore, the

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Speaker 1: slot receiver who plays out of the backfield. Sometimes I

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Speaker 1: think he's gonna become more of a threat expand this

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Speaker 2: I'm all I know them.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, this this defense is actually off the charts. We

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Speaker 3: have been given up a touchdown I think so far.

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Speaker 3: Like they're they're playing phenomenal defense. I think on the

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Speaker 3: offense side, Steve, I love that you mentioned Elijah Moore

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Speaker 3: lining up in the backfield. What else did they do

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Speaker 3: to kind of add some wrinkles. You saw Jerome Ford

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Speaker 3: receiver spot. The ability to make some of these things

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Speaker 3: what I need to see, though, I need to see

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Speaker 3: a Mary Cooper stay healthy for them to stay real.

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Speaker 3: I do think that's key to this entire offense. I

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Speaker 3: talked to Deshaun Watson after their final preseason game, and

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Speaker 3: really so much of our conversation was based on their

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Speaker 3: relationship and the importance that is a true number one

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Speaker 3: talk much, Steve, but he was not happy about being

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Speaker 3: called out of bounds when he wasn't anywhere close to

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Speaker 3: being out of bounds. He would have had an avalanche

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Speaker 3: of yards in Week three. So finding other ways to

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Speaker 3: get these guys involved in the game in other spots

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Speaker 3: is an interesting wrinkle. Deshaun using his legs, playing out

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Speaker 3: of the shotgun, I like, and you're going to see

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Speaker 3: more of that. But I think of Mary Cooper staying

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Speaker 3: healthy and Deshaun Watson limiting turnovers and not hurting this defense.

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Speaker 3: The only game this season he didn't have a turnover

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Speaker 3: was last week.

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Speaker 1: All right, JP, we've kind of stated semi obvious stuff here.

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Speaker 1: We don't have enough time to get to all the

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Speaker 1: teams we had on the rundown. But that's okay because

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Speaker 1: I want to hit a team you talked about on Monday,

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Speaker 1: the Indianapolis.

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Speaker 2: Colts at two and one show amendous promise.

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Speaker 1: Okay, are they for real? Are the Colts and Shane Steiken?

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Speaker 1: Are they in the real deal category?

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Speaker 1: I love that, But let's not forget where the Colts

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Speaker 4: We're just getting started. I am so proud of everyone.

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Speaker 2: It is a third win.

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Speaker 5: We got to keep me going.

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Speaker 3: Who welcome back to the NFL Report. We're just getting

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Speaker 3: it's gonna be Bills Dolphins in Buffalo, and I'm very

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Speaker 3: But Cam, I'm gonna start with you though, because you

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Speaker 6: Yeah, James and Dolphins have been the darlings of the

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Speaker 6: It's usually that way. But they're facing their big boss.

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Speaker 5: From behind them.

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Speaker 6: It won't be snowing this week, but it's become a

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Speaker 3: Hey, hey, James, didn't you just have.

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Speaker 8: Popcorn with Baldy on the last segment It's back baby?

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Speaker 7: Have you tried.

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Speaker 8: Tried some air delicious goodness skinny pops?

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Speaker 8: What eighty calories?

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Speaker 3: Eighty calories? That's right? Watching my figure?

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Speaker 8: Yeah, well I loved everything Cam just said. My point

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Speaker 8: I mean, you better bring the popcorn because are we

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Speaker 3: This football game?

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Speaker 8: But what you know, as I've I have to say

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Speaker 8: I thought it was really cool, he said, we are

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Speaker 6: Yes, Stacy, he brings confidence to the group. They really

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Speaker 1: Stacey, you know, I want to get to you real

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Speaker 2: He's going to have to do this. You know, Vic

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Speaker 6: In here briefly, I love what Stacy said about Josh

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Speaker 3: We are all envious of Stagy that list. The Chiefs

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Speaker 3: It's the Bills, It's the Jaguars at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

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Speaker 9: Y'all put us on top of the world.

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Speaker 9: one undefeated team in this league ever ever, So uh yeah,

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Speaker 9: it sucks. It's humbling, but to say it's a wake

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Speaker 9: up call. We knew we had a lot of adversity

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Speaker 9: and we just just didn't get it done. And I

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Speaker 9: think it just goes back to myself, the offense and

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Speaker 9: the red zone. So I mean, we get better at there.

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Speaker 9: We win this game, but we've got to fix that

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Speaker 9: area period.

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Speaker 1: Those Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott after the team upset loss

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Speaker 1: to Arizona last week.

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Speaker 2: And now let's bring in our Jane Slater.

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Speaker 1: To see if she can answer some of the questions,

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Speaker 1: especially something that Dak brought up there with that stage.

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Speaker 2: Thanks it, Jane, red zone offense that.

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Speaker 1: Has been an issue when last year, the last couple

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Speaker 1: of years it has not been what is the deal

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Speaker 1: and how can they fix it?

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Speaker 10: Jane Well, I would argue maybe try somebody else there

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Speaker 10: inside the twenty than Jake Ferguson. I find it interesting

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Speaker 10: that he is seeing more targets than Brandon Cooks, Tony Pollard,

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Speaker 10: and Ceedee Lamb combined. Why you were talking about last year,

460
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Speaker 10: through three games, they were four for six in terms

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Speaker 10: of scoring touchdowns inside the twenty. This year they're six

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Speaker 10: for fifteen, So they've got to figure out something now.

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Speaker 10: I think what's hurting them right now, honestly, guys is

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Speaker 10: losing their offensive lineman. Last week, we were told Tyron

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Speaker 10: Smith was dressed out, he was even named a team captain.

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Speaker 7: He was active. Ultimately when he went through warm ups

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Speaker 7: he wasn't ready to go.

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Speaker 10: You were also missing Zach Martin and your son Tyler

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Speaker 10: be honis you remember last year some of the issues

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Speaker 10: for Dak Prescott, and I'm not talking about just inside

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Speaker 10: the rud zone.

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Speaker 7: I'm talking about period at the line of scrimmage.

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Speaker 10: He was doing too much. In other words, he was

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Speaker 10: calling out some of the protections. They want to take

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Speaker 10: that off of his plate.

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Speaker 3: Now.

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Speaker 10: I asked Dak Martin today, could that have been an

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Speaker 10: issue the last.

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Speaker 7: Couple of weeks. His defense of that was no. He

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Speaker 7: seems to think the offensive line did a pretty good job.

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Speaker 10: He also pointed out, Hey, they work with these these substitutions,

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Speaker 10: these younger guys a lot in camp. We saw them

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Speaker 10: rotating the guys out quite a bit during OTA's And

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Speaker 10: it was even Mike McCarthy today who said they spend

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Speaker 10: a particular amount of time during the week Mondays and

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Speaker 10: even solid up there on the board today. They have

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Speaker 10: the young guns meetings, so there are cognizant of Hey,

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Speaker 10: in the past, injuries have slipped us up. Let's not

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Speaker 10: let injuries slip up up slip us up this year.

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Speaker 10: I'm just wondering what's going on with this offense as

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Speaker 10: a whole. I did reach out to someone inside the building, Steve,

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Speaker 10: because I know you and I will talk about things offline,

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Speaker 10: and one of my questions was, is what's this offense

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Speaker 10: being a little too conservative with dak In other words,

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Speaker 10: have they overcorrected to mitigate some of.

