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Speaker 1: This is Desmond King, and you are listening to the

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Speaker 1: Chargers Podcast Network. What's up, guys? Chris Avery with you

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Speaker 1: on a week eight edition of Chargers Weekly right here

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Speaker 1: on the Nude Chargers Podcast Network. Coming up a beat

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Speaker 1: Writer's roundtable. We recapped the week and look ahead to

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Speaker 1: Sunday versus the Bears with the La Times is Jeff Miller,

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Speaker 1: Southern California News Groups, Gilbert Menzano, and the Athletics Daniel Popper.

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Speaker 1: We'll also get this week's opposing view from Rich Campbell

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Speaker 1: of the Chicago Tribune. But first, radio analyst Daniel Jeremiah

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Speaker 1: previews Chargers Bears. All right, guys, welcome back here with

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Speaker 1: Daniel Jeremiah as the Chargers try to get back in

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Speaker 1: the win column up in Chicago against the Bears. DJ.

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Speaker 1: We talked about the game last week. Let's move forward.

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Speaker 1: How do you get a win in Chicago? We'll start

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Speaker 1: with that. Well, I think you're looking at Chicago team

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Speaker 1: that has not been able to run the ball, and

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Speaker 1: this Chargers team, when they can stop the run, of

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Speaker 1: been pretty good defensively. So I think you've got to

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Speaker 1: continue with that as your focus and put the ball

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Speaker 1: in Mitchell Trubisky's hands, and you take your chances that way.

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Speaker 1: You know, Look, last week, we saw a lot of

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Speaker 1: zone coverage, a lot of really softer coverage and against Tannehill,

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Speaker 1: and Tannehill is able to find some things in the

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Speaker 1: think you can get aggressive and go after Truebisky. They've

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Speaker 1: as well, so I'd look for a real, you know,

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Speaker 1: aggressive game plan. I think what was their split last week?

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Speaker 1: you eliminate that run game, make them one dimensional. I

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Speaker 1: think you you feel good about it, then you flip

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Speaker 1: it over to the other side, and you can't let

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Speaker 1: number fifty two beacha And when you go back and

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Speaker 1: watch the tape of the Bears defense, got a chance

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Speaker 1: to do that throughout this week. We're gonna do it.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna do it on their exo segment that we're

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Speaker 1: doing today for video for Chargers dot Com, which is

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Speaker 1: do not block him with tight ends. It's not gonna

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Speaker 1: end well. Uh, you saw it last week. Tara Armstead

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Speaker 1: you look at a lot of his production, a lot

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Speaker 1: just can't put those guys in that situation. So what

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Speaker 1: do you do if you're Sam Tevy? You gotta give

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Speaker 1: Sam a little help, no question, don't have a tight

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Speaker 1: He's an elite, elite player. I think this Charger Tackle group,

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Speaker 1: it's young, it's developing, and I think you, um, you

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Speaker 1: You're gonna have a couple plays where you're gonna have

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Speaker 1: can't leave a tight end one on one. That's that's

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Speaker 1: not gonna end well. Another guy we're going to talk

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Speaker 1: about is Austin Eckler oh Man. Entering week eight, he's

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Speaker 1: tied for third in the NFL in receptions with DeAndre Hopkins.

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Speaker 1: He has more touchdowns than DeAndre Hopkins. He is a

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Speaker 1: So I had this conversation with somebody in the league

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Speaker 1: two years, I made this statement and it kind of

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Speaker 1: When you watch him split out and watch him run

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Speaker 1: Man the Bears and Chargers both with tough Week sevens.

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Speaker 1: Mister Trubiski with fifty four pass attempts last week of

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Speaker 1: He's the ninth overall traft pick from two thousand and six.

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Speaker 1: Had a very encouraging start to the season. Two sacks

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Speaker 1: in the opener, and from a sacks standpoint, has been

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Speaker 1: very quiet since then. A team Hicks is a pass

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Speaker 1: rusher is incredible, collapsing the pocket from the inside. Well,

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Speaker 1: the Bears don't have that presence anymore. So they need

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Speaker 1: Khalil Mack to be a star, and they need other

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Speaker 1: guys to play well around him to disrupt what the

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Speaker 1: other team has going on. Teddy Bridgewater to the Saints

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Speaker 1: last Sunday. Way too comfortable, you know, in the pocket,

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Speaker 1: allowing routes to develop down the field and putting the

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Speaker 1: secondary under stress because they had to cover for so long.

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Speaker 1: The pass rusher has got to get better. Rich just

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Speaker 1: a couple more for you. What are the Bears saying

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Speaker 1: about the Charges coming to town? Philip rivers? You always

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Speaker 1: got a chance with Philip, And then you look at

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Speaker 1: the other side. The Chargers have a pass rusher of

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Speaker 1: their own and Joey Bosa, who was a madman in

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Speaker 1: the second half of that game against the Titans. So

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Speaker 1: some impact players. Chargers obviously struggling right now, but they

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Speaker 1: have some skill position players on offense and obviously some

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Speaker 1: some playmakers on the defensive side as well. Yeah, it's

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Speaker 1: one of those interconference games where the teams play every

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Speaker 1: four years, and so there's not that familiarity. Yeah, and

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Speaker 1: so you know, you combine that with the fact that

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Speaker 1: the Bears have allowed of internal evaluating to do on

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Speaker 1: a two game losing streak, and it's interesting that you

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Speaker 1: just from you know, from our standpoint, certainly from their standpoint,

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Speaker 1: but you know, even from an observer standpoint, you can't

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Speaker 1: forget the matchup what goes on here. And so yeah,

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Speaker 1: the Bears, as you think about first of all, just

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Speaker 1: you know, going back to the beginning of this conversation,

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Speaker 1: the tone of where these two teams are. Yes, the

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Speaker 1: Bears are wounded, but I think there's a recognition here

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Speaker 1: that the Chargers are wounded, I mean both physically and

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Speaker 1: from a psyche standpoint, that if you are hosting this game,

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Speaker 1: you better win at home. I mean, the Bears are

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Speaker 1: a desperate team to win, so you have to take

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Speaker 1: advantage of that Chargers team that lost in a painful

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Speaker 1: fashion a week ago. Then you obviously start with the

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Speaker 1: utmost respect for Philip Rivers. You know, regardless of how

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Speaker 1: the offense is going so far, there's always going to

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Speaker 1: be a respect for the passing game and the way

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Speaker 1: Rivers is able to create throw guys open. You know,

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Speaker 1: understanding that their defense is banged up a little bit,

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Speaker 1: you know, the Bears will be very focused on their

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Speaker 1: own approach offensively, you know, not necessarily as much about Bosa,

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Speaker 1: although of course they will be aware of him. And

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Speaker 1: you know, maybe let's say the safety weakness on the

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Speaker 1: Charger side, because if injuries have piled up, they are

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Speaker 1: going to be looking for their own game in terms

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Speaker 1: of timing, rhythm and command, starting with the quarterback position.

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Speaker 1: And so as you look at that Chargers defense, it's

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Speaker 1: a matter of taking advantage of some of the things

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Speaker 1: other teams have done, taking advantage of some of the

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Speaker 1: injuries and the depth chart issues that the Chargers have.

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Speaker 1: And if they do that, then I think a lot

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Speaker 1: of people around here will be much happier come Monday

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Speaker 1: morning than they wear this past week. Rich awesome insight man.

