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Speaker 1: And now Move the Sticks with Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks. Hey,

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Speaker 1: what's going on? Everybody? Welcome to Move the Sticks presented

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Speaker 1: by a r P and for DJ this week, I

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Speaker 1: am Red Lewis. And of course, so we've got Bucky

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Speaker 1: what's going on over there in London? Everything is still good? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Eight eight hours ahead? Oh? Goodness? Well, I just kind

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Speaker 1: But we've got a lot of stuff going on here. Today,

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Speaker 1: and then um we will also get into some news

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Speaker 1: It was really you know, I guess there were some

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Speaker 1: First of all, Man, I'm just we talk all the time.

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Speaker 1: you know the play right now of you know, d

432
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Speaker 1: J Fluker and a party. I mean, just massive human

433
00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:15,120
Speaker 1: beings just rolling people out of there and really too

434
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Speaker 1: good back. So I kind of like the old school.

435
00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:20,320
Speaker 1: I love watching everything that Greg Roman Lamar is doing

436
00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:23,000
Speaker 1: right now in all phases of the game. I mean,

437
00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:25,600
Speaker 1: whether it's the playbook, whether it's you know, the option

438
00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:28,960
Speaker 1: game or the power game or you know, unbalanced formations,

439
00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:30,960
Speaker 1: all all the stuff that Greg Roman is doing there. Man,

440
00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:33,919
Speaker 1: it's just it's fun to watch right now. You know,

441
00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:37,560
Speaker 1: body's funny that you brought up the Baltimore Ravens run game,

442
00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:39,240
Speaker 1: because I know you spent a lot of time calling

443
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Speaker 1: college games and digging deep into your your repertoire and

444
00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:47,960
Speaker 1: your history of the game. Man. The stuff that they're

445
00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:51,240
Speaker 1: doing bought it. Like that stuff is seventies and eighties football.

446
00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:54,040
Speaker 1: It's just kind of split up with Lamar Jackson at quarterback.

447
00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:57,919
Speaker 1: It is. It is. I mean, just uh, you know,

448
00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:01,680
Speaker 1: the power, the unbalanced, the tight end ends. Um, it's

449
00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:03,160
Speaker 1: been around a long time. I mean, I mean I've

450
00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:05,520
Speaker 1: known Greg Romans. He was a high school coach here

451
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Speaker 1: in New Jersey over the Ocean City, and he was

452
00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:10,359
Speaker 1: to run the same stuff at you know, Holy Spirit

453
00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:14,000
Speaker 1: High School, you know, uh, ten years ago before he

454
00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:16,280
Speaker 1: got on board with hardball in San Francisco. And so

455
00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:20,560
Speaker 1: it's it's nothing new, nothing new, But you know I

456
00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:25,400
Speaker 1: think that um, you know the fact that they could

457
00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:27,840
Speaker 1: play three tight ends in any phase of the game,

458
00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:30,359
Speaker 1: you know, because of the versatility right now of Mark

459
00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:32,600
Speaker 1: Andrews and what he could do out of the slot,

460
00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:35,080
Speaker 1: just like he did in Oklahoma Buck right. I mean,

461
00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:37,920
Speaker 1: they just are a difficult team to match up with.

462
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Speaker 1: And then the unknown is just what Lamar is gonna

463
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Speaker 1: do because you you can you could do what the

464
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Speaker 1: Patriots did, or you could do what the forty Niners

465
00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:48,480
Speaker 1: did last Sunday, and you could have everything assignment perfect.

466
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Speaker 1: And then there's Lamar, the Lamar factor where you could

467
00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,560
Speaker 1: be in perfect position, he's gonna make you miss or

468
00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:57,680
Speaker 1: he's gonna just do something that's unconventional and his eyes

469
00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:00,119
Speaker 1: are gonna take him someplace else and you may have

470
00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:02,480
Speaker 1: it defended, but you you're gonna give up a big game.

471
00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:06,760
Speaker 1: And so they have been pretty busy demoralizing teams this year.

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Speaker 1: It's fun to watch though, Baldi we Uh. When I

473
00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:13,280
Speaker 1: was at app State we ran quarterback follow it looked

474
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Speaker 1: a little different um when I ran it there against Furman.

475
00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:20,639
Speaker 1: Then when I saw Lamar's funny because it is right

476
00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:23,040
Speaker 1: in the hole to make that play, and I'm thinking

477
00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:27,200
Speaker 1: he was frozen frozen, And so you know the player

478
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Speaker 1: you're talking about is where, you know, at the academy's

479
00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:32,040
Speaker 1: whether it's West Point or the United States Naval Academy.

480
00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:34,840
Speaker 1: Right now, that quarterback fakes to dive and then he

481
00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:37,280
Speaker 1: comes right behind him and dive becomes the lead blocker

482
00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:40,280
Speaker 1: like Ingram was. And I'm thinking, well, maybe Lamar is

483
00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:42,000
Speaker 1: just watching the Naval Academy and he was going over

484
00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:44,639
Speaker 1: there on Saturday afternoons and watching what they've been doing

485
00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:47,480
Speaker 1: all years, every team in the country. And because that's

486
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Speaker 1: all became and it's I'm sure ap State, you know, DJ,

487
00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:54,919
Speaker 1: I'm sure that you had your positive gains, but probably

488
00:24:54,960 --> 00:25:01,160
Speaker 1: not in six for one hundred and one game against

489
00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:02,760
Speaker 1: Firm and then I couldn't walk for three weeks, so

490
00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:05,199
Speaker 1: then I was like doing a nice path for the

491
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Speaker 1: next week. Huh uh. But it is fun to watch,

492
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Speaker 1: and I you know, everybody keeps asking, right because that's

493
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Speaker 1: what you're gonna be writing about Bucky, And you know,

494
00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:20,719
Speaker 1: you like, who can stop it? Well, I don't know

495
00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:23,560
Speaker 1: that anybody can really stop it. Um, you know, I mean,

496
00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:25,760
Speaker 1: Patriots had a great game plan. The forty Niners have

497
00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:28,080
Speaker 1: all the talent in the world to stop it, and

498
00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:30,359
Speaker 1: they limited to the passing game. But you know he runs,

499
00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:32,520
Speaker 1: you know they run for another two hundred yards. They're

500
00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:34,760
Speaker 1: gonna send an NFL record for rushing yards in a season.

501
00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:38,320
Speaker 1: And um, but but I think that's you know, the

502
00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:41,040
Speaker 1: good teams in this league right now can flat out

503
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Speaker 1: run it, and the teams that are getting away from it,

504
00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:45,719
Speaker 1: like the Eagles have gotten away from it. Um. When

505
00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:49,240
Speaker 1: you get away from it, um, you know your chances

506
00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:51,320
Speaker 1: of winning and what you know, all the bad things

507
00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:54,439
Speaker 1: happen just creep in and so you better figure out

508
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Speaker 1: a way. Let me let me ask you this though

509
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Speaker 1: I want to jump in on this. I know, buck

510
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Speaker 1: your up next because I will start to interrupt you.

