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Speaker 1: The volume Deltable Championship. That should always do the expectation.

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Speaker 1: All right, man, next you go ahead. Welcome back to

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Speaker 1: the Richard Sherman Podcast. And it's that time of the year,

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Speaker 1: the playoffs. You win or you go home. Mitchell, your

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Speaker 1: team got a buy this week, but not everybody was

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Speaker 2: Man, you saw the heartbreak tonight too. I mean, Tampa Bay,

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Speaker 2: let's start from the top here. Tampa Bay hosts the

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Speaker 2: Washington Commanders, the most thrilling game of the weekend by

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Speaker 2: far and away. This one came down to the wire

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Speaker 2: and we saw the heartbreak on Mike Evan's face after

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Speaker 2: the loss. Washington Commanders, I mean, they're twelve and five

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Speaker 2: on the season. They come in here. Jaden Daniels is

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Speaker 1: I'm really impressed with Jayden Daniels is poised throughout the game.

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Speaker 1: His decision making took a number of hits throughout the game,

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Speaker 1: Bobby Wagner, you know, the All Pro, second team, All Pro,

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Speaker 1: Zach Ertz, these veterans, Austin Eckler, they all made plays

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Speaker 1: And I think people get confused in this game and

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Speaker 1: He went to a team that hadn't had a lot

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Speaker 2: Love to see it, got you love to see it?

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Speaker 2: I mean, then how quickly the tables turn in the NFL.

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Speaker 3: It's just wild to see.

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Speaker 2: But Tampa Bay looked like they had, you know, the

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Speaker 2: You critiqued him, You've critiqued the Green Bay Packers team.

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Speaker 1: Well, they're the seventh seed, and the only seven seeds

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Speaker 1: you run in and you run into the New England

429
00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:42,760
Speaker 1: Patriots have run into that where it's like, hey, New,

430
00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:44,880
Speaker 1: it's better, it's gonna improve, it's gonna be better because

431
00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:46,680
Speaker 1: because we don't have this guy. And it's like, no,

432
00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:48,960
Speaker 1: New is not gonna be better. You don't have a

433
00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:51,240
Speaker 1: great team. You don't have a lot of talent on

434
00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:53,720
Speaker 1: that team. So you guys won three games, maybe you

435
00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:56,000
Speaker 1: want win five next year? And are you gonna keep

436
00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,119
Speaker 1: firing guys because you're not going to Super Bowls? And

437
00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:00,240
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, you had the greatest two

438
00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:04,080
Speaker 1: decades that a franchise could have. You won't see that

439
00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:07,000
Speaker 1: kind of success again for a really long time, if ever.

440
00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:09,359
Speaker 1: You know, that's a rare thing, and I think people

441
00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:13,120
Speaker 1: get spoiled with things because it seems common. And even

442
00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:15,119
Speaker 1: they were sitting there like Tom's getting too old, man,

443
00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:17,960
Speaker 1: it's time to find another young quarterback. Like when I

444
00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:22,120
Speaker 1: heard that. I said, man, I don't people are insatiable

445
00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:26,560
Speaker 1: like you're, and you're insufferable because you're looking to replace

446
00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,240
Speaker 1: the greatest quarterback of all time. And I understand time

447
00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:31,640
Speaker 1: waits for no man, and and you know father Tom

448
00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:35,800
Speaker 1: is undefeated, but you watching and enjoy regardless that man

449
00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:38,520
Speaker 1: played for less than what he what he had to

450
00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:42,800
Speaker 1: play for. And now you guys think everybody should be

451
00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:45,119
Speaker 1: Tom Brady when they put a Patriots jersey on in

452
00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:47,760
Speaker 1: their under center for the Patriots, and that's not gonna

453
00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:50,760
Speaker 1: happen again. And it's hard for anybody to follow in

454
00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:54,199
Speaker 1: Bill Belichick's shoes or Tom Brady's shoes are being the

455
00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:56,640
Speaker 1: new England Patriots with this fan base because they've seen

456
00:22:56,680 --> 00:23:00,800
Speaker 1: so much success that anything else seems like failure. And

457
00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:04,320
Speaker 1: so I'm interested. I knew they would run. I knew

458
00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:06,439
Speaker 1: that he wasn't gonna last very long. I didn't. I

459
00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:08,720
Speaker 1: didn't think they would would put him out after one year.

460
00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:12,000
Speaker 1: But I don't think they'll put Vverabel out after one year.

461
00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:17,119
Speaker 1: But again, you won't see the success that they're used to.

462
00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:20,440
Speaker 1: They won't be competing for super Bowls, and so especially

463
00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:23,160
Speaker 1: in that even in that division. You know that division

464
00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:25,960
Speaker 1: is getting tougher. I'm sure next year Miami will be

465
00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:28,200
Speaker 1: back together and they'll probably be a ten win team.

466
00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:31,600
Speaker 1: Buffalo's only getting better with time, and so they're so

467
00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:34,600
Speaker 1: used to being so dominant that they don't even know

468
00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:38,320
Speaker 1: how to rationalize not being relevant, Like, hey, maybe you're

469
00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:41,760
Speaker 1: just in a rebuilding phase that's gonna take five six years,

470
00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:43,760
Speaker 1: like and you need to just sit there and trust

471
00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:46,680
Speaker 1: the process. That's what it's gonna have to take. And

472
00:23:47,119 --> 00:23:50,719
Speaker 1: and I'm sorry I ranted. I totally got were supposed

473
00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:54,080
Speaker 1: to be going No you, Richard, I hear you loud

474
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Speaker 1: and clear.

475
00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:56,520
Speaker 2: Mike Tomlin if he was, if he was let go

476
00:23:56,640 --> 00:24:00,160
Speaker 2: by Pittsburgh Steelers would be without a doubt, the most

477
00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:03,359
Speaker 2: after head coaching Canada for all these vacancies.

