1 00:00:04,428 --> 00:00:06,668 Speaker 1: Good Morning Football is the production of the NFL in 2 00:00:06,748 --> 00:00:33,988 Speaker 1: partnership with iHeartRadio. 3 00:00:22,388 --> 00:00:23,908 Speaker 2: Good Morning Football. 4 00:00:25,268 --> 00:00:27,788 Speaker 3: Welcome to Good Morning Football. We are live in New 5 00:00:27,868 --> 00:00:31,188 Speaker 3: York City. It is Wednesday, June twenty eighth. We're halfway 6 00:00:31,268 --> 00:00:31,948 Speaker 3: through the work week. 7 00:00:31,988 --> 00:00:34,588 Speaker 4: My name is Sarah Walls alongside Tom Tella, Sarah, Mike Garpol, 8 00:00:34,748 --> 00:00:37,068 Speaker 4: super Bowl champion Sean O. 9 00:00:37,508 --> 00:00:37,868 Speaker 3: Harrod. 10 00:00:37,868 --> 00:00:41,188 Speaker 4: It's been a great week so far. I'm not sure 11 00:00:41,188 --> 00:00:42,948 Speaker 4: if you've heard about this, and I know it hasn't 12 00:00:42,988 --> 00:00:45,428 Speaker 4: ever been discussed on this show before, but Aaron Rodgers 13 00:00:45,508 --> 00:00:48,148 Speaker 4: is a Jet and so is his old offensive coordinator, 14 00:00:48,228 --> 00:00:52,428 Speaker 4: Nathaniel Hackett. Peter Schrager caught up with Hackett on his podcast, 15 00:00:52,508 --> 00:00:55,108 Speaker 4: and that's what kicking off our lead block, lead block, 16 00:00:56,548 --> 00:00:56,868 Speaker 4: and so I. 17 00:00:56,828 --> 00:00:59,188 Speaker 5: Think there's going to be from freedom with Aaron and 18 00:00:59,268 --> 00:01:02,028 Speaker 5: Aaron as we moved forward and in the Green Bay system, 19 00:01:02,108 --> 00:01:04,268 Speaker 5: there was definitely more freedom as we went. We're going 20 00:01:04,308 --> 00:01:06,588 Speaker 5: to just continue that because I think you've got to 21 00:01:06,588 --> 00:01:08,628 Speaker 5: take advantage of a guy like Aaron that is, I'm 22 00:01:08,628 --> 00:01:11,428 Speaker 5: so smart and understands it, so trying to build this 23 00:01:11,428 --> 00:01:13,908 Speaker 5: thing for him and build it so that when he 24 00:01:13,988 --> 00:01:17,068 Speaker 5: sees certain things he can do all kinds of stuff 25 00:01:17,108 --> 00:01:18,748 Speaker 5: and what it's in the best position. 26 00:01:18,508 --> 00:01:24,508 Speaker 4: Possible, and that best position possible will include many former 27 00:01:24,548 --> 00:01:27,588 Speaker 4: teammates in addition to Nathaniel Hackett, including two of his 28 00:01:27,828 --> 00:01:31,948 Speaker 4: favorite targets, wide receivers Alan Wizard and Randall Cobb. 29 00:01:32,148 --> 00:01:34,148 Speaker 3: So, given what we just heard from. 30 00:01:34,108 --> 00:01:38,068 Speaker 4: Hackett and the plethora of former Packers on the Jets roster, 31 00:01:38,348 --> 00:01:41,348 Speaker 4: has the team gone too far and handing the reins 32 00:01:41,388 --> 00:01:44,348 Speaker 4: over to Rogers both on and off the field? 33 00:01:44,348 --> 00:01:45,428 Speaker 3: Sean, No, absolutely not. 34 00:01:45,508 --> 00:01:46,988 Speaker 6: That was part of the plan. You know, this is 35 00:01:47,108 --> 00:01:48,908 Speaker 6: like you know, telling your kid that you're going to 36 00:01:48,948 --> 00:01:51,388 Speaker 6: give him an Xbox and a PlayStation and you're going 37 00:01:51,468 --> 00:01:53,228 Speaker 6: to move everything up into his room. He's gonna get 38 00:01:53,228 --> 00:01:55,348 Speaker 6: his own TV. He's gonna have three screens, but that 39 00:01:55,428 --> 00:01:57,308 Speaker 6: he can't play with it whenever he wants like that. 40 00:01:57,468 --> 00:02:00,668 Speaker 6: That's a terrible plan, terrible idea. So part of bringing 41 00:02:00,748 --> 00:02:02,988 Speaker 6: him in there was Rogers is going to have the 42 00:02:03,068 --> 00:02:05,028 Speaker 6: freedom and the ability to just change things to do 43 00:02:05,068 --> 00:02:06,748 Speaker 6: what he wants to do at the line of scrimmage, 44 00:02:06,788 --> 00:02:10,268 Speaker 6: now the best position possible. What that dictates to me 45 00:02:10,348 --> 00:02:12,188 Speaker 6: is all right, As a center, I had to see 46 00:02:12,508 --> 00:02:14,788 Speaker 6: what my quarterback was seeing as well, so put us 47 00:02:14,828 --> 00:02:16,828 Speaker 6: in the best position possible. That's how do we attack 48 00:02:16,868 --> 00:02:18,908 Speaker 6: the defense. And there's a lot of times you come 49 00:02:18,948 --> 00:02:20,308 Speaker 6: up to the line and you see that they're in 50 00:02:20,348 --> 00:02:22,348 Speaker 6: a defense you weren't expecting. And you've got to be 51 00:02:22,348 --> 00:02:23,828 Speaker 6: able to change gears right away. You've got to be 52 00:02:23,828 --> 00:02:24,308 Speaker 6: able to shift. 53 00:02:24,348 --> 00:02:24,948 Speaker 2: It's like TV. 54 00:02:24,988 --> 00:02:26,388 Speaker 6: You got to be able to transition, you got to 55 00:02:26,388 --> 00:02:27,788 Speaker 6: be able to go breaking news happens. 56 00:02:27,508 --> 00:02:27,988 Speaker 2: You got a roll. 57 00:02:28,388 --> 00:02:30,348 Speaker 6: Aaron Rodgers did it a lot. He's done a lot 58 00:02:30,348 --> 00:02:33,268 Speaker 6: through his career. And when you think about how many 59 00:02:33,268 --> 00:02:35,388 Speaker 6: times you've seen him just walk up to the line, 60 00:02:35,428 --> 00:02:36,468 Speaker 6: take a quick snap. 61 00:02:36,228 --> 00:02:37,428 Speaker 2: And boom, throw the ball out. 62 00:02:38,028 --> 00:02:39,588 Speaker 6: It looks like it's supposed to be a run play. 63 00:02:39,908 --> 00:02:41,708 Speaker 6: He did this all the time. Last year he did 64 00:02:41,748 --> 00:02:44,148 Speaker 6: it a couple of times in one of their last 65 00:02:44,188 --> 00:02:47,748 Speaker 6: games and it didn't work out. So there's good and 66 00:02:47,788 --> 00:02:50,468 Speaker 6: the hey, it sounds great when you just when it 67 00:02:50,468 --> 00:02:52,948 Speaker 6: turns into a touchdown like that, and it's a great play. 68 00:02:52,948 --> 00:02:54,948 Speaker 6: But there's other times where it's a misfire. The guys 69 00:02:54,988 --> 00:02:56,988 Speaker 6: aren't on the same page. But so many of these 70 00:02:57,028 --> 00:03:00,148 Speaker 6: Aaron Rodgers throws are run plays where he just sees 71 00:03:00,348 --> 00:03:02,068 Speaker 6: one on one coverage and you know, I'm just throwing 72 00:03:02,068 --> 00:03:03,428 Speaker 6: the X. Now I'm gonna throw the X fad. So 73 00:03:03,748 --> 00:03:06,388 Speaker 6: he's got to have those liberties in order to let 74 00:03:06,468 --> 00:03:08,948 Speaker 6: him take advantage of what the defense is given him. 75 00:03:08,988 --> 00:03:10,548 Speaker 6: And I think that he's one of those quarterbacks that 76 00:03:10,668 --> 00:03:12,668 Speaker 6: Nathania Hackett. One of the reasons he was pounding on 77 00:03:12,708 --> 00:03:15,828 Speaker 6: the table with Robert Salah and with Joe Douglas and 78 00:03:16,148 --> 00:03:19,948 Speaker 6: with Woody Johnson was look, this guy makes everybody better 79 00:03:20,108 --> 00:03:21,748 Speaker 6: at the line of scrimmage. We can go no huddle. 80 00:03:21,748 --> 00:03:22,948 Speaker 6: I don't even have to tell him what to do. 81 00:03:23,308 --> 00:03:24,868 Speaker 6: He could go up there, see the defense and know 82 00:03:24,868 --> 00:03:27,068 Speaker 6: exactly how to attack him. So that's a big part 83 00:03:27,108 --> 00:03:30,148 Speaker 6: of his game right now. He's seeing the field like 84 00:03:30,268 --> 00:03:33,388 Speaker 6: a like an assassin. He knows exactly where to go 85 00:03:33,468 --> 00:03:35,748 Speaker 6: every single time. He knows where the weaknesses are. So 86 00:03:35,868 --> 00:03:38,028 Speaker 6: that's a big part of it. And as long as 87 00:03:38,028 --> 00:03:40,308 Speaker 6: it works out, he's great, and Nathania Hackett will love it. 88 00:03:40,428 --> 00:03:42,828 Speaker 6: He knows it all, he sees it all because he's old. 89 00:03:43,148 --> 00:03:45,868 Speaker 6: He's been around for a while, I mean distinguished, younger 90 00:03:45,908 --> 00:03:47,788 Speaker 6: than me. I don't mean to call him old in 91 00:03:47,828 --> 00:03:49,828 Speaker 6: the sense of old on this earth, but old in 92 00:03:50,028 --> 00:03:52,188 Speaker 6: NFL terms, and we know where we are in his career, 93 00:03:52,388 --> 00:03:54,868 Speaker 6: and the Jets know that it's a small window here, right, 94 00:03:54,908 --> 00:03:56,908 Speaker 6: there's not going to be a lot of time to well, 95 00:03:56,988 --> 00:03:59,388 Speaker 6: let's teach this old dog new tricks. 96 00:03:59,468 --> 00:04:02,068 Speaker 7: No, he's got his offensive coordinator that he's familiar with, 97 00:04:02,188 --> 00:04:04,348 Speaker 7: he's got all those guys that we just showed up there, 98 00:04:04,988 --> 00:04:06,508 Speaker 7: So let him run. 99 00:04:06,908 --> 00:04:07,108 Speaker 8: You know. 100 00:04:07,268 --> 00:04:11,788 Speaker 7: It's just like there's that restaurant that just does phenomenally. 101 00:04:11,868 --> 00:04:14,708 Speaker 7: So they go and they start the chain and they 102 00:04:14,748 --> 00:04:16,708 Speaker 7: had the same decor and every other restaurant. 103 00:04:16,868 --> 00:04:18,228 Speaker 2: They're not trying to reinvent. 104 00:04:18,308 --> 00:04:20,788 Speaker 7: You're trying to get the same success you had previously. 