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Speaker 1: Hey, everybody. Chris Harry with you on a week sixth

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Speaker 1: edition of Chargers Weekly. A bit later, the voice of

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Speaker 1: the team, Matt money Smith preview Sunday's game against the Browns.

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Speaker 1: I'll also check in with ABC seven's Ashley Brewer, who's

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Speaker 1: at the center of the LA sports universe right now,

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Speaker 1: with the Dodgers in the playoffs, Lakers preseason, and of

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Speaker 1: course the Chargers heading to Cleveland and London. NFL Networks

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Speaker 1: Marcus Grant closes the show with some Week six fantasy advice,

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Speaker 1: but we start with some sad news from the team family.

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Speaker 1: Patriarch and Chargers owner Alex Spano has passed away on

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Speaker 1: Tuesday at the age of ninety five. Our deepest condolences

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Speaker 1: are with the entire Spanos family. And before we start

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Speaker 1: this week's episode with Mary Kay Cabott of Cleveland dot Com,

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Speaker 1: Alex Spanos. First thing I want to start out with,

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Speaker 1: I just want to pay respects to the Spannel's family.

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Speaker 1: We lost the owner yesterday and even though I never

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Speaker 1: and that was a big loss for an organization. I mean,

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Speaker 1: he's done a lot as far as in the communities

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Speaker 1: I mean, so many people, We've gotten so many letters.

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Speaker 1: The Browns coming off win number two of twenty eighteen.

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Speaker 1: They beat the Ravens twelve nine and overtime, and so

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Speaker 1: far you've got three overtime games, a win, loss in

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Speaker 1: and you could probably argue this team should be much

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Speaker 1: it really should be much better than that. They had

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Speaker 1: have been celebrating their victory in that game instead of overtime.

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Speaker 1: They lost forty five to two overtime. Two other games

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Speaker 1: a big one. Last Sunday, their first division went in

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Speaker 1: a long time against the Ravens Mayfield. The Higgins looked

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Speaker 1: was right off the bat on the first drive, Denzel

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Speaker 1: and then Denzel Ward really came through with a very

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Speaker 1: Denzel Award because he's having a heck of a start

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Speaker 1: who this Cleveland defense is? Mary Kay, Well, they have been.

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Speaker 1: But this is where stats can trick you a little bit,

429
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Speaker 1: because those guys are doing so much in the passing

430
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Speaker 1: these extended handles, Yeah, no doubt. I mean the receivers

431
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Speaker 1: are blocking, the backs are catching passes like you said,

432
00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:03,320
Speaker 1: those Andy Reid as he liked to call him, extended runs,

433
00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:05,520
Speaker 1: and the touchdowns are there, I think, And that's the

434
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Speaker 1: key when you look at the backs. I mean, you

435
00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:09,919
Speaker 1: can have your total yardage or your you know, your

436
00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:12,640
Speaker 1: rushing yards, your rushing yards per carry, and those are fine.

437
00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:15,120
Speaker 1: I mean the Chargers rushing yards per carry, You're fine.

438
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Speaker 1: That rush yards may not be as you said, as

439
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Speaker 1: high up as you'd like. But I'll look at the touchdowns.

440
00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:22,159
Speaker 1: I'll look at total yards from scrimmage and touchdowns, and

441
00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:24,720
Speaker 1: they're at the top in the efficiency and the like.

442
00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:26,520
Speaker 1: Like Eckler, he's out there for a couple of plays

443
00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:28,359
Speaker 1: boom forty four yard touches And that's a key. You

444
00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:31,040
Speaker 1: know a lot of times that that spell back or

445
00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:32,919
Speaker 1: that change of pace back whatever you want to call him.

446
00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:35,080
Speaker 1: It's hard, you know, it's hard to find a rhythm,

447
00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:38,440
Speaker 1: you know, especially when you're someone like Eckler who's so

448
00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:41,920
Speaker 1: stout and strong and can really punish you between the tackles.

449
00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:44,119
Speaker 1: I'm sure he wants a bunch of carries, you know,

450
00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:47,600
Speaker 1: to really exude his will, exert his will, I should say,

451
00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:50,480
Speaker 1: and take advantage of defenses they're tired by the time

452
00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:53,520
Speaker 1: he comes in. But instead he's just so fast, He's

453
00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:55,880
Speaker 1: so elusive in space that you end up with these

454
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Speaker 1: explosive plays on such limited touches that I got to

455
00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:02,919
Speaker 1: imagine it's hard for coach Wiz not to want to

456
00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:05,240
Speaker 1: put them out there more. And you know the numbers

457
00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:08,040
Speaker 1: when he and Gordon are on the field together, they're

458
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Speaker 1: some of the best in the NFL. I mean that

459
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Speaker 1: particular package I believe it's producing going into I don't

460
00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:14,760
Speaker 1: remember what it was coming out of the Radar game.

461
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Speaker 1: I've got to believe it's big because they had a

462
00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:17,960
Speaker 1: big play with both of them on the field. But

463
00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,040
Speaker 1: I want to say going in it was producing like

464
00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:24,760
Speaker 1: nine yards per play. I mean, something ridiculous like that, unbelievable. Well,

465
00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:27,520
Speaker 1: you go to Cleveland, here, Brown's two two and one.

466
00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:29,640
Speaker 1: They should be better than two two and one way.

467
00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:32,200
Speaker 1: I talked to Mary Kay Cabott of Cleveland dot Com yesterday,

468
00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:35,160
Speaker 1: and I mean, these guys have played three overtime games.

469
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Speaker 1: They're coming off an overtime game good where they scored

470
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Speaker 1: twelve points. They're a good team on both sides of

471
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Speaker 1: the football right now, what do you see from them?

472
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Speaker 1: With Baker Mayfield leading the chart? So it'll be tough.

473
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Speaker 1: I mean it's you know, when you got top Garrett

474
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Speaker 1: and Denzel Ward in that combination, and because we had

475
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Speaker 1: it here right we had Casey Hayward with Joey Bose

476
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Speaker 1: and Melvin Ingram, So you see what that can produce.

477
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Speaker 1: If you have a top tier corner with a top

478
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Speaker 1: tier pass rusher, you can make life awfully tough on

479
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Speaker 1: an offense, you know. And yes, they did it against

480
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Speaker 1: Drew Brees. They did it against Ben Roethlisberger. So they've

481
00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:07,760
Speaker 1: showed you that they can slow down legitimate Hall of

482
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Speaker 1: Fame caliber quarterbacks. It's not gonna be easy, no question

483
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Speaker 1: about it. I think this is going to be a

484
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Speaker 1: game where the Chargers are gonna have to get not

485
00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:18,520
Speaker 1: just something, but they're gonna have to get a little

486
00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:20,919
Speaker 1: extra something out of their defense, and a defense that

487
00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:24,800
Speaker 1: showed us flashes against the Raiders, that made big plays

488
00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:27,520
Speaker 1: when they needed to against the forty nine ers, and

489
00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:30,240
Speaker 1: I think that's gonna have to be an effort the

490
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Speaker 1: entire game because they can get you between the tackles

491
00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:36,440
Speaker 1: with Carlos Hide Chubbs shown a proclivity to produce those

492
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Speaker 1: big plays. And you know, Baker doesn't look like a rookie,

493
00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:42,040
Speaker 1: you know, back there he's dealing and he's spreading the

494
00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:44,399
Speaker 1: ball out and he's thrown it on time. So I

495
00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:46,119
Speaker 1: think there's gonna be a game the defense is going

496
00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:48,639
Speaker 1: to have to help win. I found this interesting because

497
00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:53,160
Speaker 1: the Chargers entering Week six, they've faced four quarterbacks Bunny

498
00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:55,960
Speaker 1: that entered the game with five or fewer NFL starts.

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Speaker 1: Because we talk about Mahomes his secred career start, Josh

500
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Speaker 1: Allen it is his first career start, CJ. Bethard, and

501
00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:04,240
Speaker 1: now Baker making his third career NFL start. It's wild

502
00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:05,520
Speaker 1: to me. And then you look at the other side,

503
00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:09,400
Speaker 1: the master here, Philip Rivers going on two hundred. Yeah,

504
00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:11,560
Speaker 1: it's something they have to take advantage of, right and

505
00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:13,480
Speaker 1: they weren't able to do it against Mahomes. But guess what,

506
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Speaker 1: nobody in the NFL has done it against my home.

507
00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:16,800
Speaker 1: So I think, you know, you just kind of chalk

508
00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:19,040
Speaker 1: that up to had a full year to sit and

509
00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:22,840
Speaker 1: learn and have the best play caller perhaps that the

510
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Speaker 1: league is seen in the last twenty years doing it

511
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Speaker 1: for him. Todd Haley's a great play caller, no question

512
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Speaker 1: about it. So I think. And also I think the

513
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Speaker 1: difference is I mean, I don't know how far back

514
00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:37,359
Speaker 1: I gotta go. I could probably go back five years.

515
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Speaker 1: I think I don't have to say ten if you

516
00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:41,879
Speaker 1: go back five years. You know, for whatever reason, the

517
00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:45,879
Speaker 1: NFL refused to make the kids coming out of college comfortable.

518
00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:48,760
Speaker 1: It's just like, Okay, throw you to the fire, You're

519
00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:51,960
Speaker 1: gonna take your lumps. We're running pro style, and that's

520
00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:53,720
Speaker 1: not the way it is any longer. Now there is

521
00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:58,080
Speaker 1: more college play calling. I mean, the Chiefs hack they

522
00:24:58,119 --> 00:25:00,280
Speaker 1: look like high school out there at times to the

523
00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:02,399
Speaker 1: rams with all those fly sweeps. I mean, it's like

524
00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:05,400
Speaker 1: Friday night lights. I mean, and you're so, I think

525
00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:09,640
Speaker 1: what's happened is you speed up the learning curve dramatically

526
00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:12,720
Speaker 1: because Baker feels like he's still doing what he was

527
00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:14,520
Speaker 1: doing at Oklahoma, So you just kind of pick up

528
00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:16,040
Speaker 1: where you left off and you just have to adjust

529
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Speaker 1: for the speed in the windows. And if you're a

530
00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:20,960
Speaker 1: talented thrower like Baker is, you can, you know, and

531
00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:23,719
Speaker 1: you can find yourself comfortable in a hurry because you

532
00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:25,399
Speaker 1: feel like it's the same thing you've been doing for

533
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Speaker 1: the last three years. You know. I ask Bruce arians

534
00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:29,840
Speaker 1: this last week because I find it interesting. Everyone says, oh,

535
00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:32,080
Speaker 1: it's the name dropper. It's so much easier. Yeah, I

536
00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:34,959
Speaker 1: know who Mary Kay Gabot, Oh, I was asking him, Bruce, Okay,

537
00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:38,760
Speaker 1: all right, slumming it with me now. The quarterback whisper

538
00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:43,280
Speaker 1: though this is coaching band and popular pretty law coming

539
00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:46,119
Speaker 1: King Harry over here. Yeah right, But he was saying

540
00:25:46,359 --> 00:25:49,960
Speaker 1: that everybody says it's easier to play quarterback now. It

541
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Speaker 1: may be easier from a rules perspective, but at the

542
00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:56,679
Speaker 1: same time, defenses are so much more complex now than

543
00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:58,960
Speaker 1: they were ten twenty years ago. So wow, it may

544
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Speaker 1: be easier for some of these young quarterbacks to execute

545
00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:04,920
Speaker 1: an offense, you're still having to you know, diagnose a

546
00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:07,760
Speaker 1: defense and try to outschem a guy like Gus Bradley,

547
00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:09,560
Speaker 1: which is not an easy task. Sure. I mean, look,

548
00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:11,719
Speaker 1: and I'm not trying to disagree with Bruce, but I

549
00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:15,040
Speaker 1: do think it has tilted so much in the favor

550
00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:17,760
Speaker 1: of the quarterback. And just speaking specifically to this year

551
00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:21,439
Speaker 1: and some people um that I've been talking to or

552
00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:24,920
Speaker 1: not that I've been talking to, that I've been privileged

553
00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:28,520
Speaker 1: to be on the periphery of the conversation. You hear

554
00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:30,440
Speaker 1: him say that quarterbacks aren't afraid to stand in the

555
00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:34,000
Speaker 1: pocket any longer. They're not afraid to getting absolutely destroyed

556
00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:36,080
Speaker 1: like they used to, and they know if they do,

557
00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:38,119
Speaker 1: there's gonna be a fifteen yard flag and it's probably

558
00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:39,520
Speaker 1: not going to happen for the rest of the game.