478
00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:05,960
Speaker 3: But yeah, I got a level.

479
00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:06,159
Speaker 1: With you, man.

480
00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:09,360
Speaker 2: They haven't won a game in the playoffs since twenty sixteen,

481
00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:11,240
Speaker 2: and I get it. You know, they're always in it,

482
00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:15,800
Speaker 2: They're always in contention. But like the showing was just

483
00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:19,000
Speaker 2: how do you show up against the division fow a

484
00:24:19,119 --> 00:24:22,160
Speaker 2: TEMBC twice a year and have had you know, relative

485
00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:25,919
Speaker 2: success against the Baltimore Ravens over the last few years

486
00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:28,640
Speaker 2: and only put up two first downs and fifty nine

487
00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:32,600
Speaker 2: total yards in the first half. Like that falls on coaching,

488
00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:34,719
Speaker 2: That falls on energy out of the gates, you know,

489
00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,840
Speaker 2: not to mention. I mean the Steelers They're a tough,

490
00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:41,280
Speaker 2: in your face defense and in your face offense. They

491
00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:43,719
Speaker 2: pound the rock. How does a team like that end

492
00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:47,159
Speaker 2: up with only twenty nine rush yards in a game? So, Richard,

493
00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:49,600
Speaker 2: I hear you. I like Mike tom and I think

494
00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:53,359
Speaker 2: he's a legend, I mean future Hall of Famer. But

495
00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:56,480
Speaker 2: I don't know, man. I mean, at some point the

496
00:24:56,520 --> 00:25:00,320
Speaker 2: fan base is gonna look and say above average just

497
00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:02,879
Speaker 2: isn't good enough? Like when are we gonna be great again?

498
00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:05,960
Speaker 2: Because I don't see it in the near future. I mean,

499
00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:09,520
Speaker 2: they've they got an absolute bargain at quarterback all year long,

500
00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:12,720
Speaker 2: and Russell Wilson and Justin Fields, and I think we're

501
00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:15,120
Speaker 2: still faced with the same question next year.

502
00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:17,600
Speaker 3: What are they gonna do at quarterback? Is it Russ

503
00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:19,120
Speaker 3: is it Justin Fields?

504
00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:20,159
Speaker 1: I don't know.

505
00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:22,560
Speaker 2: I mean, I just think the Pittsburgh Steelers are ultimately

506
00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:25,600
Speaker 2: gonna be running back exactly what we saw this year

507
00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,840
Speaker 2: again next year. And at what point as a fan

508
00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:32,080
Speaker 2: of the Pittsburgh Steelers. You just say, hey, maybe we

509
00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:35,200
Speaker 2: shake things up here and see if there's better options.

510
00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:38,520
Speaker 1: Right, But then you like, in order to get what

511
00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:41,160
Speaker 1: you want to get, you have to lose, and he's

512
00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:44,040
Speaker 1: never gonna lose. He's never going to lose, and you're

513
00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:46,320
Speaker 1: gonna get a coach in there. The next coach has

514
00:25:46,359 --> 00:25:48,760
Speaker 1: to lose in order for you guys to get an

515
00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:51,520
Speaker 1: elite quarterback or get a get a top quarterback or

516
00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:54,040
Speaker 1: a top draft pick. And this fan base isn't willing

517
00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:57,040
Speaker 1: to sit through three years of losing to revamp a

518
00:25:57,160 --> 00:26:00,439
Speaker 1: roster to be competitive again. So it's like you're speaking

519
00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:02,360
Speaker 1: out of both sides of your mouth when you say that,

520
00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:04,560
Speaker 1: because getting rid of Tomlin, you'll get a worse coach.

521
00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:08,080
Speaker 1: You'll lose, you'll get a back, you'll get better roster,

522
00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:10,720
Speaker 1: you'll get better players, and maybe you'll win, but you'll

523
00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:12,520
Speaker 1: be ready to fire that coach because you were losing.

524
00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:16,080
Speaker 1: And then this franchise has had what five coaches in

525
00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:19,880
Speaker 1: their whole history of the of the organization, five or six,

526
00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:23,080
Speaker 1: and so they're not a team that really gives up

527
00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:25,359
Speaker 1: on coaches like that. So who's gonna be the next

528
00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:27,639
Speaker 1: long term coach of the Steelers, and he has some

529
00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:30,000
Speaker 1: big shoes to feel because if he goes three years

530
00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:33,600
Speaker 1: without winning, he won't be there eighteen years like Tomlin was.

531
00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:36,479
Speaker 1: Because Tomland was able to stay because he keeps it

532
00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:39,480
Speaker 1: afloat even when he has a bad quarterback, even when

533
00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:42,560
Speaker 1: his top players are injured, Even when the circumstances say

534
00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:45,320
Speaker 1: the team shouldn't be competitive, they're competitive. This was supposed

535
00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:47,560
Speaker 1: to be a down year for Pittsburgh, supposed to be

536
00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:50,000
Speaker 1: a down year, and they were winning the division. And

537
00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:52,720
Speaker 1: it's almost like everybody got brain Washington to thinking, oh man,

538
00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:57,440
Speaker 1: this is we're we're contender now, Oh you were, you were.

539
00:26:57,480 --> 00:26:59,720
Speaker 1: You weren't supposed to be here, you know, So enjoy

540
00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:02,760
Speaker 1: the enjoy the ride, enjoy the dance, but don't get

541
00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:05,320
Speaker 1: ahead of yourself. And I think that's what happens. You

542
00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:07,480
Speaker 1: get so far ahead of yourself that you think that

543
00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:09,560
Speaker 1: we should be somewhere and we should be doing some

544
00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:11,840
Speaker 1: things that we're not there. They are the highest paid

545
00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:15,840
Speaker 1: defense international football league, and they've been a little banged up,

546
00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:19,280
Speaker 1: they've you know, had their issues. But offensively, you got

547
00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:21,479
Speaker 1: to find some offensive linemen and that's the case for

548
00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:24,679
Speaker 1: just about every team, and I think until they do that, like,

549
00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:26,400
Speaker 1: I don't think getting rid of Tomlin is the answer.