105 00:04:20,828 --> 00:04:23,028 Speaker 2: You're just relocating it. That's all you're doing right here. 106 00:04:23,068 --> 00:04:25,588 Speaker 7: So back at OTA's, you're seeing him practice there, even 107 00:04:25,628 --> 00:04:27,068 Speaker 7: when he wasn't practicing the day that I was there, 108 00:04:27,108 --> 00:04:29,228 Speaker 7: when he was down with that cap injury. He's standing 109 00:04:29,308 --> 00:04:33,268 Speaker 7: behind the offense telling the quarterbacks, also telling the receivers, 110 00:04:33,268 --> 00:04:35,668 Speaker 7: the tight ends, the running backs. Hey, I want you here, 111 00:04:35,748 --> 00:04:37,908 Speaker 7: I want you doing this. You got to run specifically, 112 00:04:37,948 --> 00:04:39,788 Speaker 7: put your foot in the ground here. This is what 113 00:04:39,828 --> 00:04:42,948 Speaker 7: I'm going to be looking for. He's got complete control 114 00:04:42,988 --> 00:04:45,668 Speaker 7: of everything. So for Nathaniel Hackett to say that, yes, 115 00:04:45,708 --> 00:04:48,228 Speaker 7: Aaron Rodgers will have his input and certainly had more 116 00:04:48,268 --> 00:04:50,588 Speaker 7: input as he went along in Green Bay. I go 117 00:04:50,708 --> 00:04:53,668 Speaker 7: back to what year was it when Ben McAdoo took 118 00:04:53,668 --> 00:04:56,148 Speaker 7: over the Giants and Eli Manning had to learn everything 119 00:04:56,508 --> 00:04:58,748 Speaker 7: all over again, And I talked to him about having 120 00:04:58,748 --> 00:05:00,988 Speaker 7: to relearn and reposition at this point of his career, 121 00:05:01,028 --> 00:05:02,468 Speaker 7: and it's like that was a good point of his 122 00:05:02,508 --> 00:05:03,508 Speaker 7: career to relearn things. 123 00:05:03,588 --> 00:05:05,868 Speaker 2: That's not the point that we're at with Aaron Rodgers here. 124 00:05:05,948 --> 00:05:07,988 Speaker 7: We're not at the point where when Matt Lafleur came 125 00:05:08,028 --> 00:05:09,868 Speaker 7: in it was time for him to relearn things. No, 126 00:05:10,188 --> 00:05:12,308 Speaker 7: we've got to hit this round running as fast as 127 00:05:12,308 --> 00:05:12,868 Speaker 7: we possibly can. 128 00:05:12,908 --> 00:05:13,708 Speaker 2: If for the Jets, you're. 129 00:05:13,548 --> 00:05:15,508 Speaker 9: Talking about Aaron Rodgers, you know, talking to the other 130 00:05:15,508 --> 00:05:17,868 Speaker 9: players even when he's not practicing. Me, what's the image 131 00:05:17,908 --> 00:05:20,508 Speaker 9: up there behind Sarah and Sean. It's him talking to 132 00:05:20,548 --> 00:05:23,548 Speaker 9: an undrafted free agent and Travis Dye, whose backside is 133 00:05:23,548 --> 00:05:25,748 Speaker 9: getting a lot more airtime than I think he probably 134 00:05:25,788 --> 00:05:27,868 Speaker 9: was bargaining for when he tuned in and on Good 135 00:05:27,868 --> 00:05:30,588 Speaker 9: Morning Football this morning, listen. The short answer to this 136 00:05:30,668 --> 00:05:32,348 Speaker 9: question have they given him too much freedom? 137 00:05:32,428 --> 00:05:33,028 Speaker 5: Is no. 138 00:05:33,388 --> 00:05:36,228 Speaker 9: What did you expect was going to happen? You sent everyone, 139 00:05:36,268 --> 00:05:38,828 Speaker 9: the owners, the team president, the GM, the head coach 140 00:05:38,908 --> 00:05:41,348 Speaker 9: to go out to California, and you were selling him 141 00:05:41,748 --> 00:05:43,148 Speaker 9: on coming to New York. 142 00:05:43,508 --> 00:05:46,588 Speaker 8: It's like when you're dating someone and the relationship goes south. 143 00:05:46,948 --> 00:05:48,548 Speaker 9: So what do you do? You try to date someone 144 00:05:48,588 --> 00:05:51,228 Speaker 9: who is as different as possible. Maybe this is going 145 00:05:51,268 --> 00:05:53,388 Speaker 9: to work out differently. For Aaron Rodgers, it was or 146 00:05:53,468 --> 00:05:55,788 Speaker 9: his frustrations, and he always voiced it was that I 147 00:05:55,788 --> 00:05:58,988 Speaker 9: don't have enough input in what we're doing in Green Bay, 148 00:05:59,028 --> 00:06:03,028 Speaker 9: on personnel, on scheme, on everything else. It was about communications. 149 00:06:03,068 --> 00:06:05,948 Speaker 9: What are the Jets doing communicated? We want to talk 150 00:06:05,988 --> 00:06:08,828 Speaker 9: through everything. All these players. Alan is already guys like that. 151 00:06:08,868 --> 00:06:11,668 Speaker 9: They're not there just because Aaron Rodgers, because Nathaniel Hackett. 152 00:06:11,668 --> 00:06:13,828 Speaker 9: They're gonna run a certain style of offense. He wants 153 00:06:13,828 --> 00:06:16,788 Speaker 9: people that he knows fits into this. But when you 154 00:06:16,828 --> 00:06:19,228 Speaker 9: bring in an Aaron Rodgers, especially him because he's a 155 00:06:19,308 --> 00:06:22,708 Speaker 9: unique individual, you know you're getting the entire package. Part 156 00:06:22,748 --> 00:06:26,108 Speaker 9: of that is bringing him into the conversation, getting the 157 00:06:26,108 --> 00:06:28,388 Speaker 9: buy and not just from the on the offense because 158 00:06:28,388 --> 00:06:30,548 Speaker 9: you already have that because he's played an Hacket scheme, 159 00:06:30,868 --> 00:06:34,108 Speaker 9: but also everything else you're doing programmatically. This is what 160 00:06:34,188 --> 00:06:36,948 Speaker 9: the Jets signed up for, and time will tell if 161 00:06:36,988 --> 00:06:38,028 Speaker 9: it's all worth it for them. 162 00:06:38,228 --> 00:06:40,508 Speaker 4: We're hearing a common theme and a lot of it 163 00:06:40,548 --> 00:06:42,828 Speaker 4: isn't Mike. You mentioned being out at practice and how 164 00:06:42,868 --> 00:06:46,148 Speaker 4: he's talking to different positional groups, talking back to the 165 00:06:46,228 --> 00:06:48,788 Speaker 4: running backs. Well, we had Bam Knight on Good Morning 166 00:06:48,788 --> 00:06:51,188 Speaker 4: Football just a couple of weeks ago, and here's what 167 00:06:51,268 --> 00:06:53,828 Speaker 4: he had to say about a certain running backs meeting 168 00:06:53,908 --> 00:06:56,228 Speaker 4: he was in in a special guest appearance by none 169 00:06:56,268 --> 00:06:57,548 Speaker 4: other than Aaron Rodgers. 170 00:06:58,028 --> 00:06:59,788 Speaker 2: It definitely bl y, we have another coach. 171 00:06:59,868 --> 00:07:02,348 Speaker 10: I remember his first meeting there we're going through the 172 00:07:02,388 --> 00:07:04,668 Speaker 10: insta and nobody knew who was in the room at all. 173 00:07:04,708 --> 00:07:06,628 Speaker 10: He's sitting at the top of the auditorium that he 174 00:07:06,708 --> 00:07:09,308 Speaker 10: just speaks out and says hat everybody looks back in 175 00:07:09,348 --> 00:07:11,428 Speaker 10: his errand he's just sitting over everybody, just kind of 176 00:07:11,468 --> 00:07:13,748 Speaker 10: just questioning the players, asking why do you think we 177 00:07:13,828 --> 00:07:15,828 Speaker 10: have this route with this concept and everything. So you 178 00:07:15,828 --> 00:07:18,948 Speaker 10: could definitely feel like it's another coach presence in the 179 00:07:19,028 --> 00:07:19,508 Speaker 10: room with us. 180 00:07:19,508 --> 00:07:23,068 Speaker 4: Once he's in siment and all of these guys too, 181 00:07:23,268 --> 00:07:26,028 Speaker 4: are not annoyed by I mean, they welcome this, they're 182 00:07:26,068 --> 00:07:27,988 Speaker 4: excited by it. They like it, at least right now, 183 00:07:27,988 --> 00:07:30,348 Speaker 4: because everything is great right in the world of the Jets. 184 00:07:30,348 --> 00:07:33,108 Speaker 4: But these are guys that are picking his brain like 185 00:07:33,108 --> 00:07:35,108 Speaker 4: a sponge. We saw the same thing back in Tampa 186 00:07:35,108 --> 00:07:37,068 Speaker 4: a couple of years ago, that first year that Tom 187 00:07:37,108 --> 00:07:39,628 Speaker 4: got there, especially, guys were excited to learn from him. 188 00:07:39,668 --> 00:07:42,788 Speaker 4: They were excited to know what he knew and what 189 00:07:42,868 --> 00:07:44,748 Speaker 4: got him to the top of the mountain. And so 190 00:07:45,148 --> 00:07:48,188 Speaker 4: I think we've seen it already being played out. Bam 191 00:07:48,268 --> 00:07:50,068 Speaker 4: talked about just how involved this guy's going to be. 192 00:07:50,068 --> 00:07:51,788 Speaker 4: He's in meetings that he doesn't even have to be 193 00:07:51,868 --> 00:07:54,468 Speaker 4: in offering his opinion because he wants it to work 194 00:07:54,468 --> 00:07:56,868 Speaker 4: out right. He wants to have his hand on every 195 00:07:56,908 --> 00:07:59,108 Speaker 4: little piece of this offense. And I don't think there's 196 00:07:59,308 --> 00:08:00,988 Speaker 4: any issue with that. There shouldn't be. 197 00:08:01,188 --> 00:08:03,028 Speaker 7: I think the one way that this could go if 198 00:08:03,028 --> 00:08:05,748 Speaker 7: you start to get into this quarterback have too much freedom, 199 00:08:06,148 --> 00:08:07,588 Speaker 7: is it's some kind of knock on the coach. 