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Speaker 1: Final thing for you, who's a player maybe two players

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Speaker 1: under the radar, guys from the Bears the Chargers fans

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Speaker 1: may not know about that you think could possibly impact

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Speaker 1: this game. Yeah, I would start with Alan Robinson and

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Speaker 1: you would probably have to tell me what type of

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Speaker 1: profile Alan Robinson their wide receiver has out there, because

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Speaker 1: you know, Allen is not in that group of premier,

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Speaker 1: you know, national star receivers like a you know, Julio

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Speaker 1: Jones for example, And so you know that is partly

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Speaker 1: because Robinson Playton Jacksonville where they didn't have a lot

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Speaker 1: of team success, and then came to the Bears and

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Speaker 1: was injured in I believe it was twenty seventeen, you know,

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Speaker 1: towards ACL got back last year. Well, now he is

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Speaker 1: the MVP of this team. He is or at least offensively,

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Speaker 1: and that's not even close. I mean he is on

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Speaker 1: pace for twelve hundred and thirty yards receiving and you know,

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Speaker 1: eighty catches and six touchdowns. I mean he is able

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Speaker 1: to get open all the time. He is a terrific

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Speaker 1: route runner, and he has the trust. He's basically the

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Speaker 1: only option in the passing game that has the trust

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Speaker 1: of mister Bisky right now, and so anytime Mitch drops back,

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Speaker 1: as as an observer, we're expecting the ball to go

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Speaker 1: to number twelve. That would Yeah, that would be the

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Speaker 1: first one if I was saying defensively, it's a it's

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Speaker 1: a player who chargers fans will be familiar with. It's

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Speaker 1: Danny Trevisan, the inside linebacker who is not you know,

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Speaker 1: I would not include him with, you know, as partner

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Speaker 1: of the young talented nucleus of the defense. I mean,

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Speaker 1: there are other players there that I think would qualify

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Speaker 1: more mac Eddie Jackson, Kyle Fuller, even at cornerback. You know,

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Speaker 1: they have some Pro bowlers Defensively, Danny is not one

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Speaker 1: of them. But Danny's in his contract year and he

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Speaker 1: has showed up this year ready to get paid. I mean,

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Speaker 1: he is flying around. He's a heartbeat type of player

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Speaker 1: that the Bears have made an emphasis internally and publicly

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Speaker 1: this week about leadership and Traveathan is one of those guys,

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Speaker 1: a type of heartbeat guy, and you see it in

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Speaker 1: his play. He takes some of the struggles the defenses

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Speaker 1: has had personally, and so I would look for Alan

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Speaker 1: Robinson to impact the game offensively, Danny Trevasan to do

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Speaker 1: this saying from the insidelnebacker spot. And if they get,

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Speaker 1: you know, performance from those types of players, guys who

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Speaker 1: who are counted on to perform and expected to perform

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Speaker 1: every week, they'll be happy with at least being in

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Speaker 1: the game when it comes down to about three o'clock

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Speaker 1: here on Sunday afternoon. This was awesome. If you want

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Speaker 1: to know about the Bears, follow Rich Campbell at rich

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Speaker 1: Underscore Campball on Twitter. Rich. I can't thank you enough

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Speaker 1: for your time, man. I look forward to seeing you

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Speaker 1: as soldier field My pleasure, Chris. And if you need

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Speaker 1: any restaurant recommendations you need to be to point you

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Speaker 1: towards some Italian be oh yeah pizza, I'll be happy

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Speaker 1: we got the Fellows back two weeks in a row.

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Speaker 1: Our Beat Writers Round Table, Daniel Popper, Gilmanzano, Jeff Miller. Gentlemen,

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Speaker 1: let's start with Nashville off the field. Did we have

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Speaker 1: a good time? Oh yeah, oh yeah, go and I

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Speaker 1: hit up Broadway Yeah, which was very fun. And then

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Speaker 1: we got to Hattie Bees with five minutes remaining, before

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Speaker 1: it closed. So I heard you're the last people to

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Speaker 1: order food. So I heard hattie Bee's obviously very good.

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Speaker 1: But uber drivers were telling me princes. Okay, here, I

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Speaker 1: have a I actually can pot a lists from uber drivers.

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Speaker 1: Uh my uber driver said that Princess was his third favorite. Okay,

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Speaker 1: power rank power everything my my notespad is just power

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Speaker 1: rankings of various random things. Um pepper fire number one,

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Speaker 1: four hundred degrees number two. He said, Princess was third,

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Speaker 1: but that's just because it's really hot. It's like the

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Speaker 1: hottest thing you can eat. In his ranking, he said

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Speaker 1: sixth whoa, So why does it? Yeah? Why did Why

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Speaker 1: didn't you guys go to one of the other touts

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Speaker 1: because they're they're not near downtown like we walked. We

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Speaker 1: walked from broad right. Gill was a little bit worried.

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Speaker 1: I can't understand that there's some sketchy area. Yeah. One

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Speaker 1: thing that's kind of popular in Nashville, which I thought

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Speaker 1: was extinct, was these big Cadillac cars with biggest spinners

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Speaker 1: rims and well they weren't catalag they were actually like

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Speaker 1: like Infinity like SUVs, but with like thirty seven inch

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Speaker 1: ram spinners. You know what, you know, what's that extinct

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Speaker 1: inventive ways to have bachelor parties? Yeah, there was a

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Speaker 1: fire truck or Broadway. It looked like a real fire truck.

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Speaker 1: It's just some guy driving it in the back. It's

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Speaker 1: it's just parties like they're are like open limo part

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Speaker 1: I mean it was Broadway was part bus for everything.

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Speaker 1: A party also not extinct. And here's your segue. The

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Speaker 1: Chargers finding really awful ways to leave football game. It

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Speaker 1: was that was a very difficult way to lose a

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Speaker 1: football I've never seen anything like that in my life.

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Speaker 1: That's that is the worst way to lose I think

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Speaker 1: I've ever seen. I've been watching football for a long time,

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Speaker 1: A long time compared to jazz as he's looking at

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Speaker 1: me a long time. A furious, furious comeback really led

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Speaker 1: by Austin Eli. Yeah, Austin Eck was fantastic through the air.

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Speaker 1: One hundred had another second straight great game. Philip played,

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Speaker 1: well you've done to the one yard line. It was

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Speaker 1: just I was down. It was like a gimmut of emotions.

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Speaker 1: You think you win it twice twice, then you have

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Speaker 1: a past interference, you have a false start. So much

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Speaker 1: happened in the last two minutes. I think you're just

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Speaker 1: kind of shell shocked after just wondering how'd you lose it? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean I've never seen a game and like that,

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Speaker 1: just in terms of the two touchdowns ruled on the

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Speaker 1: field as touchdowns going to review, and then you had

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Speaker 1: a third review because initially they they ruled Melvin Gordon

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Speaker 1: down by contact, so that went to review two. So

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Speaker 1: it's this weird situation where like everyone in the fields like,

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Speaker 1: Chargers win review. No they didn't. Chargers win review, No

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Speaker 1: they didn't. Chargers are gonna have a shot to either

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Speaker 1: kick a field or tie the game review, No, not exactly.

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Speaker 1: Game is actually over. So like the range of emotions

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Speaker 1: is insane. And you saw it in the locker room

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Speaker 1: after the game. You saw it with Anthony, just like

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Speaker 1: how devastated they were because they did They felt like

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Speaker 1: they did everything they needed to win a football game.

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Speaker 1: They should have won the football game. And it was

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Speaker 1: a huge game in terms of the difference between two

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Speaker 1: and five and three and four and your chances to

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Speaker 1: make the playoffs, and and that made it much worse

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Speaker 1: for this team. Isn't even get that far when you

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Speaker 1: have Austin Eckler, who would look like it crossed the

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Speaker 1: still as the touchdown rivers, it is a touchown. Pretty

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Speaker 1: much everybody in the locker room felt that was a touchdown.

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Speaker 1: Un Hunter Henry said they won that game twice, but

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Speaker 1: if Austin Eckler crosses that, you know that end zone,

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Speaker 1: you don't have that chaos for the last forty or

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Speaker 1: four seconds. But it got that far and it was

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Speaker 1: I guess the story to kind of remember, and a

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Speaker 1: bad one for the Chargers. Would you make of a

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Speaker 1: gift at my age? That's the fifth time I've seen

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Speaker 1: the game, and just like you know, it was crazy.

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Speaker 1: What I thought was weird was I don't know, if

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Speaker 1: you guys the locker room, they weren't as mad as

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Speaker 1: I thought. I thought the locker room was going to

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Speaker 1: be a really angry locker room, and Anthony was certainly animated,

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Speaker 1: but a lot of the players they were almost disbelieving.

640
00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:29,720
Speaker 1: And I don't know, I hate to say this, but

641
00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:32,560
Speaker 1: it almost felt like maybe they're just kind of resigned.

642
00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:35,040
Speaker 1: We this is where this is our fate, this is

643
00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:36,600
Speaker 1: what we are right now. We've got a bunch of

644
00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:38,920
Speaker 1: guys hurt, and we're really struggling and these crazy things

645
00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:41,800
Speaker 1: are happening to us, happening to us, and I don't know,

646
00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:43,800
Speaker 1: did you guys get the sense in there? Though? There

647
00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:46,880
Speaker 1: was one player who was absolutely devastated struggling. That was

648
00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:50,200
Speaker 1: Melvin Gordon. And I think the feeling was we all

649
00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:53,240
Speaker 1: did enough to win the game, and like ninety nine

650
00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:54,920
Speaker 1: times out of one hundred our pro boil running back

651
00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:56,600
Speaker 1: we scored twenty eight rushing times uns over the last

652
00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:58,640
Speaker 1: those season's going to score that touchdown and it's like

653
00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:00,600
Speaker 1: what else? What else are we to do? Like they're

654
00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:02,320
Speaker 1: going to have mistakes in the secondary because of the

655
00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:04,400
Speaker 1: injuries and the young guys in there, so that touchdown

656
00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:06,600
Speaker 1: past the sharp is like, Okay, that's going to happen.