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Speaker 7: Those interceptions last year.

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Speaker 10: I don't know the answer to that, but it does

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Speaker 10: seem like one of my buddies here, Patrick Walker, did

499
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Speaker 10: this great article talking about middle of the field shots,

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Speaker 10: deep shots down the middle, they don't exist this year.

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Speaker 10: I found that very very interesting and I want to

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Speaker 10: know why. So I'll see if I can't get the

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Speaker 10: answer to that.

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Speaker 3: Jane, I want to ask you about Tony Pollard real quick.

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Speaker 3: Just you know that that end part of the red zone,

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Speaker 3: the short red zone, has been an issue for the Cowboys.

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Speaker 3: They're getting inside the ten that was Zeke's domain for

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Speaker 3: a long time. What's the look of Tony Pollard in

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Speaker 3: the run game, maybe in the red zone or other aspects.

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Speaker 10: Look, I think Tony Pollard's actually done a really nice

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Speaker 10: job here this year. And you know, we can make

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Speaker 10: the case about Ezekiel Elliott and whether this team would

513
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Speaker 10: have been better to have him or not have him.

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Speaker 10: Yesterday he told me there were minimal discussions about him

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Speaker 10: even returning. So inside this building, the wisdom was price

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Speaker 10: tag and it just didn't make sense. Now, their hope

517
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Speaker 10: was obviously that they would not get the same back

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Speaker 10: of Ezekiel Elliott with Tony Pollard. Their hope was sort

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Speaker 10: of running back by committee. We've seen them do that

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Speaker 10: around here before. Remember when they did that with the

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Speaker 10: wide receivers. It didn't work, So I think they're still

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Speaker 10: trying to figure this thing out. What worries me a

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Speaker 10: little bit for Tony Pollard though, is it's feeling a

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Speaker 10: little bit like DeMarco Murray's final years here where they're

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Speaker 10: running him into the ground. I mean, through the first

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Speaker 10: three games, he's got more touches than we saw from

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Speaker 10: him all of last year. So I want to know

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Speaker 10: how sustainable that's going to be. Are they going to

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Speaker 10: start working in their full back hunter Lepki. Are they

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Speaker 10: going to start seeing more of Rico Dwell what we

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Speaker 10: see more of Douce Vaughn. So I think they're still

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Speaker 10: filling out some of their personnel. As it relates to

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Speaker 10: Mike McCarthy's new offense.

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Speaker 1: I like that the overworth the comparison to DeMarco Murray. Hey,

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Speaker 1: while we're on running back chain, let's slip down to

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Speaker 1: New Orleans real quick. Alvin Kamara is coming back from

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Speaker 1: his three game suspension. We know they're not going to

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Speaker 1: have Derek Carr, so it's gonna seem like Alvin's going

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Speaker 1: to solve all their problems because they're going to have

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Speaker 1: to have a short passing game and the running.

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Speaker 2: Game with Jameis Winston at quarterback.

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Speaker 1: What can you tell us about him finally getting back

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Speaker 1: on the field after that three game suspension.

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Speaker 10: Well, getting Alvin Kamara back is huge. He's you know,

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Speaker 10: he is such a difference maker. He's such a game changer.

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Speaker 10: I think I was there a couple what was it

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Speaker 10: this six touchdown game against Minnesota a couple of years ago,

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Speaker 10: back in December. I was there for that one, and

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Speaker 10: obviously sitting that guy out for three games, he's ready

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Speaker 10: to play. The only thing that I'm curious about, guys,

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Speaker 10: and I'm gonna throw this one back to you, is

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Speaker 10: why not utilize Taysom Hill as a quarterback? Why are

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Speaker 10: we moving away from that when we saw it points

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Speaker 10: that worked and that's not a shot at Jamis Winston.

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Speaker 10: In fact, Jamis Winston typically plays up when it comes

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Speaker 10: to playing against the.

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Speaker 7: Tampa Bay Bucks.

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Speaker 10: But I just don't understand why they're not considering at

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Speaker 10: least the use of I understand not moving him out

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Speaker 10: of the tight end position altogether, but why aren't they

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Speaker 10: utilizing him a little bit more in this offense, particularly

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Speaker 10: when things haven't really changed since Sean left. I mean,

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Speaker 10: this is still a Pete Carmichael offense. I can't make

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Speaker 10: sense of it. What are your thoughts on that?

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Speaker 2: Well?

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Speaker 1: My thought real quick, jab, since we're close on time.

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Speaker 1: They've tried it with Taysen before and over the long haul.

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Speaker 2: It hasn't worked. It has worked in spots that That's

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Speaker 2: pretty much all I could think of it.

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Speaker 3: I'd see more snaps though, for sure, I'd see more

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Speaker 3: snaps I think so normally see when Derek was in there. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: The bigger question that Jane answered to me on the

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Speaker 1: phone before we talked about is Alvin Kamara corrected the

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Speaker 1: pronunciation of his name, Jane pronounce it correctly for the people.

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Speaker 10: Well, he says, his mom says Kamara, but he goes

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Speaker 10: by Kamara is what he will tell his friends. So

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Speaker 10: he says, you can say Kamara or Camara. I know

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Speaker 10: here on the NFL network, I've said it different ways.

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Speaker 10: I don't know all of you guys have said it

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Speaker 10: different ways.

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Speaker 7: So there you go. Either way works.

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Speaker 1: All right day, Thank you so much, And coming up

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Speaker 1: next on the NFL Report, we're throwing up the t

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Speaker 1: with Niner safety talanoa Whofonga Aka Hoff Next on the

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Speaker 1: NFL Report.

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Speaker 3: Welcome back to the NFL Report, James Pummer, Steve Whitch

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Speaker 3: with you and Steve. They did it last year. Best

588
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Speaker 3: defense in football to San Francisco forty nine ers and

589
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Speaker 3: three games in right where they left off a season ago,

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Speaker 3: a top five defense and pretty much everything. The only

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Speaker 3: team to not allow a completion of over twenty air

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Speaker 3: yards this season. This defense is firing all cylinders, and

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Speaker 3: that pass defense not giving up deep throws. We need

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Speaker 3: some info on tonight.

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Speaker 1: We're about to get that info because we're getting ready

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Speaker 1: to bring in a key member of that secondary, all

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Speaker 1: very safety Talana Hufanga Huff. Thanks so much for joining

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Speaker 1: us here on the NFL Report.

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Speaker 11: Thank you guys, someone for having you said.

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Speaker 1: Hey man, you're off the great start the season. Two picks,

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Speaker 1: both on tipped passes. Though you're like the king of

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Speaker 1: the tip pass. I NT bro, Like, what exactly is

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Speaker 1: it where you're always in position to be the recipient

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Speaker 1: of the tip drill?

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Speaker 11: Honestly, all glory to God, but first and foremost we

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Speaker 11: practice it each each day. We got tip tip drills,

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Speaker 11: turnover circuit and for me just to go through those

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Speaker 11: jails and kind of just practice what they preach and everything.