200 00:08:07,708 --> 00:08:09,268 Speaker 2: That's not the case here at all. 201 00:08:09,388 --> 00:08:12,388 Speaker 7: I mean, this is not Nathaniel Hacketts saying dude, I'm 202 00:08:12,388 --> 00:08:15,028 Speaker 7: an offensive coordinator again, like, help me out, I don't. 203 00:08:15,308 --> 00:08:16,348 Speaker 2: It's not the case at all. 204 00:08:16,428 --> 00:08:20,068 Speaker 7: It's trust between Hackett and Rogers that Rodgers is not 205 00:08:20,108 --> 00:08:22,388 Speaker 7: going to overstep his bounds, whether with him or whether 206 00:08:22,428 --> 00:08:24,988 Speaker 7: with the other players there as well. And it's also 207 00:08:25,108 --> 00:08:28,828 Speaker 7: Rogers trusting in Hackett. And we certainly have heard Rogers 208 00:08:28,908 --> 00:08:31,388 Speaker 7: at length talk about what he believes in Nathaniel Hackett 209 00:08:31,428 --> 00:08:33,948 Speaker 7: as a coach in this league. So that's part of 210 00:08:33,948 --> 00:08:35,268 Speaker 7: this whole thing, is the trust between those two. 211 00:08:35,348 --> 00:08:37,348 Speaker 6: Yeah, let's not get caught up on the whole freedom 212 00:08:37,348 --> 00:08:41,148 Speaker 6: aspect of it right away. But as a quarterback, it's 213 00:08:41,228 --> 00:08:43,268 Speaker 6: all about the communication that you have to have. So 214 00:08:43,548 --> 00:08:46,508 Speaker 6: let's just go, you know, Saturday night, the night before 215 00:08:46,548 --> 00:08:49,148 Speaker 6: a game in the hotel, every quarterback sits with his 216 00:08:49,188 --> 00:08:51,308 Speaker 6: receivers and goes over, here are signals, all right, here's 217 00:08:51,308 --> 00:08:52,788 Speaker 6: what we're doing at the line of scrimmage. If I'm 218 00:08:52,788 --> 00:08:54,548 Speaker 6: going to change things, you have to be on the 219 00:08:54,588 --> 00:08:57,028 Speaker 6: same page. So it's not just that Aaron Rodgers has 220 00:08:57,068 --> 00:08:59,028 Speaker 6: freedom to do what he wants, but that freedom is 221 00:08:59,028 --> 00:09:01,468 Speaker 6: going to be restricted by the knowledge of the guys 222 00:09:01,508 --> 00:09:04,028 Speaker 6: around him and do they understand? Can they process at 223 00:09:04,028 --> 00:09:06,348 Speaker 6: the same speed is Aaron Rodgers because when he breaks 224 00:09:06,348 --> 00:09:08,988 Speaker 6: the huddle, he's immediately deciphering the code. What's going on here, 225 00:09:09,028 --> 00:09:10,548 Speaker 6: what's going on there. If they don't see the same 226 00:09:10,548 --> 00:09:12,428 Speaker 6: thing he's seeing, they're not gonna be on the same page. 227 00:09:12,428 --> 00:09:15,108 Speaker 6: It's gonna be a hot mess. So he dealt with 228 00:09:15,148 --> 00:09:18,188 Speaker 6: this last year with you young receivers in Green Bay. 229 00:09:18,388 --> 00:09:21,028 Speaker 6: He's got some young guys with the Jets too, So 230 00:09:21,228 --> 00:09:23,308 Speaker 6: there's gonna be a lot more work for Aaron Rodgers 231 00:09:23,388 --> 00:09:25,428 Speaker 6: to do to get these guys up to speed, get 232 00:09:25,468 --> 00:09:27,468 Speaker 6: him ready on game day to play fast. The one 233 00:09:27,508 --> 00:09:30,028 Speaker 6: thing that I will caution people is your expectations right 234 00:09:30,068 --> 00:09:31,828 Speaker 6: now for the Jets and for Aaron Rodgers are he's 235 00:09:31,828 --> 00:09:33,748 Speaker 6: gonna go out, lighted up throw for five thousand yards 236 00:09:33,748 --> 00:09:35,668 Speaker 6: forty yards a game. Last year he was with a 237 00:09:35,668 --> 00:09:37,948 Speaker 6: lot of young receivers. It was not a new offense, 238 00:09:37,988 --> 00:09:39,828 Speaker 6: it was not a new team. Do you know how 239 00:09:39,828 --> 00:09:42,108 Speaker 6: many three hundred yard games Aaron Rodgers had last year? 240 00:09:42,348 --> 00:09:43,788 Speaker 8: Zero? Not one. 241 00:09:43,908 --> 00:09:46,628 Speaker 6: So there is some work to be done. And that's 242 00:09:46,668 --> 00:09:48,428 Speaker 6: part of it is he had young receivers and he 243 00:09:48,468 --> 00:09:50,028 Speaker 6: didn't they weren't all on the same page. So he's 244 00:09:50,028 --> 00:09:51,188 Speaker 6: got to do that. He's got to put in the 245 00:09:51,228 --> 00:09:53,308 Speaker 6: time in training camp and OTA's and all life. 246 00:09:53,348 --> 00:09:55,228 Speaker 9: And he showed up for Otias, which he didn't do 247 00:09:55,348 --> 00:09:57,508 Speaker 9: last year, with a totally new receiving corps and a 248 00:09:57,548 --> 00:09:59,788 Speaker 9: couple of rookies and no more DeVante Adams, which was 249 00:09:59,828 --> 00:10:02,828 Speaker 9: a point of frustration internally for the Packers because we 250 00:10:02,908 --> 00:10:04,388 Speaker 9: need you there, So what do you do this offseason? 251 00:10:04,708 --> 00:10:07,468 Speaker 9: He showed up. We're gonna get to September here. I 252 00:10:07,508 --> 00:10:08,948 Speaker 9: want you to look at the first six games on 253 00:10:08,988 --> 00:10:12,868 Speaker 9: the Jets schedule home against the Bills, at Dallas, home 254 00:10:12,908 --> 00:10:17,188 Speaker 9: against the Patriots, home against the Chiefs, at Denver home 255 00:10:17,228 --> 00:10:18,268 Speaker 9: against Philadelphia. 256 00:10:18,668 --> 00:10:19,708 Speaker 8: You want to talk about. 257 00:10:19,468 --> 00:10:22,828 Speaker 9: Trial by fire, all the talk, we're debating everything and 258 00:10:22,948 --> 00:10:25,828 Speaker 9: two much freedom, not enough freedom, whatever these discussions are. 259 00:10:25,908 --> 00:10:27,788 Speaker 9: And we're gonna keep doing it for months more. You're 260 00:10:27,828 --> 00:10:30,588 Speaker 9: gonna get to those games and we're gonna find out. 261 00:10:30,708 --> 00:10:33,548 Speaker 9: And you know, when the spotlight is shining on this situation, 262 00:10:33,748 --> 00:10:37,468 Speaker 9: unlike anything else outside of maybe Dallas, in the entire NFL, 263 00:10:37,868 --> 00:10:41,708 Speaker 9: whatever happens, it's going to be hype trained one direction. 264 00:10:41,468 --> 00:10:44,708 Speaker 3: Or the other, and that schedule is rough still to come. 265 00:10:45,028 --> 00:10:45,668 Speaker 3: I'm GMFB. 266 00:10:45,908 --> 00:10:48,188 Speaker 4: The Titans quarterback group got a whole lot more crowded 267 00:10:48,228 --> 00:10:51,548 Speaker 4: this offseason, So what's the best case scenario for them 268 00:10:51,588 --> 00:10:52,548 Speaker 4: in twenty twenty three. 269 00:10:52,588 --> 00:10:53,988 Speaker 3: We're going to discuss later on. 270 00:10:54,068 --> 00:10:57,148 Speaker 9: Plus which AFC West team will give the Chiefs a 271 00:10:57,268 --> 00:11:00,588 Speaker 9: run for their money in this season. Our division checklists 272 00:11:00,588 --> 00:11:03,228 Speaker 9: are next right here on Good Morning Football. 273 00:11:04,628 --> 00:11:18,708 Speaker 11: Involved yeah, look at yous hey, just give me a shot. 274 00:11:19,428 --> 00:11:20,908 Speaker 2: Good Morning Football. 275 00:11:22,108 --> 00:11:22,668 Speaker 3: It is time. 276 00:11:22,748 --> 00:11:25,628 Speaker 4: We're another edition of the checklist as the new season 277 00:11:25,708 --> 00:11:26,748 Speaker 4: quickly approaches. 278 00:11:26,788 --> 00:11:27,548 Speaker 3: What's our countdown? 279 00:11:28,148 --> 00:11:32,388 Speaker 8: Twenty six days? Twenty yeah, twenty seven days. Still most 280 00:11:32,428 --> 00:11:33,508 Speaker 8: teams are one day. 281 00:11:33,708 --> 00:11:35,508 Speaker 3: Yes, I can't remember. 282 00:11:35,188 --> 00:11:37,628 Speaker 8: What day it is. It's Wednesday. We're on it. No 283 00:11:37,748 --> 00:11:38,188 Speaker 8: you coming. 284 00:11:38,908 --> 00:11:40,588 Speaker 4: We're going to break down the teams in a specific 285 00:11:40,668 --> 00:11:43,228 Speaker 4: division every day this week, lay out what they need to. 286 00:11:43,188 --> 00:11:45,628 Speaker 3: Do to find success in twenty twenty three. 287 00:11:45,668 --> 00:11:47,708 Speaker 4: It is the checklist, and today we're focusing on the 288 00:11:47,748 --> 00:11:48,508 Speaker 4: AFC West. 289 00:11:48,508 --> 00:11:51,068 Speaker 3: So Tom, let's start with you and the Chargers. 290 00:11:51,308 --> 00:11:54,868 Speaker 9: The LA Chargers Number one thing for the twenty twenty 291 00:11:54,868 --> 00:11:55,828 Speaker 9: three season. 292 00:11:55,548 --> 00:12:00,068 Speaker 8: Show me stay healthy. Look back at last season they 293 00:12:00,108 --> 00:12:00,868 Speaker 8: went ten and seven. 294 00:12:00,908 --> 00:12:03,308 Speaker 9: They made the playoffs, almost won a playoff game, but 295 00:12:03,548 --> 00:12:06,508 Speaker 9: so many of their top players were not on the 296 00:12:06,508 --> 00:12:08,148 Speaker 9: field for Let's see the board here some of the 297 00:12:08,148 --> 00:12:11,068 Speaker 9: games miss Keenan Allen missed seven games, Mike Williams miss 298 00:12:11,108 --> 00:12:13,788 Speaker 9: five games, Jalen got another receiver, missed almost the entire 299 00:12:13,828 --> 00:12:16,428 Speaker 9: season with a big time knee injury. Rashon Slater, one 300 00:12:16,428 --> 00:12:18,748 Speaker 9: of the best young offensive tackles in the game, missed 301 00:12:18,748 --> 00:12:21,628 Speaker 9: almost the entire season with a bisops injury. JC Jackson 302 00:12:22,028 --> 00:12:24,508 Speaker 9: was one of the big scores in free agency, missed 303 00:12:24,548 --> 00:12:26,868 Speaker 9: almost the whole season, and then Joey Bosa, one. 304 00:12:26,708 --> 00:12:28,108 Speaker 8: Of the dominant pass rushers in the league. 305 00:12:28,148 --> 00:12:30,108 Speaker 9: One of the most important positions on the team shown 306 00:12:30,148 --> 00:12:32,308 Speaker 9: outside of the quarterback position. I would say it is 307 00:12:32,428 --> 00:12:35,228 Speaker 9: left tackle, it is pass rusher. They didn't have either 308 00:12:35,268 --> 00:12:37,348 Speaker 9: of those guys almost the entire time. I know they 309 00:12:37,348 --> 00:12:39,548 Speaker 9: made some changes on the medical side to the course 310 00:12:39,588 --> 00:12:41,828 Speaker 9: of this offseason. Maybe that's gonna pay some dividends. The 311 00:12:41,908 --> 00:12:43,948 Speaker 9: Chargers always seem like the team that's getting hit hard 312 00:12:43,948 --> 00:12:46,828 Speaker 9: with the injuries. Guys don't get back as quickly stay healthy. 313 00:12:47,028 --> 00:12:49,788 Speaker 9: That's gonna give you a shot. Number two on the 314 00:12:49,868 --> 00:12:51,668 Speaker 9: list for the twenty twenty three Chargers. 315 00:12:52,148 --> 00:12:53,548 Speaker 8: Justin and Kellen sitting. 316 00:12:53,308 --> 00:12:58,348 Speaker 9: In a tree passig That's right, it's Justin Herbert Kellen Moore. 317 00:12:58,628 --> 00:13:00,068 Speaker 8: They got to be on the same page. 318 00:13:00,228 --> 00:13:03,028 Speaker 9: Kellen Moore had a lot of really good offenses in Dallas. 