1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,280 Speaker 1: All right, guys, Before we get started, a big thank 2 00:00:02,320 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 1: you to our partner Microsoft, Windows eleven, the official operating 3 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:09,239 Speaker 1: system of the NFL and the exclusive sponsor of the 4 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:12,320 Speaker 1: La Chargers. The only new Windows eleven is here to 5 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:14,840 Speaker 1: bring you closer to what you love, like the Chargers 6 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:17,880 Speaker 1: and the Final Drive. Learn about all the awesome new 7 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:22,959 Speaker 1: features of Windows eleven at Windows dot com and welcome 8 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:26,239 Speaker 1: in to the Final Drive for Haley L. Wood. I'm 9 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:31,160 Speaker 1: Chris Hayry. Chargers lose thirty four twenty eight in overtime. 10 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 1: On the final drive, a Travis Kelsey touchdown seals it 11 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:39,880 Speaker 1: for Kansas City. This was a game Haley first place 12 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 1: in the AFC West on the line. I thought whoever 13 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:46,199 Speaker 1: won this game would be in the driver's seat for 14 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 1: the division crown. It would have been the first time 15 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:53,519 Speaker 1: the Chargers sweep the Chiefs since twenty thirteen. It was 16 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:56,160 Speaker 1: not meant to be. It wasn't. I mean, it was 17 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 1: definitely a rollercoaster of a game. You could start really 18 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 1: at the beginning with the unfortunate injury that happened to 19 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 1: Donald Parham Junior, and I know the we're all just 20 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 1: hoping he is still okay as we sit here on 21 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 1: this Friday morning. But you saw, I think, and you 22 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:12,840 Speaker 1: and I have talked about this, the way that this 23 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 1: game started for this Chargers team, it really felt like 24 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 1: they could have gotten in a hole very early, and 25 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 1: they didn't. They ended up overcoming all the adversity that 26 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 1: they faced at the beginning with the param injury which 27 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 1: ultimately resulted in the turnover on downs, and then they 28 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 1: really kind of kicked it into gear and then it 29 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 1: became a bit of a ball game. But you just 30 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 1: kind of felt towards the end that once Kansas City 31 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:37,320 Speaker 1: won that coin toss in overtime and once they elected 32 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 1: to receive, there really wasn't any going back at that 33 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:42,679 Speaker 1: point because of how they had played and really came 34 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 1: on strong towards the end of the game. But you know, 35 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 1: a lot was on the line, obviously, But the season, Hey, 36 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 1: good news does not end today. There's still three more 37 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: games after this and the really, I think another huge 38 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 1: positive for this Chargers team as they exit Week fifteen 39 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 1: is you get a little bit of a mini buy, 40 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 1: which I know that guys talked about after the game 41 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 1: last night in terms of just getting some players back healthy. 42 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 1: It was very clear derwin James was not one hundred 43 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 1: percent last night. He was taken out of the game. 44 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 1: Austin Eckler was dealing with soreness as well, and Brandon 45 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:17,240 Speaker 1: Staley talked about those guys having that quote unquote warrior 46 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:19,640 Speaker 1: spirit that really there was going to be no denying 47 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 1: that they were going to get into that game last 48 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:23,519 Speaker 1: night and really give it their all. And they did. 49 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:25,839 Speaker 1: But now you get a chance to actually come back, 50 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 1: get some guys, you know, hopefully healthy as you make 51 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:30,960 Speaker 1: this stretch and this push with final you know, three 52 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: final games left in the twenty twenty one slate. Yeah, 53 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 1: it's such an important stretch, these next three games. And 54 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 1: let me just take what you said about Donald Palm. 55 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 1: It's football felt so secondary in that moment, and we're 56 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 1: all just thinking of him and hoping all the best. 57 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 1: And you know, like you said, the Chargers, they go 58 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:55,359 Speaker 1: down to nothing, they were able to kind of seize 59 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:59,959 Speaker 1: momentum back before halftime, and you know, you go into 60 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: to the half up fourteen ten, could have been seventeen, ten, 61 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 1: could have been twenty one ten. I think the story 62 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 1: of this game, Haley, when you look at it and 63 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 1: you kind of search why the Chargers lost this game 64 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:17,360 Speaker 1: three times inside the five, resulting in zero points. And 65 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 1: you know, you know, coach Staley said like, hey, this 66 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:22,640 Speaker 1: is how we're gonna play football. We're gonna play football. 