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Speaker 11: So when it happens in the game, you gotta be

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Speaker 11: ready for it. And Fred has blessed me with two

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Speaker 11: of them. So all shouts out, shout outs Bred helping

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Speaker 11: me out.

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Speaker 3: Steve called you Hof. Can I call you Huff? Are

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Speaker 3: we close enough to do that?

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Speaker 5: Yes?

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Speaker 11: Of course?

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Speaker 3: Okay, perfect? Perfect. Let me ask you, I mean, this

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Speaker 3: is your second year as a starter, now, so what

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Speaker 3: have you what did you do this offseason to take

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Speaker 3: another step? Because did you have success in the first

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Speaker 3: year as a start, So what did you do to think,

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Speaker 3: all right, I need to go, I need this much

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Speaker 3: further in my game? What aspect did you look into?

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Speaker 11: Well, honestly, I think you can involve your whole game truthfully,

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Speaker 11: your weaknesses, your strengths. Is always wanting to be the

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Speaker 11: best at all of it. Continue to grow. I think

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Speaker 11: for me my vision, especially having a new coach that

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Speaker 11: really preaches the vision aspect of it and Coach Wilkes

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Speaker 11: allows me to be more of a leader in the

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Speaker 11: back end and be able to see more and communicate.

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Speaker 11: So when you involve your whole game, I think that's

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Speaker 11: what helps everybody elevate their game to around you. And

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Speaker 11: just being a guy that can they can lean on,

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Speaker 11: and guys that can help other guys be put in

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Speaker 11: place to make plays.

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Speaker 1: Tell them if you can expand on that, because Steve

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Speaker 1: Wilkes is your new defensive coordinator and you and you

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Speaker 1: just said he said the vision aspect of that is important.

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Speaker 1: What is Steve done and what exactly do you mean

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Speaker 1: when you say expanding the vision aspect of playing that position?

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Speaker 11: Well, I think one of one of the greatest comments

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Speaker 11: that he always says is, you know, the formation is

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Speaker 11: talking to you. You know, understanding what you see is

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Speaker 11: what you're probably gonna get, allowing you to play faster,

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Speaker 11: seeing what you're going to see before the snap pat

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Speaker 11: snap counts starts, so allowing yourself to put other guys

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Speaker 11: in position too. So I think he allowed the safeties

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Speaker 11: to be a little bit more free in the back,

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Speaker 11: making the vision kind of more allowing us to play

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Speaker 11: what we do and make the plays that we can,

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Speaker 11: but helping other guys be put in place too. So

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Speaker 11: it's a lot of just interest the season of the formation,

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Speaker 11: but it's been really good for us for sure.

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Speaker 2: Don't know.

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Speaker 3: I'm curious, you know, from just watching your games, it

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Speaker 3: seems like there is a chip on this entire team shoulder,

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Speaker 3: both sides of the ball. I feel like I see

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Speaker 3: it in the play calling that Kyle has and the

659
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Speaker 3: way he goes after certain players, what's said in your

660
00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:23,640
Speaker 3: locker room postgame, and it seems like this revolves around you.

661
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Speaker 3: Guys know how good you were last year and it

662
00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:28,360
Speaker 3: didn't finish for a variety of reasons. Obviously we know

663
00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:30,200
Speaker 3: a couple of them the way you wanted it to.

664
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Speaker 3: Is that chip legitimate? Like is that talked about in

665
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Speaker 3: the locker room? Because it seems like a more motivated

666
00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:39,000
Speaker 3: team maybe than anybody else in football right now.

667
00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:42,600
Speaker 11: Yeah, I think, honestly, I think everybody in the league

668
00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:44,200
Speaker 11: should have a chip on the shoulder. I think that's

669
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Speaker 11: just what the game comes with, you know, every day,

670
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Speaker 11: even any given Sunday, anybody can get beat and so

671
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Speaker 11: for us, it's allowing us to have that chip on

672
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Speaker 11: our shoulder going there with the mindset that we want

673
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Speaker 11: to win. We want to allow ourselves to be in midseason,

674
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Speaker 11: midseason shape that we had last year. We kind of

675
00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:01,360
Speaker 11: wanted to start that off a little bit sooner this

676
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Speaker 11: year because you know, some of the early on losses

677
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Speaker 11: last year kind of put us in a tough spot

678
00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:07,880
Speaker 11: towards the end. But for us, just allowing ourselves to

679
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Speaker 11: get going, that's kind of where we're trying to get

680
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Speaker 11: right now.

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Speaker 1: Tell No, we know this roster is loaded, and this

682
00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:16,000
Speaker 1: is crazy because, like I mentioned, you were first team

683
00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:19,200
Speaker 1: Pro Bowler last year, first team All Pro, and when

684
00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:22,600
Speaker 1: people talk about the talent on your defense, they tend

685
00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:25,760
Speaker 1: to go Bosa, Armstead.

686
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Speaker 2: Hardgrave, Warner green Law. It's like, what about talent?

687
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Speaker 1: No, he's a pro bowler and he doesn't as you

688
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Speaker 1: can mention in the top five.

689
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Speaker 2: What about that?

690
00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:38,200
Speaker 1: And just what about the overall abundance of talent that

691
00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:38,840
Speaker 1: you guys have.

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Speaker 11: Honestly, if they didn't have to mention my name at

693
00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:44,880
Speaker 11: all and guys got all the credit, I'm all for it.

694
00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:48,320
Speaker 11: I think you're allowing yourself to get those those guys

695
00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:50,640
Speaker 11: up front do what they do. It helps our job

696
00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:53,320
Speaker 11: in the back end. So as a safety in corners,

697
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Speaker 11: you know, we try to help out in any way

698
00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:57,520
Speaker 11: we can to give them extra time just to get

699
00:30:57,560 --> 00:30:59,560
Speaker 11: back there and get a sack. But those guys up front,

700
00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:01,840
Speaker 11: you know, they lead the way. A guy like Freddy

701
00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:03,880
Speaker 11: commands the defense. He's the leader on our on our

702
00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:07,240
Speaker 11: defense and allows us to play free too, So you

703
00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:10,040
Speaker 11: know that run game is really set the tone from

704
00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:11,959
Speaker 11: them and then allows us the pass game. We can

705
00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:14,160
Speaker 11: give hi an extra extra second so they can get home.

706
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Speaker 11: We'll do it anytime, all right.

707
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Speaker 3: Steve mentioned all the talent on the defensive side. Then

708
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Speaker 3: let's go to the offense, and we got Christian McCaffrey,

709
00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:23,880
Speaker 3: and we got George Kittle, and we got thebo and

710
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Speaker 3: we got up and we got the list goes on

711
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Speaker 3: and on. Best all around athlete on the San Francisco

712
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Speaker 3: forty nine ers.

713
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Speaker 11: Man probably coach Kyle what jokingly, I don't know, Kyle.

714
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Speaker 11: He he puts those guys in the spots. You know,

715
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Speaker 11: I think this was a was a tough conversation, is

716
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Speaker 11: who would you build your team around? If you had

717
00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:52,640
Speaker 11: one player to play all eleven spots. And so when

718
00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:54,800
Speaker 11: when you think about it, a guy like George, when

719
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Speaker 11: a guy like George Kittle that can can do the

720
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Speaker 11: pass protection, you can run the ball, can block and catch.