319 00:13:03,028 --> 00:13:06,068 Speaker 9: Brandon Staley jumped all over when it became available after 320 00:13:06,068 --> 00:13:08,028 Speaker 9: the Cowboys decided to move in a different direction. From 321 00:13:08,028 --> 00:13:10,468 Speaker 9: a play calling perspective. Here, Justin Herbert, one of the 322 00:13:10,508 --> 00:13:13,828 Speaker 9: top young quarterbacks in the NFL, hasn't gotten over that 323 00:13:13,908 --> 00:13:15,628 Speaker 9: hump in terms of winning a playoff game yet. He 324 00:13:15,668 --> 00:13:17,708 Speaker 9: may well get a new contract before the start of 325 00:13:17,708 --> 00:13:20,508 Speaker 9: the season. But it's about winning and winning big. They're 326 00:13:20,548 --> 00:13:23,508 Speaker 9: staying in Justin Herbert's language. That should help the transition here. 327 00:13:23,588 --> 00:13:25,908 Speaker 9: They're gonna be doing a lot of different things schematically, 328 00:13:26,028 --> 00:13:29,108 Speaker 9: philosophically through the course of this offseason, unlock even more 329 00:13:29,188 --> 00:13:32,708 Speaker 9: of Justin Herbert and finally meet the Chiefs. They've been 330 00:13:32,708 --> 00:13:36,788 Speaker 9: close Mahomes versus Herbert five times stern Herbert's career so far, 331 00:13:37,148 --> 00:13:40,508 Speaker 9: all five games one score games, All five featured a 332 00:13:40,628 --> 00:13:43,228 Speaker 9: lead change in the fourth quarter. The Chiefs in those 333 00:13:43,228 --> 00:13:45,748 Speaker 9: five games have outscored the Chargers by a grand total 334 00:13:45,988 --> 00:13:48,748 Speaker 9: of nine points. They're four to one, but these are 335 00:13:48,828 --> 00:13:51,788 Speaker 9: all close games. You can make the argument, and Brandon 336 00:13:51,788 --> 00:13:53,948 Speaker 9: Staley did it when I spoke to him last week. 337 00:13:53,988 --> 00:13:56,068 Speaker 9: I'm saying this is one of the best rivalries in 338 00:13:56,108 --> 00:13:58,828 Speaker 9: the NFL right now. The Chargers have not gotten past 339 00:13:58,908 --> 00:14:02,388 Speaker 9: the Chiefs. Obviously knocking off the best team, the reigning champs, 340 00:14:02,428 --> 00:14:05,148 Speaker 9: the reigning NFL MVP is a tall and that's something 341 00:14:05,188 --> 00:14:06,868 Speaker 9: the Charger is gonna have to deal with as long 342 00:14:06,868 --> 00:14:08,988 Speaker 9: as Patrick Mahomes is in the division. 343 00:14:09,228 --> 00:14:10,468 Speaker 8: But beat the Chiefs. 344 00:14:10,748 --> 00:14:13,188 Speaker 9: That's what it is ultimately all about here, not just 345 00:14:13,268 --> 00:14:16,188 Speaker 9: in terms of the AFC West Division, but also potential 346 00:14:16,188 --> 00:14:17,788 Speaker 9: playoff matchup somewhere down one. 347 00:14:17,868 --> 00:14:19,908 Speaker 6: All right, shin up, all right, that's the only time 348 00:14:19,948 --> 00:14:21,388 Speaker 6: that the Chargers are in front of the Chiefs. 349 00:14:21,468 --> 00:14:24,228 Speaker 2: All right. The Chiefs are my team right now. 350 00:14:24,268 --> 00:14:26,188 Speaker 6: And to your point, the nine points that they've lost 351 00:14:26,188 --> 00:14:27,988 Speaker 6: those five games in I'm pretty sure Brandon Stale is 352 00:14:27,988 --> 00:14:30,028 Speaker 6: going to go for two every single time. All Right, 353 00:14:30,108 --> 00:14:32,788 Speaker 6: the Chiefs. Here is my three point checks list right 354 00:14:32,788 --> 00:14:35,588 Speaker 6: here for the defending Super Bowl champions. Number One, they 355 00:14:35,588 --> 00:14:37,228 Speaker 6: got to beat Detroit in the week one. That's gonna 356 00:14:37,228 --> 00:14:39,948 Speaker 6: be a fun game to watch, But this is tackle football. 357 00:14:39,988 --> 00:14:42,468 Speaker 6: I'm not talking about ball carriers. I'm talking about protecting 358 00:14:42,508 --> 00:14:44,948 Speaker 6: the quarterback. The Chiefs went on and won the Super 359 00:14:44,948 --> 00:14:47,548 Speaker 6: Bowl last year and then replaced both tackles this year. 360 00:14:47,708 --> 00:14:50,988 Speaker 6: All right, We've got Donovan Smith, the perennial left tackle 361 00:14:51,068 --> 00:14:52,948 Speaker 6: for the tam Bay Buccaneers for a bunch of years, 362 00:14:52,948 --> 00:14:55,228 Speaker 6: won a Super Bowl, has a ton of starts under 363 00:14:55,268 --> 00:14:57,468 Speaker 6: his belt, only give up one sack last season. And 364 00:14:57,508 --> 00:15:00,148 Speaker 6: then at right tackle, Jawan Taylor they signed from Jacksonville, 365 00:15:00,148 --> 00:15:02,508 Speaker 6: gave him a huge deal. There was a little point 366 00:15:02,508 --> 00:15:05,188 Speaker 6: in time where we weren't sure if was gonna play 367 00:15:05,268 --> 00:15:06,948 Speaker 6: left or not, and then they signed Donovan, So now 368 00:15:06,988 --> 00:15:10,908 Speaker 6: he'll Juwan will probably be at right tackle, very athletic tackle, 369 00:15:10,948 --> 00:15:13,588 Speaker 6: great hands. But if you're Patrick Mahomes, it's wow. Just 370 00:15:13,628 --> 00:15:16,308 Speaker 6: a couple of years ago, we completely remorphed our entire 371 00:15:16,348 --> 00:15:18,828 Speaker 6: offensive line, replaced all five of them, and now we've 372 00:15:18,828 --> 00:15:20,828 Speaker 6: got to replace the tackle. So they've got to figure 373 00:15:20,828 --> 00:15:24,748 Speaker 6: out that situation and make Mahomes comfortable. Number Two Big 374 00:15:24,908 --> 00:15:28,428 Speaker 6: play Bolden. Nick Bolden had an unbelievable season last year. 375 00:15:28,788 --> 00:15:30,748 Speaker 6: He was second in the league in tackles with one 376 00:15:30,828 --> 00:15:33,548 Speaker 6: hundred and eighty. He might have been their defensive MVP. 377 00:15:33,708 --> 00:15:36,508 Speaker 6: He certainly was the defensive MVP from the Super Bowl. 378 00:15:36,548 --> 00:15:38,988 Speaker 6: Bolt's got to have a great season. Back it up, 379 00:15:39,068 --> 00:15:41,028 Speaker 6: and then let's go to back to the offense. Now, 380 00:15:41,068 --> 00:15:43,388 Speaker 6: all right, we know Patrick Mahomes best quarterback in the league. 381 00:15:43,468 --> 00:15:46,388 Speaker 6: Right now, who's he throwing to? Who's his number one receiver? Look, 382 00:15:46,428 --> 00:15:48,348 Speaker 6: Travis Kelsey's his tight end. We know that's his go 383 00:15:48,428 --> 00:15:50,628 Speaker 6: to guy. But at some point defense are gonna say 384 00:15:50,628 --> 00:15:52,348 Speaker 6: you're not gonna be able to throw the ball to Kelsey. 385 00:15:52,428 --> 00:15:54,348 Speaker 6: Somebody's got to step up? Is it Tony? 386 00:15:54,668 --> 00:15:56,748 Speaker 2: I don't know, it feels good. 387 00:15:56,868 --> 00:15:58,108 Speaker 6: Yeah, I'm with you on that one. 388 00:15:58,188 --> 00:15:58,828 Speaker 8: That looks good. 389 00:15:59,228 --> 00:16:01,148 Speaker 6: Is it Sky Moore? Is he going to be stepping up? 390 00:16:01,188 --> 00:16:04,028 Speaker 6: Is it mbs right there making that acrobatic catch? He's 391 00:16:04,028 --> 00:16:06,388 Speaker 6: made a nice catches in OTA's as well. So somebody's 392 00:16:06,428 --> 00:16:08,788 Speaker 6: got to step up. I don't think it's wide receiver 393 00:16:08,868 --> 00:16:11,228 Speaker 6: by committee, but somebody's gonna have to step up and 394 00:16:11,268 --> 00:16:13,388 Speaker 6: be that number one receiver for Patrick Mahomes On third 395 00:16:13,388 --> 00:16:15,548 Speaker 6: and nine when Kelsey's not an option, who am I 396 00:16:15,588 --> 00:16:17,388 Speaker 6: going to? That's who's got to figure out there's my one, 397 00:16:17,468 --> 00:16:20,188 Speaker 6: two three right there for the defending Super Bowl champions. 398 00:16:20,188 --> 00:16:22,348 Speaker 6: Can't wait to see them lower that banner again. And 399 00:16:22,388 --> 00:16:24,548 Speaker 6: of course I'm sure they'll pay homage to Normal Hunt, 400 00:16:24,588 --> 00:16:25,748 Speaker 6: who we lost this year as well. 401 00:16:25,908 --> 00:16:27,028 Speaker 2: Yep, yep, good job, Shawn. 402 00:16:27,148 --> 00:16:29,868 Speaker 7: I got the Denver Broncos, and most times with a 403 00:16:29,948 --> 00:16:31,428 Speaker 7: new head coach, I'd say, like, this team is not 404 00:16:31,468 --> 00:16:34,308 Speaker 7: gonna make the playoffs. This team's gotta shot that there's 405 00:16:34,388 --> 00:16:37,188 Speaker 7: enough pieces they can make the playoffs, but getting there 406 00:16:37,548 --> 00:16:40,508 Speaker 7: and even more important, stop the check beat the Chiefs, 407 00:16:41,068 --> 00:16:43,468 Speaker 7: and it's more urgent for the Broncos than it is 408 00:16:43,508 --> 00:16:46,268 Speaker 7: for the Chargers. I had research check this like three times. 409 00:16:46,268 --> 00:16:47,628 Speaker 7: They just have to triple it. As a matter of fact. 410 00:16:47,628 --> 00:16:50,348 Speaker 7: While I'm talking research, you can check it again. Fifteen 411 00:16:50,388 --> 00:16:53,268 Speaker 7: in a row the Chiefs had beating the Broncos fifteen 412 00:16:53,348 --> 00:16:55,588 Speaker 7: in a row. Is that still correct? I'm waiting for 413 00:16:55,628 --> 00:16:57,108 Speaker 7: them to tell me in my ear because I still 414 00:16:57,148 --> 00:17:00,748 Speaker 7: don't believe it. Sean Payton I talked about correct, they said, 415 00:17:00,948 --> 00:17:01,548 Speaker 7: Sean Payton. 416 00:17:01,588 --> 00:17:02,988 Speaker 2: I talked about this yesterday. 417 00:17:03,468 --> 00:17:05,948 Speaker 7: I said, John Payton, right, He's gonna win some games 418 00:17:05,988 --> 00:17:07,988 Speaker 7: against the Chiefs in the coming years. That is of 419 00:17:08,028 --> 00:17:10,508 Speaker 7: the utmost urgency for the Denver Broncos. 