550
00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:28,280
Speaker 1: I don't think that's gonna solve anything. I think it's

551
00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:31,480
Speaker 1: just gonna gonna make the problem worse. It'll be like

552
00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:33,920
Speaker 1: a band aid on a broken leg. It's like, oh yeah,

553
00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:35,560
Speaker 1: let me let me appease you, let me make it

554
00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:37,800
Speaker 1: look like something. But at the end of the day,

555
00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:40,480
Speaker 1: it's you got bigger problems than Tomlin, and if you

556
00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:43,080
Speaker 1: get rid of him, the problems are gonna magnify and

557
00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:46,800
Speaker 1: they're gonna be exponentially worse. But on the flip side,

558
00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:48,879
Speaker 1: let's talk about the Baltimore Ravens and what they were

559
00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:52,320
Speaker 1: able to do, because they look like the best team

560
00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:55,800
Speaker 1: in football at times in this game, and they look

561
00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:58,600
Speaker 1: like an unstoppable force running for three hundred yards. Lamar

562
00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:03,240
Speaker 1: Jackson running uh using his legs looked so dynamic, even

563
00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:05,479
Speaker 1: when they had a guy for him. They had Patrick

564
00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:07,720
Speaker 1: Queen for him in eighty one on one, and he'd

565
00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:10,960
Speaker 1: making him miss in space and he's getting more yards.

566
00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:13,240
Speaker 1: And then you got Derrick Henry. You know, you got

567
00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:15,439
Speaker 1: to pick your poison. And I look forward to watching

568
00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:18,040
Speaker 1: this game in Buffalo and seeing how they play him

569
00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:20,359
Speaker 1: because they played them and played them well earlier in

570
00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:23,919
Speaker 1: the year. But a lot of things that have changed

571
00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:27,720
Speaker 1: since then. Again, Matt Malono is healthy, Greg Russeu's healthy.

572
00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:32,080
Speaker 1: The secondary's playing better. They got more experience. I think

573
00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:35,560
Speaker 1: Josh Allen and these receivers have better rapport. James Cook

574
00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:37,359
Speaker 1: is running the ball as well as he ever has.

575
00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:41,600
Speaker 1: And on the other side there Baltimore's defense is playing

576
00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:44,440
Speaker 1: as good as they've ever played. You know, Marlon Humphreys

577
00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:48,320
Speaker 1: is all pro. They they're using Kyle Hamilton at safety exclusively.

578
00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:52,000
Speaker 1: Ar Darius Washington has been a godsend. He has been

579
00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:54,520
Speaker 1: a diamond in the rough that they found. H Nate

580
00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:58,640
Speaker 1: Wiggins is playing well. Kyle van oy O way these

581
00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:01,480
Speaker 1: guys are playing out a BK. These guys are playing

582
00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:03,880
Speaker 1: some of their best football right now. So that's gonna

583
00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:05,280
Speaker 1: be That's gonna be a doll fight.

584
00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:06,720
Speaker 3: No question.

585
00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:09,400
Speaker 2: I mean, the way this roster is constructed, it's a masterclass.

586
00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:13,240
Speaker 2: I mean truly, Like Richard Derrick, Henry coming over is

587
00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:17,520
Speaker 2: the perfect fit for this Baltimore Ravens team. It was

588
00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:19,800
Speaker 2: straight up knockout blow in the first half the way

589
00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:22,160
Speaker 2: the way Derek Henry was wonn on the football against

590
00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:24,600
Speaker 2: the Steelers in that first half of the game. If

591
00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:27,760
Speaker 2: you get him and Lamar Jackson, who's now he said

592
00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:30,320
Speaker 2: he's going to be more mobile this offseason. I mean,

593
00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:32,640
Speaker 2: how do you stop this team? It's gonna be an

594
00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:35,640
Speaker 2: absolute shootout, I would assume in Buffalo. How are you

595
00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:38,760
Speaker 2: game planning to contain Lamar Jackson?

596
00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:39,200
Speaker 1: Richard?

597
00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:42,360
Speaker 2: I know I remember distinctly, you guys when you were

598
00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:44,600
Speaker 2: with the San Francisco forty nine ers in Baltimore. I'm

599
00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:46,560
Speaker 2: pretty sure they were undefeated. That was the matchup of

600
00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:49,640
Speaker 2: the century with you, with you and the Niners against

601
00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:53,120
Speaker 2: against a red hot young Lamar Jackson. What did you

602
00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:56,360
Speaker 2: guys do? Like, what did the coaching staff say? How

603
00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:59,080
Speaker 2: as you approached that game? How did you guys contain him?

604
00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:01,480
Speaker 1: Well, it takes you, you know, it takes all eleven

605
00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:03,760
Speaker 1: to contain him. And he didn't have Derrick Henry then,

606
00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:05,959
Speaker 1: so you know, you're really only just worried about him.

607
00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:08,480
Speaker 1: I think he had Justice Heel at running back. He

608
00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:10,520
Speaker 1: might have had somebody else, but you know, you're you're

609
00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:13,640
Speaker 1: it takes all eleven and everybody's effort and everybody's like

610
00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:16,160
Speaker 1: containment and everybody's eyes got to know where he is

611
00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:18,720
Speaker 1: at all times, and you got to you gotta tackle

612
00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:22,840
Speaker 1: as a swarm. Nobody's alone in tackling because nobody's gonna

613
00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:24,520
Speaker 1: be able to tackle him by themselves. You know, he

614
00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:26,479
Speaker 1: can he can shake one, he can shake two, can

615
00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:29,200
Speaker 1: spin off the third. And if everybody's not swarming and

616
00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:32,280
Speaker 1: there's not enough pursuit, you're not gonna beat him. When

617
00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:34,880
Speaker 1: he has Derrick Henry. You could send two people for him,

618
00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:37,680
Speaker 1: but you better send five to Derek. And so you know,

619
00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:41,200
Speaker 1: it creates so many more issues because you have to

620
00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:43,400
Speaker 1: respect what Lamar does in a huge way, but you

621
00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:46,320
Speaker 1: also have to respect Derrick Henry. And that's what the

622
00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:49,840
Speaker 1: situation in Pittsburgh Steelers were getting put in repeatedly. They're

623
00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:53,280
Speaker 1: picking their poison and either way you're gonna die, you

624
00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:55,920
Speaker 1: pick your poison. No matter which one you pick, you're

625
00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:58,520
Speaker 1: about to be in for a bad day, a bad time.