511
00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:03,080
Speaker 1: But when you say that, I would love to get

512
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Speaker 1: your take on this because all the analytic people right

513
00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:09,040
Speaker 1: this is what I what's confusing to me because there's

514
00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:12,560
Speaker 1: that crowd and you know who they are, throw throw, throw, throw, throw,

515
00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:15,439
Speaker 1: and then I, um, but I'm trying to figure this

516
00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:17,560
Speaker 1: out because the Baltimore Ravens and I know everybody there,

517
00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:19,879
Speaker 1: you know everybody there. They're more of the more analytically

518
00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:22,399
Speaker 1: driven teams in the entire league, and they're running the

519
00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:27,439
Speaker 1: living crud out of the football. So explain that to me, well, um,

520
00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:31,119
Speaker 1: you know until last week, you know, Lamar hadn't fumbled

521
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Speaker 1: the ball away at all. I mean they've taken care

522
00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:36,520
Speaker 1: of the football, um really really well. So they've limited

523
00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:40,840
Speaker 1: the number of turnovers, sacks, negative type plays. Uh. They run,

524
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Speaker 1: you know, they go four on fourth down as much

525
00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:45,840
Speaker 1: as any team in this league. So they're always within

526
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Speaker 1: striking distance of moving the chains. So that's a good thing.

527
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Speaker 1: They're not getting into those real negative situations right now. Uh.

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Speaker 1: You know, if if you look at them just from

529
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Speaker 1: a from a standpoint of third downs, I mean they're

530
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Speaker 1: the right at the top of the league. And so

531
00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:03,480
Speaker 1: I think all those things just play into it, you know,

532
00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:07,480
Speaker 1: just ball possession and you know possession and then people,

533
00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:10,600
Speaker 1: I know, those analytic people will tell you, look, ball

534
00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:13,200
Speaker 1: possession doesn't make any difference either, you know, you as

535
00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:16,080
Speaker 1: long as you're you know, having the big chunk plays

536
00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:17,840
Speaker 1: and all that kind of stuff. But if you look

537
00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:19,600
Speaker 1: at the chunk plays, their chunk players come out of

538
00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:22,440
Speaker 1: the running game. Teams get tired of tackling those guys

539
00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:26,000
Speaker 1: and Gus Edwards mark Ingram what what what Justice Hill

540
00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:28,840
Speaker 1: did the other day and his explosive run. Um, you know,

541
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Speaker 1: the explosive plays can come out of the running games.

542
00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:33,240
Speaker 1: They're proving that right now, and that's that's the that's

543
00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:36,159
Speaker 1: the counter to the analytics and what they're saying is

544
00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:39,600
Speaker 1: you need explosive plays in order to win, which is true.

545
00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:41,840
Speaker 1: But if you're explosive plays are coming out of the

546
00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:44,520
Speaker 1: run game, what's the difference, Baldi? When you when you

547
00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:46,960
Speaker 1: look around the rest of the league right now? Um,

548
00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:49,439
Speaker 1: to me, I thought this was fascinating the game between

549
00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:53,600
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh and Cleveland because you look at the skill position players.

550
00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:56,359
Speaker 1: There's not one skill position player for Pittsburgh and that

551
00:27:56,359 --> 00:27:58,359
Speaker 1: football game that would have started for the Cleveland Browns,

552
00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:01,960
Speaker 1: not one quarterback, Siever's running backs, none of them. But

553
00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:03,960
Speaker 1: to me, it goes back to a little bit of

554
00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:07,359
Speaker 1: what we're talking about here. Winning football. Foundational football still

555
00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:09,480
Speaker 1: starts up front. Pittsburgh's better than them up front on

556
00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:11,440
Speaker 1: both sides of the ball. And I thought, that's that's

557
00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:14,320
Speaker 1: just a one microcosm of kind of how teams get

558
00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:16,440
Speaker 1: lost when they're building their football team when they don't

559
00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:18,840
Speaker 1: start right there. Well, the odd thing is Dick Chubb

560
00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:21,600
Speaker 1: leaves the league in rushing, right, So, I mean they've

561
00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:23,879
Speaker 1: got the league's best runner, and what Kareem Hunt has

562
00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:26,760
Speaker 1: added to that team, I mean, you just have to

563
00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:28,800
Speaker 1: stay and that was a close ball game all game,

564
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Speaker 1: and uh, you know, James Washington makes a big play

565
00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:33,400
Speaker 1: for Pittsburgh, but I mean that was a game where

566
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Speaker 1: you could have just stayed with the run game a

567
00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:37,680
Speaker 1: lot longer than they did. The one thing that Pittsburgh

568
00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:41,040
Speaker 1: is doing is they're playing shut down past defense right now.

569
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Speaker 1: I mean for the first time in a long time.

570
00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:44,719
Speaker 1: And Lincoln has been a big part of it. But

571
00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:48,680
Speaker 1: I mean between what Hilton is doing in hayden Um

572
00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:51,400
Speaker 1: and Edmunds and that secondary right now, I mean, they

573
00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:54,520
Speaker 1: took every single deep shot away from the Cleveland Browns,

574
00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:57,560
Speaker 1: and they kept trying to to to Landry to O'Dell

575
00:28:57,640 --> 00:28:59,840
Speaker 1: to Higgins. I mean, they tried their deep shots. They

576
00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,480
Speaker 1: don't get anything all day long, and so they're just

577
00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:05,360
Speaker 1: long strikes right now, and so you know, and then

578
00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:07,959
Speaker 1: they allowed the rush to get home and they just

579
00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:10,800
Speaker 1: pounded on Baker and you know, I mean they were

580
00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:13,760
Speaker 1: just better up front. T J and dupri and the

581
00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:15,200
Speaker 1: guys that they have right now. They didn't have to

582
00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:17,760
Speaker 1: blitz to get pressure. But their their coverage down the

583
00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:21,080
Speaker 1: field was just air tight all game long. Body, I

584
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Speaker 1: want I want to kind of expand on the Pittsburgh

585
00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:26,040
Speaker 1: point because you've done some nice videos on them and

586
00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:29,800
Speaker 1: you talked about their shutdown past defense. When you think

587
00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:32,120
Speaker 1: about the job that Mike Tomlin has done with this

588
00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:35,960
Speaker 1: team because they're without weapons, is this the best coaching,

589
00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:39,560
Speaker 1: doubt that you've seen him do since he's been in Pittsburgh. Yeah,

590
00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:41,280
Speaker 1: I think it is, Buck, And you know, I think

591
00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:43,040
Speaker 1: I think we can lose track. I mean, he's been there,

592
00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:45,560
Speaker 1: I think thirteen years, so it's a long time, and

593
00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:47,840
Speaker 1: you know, you can probably go in and out. But

594
00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:50,880
Speaker 1: I mean they certainly don't have anywhere near the offensive

595
00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:53,080
Speaker 1: talent that they had had for a long stretch there.