559
00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:42,879
Speaker 1: So I think that, you know, what is what is

560
00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:45,320
Speaker 1: part of being a quarterback? Confidence, you know, and one

561
00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:48,000
Speaker 1: of the things that you would hear young quarterbacks or

562
00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:50,280
Speaker 1: quarterbacks that were ready to hang it up. So they

563
00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:52,320
Speaker 1: start seeing ghosts and they start getting rid of that

564
00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:54,520
Speaker 1: ball a little bit early because they're tired of getting hit.

565
00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:57,639
Speaker 1: And you know, you know, oh, rookie, poor guy. I mean,

566
00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:00,879
Speaker 1: think about David Carr, right, it got shell shocked but

567
00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:04,480
Speaker 1: his arrival to the NFL was met with seventy six sacks,

568
00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:07,080
Speaker 1: and the guy would never be the same again because

569
00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:09,639
Speaker 1: he was always trying to pick up that pass rusher

570
00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:11,639
Speaker 1: out of the corner of his eye and he was

571
00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:15,200
Speaker 1: never able to overcome it. You were Patrick Ramsey, Patrick Gray,

572
00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:17,560
Speaker 1: when Steve Spurrier was the head coach, just kept putting

573
00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:20,359
Speaker 1: it back to drop backdrop back, hit hit out of

574
00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:22,080
Speaker 1: the league right few years. And that's the thing that

575
00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:24,800
Speaker 1: doesn't happen any longer, because if you do get hit,

576
00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:26,600
Speaker 1: you don't get hit like you used to get hit.

577
00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:29,560
Speaker 1: And you know, I hurt. Troy Agman speak to it.

578
00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:33,399
Speaker 1: You know, he's like, I took the hits that I took.

579
00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:36,320
Speaker 1: You would get thrown out of a game immediately, and

580
00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:38,200
Speaker 1: these are just flat hits that he took that wouldn't

581
00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:40,800
Speaker 1: even get flagged. And you think about the number concussions

582
00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:43,520
Speaker 1: that concussions that Troy had and having to retire probably

583
00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:45,640
Speaker 1: a little bit early because it was just a different game.

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00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:50,399
Speaker 1: So I do think it has certainly tilted in favor

585
00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:52,040
Speaker 1: of the offense, and probably for the better. I mean,

586
00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:54,080
Speaker 1: like people like seeing touchdowns right more than they like

587
00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:58,000
Speaker 1: seeing you know, twelve to nine Buffalo v. Baltimore showdowns

588
00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:01,800
Speaker 1: or whatever Brown's be Baltimore showdown. Jarvis Landry looks to

589
00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:05,160
Speaker 1: be that security blanket too for Baker and really Tyro

590
00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:07,320
Speaker 1: when Tyro was in there, fifty seven targets so far.

591
00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:09,840
Speaker 1: I think Joku has thirty nine, which is second. I

592
00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:12,040
Speaker 1: think he's plus eighteen plus eighteen. Yeah, that would be

593
00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:14,320
Speaker 1: the simple math that I just did. It's pretty well.

594
00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:16,479
Speaker 1: But you know what his yards per reception are up

595
00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:19,639
Speaker 1: a little bit this year? Is he priority a you

596
00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:22,159
Speaker 1: think and trying to slow you know, I think Baker's

597
00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:25,320
Speaker 1: so good at distributing that I'm being around low. Yeah,

598
00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:28,000
Speaker 1: I think, you know, he'll take him away. He'll find kallaway,

599
00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:29,919
Speaker 1: He'll find you know. The one good thing for the

600
00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:34,359
Speaker 1: Chargers is, you know, it's probably a big, big product

601
00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:36,639
Speaker 1: of it is Derwin And unfortunately this means he's probably

602
00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:38,200
Speaker 1: not going to be on the line of scrimmage a lot.

603
00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:40,960
Speaker 1: But they take away tight ends, you know, and I

604
00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:43,560
Speaker 1: think you're starting to see Baker really start feeling comfortable

605
00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:47,200
Speaker 1: within Joeku and considering they took away Jared Cook last week,

606
00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:49,160
Speaker 1: they took away Travis Kelsey in week one, I mean

607
00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:51,880
Speaker 1: they're very good at eliminating that position. I think that

608
00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:53,920
Speaker 1: helps you out a little bit, you know. And I

609
00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:56,600
Speaker 1: do think that if you were and I don't know

610
00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:58,880
Speaker 1: if it's gonna be Desmond because they line up Landry

611
00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:00,400
Speaker 1: in the slot a lot, or if you would just

612
00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:03,760
Speaker 1: have Casey, which Gus normally doesn't do, shadow Landry, I

613
00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:06,400
Speaker 1: do think you can maybe limit that a little bit.

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00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:09,360
Speaker 1: As good as as Jarvis is, you know, when he's

615
00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:11,840
Speaker 1: not being forced to try to go downfield that's not

616
00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:14,479
Speaker 1: his forte, but you know, when he's playing to his strength,

617
00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:16,760
Speaker 1: I do think the Chargers match up with him pretty well.

618
00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:19,640
Speaker 1: If it's going to be kind of a Durwin eliminates

619
00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:23,440
Speaker 1: that tight end position and you kind of like, hey, look, okay,

620
00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:25,320
Speaker 1: so so now you're telling me if I've got my

621
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Speaker 1: Pro Bowl, my all Pro corner on their number one receiver,

622
00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:31,600
Speaker 1: my all world rookie safety on their tight end, I

623
00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:35,840
Speaker 1: now have to worry about Antonio Callaway or Nick Chubb

624
00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,520
Speaker 1: or Carlo staking out of the bat or Duke Johnson.

625
00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:41,680
Speaker 1: Feel pretty good about that matchup, no doubt. So what

626
00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:44,120
Speaker 1: will decide this one? What's going to get the Chargers

627
00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:47,200
Speaker 1: to four and two hit it across the pond. Turnovers.

628
00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:49,800
Speaker 1: I think you got a force Baker into turnovers. I

629
00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:52,680
Speaker 1: don't think there's any questions turn the ball. They forced

630
00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:55,400
Speaker 1: fifteen already exactly right, So I think you've got to

631
00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:58,080
Speaker 1: force turnovers and cash a man. And we said that

632
00:29:58,080 --> 00:29:59,840
Speaker 1: about the forty nine ers, right, I think we had

633
00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:02,360
Speaker 1: this exact conversation and he said it's probably gonna come

634
00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:06,480
Speaker 1: down to turnovers. And I just get the sense that

635
00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:08,240
Speaker 1: that's what happened. Well, and that's what happened against the

636
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Speaker 1: forty nine ers. Right late in the game, you're up

637
00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:13,480
Speaker 1: to they're moving the ball, Derwin creates interception, Isaac Rachelle

638
00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:16,720
Speaker 1: gets it and take a day victory formation game. So

639
00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:18,840
Speaker 1: I think that's it'll be a tight game. I'd be

640
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Speaker 1: very surprised if it wasn't. I mean, because every game

641
00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:24,360
Speaker 1: has been tight for the Browns. So you hope that

642
00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:26,840
Speaker 1: they're fatigued, you know, I think the Raiders were little fatigued.

643
00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:29,040
Speaker 1: Haven't played an extra quarter of football. Commings that last

644
00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:31,840
Speaker 1: week and coming off the field, how the Raiders played

645
00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:34,080
Speaker 1: that overtime game against the Brows Bros. Varry played three

646
00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:35,720
Speaker 1: That's what I mean so they played an extra half

647
00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:38,280
Speaker 1: of football. So the last two weeks, you know, they

648
00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:41,520
Speaker 1: went almost max time last week against Baltimore. They went

649
00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:43,720
Speaker 1: max time against the Raiders the week before. So you're

650
00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:47,040
Speaker 1: talking about an extra half full on NFL football being

651
00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:50,719
Speaker 1: played by that team compared to yours going into that one.

652
00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:52,880
Speaker 1: So hopefully a little flat footed little Gas by the

653
00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:54,440
Speaker 1: time you get into the third quarter in a tight game,

654
00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:55,640
Speaker 1: and they can do what they did to the Raiders

655
00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:57,160
Speaker 1: and just blow the doors off it. I'll tell you

656
00:30:57,160 --> 00:30:59,960
Speaker 1: what special teams to both sides you want to count

657
00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:03,160
Speaker 1: because you look at Cleveland. Cleveland's had some kicker issues

658
00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:05,240
Speaker 1: as well. And you know, I think Donnie Jones did

659
00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:07,360
Speaker 1: a good job flipping the field and no question, you know,

660
00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:10,440
Speaker 1: he those net numbers and hopefully that that rapport with

661
00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:14,360
Speaker 1: his sturgist can just continue. Yeah, you'd hope. You hate

662
00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:16,680
Speaker 1: to see another missed extra point. I mean the field

663
00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:18,520
Speaker 1: of ball. You know, I don't like giving him a

664
00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:22,440
Speaker 1: pass on it, but whatever it happens. And you know,

665
00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:24,480
Speaker 1: I think what coach said coming out of that was,

666
00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:28,880
Speaker 1: you know, he's he liked the demeanor and the confidence

667
00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:31,720
Speaker 1: of Caleb. With the addition of Donnie and maybe said

668
00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:34,560
Speaker 1: well we'll let it go as a week, you know,

669
00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:37,120
Speaker 1: just kind of getting settled. But no question, I think

670
00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:41,200
Speaker 1: the biggest of all the Special team's decisions is keeping

671
00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:43,960
Speaker 1: Desmond King back there to return punch. It's just got

672
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:47,040
Speaker 1: that has changed everything when you think about the issues

673
00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:49,840
Speaker 1: they had last year, the safety that Travis took the

674
00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:52,240
Speaker 1: fumble from JJ at the start of this season to

675
00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:54,800
Speaker 1: the Chiefs on the three yard line. Just having a

676
00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:58,880
Speaker 1: solid set of hands, a real sharp player that isn't

677
00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:01,320
Speaker 1: going to try to break every single one and Piro

678
00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:03,680
Speaker 1: wet and cut back ten yards to get the corner.