626
00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:01,360
Speaker 1: This is not gonna be fun. And Derek Henry had

627
00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:05,000
Speaker 1: boys turning down drinks like they saw somebody put something

628
00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:08,120
Speaker 1: in it, Metchell. And that's the thing that Derrick Henry does,

629
00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:12,680
Speaker 1: especially in December and January. He has guys making business decisions,

630
00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:15,560
Speaker 1: and we're in a business. Football is a physical business.

631
00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:17,720
Speaker 1: And if you're not physical and you're not willing to

632
00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:20,240
Speaker 1: go knows to those with him, you're going to have

633
00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:22,360
Speaker 1: an issue. And he has people in the third and

634
00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:25,760
Speaker 1: fourth quarters of these ball games turning down hits. And

635
00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:28,680
Speaker 1: I think that's because of how physical he wins the football.

636
00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:32,760
Speaker 1: That's because of his reputation. But his reputation precedes him,

637
00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:34,760
Speaker 1: but he also lives up to it each and every week.

638
00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:40,000
Speaker 1: And I think this game it's a bad matchup for Buffalo,

639
00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:44,080
Speaker 1: but on the flip side, it's not a great matchup

640
00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:48,560
Speaker 1: for Baltimore. So especially defensively. You know, Josh Allen presents

641
00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:51,000
Speaker 1: a lot of problems, a lot of the same problems

642
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Speaker 1: Lamar presents, and James Cook presents a lot of interesting issues,

643
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Speaker 1: different issues than what Derrick Henry presents. But the speed

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Speaker 1: he has dynamic to end the system like you have

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Speaker 1: to be aware of where he is and he can

646
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Speaker 1: break it open at any time. Khalil Secure is a

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Speaker 1: good one. Coleman is starting to find his way in

648
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Speaker 1: this offense. Dalton kink is always a factor in this

649
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Speaker 1: so I can't wait. I can't wait. I think this

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Speaker 1: is gonna be the best matchup of the week. This

651
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Speaker 1: is the one, and everybody's gonna say it's for the MVP.

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Speaker 1: I think Lamar already won it, but we'll see if

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Speaker 1: they were right or not. You know, you see, if

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Speaker 1: you got it right. And if Josh Allen wins, they'll

655
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Speaker 1: say Josh Allen should have been an MVP this season.

656
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Speaker 1: He showed it, he beat he beat him for it.

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Speaker 1: And if Lamar Jackson and and Derrick Henry win, and

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Speaker 1: they'll be sitting there like they got it right MV

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Speaker 1: three our NB eight three or you know, they kind

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Speaker 1: of do it a whole different way. But he had

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Speaker 1: a heck of a year.

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Speaker 2: It's gonna be a matchup to watch, no question about it.

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Speaker 2: all season long. Order Now for Game Day, Richard, Let's

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Speaker 2: take it to Houston. Everyone wrote the Houston Texans off.

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Speaker 2: They didn't right back though, rich The LA Chargers come

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Speaker 2: in here three point favorites. I think most folks, especially

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Speaker 2: all media folks that I saw everyone was picking the

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Speaker 2: Chargers and they thought it was Justin Herbert's tying to shine.

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Speaker 2: You know, we talked about a leading into this game,

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Speaker 2: impressed by the way Jim Harbaugh's changed the culture and

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Speaker 2: the way the Chargers are playing football, But you wouldn't

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Speaker 2: have known any difference when you saw them play in

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Speaker 2: Houston this weekend. I mean, Houston dominated in every facet

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Speaker 2: of that game. With about five minutes left in the

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Speaker 2: second quarter and beyond the first twenty minutes of the game,

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Speaker 2: you're wondering, does either team realize they are in a

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Speaker 2: postseason NFL game? Do they think they're in possibly the

681
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Speaker 2: preseason here, because neither team looked like they wanted to

682
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Speaker 2: even be in that game, let alone win it. Are

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Speaker 2: you impressed with Houston right now at leaving this game

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Speaker 2: with a thirty two to twelve win.

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Speaker 1: I'm impressed with them defensively because they did what they

686
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Speaker 1: have done all season, which has take the football away.

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00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:15,080
Speaker 1: They were second in the league in interceptions and they

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00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:18,680
Speaker 1: took four interceptions from Justin Herbert, and they pressured him

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Speaker 1: all night long. They were getting to him, they were

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Speaker 1: putting pressure on him. It was great to see my

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Speaker 1: guy ziz Al Share back on the field. He was

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Speaker 1: moving around making a number of stops. You know. They

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Speaker 1: had another clip of him punching at the ball and

694
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Speaker 1: they're like, oh, he's so dirty. He tried to punch

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Speaker 1: him in the hey. First he got a helmet on.

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Speaker 1: Second off, he's punching at the ball. I understand a

697
00:34:39,719 --> 00:34:42,400
Speaker 1: lot of stuff happens real fast out there. Again, you

698
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Speaker 1: guys have never played shut up because I'm tired of that.