420 00:17:10,508 --> 00:17:10,668 Speaker 8: Here. 421 00:17:10,868 --> 00:17:15,228 Speaker 7: Number two Broncos Country, Let's run. They were what twenty 422 00:17:15,228 --> 00:17:17,868 Speaker 7: first in the league rushing wise last year. That is 423 00:17:17,908 --> 00:17:20,588 Speaker 7: not gonna work for Russell Wilson. He needs a running 424 00:17:20,588 --> 00:17:22,348 Speaker 7: game that he can work off of. Sean Payton when 425 00:17:22,388 --> 00:17:24,428 Speaker 7: he was the coach of the Chief Saints, excuse me, 426 00:17:25,068 --> 00:17:26,988 Speaker 7: won two, three, four five. The last six years he 427 00:17:27,028 --> 00:17:28,748 Speaker 7: was the coach, they were ranked in the top half 428 00:17:28,788 --> 00:17:29,548 Speaker 7: of the league. 429 00:17:29,668 --> 00:17:30,508 Speaker 2: In rushing attack. 430 00:17:30,548 --> 00:17:32,708 Speaker 7: I know we think of him and Drew Brees throwing 431 00:17:32,748 --> 00:17:34,628 Speaker 7: the ball over the place, but running the football was 432 00:17:34,668 --> 00:17:36,228 Speaker 7: a big part of what Peyton did in New Orleans. 433 00:17:36,268 --> 00:17:38,988 Speaker 7: Gotta be a big part what he does in Denver. 434 00:17:39,148 --> 00:17:43,148 Speaker 7: Number three, Vance, have the time of your life for 435 00:17:43,228 --> 00:17:46,308 Speaker 7: real this time. Vance Joseph back as the defensive coordinator, 436 00:17:46,348 --> 00:17:49,348 Speaker 7: said it wasn't anything that would stop him from taking 437 00:17:49,388 --> 00:17:51,588 Speaker 7: this job, having been the head coach of the Denver 438 00:17:51,628 --> 00:17:53,588 Speaker 7: Broncos before and pact. He said he talked to Wade 439 00:17:53,588 --> 00:17:56,468 Speaker 7: Phillips recently. Wade was the head coach of the Broncos. 440 00:17:56,468 --> 00:17:59,068 Speaker 7: Came back as the defensive coordinator, won a title as 441 00:17:59,148 --> 00:18:02,908 Speaker 7: defensive coordinator of Denver Wade, telling him followed in my footsteps, 442 00:18:02,948 --> 00:18:04,588 Speaker 7: so that side of the ball gonna be big for 443 00:18:04,708 --> 00:18:07,188 Speaker 7: the Denver Bronco was not just about Sean Payton's offense 444 00:18:07,268 --> 00:18:08,948 Speaker 7: vance Joseph's defense. 445 00:18:08,588 --> 00:18:10,588 Speaker 8: As well, we love you serious. It was Let's ride. 446 00:18:11,308 --> 00:18:13,028 Speaker 3: Yeah, well he's changing it. You know. 447 00:18:13,068 --> 00:18:13,868 Speaker 2: You see what I'm doing there. 448 00:18:13,948 --> 00:18:15,388 Speaker 6: Yeah, Let's Ride is run too. 449 00:18:15,908 --> 00:18:18,428 Speaker 4: I'm gonna wrap things with the Raiders, And they're twenty 450 00:18:18,468 --> 00:18:20,788 Speaker 4: twenty three checklists for success, and I'm pretty sure everybody 451 00:18:20,828 --> 00:18:23,588 Speaker 4: knows what's probably going on top here at number one. 452 00:18:23,948 --> 00:18:25,748 Speaker 4: Let's go to the Jimmy Gamble pays off and I 453 00:18:25,748 --> 00:18:26,708 Speaker 4: know what everyone's gonna say. 454 00:18:26,708 --> 00:18:27,748 Speaker 3: Okay, there's injury issues. 455 00:18:27,788 --> 00:18:29,388 Speaker 4: It's all we talk about when it comes to Jimmy 456 00:18:29,388 --> 00:18:31,588 Speaker 4: g And then, oh what happened this offseason? We've got 457 00:18:31,588 --> 00:18:35,508 Speaker 4: some injury issues and injury questions. However, let's just say 458 00:18:35,508 --> 00:18:38,148 Speaker 4: that Jimmy's healthy and on the checklist. They need this 459 00:18:38,188 --> 00:18:40,748 Speaker 4: to happen. Jimmy's working his way back. The last time 460 00:18:40,788 --> 00:18:44,668 Speaker 4: Jimmy played an entirely full healthy season, it was twenty nineteen. 461 00:18:44,748 --> 00:18:46,868 Speaker 4: In twenty twenty one, though he missed just one game, 462 00:18:46,868 --> 00:18:49,228 Speaker 4: and I think so much of it is about Jimmy's 463 00:18:49,228 --> 00:18:51,988 Speaker 4: not on the field and Jimmy's in the system and 464 00:18:52,028 --> 00:18:53,468 Speaker 4: it's not Jimmy. But at the end of the day, 465 00:18:53,508 --> 00:18:55,148 Speaker 4: if Jimmy's on the field, and we're gonna pretend this 466 00:18:55,228 --> 00:18:56,668 Speaker 4: he's on the checklist, he's gonna be on the field. 467 00:18:56,668 --> 00:18:58,428 Speaker 3: He's going to play. Jimmy wins. 468 00:18:58,508 --> 00:19:00,868 Speaker 4: So I'm so tired of hearing all the arguments about 469 00:19:01,108 --> 00:19:03,548 Speaker 4: Jimmy wins. But Jimmy wins. What do you want out 470 00:19:03,588 --> 00:19:05,388 Speaker 4: of your quarterback? You want to throw for four hundred 471 00:19:05,468 --> 00:19:07,668 Speaker 4: yards a game and have an average regret. Jimmy wins 472 00:19:07,668 --> 00:19:10,308 Speaker 4: football games. He's forty four and nineteen is a starter. 473 00:19:10,388 --> 00:19:12,228 Speaker 4: So what is he bringing to Las Vegas? He is 474 00:19:12,268 --> 00:19:15,268 Speaker 4: a quarterback that knows how to win games. How about 475 00:19:15,348 --> 00:19:17,868 Speaker 4: number two? Jimmy doesn't have to do it all himself. 476 00:19:17,868 --> 00:19:20,588 Speaker 4: You know why because on this checklist would be Josh 477 00:19:20,708 --> 00:19:23,828 Speaker 4: Jacob's cashes in. And you know, Mike GE's a little 478 00:19:23,828 --> 00:19:27,348 Speaker 4: stat there about fifteen in a row. Chiefs of moroncos 479 00:19:27,668 --> 00:19:31,428 Speaker 4: that it's unbelievable. Is it also unbelievable to say that 480 00:19:31,468 --> 00:19:34,468 Speaker 4: Josh Jacobs might quietly be the league's leading rusher. It 481 00:19:34,468 --> 00:19:36,628 Speaker 4: seems like he's underrated. And yet this is a guy 482 00:19:36,668 --> 00:19:38,828 Speaker 4: that led the league and he's still running on the 483 00:19:38,828 --> 00:19:42,508 Speaker 4: ship and rushing over sixteen hundred yards last season, and 484 00:19:42,748 --> 00:19:44,708 Speaker 4: for some reason, I feel like he still doesn't get 485 00:19:44,988 --> 00:19:48,108 Speaker 4: the respect that he is due. Jimmy g doesn't have 486 00:19:48,148 --> 00:19:50,148 Speaker 4: to do everything. Hand this guy the football. This guy 487 00:19:50,148 --> 00:19:53,548 Speaker 4: has yet another Josh Jacobs season. They're in really good shape. 488 00:19:53,548 --> 00:19:56,148 Speaker 4: And then number three, let's go to the defensive side 489 00:19:56,148 --> 00:19:58,948 Speaker 4: of the ball. How about give me three aces. We 490 00:19:59,028 --> 00:20:01,268 Speaker 4: know what Max Crosby can do, we know what Chandler 491 00:20:01,348 --> 00:20:03,348 Speaker 4: Jones can do. And then they go out and draft 492 00:20:03,348 --> 00:20:06,308 Speaker 4: this guy, Tyree Wilson overall at a Texas A and 493 00:20:06,468 --> 00:20:07,428 Speaker 4: m everything on him. 494 00:20:07,508 --> 00:20:08,828 Speaker 3: He is a beast. 495 00:20:09,228 --> 00:20:11,748 Speaker 4: Put him on the field, unleash him with the other two, 496 00:20:12,148 --> 00:20:15,748 Speaker 4: and this is a trio that could wreck havoc on 497 00:20:15,868 --> 00:20:19,588 Speaker 4: quarterbacks across the National Football League. Give me the Raiders, 498 00:20:19,708 --> 00:20:22,108 Speaker 4: give me this checklist, give me these guys taking some 499 00:20:22,188 --> 00:20:23,028 Speaker 4: quarterbacks down. 500 00:20:23,348 --> 00:20:25,668 Speaker 3: Here's my free three for the Raiders. 501 00:20:25,788 --> 00:20:27,788 Speaker 8: Like, what's your favorite Crosby, Jones and Wilson. 502 00:20:27,508 --> 00:20:31,388 Speaker 7: Song, Sweet Sweet Joshi blue Eyes. 503 00:20:31,428 --> 00:20:35,388 Speaker 4: I don't know you're watching Good Morning Football. Titan second 504 00:20:35,468 --> 00:20:39,308 Speaker 4: year quarterback leak. Willis posted this on Instagram. It's going 505 00:20:39,348 --> 00:20:43,948 Speaker 4: to get so crazy when that script flip. This offseason, 506 00:20:43,988 --> 00:20:47,028 Speaker 4: Willis is competing with both veteran quarterback Ryan Tannehill and 507 00:20:47,268 --> 00:20:48,628 Speaker 4: rookie Will Levis. 508 00:20:48,348 --> 00:20:49,308 Speaker 3: For the starting role. 509 00:20:49,388 --> 00:20:52,268 Speaker 4: Most people don't expect Willis to win that starting role, 510 00:20:52,308 --> 00:20:54,388 Speaker 4: so it's up to him to flip that script of 511 00:20:54,468 --> 00:20:55,788 Speaker 4: his own destiny. 512 00:20:56,268 --> 00:20:57,028 Speaker 3: This makes for. 513 00:20:57,388 --> 00:21:00,348 Speaker 4: Sort of a weird quarterback room, right because Tannehill knows 514 00:21:00,348 --> 00:21:02,988 Speaker 4: that they just continue to draft guys after they took 515 00:21:03,028 --> 00:21:05,068 Speaker 4: the leak and then they took Levis. What is the 516 00:21:05,108 --> 00:21:08,628 Speaker 4: best case scenario for the Titans quarterback situation this season? 517 00:21:08,668 --> 00:21:11,508 Speaker 7: Mike I would say that Will Levis uses what happened 518 00:21:11,508 --> 00:21:13,468 Speaker 7: on draft night. We had Ryan Leaf here the day 519 00:21:13,548 --> 00:21:15,188 Speaker 7: after the first round. He said, the winner of the 520 00:21:15,188 --> 00:21:18,428 Speaker 7: first round was Will Levis for not being drafted because 521 00:21:18,468 --> 00:21:20,188 Speaker 7: the expectations aren't going to be that high, and then 522 00:21:20,228 --> 00:21:22,748 Speaker 7: he could then capitalize on the fact that, yeah, you're 523 00:21:22,788 --> 00:21:24,468 Speaker 7: a second round pick and you're not going to be 524 00:21:24,548 --> 00:21:26,428 Speaker 7: under the weight of those expectations. To me, it's not 525 00:21:26,428 --> 00:21:28,508 Speaker 7: about the weight of the expectations. It's about how this 526 00:21:28,788 --> 00:21:31,828 Speaker 7: young man responds. Do you use this moment to motivate you, 527 00:21:31,908 --> 00:21:34,188 Speaker 7: and not just this moment, but the reaction when he 528 00:21:34,268 --> 00:21:36,868 Speaker 7: was finally drafted and you saw this right there, You 529 00:21:36,908 --> 00:21:40,108 Speaker 7: saw the emotion, all right, can you channel that and 530 00:21:40,188 --> 00:21:43,548 Speaker 7: can you start to show people that they all made 531 00:21:43,548 --> 00:21:45,588 Speaker 7: a mistake by passing on you in the first round. 