679
00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:06,080
Speaker 1: You don't need that nonsense. You need if he can go,

680
00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:08,880
Speaker 1: if he can go fifteen yards to fifteen yards seven

681
00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:12,400
Speaker 1: seven yards, seven yards five yards straightforward, it's Philip Rivers

682
00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:14,880
Speaker 1: and when he did that his entire career at He's

683
00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:16,720
Speaker 1: not the fastest guy, but he just makes place. Yeah,

684
00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:20,040
Speaker 1: So I think that's just been a huge adjustment back there.

685
00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:22,800
Speaker 1: That's the phase you got to travel with the Special teams. Money.

686
00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:26,200
Speaker 1: We're we're excited for Cleveland and uh, like you mean

687
00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:30,120
Speaker 1: a city we're excited for? Well, because I'm not, you're not.

688
00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:33,480
Speaker 1: Actually you're you're actually leaving coming back to LA. I'll

689
00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:35,360
Speaker 1: be coming back to LA and then I'll be going back.

690
00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:38,480
Speaker 1: I will not be in Cleveland for what nine days

691
00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:41,320
Speaker 1: or however many are the six days? I think? Actually Bruins'

692
00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:44,360
Speaker 1: actually the Indians in the playoffs get eliminated. Astro's knocked

693
00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:47,080
Speaker 1: him out. Okay, you actually grew her here. They did

694
00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:48,880
Speaker 1: get swept. Okay. So so I don't even have a

695
00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:50,719
Speaker 1: Cavs game or an Indians game to go. You might

696
00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:53,280
Speaker 1: get a Cavs game. I think NBA season starts Wednesday.

697
00:32:53,360 --> 00:32:55,880
Speaker 1: So you made on the road though I checked. Well,

698
00:32:55,880 --> 00:32:57,360
Speaker 1: there you go. Then I guess sure. Then what are

699
00:32:57,360 --> 00:32:59,000
Speaker 1: you asking me the question for? You're the guy with

700
00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:01,800
Speaker 1: all the answers to the looks stupid. I didn't know

701
00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:03,800
Speaker 1: the Indians. I didn't know about the Indians. I'd just

702
00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:09,080
Speaker 1: go to the schedule. Now, is that what you want? Thanks? Johnny,

703
00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:14,160
Speaker 1: my next guest. I'm very envious of it, and I

704
00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:16,760
Speaker 1: think everybody in Los Angeles, if you're a sports fan,

705
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:20,280
Speaker 1: very envious of Ashley Brewer. ABC seven joins me and

706
00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:23,400
Speaker 1: actually we were just talking. It's October tenth, so we

707
00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:26,040
Speaker 1: got the Dodgers in the NLCS, ye. We got the

708
00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:28,520
Speaker 1: Lakers starting up. Yeah, we got the Clippers starting up.

709
00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:32,200
Speaker 1: We got the Kings just started up. We got USC football,

710
00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:36,880
Speaker 1: UCLA football of course, the Chargers. Yeah, going to London

711
00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:41,080
Speaker 1: here soon. It's a dream for LA sports fans right now.

712
00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:43,360
Speaker 1: I know. And I always say like, I am the

713
00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:46,560
Speaker 1: luckiest girl in the world because I would pay to

714
00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:49,000
Speaker 1: be going to these games and to be like around

715
00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:51,920
Speaker 1: these athletes, like as a fan. Sure, but I'm getting

716
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,720
Speaker 1: paid to do it. It's such a bizarre thing, like

717
00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:57,400
Speaker 1: that's just my job though. It's all happening right now,

718
00:33:57,400 --> 00:33:59,280
Speaker 1: and I get a front row seat. I don't know

719
00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:01,600
Speaker 1: how this happened that, like we are so lucky to

720
00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:04,440
Speaker 1: be here and be doing this kind of stuff. But yeah,

721
00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:06,360
Speaker 1: I mean like I kind of had like a weird

722
00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:09,120
Speaker 1: pinch me moment when I was interviewing Lebron James the

723
00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:14,080
Speaker 1: other day and I'm like, how is this possible? Like, yeah,

724
00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:15,960
Speaker 1: the fact that he's in LA And then the next

725
00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:18,840
Speaker 1: day I get to co cover at that. It was

726
00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:21,319
Speaker 1: like the NLDS and I get to do these things

727
00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:23,480
Speaker 1: every single day. Every day is different. I have the

728
00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:26,040
Speaker 1: best job in the world. Not to brag, but I

729
00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:29,040
Speaker 1: am so thankful and so lucky. It's awesome. All right,

730
00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:30,920
Speaker 1: So what are you most looking forward to over the

731
00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:34,440
Speaker 1: next couple of weeks. My guess is Dodger blue. Right, Yeah, well,

732
00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:36,840
Speaker 1: I get to go to London, and I'm so excited

733
00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:39,000
Speaker 1: to get to cover the charges in London because that's

734
00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:41,160
Speaker 1: going to be such a blast. But I gotta say

735
00:34:41,719 --> 00:34:44,880
Speaker 1: Monday night, I'll be covering Game three of the NLCS

736
00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:46,640
Speaker 1: against the Breweris. I think it's going to be a

737
00:34:46,640 --> 00:34:50,520
Speaker 1: heck of a series. I think the Dodgers are have

738
00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:53,359
Speaker 1: that magic in a different way than they did last year.

739
00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:55,759
Speaker 1: Last year, man, they were on a roll. They were

740
00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:58,359
Speaker 1: just steamrolling through the playoffs. I think this year we've

741
00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:00,960
Speaker 1: seen it's not going to be easy. But they're a

742
00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:03,239
Speaker 1: really gritty team and I think they really step it

743
00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:06,000
Speaker 1: up on offense when they need to, and they've shown

744
00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:08,600
Speaker 1: that and I am so excited to see what they

745
00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:10,680
Speaker 1: can do against the Brewers. It's gonna be fun. You know,

746
00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:12,880
Speaker 1: It's so hard for me to keep up with baseball

747
00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:15,600
Speaker 1: once football season stars because you're just just so locked

748
00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:18,040
Speaker 1: in here. It cost to mesa. But I feel like

749
00:35:18,040 --> 00:35:20,560
Speaker 1: the Dodgers had that feeling like last year everyone expected

750
00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:22,959
Speaker 1: them to win the World Series, right, this is the year.

751
00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:25,680
Speaker 1: And I liken it to being a Capitals fan, where

752
00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:28,160
Speaker 1: like every year you're expecting them to win the Cup

753
00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:30,960
Speaker 1: and they break your heart. The year that you don't

754
00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:34,799
Speaker 1: really expect, it might if it kind of comes together

755
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:36,600
Speaker 1: a little bit. I feel like this this Dodgers team

756
00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:38,799
Speaker 1: is kind of on the press of something big. You

757
00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:41,919
Speaker 1: never know, And like what I always say about postseason

758
00:35:42,080 --> 00:35:46,280
Speaker 1: in all sports, but specifically in baseball, anything goes, anything

759
00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:48,839
Speaker 1: can happen. It's a crapshoe. So when the Dodgers got

760
00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:51,320
Speaker 1: in it, we're like, Okay, let's hit the reset button.

761
00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:53,560
Speaker 1: Let's see what they can do. You never know with

762
00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:56,239
Speaker 1: Clayton Kershaw, as we've seen in previous years, he could

763
00:35:56,239 --> 00:35:59,880
Speaker 1: be off his game and unreliable in the playoffs. Or

764
00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:01,759
Speaker 1: he can go out and pitch like he pitched in

765
00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:04,319
Speaker 1: Game two against the Braves and be lights out and

766
00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:08,480
Speaker 1: throw a shutout. And some guys can just turn it on.

767
00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:11,719
Speaker 1: You just don't know what could happen. I think what

768
00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:14,360
Speaker 1: I love is so much it's about the adrenaline for

769
00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:17,000
Speaker 1: these players. They get their moment to shine and the

770
00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:19,799
Speaker 1: lights are so bright in the playoffs that they really

771
00:36:19,840 --> 00:36:22,239
Speaker 1: step it up. You see who crumbles. You just never

772
00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:24,399
Speaker 1: know what it's going to be. And so we might

773
00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:26,960
Speaker 1: see that with the Dodgers against the Brewers, but we

774
00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:29,480
Speaker 1: might see the Brewers do something lights out too. So

775
00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:32,399
Speaker 1: we just don't know. But I can't wait for it, don't.

776
00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:34,960
Speaker 1: You don't know what to expect. And what I also

777
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:37,839
Speaker 1: love is just how the athletes in LA support each other.

778
00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:41,360
Speaker 1: You know, you have rampant Chargers rooting for the Dodgers

779
00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:44,239
Speaker 1: and vice first. It's so much fun. But let's get

780
00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:46,080
Speaker 1: into this Chargers team because I know you talked to

781
00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:48,759
Speaker 1: coach Lynn this week. What ad coach you have to

782
00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:51,760
Speaker 1: say to you? Well, I really was interested in talking

783
00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:55,960
Speaker 1: to him about Cleveland and the difference in the Cleveland

784
00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:59,720
Speaker 1: team we see right now this season in the Cleveland

785
00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:02,279
Speaker 1: team we've seen the past couple of years, because let's

786
00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:05,279
Speaker 1: be honest, Cleveland has been kind of the butt of

787
00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:08,120
Speaker 1: the NFL, like the joke. They have just been like,

788
00:37:08,719 --> 00:37:11,279
Speaker 1: you know, if you lose to Cleveland, like you're the gym,

789
00:37:11,719 --> 00:37:13,439
Speaker 1: you know, you don't want to be that team. They've

790
00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:15,919
Speaker 1: just been the laughings talk at the NFL for previous years.

791
00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:18,719
Speaker 1: And it's like been tough to watch them as just

792
00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:22,839
Speaker 1: a sports fan in general. But this year you see

793
00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:25,279
Speaker 1: a swag about them. And Coach mentioned this to me

794
00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:27,600
Speaker 1: when we were just talking. He was like, I don't

795
00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:31,120
Speaker 1: know if it started with Baker Mayfield. When that he started,

796
00:37:31,239 --> 00:37:33,239
Speaker 1: he brought this kind of swag to the team, and

797
00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:36,800
Speaker 1: now everyone's kind of like got a little like step

798
00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:39,200
Speaker 1: to him and they're having to be fun. I feel

799
00:37:39,239 --> 00:37:41,720
Speaker 1: like he was that final people. Yeah, maybe they needed

800
00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:44,400
Speaker 1: a Baker, and credit to him for doing that. But

801
00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:47,120
Speaker 1: he's a playmaker. But they also have some big pieces

802
00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:50,080
Speaker 1: on defense, and I'm really excited to see what this

803
00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:52,799
Speaker 1: team brings. So he knows that this is not the

804
00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:55,400
Speaker 1: team you want to overlook. They've got two wins, but

805
00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:57,520
Speaker 1: they're much better than that record. They've been really tightened

806
00:37:57,560 --> 00:38:01,800
Speaker 1: each and every game they've played. But I'm excited to see, uh,

807
00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:05,520
Speaker 1: like a veteran quarterback like phill Up a rookie quarterback

808
00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:08,080
Speaker 1: like Baker who's kind of wild and crazy. Both fell

809
00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:10,279
Speaker 1: up a little bit fiery, but fill up a little

810
00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:13,279
Speaker 1: bit more conservative experience. It's gonna be a really good game.