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Speaker 1: But c J. Stroud looked really rusty early on, and

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Speaker 1: he looked really timid, and that was concerning. He's obviously

701
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Speaker 1: shown a bit of regression in a year two, but

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Speaker 1: it just didn't feel right. And then there was like

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Speaker 1: a slant Niko k where he caught it, got out

704
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Speaker 1: of there. It was a tight window throw and it

705
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Speaker 1: seemed like it gave uh c J. Stroud a little

706
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Speaker 1: bit of confidence, a little bit of momentum. Then he

707
00:35:09,719 --> 00:35:12,560
Speaker 1: got the bad snap, picked it up, hit the receiver

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Speaker 1: down the field, and then he started to wake up

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Speaker 1: and it seemed like like the the jitters were out,

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00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:19,400
Speaker 1: the cobwebs were gone, and he was back to the

711
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Speaker 1: c J. Stroud of old, but they're gonna need that

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Speaker 1: much much earlier against the Kansas City Chiefs if they're

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Speaker 1: gonna even have a chance. Now Offensively, the Kansas City

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Speaker 1: Chiefs aren't what they've been in the past when they're

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Speaker 1: just a super juggernaut. They're still considered defensive team. But

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Speaker 1: you're going to get Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid. They're

717
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Speaker 1: gonna have some things drawing up. They're gonna know what

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Speaker 1: you don't do well. They're gonna keep Tony at tackle. Uh,

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Speaker 1: They're gonna keep the line up the way it's it's

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Speaker 1: been and they're gonna make it tougher for these dns

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Speaker 1: to get pressure on Patrick Mahomes. But if the Houston

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Speaker 1: Texans can create turnovers like they have all season, this

723
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Speaker 1: is gonna be a much more interesting game. Uh. Then

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Speaker 1: people are giving are making it out to be because

725
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Speaker 1: interceptions and turnovers can can change it. And they just

726
00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:09,839
Speaker 1: have not been shown the ability to really like get

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Speaker 1: after teams in the way they have in the past.

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Speaker 1: They've only scored thirty I think twice this season. They

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Speaker 1: haven't scored more than thirty at all this season. This

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Speaker 1: is the Kansas City Chiefs, but their defense is as

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Speaker 1: advertising spags is gonna put a lot of pressure on CJ. Stroud's.

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Speaker 1: He's probably not gonna just let Joe Mixon have his way.

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Speaker 1: You know, if Joe Mixon can get going, that'll be

734
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Speaker 1: a big boost for them. But with how rested Kansas

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Speaker 1: City is, how well they're playing, all the pieces, they

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Speaker 1: all the championship pedigree, it's gonna be you know, I

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Speaker 1: feel like they're gonna feel comfortable and they're gonna probably

738
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Speaker 1: give him a lot of points. But Houston has a chance.

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Speaker 1: They just have to get up early and they have

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Speaker 1: to create some turnovers and create some some chaos for

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Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chiefs to make this gain.

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Speaker 2: Well, if they played defensively like this weekend against the Chiefs,

743
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Speaker 2: still certainly have chance. They're stingly Junior credit to him, man,

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Speaker 2: I mean he's really come along this year. Two interceptions,

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00:37:06,719 --> 00:37:09,240
Speaker 2: you know, Eric Murray Kamari Lassiter looks like a steal

746
00:37:09,239 --> 00:37:11,759
Speaker 2: in the draft another interception for him. If there's a

747
00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:14,320
Speaker 2: way for them to win, it starts with the defense.

748
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Speaker 2: Jalen Petrees anothers stud with the Texans, and then offensively

749
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Speaker 2: they got to get Nico Collins involved playing and simple.

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Speaker 3: I mean, Houston gave gave Kansas City.

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Speaker 2: A run a couple of years back in the playoffs,

752
00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:27,560
Speaker 2: getting out to a twenty four to nothing lead or

753
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Speaker 2: something like that. So it's been done previously. But we'll

754
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Speaker 2: see if CJ. Stroud can take that next step. You know,

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Speaker 2: in terms of the Chargers, Richard, you viewed this season

756
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Speaker 2: as a success for them going eleven to six and

757
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Speaker 2: getting bounced in the wildcard round.

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Speaker 1: I believe it's a success, but I just don't like

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Speaker 1: the way the fans are talking about it in the post.

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Speaker 1: You know, they're acting like they were projected to be

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Speaker 1: a great team this season, and all of a sudden,

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Speaker 1: now you're saying, oh my god, Greg Romans so terrible,

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Speaker 1: And it's like, wait, you guys didn't have the most

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Speaker 1: talented roster in the world. They're cleaning up some things,

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Speaker 1: They're getting the cap where it needs to be. They

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Speaker 1: had to get rid of a number of guys. They

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Speaker 1: had to get rid of Mike Williams, they have to

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Speaker 1: get rid of Keenan Allen because of the cap hits

769
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Speaker 1: and the amount of money they made, so it left

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Speaker 1: the cupboard pretty bare, and so they did the best

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Speaker 1: they could with the pieces that they had, and they

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Speaker 1: got this team to a playoff, and they had them

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Speaker 1: really competitive guys like JK. Dobbins were able to shine.

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Speaker 1: Quentin Johnston was having a pretty solid season, you know,

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Speaker 1: compared to they were considering no bust. He had a

776
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Speaker 1: really bad game in the playoffs. But Lad McConkey had

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Speaker 1: nine catches for one hundred and ninety seven yards in

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Speaker 1: a touchdown, even though you know he had a few

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Speaker 1: drops that led some interceptions, led to a pick six.

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Speaker 1: I think there's promise. And defensively they were one of

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Speaker 1: the best defenses in the National Football League. Those are

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Speaker 1: all positive things that you can take and build on

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Speaker 1: to sit there and say, hey, we went eleven and

784
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Speaker 1: six and those were all justin Herbert, and now we

785
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Speaker 1: get to the playoffs and we lose, and now it's

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Speaker 1: because Greg Roman, like what so so, he didn't have

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Speaker 1: anything to do with the wins. He just got something

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Speaker 1: to do with the loss in the playoffs. Now he's bad,

789
00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:10,760
Speaker 1: and they're like, well, he did the same thing to Lamar.