67 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:25,639 Speaker 1: We're gonna go for it on fourth down. So if 68 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:29,119 Speaker 1: that's the case, then it was just from an execution standpoint, 69 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:33,680 Speaker 1: you have to execute better on fourth down. If this 70 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 1: is going to be the identity of the team. Yeah, 71 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 1: and I thought, justin Herbert, I'm actually looking it up 72 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 1: right now, had to. He gave a really good answer 73 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:42,760 Speaker 1: when he was asked about just not being able to 74 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 1: convert some of those fourth downs, and he really said, 75 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 1: I think we need to be better on third downs 76 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 1: that we don't get into those situations. It's very clear 77 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 1: with what Brandon Staley said last night that look, this 78 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 1: is the identity of this team. They're going to go 79 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 1: for it. And when Herbert was asked, well, if the 80 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 1: identity and the known factor here is that are going 81 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 1: to go for it, is that a disadvantage knowing the 82 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 1: teams are going to play you, knowing the teams are 83 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: going to say, oh yeah, they're going to we have 84 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 1: to be out on this field for one more down. 85 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 1: And Herbert's answer just saying I think we need to 86 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 1: be better on third down so that we're not in 87 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 1: those situations. I thought was a really good answer. Look, 88 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 1: but there's a belief in this team, and Staley's talked 89 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:21,120 Speaker 1: about it all season long that when they really feel 90 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:24,599 Speaker 1: like they're in those situations that they can get the 91 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 1: job done, they're going to take those risks and sometimes 92 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 1: it's going to work out, and unfortunately last night, sometimes 93 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 1: it's not. And hindsight's twenty twenty and you can always 94 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:36,360 Speaker 1: look back and say, hey, there could have been essentially 95 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:40,360 Speaker 1: nine more points that this team could have had tacked 96 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 1: onto their final score, but it wasn't the case. It 97 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 1: didn't happen, and you have to move on from there. 98 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:50,040 Speaker 1: But I did think, you know, as Herbert said, it's 99 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:52,240 Speaker 1: a statement of trusting everyone on the field and off 100 00:04:52,279 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 1: the field, and there is a definite trust in this 101 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 1: team and that is what you know, those decisions ultimately 102 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 1: breed and Keenan Allen has said, hey, I'd rather have 103 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:01,919 Speaker 1: the ball, you know, I'd rather be the guys on 104 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:04,440 Speaker 1: the field versus standing on the sideline watching our kicker 105 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: make it. But it is what it is. You know, again, 106 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 1: sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. Unfortunately it didn't last night. 107 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:14,160 Speaker 1: But every game, as Brandon Staley says, it's is its 108 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 1: own movie and is its own week. So this was 109 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 1: this week, and we'll see what happens moving forward. Yeah, 110 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:22,120 Speaker 1: and listen, the guys are on board with it. You know, 111 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:24,279 Speaker 1: Keenan said he wants the ball in his hands. He 112 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 1: wants the ball in Justin's hands to make the play 113 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 1: and go for it. So everybody's on the same page 114 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 1: with it. It just wasn't meant to be yesterday. And 115 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,720 Speaker 1: you know, as far as the division's concerned. Now, I mean, 116 