811
00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:15,920
Speaker 1: And then of course I'm going to Cleveland I mean,

812
00:38:16,080 --> 00:38:18,040
Speaker 1: I don't I've never been to that stadium, but I'm

813
00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:20,680
Speaker 1: sure that's gonna be just wild. So they're gonna be

814
00:38:20,719 --> 00:38:22,880
Speaker 1: a fun matchup, that's what he was saying. Is it

815
00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:25,120
Speaker 1: crazy you're fans or I went to a game there

816
00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:28,080
Speaker 1: about twelve years ago, and it doesn't matter if they're

817
00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:33,480
Speaker 1: Owen sixteen or sixteen and oh, but the fans are

818
00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:36,120
Speaker 1: always into it. They're they're very dedicated to their squad.

819
00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:39,640
Speaker 1: And I remember last year actually, when the Chargers were

820
00:38:40,080 --> 00:38:42,239
Speaker 1: on a roll towards the end of the year, that

821
00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:44,480
Speaker 1: game when the Browns came in. Don't if it was

822
00:38:44,719 --> 00:38:47,640
Speaker 1: thirteen or something, that game was concerted, right, Yeah, it

823
00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:50,920
Speaker 1: was nineteen to ten, And that was a concerting game

824
00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:53,680
Speaker 1: for these guys because they were playing much better than

825
00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:57,000
Speaker 1: and it's hard to say that like thirteen team, but

826
00:38:57,120 --> 00:38:58,719
Speaker 1: when you see the pieces they have, like guys like

827
00:38:58,760 --> 00:39:02,040
Speaker 1: Miles Garrett Ye defensive quarter like Greg Williams who's been

828
00:39:02,040 --> 00:39:06,359
Speaker 1: to a Super Bowl and all these pieces that football. Yeah, yeah,

829
00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:08,000
Speaker 1: Greg was here with the Ramps. He was with the

830
00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:10,200
Speaker 1: Redskins when I worked there in like oh four under

831
00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:14,120
Speaker 1: the Joe Gibbs two point. He's a great coach. So

832
00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:16,440
Speaker 1: they have the pieces on both sides of the football

833
00:39:16,520 --> 00:39:19,720
Speaker 1: and the coaches. Todd Haley comes over, So you mentioned

834
00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:21,560
Speaker 1: the fact that they are two two and one, they

835
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:25,000
Speaker 1: probably should be four one and one or they're in

836
00:39:25,040 --> 00:39:27,239
Speaker 1: every game. Yeah, every game, And that's what coach was saying.

837
00:39:27,239 --> 00:39:29,160
Speaker 1: He was like, this is a team that easily could

838
00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:32,200
Speaker 1: be four and one, Like, this is not a team that, oh,

839
00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:34,400
Speaker 1: they won two games, it's just another one will roll

840
00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:37,480
Speaker 1: pass like he was like, no, I'm like concerned about it.

841
00:39:37,520 --> 00:39:40,800
Speaker 1: But also he was very confident with what his team

842
00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:43,080
Speaker 1: has shown in the past few weeks. I think, like

843
00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:46,560
Speaker 1: it's been cool getting to know coach and getting to

844
00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:49,399
Speaker 1: see how he's relaxed a little bit over his first

845
00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:52,160
Speaker 1: year as an NFL head coach and now how confident

846
00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:54,440
Speaker 1: he is in this second year. He's a heck of

847
00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:57,200
Speaker 1: a leader. He's a great leader. He leads by example

848
00:39:57,360 --> 00:40:00,160
Speaker 1: in so many different ways. But now like getting to

849
00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:02,560
Speaker 1: talk with him and how he talks about his players,

850
00:40:02,560 --> 00:40:04,320
Speaker 1: Like we just heard into the press conference he was

851
00:40:04,360 --> 00:40:07,120
Speaker 1: talking about Derwin James and how like he's like I

852
00:40:07,160 --> 00:40:08,960
Speaker 1: love him, I love it, And I loved how he

853
00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:11,080
Speaker 1: opens up now and can talk about his players, and

854
00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:15,000
Speaker 1: he's looser and he's really really, really proud of this group.

855
00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:17,000
Speaker 1: And I think that shows on the field too, And

856
00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:19,520
Speaker 1: I think these guys are making smarter decisions. I think

857
00:40:19,520 --> 00:40:22,759
Speaker 1: they're making less mistakes the more this team plays, and

858
00:40:22,800 --> 00:40:24,799
Speaker 1: I'm really excited to see what they do against a

859
00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:27,960
Speaker 1: really good opponent. It is and speaking of that good opponent,

860
00:40:28,120 --> 00:40:30,840
Speaker 1: they've taken the ball away fifteen times. And you mentioned

861
00:40:30,840 --> 00:40:33,000
Speaker 1: how Philip Rivers is taking care of the football thirteen

862
00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:36,320
Speaker 1: touchdowns just two interceptions. This team, there was a shift

863
00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:39,319
Speaker 1: last year and we talked about coach Lyn and really

864
00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:41,400
Speaker 1: changing the culture of the team. Yeah, I think all

865
00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:44,120
Speaker 1: these guys are believing, but also they have made a

866
00:40:44,120 --> 00:40:46,600
Speaker 1: concerted effort to just take care of the football. They've

867
00:40:46,680 --> 00:40:48,400
Speaker 1: taken care of the football, and when they do that,

868
00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:50,719
Speaker 1: they win football games. Yeah, and that's what coach was saying.

869
00:40:50,760 --> 00:40:52,799
Speaker 1: He was like, I'm not concerned about how good this

870
00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:55,799
Speaker 1: defense is, because as long as we are still doing

871
00:40:55,840 --> 00:40:57,960
Speaker 1: what we need to do on offense like they've done

872
00:40:57,960 --> 00:41:01,600
Speaker 1: all season long, not getting those turnovers and taking care

873
00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:04,080
Speaker 1: of the football, not getting stacked. As long as we

874
00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:07,840
Speaker 1: do those things, what it's not gonna matter, we'll be fine.

875
00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:11,040
Speaker 1: But if we let them break our game plan, then

876
00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:13,439
Speaker 1: they run into trouble. So it's so much about that.

877
00:41:13,480 --> 00:41:16,480
Speaker 1: But I liked listening to Wizzen Hunt and what he

878
00:41:16,600 --> 00:41:19,680
Speaker 1: was saying about credit to the O line. Coach was

879
00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:23,080
Speaker 1: Lynn was talking about that too, great, just great chemistry

880
00:41:23,120 --> 00:41:26,440
Speaker 1: on that line. Guys have been really great, and so

881
00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:29,200
Speaker 1: I'm excited to see, you know, how they do that.

882
00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:32,160
Speaker 1: If that really how much I think the defense will

883
00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:34,520
Speaker 1: test them this week, I'm excited to see how it'll go.

884
00:41:34,640 --> 00:41:38,760
Speaker 1: All right, So let's let's leave your schedule for October wild, right. Yeah,

885
00:41:38,800 --> 00:41:40,880
Speaker 1: So first of all, you guys have the show on

886
00:41:40,960 --> 00:41:44,240
Speaker 1: Saturday Night YEA with Shawn Merriman, and it's so blast

887
00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:47,719
Speaker 1: Saturday Night Sports, and uh yeah, I love being a

888
00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:50,080
Speaker 1: part of that show just to get to talk about

889
00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:52,440
Speaker 1: a little bit of everything. We talk college football, we

890
00:41:52,480 --> 00:41:56,120
Speaker 1: talk NFL. It's really a football focus show. But I

891
00:41:56,160 --> 00:41:58,920
Speaker 1: love hanging out, of course with Rob Fukuzaki because he's

892
00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:01,400
Speaker 1: just the best if you know him. Um, but Sean

893
00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:04,640
Speaker 1: Merriman is awesome, He's the best. I love how um

894
00:42:04,880 --> 00:42:08,719
Speaker 1: he can talk about his career, bring up stories, things

895
00:42:08,760 --> 00:42:11,279
Speaker 1: that happen to him things that continue to happen with

896
00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:14,480
Speaker 1: him now in his retirement. He is just an open book.

897
00:42:14,640 --> 00:42:17,319
Speaker 1: He's funny as heck, and he's just a cool dude.

898
00:42:17,320 --> 00:42:19,560
Speaker 1: And so I love having him in studio. So that's

899
00:42:19,560 --> 00:42:22,160
Speaker 1: a blast. So I do that. On Saturday Sunday, I'm

900
00:42:22,239 --> 00:42:25,480
Speaker 1: usually at a game, depending on which teams in town. Um,

901
00:42:25,520 --> 00:42:27,919
Speaker 1: and then I host my Sunday Night sports show on

902
00:42:27,960 --> 00:42:31,120
Speaker 1: Sunday nights. So that's really busy. Hashtag What's brewing? Hit

903
00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:34,600
Speaker 1: me up? Um. And then during the week, every day

904
00:42:34,680 --> 00:42:36,440
Speaker 1: is different. I never know what I'm gonna cover, but

905
00:42:36,480 --> 00:42:40,360
Speaker 1: I'm always down for whatever. It's a blast night. H No,

906
00:42:40,400 --> 00:42:43,799
Speaker 1: because I'm gonna be in London. Oh, that's right with

907
00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:46,120
Speaker 1: the home opener? Is the is it? Is it Tuesday?

908
00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:49,439
Speaker 1: The Rockets? I forget. I'm probably gonna have to beg

909
00:42:49,520 --> 00:42:52,719
Speaker 1: to let them, like let me work extra, because I mean,

910
00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:55,560
Speaker 1: I'm working so much right now where they're like, actually

911
00:42:55,600 --> 00:42:57,680
Speaker 1: you need a day off, like it's the rules, like

912
00:42:57,760 --> 00:42:59,360
Speaker 1: you have to take a day off, and I'm like,

913
00:42:59,520 --> 00:43:01,480
Speaker 1: I don't want to. I want to cover the Dodgers

914
00:43:01,480 --> 00:43:02,879
Speaker 1: and I want to go to London and I want

915
00:43:02,880 --> 00:43:05,919
Speaker 1: to do this and this. Um I right now am

916
00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:08,919
Speaker 1: like great with sacrificing sleep. I don't care. I don't

917
00:43:08,920 --> 00:43:11,600
Speaker 1: need it right now, Like I'm so, I'm fine, And

918
00:43:11,640 --> 00:43:13,759
Speaker 1: like in my personal life, I don't have anything going

919
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:16,040
Speaker 1: on at all. All I do is work and that's

920
00:43:16,040 --> 00:43:18,600
Speaker 1: for me, that's what I want. So I'm loving it.