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Speaker 1: That's I check. Lamar won an MVP of nineteen. And

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Speaker 1: you know, again, I don't know who said it, who

792
00:39:18,920 --> 00:39:22,400
Speaker 1: said it Josh Allen said it like in the playoffs,

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Speaker 1: it stops being about the x's and the os, and

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00:39:25,040 --> 00:39:27,799
Speaker 1: it's the Jimmy's and the Joels. Like they can put

795
00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:29,799
Speaker 1: you in a position, they can call the plays and

796
00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:31,520
Speaker 1: it could be the perfect play, or it could be

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Speaker 1: the worst play, and we can go out there and

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Speaker 1: make it the right play because the Jimmy's and the

799
00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:39,760
Speaker 1: Joel's gotta make it come to life. And that's what happens.

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00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:43,360
Speaker 1: That's what championships teams do. Stop blaming offensive coordinators because

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00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:45,319
Speaker 1: Greg Roman did a fine job. He didn't have a

802
00:39:45,320 --> 00:39:47,200
Speaker 1: lot to work with that receiver. I'm sure they're gonna

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Speaker 1: go for t Higgins and a lot of these other

804
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Speaker 1: receivers that come up in free agency. They're gonna probably

805
00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:54,320
Speaker 1: draft a couple. They're gonna they're gonna stock the cupboard

806
00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:59,400
Speaker 1: for Justin Herbert. But also understand Justin Herbert showed issues

807
00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:04,160
Speaker 1: and this game there was there were plays that were

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Speaker 1: drawn up that would would have been touchdowns if Justin

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Speaker 1: Herbert delivered an accurate ball. He missed on a on

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Speaker 1: a touchdown in the first half might have been the

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Speaker 1: first quarter up up the post overthrown by five yards

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Speaker 1: and then of course Will Disley dropped the pass. Uh

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Speaker 1: that should have been automatic first down to easy first down. Yes,

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Speaker 1: there was there were drops by the receivers and there

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Speaker 1: were misses by Justin Herbert. The difference in this is

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Speaker 1: Justin Herbert is getting paid elite money. He's Will Disley

817
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Speaker 1: and not getting paid elite money. Lad mcconkee is a rookie,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna expect him to drop a pass or two,

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Speaker 1: you know what I mean. I expect you got to

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Speaker 1: be the guy that elevates your team. And so when

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Speaker 1: fans are getting mad because we're sitting there saying, hey,

822
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Speaker 1: he's not living up to what we need him to

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Speaker 1: live up to, it's okay, right, maybe he does in

824
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Speaker 1: the future, but don't don't get an upset at us.

825
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Speaker 1: Like he threw four interceptions. Now two of them were

826
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Speaker 1: off the receiver, but one of them was a ridiculous pass.

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Speaker 1: You half roll to the right and throw all the

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Speaker 1: way across the field and then last picks it off

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Speaker 1: because you're throwing opposite numbers. Like, who do you think

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Speaker 1: y'all are? I understand on talent and all that, but

831
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Speaker 1: it's a national football league. That's a book, and they're like, Queen, y'all,

832
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Speaker 1: Mitchell should have qu Quentin Johnson should knock that down. Yeah,

833
00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:30,320
Speaker 1: but he also shouldn't have threw it. It was covered,

834
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Speaker 1: and so you gotta like you gotta. There's two sides

835
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Speaker 1: to the coin. And the interior offensive line got abused.

836
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Speaker 1: Like Mario Edwards had a sack and a half, Will

837
00:41:39,680 --> 00:41:41,919
Speaker 1: Anderson a sack and a half. We can talk about

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00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:44,400
Speaker 1: they did. They had a tough day. They tackles are

839
00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:47,480
Speaker 1: really good. They got to replace that interior offensive line. Again,

840
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Speaker 1: great quarterbacks are able to overcome that. We watched Joe

841
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Speaker 1: Burrow take a team with plumbers in the offensive line

842
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Speaker 1: to a super Bowl. He got killed. I think he

843
00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:01,440
Speaker 1: got sacked the most in the history of the playoffs

844
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Speaker 1: while own his way to a super Bowl. And yes,

845
00:42:04,640 --> 00:42:06,760
Speaker 1: he has good receivers, but he didn't have an offensive

846
00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:10,960
Speaker 1: line worth anything. And so again, if you're gonna pay

847
00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:14,080
Speaker 1: the guy this kind of money, then the criticism comes

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Speaker 1: with the money. It comes with it, like, hey, top

849
00:42:17,760 --> 00:42:20,360
Speaker 1: five money, you get top five's criticism, Like, you know

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Speaker 1: what criticism Joe Burrow get. We will criticize Joe Burrow

851
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Speaker 1: if he don't win, don't make the playoffs. We are

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Speaker 1: on his scout. Hey, your defense gave up forty four points,

853
00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:31,680
Speaker 1: why didn't you score forty five? Joe? You're getting You're

854
00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:34,960
Speaker 1: getting fifty five million. Like we have said that, we

855
00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:38,040
Speaker 1: do criticize him, We criticize Mahomes, but you just cannot

856
00:42:38,080 --> 00:42:41,560
Speaker 1: criticize Mahomes much because he's gotten three Super Bowls out

857
00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:46,240
Speaker 1: on the last five, he's gotten multiple MVPs. He gets leeway.

858
00:42:46,640 --> 00:42:49,680
Speaker 1: Josh Allen gets criticized if he doesn't play well or

859
00:42:49,719 --> 00:42:53,960
Speaker 1: he struggles. Whoever loses between Lamar and Josh, it's gonna

860
00:42:53,960 --> 00:42:57,600
Speaker 1: get criticized to all to the cows come home. So

861
00:42:57,719 --> 00:43:00,680
Speaker 1: don't think Justin Herbert is above reprot which they treated

862
00:43:00,719 --> 00:43:04,160
Speaker 1: him like a rookie the same way Jordan Love was

863
00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:06,640
Speaker 1: treating like a rookie. Hey, we're gonna run the ball.