596
00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:56,640
Speaker 1: I mean, that doesn't exist. Um, you know, you're pulling

597
00:29:56,680 --> 00:29:58,360
Speaker 1: guys up from the practice squad to run the ball

598
00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:01,040
Speaker 1: on Sundays and things like that. But you know, I

599
00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:03,440
Speaker 1: saw him Buck in the third week of the season

600
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Speaker 1: in San Francisco and it was Mason Rudolph's you know,

601
00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:08,720
Speaker 1: first start and all that kind of stuff, and the

602
00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:10,640
Speaker 1: defense took the ball the way five times that day

603
00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:13,360
Speaker 1: and they just about pulled off an upset in San Francisco,

604
00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:15,960
Speaker 1: and you know, they leave the League of takeaways right now,

605
00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:19,200
Speaker 1: they're at the very top of the list of sacks. Defensively,

606
00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:22,560
Speaker 1: they've been outstanding and they fueled uh them into the

607
00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:27,000
Speaker 1: you know, into this postseason. Uh uh you know, a

608
00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:29,920
Speaker 1: group of teams right now, they could certainly qualify. But

609
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,600
Speaker 1: I just think, you know, making the decision to pull

610
00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:34,920
Speaker 1: Mason Rudolph and put Devil and Hodges in there. I mean,

611
00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:37,560
Speaker 1: there's a lot of moves that he has made that

612
00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:39,440
Speaker 1: I think a lot of people would have probably questioned

613
00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:41,000
Speaker 1: and say, you know, how many how can you do this?

614
00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:43,120
Speaker 1: You took to you cut this guy. Now you're bringing

615
00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:44,840
Speaker 1: them back and you're starting him this late in the season,

616
00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:47,480
Speaker 1: And it was the right move. It's it's clearly the

617
00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:49,800
Speaker 1: right move. And you know, his his joke is like,

618
00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:52,280
Speaker 1: don't f it up, like we're gonna be here, and

619
00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:56,440
Speaker 1: he didn't. And so I just think that it's overall

620
00:30:56,600 --> 00:30:59,960
Speaker 1: to to keep that team believing to make the trade

621
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Speaker 1: were nobody thought it was a great trade to trade

622
00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:05,800
Speaker 1: for Minka Fitzpatrick. I didn't hear anybody say what what, Well,

623
00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:07,520
Speaker 1: that's a great deal by the Steelers. I didn't hear

624
00:31:07,560 --> 00:31:11,200
Speaker 1: anybody saying that, especially when they were oh and three,

625
00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:14,120
Speaker 1: but it was clearly the right trade and he is

626
00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:17,080
Speaker 1: it did. It's the best defensive team that I've seen

627
00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:19,719
Speaker 1: a long time under Mike Tomlin right now. He's been

628
00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:22,800
Speaker 1: as big a reason why. Certainly the drafting of Devin

629
00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:25,600
Speaker 1: Bush has been huge, but it's you know, and they

630
00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:28,280
Speaker 1: do things against the Rams. They played seven defensive backs

631
00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:31,040
Speaker 1: in their nickel, and they took the linebackers off the field,

632
00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:33,280
Speaker 1: and they played coverage and speed and all that, and

633
00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:36,160
Speaker 1: so they've been innovative at the same time, in addition

634
00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:39,320
Speaker 1: to just the overall you know, just keeping your eye

635
00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:41,680
Speaker 1: on the next week's opponent and you know, not to

636
00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:43,560
Speaker 1: getting not listening to the noise and all that other

637
00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:47,600
Speaker 1: kind of stuff that coaches will tell you to do. Well.

638
00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:49,240
Speaker 1: They'd love to get your thoughts real quick on the

639
00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:52,320
Speaker 1: Eagles team that you're you're around all the time. Um,

640
00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:55,040
Speaker 1: when you look at this football team, I mean, a

641
00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:57,840
Speaker 1: couple of things stand out to me, none more so

642
00:31:57,880 --> 00:31:59,760
Speaker 1: than the fact that, gosh, it just looks like a

643
00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:02,840
Speaker 1: low football team to me when I watch him. What

644
00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:06,040
Speaker 1: are your takeaways on the disappointment so far in Philly. Well,

645
00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:07,760
Speaker 1: they are slow. You know, they got old and they

646
00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:11,520
Speaker 1: got slow. They're slow at a receiver. I mean they

647
00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:15,040
Speaker 1: went and I don't I kind of understand what you know,

648
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:17,080
Speaker 1: Howie and Andy did. I mean, they brought a lot

649
00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:19,560
Speaker 1: of older guys in because they thought they were real

650
00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:22,480
Speaker 1: close and they thought the quarterback was in, you know,

651
00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:25,760
Speaker 1: really good shape to really lead this team. And he

652
00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:29,840
Speaker 1: clearly has has not developed this year. His fundamentals are

653
00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:32,920
Speaker 1: terrible and he has not been good. Um. But you know,

654
00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:35,520
Speaker 1: I mean you kept Jason Peters and you know, you

655
00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:37,800
Speaker 1: look at the safeties and Malcolm Jenkins led the team

656
00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:40,479
Speaker 1: and tackles didn't mrs snap last year, and you know

657
00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:44,360
Speaker 1: Roddy McLeod, I mean they looked slow at safety. Um,

658
00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:46,760
Speaker 1: you know, and you know you you kind of went

659
00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:49,080
Speaker 1: in that direction at the defense line, whether it was

660
00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:53,280
Speaker 1: bringing you know, Vinny Curry back and you just look

661
00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:55,560
Speaker 1: at you know what they are in the defensive line.

662
00:32:55,560 --> 00:32:58,200
Speaker 1: They're not fast, And so I agree with you, they

663
00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:00,400
Speaker 1: do look like that. Al Shan Jeffreys ever been a

664
00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:03,080
Speaker 1: speed guy. But you know he certainly could win to

665
00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:05,640
Speaker 1: share jump balls and all that kind of stuff. But

666
00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:08,480
Speaker 1: I agree, I mean, they don't look like they have

667
00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:10,840
Speaker 1: a lot of speed. Jordan Howard has never been that

668
00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:14,960
Speaker 1: guy and so but they tried to, I think, make

669
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,240
Speaker 1: one real good run at it here. And I thought

670
00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:18,760
Speaker 1: a lot of teams thought that they look like a

671
00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:22,160
Speaker 1: Final four team coming out of preseason, and it's gone backwards.

672
00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:24,719
Speaker 1: The injuries and the lack of speed has certainly been

673
00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:27,120
Speaker 1: part of it. But I don't see a lot of

674
00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:30,400
Speaker 1: development with a lot of their younger players. I don't

675
00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:32,360
Speaker 1: know why it took thirteen weeks for J. C. R.

676
00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:34,640
Speaker 1: Segal Whiteside to get into the end zone or even

677
00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:36,240
Speaker 1: to get on the field. For the most part, when

678
00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:38,840
Speaker 1: I see rookie wide receivers around the league, I go

679
00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:41,720
Speaker 1: twenty off the top of my head of guys that

680
00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:43,960
Speaker 1: are either leaving their team in receptions or making a

681
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:46,640
Speaker 1: major contribution right now around the league. And I wanted

682
00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:48,120
Speaker 1: to case in Philly. I don't know, if you have

683
00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:52,520
Speaker 1: a chance to really look at Tennessee of late, seen

684
00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:55,240
Speaker 1: a lot of them. Man, it looks so much different

685
00:33:55,240 --> 00:33:58,240
Speaker 1: with Ryan Tannehill that quarterback as opposed to Marcus Mariott.