721
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Speaker 11: I don't know if he can throw, but maybe a

722
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Speaker 11: guy like Kid or I'd probably say he's probably up there.

723
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Speaker 1: So okay, that's a good answer, man, because normally, you

724
00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:10,680
Speaker 1: know Toner, you know, guys are like Okay, who could

725
00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:12,640
Speaker 1: basically go out in a basketball court and dunk and

726
00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:13,320
Speaker 1: light guys up.

727
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Speaker 3: But I love the way, yes that you spun that.

728
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Speaker 1: Okay, speaking of your offense, first three games, thirty points,

729
00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:23,360
Speaker 1: thirty points, thirty points?

730
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Speaker 2: What's the deal?

731
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Speaker 1: And are you anticipating thirty against the Cardinals this weekend?

732
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Speaker 11: Oh? Man, honestly, I'm just hoping for a win. So

733
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Speaker 11: regardless of what it looks like, you know, we're just

734
00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:36,240
Speaker 11: gonna preach. Want to know, this week thirty would be cool,

735
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Speaker 11: maybe a little bit more than thirty, But I really

736
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Speaker 11: don't know. It's crazy that it happened three weeks in

737
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Speaker 11: a row, though, I'll tell you that.

738
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Speaker 3: Well, I want to stick with the offense because I

739
00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:49,520
Speaker 3: went a safety's perspective on your quarterback in brock Purty,

740
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Speaker 3: this is maybe the only show that says he's playing

741
00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:55,560
Speaker 3: he deserves the respect. Now with as much as he's

742
00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:58,200
Speaker 3: played that he should be in the conversation with a

743
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Speaker 3: lot of these other quarterbacks. What does Brown Party do

744
00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:04,120
Speaker 3: that that makes him a very good quarterback? Because I

745
00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:07,160
Speaker 3: think everybody just says right telling like the weapons he has,

746
00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:09,840
Speaker 3: it's easy. No, what does he do as a quarterback

747
00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:11,520
Speaker 3: that impresses you as a safety?

748
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Speaker 11: Yeah? Well, I think first and foremost is his prep.

749
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Speaker 11: I think, you know, I'm a guy that I'm two

750
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Speaker 11: lockers down from him, so I see what he does

751
00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:22,360
Speaker 11: on a daily basis in terms of his prep. Guy

752
00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:24,000
Speaker 11: that shows up each and every day. And I think

753
00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:26,680
Speaker 11: he commands the huddle. You know, anybody can be plugged

754
00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:28,400
Speaker 11: into a system and have a bunch of weapons, but

755
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:30,800
Speaker 11: it's how can you command the guys, earn the respect,

756
00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:33,160
Speaker 11: and on top of that, I perform when needed to.

757
00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:35,360
Speaker 11: And a guy like him, he's showing that each and

758
00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:38,840
Speaker 11: every week last year and so far this year, so

759
00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:41,760
Speaker 11: obviously that he's the top quarterback in this league. And

760
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Speaker 11: for me just get to go against him ups our game.

761
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Speaker 11: The competition, So from that say, safety perspective, very blessed

762
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Speaker 11: just to go against him, for sure.

763
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Speaker 1: Got to ask you about your cousin and fellow USC

764
00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:55,040
Speaker 1: Trojan tu Lee too.

765
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Speaker 2: Yeah, he is balling right now. Man two sacks, nine tackles.

766
00:33:59,560 --> 00:34:03,040
Speaker 2: He seems to be living in opposing backfield. What about

767
00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:06,280
Speaker 2: his start? And could you foresee him kicking off the

768
00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:07,280
Speaker 2: sheets the way he has.

769
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Speaker 11: You know, I'm very close to him, my little cousin

770
00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:14,440
Speaker 11: and honestly his older brother as well. He was my roommate.

771
00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:16,879
Speaker 11: He plays for Philadelphia. He got a sacked this last

772
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Speaker 11: Monday night as well. So just very proud of them.

773
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Speaker 11: You know, we trained together and these guys are just

774
00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:26,120
Speaker 11: they got motors and they're doing what they're supposed to

775
00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:28,680
Speaker 11: do and we're allowing it. We're throwing the t's up everywhere,

776
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Speaker 11: and so very very blessed just to be a part

777
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Speaker 11: of a special group like that with my cousins. For sure.

778
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Speaker 3: Every time I turn on the screen, i feel like

779
00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:39,880
Speaker 3: I'm seeing one of the like the team from somewhere,

780
00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:42,480
Speaker 3: you know, whether it's at the college, jovel or the pros.

781
00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:44,719
Speaker 3: It's pretty awesome toime to take over finish it with

782
00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:49,200
Speaker 3: this USC see you. I'm sitting here in Denver right now.

783
00:34:49,239 --> 00:34:51,160
Speaker 3: What are we going to see in Boulder? A couple

784
00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:53,320
Speaker 3: of really talented quarterbacks going at it?

785
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Speaker 11: Yeah, hopefully we see a USC win. You know, obviously

786
00:34:58,120 --> 00:35:00,520
Speaker 11: I've got a pool for my team where I went

787
00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:03,799
Speaker 11: to college. But for sure, very very excited to watch

788
00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:06,120
Speaker 11: coach Prondo. You know, I've been following it so far

789
00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:08,680
Speaker 11: and it's really cool to see the way he changed

790
00:35:08,719 --> 00:35:11,799
Speaker 11: the program over there in the mindset. Obviously it's gonna

791
00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:13,520
Speaker 11: be a class Obviously, I would love for it to

792
00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:16,200
Speaker 11: be a blowout, but I know Coach Prime is now

793
00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:19,520
Speaker 11: on things up and turning the tables over there. For sure.

794
00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:22,400
Speaker 1: Tal No, you're not gonna give the Prime and he

795
00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:24,719
Speaker 1: bulletin board material because you know, you know he takes

796
00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:25,640
Speaker 1: everything personal.

797
00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:27,480
Speaker 2: But look, man, we can't thank you.

798
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Speaker 1: Enough for joining us because you know, you're such a

799
00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:29,760
Speaker 1: special player.

800
00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:31,279
Speaker 2: I know you you're a special dude.

801
00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:33,439
Speaker 1: Man, do a lot of things to make people lives better.

802
00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:36,560
Speaker 1: So again, really appreciate you taking the time.

803
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Speaker 12: Man.

804
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Speaker 11: I appreciate you. Guys, Thank you so much.

805
00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:47,960
Speaker 1: Following up next, Bryan Baldinger, Yeah, you know, the king

806
00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:51,040
Speaker 1: of the breakdowns, he's going to break down some offensive

807
00:35:51,160 --> 00:35:55,600
Speaker 1: and defensive rookies. You're watching Jalen Carter or the Eagles

808
00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:58,799
Speaker 1: because he has been a grown man up.

809
00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:00,440
Speaker 2: Next on the end, Fell.

810
00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:09,360
Speaker 1: Report are back at the NFL Report and we are

811
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Speaker 1: now joined by Brian Balden.

812
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Speaker 2: Well not yet because JP is eating popcorn, because again

813
00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:17,280
Speaker 2: he's always watching Baldi's.