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 1: got you win that game. Hell, you sweep the Chiefs 117 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,679 Speaker 1: for the first time in eight years, and you're really 118 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:44,680 Speaker 1: sitting pretty for a home game in January right now. 119 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 1: I mean it's it's eight and six. There's a bunch 120 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:50,159 Speaker 1: of teams at seven and six, and you know, we 121 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 1: could talk about some of the games this weekend that 122 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 1: have playoff implications, But I just I wonder if the 123 00:05:57,320 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 1: Charges get in the tournament, if we see this for 124 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:02,279 Speaker 1: a third time, and what it would look like with 125 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:05,480 Speaker 1: a healthy Durwin James. I mean, we talked about it offline. 126 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey one hundred ninety one yards Tyreek Hill. Those 127 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:13,320 Speaker 1: guys combined for three hundred and thirty nine receiving yards. 128 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:17,800 Speaker 1: When Durwin is on the field, he makes a marked 129 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 1: difference in terms of covering Travis Kelsey. I just have 130 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:25,719 Speaker 1: to wonder if this matchup is played again, and hey, listen, 131 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:28,680 Speaker 1: let's also be fair, Chris Jones was not in this 132 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 1: game for the chief um Rashawn Slater was not in 133 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:34,160 Speaker 1: this game. Austin Eckler was battling through some stuff. I 134 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:37,719 Speaker 1: thought Justin Jackson really stepped up and got the running 135 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:41,040 Speaker 1: game going. But I look at that one matchup, that 136 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:46,800 Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey Darwin James matchup as maybe being the difference 137 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:51,279 Speaker 1: in this football game on Thursday, and what it would 138 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 1: look like if both guys were healthy in January, it 139 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:57,800 Speaker 1: probably would look a lot different. I mean, Chris Harris Jr. 140 00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:01,280 Speaker 1: Even kind of joking about it. He was very emphatic, 141 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:04,640 Speaker 1: very very emphatic about it after the game. But you know, 142 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 1: I think that's that's the NFL, right, That's life in 143 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 1: the NFL. It's it's a next man up mentality. This 144 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 1: team was able to get through that last week against 145 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 1: the Giants and Obviously the Giants are a very different 146 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 1: team than the Chiefs and weapons wise notwithstanding. But yeah, 147 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 1: I think, you know, I think they would all love 148 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 1: a crack at it a third time, and that would 149 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:27,800 Speaker 1: be interesting to see what happens. But it is very 150 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 1: clear derwhen James is obviously a difference maker when he 151 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 1: is out on that field. He just and and being 152 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 1: you know, fully healthy up until this point has made 153 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 1: such a huge difference for this Chargers, you know, not 154 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 1: only defense but team in general. But you know, it's 155 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:44,120 Speaker 1: these guys had to step up and it was a 156 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 1: next man up mentality, and they did to a point. 157 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 1: But you know, there was so much momentum that the 158 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 1: Chiefs had at the end of the game that it 159 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 1: just wouldn't be surprising if if that defense, too was 160 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 1: a little gassed and just sort of, you know, kind 161 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 1: of tired at that point with the track meet that 162 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 1: ended up happening with with Casey. But it's always an 163 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 1: interesting matchup when these two teams meet. I mean, I 164 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 1: think I think when you look, you know, putting Derwin aside, 165 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 1: when you just look at the quarterbacks, and I know 166 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 1: it's never Mahomes versus Herbert, and I know that these 167 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 1: guys talk about that all the time. We're not going 168 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: up against one another, we're going up against the defenses. 