686
00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:00,880
Speaker 1: And I know Derrick Kenney is certainly may contribution in

687
00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:03,760
Speaker 1: the run game. But um, what have you say from

688
00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:05,840
Speaker 1: Ryan tan here, what what has been the dinners with

689
00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:09,120
Speaker 1: him at the helm compared to Marcus Mario. Well, you know,

690
00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:11,360
Speaker 1: DJ and myself we were there the day that they

691
00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:13,839
Speaker 1: turned the reins over to him in Tennessee when they

692
00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:17,040
Speaker 1: played the Chargers. And you know, the first thing was

693
00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:20,200
Speaker 1: he got the ball of the wide receivers. Now. I mean,

694
00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:22,479
Speaker 1: if you look at whether it's a J. Brown right now,

695
00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:25,799
Speaker 1: I mean he's getting the ball down the field. And

696
00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:27,839
Speaker 1: so that's a big part of it. And I think

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00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:31,440
Speaker 1: that the way that he plays in relation to the

698
00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:34,960
Speaker 1: offensive line, um, because they struggled there for a long

699
00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:38,120
Speaker 1: time too. I mean, uh when Marcus was in there.

700
00:34:38,160 --> 00:34:39,839
Speaker 1: But I just think the way that he plays with

701
00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:42,600
Speaker 1: the offense, how he steps up, where he finds the opening.

702
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:45,360
Speaker 1: He does a panic, He keeps his eyes down the field.

703
00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:48,400
Speaker 1: He also is an elite athlete with the ball in

704
00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:51,799
Speaker 1: his hands. Um, you know, and that was always, you know,

705
00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:54,880
Speaker 1: the trait that we thought Marcus Mariota had, But he's not.

706
00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:58,360
Speaker 1: He doesn't panic. Um, he keeps his eyes down the

707
00:34:58,400 --> 00:34:59,880
Speaker 1: field and he's getting the ball to the wide receivers.

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00:34:59,880 --> 00:35:02,040
Speaker 1: That the biggest thing I see right now, And then

709
00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:05,000
Speaker 1: you see a kid like Nate Davis, who was a

710
00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:07,080
Speaker 1: real question mark for a long time at right guard

711
00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:09,399
Speaker 1: buck all of a sudden, he looks like a road

712
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:11,600
Speaker 1: grader in there, you know, on a team that now

713
00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:14,440
Speaker 1: has truly found their identity with Derrick Henry. I mean,

714
00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:16,719
Speaker 1: they only put Dean Lewis in the game anymore. It's

715
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:19,799
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry show, and it should be in three weeks

716
00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:21,400
Speaker 1: in the road now and there's three game win streak.

717
00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:25,320
Speaker 1: I mean, he's running it. And then I think that

718
00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:28,600
Speaker 1: that Tannehill has just played complimentary football and he's not

719
00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:32,280
Speaker 1: turned the ball over. He's not making bad bad mistakes

720
00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:35,319
Speaker 1: or mistakes with the ball, especially under pressure right now.

721
00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:38,239
Speaker 1: In the seventeen seventeen game last week, I mean, he

722
00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:40,960
Speaker 1: was he was cool, and I think they believe in

723
00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:43,080
Speaker 1: him right now. That's the biggest thing, that whole organization

724
00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:45,399
Speaker 1: really believes in them. One thing that's interesting watching them,

725
00:35:45,719 --> 00:35:49,560
Speaker 1: Baldy is is Derrick Henry's production when when they're getting outside.

726
00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:52,160
Speaker 1: And I never thought about this from a scouting standpoint

727
00:35:52,239 --> 00:35:54,960
Speaker 1: until I watched this, But when you have somebody with

728
00:35:55,080 --> 00:35:57,879
Speaker 1: his length, um, you can't I mean a stiff farm

729
00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:00,919
Speaker 1: is just ridiculous because he's freaking sticking his arm out

730
00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:03,520
Speaker 1: six ft. Molly Cooker is trying to just grab onto

731
00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:06,040
Speaker 1: his arm because he can't get anywhere nearest Torso. But

732
00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:07,960
Speaker 1: I've never really thought about length with a running back.

733
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:09,719
Speaker 1: We never would talk about that, and it's not gonna

734
00:36:09,719 --> 00:36:11,520
Speaker 1: be a factor when you running between the tackles. But man,

735
00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:13,440
Speaker 1: when they get him out of the perimeter, that's a weapon.

736
00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:16,960
Speaker 1: With how dang long he is well, I mean, but

737
00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:18,920
Speaker 1: but at the same time, and he's a complete outlier.

738
00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:21,160
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, I when I look at Derrick Henry,

739
00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:22,880
Speaker 1: I look at him, I eye. I mean, I know

740
00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:24,640
Speaker 1: they list him at sixth three, but it looks taller

741
00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:27,600
Speaker 1: than that. He looks like Brandon Jacobs out there. I mean,

742
00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:31,000
Speaker 1: there's Eric Dickerson, there's Brandon Jacobs to Derrick Henry. There's

743
00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:32,920
Speaker 1: just not that many guys that are built like that.

744
00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:35,759
Speaker 1: And you're right, I mean, his length is unbelievable. And

745
00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:38,279
Speaker 1: when he does get and they're trying to get you know,

746
00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:40,040
Speaker 1: you can see right now, even in the opening play

747
00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:42,160
Speaker 1: of the game against the Colts, I mean they're doing

748
00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:44,759
Speaker 1: the fake pitches and the screens are just trying to

749
00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:47,200
Speaker 1: get him on the perimeter right now, where he could

750
00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:50,520
Speaker 1: just take advantage of exactly what you're talking about against

751
00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:52,440
Speaker 1: you know, defensive backs. And I don't care who it

752
00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:54,959
Speaker 1: is in this league right now, and there nobody looks

753
00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:57,719
Speaker 1: good against Derrick Henry out there in the alleys or

754
00:36:57,760 --> 00:37:00,800
Speaker 1: out there in space right now. And when he gets there,

755
00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:02,960
Speaker 1: I mean it's, you know, good luck trying to get

756
00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:05,600
Speaker 1: him down. I mean, I saw Darius Leonard just bounce

757
00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:07,880
Speaker 1: off him last week and you know the league and

758
00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:11,239
Speaker 1: year ago, and he bounced right off a lot of times.

759
00:37:11,239 --> 00:37:12,640
Speaker 1: I can't even get to him though. I mean, they

760
00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:14,799
Speaker 1: can't get to when he gets to the outside, they

761
00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:17,359
Speaker 1: can't get to his Torso it's the it's darnest thing

762
00:37:17,360 --> 00:37:19,359
Speaker 1: you've ever seen. But I saw him baldy when he

763
00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:21,680
Speaker 1: was at Alabama and the Sugar Bowl, and it was

764
00:37:21,719 --> 00:37:23,680
Speaker 1: like kind of the first time he got some some reps.