814
00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:20,320
Speaker 3: Watching bald these films.

815
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Speaker 5: You know.

816
00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:25,400
Speaker 1: So we just had the interview with Talaa Hufanga in

817
00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:29,120
Speaker 1: twenty sixteen. You and I MC the Polian Football Hall

818
00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:31,359
Speaker 1: of Fame and Trium at ceremony where your dear friend

819
00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:35,120
Speaker 1: Vai Sikahema, one of the first Tonguan players to ever

820
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Speaker 1: play in the NFL.

821
00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:38,920
Speaker 2: I wasn't trined in the policies and football Hall of Fame.

822
00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:41,279
Speaker 1: That's right, Jp for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Saint

823
00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:47,960
Speaker 1: Louis Cardinals. But Baldi, Talanoa Hufanga, Tui Poluto and then

824
00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:52,800
Speaker 1: his brother Marlin are all coming off big, big games

825
00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:54,520
Speaker 1: and breaking down the film.

826
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Speaker 2: And let's start with Talanoa.

827
00:36:56,400 --> 00:36:59,400
Speaker 1: Of these three Tonguan just terrors on the field on

828
00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:00,600
Speaker 1: the defensive side of the ball.

829
00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:02,600
Speaker 2: What have you seen from these guys?

830
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Speaker 12: Well, I mean playmaking, playmaking ability by all of them.

831
00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:12,120
Speaker 12: You know, when you look at talanoa like he can

832
00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:15,360
Speaker 12: be your deep free safety and get those tape tipball

833
00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:18,440
Speaker 12: interceptions that you asked about James. He could be in

834
00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:20,880
Speaker 12: the box playing right next to Fred Warner and Dre

835
00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:24,279
Speaker 12: and be in the backfield at the snap okay, and

836
00:37:24,360 --> 00:37:26,719
Speaker 12: making a tackle for loss. He could be on the

837
00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:29,360
Speaker 12: blitz off the edge. You can really just about you

838
00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:31,600
Speaker 12: can line them up and have him cover the tight end.

839
00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:35,440
Speaker 12: Like he's just all over the place and he just

840
00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:39,440
Speaker 12: has instincts for the game, real instincts. And then he

841
00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:42,680
Speaker 12: just has this ability to crash your party, you know.

842
00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:46,120
Speaker 12: So that's that's Toalinoa. Now, if you look at Touley,

843
00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:49,319
Speaker 12: like I did the Minnesota Charger game last weekend at

844
00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:52,120
Speaker 12: us Banks h Stand hum up in Minneapolis, he was

845
00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:54,640
Speaker 12: the best defensive player on the field, Like he had

846
00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:57,680
Speaker 12: seven pressures. If you look at the sack by Bosa,

847
00:37:58,120 --> 00:38:00,759
Speaker 12: the sack by Morgan Fox, the guy that got there

848
00:38:00,840 --> 00:38:03,759
Speaker 12: first was Tooley, Like he won his one on one

849
00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:06,239
Speaker 12: and then Kirk Cousins, you know, scrambled out of the

850
00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:08,759
Speaker 12: way and here comes Bosa. And the thing that I

851
00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:12,360
Speaker 12: love about Tooley is Bosa gets to sack, but I

852
00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:16,320
Speaker 12: felt like Tooley was celebrating more than Bosa was. And

853
00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:19,160
Speaker 12: when Fox got to sacked, I felt like Tuley like

854
00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:23,080
Speaker 12: his celebrations were like big time. And then if you

855
00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:24,880
Speaker 12: look at Marlon, if you look at you know, just

856
00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:28,640
Speaker 12: the Eagles and their defensive tackle rotation right now with

857
00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:32,960
Speaker 12: Fletcher Cox, Jordan Davis, Jalen Carter and Marlin, I mean,

858
00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:36,040
Speaker 12: that's as deep and as strong a defensive tackle rotation

859
00:38:36,520 --> 00:38:37,960
Speaker 12: as there is in the NFL right now.

860
00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:40,400
Speaker 5: They as good as anybody in the middle. And Marlin

861
00:38:40,480 --> 00:38:41,120
Speaker 5: is a big part of that.

862
00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:44,640
Speaker 3: Let's let's talk about another guy in the middle of

863
00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:47,759
Speaker 3: that defense, Baldy, because I think there's back to back

864
00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:50,000
Speaker 3: plays right that Jalen Carter had in their last game

865
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Speaker 3: that were just incredible. I think he gets the pressure

866
00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:54,240
Speaker 3: up the middle and then then he forces the fumble

867
00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:56,759
Speaker 3: on the very next play. What is Jalen Carter in

868
00:38:56,840 --> 00:38:59,120
Speaker 3: your eyes? When you look at the film jump out

869
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Speaker 3: you which aspect of his game so far has been

870
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Speaker 3: the one that you most enjoyed.

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00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:08,440
Speaker 12: He just moves bodies, James big bodies and maybe like

872
00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:11,080
Speaker 12: one or two guys at a time, physically. You know,

873
00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:14,759
Speaker 12: he broke you know, a blocking sled in Philadelphia this year.

874
00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:16,880
Speaker 12: It was a big deal, like nobody's ever seen a

875
00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:21,279
Speaker 12: blocking said it broke. But his his power is tenacious.

876
00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:24,040
Speaker 12: But then with that, I see a lot of rookies

877
00:39:24,080 --> 00:39:26,920
Speaker 12: come in and they just played power football. But this

878
00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:29,239
Speaker 12: guy actually knows how to rush the quarterback. He knows

879
00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:31,759
Speaker 12: how to get on the edge, he knows how to

880
00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:35,480
Speaker 12: like he punched the ball out right there. You know,

881
00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:38,240
Speaker 12: he caused the safety last week by just crushed the pocket.

882
00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:45,600
Speaker 12: He has almost inhuman power. But then he's also because

883
00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:49,160
Speaker 12: he's not quite the rookie that we expect, because he's

884
00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:53,480
Speaker 12: got past rush ability and his rise. In just three games,

885
00:39:53,920 --> 00:39:58,000
Speaker 12: he's already becoming one of the more dominant interior defensive

886
00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:01,240
Speaker 12: linemen in this league. After three games, I mean he's

887
00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:04,560
Speaker 12: grown already. And just the amount of snaps that he's taken.

888
00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:05,399
Speaker 2: Wow.

889
00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:07,400
Speaker 1: Okay, So we heard about two starting rookie you know,

890
00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:12,600
Speaker 1: defensive players here, uh you know, Jalen and Tuley offense

891
00:40:12,600 --> 00:40:13,560
Speaker 1: side of the ball, And this is the guy you

892
00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:16,320
Speaker 1: break down all the time that you clearly love his emerges.

893
00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:19,440
Speaker 2: Dwan Jones the tackle for the Brown fascinating.

894
00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:23,879
Speaker 12: Well, it's interesting because you know, the the Browns played

895
00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:25,880
Speaker 12: four preseason games this year because they have the Hall

896
00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:29,680
Speaker 12: of Fame game. So Bill Callahan, the offensive line coach, said,

897
00:40:29,719 --> 00:40:32,080
Speaker 12: you know, let's get this kid ready. So he played

898
00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:34,480
Speaker 12: a ton of snaps and that in fact, a couple

899
00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:37,359
Speaker 12: of preseason games he took every snap. So I'm like, Okay,

900
00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:41,320
Speaker 12: who's this guy with the wingspan of a Pacific manta

901
00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:42,839
Speaker 12: that's playing out there?