169 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:22,160 Speaker 1: But these it is fun to kind of have a rivalry, 170 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 1: a real sort of rivalry like back It feels like 171 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 1: that that when these two teams meet, you have that 172 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 1: vibe you think of, you know, you and I have 173 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:33,439 Speaker 1: done so much with the guys who played on those 174 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:36,000 Speaker 1: teams in the two thousands, with running for History, and 175 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:39,080 Speaker 1: you hear them talk about like just the Reigners rivalries 176 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:41,560 Speaker 1: that they have back then and the Broncos, and they 177 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 1: just hated each other. And I'm not saying that that's 178 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:46,440 Speaker 1: the extent. I mean, I actually thought what Tyron Matthew 179 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:49,400 Speaker 1: said after the game where he tweeted, you know the Charger, 180 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 1: like I forget the exact verbiage, but basically you got 181 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 1: a good thing going. Yeah. I just think it's really 182 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:58,160 Speaker 1: cool that that now that that rivalry is there, the 183 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:00,920 Speaker 1: seeds have been planted, and you know that anytime these 184 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 1: two teams meet, it's going to be an exciting game. 185 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 1: For sure. Chiefs have played two games at Sofi Stadium 186 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 1: against the Charges. They both have gone to overtime. It 187 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 1: had it had shades of that twenty eighteen game where 188 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:15,560 Speaker 1: you know, the Chargers won at the end twenty nine, 189 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:20,040 Speaker 1: twenty eight I do think that, you know, as far 190 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:23,120 Speaker 1: as the running games concerned, Haley, I was encouraged by 191 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 1: what I saw there each of the last two weeks, 192 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 1: and you know, seeing it last Sunday against the Giants 193 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 1: was one thing, but having that carry over against the 194 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:34,079 Speaker 1: Chiefs defense, and I realized Chris Jones was not in 195 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:36,560 Speaker 1: the game again. But the Chiefs have played really, really 196 00:09:36,559 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 1: well on defense these last six seven weeks. One hundred 197 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:43,040 Speaker 1: and ninety two yards on the ground, I mean Justin 198 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:46,319 Speaker 1: Jackson eighty six yards six point six a pop, Eckler 199 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 1: who was clearly hobbled, twelve or fifty nine four point 200 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:54,440 Speaker 1: nine a pop. Josh Kelly had seven carries. Unfortunately, that 201 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:57,679 Speaker 1: fumble which Chenna was able to kind of bail out 202 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:02,480 Speaker 1: the offense there. So it worked out, even though it 203 00:10:02,559 --> 00:10:04,800 Speaker 1: was a little scary for a minute if you were 204 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:07,960 Speaker 1: a Chargers fan. And then you know, as as far 205 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:11,319 Speaker 1: as Keenan, he's back six seventy eight in a touchdown, 206 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 1: and you know you just mentioned it to all fine, 207 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:18,680 Speaker 1: Justin's stats they weren't as big as we were. Maybe 208 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:21,040 Speaker 1: I thought they were two hundred and thirty six yards 209 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:27,400 Speaker 1: passing two touchdowns. He had that interception, But clearly, Haley, 210 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:34,040 Speaker 1: this game was anybody's for the taking. Um. I if 211 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:36,960 Speaker 1: you want to think like glass half fall, I mean 212 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:42,960 Speaker 1: eight and six Houston Denver Vegas on deck. And I 213 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:46,560 Speaker 1: don't think that this loss really shook the team up 214 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:49,720 Speaker 1: in terms of confidence. In fact, I would think that 215 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 1: this makes them maybe feel a little bit better about 216 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:57,320 Speaker 1: where they are and that they can compete. And I 217 00:10:57,360 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 1: think they know they have to take care of business 218 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:01,400 Speaker 1: against three teams that they should be to close the 219 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:04,160 Speaker 1: twenty one season. Yeah, I would agree with that. I 220 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:07,440 Speaker 1: think you know, after all these games, and as tough 221 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:10,760 Speaker 1: as a loss as this was, they were in the 222 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 1: game to your point of it really was anyone's at 223 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:15,280 Speaker 1: some point. It wasn't like the Baltimore game where they 224 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:18,079 Speaker 1: were just out of it, the Patriots game where they 225 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:22,199 Speaker 1: just eventually ended up it just became too much to overcome. 