765
00:37:23,760 --> 00:37:25,359
Speaker 1: And I swear to you, I was up in the

766
00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:28,319
Speaker 1: box and I'm watching it and I go, why are

767
00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:31,239
Speaker 1: they putting the tight end at running back? And he

768
00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:33,320
Speaker 1: was like, no, No, that's that's the running back. I

769
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:35,719
Speaker 1: was like, that's a running back. And then he took

770
00:37:35,719 --> 00:37:38,680
Speaker 1: off and the rest is history. Yeah. I hear a

771
00:37:38,719 --> 00:37:40,480
Speaker 1: lot of those stories though, even going back to high

772
00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:42,920
Speaker 1: school now, DJ, you know, and what he was like

773
00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:45,040
Speaker 1: in high school and what he was like because he

774
00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:47,920
Speaker 1: was that he was almost that size in high school,

775
00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:50,600
Speaker 1: so he was a grown man when he was seventeen

776
00:37:50,680 --> 00:37:52,600
Speaker 1: years old. And imagine, you know, being a high school

777
00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:55,600
Speaker 1: kid trying to tackle somebody that looked like that. It

778
00:37:55,719 --> 00:37:58,400
Speaker 1: is unbelievable to see somebody at this that's kind of

779
00:37:58,440 --> 00:38:01,759
Speaker 1: running the way that he's running. Um, this is one

780
00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:03,640
Speaker 1: of those things that you don't see. They find a

781
00:38:03,719 --> 00:38:06,680
Speaker 1: question for me, buddy. Um, the newing the pages and

782
00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:09,799
Speaker 1: Tom Brady is this it is he gonna be able

783
00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:11,640
Speaker 1: to dust himself off and kind of find a way

784
00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:13,960
Speaker 1: to be Captain America all over again and get them

785
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:17,759
Speaker 1: to the Super Bowl and really make plays. Well. I

786
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:20,480
Speaker 1: mean he's still throwing the ball. Find me about it.

787
00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:24,520
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, the the the the the the

788
00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:28,160
Speaker 1: bad communication between him and Philip dor Set or Nikio

789
00:38:28,239 --> 00:38:30,640
Speaker 1: Harry on the interception last week. I mean, nik he's

790
00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:32,279
Speaker 1: got he's got to fight for that ball. He can't

791
00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:34,480
Speaker 1: let Bradley Roby just run right through him to get

792
00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:37,000
Speaker 1: that ball. I mean, I'm not saying it's the greatest throw,

793
00:38:37,239 --> 00:38:40,319
Speaker 1: but um, there's been a lot of receivers that played

794
00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:42,000
Speaker 1: in New England that would go get that ball. Element

795
00:38:42,040 --> 00:38:43,360
Speaker 1: to go get that ball. There's been a lot of

796
00:38:43,360 --> 00:38:46,480
Speaker 1: guys who went and got it. The the the bad timing.

797
00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:49,520
Speaker 1: I saw three shots to Dorset where he started in

798
00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:51,799
Speaker 1: the end zone and Brady's thinking that he's just gonna

799
00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:54,320
Speaker 1: run through the back of the letters and sending completion

800
00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:57,120
Speaker 1: on third down the opening drive. I mean, that's got

801
00:38:57,120 --> 00:38:59,560
Speaker 1: to get cleaned up. And if it does get cleaned up,

802
00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:01,719
Speaker 1: and I don't know that it can Bucky, but if

803
00:39:01,719 --> 00:39:03,440
Speaker 1: it can get cleaned up, because we went through this

804
00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:06,480
Speaker 1: last year with him, he was awful against Tennessee last year.

805
00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:09,600
Speaker 1: I mean there's games you see more of him now

806
00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:12,879
Speaker 1: as he does get older. You but um, I didn't

807
00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:15,399
Speaker 1: think the offensive line was just got awful last week.

808
00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:17,560
Speaker 1: They weren't great, but you know, losing the center right

809
00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:20,640
Speaker 1: now is really gonna hurt him. Um, they don't have

810
00:39:20,680 --> 00:39:22,520
Speaker 1: a tight end that could block. I mean that's a

811
00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:26,200
Speaker 1: real noticeable factor. I think they do still have a

812
00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:30,520
Speaker 1: chance to make a run because they will they stances are.

813
00:39:30,520 --> 00:39:32,800
Speaker 1: They're going to get a home playoff game and maybe

814
00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:36,799
Speaker 1: two playoff games, and we know what they're like in

815
00:39:37,160 --> 00:39:39,200
Speaker 1: you know, in January up there, So I'm not ruling

816
00:39:39,239 --> 00:39:41,040
Speaker 1: them out right now, but they certainly don't look like

817
00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:44,600
Speaker 1: the Ravens Um. They certainly don't look like you know,

818
00:39:44,719 --> 00:39:48,200
Speaker 1: even uh, the Houston Texas right now. I mean, those

819
00:39:48,239 --> 00:39:52,920
Speaker 1: two teams looks far superior to him right now. I

820
00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:54,719
Speaker 1: want to take this thing full circle before we get

821
00:39:54,719 --> 00:39:56,080
Speaker 1: out of here, Baldy, because I want to get your

822
00:39:56,080 --> 00:39:58,759
Speaker 1: thoughts on this. Go back to the Baltimore Ravens um

823
00:39:58,840 --> 00:40:00,920
Speaker 1: with the way they're rolling and when watch that tape

824
00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:03,359
Speaker 1: Um you reference in that play with arms there where

825
00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:06,600
Speaker 1: he gets upfield and that doesn't touch anybody totally is frozen.

826
00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:09,600
Speaker 1: But when you watch it, you'll see the unblocked man

827
00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:12,280
Speaker 1: um and go back to kind of your option rules

828
00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:14,600
Speaker 1: of who's got the quarterback, who's got to die? Basically

829
00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:17,000
Speaker 1: what you gotta use here against this Ravens team. But

830
00:40:17,160 --> 00:40:18,560
Speaker 1: I kind of looked at it as you had the

831
00:40:18,640 --> 00:40:21,080
Speaker 1: unblocked end or whoever they just choose not to block,

832
00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:22,920
Speaker 1: that they're gonna read, and then you had the second

833
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:25,600
Speaker 1: level defender who was unblocked. So it's still two on two,

834
00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:28,799
Speaker 1: but the second level defender can't find the football and

835
00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:31,080
Speaker 1: so that's when Lamar's coming out the back door. All right,

836
00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:33,800
Speaker 1: I keep waiting for this to happen, and it hasn't happened.