902
00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:44,000
Speaker 5: Because sometimes.

903
00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:49,320
Speaker 12: No, sometimes it's left hand is in Cleveland and his

904
00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:52,399
Speaker 12: right hands in Pittsburgh. Like it's the biggest wings band

905
00:40:52,440 --> 00:40:55,480
Speaker 12: you've ever seen. Right, So then you go, okay, all right,

906
00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:56,400
Speaker 12: he's got size.

907
00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:58,360
Speaker 5: We get that. We saw that in Ohio State. We

908
00:40:58,400 --> 00:40:59,440
Speaker 5: saw that the combine.

909
00:40:59,719 --> 00:41:02,239
Speaker 12: We all did the measurements, right, But then you see him,

910
00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:06,840
Speaker 12: okay against Sam Hubbard, dominant against Sam Hubbard against Cincinnati,

911
00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:08,520
Speaker 12: went in there for Jack Conkline.

912
00:41:08,520 --> 00:41:09,000
Speaker 5: He got hurt.

913
00:41:09,080 --> 00:41:12,960
Speaker 12: Unfortunately he's a right tackle. But you know, even against TJ. Watt,

914
00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:14,759
Speaker 12: he wasn't bad against TJ.

915
00:41:14,920 --> 00:41:15,120
Speaker 3: Watt.

916
00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:17,439
Speaker 5: I mean, TJ just has a motor. He's just gonna

917
00:41:17,520 --> 00:41:19,440
Speaker 5: keep going and going and going. You got to get

918
00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:19,840
Speaker 5: used to that.

919
00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:20,920
Speaker 2: But he was.

920
00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:26,000
Speaker 12: Outstanding last week. He looks entrenched to play the next

921
00:41:26,080 --> 00:41:28,879
Speaker 12: ten years at that position. And he's a big guy

922
00:41:29,280 --> 00:41:32,400
Speaker 12: that has good movement, good sets, and I think you

923
00:41:32,520 --> 00:41:35,520
Speaker 12: can count on to play consistent football right now.

924
00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:39,200
Speaker 3: Body. I did their last preseason game and I remember

925
00:41:39,239 --> 00:41:41,040
Speaker 3: talking to their coaching staff on the sideline and they

926
00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:43,680
Speaker 3: were like, something has clicked here at the end of

927
00:41:43,719 --> 00:41:46,600
Speaker 3: this preseason with Dwan Jones, and they thought it took

928
00:41:46,640 --> 00:41:48,600
Speaker 3: a minute, but they had loved it heading into the season.

929
00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:51,160
Speaker 3: I love that breakdown. How about a wide receiver Jayden

930
00:41:51,239 --> 00:41:54,360
Speaker 3: Reid sticking with these young guys from the Packers. What

931
00:41:54,440 --> 00:41:57,279
Speaker 3: have you seen with him so far? Because they haven't

932
00:41:57,280 --> 00:41:59,279
Speaker 3: had one of the receivers yet to play for them,

933
00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:00,840
Speaker 3: and Christian and hasn't played.

934
00:42:01,760 --> 00:42:03,440
Speaker 5: So you know, you look at you, look at you.

935
00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:06,319
Speaker 12: Just last week, you know, yeah, Jayden Reed, second round pick,

936
00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:10,480
Speaker 12: Dontavious Wicks, the fifth round pick out of Virginia, Lucas Musgrave.

937
00:42:10,680 --> 00:42:13,040
Speaker 5: It's all rookies out there, but this Jayden.

938
00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:16,320
Speaker 12: Reed, now like he's slippery, he's fast, he plays inside,

939
00:42:16,360 --> 00:42:19,200
Speaker 12: he plays outside. He called a spray fade last week

940
00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:22,960
Speaker 12: and that big seventeen nothing comeback. You know that they

941
00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:25,160
Speaker 12: had against the Saints. He caught the big play on that.

942
00:42:26,520 --> 00:42:28,320
Speaker 12: He just looks like he knows how to run routes.

943
00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:31,319
Speaker 12: I know Jordan Loved trusts him like he keeps going

944
00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:33,880
Speaker 12: to him. And so he's second on the team right now,

945
00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:36,759
Speaker 12: next to Romeo Dobbs in receptions. He's got a couple

946
00:42:36,760 --> 00:42:41,760
Speaker 12: of touchdowns he's been he's just fluid. He's very fluid,

947
00:42:41,840 --> 00:42:44,279
Speaker 12: and he's very smooth. He runs good routes and he

948
00:42:44,480 --> 00:42:47,320
Speaker 12: can beat man coverage. Like you can't ask for anything

949
00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:49,799
Speaker 12: more from your second round pick, because for a long time,

950
00:42:50,440 --> 00:42:52,760
Speaker 12: Green Bay never got the rookie receivers on the field,

951
00:42:53,120 --> 00:42:56,080
Speaker 12: like you know, go back to you know, Davonte Adams

952
00:42:56,120 --> 00:42:59,560
Speaker 12: and way before that, Like those guys never made a contribution.

953
00:42:59,719 --> 00:43:02,520
Speaker 12: They just sat and watched and made mistakes. But this

954
00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:05,080
Speaker 12: kid's out there contributing right away right now.

955
00:43:05,600 --> 00:43:07,800
Speaker 1: Well, I love how each week, though, you really single

956
00:43:07,840 --> 00:43:11,520
Speaker 1: out this particular veteran for the Indianapolis Colts has been

957
00:43:11,560 --> 00:43:13,960
Speaker 1: in the league for a while, a wonderful human being,

958
00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:17,520
Speaker 1: but he is really rounded into a stud linebacker that

959
00:43:17,680 --> 00:43:18,480
Speaker 1: Zire Franklin.

960
00:43:19,120 --> 00:43:21,040
Speaker 12: Well you know he's from Philly, Steve, so you know

961
00:43:21,120 --> 00:43:22,600
Speaker 12: It's part of me is I'm you know, I'm a

962
00:43:22,640 --> 00:43:25,120
Speaker 12: little pat you know, James, right, I mean he's a

963
00:43:25,160 --> 00:43:26,800
Speaker 12: Philly kid, Yeah, I know.

964
00:43:27,120 --> 00:43:27,279
Speaker 3: You know.

965
00:43:27,400 --> 00:43:29,800
Speaker 12: The thing about him is, you know you had you

966
00:43:29,920 --> 00:43:32,479
Speaker 12: had Shaq Leonard there and he was, you know, maybe

967
00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:33,920
Speaker 12: the best playmaking linebacker in.

968
00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:37,000
Speaker 5: Football for a while. Then he had then he got hurt.

969
00:43:37,040 --> 00:43:38,160
Speaker 5: Bobby o'caoke was there.