657
00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:09,280
Speaker 1: They moved the ball, Austin Ekeler was a threat in

658
00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:12,600
Speaker 1: the passing game and you know, exploiting mismatches. Like they

659
00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:14,080
Speaker 1: did everything they need to do. They moved the ball,

660
00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:16,400
Speaker 1: they played solid defense, They stopped Derek Henry for the

661
00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:19,200
Speaker 1: most part. He only had two rushes over over or

662
00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:21,160
Speaker 1: three rushes over six yards the whole game. I mean,

663
00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:22,680
Speaker 1: they felt like they did everything they need to do

664
00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:23,960
Speaker 1: to win. So I felt like that was sort of

665
00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:26,400
Speaker 1: the sentiment like yeah, ultimately, like you don't want to

666
00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:28,560
Speaker 1: say it falls on one player, but it did. And

667
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:32,320
Speaker 1: to be fair, idea, I don't want to. You know,

668
00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:35,000
Speaker 1: Melvine was right there talking to the media. These guys

669
00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:37,960
Speaker 1: know they know what he's going through, so they didn't

670
00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:40,160
Speaker 1: want to. I'm sure none of them wanted to go crazy.

671
00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:43,320
Speaker 1: And then then he feels even worse because they all

672
00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:45,520
Speaker 1: know how bad he fell. So I'm sure they're trying

673
00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:47,160
Speaker 1: to be like, hey, you know, just kind of play

674
00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:49,360
Speaker 1: it off a little bit, just kind of be cool

675
00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:51,280
Speaker 1: about it, knowing that what he was going through. But

676
00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:53,960
Speaker 1: he certainly was. He was devastated. We saw you could

677
00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:56,600
Speaker 1: see his eyes were ready. Obviously was crying on the field.

678
00:32:56,640 --> 00:32:59,520
Speaker 1: I mean, it was and he I'm part of the

679
00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:02,120
Speaker 1: problem was there's so many layers to what he was

680
00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:04,520
Speaker 1: going through, given what he hold out and all that stuff,

681
00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:06,800
Speaker 1: and trying to prove he's still the guy. He knows

682
00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:08,880
Speaker 1: his contract with all this stuff's on him, and then

683
00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:11,200
Speaker 1: to have that happen, and a guy who prides himself

684
00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:13,640
Speaker 1: on not funneling and getting in the end zone, and

685
00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:16,160
Speaker 1: then you know, as Anthony said the other day, he's

686
00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:18,720
Speaker 1: built for that at that moment, and then for that

687
00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:21,520
Speaker 1: to all go wrong. He was going through a ton

688
00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:25,200
Speaker 1: of terrible things, and so the guys around him understood

689
00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:27,600
Speaker 1: that and didn't want to make it even worse and

690
00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:30,520
Speaker 1: pile on and they feel even even lower than he

691
00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:33,200
Speaker 1: already felt. And these guys, a lot of them have

692
00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:35,840
Speaker 1: been through a lot of good times together, right, so

693
00:33:36,360 --> 00:33:39,239
Speaker 1: in wins and losses, they have done a good job

694
00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:41,680
Speaker 1: of sticking together as a group. And I think to

695
00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:44,440
Speaker 1: your point, you know, trying to pick Melvin up when

696
00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:46,440
Speaker 1: he's down, and you know, there's always going to be

697
00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:49,000
Speaker 1: a group of players who probably feel like, hey, if

698
00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:51,120
Speaker 1: I would have made that one play or those two plays,

699
00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:53,640
Speaker 1: it could have changed the course of the game. Uh.

700
00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:56,800
Speaker 1: That was a difficult one because that's the type of game.

701
00:33:57,080 --> 00:34:00,480
Speaker 1: It's an AFC game. It's a it's a game where

702
00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:03,960
Speaker 1: you said, you know, two and five four, it's a

703
00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:06,360
Speaker 1: big difference, especially because you haven't played any AFC West

704
00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:08,959
Speaker 1: games except for one. You got five AFC West games

705
00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:11,480
Speaker 1: coming up, putting two against the Chiefs, two against the Chiefs,

706
00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:15,360
Speaker 1: and now you're facing a team. You look in the mirror,

707
00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:17,680
Speaker 1: this was a twelve and four team last year in

708
00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:21,160
Speaker 1: the Chicago Bears. Uh, they're having trouble rushing to football.

709
00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:24,279
Speaker 1: Just talking to Rich Campbell from the Chicago Tribune, he goes,

710
00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:28,480
Speaker 1: in the one hundred years of existence, the Chicago Bears

711
00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:32,160
Speaker 1: random ball the fewest times they've ever ran it last

712
00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:35,319
Speaker 1: Sunday seven for seventeen. Yeah, they can't. I mean, it's

713
00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:38,000
Speaker 1: it's a mirror image, like you said. I mean, they

714
00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:40,719
Speaker 1: have been the two worst rushing teams in football. Over

715
00:34:40,719 --> 00:34:43,520
Speaker 1: the last three weeks, the charges have been even worse.

716
00:34:43,560 --> 00:34:45,400
Speaker 1: I mean you're talking about at this point, they're probably

717
00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:47,160
Speaker 1: averaging I mean that they they're going to last week

718
00:34:47,160 --> 00:34:48,879
Speaker 1: averaging two point out eight over the last two weeks,

719
00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:51,479
Speaker 1: and now it's probably like two one to two something

720
00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:53,520
Speaker 1: like that maybe. And he's been less than forty the

721
00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:56,560
Speaker 1: last three win. The Bears are, you know, round two

722
00:34:56,680 --> 00:34:59,479
Speaker 1: four rush, which is just an abysmal I mean, neither

723
00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:02,920
Speaker 1: team can the running game going. Daniel Jeremiah, who's just on,

724
00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:05,360
Speaker 1: talked about miss Trubisky and some of the reads that

725
00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:08,120
Speaker 1: they live and die off these RPOs and they're just

726
00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:10,919
Speaker 1: either he's not reading it correctly or just I don't

727
00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:12,759
Speaker 1: want to say the league he's like caught up. But

728
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:15,719
Speaker 1: when you have a year of tape on an offense,

729
00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:19,359
Speaker 1: in a quarterback in Mitchell Trubisky, I was just looking

730
00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:21,400
Speaker 1: at some of his stats last year. I mean, he

731
00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:25,240
Speaker 1: had a nineteen for twenty six, six touchdown game against

732
00:35:25,239 --> 00:35:27,200
Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. So it's not like I mean

733
00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:30,120
Speaker 1: he was Sawmon Orlando last year. So it's not like

734
00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:32,800
Speaker 1: he didn't play well last year. He's just he's just struggling,

735
00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:36,200
Speaker 1: especially coming off an injury. Yeah, he has his moments,

736
00:35:36,239 --> 00:35:37,680
Speaker 1: but it just like you said, he came off an

737
00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:40,239
Speaker 1: injury and this year or this week, this past week,

738
00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:41,800
Speaker 1: couldn't figure it out. But that's what you get with

739
00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:44,360
Speaker 1: your Bisky. And now you're hearing things that maybe they

740
00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:47,040
Speaker 1: shouldn't have drafted him, you should have drafted Deshaun Watson

741
00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:50,160
Speaker 1: or Patrick Mahones. But I can mentioned he's showing spurits

742
00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:53,319
Speaker 1: of that six touchdown game and it's what year three

743
00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:55,560
Speaker 1: I think for him. So you know there's still time

744
00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:57,760
Speaker 1: to grow there. But I know people went to Chicago panicking,

745
00:35:57,840 --> 00:36:00,239
Speaker 1: but I think for the Chargers defense is a something

746
00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:02,799
Speaker 1: they're gonna face kind of a mobile quarterback and since

747
00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:05,040
Speaker 1: the Shaun Watson. You didn't really get too much that way,

748
00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:08,440
Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill. We got Joe Flacco and Devlin Hodges, so

749
00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:11,080
Speaker 1: maybe that could hurt them again if he's able to

750
00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:13,040
Speaker 1: kind of run around the pocket and extend some plays,

751
00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:14,960
Speaker 1: especially with that second there. It's kind of banged up.