532 00:21:45,628 --> 00:21:47,268 Speaker 7: I think that's the best case scenario if you start 533 00:21:47,308 --> 00:21:49,548 Speaker 7: to see that from Will Levis this upcoming season. 534 00:21:49,628 --> 00:21:51,588 Speaker 6: Yeah, you could see the painting right there and then 535 00:21:51,628 --> 00:21:53,628 Speaker 6: surprise of not getting drafted. Imagine if we had a 536 00:21:53,708 --> 00:21:56,308 Speaker 6: video camera in Ryan Tannehill's house two years in a 537 00:21:56,388 --> 00:21:59,028 Speaker 6: row they drafted a quarterback, Imagine what kind of emotions 538 00:21:59,028 --> 00:22:01,428 Speaker 6: he was probably going through. Look, I'm all in on 539 00:22:01,508 --> 00:22:03,508 Speaker 6: Ryan Tannehill having a great season, and I think when 540 00:22:03,548 --> 00:22:05,748 Speaker 6: you look at what Ryan tany what he's done with 541 00:22:05,748 --> 00:22:08,308 Speaker 6: the play action passing game. Yes, of course Derrick Henry 542 00:22:08,348 --> 00:22:10,348 Speaker 6: is a huge part of that, but nobody's been better 543 00:22:10,348 --> 00:22:12,828 Speaker 6: than Ryan Tannehill in the play action passing game. I 544 00:22:12,868 --> 00:22:14,508 Speaker 6: think the big thing for Tannehill has just been like 545 00:22:14,588 --> 00:22:17,148 Speaker 6: can he stay healthy? So since he's been in Tennessee, 546 00:22:17,148 --> 00:22:19,868 Speaker 6: he's been a totally different quarterback, basically jump started his career. 547 00:22:20,308 --> 00:22:21,868 Speaker 6: I think He's got a lot left in him, you know. 548 00:22:21,948 --> 00:22:23,988 Speaker 6: Now he's got a young bucking Traylon Burks, he's got 549 00:22:23,988 --> 00:22:26,828 Speaker 6: to step up. Obviously, the AJ Brown trade initiated that 550 00:22:26,908 --> 00:22:29,748 Speaker 6: last year. But for Ryan Tannehill, I think the best 551 00:22:29,788 --> 00:22:32,308 Speaker 6: case scenario for him is he plays all seventeen games 552 00:22:32,428 --> 00:22:35,068 Speaker 6: and they find a way to win the division riding 553 00:22:35,108 --> 00:22:36,868 Speaker 6: Derrick Henry and that play action passing game. 554 00:22:37,028 --> 00:22:39,628 Speaker 9: Ryan Tannehill's career has been left for dead before. Back 555 00:22:39,668 --> 00:22:43,268 Speaker 9: in twenty nineteen, the Dolphins actually paid him five million 556 00:22:43,268 --> 00:22:45,748 Speaker 9: dollars of his salary to get the Titans to take 557 00:22:45,868 --> 00:22:49,308 Speaker 9: him for a future fourth round draft pick. He goes 558 00:22:49,348 --> 00:22:52,708 Speaker 9: in there, Marcus Mariota gets benched in October, and Tannehill 559 00:22:52,788 --> 00:22:55,108 Speaker 9: won about three quarters of his starts over the next 560 00:22:55,148 --> 00:22:57,788 Speaker 9: three seasons before. Obviously, last year was really rocky from 561 00:22:57,828 --> 00:22:59,468 Speaker 9: everyone's perspective, and he missed a bunch. 562 00:22:59,308 --> 00:23:01,588 Speaker 8: Of time with injuries. So I'm with Sean here. 563 00:23:01,708 --> 00:23:04,628 Speaker 9: The best case scenario is that Ryan Tannehill comes in 564 00:23:04,908 --> 00:23:07,908 Speaker 9: and is motivated and plays really well. He then gets 565 00:23:07,948 --> 00:23:10,508 Speaker 9: paid come next March because he's in a contract. Here, 566 00:23:10,788 --> 00:23:13,148 Speaker 9: will Levis and Malik Willis gets some more time to 567 00:23:13,228 --> 00:23:15,268 Speaker 9: develop behind the scenes and maybe one of those guys 568 00:23:15,308 --> 00:23:16,388 Speaker 9: takes over in twenty twenty four. 569 00:23:16,428 --> 00:23:18,148 Speaker 4: Let's take a look at the quarterbacks that the Titans 570 00:23:18,148 --> 00:23:20,548 Speaker 4: have had since the Steve McNair era. I was working 571 00:23:20,588 --> 00:23:22,468 Speaker 4: in Nashville back in the day when McNair was there 572 00:23:22,508 --> 00:23:23,068 Speaker 4: and since then. 573 00:23:23,148 --> 00:23:26,428 Speaker 3: Look at all these names. Six of the guys Rusty Smith. 574 00:23:26,548 --> 00:23:27,508 Speaker 2: He was Rusty Smith. 575 00:23:27,628 --> 00:23:31,748 Speaker 4: Six of the guys on this list were top tennis men. 576 00:23:31,748 --> 00:23:32,868 Speaker 8: Burger with the bust out. 577 00:23:32,988 --> 00:23:36,508 Speaker 4: Thinking, maybe what's the best case scenario for the Titans quarterback? 578 00:23:36,548 --> 00:23:37,548 Speaker 3: How about DeAndre. 579 00:23:37,308 --> 00:23:39,588 Speaker 4: Hopkins joining the team that could help the Titans oh 580 00:23:39,628 --> 00:23:40,628 Speaker 4: back situation there? 581 00:23:40,668 --> 00:23:41,628 Speaker 3: That was going to be my answer. 582 00:23:41,708 --> 00:23:43,988 Speaker 4: You got much more GMFB coming up after this to 583 00:23:44,068 --> 00:24:01,548 Speaker 4: gi us Good Morning Football. A couple of weeks back, 584 00:24:01,708 --> 00:24:04,108 Speaker 4: The Good Morning Football Game actually was discussing football and 585 00:24:04,428 --> 00:24:08,028 Speaker 4: sordered teams into tiers by conference. Here's how they broke 586 00:24:08,068 --> 00:24:11,748 Speaker 4: down the NFC into big dogs into hovering to be 587 00:24:11,828 --> 00:24:13,748 Speaker 4: determined and shock the world. 588 00:24:14,508 --> 00:24:19,188 Speaker 12: We are putting teams into categories and now NFC buckle up. 589 00:24:19,268 --> 00:24:22,228 Speaker 13: The Eagles are in the top tier. We'll see if 590 00:24:22,268 --> 00:24:27,348 Speaker 13: they have any company. Lion's hovering, Jayson, They're here right 591 00:24:27,388 --> 00:24:27,908 Speaker 13: in the middle. 592 00:24:29,148 --> 00:24:31,628 Speaker 3: We'll know early in the season if they're creeping there. 593 00:24:32,908 --> 00:24:35,788 Speaker 13: Big dogs. These guys are big dogs. We don't have 594 00:24:35,788 --> 00:24:39,308 Speaker 13: a bleeping clue who their quarterback is. And we're like, oh, Lancer, pretty, 595 00:24:39,708 --> 00:24:42,068 Speaker 13: it might be Donald and it doesn't even matter. 596 00:24:42,188 --> 00:24:43,068 Speaker 2: They're the big dogs. 597 00:24:43,068 --> 00:24:43,708 Speaker 13: That feels good. 598 00:24:43,788 --> 00:24:46,428 Speaker 3: The Giant's hat is staring at me. 599 00:24:46,788 --> 00:24:50,468 Speaker 12: I can't handle it in what government because I'm looking 600 00:24:50,508 --> 00:24:52,948 Speaker 12: at this and I know what happened in January and 601 00:24:52,988 --> 00:24:53,828 Speaker 12: this is bothering me. 602 00:24:54,148 --> 00:24:56,188 Speaker 13: I feel comfortable right now. I mean, there's nothing that 603 00:24:56,308 --> 00:24:57,108 Speaker 13: really pains me. 604 00:25:00,988 --> 00:25:02,748 Speaker 3: So here's how it all shook out. 605 00:25:02,748 --> 00:25:05,108 Speaker 4: They had the Eagles and the Niners named the big 606 00:25:05,148 --> 00:25:08,188 Speaker 4: dogs not hovering category. We've got the Cowboys, the Vikings, 607 00:25:08,188 --> 00:25:10,428 Speaker 4: the Seahawks, the Giants still. 608 00:25:10,188 --> 00:25:10,868 Speaker 3: To be determined. 609 00:25:10,868 --> 00:25:14,308 Speaker 4: How about the Lions, the Saints, and the Rams. And 610 00:25:14,348 --> 00:25:16,868 Speaker 4: then shock the world, here's the teams at the bottom 611 00:25:16,908 --> 00:25:18,828 Speaker 4: of the commanders. How long has it been since the 612 00:25:18,828 --> 00:25:22,068 Speaker 4: Packers have been in that category? The Bears, the Falcons, Bucks, Panthers, 613 00:25:22,388 --> 00:25:23,428 Speaker 4: and Cardinals. 614 00:25:23,548 --> 00:25:26,188 Speaker 8: So the Bears and Falcons merged like the Steagles. 615 00:25:26,348 --> 00:25:27,868 Speaker 3: We're running out of room in there. 616 00:25:28,268 --> 00:25:29,908 Speaker 4: Which one of the teams that we just showed you 617 00:25:29,948 --> 00:25:32,788 Speaker 4: looks out of place in the category that they were 618 00:25:32,788 --> 00:25:33,068 Speaker 4: put in. 619 00:25:33,108 --> 00:25:35,188 Speaker 6: Sean, Yeah, it's interesting to me that we just have 620 00:25:35,308 --> 00:25:37,908 Speaker 6: two teams as the big dogs. We've got the Niners 621 00:25:37,948 --> 00:25:40,308 Speaker 6: and the Eagles, and I just look at it from 622 00:25:40,348 --> 00:25:43,108 Speaker 6: a team sam, I forget about the playoff mishaps. I 623 00:25:43,108 --> 00:25:45,548 Speaker 6: feel like the Dallas Cowboys belong at that big dog table. 