970
00:43:38,200 --> 00:43:41,000
Speaker 12: He's got a big free agent contract, so last year

971
00:43:41,080 --> 00:43:43,400
Speaker 12: Shaq got hurt, Zier got a chance to start. The

972
00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:47,360
Speaker 12: kid has started not just twenty straight games in a

973
00:43:47,440 --> 00:43:49,840
Speaker 12: row now for the Colts, but he's played every snap

974
00:43:50,640 --> 00:43:53,200
Speaker 12: in twenty straight games. I don't know if another player

975
00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:57,160
Speaker 12: has played every snap for twenty straight plays twenty straight

976
00:43:57,239 --> 00:43:59,040
Speaker 12: games in his league. And then you watch him last

977
00:43:59,080 --> 00:44:02,879
Speaker 12: week and you watch, you know, him chase down Lamar

978
00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:05,279
Speaker 12: Jackson the open field and catch him like you don't

979
00:44:05,320 --> 00:44:07,879
Speaker 12: see that, Like when you see a number forty four

980
00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:10,359
Speaker 12: come out on one side of the field and there's

981
00:44:10,480 --> 00:44:14,240
Speaker 12: Lamar on the run and he gets caught by Zier Franklin.

982
00:44:14,520 --> 00:44:17,320
Speaker 12: You go, that catches your eye, that says, you know,

983
00:44:17,360 --> 00:44:20,480
Speaker 12: wait a second, maybe what I'm seeing he's more than

984
00:44:20,640 --> 00:44:24,319
Speaker 12: just a hoover vacuum cleaner, you know, cleaning up sack

985
00:44:24,719 --> 00:44:28,520
Speaker 12: tackles right here like he is all over the field,

986
00:44:29,239 --> 00:44:33,960
Speaker 12: and anybody that underestimates this Colts defense just isn't paying

987
00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:37,560
Speaker 12: attention because what they did to Baltimore now they look

988
00:44:37,920 --> 00:44:40,440
Speaker 12: they just reduced him to just you know, dnking and

989
00:44:40,520 --> 00:44:43,200
Speaker 12: dunking down the field. And Zaire is a big part

990
00:44:43,239 --> 00:44:45,920
Speaker 12: of that right now. He's he's really he's been fun

991
00:44:45,960 --> 00:44:48,320
Speaker 12: to watch. You're gonna get a breakdown from him probably

992
00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:50,960
Speaker 12: every week. He leaves the team and tackles every single week.

993
00:44:51,719 --> 00:44:53,839
Speaker 12: Number forty four for the Colts is the real deal.

994
00:44:54,320 --> 00:44:57,239
Speaker 1: Well, the JP's got the pop Warren I got, you know, no,

995
00:44:57,360 --> 00:44:59,680
Speaker 1: it's my favorite segment of the week. I mean, this

996
00:44:59,800 --> 00:45:01,960
Speaker 1: is I've got to go get like some raisin uts

997
00:45:02,040 --> 00:45:06,800
Speaker 1: or something for tonight. Baldy, we don't have time to

998
00:45:06,840 --> 00:45:09,040
Speaker 1: talk about Max Prosby, but I'm sure he's gonna be

999
00:45:09,080 --> 00:45:12,000
Speaker 1: dominant again this week, so we're gonna talk about him

1000
00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:13,320
Speaker 1: next Thursday.

1001
00:45:13,760 --> 00:45:17,360
Speaker 2: We appreciate the reach references from Cleveland to Pittsburgh. The

1002
00:45:17,520 --> 00:45:18,839
Speaker 2: MAT's right comparisons.

1003
00:45:19,040 --> 00:45:20,720
Speaker 3: We'll see you next Thursday.

1004
00:45:20,320 --> 00:45:26,960
Speaker 2: Baldie, And coming up, which teams might be on thin Ice.

1005
00:45:27,239 --> 00:45:29,160
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, this is a segment you're not gonna want

1006
00:45:29,200 --> 00:45:31,480
Speaker 1: to miss here on the NFL Report.

1007
00:45:39,960 --> 00:45:42,279
Speaker 3: Welcome back to the NFL Report, James Palmer, Steve White

1008
00:45:42,360 --> 00:45:44,839
Speaker 3: with you, Steve, how good is Baldy? Is this your

1009
00:45:44,880 --> 00:45:46,120
Speaker 3: favorite thing every Thursday that we.

1010
00:45:46,160 --> 00:45:47,359
Speaker 2: Have He's great. He's great.

1011
00:45:47,360 --> 00:45:51,560
Speaker 1: He's everybody's favorite thing. He's everybody's favorite, not just us

1012
00:45:51,760 --> 00:45:53,920
Speaker 1: in the media world. How about players listen to this

1013
00:45:54,480 --> 00:45:58,040
Speaker 1: from Javon Holland, the Dolphins safety, asked about being PFF's

1014
00:45:58,120 --> 00:46:00,520
Speaker 1: number one safety, he said, quote, really, only the one

1015
00:46:00,600 --> 00:46:03,840
Speaker 1: that's more important is what Baldi thinks. He's like the

1016
00:46:03,920 --> 00:46:07,040
Speaker 1: best analysts I've come across. If I'm in Baldy's breakdowns

1017
00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:08,840
Speaker 1: at the end of the week, then I know I

1018
00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:12,799
Speaker 1: did something that we don't do something right every Thursday. Here,

1019
00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:14,799
Speaker 1: we know we do something right every Thursday here, Steve,

1020
00:46:14,840 --> 00:46:16,880
Speaker 1: because we have Baldi on. Quick note before we get

1021
00:46:16,880 --> 00:46:18,400
Speaker 1: to the end of this, end of this segment and

1022
00:46:18,440 --> 00:46:19,360
Speaker 1: the end of this show, Steve.

1023
00:46:19,440 --> 00:46:22,200
Speaker 3: David Baktiari, the left tackle for the Packers, put on

1024
00:46:22,360 --> 00:46:26,279
Speaker 3: ir Ian Rappaport are NFL insider saying that, you know,

1025
00:46:26,360 --> 00:46:29,040
Speaker 3: obviously it's four games at minimum. He also said, we'll

1026
00:46:29,080 --> 00:46:31,680
Speaker 3: see if he comes back this season. That could be

1027
00:46:31,719 --> 00:46:34,200
Speaker 3: a big blow to the Green Bay factors. And how

1028
00:46:34,239 --> 00:46:38,840
Speaker 3: about Steve. Some teams that are suffered some pretty passive

1029
00:46:38,840 --> 00:46:41,920
Speaker 3: blows early in this young season that we're in the

1030
00:46:41,920 --> 00:46:46,680
Speaker 3: playoffs a year ago, reeling early on here, Let's start

1031
00:46:46,800 --> 00:46:49,319
Speaker 3: with you and the Giants at one and two.

1032
00:46:49,640 --> 00:46:51,480
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, look, they play Seattle this week, and

1033
00:46:51,520 --> 00:46:54,800
Speaker 1: we know Seattle they're a tough team. If the Giants

1034
00:46:54,840 --> 00:46:57,920
Speaker 1: don't win this game, their next two games are at

1035
00:46:58,040 --> 00:47:01,200
Speaker 1: Miami and at Ball James.

1036
00:47:01,360 --> 00:47:03,319
Speaker 2: That means they'd be steering at one in.