752
00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:17,600
Speaker 1: But for right now, Trubisky's not looking too good, but

753
00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:18,920
Speaker 1: he could run the ball and it could be a

754
00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:21,680
Speaker 1: threat there. Yeah. Hate From what I understand is the

755
00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:24,840
Speaker 1: level of confidence in him is like really low. And

756
00:36:25,120 --> 00:36:29,080
Speaker 1: all of Chicago, which as people know, is not the

757
00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:32,520
Speaker 1: most forgiving time when guy let's go bad, especially when

758
00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:34,840
Speaker 1: this team wins small games. There was high expectations in

759
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:37,520
Speaker 1: Chicago was the defense was at standing last year. So

760
00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:39,160
Speaker 1: that's that's all that you're talking about the best defense

761
00:36:39,160 --> 00:36:41,400
Speaker 1: in football last year, and they're good. They're good this year.

762
00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:45,160
Speaker 1: They what I was told by somebody there that is

763
00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:47,480
Speaker 1: that they thought last week it got so bad on

764
00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:50,000
Speaker 1: offense that the defense just kind of, I don't say

765
00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:51,880
Speaker 1: gave up, but they just kind of were like, Okay,

766
00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:53,759
Speaker 1: we can't do anymore. And that's why they gave up

767
00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:55,760
Speaker 1: a bunch of points last week, which happened in Jacksonville

768
00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:57,640
Speaker 1: last year when I was there, I mean, the defense

769
00:36:57,719 --> 00:37:00,600
Speaker 1: was so anaps that you know, the is going out

770
00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:03,239
Speaker 1: and holding teams to seventeen twenty points a week after week,

771
00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:04,759
Speaker 1: and eventually it's like, what else can we do? And

772
00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:07,040
Speaker 1: then you have a game like the Jags hadn't in

773
00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:09,360
Speaker 1: Tennessee where they gave up thirty one and Derek Henry

774
00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:11,880
Speaker 1: ran all over them. Yea. And in Faris also they

775
00:37:11,920 --> 00:37:13,960
Speaker 1: lost a team picks who is one of the best

776
00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:16,800
Speaker 1: defensive tackles in the game, speaking of one of the

777
00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:19,600
Speaker 1: best in the game, Clil Mac, and we've been saying

778
00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:22,480
Speaker 1: it all week. That guy can single handedly wreck a game.

779
00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:25,880
Speaker 1: DJ was doing his exes in those videos showing Denver

780
00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:28,520
Speaker 1: and Washington trying to block Mac with the tight end

781
00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:31,759
Speaker 1: and like, no help with a tight end, that's not

782
00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:33,480
Speaker 1: going to work, and yeah, that's I gotta have a

783
00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:36,520
Speaker 1: plan for X factor you they I mean, the Chargers

784
00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:38,640
Speaker 1: haven't been great against elite pass rushers this year. It's

785
00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:40,880
Speaker 1: just a fact. JJ Watt TJ Watt both had good

786
00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:43,000
Speaker 1: games against them. Von Miller had a good game against them,

787
00:37:43,040 --> 00:37:45,279
Speaker 1: and he didn't have any sacks, but he was you know,

788
00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:47,240
Speaker 1: I went back and watching films he was causing pressure.

789
00:37:47,320 --> 00:37:51,160
Speaker 1: They've struggled, So you know, the question is, well, Russell

790
00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:54,960
Speaker 1: coon coming back helped them and trying to defend against Climac.

791
00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:56,120
Speaker 1: But the problem is you have a guy in Laron

792
00:37:56,120 --> 00:37:58,839
Speaker 1: Florida on the other side who's talented as well. How

793
00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:00,960
Speaker 1: much is Russell gonna play? How much is he capable

794
00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:02,799
Speaker 1: of playing? What do they do at right tackle when

795
00:38:02,840 --> 00:38:04,880
Speaker 1: Russell is in the game. Do they move trans Scott

796
00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:06,480
Speaker 1: over to the right side? Do they keep Sam Tevy there?

797
00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:09,839
Speaker 1: Sam Tebby has struggled at times and past protection this year,

798
00:38:09,880 --> 00:38:13,439
Speaker 1: so as Trent Scott. You know, that's really that's really

799
00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:15,200
Speaker 1: the question heading into this game for me, is you know,

800
00:38:15,239 --> 00:38:17,280
Speaker 1: because if Russell could play the whole game, that's a huge,

801
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:20,560
Speaker 1: huge plus for the for the Chargers. But is he

802
00:38:20,719 --> 00:38:22,600
Speaker 1: is he physically ready to do that? And where is

803
00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:24,920
Speaker 1: he in terms of his football game? And it doesn't

804
00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:27,200
Speaker 1: sound like it from what Auntie said the other day,

805
00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:29,600
Speaker 1: but you know who knows. I mean Hunter Henry came

806
00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:31,640
Speaker 1: back and played a ton of snaps his first game.

807
00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:33,520
Speaker 1: Of course he didn't miss as long as Russell has

808
00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:36,800
Speaker 1: been out, but it doesn't sound like from what anthe

809
00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:38,759
Speaker 1: was saying that they expect Russell to play a ton

810
00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:41,160
Speaker 1: just to It's kind of like one of these games,

811
00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:43,399
Speaker 1: maybe get him, get him in a little bit. I'm

812
00:38:43,480 --> 00:38:46,360
Speaker 1: used to getting hit and stuff again, and then maybe

813
00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:48,799
Speaker 1: next week we see him, see him where. Imagine that's

814
00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:50,719
Speaker 1: what they're going to try some games and ship that

815
00:38:50,719 --> 00:38:53,480
Speaker 1: happens all the time. Oh. Absolutely. The one thing, Um,

816
00:38:54,160 --> 00:38:55,360
Speaker 1: I don't know if you guys have looked this up.

817
00:38:55,440 --> 00:38:58,520
Speaker 1: Khalil Mack has played the Chargers eight times. How many

818
00:38:58,520 --> 00:39:03,040
Speaker 1: sacks looked it up? Well, obviously I wouldn't be saying

819
00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:07,759
Speaker 1: it so one. Yeah, he's sack Philip one time in

820
00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:09,520
Speaker 1: eight games. Hey, I just looked it up the other day,

821
00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:13,480
Speaker 1: which I find amazing. And he has wrecked the Chiefs

822
00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:16,000
Speaker 1: and the Raiders. He's not been able to get the

823
00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:18,000
Speaker 1: Philip gets the ball out quickly. He's not a guy

824
00:39:18,040 --> 00:39:19,799
Speaker 1: that loves to get hit. So, I mean, no one

825
00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:21,320
Speaker 1: likes to get hit, but some guys are willing to

826
00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:23,120
Speaker 1: stand in there and take the shots. But Philip would

827
00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:24,680
Speaker 1: much rather just get the ball out quickly. It's also

828
00:39:24,719 --> 00:39:26,960
Speaker 1: philips anticipation, right, I mean ridiculous, Yeah, I mean at

829
00:39:26,960 --> 00:39:29,440
Speaker 1: this point exactly, so he knows, he knows when pressure

830
00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:31,000
Speaker 1: is coming, when he doesn't have enough bodies in there,

831
00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:32,520
Speaker 1: and he's gonna get the ballut quickly. I mean, right now,

832
00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:34,320
Speaker 1: he's twenty six or twenty seven in the league, is

833
00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:36,080
Speaker 1: getting the ball two point six four seconds, which is

834
00:39:36,719 --> 00:39:39,120
Speaker 1: really fast. And part of that is just they have

835
00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:41,759
Speaker 1: young guys in the edges um, so I I would

836
00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:43,880
Speaker 1: expect more of that. But but like he said, I

837
00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:46,279
Speaker 1: mean it takes one or two plays where he holds

838
00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:47,640
Speaker 1: the ball little bit too longer, it gets beat on

839
00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:49,440
Speaker 1: the blind side, doesn't see it has a mystery in

840
00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:51,520
Speaker 1: the protection and you're talking about it, you know, if

841
00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:53,759
Speaker 1: it's in your own half sack, fumble recovery, and that

842
00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:55,320
Speaker 1: could be the difference in the game and that and

843
00:39:55,920 --> 00:39:58,320
Speaker 1: I don't want to cut your prison, but just to

844
00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:00,520
Speaker 1: be clear about that, is he does one sack, but

845
00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:03,319
Speaker 1: I guarantee he's affected the game more than just one time. Yeah,

846
00:40:04,080 --> 00:40:07,799
Speaker 1: those eight games, I'm sure. I'm sure if we had

847
00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:09,640
Speaker 1: Philip sitting here, he could tell us a bunch of

848
00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:12,279
Speaker 1: times where he did have a direct impact on the

849
00:40:12,600 --> 00:40:15,080
Speaker 1: making a play go bad, even though he didn't generate

850
00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:18,719
Speaker 1: any stats. So it's just it is interesting. He's got

851
00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:20,640
Speaker 1: fifty seven and a half sacks or something in his

852
00:40:20,680 --> 00:40:23,279
Speaker 1: career and there's only one. You know, obviously playing the

853
00:40:23,360 --> 00:40:25,240
Speaker 1: Chargers a lot, he's only had He's only gotten Philip

854
00:40:25,320 --> 00:40:27,560
Speaker 1: one time. So now that we've talked about this, you

855
00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:30,239
Speaker 1: just watch that first series. What's gonna happen? Yeah, you know,

856
00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:32,520
Speaker 1: you know what's gonna happen. Now, you don't cars be carrious?