837
00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:36,080
Speaker 1: Where I call the first man to the party. The

838
00:40:36,080 --> 00:40:38,760
Speaker 1: the unblocked man is just gonna go hit Lamar Jackson

839
00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:40,399
Speaker 1: and forced the ball to be headed off and then

840
00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:42,480
Speaker 1: take your chances with mark Ingram in the middle of

841
00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:45,799
Speaker 1: the defense versus Lamar Jackson the perimeter defense. But it

842
00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:48,360
Speaker 1: hasn't happened that. I'm wondering if this is something that teams,

843
00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:50,279
Speaker 1: if they see it a couple of times, that they're

844
00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:52,799
Speaker 1: gonna make this adjustment. But man, I'm kicking the ball

845
00:40:52,840 --> 00:40:54,920
Speaker 1: out of Lamar Jackson's hands every single time. If I'm

846
00:40:54,920 --> 00:40:57,120
Speaker 1: the unblocked defender and we they don't do it, I

847
00:40:57,160 --> 00:41:00,040
Speaker 1: agree with you, and I go I go back. E

848
00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:03,160
Speaker 1: J two r G three's rookie season. I think it

849
00:41:03,239 --> 00:41:05,680
Speaker 1: was his rookie season. I remember playing that he played

850
00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:08,680
Speaker 1: the Cincinnati Bengals, and that's exactly what the Bengals did.

851
00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:12,520
Speaker 1: I mean, they just they broke him in half. And

852
00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:15,480
Speaker 1: you know, they took a couple of you know, penalties

853
00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:18,000
Speaker 1: on shots, but they were not going to let him

854
00:41:18,040 --> 00:41:20,360
Speaker 1: beat him and he was, you know, and then eventually

855
00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:22,719
Speaker 1: Hellodiona had just broke them, you know, in a game

856
00:41:22,760 --> 00:41:24,799
Speaker 1: against the Ravens late in the year that year. But

857
00:41:25,560 --> 00:41:27,279
Speaker 1: I'm waiting, I'm I'm waiting for the same thing. I'm

858
00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:30,200
Speaker 1: I'm thinking, all right, Nick Bosky, go tackle mark Ingram

859
00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:33,120
Speaker 1: or Gus Edwards. But I think he'll have a bigger

860
00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:34,959
Speaker 1: impact if he just goes it, just takes the shot

861
00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:38,479
Speaker 1: right at Lamar Jackson and living with the dive and

862
00:41:38,880 --> 00:41:42,160
Speaker 1: I and that's that's what's up. I mean, I'm kind

863
00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:45,040
Speaker 1: of waiting. Maybe Buffalo will do that this week, you know,

864
00:41:45,120 --> 00:41:47,239
Speaker 1: with their ends right now, and we'll see if that

865
00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:49,719
Speaker 1: kind of shakes them up. But that's usually the way

866
00:41:49,760 --> 00:41:52,960
Speaker 1: to just stop the read option if the quarterback's hurting you,

867
00:41:53,320 --> 00:41:55,239
Speaker 1: is to go hit the quarterback and just treat him

868
00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:58,680
Speaker 1: like a running back. And I think that's that's that's

869
00:41:58,680 --> 00:42:00,759
Speaker 1: what I'm waiting to see, just like you. That's what

870
00:42:00,880 --> 00:42:03,920
Speaker 1: the last thought for me. That was. That was what

871
00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:06,239
Speaker 1: was funny because people on social media saying Nick Bole's

872
00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:08,360
Speaker 1: only had one tackle. I said, now we had nine tackles,

873
00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:13,400
Speaker 1: just eight, and times the guy didn't have the football. Uh, ridiculous.

874
00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:15,640
Speaker 1: But hey, Baldi, thank you so much. Man. You're very

875
00:42:15,640 --> 00:42:18,040
Speaker 1: generous with your time today. You are the absolute best.

876
00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:20,120
Speaker 1: I encourage any of our listeners if they haven't done

877
00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:22,920
Speaker 1: it already, please follow Brian Buldinger on Twitter uh and

878
00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:26,040
Speaker 1: on on Instagram all social media. He is the absolute

879
00:42:26,080 --> 00:42:28,920
Speaker 1: best of breaking down football. Uh. Not only will you

880
00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:31,080
Speaker 1: enjoy it, you'll learn something. You'll be smarter for it.

881
00:42:31,160 --> 00:42:33,120
Speaker 1: So thanks so much for your time. Ball appreciate d J.

882
00:42:33,239 --> 00:42:35,399
Speaker 1: Buck always a pleasure man. Take care guys. All right,

883
00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:38,799
Speaker 1: thanks for having me. Well we're One thing that I

884
00:42:38,880 --> 00:42:42,760
Speaker 1: love about Brian Bauldinger is his ability to really take

885
00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:46,120
Speaker 1: the complex on tape and make it really simple and

886
00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:49,360
Speaker 1: easy to digest, not only for me but for the listeners.

887
00:42:49,360 --> 00:42:53,440
Speaker 1: And I think his breakdowns of offensive and defensive football

888
00:42:53,480 --> 00:42:56,040
Speaker 1: are man as good as they come. And I'm excited

889
00:42:56,080 --> 00:42:58,400
Speaker 1: that he's he's beginning to get some love, get his

890
00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:01,719
Speaker 1: own little um thing where everyone knows the tune in

891
00:43:01,880 --> 00:43:04,560
Speaker 1: has his hashtag. I thought he had like a little

892
00:43:04,840 --> 00:43:08,320
Speaker 1: gift and the logos, the logos coming. Oh, yeah, man, Yeah,

893
00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:11,279
Speaker 1: he's doing big things that we've seen. Uh it was

894
00:43:11,320 --> 00:43:16,280
Speaker 1: Baldi's Big Boys right now. Bought his breakdowns on Twitter

895
00:43:16,280 --> 00:43:17,920
Speaker 1: to kind of lighten it up. Oh man, he's doing

896
00:43:17,960 --> 00:43:20,799
Speaker 1: a great job. And I certainly enjoyed when I got

897
00:43:20,800 --> 00:43:23,040
Speaker 1: to work with him on the Aftermath and I saw

898
00:43:23,080 --> 00:43:27,080
Speaker 1: how passionate he is about watching the tape and uh,

899
00:43:27,120 --> 00:43:30,080
Speaker 1: he just he locks himself in the vault and just

900
00:43:30,080 --> 00:43:33,160
Speaker 1: just grinds on the tape. And we love the product

901
00:43:33,160 --> 00:43:35,439
Speaker 1: that he comes up with. So thanks to Baldi. Okay,

902
00:43:35,480 --> 00:43:39,040
Speaker 1: so let's get into some of the conference championship games

903
00:43:39,080 --> 00:43:41,600
Speaker 1: going on this weekend. Obviously big weekend in college football.

904
00:43:41,800 --> 00:43:44,200
Speaker 1: A lot of these championship games could have a major

905
00:43:44,239 --> 00:43:47,799
Speaker 1: impact on the college football playoff scenarios, especially when we

906
00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:52,240
Speaker 1: get into the Pack twelve championship, where Utah could certainly

907
00:43:52,239 --> 00:43:54,760
Speaker 1: get in there as the fourth team taken on Oregon

908
00:43:54,920 --> 00:43:58,839
Speaker 1: and justin Herbert Um. It was obviously a big part

909
00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:03,000
Speaker 1: of our quarterback draft process in the next few months.

910
00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:05,360
Speaker 1: Obviously going to be a lot of eyes on him here, Bucky,

911
00:44:05,520 --> 00:44:09,359
Speaker 1: and for talent evaluators and for gms and executives here.