921
00:43:18,640 --> 00:43:21,080
Speaker 1: I'm having a blast and to me, like, this is

922
00:43:21,080 --> 00:43:23,320
Speaker 1: why I'm a sportscaster, this is what it's all about.

923
00:43:23,360 --> 00:43:28,960
Speaker 1: So I went this summer. Actually I had no idea

924
00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:31,680
Speaker 1: that I was going to get to go this football season. Um,

925
00:43:31,840 --> 00:43:34,319
Speaker 1: I went over summer. I was there, Me and my

926
00:43:34,360 --> 00:43:37,200
Speaker 1: best friend took a trip to Europe. We'd both never

927
00:43:37,239 --> 00:43:39,800
Speaker 1: been and we were like, let's just go to Europe.

928
00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:42,799
Speaker 1: Why not? So we went to London for five days

929
00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:44,360
Speaker 1: and then we went to the south of France for

930
00:43:44,400 --> 00:43:48,279
Speaker 1: five days, which was I know. I was like, this

931
00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:50,440
Speaker 1: is my one big vacation for the year. I was like,

932
00:43:50,480 --> 00:43:52,120
Speaker 1: I don't know if I'm really ever going to get

933
00:43:52,200 --> 00:43:53,759
Speaker 1: much time to do this. While it turns out a

934
00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:56,839
Speaker 1: few months later I get another chance. Um. It was

935
00:43:57,000 --> 00:44:00,640
Speaker 1: such a blast. We were walking around town in London

936
00:44:00,840 --> 00:44:05,120
Speaker 1: every day all day, just doing all the historical stuff,

937
00:44:05,120 --> 00:44:08,719
Speaker 1: going to museums, going to cool spots, um, eating a ton,

938
00:44:09,320 --> 00:44:12,480
Speaker 1: having a blast. It was so much fun and without

939
00:44:12,520 --> 00:44:14,960
Speaker 1: the France was just like chilling. Yeah, because first of all,

940
00:44:14,960 --> 00:44:16,839
Speaker 1: can we get an NFL game in the south of France? Yeah,

941
00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:19,760
Speaker 1: I would really appreciate that. Like is there a stadium

942
00:44:19,760 --> 00:44:24,080
Speaker 1: in Nice, France? I don't know, but I'll be there. Oh.

943
00:44:25,160 --> 00:44:26,879
Speaker 1: I was like, can we get an NFL franchise there?

944
00:44:26,920 --> 00:44:29,480
Speaker 1: And like pasta, let's go there. You can eat all

945
00:44:29,520 --> 00:44:33,520
Speaker 1: the pasta pizza and heck yeah. So London, what are

946
00:44:33,520 --> 00:44:35,120
Speaker 1: we doing? What are the what are the sites? What's

947
00:44:35,120 --> 00:44:38,560
Speaker 1: going on there? So we tour to castle and I'm

948
00:44:38,600 --> 00:44:40,719
Speaker 1: so bad, I need to remember the names. I'm like

949
00:44:40,800 --> 00:44:43,520
Speaker 1: so bad with this. My best friend was more the

950
00:44:43,560 --> 00:44:45,799
Speaker 1: tour guide and I'm like, tell me where to go

951
00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:48,360
Speaker 1: and we'll go. But we went to like Kensington's Palace,

952
00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:52,600
Speaker 1: which was really cool. We went to different parks, um,

953
00:44:52,640 --> 00:44:55,279
Speaker 1: different areas of town that were really popular. We did

954
00:44:55,280 --> 00:44:58,360
Speaker 1: the shopping, but like, I'm all about the food, so

955
00:44:58,880 --> 00:45:01,840
Speaker 1: we will go to great restaurants. Already have like a list.

956
00:45:01,920 --> 00:45:04,080
Speaker 1: I'm already good. I've already talked to Jason, the head

957
00:45:04,080 --> 00:45:07,799
Speaker 1: of production about like Hey, we got to try the sushi. Um,

958
00:45:08,080 --> 00:45:09,840
Speaker 1: we will hit all of them up. It's going to

959
00:45:09,920 --> 00:45:12,040
Speaker 1: be so much fun. I'm looking forward to seeing Wembley

960
00:45:12,080 --> 00:45:14,000
Speaker 1: Stadium because I have no idea what that's going to be. Like.

961
00:45:14,080 --> 00:45:17,080
Speaker 1: One of the things I interviewed Neil Reynolds uh and

962
00:45:17,160 --> 00:45:20,000
Speaker 1: he's he works as Sky Sports last year, right when

963
00:45:20,040 --> 00:45:22,040
Speaker 1: the schedule came out, and he was talking about just

964
00:45:22,600 --> 00:45:26,680
Speaker 1: the fans there. They embrace, yes, all the teams, like

965
00:45:26,719 --> 00:45:29,720
Speaker 1: you're gonna see jerseys from like all thirty two NFL

966
00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:32,799
Speaker 1: teams in the stands. They stay till the end. They're

967
00:45:32,800 --> 00:45:35,759
Speaker 1: really into it. Oh yeah, It's just gonna be a

968
00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:37,520
Speaker 1: little bit of a different vibe than what you get

969
00:45:37,560 --> 00:45:39,320
Speaker 1: in the States. Totally. I just think it could be

970
00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:41,240
Speaker 1: so much fun to watch. Whenever I would meet people

971
00:45:41,400 --> 00:45:44,480
Speaker 1: and like I would be out places, restaurants, bars, whatever,

972
00:45:44,520 --> 00:45:46,520
Speaker 1: and people would ask what I what I do back

973
00:45:46,520 --> 00:45:48,560
Speaker 1: in America, I'd be like, oh, I'm a I'm a

974
00:45:48,560 --> 00:45:51,160
Speaker 1: sportscast and they were like what is that? And I

975
00:45:51,200 --> 00:45:53,200
Speaker 1: was like, I'm a sports host and they were like, oh,

976
00:45:53,280 --> 00:45:56,880
Speaker 1: like a presenter present a presenter? So do you present

977
00:45:57,080 --> 00:45:59,920
Speaker 1: on football? And they thought and they were talking about soccer,

978
00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:01,759
Speaker 1: and I'm like, to be honest, no, I like never

979
00:46:01,840 --> 00:46:04,719
Speaker 1: cover I've never cover soccer, thank goodness, because I'm not

980
00:46:04,920 --> 00:46:07,719
Speaker 1: very I'm not great at soccer. Um. But then I

981
00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:10,439
Speaker 1: was talking with my buddy Scott Hanson about it, who's

982
00:46:10,480 --> 00:46:12,799
Speaker 1: on the NFL network and does red Zone, and he

983
00:46:12,960 --> 00:46:17,720
Speaker 1: said that he has like so many fans from London

984
00:46:17,880 --> 00:46:20,600
Speaker 1: and from the UK fans over there that are obsessed

985
00:46:20,640 --> 00:46:24,040
Speaker 1: with red Zone, and so he's like, they know they're football,

986
00:46:24,080 --> 00:46:27,600
Speaker 1: like they're very, very into NFL. And so he's like, yeah,

987
00:46:27,600 --> 00:46:29,960
Speaker 1: you go to those games. They know exactly who the

988
00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:33,640
Speaker 1: players are. They have fan clubs on specific teams and players.

989
00:46:33,640 --> 00:46:36,239
Speaker 1: So I'm excited to see and meet people and get

990
00:46:36,280 --> 00:46:39,239
Speaker 1: to know, uh kind of them and how they feel

991
00:46:39,239 --> 00:46:42,320
Speaker 1: about NFL. There's some Chargers fans over there too, actually,

992
00:46:42,320 --> 00:46:44,120
Speaker 1: so we've reached out about you know, hey, when you

993
00:46:44,120 --> 00:46:46,040
Speaker 1: guys get in town, let us know what's going on.

994
00:46:46,120 --> 00:46:50,480
Speaker 1: So I'm looking forward to me. Actually, this was fun.

995
00:46:50,520 --> 00:46:53,239
Speaker 1: We got to do more often and go Dodgers and

996
00:46:53,560 --> 00:46:55,480
Speaker 1: we'll see in London. Thank you so much for having me,

997
00:46:55,520 --> 00:46:58,520
Speaker 1: love chatting. Thanks all right, We'll get to Marcus Grant

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Speaker 1: All right now joined on the line by NFL Networks

1016
00:47:52,680 --> 00:47:54,879
Speaker 1: Marcus Grant, and Marcus is going to do his best

1017
00:47:54,880 --> 00:47:57,840
Speaker 1: to get your fantasy squad ready for Week six? Marcus,

1018
00:47:57,840 --> 00:48:00,279
Speaker 1: how are you my friend? Fantastic Chris, good to talk

1019
00:48:00,320 --> 00:48:03,040
Speaker 1: to you again, you two man, How's how's the fantasy

1020
00:48:03,080 --> 00:48:05,759
Speaker 1: season treating you thus far? As we enter week six?

1021
00:48:06,360 --> 00:48:08,719
Speaker 1: You know what I have to say selfishly, it's been great,

1022
00:48:08,840 --> 00:48:11,520
Speaker 1: Like most of my teams are doing really well. I've

1023
00:48:11,560 --> 00:48:14,239
Speaker 1: been playoff contention to the first with five six weeks

1024
00:48:14,239 --> 00:48:17,000
Speaker 1: of the season. So, uh, you know, things have been

1025
00:48:17,040 --> 00:48:19,719
Speaker 1: better than not so I said selfishly, I am love

1026
00:48:19,760 --> 00:48:21,879
Speaker 1: in life right now. Well that's good. I mean that's

1027
00:48:21,920 --> 00:48:25,200
Speaker 1: a good sign for our listeners who submitted questions, and

1028
00:48:25,480 --> 00:48:28,279
Speaker 1: you know, we're about like thirty thirty five percent through

1029
00:48:28,360 --> 00:48:31,799
Speaker 1: the fantasy season. Before we get into these questions, would

1030
00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:35,399
Speaker 1: have been the biggest takeaways, trends, etc. That have caught

1031
00:48:35,400 --> 00:48:38,799
Speaker 1: your eye? Well, obviously, you know this year has you know,

1032
00:48:38,840 --> 00:48:41,160
Speaker 1: no surprise. It has been all about the passing games.

1033
00:48:41,200 --> 00:48:44,000
Speaker 1: And we came into the season thinking that this was

1034
00:48:44,040 --> 00:48:46,600
Speaker 1: maybe the deepest quarterback year we had seen in a

1035
00:48:46,640 --> 00:48:49,480
Speaker 1: long time, and so far that's proven to be true.