226 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:25,720 Speaker 1: They were in it. And I think when you have 227 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:28,600 Speaker 1: been in those press conferences though any at any of 228 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 1: one of those losses during the season, there's never really 229 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:34,800 Speaker 1: been like a demoralizing defeat. It's always been this kind 230 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:37,319 Speaker 1: of cautious optimism of like we got this, like well 231 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:39,680 Speaker 1: we'll be okay. And I think that's what we saw 232 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 1: last night, you know, justin Herbert said, we're just we're 233 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:45,080 Speaker 1: awfully close. And it's tough. It's tough when you have 234 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:47,559 Speaker 1: to say like we're not we're just so close, not 235 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:50,360 Speaker 1: quite there, but we're close enough. But I love that 236 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:53,680 Speaker 1: he said his quote of everyone is going to ride 237 00:11:53,679 --> 00:11:55,080 Speaker 1: with us and we're going to trust each other, and 238 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:57,200 Speaker 1: we love to be in that opportunity. And I think 239 00:11:57,240 --> 00:11:59,360 Speaker 1: that is what you see throughout this team, on offense, 240 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:01,680 Speaker 1: on defense. It really is a team effort. These guys 241 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 1: are giving it. They're all to turn around, you know 242 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:08,000 Speaker 1: what they didn't accomplish last season. And to be eight 243 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:12,000 Speaker 1: and six heading into Week sixteen with a playoff birth 244 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:14,360 Speaker 1: essentially still in play. I mean that's huge for this 245 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:16,480 Speaker 1: team for sure, in a first year operation, in a 246 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:19,080 Speaker 1: first year operation where everything is new, and a second 247 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 1: year quarterback who obviously is not playing like he's in 248 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:24,440 Speaker 1: his second year. He's playing like a very season veteran 249 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:27,559 Speaker 1: at this point. But he's very capable. He's capable of 250 00:12:27,679 --> 00:12:30,440 Speaker 1: very special things. But it is you know, there is 251 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 1: optimism to be had, and you have three games, you 252 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:37,079 Speaker 1: have three very essentially winnable games, a really good kind 253 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:40,280 Speaker 1: of get that game in Week sixteen against the Houston Texans. 254 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:43,080 Speaker 1: And look, we know this is the NFL. Anything can 255 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:45,120 Speaker 1: happen every you know, any given week. But they are 256 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:46,840 Speaker 1: two and eleven. I think they played the two and 257 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:49,800 Speaker 1: eleven Jags this week, who are going through their own 258 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:54,560 Speaker 1: things right now. But a good opportunity to get to 259 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 1: nine and six in week sixteen, and again, a really 260 00:12:56,679 --> 00:12:58,720 Speaker 1: good opportunity right now to kind of take a beat, 261 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 1: take a weekend, get hell feet, and come back next 262 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 1: week ready to roll. It's the biggest thing getting guys 263 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:07,280 Speaker 1: back and keeping them healthy and getting them ready for 264 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:09,800 Speaker 1: this stretch run where you know it's gonna be so 265 00:13:09,880 --> 00:13:13,680 Speaker 1: important to really win all three of these games to 266 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:17,840 Speaker 1: get into the tournament. Yeah, there's there's some games with 267 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:22,120 Speaker 1: playoff implications this weekend. I mean, yeah, the Browns and 268 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 1: Raiders game, my gosh, I mean, the Browns have been 269 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:28,600 Speaker 1: ravaged by by COVID and they're gonna be extremely shorthanded. Um, 270 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:30,720 Speaker 1: they're in the mix. There are seven and six the 271 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 1: Chargers have the tiebreaker over them. The Raiders are really 272 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:37,640 Speaker 1: hanging on here by a thread. They're six and seven. 273 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:40,920 Speaker 1: That game is interesting. The Patriots and the Colts. I 274 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 1: mean Patriots right now are number one seed in the AFC. 275 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:46,920 Speaker 1: The Colts have kind of clawed their way back into 276 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:49,920 Speaker 1: the picture. And then I think the big one is 277 00:13:50,520 --> 00:13:55,080 Speaker 1: Bengals Broncos on Sunday too. I mean, these teams are 278 00:13:55,160 --> 00:13:57,920 Speaker 1: kind of nippet at the heels of the Chargers and 279 00:13:58,160 --> 00:13:59,679 Speaker 1: one of them is going to fall back, and one 280 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:04,120 Speaker 1: is Gon be eight and six alongside the Chargers after Sunday. 