857
00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:34,360
Speaker 1: How how fast Flip has gotten the ball out in

858
00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:36,839
Speaker 1: those games? Again? I bet you it's pretty quick. Yeah.

859
00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:40,279
Speaker 1: I guess balance is what Coach Lynn has stressed, and

860
00:40:40,520 --> 00:40:42,759
Speaker 1: they just need to find balance. You look at the

861
00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:45,560
Speaker 1: last three games, thirty five yards rushing, thirty two yards rushing,

862
00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:47,960
Speaker 1: thirty nine yards rushing. As a team, they have to

863
00:40:48,040 --> 00:40:51,560
Speaker 1: find balance running the football and having all these weaponss.

864
00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:54,160
Speaker 1: I think the thing is when you get Hunter back,

865
00:40:54,239 --> 00:40:56,719
Speaker 1: and you have Keenan and Mike on the outside a

866
00:40:56,840 --> 00:40:59,080
Speaker 1: healthy and you have Austin Eckler and you can line

867
00:40:59,160 --> 00:41:01,280
Speaker 1: that guy up anywhere. You have a Pro Bowl running

868
00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:03,840
Speaker 1: back in Melvin Gordon. You have to find ways to

869
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:06,120
Speaker 1: be a little bit more balanced. And I think if

870
00:41:06,160 --> 00:41:08,920
Speaker 1: they can do that and keep the Bears guessing just

871
00:41:09,040 --> 00:41:11,759
Speaker 1: a little bit it's gonna bode well offensively. Yeah, I

872
00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:13,520
Speaker 1: think you gotta get creative. If you see him Elvin

873
00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:15,360
Speaker 1: Gordon back there, I think everybody else you're going to

874
00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:17,440
Speaker 1: hand it off to him, and it's been resulting in

875
00:41:17,520 --> 00:41:19,600
Speaker 1: two to three yards. Maybe go back to what we

876
00:41:19,640 --> 00:41:21,560
Speaker 1: were doing in the first month, where you have Austin

877
00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:23,320
Speaker 1: Eckler there and maybe just give him a couple of

878
00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:25,600
Speaker 1: screen passes, open up the playbook and then you bring

879
00:41:25,719 --> 00:41:28,480
Speaker 1: in Melvin Gordon or try more two running backs. That's

880
00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:30,920
Speaker 1: what Maybe Mevin Gordon the outside, give him, give him

881
00:41:30,960 --> 00:41:33,840
Speaker 1: some passes, maybe gets going that way, But just handing

882
00:41:33,840 --> 00:41:35,560
Speaker 1: it out to Melvin Gordon it's not working around. You

883
00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:38,120
Speaker 1: gotta figure out other ways. And and Olin really wants

884
00:41:38,120 --> 00:41:40,000
Speaker 1: to established the run. He's a former running back. But

885
00:41:40,360 --> 00:41:42,080
Speaker 1: I think maybe going with the pass first and then

886
00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:44,040
Speaker 1: later opening up the running game might help out in

887
00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:45,680
Speaker 1: the long run. I felt like they had some success.

888
00:41:45,719 --> 00:41:48,120
Speaker 1: They went to eleven personnel I think every play for

889
00:41:48,160 --> 00:41:50,880
Speaker 1: their first two drives in an attempt to get smaller

890
00:41:50,920 --> 00:41:52,479
Speaker 1: bodies on the field and spread it out a little

891
00:41:52,480 --> 00:41:53,760
Speaker 1: bit and run the ball, and they had some success.

892
00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:55,520
Speaker 1: Melvin Gordon had a couple of runs. It's the one

893
00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:57,359
Speaker 1: where he fumbled early on in the game. He had

894
00:41:57,440 --> 00:42:01,000
Speaker 1: some space. But my whole thing with balances, like if

895
00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:03,200
Speaker 1: it's not working, at what point did you just abandon it?

896
00:42:03,360 --> 00:42:06,080
Speaker 1: Like you're wasting snaps by by rushing the ball if

897
00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:07,680
Speaker 1: you can't do it. And you talk about all the

898
00:42:07,680 --> 00:42:09,560
Speaker 1: playmakers they have, and we've talked about this before in

899
00:42:09,640 --> 00:42:11,319
Speaker 1: this room, doesn't matter how if you have the best

900
00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:13,520
Speaker 1: playmakers in the league. If you can't block, you're not

901
00:42:13,560 --> 00:42:15,080
Speaker 1: going to be successful as an offense. And at some

902
00:42:15,120 --> 00:42:16,399
Speaker 1: point you might have to be like, hey, we can't

903
00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:18,760
Speaker 1: run it. We're just we're just not good enough upfront.

904
00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:20,799
Speaker 1: And so then what's the most efficient way to move

905
00:42:20,840 --> 00:42:23,120
Speaker 1: the ball. I'm not saying abandon it because I think

906
00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:25,040
Speaker 1: Anthony Ellen is right. I don't. I think you know,

907
00:42:25,080 --> 00:42:26,839
Speaker 1: a team that passes in all the time is an

908
00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:29,000
Speaker 1: eight at eight or nine or seventeen. You know you

909
00:42:29,120 --> 00:42:31,560
Speaker 1: need balance to be that eleven and five picture of Bisky.

910
00:42:31,640 --> 00:42:33,759
Speaker 1: He threw the well fifty four times last week and

911
00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:36,080
Speaker 1: they were really never in that game against the Saints. Yeah,

912
00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:39,120
Speaker 1: but I mean they are a more efficient offense when

913
00:42:39,160 --> 00:42:41,800
Speaker 1: they when they pass the football primarily because when you

914
00:42:41,920 --> 00:42:43,640
Speaker 1: get the ball into Austin Eckler's hands in space, the

915
00:42:43,680 --> 00:42:46,600
Speaker 1: guy's dynamic. I mean, he has carried this offense this season.

916
00:42:46,600 --> 00:42:48,520
Speaker 1: He's been the guy that showed up every weekend of Jeff,

917
00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:50,600
Speaker 1: and you were here at the beginning of last year.

918
00:42:50,640 --> 00:42:53,279
Speaker 1: You guys were here Austin from coming in as an

919
00:42:53,360 --> 00:42:58,480
Speaker 1: undrafted free agent. Just the development, the evolution of Austin

920
00:42:58,560 --> 00:43:01,279
Speaker 1: Eckler as an NFL full ball player, even from week

921
00:43:01,360 --> 00:43:04,560
Speaker 1: one to Week eight, I just think it's it's fascinating

922
00:43:04,640 --> 00:43:07,960
Speaker 1: how good he really is. Daniel again, I'm gonna reference

923
00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:09,480
Speaker 1: what DJ said. He said he talked to somebody in

924
00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:12,560
Speaker 1: the league. He said, there's not ten running backs in

925
00:43:12,600 --> 00:43:15,839
Speaker 1: the NFL that can do everything that also ectually does

926
00:43:15,920 --> 00:43:17,920
Speaker 1: he's I'm not saying he's a top five running back

927
00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:19,919
Speaker 1: in the league. I'm just saying there's not ten guys

928
00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:23,120
Speaker 1: that can do everything that he does. Would there are

929
00:43:23,160 --> 00:43:24,680
Speaker 1: there five guys that can do what he does as

930
00:43:24,719 --> 00:43:26,719
Speaker 1: a route runner? I don't think so. Yeah. I mean

931
00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:28,439
Speaker 1: here there's that. I'll let you go to this, Jeff,

932
00:43:28,480 --> 00:43:29,800
Speaker 1: But just the stat that I had in my in

933
00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:32,359
Speaker 1: my Monday ewan on Monday, he's averaging nine point two

934
00:43:32,400 --> 00:43:34,960
Speaker 1: one yards per target. It's the best among any running

935
00:43:34,960 --> 00:43:37,319
Speaker 1: back with thirty targets in the season, ranks twenty six

936
00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:40,600
Speaker 1: among all players with at least thirty targets this season.