1036
00:48:49,480 --> 00:48:52,800
Speaker 1: I mean, obviously, some of the big names have performed well,

1037
00:48:52,880 --> 00:48:54,359
Speaker 1: you know, the guys that we thought would play well,

1038
00:48:54,440 --> 00:48:56,759
Speaker 1: Drew Brees, the Shawn Watson, you know, and then you

1039
00:48:56,800 --> 00:48:59,200
Speaker 1: got guys like Patrick Mahomes who have just you know,

1040
00:48:59,360 --> 00:49:02,120
Speaker 1: we thought he could be okay, nobody imagined he would

1041
00:49:02,120 --> 00:49:03,960
Speaker 1: be doing what he has done through the first five

1042
00:49:04,000 --> 00:49:06,359
Speaker 1: weeks of the season. So I would say that if

1043
00:49:06,360 --> 00:49:09,319
Speaker 1: you have been relying on wide receivers, quarterbacks and pass

1044
00:49:09,320 --> 00:49:11,839
Speaker 1: catching running backs, then things have gone pretty well for

1045
00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:15,080
Speaker 1: you this year, no doubt. Yeah, Patrick Mahomes leading the

1046
00:49:15,160 --> 00:49:18,080
Speaker 1: league in touchdowns. Philip Rivers right behind him with thirteen.

1047
00:49:18,200 --> 00:49:20,480
Speaker 1: But listen, Marcus, we've got a ton of questions. Let's

1048
00:49:20,520 --> 00:49:23,480
Speaker 1: get right to him. Danny on Twitter, he wants to

1049
00:49:23,520 --> 00:49:26,640
Speaker 1: know if he should start Mike Williams at the flex

1050
00:49:26,760 --> 00:49:29,200
Speaker 1: this week against the Cleveland Browns. He's at a full

1051
00:49:29,280 --> 00:49:31,920
Speaker 1: point PPR league, so it's tough because you don't know

1052
00:49:31,920 --> 00:49:34,440
Speaker 1: who he's got on his roster. But but Mike Williams

1053
00:49:34,520 --> 00:49:37,640
Speaker 1: a potential candidate to have a big game on Sunday. Yeah,

1054
00:49:37,640 --> 00:49:39,839
Speaker 1: he absolutely is. And you know, he was a guy

1055
00:49:39,840 --> 00:49:41,800
Speaker 1: that we liked this year coming in as a sleeper,

1056
00:49:41,800 --> 00:49:44,680
Speaker 1: and he has certainly lived up to those expectations, you know,

1057
00:49:44,760 --> 00:49:48,240
Speaker 1: as he has grown and gotten more comfortable in that offense,

1058
00:49:48,320 --> 00:49:51,600
Speaker 1: it's obvious that Philip Rivers has some trust in him.

1059
00:49:51,800 --> 00:49:54,280
Speaker 1: The only concern I have is that miss Brown's defense,

1060
00:49:54,320 --> 00:49:56,759
Speaker 1: it's not your big brothers Brown's defense. You know, like

1061
00:49:56,800 --> 00:49:59,319
Speaker 1: this group has gotten better. Miles Garrett has been a

1062
00:49:59,360 --> 00:50:01,560
Speaker 1: one man record and Crewe Denzel Ward has shown that

1063
00:50:01,600 --> 00:50:04,319
Speaker 1: he is a playmaker in that secondary. So that would

1064
00:50:04,320 --> 00:50:06,760
Speaker 1: be my only concern. But the way the Chargers offense

1065
00:50:06,800 --> 00:50:09,960
Speaker 1: has operated, there's so many things for the Cleveland brown

1066
00:50:10,080 --> 00:50:12,680
Speaker 1: to occupy themselves with that it does open some potential

1067
00:50:12,920 --> 00:50:15,400
Speaker 1: for Mike Williams to get some targets. Yep. And you

1068
00:50:15,400 --> 00:50:17,840
Speaker 1: know Mike Williams six four two twenty, He's gonna be

1069
00:50:17,880 --> 00:50:20,200
Speaker 1: a mismatch on a lot of corners. But to your point,

1070
00:50:20,280 --> 00:50:24,040
Speaker 1: Denzel Ward's Marius Randall, Peppers and company. They're doing some

1071
00:50:24,080 --> 00:50:27,560
Speaker 1: work there in Cleveland. Luise wants to know if the

1072
00:50:27,640 --> 00:50:31,280
Speaker 1: Chargers defense is a good matchup against the Cleveland Browns offense.

1073
00:50:31,719 --> 00:50:34,000
Speaker 1: And you know, based on last week they only put

1074
00:50:34,040 --> 00:50:36,759
Speaker 1: up twelve points. You go the week before putting up

1075
00:50:36,800 --> 00:50:39,960
Speaker 1: forty two against the Raiders. I believe, yeah, you know,

1076
00:50:40,200 --> 00:50:42,520
Speaker 1: I think the ups and downs of the Browns can

1077
00:50:42,560 --> 00:50:45,040
Speaker 1: help the Chargers here because if Baker Mayfield has been

1078
00:50:45,040 --> 00:50:47,320
Speaker 1: a lot of fun to watch, he's exciting. He's definitely

1079
00:50:47,400 --> 00:50:50,120
Speaker 1: the future at the quarterback position for the Browns, but

1080
00:50:50,680 --> 00:50:52,879
Speaker 1: for the Chargers, you look at it and you think,

1081
00:50:52,880 --> 00:50:55,600
Speaker 1: this is a guy who sometimes gets greedy and sometimes

1082
00:50:55,600 --> 00:50:57,399
Speaker 1: he wants to go for that home run. And you've

1083
00:50:57,400 --> 00:50:59,640
Speaker 1: got guys in that secondary who are ballhawking and who

1084
00:50:59,640 --> 00:51:01,520
Speaker 1: could get after it a little bit. So you know,

1085
00:51:01,640 --> 00:51:04,680
Speaker 1: for a fantasy defense to succeed, generally, you need sacks

1086
00:51:04,880 --> 00:51:06,759
Speaker 1: and you need turnovers. So if they can get after

1087
00:51:06,840 --> 00:51:09,480
Speaker 1: Mayfield from the front seven, and if those guys can

1088
00:51:09,520 --> 00:51:11,799
Speaker 1: force him into some bad decisions and make some play,

1089
00:51:12,280 --> 00:51:13,719
Speaker 1: I think that's something to keep an eye on. So

1090
00:51:13,719 --> 00:51:16,200
Speaker 1: I would give the Chargers defense to spend this week. Yeah,

1091
00:51:16,200 --> 00:51:18,960
Speaker 1: Melvin Ingram had a sack last week, and Baker Mayfield

1092
00:51:19,239 --> 00:51:21,319
Speaker 1: was sacked by the Ravens, I believe five times. And

1093
00:51:21,600 --> 00:51:23,439
Speaker 1: to your point about giving up the ball, he's giving

1094
00:51:23,480 --> 00:51:25,359
Speaker 1: up the ball three times, one for a pick six

1095
00:51:25,400 --> 00:51:28,080
Speaker 1: against the Raiders, So you never know. It'll be nice

1096
00:51:28,080 --> 00:51:30,200
Speaker 1: once Joey Bosa gets back. But I think Melvin Ingram

1097
00:51:30,200 --> 00:51:33,040
Speaker 1: can certainly pick up the load here this week. All right,

1098
00:51:33,239 --> 00:51:36,960
Speaker 1: pick two. This is from Jay Austin Eckler, Philip Lindsay

1099
00:51:37,239 --> 00:51:42,920
Speaker 1: or Hines at the Jets. Some intriguing matchups here, Marcus, Yeah, absolutely. Look,

1100
00:51:42,960 --> 00:51:45,120
Speaker 1: I have been a big fan of Austin Eckler all

1101
00:51:45,160 --> 00:51:47,120
Speaker 1: season long. You know, we thought he was kind of

1102
00:51:47,120 --> 00:51:50,319
Speaker 1: a sleeper coming into this year. He's certainly exceeded my

1103
00:51:50,440 --> 00:51:54,120
Speaker 1: expectation and obviously if obviously Philip Rivers trust him and

1104
00:51:54,160 --> 00:51:56,080
Speaker 1: they have him doing a big thing in that offense there,

1105
00:51:56,120 --> 00:51:58,680
Speaker 1: So I definitely would roll with him this week. Philip

1106
00:51:58,680 --> 00:52:00,680
Speaker 1: Lindsay kind of the same thing. I mean, nobody talked

1107
00:52:00,719 --> 00:52:04,320
Speaker 1: about him. Everybody talked about Royce Freeman in that Denver backfield,

1108
00:52:04,400 --> 00:52:06,720
Speaker 1: and so he and Lindsay has come out and surprised

1109
00:52:06,719 --> 00:52:09,360
Speaker 1: a lot of people and really you know, asserted himself.

1110
00:52:09,360 --> 00:52:12,040
Speaker 1: So he's another guy that I would trust Hines to slay. Well.

1111
00:52:12,360 --> 00:52:14,399
Speaker 1: I think the reason I would sit him this week though,

1112
00:52:14,400 --> 00:52:17,600
Speaker 1: is because there's so much confusion in that backfield. Marlon

1113
00:52:17,719 --> 00:52:20,880
Speaker 1: Mack is expected back, Robert Turbin is healthy again, Jordan

1114
00:52:20,960 --> 00:52:23,880
Speaker 1: Wilkins is still there. So there's just it's just cloudy

1115
00:52:23,920 --> 00:52:26,480
Speaker 1: as to how the cults are going to split up

1116
00:52:26,480 --> 00:52:29,000
Speaker 1: the division of labor there. So of those three guys,

1117
00:52:29,160 --> 00:52:30,800
Speaker 1: Hines is the one I would keep on my bench.

1118
00:52:31,080 --> 00:52:34,239
Speaker 1: You know, Eckler has been fantastic and limited touches. Do

1119
00:52:34,280 --> 00:52:37,160
Speaker 1: you would all get concerned with players like that that

1120
00:52:37,200 --> 00:52:39,880
Speaker 1: are really efficient but don't have a ton of touches.

1121
00:52:40,160 --> 00:52:42,640
Speaker 1: You just have to really roll the dice in hope

1122
00:52:42,680 --> 00:52:45,200
Speaker 1: that you know, with the seven to ten touches that

1123
00:52:45,239 --> 00:52:46,919
Speaker 1: they get that they're going to do something with him,

1124
00:52:47,520 --> 00:52:49,600
Speaker 1: you do, you know, there's always a concern about that,

1125
00:52:49,680 --> 00:52:51,959
Speaker 1: but so far, you know, he hasn't let us down,

1126
00:52:52,000 --> 00:52:53,879
Speaker 1: and so I think as long as you just kind

1127
00:52:53,880 --> 00:52:56,279
Speaker 1: of keep getting that production. And honestly, it's one of

1128
00:52:56,320 --> 00:52:58,719
Speaker 1: those things where I looked at Austin Ekeler and I

1129
00:52:58,760 --> 00:53:00,879
Speaker 1: think the eye test for me sort of wins out

1130
00:53:00,960 --> 00:53:03,799
Speaker 1: over what the numbers say because of how they're using him.