864
00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:08,719
Speaker 1: We're not gonna let you throw it a lot because

865
00:43:08,760 --> 00:43:10,680
Speaker 1: we don't want you to throw the game away. And

866
00:43:10,719 --> 00:43:12,560
Speaker 1: then when they needed him to throw it a lot,

867
00:43:12,800 --> 00:43:16,719
Speaker 1: guess what he did throw the game away, And he

868
00:43:16,760 --> 00:43:20,160
Speaker 1: threw the game away. And his playoff stats and his

869
00:43:20,200 --> 00:43:23,799
Speaker 1: playoff numbers and the narratives that are associated with him

870
00:43:23,840 --> 00:43:28,520
Speaker 1: aren't good. Because against the Jacksonville Jaguars, he had a

871
00:43:28,520 --> 00:43:32,120
Speaker 1: twenty seven point lead, his defense fed him four turnovers

872
00:43:32,160 --> 00:43:34,520
Speaker 1: in the first half, and now you got to bring

873
00:43:34,600 --> 00:43:38,480
Speaker 1: it home, elite quarterback, and you didn't. You gave up

874
00:43:38,480 --> 00:43:41,640
Speaker 1: a twenty seven point lead. You lost. And in this game,

875
00:43:41,680 --> 00:43:45,319
Speaker 1: your defense gives you won three four turnovers, you don't

876
00:43:45,320 --> 00:43:47,440
Speaker 1: get any points out of it. They give you the

877
00:43:47,440 --> 00:43:52,279
Speaker 1: ball onlike the twenty five you get three. Like, at

878
00:43:52,280 --> 00:43:55,399
Speaker 1: some point you have to take accountability to say, hey,

879
00:43:55,480 --> 00:43:58,919
Speaker 1: elite quarterbacks get that done. Regardless of the play call,

880
00:43:59,080 --> 00:44:02,560
Speaker 1: regardless of the circle stands, regardless of everything going around.

881
00:44:03,040 --> 00:44:05,640
Speaker 1: They find a way. And when he starts to find

882
00:44:05,640 --> 00:44:08,320
Speaker 1: a way, he'll get the credit that Joe Burrow and

883
00:44:08,440 --> 00:44:11,840
Speaker 1: Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson and those guys get. But

884
00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:14,600
Speaker 1: if he doesn't, and he plays like this in these situations,

885
00:44:15,640 --> 00:44:18,400
Speaker 1: we will stop calling him elite. Not that he doesn't

886
00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:22,920
Speaker 1: have elite talent, he's not playing that way. Though he

887
00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:25,040
Speaker 1: had three interceptions on the season, he had four in

888
00:44:25,080 --> 00:44:29,520
Speaker 1: the game. I got you, Like, at some point, results

889
00:44:29,560 --> 00:44:33,040
Speaker 1: have to matter, and if we can't judge him by

890
00:44:33,040 --> 00:44:35,960
Speaker 1: the results, then are we judging them off the potential

891
00:44:36,040 --> 00:44:38,759
Speaker 1: results if he had something else, Like we're playing the

892
00:44:38,840 --> 00:44:41,839
Speaker 1: if game, if if if he was doing this, if

893
00:44:41,840 --> 00:44:43,719
Speaker 1: he was on this team, if he had these receiven No,

894
00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:46,759
Speaker 1: we play in the reality game, and the reality is

895
00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:48,080
Speaker 1: he threw four interceptions.

896
00:44:48,120 --> 00:44:53,000
Speaker 2: Man, you're spoty rich. I mean, the talent's there, the

897
00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:55,719
Speaker 2: arm strengths there. You see moments of greatness from him,

898
00:44:55,719 --> 00:44:57,840
Speaker 2: You see what everyone thinks he is and can be.

899
00:44:57,960 --> 00:44:59,400
Speaker 2: But then you see a game like this and at

900
00:44:59,440 --> 00:45:02,240
Speaker 2: leads you scrap your head. Reality is for the Chargers

901
00:45:02,280 --> 00:45:05,080
Speaker 2: this offseason, they need more playmakers, especially at the wide

902
00:45:05,120 --> 00:45:08,279
Speaker 2: receiver position. Lad McConkie looks like a stud for them.

903
00:45:08,320 --> 00:45:10,359
Speaker 2: They also got Joe Alt so, I mean they had

904
00:45:10,360 --> 00:45:13,200
Speaker 2: a great draft, but I just don't know if Quinton

905
00:45:13,280 --> 00:45:14,200
Speaker 2: Johnson is a guy.

906
00:45:14,239 --> 00:45:15,919
Speaker 3: He's not sure handed enough.

907
00:45:15,960 --> 00:45:18,920
Speaker 2: He's a good player, but they need somebody else in

908
00:45:18,920 --> 00:45:22,120
Speaker 2: addition to Quinton Johnson and Ladd McConkie to take that

909
00:45:22,160 --> 00:45:22,600
Speaker 2: next step.

910
00:45:22,640 --> 00:45:24,800
Speaker 3: We shall see that concludes.

911
00:45:24,840 --> 00:45:28,720
Speaker 2: We got one more game tomorrow night, the Rams against

912
00:45:28,719 --> 00:45:31,359
Speaker 2: the Minnesota Vikings. Who do you like in that game

913
00:45:31,400 --> 00:45:32,680
Speaker 2: before wrap things up here?

914
00:45:35,239 --> 00:45:37,879
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a tough one. I think Stafford is hard

915
00:45:37,880 --> 00:45:40,160
Speaker 1: to bet against. He played him well, he beat him.