624 00:25:45,588 --> 00:25:48,108 Speaker 6: And when you look at what they've got on offense 625 00:25:48,188 --> 00:25:51,388 Speaker 6: and on defense, this team is loaded. They should absolutely, 626 00:25:51,788 --> 00:25:54,028 Speaker 6: I mean this division should come down to the Eagles 627 00:25:54,028 --> 00:25:57,228 Speaker 6: and the Cowboys based on rosters alone. When you just 628 00:25:57,308 --> 00:25:59,188 Speaker 6: look at them on paper and then adding that guy 629 00:25:59,228 --> 00:26:02,548 Speaker 6: Stefan Gilmour, adding Brandon Cooks, you know you've added two 630 00:26:03,028 --> 00:26:05,348 Speaker 6: impact players on both sides of ball. I have no 631 00:26:05,348 --> 00:26:07,148 Speaker 6: reason to believe that Cowboys aren't going to be better 632 00:26:07,188 --> 00:26:10,508 Speaker 6: this year. Terron Smith missed thirteen games last year, ended 633 00:26:10,588 --> 00:26:12,668 Speaker 6: up filling in. They played with a rookie left tackle 634 00:26:12,708 --> 00:26:16,388 Speaker 6: at times in Tyron Smith. So I think that they're 635 00:26:16,388 --> 00:26:18,228 Speaker 6: going to be better. And I also feel like they 636 00:26:18,228 --> 00:26:19,908 Speaker 6: belong to the big dog table because you know, look, 637 00:26:19,948 --> 00:26:21,708 Speaker 6: Cowboys fans, they know, just like all big golfs, they 638 00:26:21,708 --> 00:26:24,388 Speaker 6: love to lick themselves. The Cowboys fans are constantly doing 639 00:26:24,388 --> 00:26:26,348 Speaker 6: well and then in the end they end up just 640 00:26:26,348 --> 00:26:28,508 Speaker 6: paying on themselves like a lot of big dogs do. 641 00:26:29,588 --> 00:26:31,868 Speaker 4: So I don't know, I don't know what these analogies 642 00:26:31,908 --> 00:26:35,108 Speaker 4: in my analysis, Mike, what do you got not. 643 00:26:35,188 --> 00:26:38,828 Speaker 7: That that's for sure somebody's gonna win the NFC South, right, 644 00:26:38,828 --> 00:26:41,348 Speaker 7: if somebody's going to make the playoffs, so that by 645 00:26:41,908 --> 00:26:44,428 Speaker 7: sheer factor of making the playoffs and hosting a game, 646 00:26:44,748 --> 00:26:46,868 Speaker 7: hosting a game, they're gonna be hovering, right. And I 647 00:26:46,908 --> 00:26:49,708 Speaker 7: think the New Orleans Saints at least, I understand the 648 00:26:49,788 --> 00:26:52,708 Speaker 7: two be determined categorization. 649 00:26:52,108 --> 00:26:53,748 Speaker 2: But I think they should be. I mean, I just 650 00:26:53,788 --> 00:26:55,628 Speaker 2: look at this is the easiest. 651 00:26:55,388 --> 00:26:57,508 Speaker 7: Schedule in the league. And I know people are cringing. 652 00:26:57,668 --> 00:27:00,148 Speaker 7: Dennis Allen is saying, shut up, Mike, don't say that. 653 00:27:00,188 --> 00:27:02,268 Speaker 7: And I see talent all over this roster, and I'm 654 00:27:02,308 --> 00:27:03,628 Speaker 7: seeing a team that's gonna win the division. 655 00:27:03,628 --> 00:27:04,268 Speaker 2: So at least put them. 656 00:27:04,788 --> 00:27:07,908 Speaker 7: I'm not saying big dog and point because of that schedule, 657 00:27:07,948 --> 00:27:09,868 Speaker 7: they're going to host a bunch of playoffs, just but 658 00:27:09,868 --> 00:27:10,628 Speaker 7: at least hovering. 659 00:27:10,668 --> 00:27:12,228 Speaker 2: To me, they should be up in that year. 660 00:27:13,908 --> 00:27:15,668 Speaker 4: For me, if you look at expectations and I actually 661 00:27:15,708 --> 00:27:17,988 Speaker 4: think that they did a really good job with these tiers. 662 00:27:18,028 --> 00:27:21,148 Speaker 4: But if you're going to just measure where the expectations are, 663 00:27:21,548 --> 00:27:23,548 Speaker 4: people are saying the Lions could go to the Super Bowl, 664 00:27:23,628 --> 00:27:25,148 Speaker 4: So I would bump them up into hovering. 665 00:27:25,228 --> 00:27:26,548 Speaker 3: I mean the hype. 666 00:27:26,588 --> 00:27:28,548 Speaker 4: Look, hype doesn't win you anything, especially at this time 667 00:27:28,588 --> 00:27:30,228 Speaker 4: of year, but it's all we have right now. 668 00:27:30,228 --> 00:27:31,028 Speaker 3: With how many days. 669 00:27:30,908 --> 00:27:32,988 Speaker 8: Outsil training Camp twenty seven, we. 670 00:27:33,748 --> 00:27:35,828 Speaker 3: Keep going with that. Look. 671 00:27:35,908 --> 00:27:39,148 Speaker 4: The expectations are scot High Detroit team that came on 672 00:27:39,228 --> 00:27:42,548 Speaker 4: really strong last year. They were great at the end 673 00:27:42,588 --> 00:27:45,948 Speaker 4: of the season. They're favored to win this division for 674 00:27:45,988 --> 00:27:49,548 Speaker 4: the first time since nineteen ninety three. 675 00:27:50,468 --> 00:27:52,788 Speaker 3: That is the lattice how long it has been for 676 00:27:52,868 --> 00:27:53,868 Speaker 3: the Detroit Lions. 677 00:27:53,868 --> 00:27:56,068 Speaker 4: So you would think by just a process of elimination, 678 00:27:56,148 --> 00:27:58,468 Speaker 4: we can think about the numbers. They their time has 679 00:27:58,548 --> 00:28:00,788 Speaker 4: to come up it sometime, but it does feel like 680 00:28:00,828 --> 00:28:02,028 Speaker 4: their time is now. 681 00:28:02,108 --> 00:28:04,148 Speaker 3: This is a team that went five and one in 682 00:28:04,188 --> 00:28:07,868 Speaker 3: the Vision a year ago. They were really, really good. 683 00:28:08,588 --> 00:28:11,308 Speaker 4: I think they are expected to be obviously even better. 684 00:28:11,348 --> 00:28:12,988 Speaker 4: So if I had to move somebody up or say 685 00:28:12,988 --> 00:28:14,988 Speaker 4: someone's out of place, I would take the lines up 686 00:28:14,988 --> 00:28:15,948 Speaker 4: to that hovering category. 687 00:28:16,028 --> 00:28:17,828 Speaker 9: I'm trying to figure out the criteria for how we 688 00:28:18,028 --> 00:28:20,788 Speaker 9: established a lot of this list. I would say one 689 00:28:20,828 --> 00:28:23,388 Speaker 9: that jumps out at me is the Panthers in the 690 00:28:23,388 --> 00:28:26,548 Speaker 9: shock the world category. I personally wouldn't be shocked at 691 00:28:26,548 --> 00:28:29,268 Speaker 9: all if they win the NFC South, just look at 692 00:28:29,268 --> 00:28:31,628 Speaker 9: what they've done. Obviously, they trade up to number one. 693 00:28:31,628 --> 00:28:33,348 Speaker 9: They take Bryce Young. He was the most pro ready 694 00:28:33,428 --> 00:28:36,988 Speaker 9: quarterback in this draft. He's accurate, he's a quick processor, 695 00:28:37,028 --> 00:28:39,908 Speaker 9: he's a really mature guy. He's the one quarterback in 696 00:28:39,948 --> 00:28:42,348 Speaker 9: this entire group who you said, okay, he can step 697 00:28:42,348 --> 00:28:44,228 Speaker 9: in immediately. As long as you get comfortable with the 698 00:28:44,268 --> 00:28:46,588 Speaker 9: fact that he's not the biggest guy, not the biggest army, 699 00:28:46,588 --> 00:28:47,548 Speaker 9: he's going to be able to function. 700 00:28:47,828 --> 00:28:50,508 Speaker 8: And what did they do, Scott Fitter, Frank Reich. 701 00:28:50,948 --> 00:28:52,868 Speaker 9: They got a bunch of veterans around him, They signed 702 00:28:52,908 --> 00:28:57,988 Speaker 9: Miles Sanders, Adam Felen, hayden Hurst, DJ Shark, and they 703 00:28:58,028 --> 00:29:00,708 Speaker 9: brought it a coach in Reich, Frank Reich, who you 704 00:29:00,748 --> 00:29:03,268 Speaker 9: would think, based upon his track record, we'll be able 705 00:29:03,348 --> 00:29:05,308 Speaker 9: to get them up to speak quickly because the culture 706 00:29:05,348 --> 00:29:08,828 Speaker 9: very competitive. In Frank Frank's first season as well, they've 707 00:29:08,828 --> 00:29:11,228 Speaker 9: been building through the lines there. They've really upgraded the 708 00:29:11,228 --> 00:29:13,828 Speaker 9: offensive line. They got guys like Brian Burns on defense 709 00:29:13,868 --> 00:29:16,748 Speaker 9: who is a potential difference maker as well. I have 710 00:29:16,748 --> 00:29:18,748 Speaker 9: no idea who's gonna win the NFC South. I really 711 00:29:18,748 --> 00:29:20,508 Speaker 9: don't know. I think it's telling that we've got from 712 00:29:20,548 --> 00:29:23,308 Speaker 9: the division one team in two be Determined and three 713 00:29:23,348 --> 00:29:26,148 Speaker 9: in shock the World. But to me, the Panthers are 714 00:29:26,348 --> 00:29:28,588 Speaker 9: much closer to however you wanted to find that the 715 00:29:28,628 --> 00:29:31,588 Speaker 9: two be determined type of a category, just because they 716 00:29:31,628 --> 00:29:35,108 Speaker 9: were built last year played with PJ. Walker, and they 717 00:29:35,188 --> 00:29:36,668 Speaker 9: still won a bunch of games down the stretch. 718 00:29:36,548 --> 00:29:37,068 Speaker 8: Under an interrum. 719 00:29:37,268 --> 00:29:38,708 Speaker 3: They almost got into the playoffs last year. 720 00:29:38,908 --> 00:29:40,188 Speaker 4: They took it to the Bucks at the end of season, 721 00:29:40,188 --> 00:29:43,428 Speaker 4: and that actually perfectly sets up our next question, which 722 00:29:43,468 --> 00:29:46,228 Speaker 4: team has the best chance to shock the world? 723 00:29:46,348 --> 00:29:49,828 Speaker 7: Mike, Well, now the Tom answered the previous one the 724 00:29:49,828 --> 00:29:53,308 Speaker 7: way that he did, maybe I'm answering this wrong, because, like, 725 00:29:53,348 --> 00:29:55,508 Speaker 7: if you're asking me which of those teams I think 726 00:29:55,548 --> 00:29:58,228 Speaker 7: could jump up, I'm probably gonna go with the Packers. 727 00:29:58,268 --> 00:30:00,148 Speaker 2: But I don't know that that shocks me. 728 00:30:00,748 --> 00:30:03,468 Speaker 7: But if the Bears jumped up and won the NFC 729 00:30:03,588 --> 00:30:05,548 Speaker 7: North and may their way into the postse because I 730 00:30:05,588 --> 00:30:07,428 Speaker 7: don't think a lot of folks are looking at the 731 00:30:07,508 --> 00:30:10,508 Speaker 7: Chicago Bears saying, well, this is a complete product with 732 00:30:10,628 --> 00:30:11,068 Speaker 7: the Packers. 733 00:30:11,108 --> 00:30:13,028 Speaker 2: If Jordan Love hits like that, to me is a 734 00:30:13,068 --> 00:30:13,868 Speaker 2: complete product. 735 00:30:13,908 --> 00:30:16,748 Speaker 7: But the Bears have enough here And I'm looking at 736 00:30:16,748 --> 00:30:19,788 Speaker 7: this game and I referenced this game last year. This 737 00:30:19,828 --> 00:30:23,468 Speaker 7: is the last game that the Bears won last season. 