1131
00:53:03,840 --> 00:53:06,040
Speaker 1: That they're getting him out in space, they're getting him

1132
00:53:06,040 --> 00:53:08,480
Speaker 1: the ball downfield. I mean, he's catching passes. We've seen

1133
00:53:08,520 --> 00:53:11,360
Speaker 1: him kind of run downfield as an actual receiver instead

1134
00:53:11,360 --> 00:53:13,520
Speaker 1: of just an outlet pass. So this is one where

1135
00:53:13,520 --> 00:53:15,920
Speaker 1: the numbers, I understand, could make you a little bit nervous,

1136
00:53:15,920 --> 00:53:18,399
Speaker 1: but just the eye test and watching him play and

1137
00:53:18,400 --> 00:53:21,040
Speaker 1: watching his usage gives you a little more confidence week

1138
00:53:21,080 --> 00:53:24,520
Speaker 1: after week. All Right, David's got a trade question for you.

1139
00:53:24,719 --> 00:53:27,520
Speaker 1: Should he trade Sony Michelle for Cooper Cup? It's a

1140
00:53:27,520 --> 00:53:30,319
Speaker 1: half point PPR says he's got the running back depth

1141
00:53:30,320 --> 00:53:33,239
Speaker 1: he's week at wide receiver. Sony Michelle coming on lately

1142
00:53:33,320 --> 00:53:36,399
Speaker 1: though he is, Absolutely but I would like that. I'd

1143
00:53:36,400 --> 00:53:38,600
Speaker 1: like that trade simply because of how he framed it,

1144
00:53:38,640 --> 00:53:40,759
Speaker 1: because I know people when they make trade, they want

1145
00:53:40,760 --> 00:53:42,439
Speaker 1: to see if they win the trade, if they get

1146
00:53:42,440 --> 00:53:45,600
Speaker 1: the better end of the deal. And from my perspective,

1147
00:53:45,880 --> 00:53:48,239
Speaker 1: you want a trade to fill a spot of meat,

1148
00:53:48,280 --> 00:53:50,959
Speaker 1: and sometimes you gotta give up something to get something back.

1149
00:53:51,000 --> 00:53:53,480
Speaker 1: So knowing that he's deep at running back, that he

1150
00:53:53,520 --> 00:53:55,759
Speaker 1: can afford to spare a guy like Sony Michelle and

1151
00:53:55,840 --> 00:53:58,880
Speaker 1: get something back like Cooper Cup, who's been super productive

1152
00:53:58,920 --> 00:54:00,880
Speaker 1: this year, I think that's how you want to approach

1153
00:54:00,920 --> 00:54:02,880
Speaker 1: a trade. So in that respect, I have no problems

1154
00:54:02,880 --> 00:54:05,479
Speaker 1: with that deal at all. Let's get to Greg two

1155
00:54:05,600 --> 00:54:08,480
Speaker 1: very clear cut decisions. He's got to make Rivers in

1156
00:54:08,560 --> 00:54:12,560
Speaker 1: Cleveland or Brady in Kansas or versus Kansas City rather,

1157
00:54:12,840 --> 00:54:16,160
Speaker 1: and then at tight end Jordan Reed versus Carolina or

1158
00:54:16,200 --> 00:54:19,719
Speaker 1: George Kittle Monday Night in Green Bay. Well, I would

1159
00:54:19,760 --> 00:54:23,160
Speaker 1: definitely go with Tom Brady here. I said. Rivers has

1160
00:54:23,200 --> 00:54:25,560
Speaker 1: been playing well, absolutely, but it's just that Kansas City

1161
00:54:25,560 --> 00:54:28,600
Speaker 1: defense has been awful this year, and so in that respect,

1162
00:54:28,640 --> 00:54:30,960
Speaker 1: I think Tom Brady has the upper hand, just because

1163
00:54:31,000 --> 00:54:32,640
Speaker 1: I think it's a game that will be a high

1164
00:54:32,640 --> 00:54:34,839
Speaker 1: scoring one back and forth, So that's where I would go.

1165
00:54:35,360 --> 00:54:37,879
Speaker 1: Tight End has been such a headache for so many

1166
00:54:37,960 --> 00:54:40,880
Speaker 1: people this year, but I like George Kittle. Yeah, it's

1167
00:54:40,880 --> 00:54:43,399
Speaker 1: been awful, but I like George Kittle. He's been He's

1168
00:54:43,560 --> 00:54:46,400
Speaker 1: super athletic. We've seen him play well, and you know,

1169
00:54:46,520 --> 00:54:50,719
Speaker 1: his production hasn't really dropped off when Jimmy Garoppolo got hurt.

1170
00:54:50,760 --> 00:54:52,400
Speaker 1: I think a lot of us worried that everything was

1171
00:54:52,440 --> 00:54:55,720
Speaker 1: going to fall apart when Garoppolo went out. But Kittle

1172
00:54:55,760 --> 00:54:58,000
Speaker 1: has been kind of a safety blanket for c. J.

1173
00:54:58,200 --> 00:55:01,600
Speaker 1: Bethar and his athleticism help him to be productive after

1174
00:55:01,640 --> 00:55:04,719
Speaker 1: the catch. You know, I think the Niners will be

1175
00:55:04,719 --> 00:55:07,440
Speaker 1: playing from behind, most likely against the Packers on Monday Night,

1176
00:55:07,480 --> 00:55:08,920
Speaker 1: which means they're gonna have to throw the ball a

1177
00:55:08,960 --> 00:55:10,799
Speaker 1: lot more. You know, and if you're into the whole

1178
00:55:10,840 --> 00:55:14,160
Speaker 1: weird narrative thing. CJ. Bessard and George Kittle were roommates

1179
00:55:14,440 --> 00:55:16,440
Speaker 1: at the University of Iowa, so maybe they've got some

1180
00:55:16,480 --> 00:55:18,520
Speaker 1: sort of a friendship going there. You go, they got

1181
00:55:18,640 --> 00:55:20,479
Speaker 1: they got that rapport go, and we saw it here

1182
00:55:20,640 --> 00:55:22,400
Speaker 1: in Los Angeles a couple of weeks ago on that

1183
00:55:22,520 --> 00:55:26,200
Speaker 1: eighty plus yard touchdown pass from Bethroom Kittle. So Kittle

1184
00:55:26,239 --> 00:55:28,239
Speaker 1: coming on strong. I think Reid burned a lot of

1185
00:55:28,239 --> 00:55:30,799
Speaker 1: people on Monday Night as well. So let's get to

1186
00:55:30,880 --> 00:55:33,480
Speaker 1: my guy, Mike Trudell, the Lakers reporter. He's got a

1187
00:55:33,520 --> 00:55:37,560
Speaker 1: lot of questions Marcus. First of all, PPR flex Okay,

1188
00:55:37,600 --> 00:55:41,560
Speaker 1: he's got Watkins, Sammy Watkins, he's got Davis home to

1189
00:55:41,600 --> 00:55:45,480
Speaker 1: Baltimore or Philip Lindsay versus the Rams. Let's tackle that

1190
00:55:45,520 --> 00:55:49,040
Speaker 1: one first. You know what, I'm gonna go with Sammy Watkins.

1191
00:55:49,080 --> 00:55:50,959
Speaker 1: And this, I would say, Chris, this is a moment

1192
00:55:50,960 --> 00:55:53,239
Speaker 1: of growth for me because back in August I was

1193
00:55:53,600 --> 00:55:56,600
Speaker 1: on the never Sammy Watkins train. He disappointed me so

1194
00:55:56,640 --> 00:55:58,520
Speaker 1: many years that I had just kind of bailed out.

1195
00:55:58,920 --> 00:56:01,200
Speaker 1: But I have to admit the last few weeks kind

1196
00:56:01,200 --> 00:56:04,080
Speaker 1: of watching him. It looks like he's found an offense

1197
00:56:04,160 --> 00:56:06,600
Speaker 1: that fits his skills that Andy Reid knows what to

1198
00:56:06,640 --> 00:56:08,840
Speaker 1: do with him. On top of it, they're not asking

1199
00:56:08,920 --> 00:56:11,279
Speaker 1: him to carry the offense like they were expecting him

1200
00:56:11,280 --> 00:56:13,600
Speaker 1: to do in Buffalo, and even with the Rams for

1201
00:56:13,640 --> 00:56:16,200
Speaker 1: that year, he doesn't have that pressure on him, so

1202
00:56:16,239 --> 00:56:18,520
Speaker 1: he can go out and produce he got. He's not

1203
00:56:18,600 --> 00:56:20,919
Speaker 1: drawing a ton of attention. And again, I think that

1204
00:56:20,920 --> 00:56:23,520
Speaker 1: that Patriots Chiefs game is going to be a high

1205
00:56:23,520 --> 00:56:26,880
Speaker 1: scoring one. So you know, I've evolved. I've had some

1206
00:56:26,920 --> 00:56:30,400
Speaker 1: personal growth by saying that Sammy Watkins is actually is

1207
00:56:30,440 --> 00:56:32,839
Speaker 1: actually a good start this week. Mike, there you go, bro,

1208
00:56:32,960 --> 00:56:35,440
Speaker 1: Sammy Watkins. Put him in your lineup. He's got another one,

1209
00:56:35,440 --> 00:56:40,279
Speaker 1: non Ppr Edelman or Jordy Nelson. I'm gonna go with

1210
00:56:40,360 --> 00:56:44,080
Speaker 1: Edelman here again, just that that that same defense against

1211
00:56:44,080 --> 00:56:46,000
Speaker 1: the Chiefs is going to be a bad one. And

1212
00:56:46,040 --> 00:56:48,840
Speaker 1: we saw last week when Edelman came back. Tom Brady

1213
00:56:48,840 --> 00:56:51,439
Speaker 1: looked for him early and often in this one, and

1214
00:56:51,640 --> 00:56:53,600
Speaker 1: you know, I think that's gonna make this Patriots offense

1215
00:56:53,640 --> 00:56:56,080
Speaker 1: a whole lot better. You know, I tried to get

1216
00:56:56,120 --> 00:56:57,879
Speaker 1: on board with Jordan Lson a couple of weeks ago,

1217
00:56:57,920 --> 00:57:01,000
Speaker 1: but that Raider's offense has been so un predictable. And

1218
00:57:01,080 --> 00:57:03,600
Speaker 1: even though the legion of boom is gone in Seattle,

1219
00:57:03,719 --> 00:57:06,839
Speaker 1: they still really given quarterbacks a tough time this year.

1220
00:57:06,920 --> 00:57:11,120
Speaker 1: So that inconsistently keep inconsistency keeps me away from Jordy Nelson.

1221
00:57:11,239 --> 00:57:12,840
Speaker 1: So I would go with Edelman. By the way, I

1222
00:57:12,880 --> 00:57:15,880
Speaker 1: should mention, Marcus has an awesome column, Fix my Flex.

1223
00:57:16,000 --> 00:57:17,640
Speaker 1: So if we don't get to your questions, just go

1224
00:57:17,680 --> 00:57:20,360
Speaker 1: to NFL dot com. Go to fix my Flex. Marcus

1225
00:57:20,440 --> 00:57:22,440
Speaker 1: got a ton of great stuff on NFL dot com.

1226
00:57:22,520 --> 00:57:24,640
Speaker 1: All right, last one from Trudel ru don't get me three?