937
00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:42,800
Speaker 1: No other running back ranks in the top fifty. So

938
00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:44,440
Speaker 1: that there could do you take that stat you say

939
00:43:44,480 --> 00:43:46,160
Speaker 1: he's been the best passcutching and running back in the league.

940
00:43:46,160 --> 00:43:49,120
Speaker 1: You can make a legitimate argument for that. Oh absolutely.

941
00:43:49,280 --> 00:43:52,120
Speaker 1: And he what we see and what I I like

942
00:43:52,239 --> 00:43:57,000
Speaker 1: watching us is he he he is rarely brought down

943
00:43:57,040 --> 00:44:00,640
Speaker 1: by the first guy, you know, and he had so

944
00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:03,400
Speaker 1: like pound for pound, that's his nickname, Pound for pounds.

945
00:44:03,680 --> 00:44:06,000
Speaker 1: He's quick, and he's really strong, as we all know,

946
00:44:06,160 --> 00:44:08,200
Speaker 1: and he's just he's hard to get down on the ground.

947
00:44:08,239 --> 00:44:10,400
Speaker 1: So it's fun to watch when he can make make

948
00:44:10,520 --> 00:44:14,239
Speaker 1: guys miss. And also even if they can just they

949
00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:16,200
Speaker 1: get their hands on him, he still sometimes can can

950
00:44:16,360 --> 00:44:18,960
Speaker 1: run through or run you know, break break free. So

951
00:44:19,160 --> 00:44:23,000
Speaker 1: he's he's a blaster watch. And it's incredible to think

952
00:44:23,080 --> 00:44:26,200
Speaker 1: that he came from Western State and was undrafted and

953
00:44:26,320 --> 00:44:28,480
Speaker 1: made the team in the last preseason game and all

954
00:44:28,520 --> 00:44:30,320
Speaker 1: that when he was a when he was a rookie.

955
00:44:30,480 --> 00:44:33,680
Speaker 1: It's it's it's amazing to think what he's become now

956
00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:37,120
Speaker 1: and and he is. Daniel's right, He's really carried this

957
00:44:37,280 --> 00:44:39,759
Speaker 1: offense at a large part. I think also it shows

958
00:44:39,840 --> 00:44:41,839
Speaker 1: up in pass protection, like he's a guy that can

959
00:44:42,239 --> 00:44:44,920
Speaker 1: when they talk about the exactly when they talk about Ken,

960
00:44:45,200 --> 00:44:46,880
Speaker 1: how many guys in the league can do this. Austin

961
00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:50,200
Speaker 1: is an extremely intelligent football player who understands protections and

962
00:44:50,239 --> 00:44:52,080
Speaker 1: schemes very very well. He's a guy that you can

963
00:44:52,160 --> 00:44:54,120
Speaker 1: That's why he's in there every single third down, because

964
00:44:54,320 --> 00:44:56,080
Speaker 1: if he's not going out for a pass and for

965
00:44:56,160 --> 00:44:58,080
Speaker 1: a checkdown that he's in there blocking. And he's so

966
00:44:58,200 --> 00:45:00,440
Speaker 1: strong that he can, you know, take on a linebacker

967
00:45:00,480 --> 00:45:03,239
Speaker 1: and win that matchup. And the crazy thing, he's getting better.

968
00:45:03,360 --> 00:45:06,200
Speaker 1: He twenty seventeen wasn't that long ago, and he would

969
00:45:06,200 --> 00:45:07,719
Speaker 1: say he was just a running back. And now he's

970
00:45:07,800 --> 00:45:09,919
Speaker 1: kind of been coming to his receiver who just learned

971
00:45:09,960 --> 00:45:11,920
Speaker 1: how to do a slant round because he ow right

972
00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:14,359
Speaker 1: the offensive weapon exactly and he was running a five

973
00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:17,040
Speaker 1: steps slant round in the sidelines. He said, he's just

974
00:45:17,120 --> 00:45:19,480
Speaker 1: trying to practice. He goes onto the field perfected and

975
00:45:19,560 --> 00:45:21,480
Speaker 1: he gets a big game on a cruise for drive.

976
00:45:21,600 --> 00:45:23,560
Speaker 1: So just to see where he has come from Ustin

977
00:45:23,640 --> 00:45:26,000
Speaker 1: Eckler and just to kind of evolve in every type

978
00:45:26,040 --> 00:45:28,279
Speaker 1: of way and still learn. It's been cool to see, man,

979
00:45:28,480 --> 00:45:31,000
Speaker 1: you know, it was fun to see. Was just watching

980
00:45:31,080 --> 00:45:33,840
Speaker 1: Joey Bosa in the second half of that game, the

981
00:45:35,040 --> 00:45:37,400
Speaker 1: push on Tanna Hill, the two sacks. I mean, he

982
00:45:37,600 --> 00:45:39,880
Speaker 1: was an anal and he was the guy who had

983
00:45:39,920 --> 00:45:41,800
Speaker 1: the fourth down stop on the sneak, he was the

984
00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:44,879
Speaker 1: guy who stuffed the middle up. I mean, the way

985
00:45:44,960 --> 00:45:47,800
Speaker 1: he's raised his play this season with all the injuries,

986
00:45:47,840 --> 00:45:50,480
Speaker 1: I think he's incredibly impressive and he deserves he deserves

987
00:45:50,520 --> 00:45:52,800
Speaker 1: a ton of credit. And you know, looking ahead to

988
00:45:52,840 --> 00:45:55,480
Speaker 1: the future this before the season, this is the type

989
00:45:55,480 --> 00:45:57,359
Speaker 1: of season I was talking about when I said he's

990
00:45:57,360 --> 00:45:59,960
Speaker 1: probably going to get that contract ascension this offseason before

991
00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:01,759
Speaker 1: where he hits his fifth year option. He's just too

992
00:46:01,840 --> 00:46:04,680
Speaker 1: invaluable a player. He plays, you know, the most important

993
00:46:04,680 --> 00:46:08,560
Speaker 1: position on the field besides tackle and quarterback, and he's

994
00:46:08,600 --> 00:46:10,880
Speaker 1: doing at an incredibly high level. And he's defending in

995
00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:13,719
Speaker 1: the run, he's pressuring the quarterback, he's doing everything they

996
00:46:13,719 --> 00:46:15,359
Speaker 1: ask of him. He's lining up his Gill was asking

997
00:46:15,360 --> 00:46:17,440
Speaker 1: earlier today in Press Carver he's lining up, standing up,

998
00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:20,160
Speaker 1: He's filling all these different roles and at this point

999
00:46:20,200 --> 00:46:21,640
Speaker 1: you just have to open up the checkbook for him

1000
00:46:21,760 --> 00:46:23,520
Speaker 1: because you can't. He's not to player that you can

1001
00:46:23,600 --> 00:46:25,400
Speaker 1: let walk. That was just so weird to see him

1002
00:46:25,440 --> 00:46:28,120
Speaker 1: as a standing pass rushure, this giant going up the middle,

1003
00:46:28,200 --> 00:46:30,680
Speaker 1: just bulldozing the old line and get into Tannehill for

1004
00:46:30,719 --> 00:46:32,640
Speaker 1: eleven yard loss. That that was just crazy. That's a

1005
00:46:32,680 --> 00:46:35,400
Speaker 1: great question to have. Gus kind of break it down

1006
00:46:35,400 --> 00:46:37,120
Speaker 1: a little bit. Yeah, yeah, And it was a Mike

1007
00:46:37,200 --> 00:46:39,000
Speaker 1: dej who kind of pointed at me, like, look, look

1008
00:46:39,040 --> 00:46:41,319
Speaker 1: at a joy Bulls. Is that Derwin James out there.