1037
00:47:03,520 --> 00:47:06,600
Speaker 1: Five and based with Philadelphia and Dallas in the division,

1038
00:47:06,920 --> 00:47:09,640
Speaker 1: that means the Giants would almost have to be perfect

1039
00:47:10,200 --> 00:47:11,480
Speaker 1: the rest of the way.

1040
00:47:11,560 --> 00:47:12,480
Speaker 2: They've got to win at.

1041
00:47:12,480 --> 00:47:16,120
Speaker 1: Seattle and try to get some momentum going, otherwise they

1042
00:47:16,320 --> 00:47:17,840
Speaker 1: will not be going back to the playoffs.

1043
00:47:19,040 --> 00:47:20,480
Speaker 3: It's tough. I just feel like everything asks to me

1044
00:47:20,560 --> 00:47:23,759
Speaker 3: perfect for them to get wins, including their quarterback Daniel Jones.

1045
00:47:23,800 --> 00:47:25,920
Speaker 3: How about the Chargers, I'm gonna go with them. They're

1046
00:47:25,960 --> 00:47:28,400
Speaker 3: one and two facing the Raiders. I think Steve personally,

1047
00:47:28,520 --> 00:47:30,319
Speaker 3: this is a team as well as his offense has

1048
00:47:30,400 --> 00:47:32,480
Speaker 3: played can go on a run, and I think they

1049
00:47:32,520 --> 00:47:34,520
Speaker 3: have a bye week in a couple of weeks see

1050
00:47:34,520 --> 00:47:36,800
Speaker 3: where Derwin James is in terms of health wise. That

1051
00:47:36,920 --> 00:47:38,840
Speaker 3: gives them an early opportunity to figure out what they

1052
00:47:38,880 --> 00:47:40,920
Speaker 3: want to do without Mike Williams, who's been lost for

1053
00:47:41,000 --> 00:47:43,480
Speaker 3: the season. But I just think Justin Herbert's been too good.

1054
00:47:43,520 --> 00:47:45,800
Speaker 3: They can put up too many points that down the

1055
00:47:45,840 --> 00:47:48,400
Speaker 3: stretch if they just fix a few things with their defense,

1056
00:47:48,440 --> 00:47:51,440
Speaker 3: specifically in the secondary. What can j C. Jackson do

1057
00:47:51,600 --> 00:47:54,400
Speaker 3: for them? We'll see moving forward, but I think they

1058
00:47:54,480 --> 00:47:56,600
Speaker 3: have the ability to write the ship specifically because the

1059
00:47:56,680 --> 00:47:59,040
Speaker 3: division they're in as well, with the Raiders and the

1060
00:47:59,120 --> 00:47:59,919
Speaker 3: Broncos in there.

1061
00:48:00,160 --> 00:48:01,520
Speaker 1: That's the type of team that could go on a

1062
00:48:01,600 --> 00:48:02,680
Speaker 1: seven game win streak.

1063
00:48:02,800 --> 00:48:05,560
Speaker 2: So I am not that worried about the Chargers and James.

1064
00:48:05,760 --> 00:48:07,240
Speaker 2: Let's go to the Jacksonville Jaguars.

1065
00:48:07,280 --> 00:48:09,000
Speaker 1: They're one and two, right they were supposed to be

1066
00:48:09,040 --> 00:48:12,880
Speaker 1: the AFC favorites coming in. They're playing over London against

1067
00:48:12,880 --> 00:48:17,080
Speaker 1: the Atlanta Falcons this week. But I like the Jags

1068
00:48:17,320 --> 00:48:19,799
Speaker 1: because I think, like last year, remember they won five

1069
00:48:19,840 --> 00:48:22,399
Speaker 1: straight games to finish their season, then won a playoff game.

1070
00:48:22,800 --> 00:48:24,920
Speaker 2: They've got the potential to do that.

1071
00:48:25,440 --> 00:48:29,040
Speaker 1: The problem is, and this is an intriguing one, after

1072
00:48:29,160 --> 00:48:32,919
Speaker 1: they play the Falcons in London, they have another game

1073
00:48:33,480 --> 00:48:37,200
Speaker 1: in London, right then they've opted not against the Bills,

1074
00:48:37,239 --> 00:48:38,520
Speaker 1: by the way, and then.

1075
00:48:38,400 --> 00:48:40,480
Speaker 2: They've opted not to take the buy. So they come

1076
00:48:40,520 --> 00:48:40,920
Speaker 2: back and they.

1077
00:48:40,880 --> 00:48:44,720
Speaker 1: Play the Colts at New Orleans and at Pittsburgh before

1078
00:48:44,800 --> 00:48:47,279
Speaker 1: they have a bye. So they have got to start

1079
00:48:47,320 --> 00:48:50,880
Speaker 1: winning this week otherwise, regardless of the type of run.

1080
00:48:50,800 --> 00:48:52,839
Speaker 2: They make, it is going to be an uphill climb.

1081
00:48:54,160 --> 00:48:55,759
Speaker 3: They just got to be better than the Trenches Steve

1082
00:48:55,880 --> 00:48:57,720
Speaker 3: on the offensive side of the ball, on the defensive

1083
00:48:57,719 --> 00:49:00,800
Speaker 3: side of all quarters Rush. I think one of the

1084
00:49:00,880 --> 00:49:03,120
Speaker 3: things is that they have been eating their clippings a

1085
00:49:03,120 --> 00:49:05,440
Speaker 3: little bit, at least that's what dub Peterson says. I'll

1086
00:49:05,480 --> 00:49:07,480
Speaker 3: finish this off with the Vikings at zero to three.

1087
00:49:07,719 --> 00:49:10,040
Speaker 3: You and I were talking offline. I think, actually I'm

1088
00:49:10,080 --> 00:49:12,439
Speaker 3: more confident in the Vikings, who are winless going against

1089
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Speaker 3: the Panthers this Sunday, than I am against you for

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Speaker 3: the Giants. I think this team is talented. Obviously, you

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Speaker 3: have a guy in Justin Jefferson that an entire game plan,

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Speaker 3: his model to stopping him and he still gets roughly

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Speaker 3: one hundred and fifty yards a game. It's remarkable, but

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Speaker 3: they won so many games by one score a year ago. Steve,

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Speaker 3: we're seeing some highlights or low lights, as you like

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Speaker 3: to call him, with some turnover issues. That's been a

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Speaker 3: problem hanging on to the football for the Vikings. But

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Speaker 3: I still think they're a good team. I actually have

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00:49:38,920 --> 00:49:40,640
Speaker 3: some confidence in them in a sense. I think that

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Speaker 3: part kind of surprises myself a little bit. But at

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Speaker 3: the same time, I do like what the Vikings have.

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Speaker 1: DeBie, the Vikings better be Carolina. Caroline's had a tough

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Speaker 1: time getting to the end zone. Plus they got Detroit

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Speaker 1: and Miami next. Hey, j PB, you gotta get out here.

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Speaker 1: In the NFL Report Week four, coming up, Dolphins Bills.

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Speaker 2: That game is gonna be off the chain. Now.

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Speaker 3: You can't say change a chance. The Chant of the

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Speaker 3: Chance Steven.

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Speaker 2: The Report on Monday. Listen to the podcast