281 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:07,920 Speaker 1: So those three games, Haley, I think are the ones 282 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:10,800 Speaker 1: to watch as far as the AFC is concerned. And 283 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:12,960 Speaker 1: I mean, I really truly think that this is going 284 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:15,520 Speaker 1: to come down to Week eighteen in terms of seating 285 00:14:15,559 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 1: and figuring out what this puzzle is going to look 286 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:19,760 Speaker 1: like for the playoffs. It is because there is still 287 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 1: so much parody in the AFC. I mean when you 288 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:24,080 Speaker 1: look at all the teams that are even still in 289 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:26,960 Speaker 1: the hunt, and I think you'd put the Raiders in 290 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:30,040 Speaker 1: that category, even with being one game below five hundred, 291 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 1: there is still so much to be worked out. And 292 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:36,640 Speaker 1: even though three games, is only three games. We do 293 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:39,560 Speaker 1: say there's so much football left because really anything can happen, 294 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:41,520 Speaker 1: and some of these matchups that are happening over these 295 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:44,400 Speaker 1: last three weeks are really really intriguing as well. That 296 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:48,440 Speaker 1: Bengals Broncos game is really big as a really really 297 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 1: big game right there. But but you know, hey, this 298 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:53,520 Speaker 1: team gets to sit back and watch this weekend. That's 299 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:57,400 Speaker 1: kind of the good thing. You know what, first cup 300 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:00,880 Speaker 1: of coffee. I'm not you know, I don't have the 301 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:03,400 Speaker 1: calculations of made who do we want to win that game? 302 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 1: If you're a Chargers fan, who do you want to 303 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:08,280 Speaker 1: win that game? Because you beat you beat the Bengals, 304 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:11,120 Speaker 1: you lost to the Broncos, you play the Broncos again 305 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:15,240 Speaker 1: in week seventeen? Does it matter? Is it just like 306 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:17,000 Speaker 1: all right, like Chargers have to take care of their 307 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:20,280 Speaker 1: own business. I'm just I'm trying to think, what's the 308 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 1: what's the rooting interest there? I don't know. I mean, 309 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:27,320 Speaker 1: I think because you already have the win over the 310 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:30,440 Speaker 1: Bengals like that if they end up with the same 311 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:32,480 Speaker 1: record as you. There, I have not had coffee, so 312 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:35,680 Speaker 1: or tea or any calfnated substance. So I am talking 313 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:37,840 Speaker 1: like you're right. I think you're right, because if if 314 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:42,960 Speaker 1: Bengals beat the Broncos, the Broncos fall back in the division, 315 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:46,520 Speaker 1: you would have the tiebreaker over Cincinnati if it came 316 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:49,160 Speaker 1: down to that, And if the Broncos. It took me 317 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:51,240 Speaker 1: a half half a couple of coffee, I figured it out. Well, 318 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:53,320 Speaker 1: I'm very proud of myself with my lack there of 319 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:56,680 Speaker 1: any caffeine at this point this morning. But yeah, because 320 00:15:56,720 --> 00:15:58,360 Speaker 1: if the Broncos win, they're eight and six, but they 321 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:00,880 Speaker 1: hold the tiebreaker over you because they have the win 322 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:03,400 Speaker 1: over at the charters at this point. So I think 323 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:06,000 Speaker 1: that's what we want. But ultimately it is just control 324 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:08,920 Speaker 1: your own business at this point. That's it. You just 325 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 1: got to take care of yourself. You've given yourself a chance, 326 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:14,600 Speaker 1: which is what you want. And the last thing that 327 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:16,520 Speaker 1: I think anyone wants is for it to be week 328 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:19,800 Speaker 1: eighteen when you're having a scoreboard watch and you need help. 329 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 1: As they say, so, just take care of your own business. 330 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:27,120 Speaker 1: Get to Houston next week, take care of it there, 331 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:31,360 Speaker 1: get to Denver, get to Vegas, see what happens. Forget 332 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:33,760 Speaker 1: what we said about scoreboard, and just enjoy the games 333 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 1: this weekend and hope the Chargers take care of business 334 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 1: starting next Sunday against the Texans, and we'll be back 335 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:42,760 Speaker 1: for that with another edition of the Final Drive after 336 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:47,600 Speaker 1: the Chargers take on Houston on December twenty sixth. I'll 337 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 1: do it for us, for Haley Ellwood. I'm Chris Harry. 338 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:53,320 Speaker 1: Happy holidays everybody. We'll see you next time.