1009
00:46:41,320 --> 00:46:42,920
Speaker 1: He just kind of come in and just bull bull

1010
00:46:43,040 --> 00:46:44,560
Speaker 1: rushing the whole line there, And I was like, whoa

1011
00:46:44,640 --> 00:46:46,640
Speaker 1: that that's crazy. It was like this giant here, But yeah,

1012
00:46:47,120 --> 00:46:49,720
Speaker 1: you're in the crazy part that Bradley said that was unique.

1013
00:46:49,719 --> 00:46:52,440
Speaker 1: He doesn't really do stuff like that. So like Austin Ekeler,

1014
00:46:52,520 --> 00:46:54,480
Speaker 1: he's learning and getting better and that's kind of scary

1015
00:46:54,520 --> 00:46:56,279
Speaker 1: for the rest of the league. But but we're thinking

1016
00:46:56,280 --> 00:46:58,440
Speaker 1: about Joey Bosa. People are not talking about him as

1017
00:46:58,480 --> 00:47:00,200
Speaker 1: much maybe for even defense to play over the year.

1018
00:47:00,239 --> 00:47:02,600
Speaker 1: I know they've been struggling for the charges, but it

1019
00:47:02,640 --> 00:47:05,040
Speaker 1: seems like Nick both with the Niners getting more more

1020
00:47:05,120 --> 00:47:07,319
Speaker 1: talk than Joey, and Joey has been just as great

1021
00:47:07,400 --> 00:47:09,879
Speaker 1: or even better. Yeah. So they did that with mel

1022
00:47:10,040 --> 00:47:12,520
Speaker 1: Ingram though, that's like in those pass rushing packages early

1023
00:47:12,560 --> 00:47:14,680
Speaker 1: on in the season, like that's they like putting Mellingram

1024
00:47:14,719 --> 00:47:16,560
Speaker 1: standing up, but that fits his skill set a little

1025
00:47:16,560 --> 00:47:19,640
Speaker 1: bit better. Joey's a bigger dude then then Ingram is

1026
00:47:19,680 --> 00:47:23,040
Speaker 1: taller and doesn't you know, move maybe as well as

1027
00:47:23,080 --> 00:47:25,400
Speaker 1: Mellingram does. But like they put him in that position

1028
00:47:25,560 --> 00:47:28,600
Speaker 1: which GUSA today was basically identical to what what Ingram's

1029
00:47:28,600 --> 00:47:30,760
Speaker 1: doing over this season, and goes and gets a sack.

1030
00:47:31,719 --> 00:47:34,239
Speaker 1: As we'll close it this way Soldier Field, as we

1031
00:47:34,320 --> 00:47:37,719
Speaker 1: always do. A player to watch Jeff Miller, you start, wow,

1032
00:47:37,840 --> 00:47:41,440
Speaker 1: do you see the first I just like this. I

1033
00:47:42,800 --> 00:47:44,759
Speaker 1: forget who I said last week, all right, player, I

1034
00:47:44,800 --> 00:47:47,600
Speaker 1: think I said Keenan I said, I think I said

1035
00:47:47,640 --> 00:47:50,000
Speaker 1: Mike Williams. He had a pretty outstanding catch he did.

1036
00:47:50,120 --> 00:47:53,120
Speaker 1: That was and if Philip has big ben and elive

1037
00:47:53,200 --> 00:47:56,239
Speaker 1: with that catch, those those those toe tap pitches in

1038
00:47:56,320 --> 00:47:58,800
Speaker 1: that drive, two by Keenan and one by Mike Williams

1039
00:47:58,800 --> 00:48:00,719
Speaker 1: were in the Mike Williams and I don't know how

1040
00:48:00,760 --> 00:48:02,759
Speaker 1: he did that. It looked like he was way out

1041
00:48:02,800 --> 00:48:04,520
Speaker 1: of bounds, and I thought, there's no way that was

1042
00:48:04,560 --> 00:48:07,080
Speaker 1: a catch in the all right, So I speaking, which like,

1043
00:48:07,160 --> 00:48:08,560
Speaker 1: how hard is that to call in the field to

1044
00:48:08,640 --> 00:48:11,600
Speaker 1: give the referees a break for once? Like hard, Like

1045
00:48:11,680 --> 00:48:15,160
Speaker 1: that is impossible to do? Yeah, it is. I am

1046
00:48:15,239 --> 00:48:17,680
Speaker 1: gonna go I'm gonna go with Melvin Gordon took mine.

1047
00:48:17,960 --> 00:48:21,480
Speaker 1: Oh see, I just he's gonna break out one of

1048
00:48:21,560 --> 00:48:24,560
Speaker 1: these games. I'm sure of it. And I thought the

1049
00:48:24,640 --> 00:48:27,560
Speaker 1: other day you're Daniel mentioned it. He did. There were

1050
00:48:27,560 --> 00:48:29,160
Speaker 1: a couple of plays early where he actually in a

1051
00:48:29,239 --> 00:48:31,960
Speaker 1: little space and it's like, Okay, this could be when

1052
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:34,359
Speaker 1: we're gonna see it. And he talked about last week

1053
00:48:34,400 --> 00:48:36,640
Speaker 1: how he's starting to he winted that game feeling a

1054
00:48:36,680 --> 00:48:39,520
Speaker 1: little more like himself. So I think he's he's going

1055
00:48:39,560 --> 00:48:42,160
Speaker 1: to continue to feel good, and he's obviously gonna be

1056
00:48:42,320 --> 00:48:45,600
Speaker 1: highly motivated to a limit, you know, erase what happened

1057
00:48:45,680 --> 00:48:47,520
Speaker 1: last week. So I'm gonna go with with Melvin and

1058
00:48:47,880 --> 00:48:51,560
Speaker 1: I think he's he's gonna have. I think he's gonna

1059
00:48:51,600 --> 00:48:54,239
Speaker 1: have his best game he's had in a while. All Right, Uh,

1060
00:48:54,600 --> 00:48:56,600
Speaker 1: way to go? Are you going? I got one? I'll

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00:48:56,640 --> 00:48:58,839
Speaker 1: go with the rookie Jerry Hillery. I don't know if

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Speaker 1: Justin Jones gonna come back or Brandon Mebain, but you're

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00:49:01,960 --> 00:49:04,040
Speaker 1: already at the halfway point. People say about that that

1064
00:49:04,280 --> 00:49:07,200
Speaker 1: rookie wall, hopefully for Jerry Tiller is the opposite where

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00:49:07,200 --> 00:49:08,719
Speaker 1: you kind of you know, you know, flourishes a little bit.

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00:49:08,760 --> 00:49:11,399
Speaker 1: The second half of the season, Gus Broadley kept saying

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00:49:11,440 --> 00:49:13,759
Speaker 1: the words strain. I'm glad that Jeff asked about what

1068
00:49:13,880 --> 00:49:15,560
Speaker 1: you mean with the strainers that I had no idea

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00:49:15,680 --> 00:49:18,239
Speaker 1: that with the man, But at least Gus likes what

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00:49:18,320 --> 00:49:21,439
Speaker 1: he's doing and hopefully explain the straight Explain the strain

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Speaker 1: where you're kind of holding two guys and you're standing

1072
00:49:23,680 --> 00:49:25,960
Speaker 1: up and you don't laying hard. Yeah, you just laying hard.

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00:49:26,040 --> 00:49:29,000
Speaker 1: It's showing effort. That's basically what especially taking out a

1074
00:49:29,080 --> 00:49:32,120
Speaker 1: double team and not getting your kick, which is important.

1075
00:49:32,200 --> 00:49:34,680
Speaker 1: Like Mebaan's great at that. That's just a joke, dude,

1076
00:49:34,840 --> 00:49:36,239
Speaker 1: And if you double team him. He's just going to

1077
00:49:36,280 --> 00:49:38,640
Speaker 1: clog the hole. And you know, if a no tackle

1078
00:49:38,680 --> 00:49:40,480
Speaker 1: gets moved off and I can scrub your time the

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00:49:40,520 --> 00:49:42,759
Speaker 1: definition of that job and there's no stats for that.

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00:49:42,920 --> 00:49:46,200
Speaker 1: But before just you know, Jerry Tiller, keep standing up,

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00:49:46,239 --> 00:49:48,040
Speaker 1: but now make a play, make a move to get

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00:49:48,080 --> 00:49:49,920
Speaker 1: to the quarterback and maybe get a couple of sacks.