738 00:30:23,468 --> 00:30:24,988 Speaker 7: It was a Monday night game in New England that 739 00:30:25,068 --> 00:30:25,548 Speaker 7: pushed them to. 740 00:30:25,548 --> 00:30:26,908 Speaker 2: Three and four. And if I had told you that 741 00:30:27,028 --> 00:30:28,108 Speaker 2: night that this team's not. 742 00:30:28,068 --> 00:30:29,508 Speaker 7: Gonna win another game for the rest of the season, 743 00:30:29,508 --> 00:30:32,388 Speaker 7: you say that's no way, because they were dominant in 744 00:30:32,468 --> 00:30:34,788 Speaker 7: this game on a night where Bill Belichick I believe, 745 00:30:34,828 --> 00:30:38,468 Speaker 7: was going to equal George Hollis for the coaching record. 746 00:30:39,068 --> 00:30:40,548 Speaker 2: This was a dominant before this. 747 00:30:40,548 --> 00:30:42,908 Speaker 7: This showed me that there's something there, and there's something 748 00:30:42,948 --> 00:30:46,748 Speaker 7: there almost ready to jump up and potentially shock the world. 749 00:30:46,788 --> 00:30:49,068 Speaker 7: So I'm going Bears for the shock the world category. 750 00:30:49,188 --> 00:30:51,628 Speaker 7: If they can bottle that that they showed New England 751 00:30:51,628 --> 00:30:53,148 Speaker 7: that night and put on this play a couple of 752 00:30:53,188 --> 00:30:54,948 Speaker 7: times this year, I think that they could shock the world. 753 00:30:55,028 --> 00:30:57,428 Speaker 6: Yeah, reading is fundamental I'm pretty sure you're reading that wrong. 754 00:30:58,148 --> 00:31:01,308 Speaker 6: So they're saying, what's try team is most likely to 755 00:31:01,348 --> 00:31:03,508 Speaker 6: shock the world. The Bears are probably the least likely 756 00:31:03,548 --> 00:31:05,108 Speaker 6: of that whole group. Alright, I'm gonna go with the 757 00:31:05,148 --> 00:31:07,348 Speaker 6: green Bay Packers. I think when you look at the 758 00:31:07,348 --> 00:31:09,748 Speaker 6: green Bay Packers, yes Aaron Aaron Rodgers is not there, 759 00:31:09,788 --> 00:31:12,708 Speaker 6: but that is the best team. Take the quarterback out 760 00:31:12,708 --> 00:31:15,828 Speaker 6: of it, the remaining parts, the offensive, defensive players. I 761 00:31:15,868 --> 00:31:18,228 Speaker 6: think Green Bay Packers have an unbelievable roster. Their defense 762 00:31:18,308 --> 00:31:20,788 Speaker 6: is loaded, They've got a ton of young talent. They 763 00:31:20,868 --> 00:31:23,628 Speaker 6: keep adding to it that. I think when you look 764 00:31:23,668 --> 00:31:27,428 Speaker 6: at offensively, there's been nothing but praise for Jordan Love. 765 00:31:27,508 --> 00:31:29,468 Speaker 6: And yes he has not played a lot of football 766 00:31:29,468 --> 00:31:31,428 Speaker 6: in the regular seasons, But while Aaron Rodgers was skipping 767 00:31:31,468 --> 00:31:33,148 Speaker 6: out on all those OTAs in mini camp, it was 768 00:31:33,228 --> 00:31:35,188 Speaker 6: Jordan Love running with the ones, with Jordan Love getting 769 00:31:35,188 --> 00:31:37,188 Speaker 6: all those reps. So I think he's going to hit 770 00:31:37,188 --> 00:31:39,068 Speaker 6: the ground running, and I think this offense is going 771 00:31:39,148 --> 00:31:41,028 Speaker 6: to be a lot better than a lot of people expect. 772 00:31:41,068 --> 00:31:42,668 Speaker 6: This is not a rookie quarterback. This is not a 773 00:31:42,708 --> 00:31:45,228 Speaker 6: quarterback that doesn't understand the offense, doesn't know what he's doing. 774 00:31:45,268 --> 00:31:47,068 Speaker 6: I think he's got great, great command, and so I 775 00:31:47,148 --> 00:31:48,868 Speaker 6: think the Packers have the best chance out of that 776 00:31:48,988 --> 00:31:49,428 Speaker 6: entire group. 777 00:31:49,508 --> 00:31:52,068 Speaker 9: And the Packers probably belong in the two B determined 778 00:31:52,108 --> 00:31:54,668 Speaker 9: category just because they've got a really good coach in 779 00:31:54,708 --> 00:31:57,548 Speaker 9: Matt Lafleur, who, based on his first few seasons at 780 00:31:57,548 --> 00:31:59,548 Speaker 9: the Helm as one of the best coaching records of 781 00:31:59,548 --> 00:32:02,788 Speaker 9: all time, obviously had Aaron Rodgers for that time. They 782 00:32:02,828 --> 00:32:05,228 Speaker 9: do still have some of those core hearts in place. 783 00:32:05,308 --> 00:32:07,508 Speaker 9: Christian Watson really came on the second half last season. 784 00:32:07,508 --> 00:32:10,068 Speaker 9: He had Aaron Jones obviously, who's still there along with 785 00:32:10,108 --> 00:32:11,908 Speaker 9: AJ Dillon. You kind of know what they're going to 786 00:32:11,948 --> 00:32:13,428 Speaker 9: be offense, Well, yeah, they're going to be counting on 787 00:32:13,468 --> 00:32:15,868 Speaker 9: some of those young, unproven players to step into two 788 00:32:15,868 --> 00:32:19,108 Speaker 9: bigger roles here. But the parallels with Aaron Rodgers when 789 00:32:19,148 --> 00:32:21,628 Speaker 9: he took over and Jordan Love are so close, and 790 00:32:21,668 --> 00:32:25,348 Speaker 9: Matt laflor has really tried to keep the expectations in 791 00:32:25,468 --> 00:32:29,268 Speaker 9: check here in terms of okay, like there's a growth process. 792 00:32:29,308 --> 00:32:31,508 Speaker 9: You know, Yeah, we've seen him in practice, which is 793 00:32:31,508 --> 00:32:33,508 Speaker 9: why they have the confidence to move forward with Jordan Love. 794 00:32:33,748 --> 00:32:36,308 Speaker 9: But he's played what a game and a half. Well, 795 00:32:36,428 --> 00:32:39,068 Speaker 9: Aaron Rodgers also took over in year four, he really 796 00:32:39,068 --> 00:32:41,628 Speaker 9: only played a game game and a half at that point. 797 00:32:41,628 --> 00:32:43,188 Speaker 9: What did the Packers do in two thousand and eight 798 00:32:43,348 --> 00:32:45,268 Speaker 9: went six and ten? It was two thousand and nine 799 00:32:45,308 --> 00:32:47,508 Speaker 9: they took the huge leap for twenty ten they won 800 00:32:47,548 --> 00:32:49,748 Speaker 9: the Super Bowl. Maybe it's a similar type of path 801 00:32:49,748 --> 00:32:52,348 Speaker 9: for Jordan Love here. But that's our team that another 802 00:32:52,388 --> 00:32:54,628 Speaker 9: division I think is wide open. When surprised made off 803 00:32:54,668 --> 00:32:55,348 Speaker 9: the Packers are in it. 804 00:32:55,428 --> 00:32:56,228 Speaker 3: You already talked. 805 00:32:56,028 --> 00:33:00,148 Speaker 4: About the Saints, You've talked about the Panthers, shock the world. 806 00:33:00,188 --> 00:33:01,988 Speaker 4: I'm going to go another team in that division, and 807 00:33:01,988 --> 00:33:03,948 Speaker 4: it just speaks to how open that division is. In 808 00:33:03,988 --> 00:33:06,108 Speaker 4: the NFL South, I'll go to the Atlanta Falcons. This 809 00:33:06,148 --> 00:33:08,228 Speaker 4: is a team that's been really quiet for a long time. 810 00:33:08,308 --> 00:33:10,108 Speaker 4: Maybe that's the nice way of saying it, but this 811 00:33:10,148 --> 00:33:13,948 Speaker 4: offseason we really have seen Arthur Smith double down on 812 00:33:13,988 --> 00:33:15,868 Speaker 4: Desmond Ritter and say Desmond. 813 00:33:15,508 --> 00:33:16,228 Speaker 3: Ridder's our guy. 814 00:33:16,308 --> 00:33:18,628 Speaker 4: And I have to believe that that's because something that 815 00:33:18,748 --> 00:33:21,148 Speaker 4: Arthur Smith, who everyone who talks about Arthur talks about 816 00:33:21,388 --> 00:33:23,588 Speaker 4: just how smart he is and what an offensive mind 817 00:33:23,628 --> 00:33:25,428 Speaker 4: he is, and he looks at Desmond Ritter and says, 818 00:33:25,428 --> 00:33:27,708 Speaker 4: this guy is the quarterback. We're not testing the free 819 00:33:27,708 --> 00:33:30,708 Speaker 4: agent market here whatsoever. And then you've got a young, 820 00:33:30,868 --> 00:33:34,228 Speaker 4: young core of talented guys around him. You've got Kyle Pitts, 821 00:33:34,228 --> 00:33:36,108 Speaker 4: who's an up and comer. You've got Drake Glennon. Now 822 00:33:36,108 --> 00:33:37,868 Speaker 4: you add Bijon Robinson, who a lot of people think 823 00:33:37,908 --> 00:33:40,148 Speaker 4: could potentially be the offensive rookie of the year. 824 00:33:40,268 --> 00:33:41,268 Speaker 3: There, they've added. 825 00:33:41,028 --> 00:33:43,748 Speaker 4: Klays Campbell over on defense, Jesse. This is a team 826 00:33:43,788 --> 00:33:47,028 Speaker 4: that seems like it could be poised to break out. 827 00:33:47,068 --> 00:33:48,948 Speaker 4: And again, you know I made the comment to you 828 00:33:49,028 --> 00:33:51,828 Speaker 4: about the Panthers, Well you know they almost got in. Well, realistically, 829 00:33:51,828 --> 00:33:54,468 Speaker 4: everybody in that division almost got in. The Falcons. I 830 00:33:54,468 --> 00:33:56,348 Speaker 4: feel like they were the least talked about maybe in 831 00:33:56,388 --> 00:33:58,508 Speaker 4: that division. The Panthers were talked about because they had 832 00:33:58,508 --> 00:34:00,348 Speaker 4: so much going on, and you still had Christian McCaffrey. 833 00:34:00,468 --> 00:34:02,708 Speaker 4: I mean, the reality his is the Falcons were one 834 00:34:02,748 --> 00:34:05,868 Speaker 4: game out because everybody everybody was in it. 835 00:34:05,908 --> 00:34:06,668 Speaker 3: Everybody was in it. 836 00:34:06,748 --> 00:34:10,028 Speaker 4: But it just feels like the Falcons have been poised, 837 00:34:10,028 --> 00:34:12,708 Speaker 4: like I could see them having this breakout season that 838 00:34:12,908 --> 00:34:15,828 Speaker 4: I think the Atlanta fan base has been ready for now, 839 00:34:15,868 --> 00:34:18,428 Speaker 4: for quite some time still to come. Here on gmac 840 00:34:18,708 --> 00:34:21,468 Speaker 4: any Eagles defense overcome their offseason losses and. 841 00:34:21,468 --> 00:34:22,828 Speaker 3: Make another Super Bowl run. 842 00:34:22,868 --> 00:34:26,188 Speaker 4: We've got defensive Engineerous Robinson joining us later to discuss