912
00:44:09,360 --> 00:44:11,960
Speaker 1: They're gonna make these decisions. What kind of statement could

913
00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:15,120
Speaker 1: Justin Herbert make as he tries to lead his Ducks

914
00:44:15,160 --> 00:44:19,160
Speaker 1: past Utah this weekend. This is the biggest game that

915
00:44:19,239 --> 00:44:22,080
Speaker 1: Justin Herbert were playing his career. Uh, it's the biggest

916
00:44:22,120 --> 00:44:26,920
Speaker 1: game because everyone loves a lot of what Justin Herbert represents,

917
00:44:27,200 --> 00:44:32,560
Speaker 1: prototypes size, great athlete, terrific arm talent. The biggest question

918
00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:36,160
Speaker 1: in his resume is what's the signature game. Has he

919
00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:38,480
Speaker 1: performed at a level in a big game to lead

920
00:44:38,560 --> 00:44:40,400
Speaker 1: to believe that he could be a dominant player in

921
00:44:40,440 --> 00:44:43,839
Speaker 1: the National Football League. He hasn't done that. Utah has

922
00:44:43,960 --> 00:44:46,960
Speaker 1: a number of NFL prospects on both sides of the ball.

923
00:44:47,040 --> 00:44:49,520
Speaker 1: This is gonna be a high profile game. This will

924
00:44:49,560 --> 00:44:52,480
Speaker 1: be a chance for Justin Herbert to change the narrative.

925
00:44:52,960 --> 00:44:55,120
Speaker 1: Right now, everyone is kind of riding the wave on

926
00:44:55,200 --> 00:44:58,200
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow because Joe Burrow has performed well in these

927
00:44:58,239 --> 00:45:00,879
Speaker 1: big environments. We saw him play well against Alabama, We've

928
00:45:00,920 --> 00:45:04,440
Speaker 1: seen him play well against other big time teams. Ken

929
00:45:04,640 --> 00:45:07,440
Speaker 1: Justin Herbert changed the conversation. Might having a big game

930
00:45:07,480 --> 00:45:10,719
Speaker 1: against Utah that is what everyone wants to see. Yeah,

931
00:45:10,800 --> 00:45:13,640
Speaker 1: no question, Not sure we ever really got that super

932
00:45:14,120 --> 00:45:19,080
Speaker 1: signature game from Josh Allen last year, but he still

933
00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:21,320
Speaker 1: ended up being the seventh overall pick in the draft

934
00:45:21,520 --> 00:45:24,120
Speaker 1: and the third quarterback off the board. So look, it's

935
00:45:24,120 --> 00:45:26,319
Speaker 1: still possible that Herbert ends up in the top ten

936
00:45:26,360 --> 00:45:30,600
Speaker 1: despite what happens against Utah this weekend. But it's gonna

937
00:45:30,600 --> 00:45:32,600
Speaker 1: be a fun game to watch for sure as we

938
00:45:32,640 --> 00:45:35,560
Speaker 1: get that one on Friday. Now let's moved to Saturday

939
00:45:35,600 --> 00:45:38,920
Speaker 1: the Big Twelve championship game Baylor and Oklahoma. Obviously, we

940
00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:41,480
Speaker 1: talked about Jalen Hurts a lot um you and I

941
00:45:41,520 --> 00:45:44,319
Speaker 1: did the last time we did this podcast together. It's

942
00:45:44,360 --> 00:45:46,880
Speaker 1: kind of assessing where he might end up. Still obviously

943
00:45:46,920 --> 00:45:48,800
Speaker 1: a lot of variables out there, a lot of unknowns

944
00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:51,279
Speaker 1: on that. Will know more about it as we get

945
00:45:51,320 --> 00:45:53,319
Speaker 1: into the run up to the draft. But I want

946
00:45:53,320 --> 00:45:55,000
Speaker 1: to look at a couple of the receivers in this one.

947
00:45:55,040 --> 00:45:58,960
Speaker 1: Bucky Um obviously for Baylord's Denzel Mims, and then for

948
00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:03,080
Speaker 1: Oklahoma it's Ceedee Lamb. And and do you have a

949
00:46:03,160 --> 00:46:05,960
Speaker 1: comp yet on Ceedee Lamb. I mean, obviously just going back,

950
00:46:06,360 --> 00:46:08,960
Speaker 1: you know, the last year with Hollywood Brown ending up

951
00:46:08,960 --> 00:46:11,440
Speaker 1: in the first round as an Oklahoma wide receiver, What

952
00:46:11,480 --> 00:46:13,400
Speaker 1: are you thinking for Lamb? And then again for for

953
00:46:13,520 --> 00:46:16,120
Speaker 1: Mims out of Baylor. So I think the thing with

954
00:46:16,280 --> 00:46:18,520
Speaker 1: Ceede Lamb, the guy he reminds me of in a

955
00:46:18,560 --> 00:46:22,040
Speaker 1: way is DeAndre Hopkins. And the reason i'mould say that

956
00:46:22,080 --> 00:46:25,719
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins conversation is because I don't think Ceedee Lamb

957
00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:28,480
Speaker 1: is going to be as fast as people anticipate, but

958
00:46:28,560 --> 00:46:30,719
Speaker 1: I think he's going to be very, very effective in

959
00:46:30,760 --> 00:46:33,200
Speaker 1: the pros because of his size, his ability to win

960
00:46:33,239 --> 00:46:36,400
Speaker 1: these fifty balls down the field, and he's a playmaker.

961
00:46:36,600 --> 00:46:39,799
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins is very similar in that vange. He's not

962
00:46:39,840 --> 00:46:43,480
Speaker 1: the fastest, but he consistently makes these contested catches that

963
00:46:43,960 --> 00:46:47,480
Speaker 1: produced these long game That's how he's going to impact

964
00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:51,560
Speaker 1: the game. I think Denzil Mims what's interesting to me

965
00:46:51,719 --> 00:46:54,040
Speaker 1: about him is I don't think he's a fast guy either,

966
00:46:54,040 --> 00:46:57,040
Speaker 1: but he's a chain mover, and when Baylor needs big

967
00:46:57,040 --> 00:46:59,840
Speaker 1: plays in the passing game, when they need a first down,

968
00:47:00,280 --> 00:47:03,000
Speaker 1: he is the guy that the ball goes to. And

969
00:47:03,040 --> 00:47:05,080
Speaker 1: so when I'm in evaluat and I'm looking at him

970
00:47:05,120 --> 00:47:08,480
Speaker 1: and I'm looking for those critical situations and games for

971
00:47:08,800 --> 00:47:11,520
Speaker 1: down red zone two minutes who can I rely on

972
00:47:11,920 --> 00:47:15,520
Speaker 1: I think them is this And so when another big game,

973
00:47:15,600 --> 00:47:18,879
Speaker 1: big profile, Let's see how these two guys go back

974
00:47:18,920 --> 00:47:21,640
Speaker 1: and forth when they're watching each other compete when they're

975
00:47:21,680 --> 00:47:24,160
Speaker 1: on the sideline. Yeah, that's gonna be fun for sure.