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00:49:49,960 --> 00:49:51,880
Speaker 1: So I think he's close, He's getting there. But for

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00:49:51,960 --> 00:49:54,520
Speaker 1: Jerry Tillery, especially if that that that middle part is

1085
00:49:54,560 --> 00:49:56,759
Speaker 1: still banged up with me Ban and Justin Jones, get

1086
00:49:56,800 --> 00:49:59,239
Speaker 1: a couple of sacks, especially with your defense in them

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00:49:59,239 --> 00:50:00,400
Speaker 1: back kind of you know her in a little bit,

1088
00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:01,560
Speaker 1: help him out a little bit and see what you

1089
00:50:01,600 --> 00:50:03,800
Speaker 1: got out of the first round pick like it Russell

1090
00:50:03,840 --> 00:50:07,640
Speaker 1: okung And even if he doesn't play the whole game,

1091
00:50:07,920 --> 00:50:10,759
Speaker 1: just what having that type of leader back on the

1092
00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:13,800
Speaker 1: offensive line, back protecting Phillips's blindside, what that will do

1093
00:50:13,880 --> 00:50:16,399
Speaker 1: for the rest of the unit. You know, so much

1094
00:50:16,440 --> 00:50:20,200
Speaker 1: of great offensive line players chemistry and while they had

1095
00:50:20,280 --> 00:50:23,320
Speaker 1: Mike Pouncey in there before he got hurt, missing Russell

1096
00:50:23,560 --> 00:50:25,560
Speaker 1: I think has been enormous. He is having a guy

1097
00:50:25,640 --> 00:50:28,160
Speaker 1: to look to as well, you know, just communication and

1098
00:50:28,280 --> 00:50:30,400
Speaker 1: just having a guy that you know, we got a

1099
00:50:30,440 --> 00:50:32,920
Speaker 1: pro bowler at left tackle now, and like what that

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00:50:33,040 --> 00:50:35,160
Speaker 1: does for the rest of the guy's confidence. I think

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00:50:35,600 --> 00:50:37,520
Speaker 1: we talk about how important is to establish the run.

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00:50:37,640 --> 00:50:39,760
Speaker 1: That is has to be the priority for this offense,

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00:50:40,040 --> 00:50:42,480
Speaker 1: and I think Russell Okung coming back could be the

1104
00:50:42,640 --> 00:50:46,120
Speaker 1: key to establishing their own I'm gonna go with the

1105
00:50:46,239 --> 00:50:49,080
Speaker 1: other Melvin, and this is if he plays Melvin Ingram,

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00:50:49,280 --> 00:50:52,239
Speaker 1: and I think this team, we talk about Darwin and

1107
00:50:52,440 --> 00:50:55,399
Speaker 1: the energy there he brings. Melvin Ingram brings that same

1108
00:50:55,480 --> 00:50:58,239
Speaker 1: type of nastiness and energy, especially on the mark the

1109
00:50:58,320 --> 00:51:01,719
Speaker 1: asat mentality. Any squad out any place, I think the

1110
00:51:01,880 --> 00:51:05,400
Speaker 1: defense needs an edge going into Chicago. They need to

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00:51:05,920 --> 00:51:09,000
Speaker 1: take advantage of a struggling offense. Maybe get some sex

1112
00:51:09,080 --> 00:51:11,719
Speaker 1: on Shrubisky, forced a turnover, and if you could put

1113
00:51:11,800 --> 00:51:15,360
Speaker 1: fifty four across from ninety seven on the line and

1114
00:51:15,640 --> 00:51:19,200
Speaker 1: make some plays disrupt that Chicago offense, you know, maybe

1115
00:51:19,239 --> 00:51:21,040
Speaker 1: it's a start of something. So it's a great point

1116
00:51:21,040 --> 00:51:23,400
Speaker 1: because it does open up things for Joey, like when

1117
00:51:23,680 --> 00:51:25,879
Speaker 1: Melvin Ingram is out there, especially on those pass rushing

1118
00:51:25,920 --> 00:51:27,880
Speaker 1: downs when they have him moving around and jumping between

1119
00:51:27,880 --> 00:51:29,400
Speaker 1: the guards, and no one knows where he's actually going

1120
00:51:29,480 --> 00:51:31,200
Speaker 1: to rush from. Like all of a sudden, Joey bos

1121
00:51:31,239 --> 00:51:33,840
Speaker 1: instead of getting double teamed on every single pass rushing situation,

1122
00:51:34,080 --> 00:51:35,319
Speaker 1: might get a one on one. And that's what Gus

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00:51:35,480 --> 00:51:37,200
Speaker 1: was talking about today. It's all about they're trying to

1124
00:51:37,239 --> 00:51:39,400
Speaker 1: find matchups for him, getting those guys one on one,

1125
00:51:39,400 --> 00:51:41,160
Speaker 1: and it is really what football comes down to. It's

1126
00:51:41,200 --> 00:51:43,839
Speaker 1: what's exactly what they're doing on offense. Get Austin Eckler

1127
00:51:43,920 --> 00:51:45,799
Speaker 1: one on one with a linebacker and let him work,

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00:51:45,880 --> 00:51:47,480
Speaker 1: and that's how they ended up scoring two touches at

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00:51:47,480 --> 00:51:49,560
Speaker 1: the end of the game. That's ultimately what football comes

1130
00:51:49,560 --> 00:51:51,440
Speaker 1: down to. And I think that if Ingram comes back,

1131
00:51:51,440 --> 00:51:53,719
Speaker 1: you could have a situation where Joey Bosa has a

1132
00:51:54,040 --> 00:51:56,280
Speaker 1: few more one on ones and maybe can start patting

1133
00:51:56,320 --> 00:51:58,800
Speaker 1: those stats, you know, while he hasn't really done that

1134
00:51:58,800 --> 00:52:03,240
Speaker 1: so far this season. Food Rex Jeff Miller. Food food Chicago.

1135
00:52:03,280 --> 00:52:07,239
Speaker 1: I'm meaning Chicago pizza and the pizzas the big thing, right,

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00:52:07,480 --> 00:52:10,000
Speaker 1: Um yeah, so I get one of those pizzas the

1137
00:52:10,040 --> 00:52:12,799
Speaker 1: ways like a manhole cover, right order. I just want

1138
00:52:12,840 --> 00:52:16,040
Speaker 1: to Chicago pizza is not technically pizza. It is actually

1139
00:52:16,080 --> 00:52:18,040
Speaker 1: a pizza castrole. To get real pizza, you have to

1140
00:52:18,080 --> 00:52:21,520
Speaker 1: go to New York City, okay, and also just completely unrelated,

1141
00:52:21,520 --> 00:52:23,040
Speaker 1: you just have to wait for me. Get Eric Williams

1142
00:52:23,080 --> 00:52:25,120
Speaker 1: on here next time. He big times this every single time.

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00:52:25,120 --> 00:52:27,080
Speaker 1: He won't come to the round table. Eric all the

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00:52:27,120 --> 00:52:29,560
Speaker 1: big times the b Writer's round Table minus Eric Williams,

1145
00:52:29,600 --> 00:52:32,360
Speaker 1: who I guess is a little were more famous than us,

1146
00:52:32,400 --> 00:52:35,839
Speaker 1: Like he's too important. What's evidently that's where I'm joined

1147
00:52:35,840 --> 00:52:37,359
Speaker 1: the round table. We'll get an extra chair in here

1148
00:52:37,400 --> 00:52:40,319
Speaker 1: for you. Anything else? Daniels fired up. Yeah, I think

1149
00:52:40,360 --> 00:52:43,000
Speaker 1: that's it's all takes. All it took was the mere

1150
00:52:43,040 --> 00:52:45,279
Speaker 1: mention of food, and Daniel got really fired up. You

1151
00:52:45,280 --> 00:52:48,680
Speaker 1: get fired and then threw Eric into the big on

1152
00:52:48,840 --> 00:52:52,120
Speaker 1: the way I'm another thing. Yeah, I think that's all

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Speaker 1: I have for now. Yeah, I'll see if I can

1154
00:52:53,600 --> 00:52:55,239
Speaker 1: upset any more people. I'll come back with some better takes.

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Speaker 1: Every good. That's fun. I think this is gonna be

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Speaker 1: a weekly fixed. We get the sponsor saw Beat Riders

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Speaker 1: Round Temple. Thanks guys. Ye all right, guys, that's gonna

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Speaker 1: do it for us. A big thanks to our Beat

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Speaker 1: writers plus Daniel Jeremiah and Rich Campbell for joining me,

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Speaker 1: and of course thanks to you all for listening. Remember

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Speaker 1: the game on Sunday, and until next time, I'm Chris

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Speaker 1: Harry