916
00:45:40,320 --> 00:45:43,040
Speaker 1: We were there. It was a Thursday night game. Minnesota

917
00:45:43,560 --> 00:45:50,040
Speaker 1: lost in LA and Stafford had answers for Flores's defense

918
00:45:50,080 --> 00:45:53,480
Speaker 1: for their pressures. Pokinakua had a really good game. Their

919
00:45:53,520 --> 00:45:55,480
Speaker 1: defense made a number of plays. They put a lot

920
00:45:55,480 --> 00:45:58,680
Speaker 1: of pressure on Sam Bradford. And I think Chris Shula

921
00:45:58,760 --> 00:46:00,400
Speaker 1: is gonna look and look at what did Troy was

922
00:46:00,440 --> 00:46:02,040
Speaker 1: able to do, and he's gonna do that again. He's

923
00:46:02,040 --> 00:46:04,880
Speaker 1: gonna try to replicate that, put pressure on him. Send send,

924
00:46:05,040 --> 00:46:08,360
Speaker 1: send more than they can block. Play man and man coverage,

925
00:46:08,560 --> 00:46:10,600
Speaker 1: uh and trust his DB's that they can play with

926
00:46:10,640 --> 00:46:13,440
Speaker 1: easy league receivers. And we'll see. But so I guess

927
00:46:13,920 --> 00:46:15,680
Speaker 1: with all that said, I got, I got, I got

928
00:46:15,680 --> 00:46:16,520
Speaker 1: the Rams.

929
00:46:17,760 --> 00:46:19,440
Speaker 2: It's gonna be a great game, and that if the

930
00:46:19,560 --> 00:46:21,719
Speaker 2: Rams do go on to win, and look out for

931
00:46:21,760 --> 00:46:24,279
Speaker 2: that matchup in Philly next week. And then, finally, before

932
00:46:24,280 --> 00:46:28,160
Speaker 2: he wrapped to no shock whatsoever, the Patriots have hired

933
00:46:28,239 --> 00:46:29,040
Speaker 2: Mike Vrabel.

934
00:46:29,120 --> 00:46:29,400
Speaker 3: Richard.

935
00:46:29,480 --> 00:46:31,480
Speaker 2: Your thoughts on the hire of Mike Rabel to the

936
00:46:31,560 --> 00:46:32,600
Speaker 2: New England Patriots.

937
00:46:32,920 --> 00:46:35,000
Speaker 1: I like Mike Rabel and I think he's gonna be

938
00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:36,839
Speaker 1: a good He's been a good coach in this league.

939
00:46:36,880 --> 00:46:39,879
Speaker 1: He's been in some really tough situations with not great

940
00:46:39,920 --> 00:46:43,920
Speaker 1: quarterbacks and not a lot of talent, and that's kind

941
00:46:43,920 --> 00:46:48,040
Speaker 1: of what he's walking into right now. But I think they'll,

942
00:46:48,120 --> 00:46:50,520
Speaker 1: you know, learn from what they did to Jared Mayo,

943
00:46:51,120 --> 00:46:54,480
Speaker 1: and they'll give him more time to field and give

944
00:46:54,520 --> 00:46:59,120
Speaker 1: him more time and patience, understanding that they don't have

945
00:46:59,200 --> 00:47:01,800
Speaker 1: the talent, they don't have a lot in the cupboard,

946
00:47:01,840 --> 00:47:04,359
Speaker 1: and he'll he'll maximize it. You know, he'll he'll have

947
00:47:04,760 --> 00:47:07,160
Speaker 1: all the new England Patriot way. You know, he'll have

948
00:47:07,239 --> 00:47:10,160
Speaker 1: them tough in the media. He'll he'll have them discipline.

949
00:47:10,239 --> 00:47:12,440
Speaker 1: You know, they'll do things right. But at the end

950
00:47:12,440 --> 00:47:17,239
Speaker 1: of the day, if they don't win ball games, what

951
00:47:17,360 --> 00:47:19,960
Speaker 1: are they gonna do. So we'll see, we'll see what

952
00:47:20,000 --> 00:47:21,880
Speaker 1: they do with this offseason, if anybody wants to come

953
00:47:21,920 --> 00:47:24,520
Speaker 1: play for him, if if they can get some free agents,

954
00:47:24,800 --> 00:47:28,280
Speaker 1: get this team back to some sort of relevance and glory.

955
00:47:28,680 --> 00:47:30,280
Speaker 1: But I think still a few years away.

956
00:47:31,719 --> 00:47:34,399
Speaker 2: Well, sure that that concludes this podcast, I will let

957
00:47:34,440 --> 00:47:35,960
Speaker 2: you sign us off, my friend.

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Speaker 1: Well, I appreciate you, Mitchell. This has been a great

959
00:47:38,719 --> 00:47:41,239
Speaker 1: wild Card weekend. We got one more game. I'm looking

960
00:47:41,239 --> 00:47:44,399
Speaker 1: forward to it. I'm looking forward to next week too.

961
00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:46,040
Speaker 1: This is the best time of the year. Win or

962
00:47:46,080 --> 00:47:49,400
Speaker 1: go home. You see, if all these predictions and premonitions

963
00:47:49,440 --> 00:47:52,719
Speaker 1: are are come to fruition, we'll see who wins the

964
00:47:52,760 --> 00:47:54,480
Speaker 1: m v P, We'll see who wins the super Bowl.

965
00:47:54,560 --> 00:47:57,160
Speaker 1: We'll see all the things we've been looking to see

966
00:47:57,200 --> 00:48:00,000
Speaker 1: all year. This is what we've been waiting for. I appreciate,

967
00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:02,080
Speaker 1: shate you guys joining us, whether it was for a minute,

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00:48:02,120 --> 00:48:05,319
Speaker 1: an hour, a second, you guys are appreciated. Hit that's

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Speaker 1: up button if you knew

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Speaker 2: The volume