1227
00:57:24,640 --> 00:57:27,800
Speaker 1: A hat trick here, DeShawn Jackson in Atlanta or Tyler

1228
00:57:27,880 --> 00:57:30,920
Speaker 1: Boyd home to Pittsburgh his caveat. It's a non PPR

1229
00:57:31,040 --> 00:57:35,080
Speaker 1: and you get some bonus points for one hundred yards receiving. Ah,

1230
00:57:35,120 --> 00:57:36,840
Speaker 1: you know what, I think I would go with Tyler

1231
00:57:36,880 --> 00:57:38,600
Speaker 1: Boyd then in that one, you know, and I know

1232
00:57:38,600 --> 00:57:41,480
Speaker 1: it's it's always hard in those Cincinnati Pittsburgh matchups because

1233
00:57:41,480 --> 00:57:43,600
Speaker 1: they can they tend to be some kind of brutal

1234
00:57:43,680 --> 00:57:47,560
Speaker 1: physical affairs. But the Steelers have struggled in the secondary

1235
00:57:47,600 --> 00:57:49,600
Speaker 1: this year, and Andy Dalton hasn't been all that bad.

1236
00:57:49,680 --> 00:57:52,520
Speaker 1: Tyler Boyd has reasserted himself where a lot of people

1237
00:57:52,520 --> 00:57:54,640
Speaker 1: thought maybe this would be the John Ross year, but

1238
00:57:55,200 --> 00:57:58,840
Speaker 1: Tyler Boyd has successfully held him off on the depth chart.

1239
00:57:59,160 --> 00:58:00,720
Speaker 1: And I think that this this is gonna be one

1240
00:58:00,760 --> 00:58:03,400
Speaker 1: where Andy Dalton shows out a little bit against the Steelers.

1241
00:58:03,560 --> 00:58:05,320
Speaker 1: So I like Tyler Boyd. I think he hits a

1242
00:58:05,360 --> 00:58:06,760
Speaker 1: couple of big plays and I think he gets you

1243
00:58:06,800 --> 00:58:09,040
Speaker 1: close to that bonus. All right, A couple more here.

1244
00:58:09,200 --> 00:58:13,120
Speaker 1: This is Danielle on Twitter. Pick three among Julian Edelman,

1245
00:58:13,800 --> 00:58:18,000
Speaker 1: James Connor, t J. Yelden, and Dallas, David Johnson and

1246
00:58:18,040 --> 00:58:21,320
Speaker 1: Minnesota Robert Woods and Denver. That's a lot, Marcus said,

1247
00:58:21,560 --> 00:58:24,160
Speaker 1: I can repeat if necessary. See, so I got I'm

1248
00:58:24,200 --> 00:58:27,600
Speaker 1: picking three out of that, right, Yeah, So Julian Edelman,

1249
00:58:27,720 --> 00:58:31,480
Speaker 1: for sure, you know who's the second name. It was

1250
00:58:31,560 --> 00:58:34,960
Speaker 1: James Connor, t. J Yelden, David Johnson, and Robert Woods.

1251
00:58:36,320 --> 00:58:38,920
Speaker 1: So I would go with Edelman, I would go with

1252
00:58:39,040 --> 00:58:42,320
Speaker 1: James Connor, who showed last week that he is still

1253
00:58:42,440 --> 00:58:45,240
Speaker 1: a thing there. And I would go with David Johnson.

1254
00:58:45,320 --> 00:58:47,520
Speaker 1: And I know that you know on paper that Minnesota

1255
00:58:47,560 --> 00:58:50,040
Speaker 1: defense looks scary, but they have not lived up to

1256
00:58:50,080 --> 00:58:52,840
Speaker 1: that expectation this year. On top of it, I really

1257
00:58:52,880 --> 00:58:56,080
Speaker 1: think that Josh Rosen taking over as the starting quarterback

1258
00:58:56,080 --> 00:58:58,720
Speaker 1: in Arizona is going to be good for David Johnson.

1259
00:58:59,000 --> 00:59:01,280
Speaker 1: His what made him so great a couple of years

1260
00:59:01,280 --> 00:59:04,040
Speaker 1: ago was being a down field threat in the passing game.

1261
00:59:04,120 --> 00:59:06,840
Speaker 1: And Josh Rosens, you know, obviously for people in LA

1262
00:59:06,880 --> 00:59:09,120
Speaker 1: who saw him play at UCLA, they know that he

1263
00:59:09,160 --> 00:59:11,880
Speaker 1: doesn't have any fear about throwing the ball down field.

1264
00:59:12,080 --> 00:59:14,240
Speaker 1: I think he's gonna start to work David Johnson into

1265
00:59:14,320 --> 00:59:16,040
Speaker 1: that offense a whole lot more. And I think that

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00:59:16,160 --> 00:59:19,520
Speaker 1: the Cardinals have realized that they can't be successful unless

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Speaker 1: David Johnson's getting the ball. So, you know, I think

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Speaker 1: the workload's gonna increase for him, and against a defense

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Speaker 1: that has underperformed this year, I would give David Johnson

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Speaker 1: the start. Mark is how frustrating is it for David

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Speaker 1: Johnson owners that we're in week six and we have

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Speaker 1: him in a question about and should I start him

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Speaker 1: or not? It's super frustrated, it is. And I was,

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Speaker 1: you know, two seasons ago, two seasons ago. I was

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Speaker 1: the guy who you know, my monitor was David Johnson

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Speaker 1: no matter what, and obviously that worked out last year.

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Speaker 1: Unfortunately he gets hurt early, missus the entire season, but

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Speaker 1: we expected big things. And the fact that they have

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Speaker 1: used him, you know, not like the offensive weapon that

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Speaker 1: he can be. They sort of used him as a

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Speaker 1: run of the mill running back and they just kind

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Speaker 1: of plowed him into the center of the offensive line

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Speaker 1: with very little success. They used him as a dump

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Speaker 1: off running back. It just I want someone to sit

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01:00:05,120 --> 01:00:08,280
Speaker 1: Mike McCoy down, sort of clockwork orange style and peel

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Speaker 1: his eyes open and make him watch those tapes from

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Speaker 1: twenty sixteen to see what it is David Johnson can

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Speaker 1: do in this offense. There you go, all right, last one.

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Speaker 1: It's a two parter. I think you wrote about Doug

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Speaker 1: Baldwin recently, Marcus, So this is from Adam. Would you

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Speaker 1: trade James Connor for Doug Baldwin? Not straight up right now?

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Speaker 1: And I love Doug Baldwin, but I want to see

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Speaker 1: something from him. You know the fact that he said

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Speaker 1: in the preseason that he's not expecting to be one

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Speaker 1: hundred percent at all this year's he deals with his

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Speaker 1: knee injury. You know, when he finally came back, he

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01:00:39,440 --> 01:00:41,959
Speaker 1: didn't give much, and then last week a second game,

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Speaker 1: he showed even less. So I'm really worried about Doug Baldwin.

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Speaker 1: The Seahawks offense hasn't found anything. Russell Wilson is continually

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Speaker 1: running for his life and not putting up big yardage numbers.

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Speaker 1: So right now I would much rather have James Connor.

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Speaker 1: You know, maybe a couple of weeks from now when

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Speaker 1: Doug Baldwin, if he gets healthy and puts up he'll

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Speaker 1: prove me wrong. But at this moment I'm staying away

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Speaker 1: from him. Yeah, maybe reevaluate that one, Adam for now.

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Speaker 1: And in the final one, another Doug Baldwin trade question.

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Speaker 1: Smallwood for Baldwin. It's a non PPR twelve team league, Um,

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Speaker 1: you know that one. I might consider doing that one.

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01:01:16,360 --> 01:01:18,440
Speaker 1: And you know, Windows Smallwood I think is a decent,

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01:01:18,680 --> 01:01:21,760
Speaker 1: decent option, at least for now in the short term. Uh.

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Speaker 1: The Eagles tend to rotate their running back, so Smallwood's

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Speaker 1: gonna he's gonna compete with with Corey Clement back there

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Speaker 1: for the time being. The other part that concerns me

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Speaker 1: there is those rumors kind of hanging out there about

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Speaker 1: a Lashawn McCoy trade possibly showing up if he comes

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Speaker 1: to Philadelphia suddenly. That kind of blows up that whole situation. So,

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Speaker 1: you know, while I am worried about Doug Baldwin, I

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Speaker 1: think his spot in the order, in the in the offense,

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01:01:45,720 --> 01:01:49,080
Speaker 1: and in the pecking order is still secure. Whereas Windows Smallwood,

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Speaker 1: it's a little more dicey. Right now, Marcus, this was awesome.

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Speaker 1: You absolutely crushed these questions. Promote what you got going on.

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01:01:55,880 --> 01:01:58,040
Speaker 1: I know you've got the great Fantasy Live podcast. You're

1323
01:01:58,040 --> 01:02:00,600
Speaker 1: doing some television, doing some writing. Let us know what

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Speaker 1: you're doing. Yeah, man, Yeah, the Fantasy Live podcast comes

1325
01:02:04,240 --> 01:02:06,760
Speaker 1: out twice a week Mondays and Thursdays. You can find that,

1326
01:02:06,840 --> 01:02:10,240
Speaker 1: and then I'm on Fantasy Live during the week five

1327
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Speaker 1: days a week. We were on NFL Network at two

1328
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Speaker 1: pm Pacific time, so find us there and then you

1329
01:02:15,120 --> 01:02:17,920
Speaker 1: can find all my work at NFL dot com. By

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01:02:17,960 --> 01:02:21,600
Speaker 1: the way, how funny was the Marlon Brando Matt money

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Speaker 1: Smith peace last week? I told him it was the

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Speaker 1: best thing I've ever seen on network. It was absolutely

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Speaker 1: the best. I was so sad because I was off

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01:02:30,600 --> 01:02:32,400
Speaker 1: that day for you. I didn't see you on the set. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I didn't see on the set I was on that day,

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01:02:35,320 --> 01:02:37,400
Speaker 1: but I watched it back that evening and just I

1337
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Speaker 1: mean Money with the cotton balls in his mouth through

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Speaker 1: the Marlin Brando was perfection. It was And I told

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Speaker 1: him it was like Rank was laugh It was like

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01:02:44,880 --> 01:02:47,360
Speaker 1: an SNL skit where Rank just he couldn't keep a

1341
01:02:47,440 --> 01:02:51,400
Speaker 1: straight face doing the doing the skit. Oh so great.

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Speaker 1: It was so great, so awesome, Marcus, Thank you so much, man.

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Speaker 1: I really appreciate you joining us, hey man, appreciate the time, Chris,

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01:02:57,360 --> 01:02:59,680
Speaker 1: and that's gonna do it. A big thanks to Marcus Grant,

1345
01:03:00,040 --> 01:03:02,880
Speaker 1: Sleep Brewer, Matt Muney Smith and Mary Kay Cabinet for

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Speaker 1: joining me, and of course thanks to you all for listening.

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01:03:05,640 --> 01:03:08,520
Speaker 1: You can find Chargers Weekly in our new Backstage Chargers

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01:03:08,560 --> 01:03:11,960
Speaker 1: podcast on Apple Podcasts. Why Are There? Please leave review,

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01:03:12,280 --> 01:03:15,520
Speaker 1: help spread the word, enjoy Sunday's game, and until next time,

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Speaker 1: I'm Chris Harry