976
00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:26,080
Speaker 1: And uh and look for Mems. I mean, he's a

977
00:47:26,080 --> 00:47:27,759
Speaker 1: guy that knows how to get it into the paint buck.

978
00:47:27,800 --> 00:47:30,279
Speaker 1: I mean, you're talking about three straight seasons where he's

979
00:47:30,320 --> 00:47:34,040
Speaker 1: had at least eight receiving touchdowns, got eleven this year

980
00:47:34,120 --> 00:47:37,000
Speaker 1: in the regular season. So I can only add to

981
00:47:37,080 --> 00:47:40,759
Speaker 1: that potentially here in the postseason. Okay, so that'll be

982
00:47:40,800 --> 00:47:42,640
Speaker 1: a pone to watch for the Big twelve championship game

983
00:47:42,680 --> 00:47:46,359
Speaker 1: on Saturday. Also on Saturday, Uh, you know, usually one

984
00:47:46,360 --> 00:47:50,200
Speaker 1: of the main events some championship weekends, the SEC championship game.

985
00:47:50,320 --> 00:47:53,480
Speaker 1: And we've got Georgia and l s U meeting up

986
00:47:53,480 --> 00:47:55,719
Speaker 1: here in East versts West and look at L s

987
00:47:55,800 --> 00:47:58,400
Speaker 1: U there in the playoff no matter what, uh certainly

988
00:47:58,440 --> 00:48:03,680
Speaker 1: feels like here, Joe Burrow has established himself as maybe

989
00:48:03,719 --> 00:48:07,080
Speaker 1: the top quarterback going into the draft here with the

990
00:48:07,120 --> 00:48:09,040
Speaker 1: season that he's put up. And then uh, you know,

991
00:48:09,080 --> 00:48:12,320
Speaker 1: going up against a guy in DeAndre Swift and Georgio

992
00:48:12,440 --> 00:48:15,279
Speaker 1: maybe the top running back off the boards. There will

993
00:48:15,280 --> 00:48:16,920
Speaker 1: be a ton of prospects to look at in this

994
00:48:16,960 --> 00:48:20,840
Speaker 1: one buck a ton of ton of prospects. That moment

995
00:48:20,960 --> 00:48:23,560
Speaker 1: it like when when you look at this game, Like,

996
00:48:23,600 --> 00:48:25,080
Speaker 1: what do you think about when you see these two

997
00:48:25,080 --> 00:48:27,439
Speaker 1: teams square off? Like, what's the first thing that comes

998
00:48:27,440 --> 00:48:30,279
Speaker 1: to mind when you see these two teams? Uh? You know,

999
00:48:30,400 --> 00:48:35,120
Speaker 1: I'd have to say, just elite talent. That's that. That's

1000
00:48:35,120 --> 00:48:38,319
Speaker 1: one of the first things. Yeah, I mean it, it is.

1001
00:48:38,480 --> 00:48:42,359
Speaker 1: It is a terrific game and a terrific matchup. Like obviously, um,

1002
00:48:42,760 --> 00:48:45,400
Speaker 1: you tune in and you want to look at the quarterbacks.

1003
00:48:45,600 --> 00:48:49,520
Speaker 1: Quarterbacks for sure. Yeah, yeah, everybody is excited about Joe Burrow,

1004
00:48:49,719 --> 00:48:51,920
Speaker 1: how how much progress he has made this year to

1005
00:48:52,040 --> 00:48:55,000
Speaker 1: go uh and jump in Joe Brady fans to master

1006
00:48:55,160 --> 00:48:57,160
Speaker 1: the way, to be mastered, to not only show what

1007
00:48:57,239 --> 00:48:59,600
Speaker 1: he's showing, had the player. I think it's the leadership

1008
00:48:59,640 --> 00:49:02,240
Speaker 1: of building in two years. He is kind of flipped

1009
00:49:02,239 --> 00:49:05,640
Speaker 1: that locker room where those guys really really um at

1010
00:49:05,680 --> 00:49:07,680
Speaker 1: my own respect the way that he plays. And I

1011
00:49:07,719 --> 00:49:10,879
Speaker 1: think after watching Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen have their

1012
00:49:10,920 --> 00:49:13,360
Speaker 1: success I think that might need to be a bigger

1013
00:49:13,360 --> 00:49:16,560
Speaker 1: part of the quarterback evaluation than anything. How do your

1014
00:49:16,560 --> 00:49:20,200
Speaker 1: guys respond to the way that you perform, What kind

1015
00:49:20,200 --> 00:49:23,719
Speaker 1: of leader are you? How do you handle the adversity?

1016
00:49:23,800 --> 00:49:27,080
Speaker 1: And can you earn the respect of your teammates by

1017
00:49:27,120 --> 00:49:29,520
Speaker 1: the way that you handle those moments. I think that's

1018
00:49:29,520 --> 00:49:32,480
Speaker 1: the best thing that Joe Burrow offers. Looked all day

1019
00:49:32,560 --> 00:49:36,000
Speaker 1: basketball player, Mr Ohio, he's talented for day. Let's just

1020
00:49:36,080 --> 00:49:38,120
Speaker 1: see how he does it against the Georgia team that

1021
00:49:38,280 --> 00:49:40,520
Speaker 1: is loaded. And then when I look on the other

1022
00:49:40,520 --> 00:49:43,920
Speaker 1: side with Georgia, DeAndre Smith Swift to me is the

1023
00:49:43,920 --> 00:49:46,799
Speaker 1: guy that doesn't get enough conversation and attention. Look, I

1024
00:49:46,800 --> 00:49:49,840
Speaker 1: think everyone understands, uh in most minds that he's the

1025
00:49:49,920 --> 00:49:52,480
Speaker 1: number one running back on the board. I think when

1026
00:49:52,480 --> 00:49:54,560
Speaker 1: you look at him, though, I just come up with

1027
00:49:54,880 --> 00:49:57,360
Speaker 1: he's the natural. I don't know if I've seen a

1028
00:49:57,520 --> 00:50:00,480
Speaker 1: running back as natural as he is with ball in

1029
00:50:00,560 --> 00:50:04,520
Speaker 1: his hands, He's smoothed, he's fluid, he added the electric

1030
00:50:04,560 --> 00:50:07,160
Speaker 1: ability when he burst and changed directing gets in the

1031
00:50:07,200 --> 00:50:10,000
Speaker 1: open field. He also can catch the ball out of

1032
00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:12,279
Speaker 1: the backfield. I mean, I'm gonna go out on the limb.

1033
00:50:12,320 --> 00:50:14,440
Speaker 1: I mean, look, I know Todd Gurley was great, but

1034
00:50:14,480 --> 00:50:18,279
Speaker 1: DeAndre Swift in terms of what he brings potensially, he

1035
00:50:18,320 --> 00:50:19,880
Speaker 1: could be the best running back to come out of

1036
00:50:19,920 --> 00:50:22,279
Speaker 1: in the last ten years. Man. That that's gonna be

1037
00:50:22,360 --> 00:50:24,640
Speaker 1: fun to watch and evaluate as we go forward here

1038
00:50:24,640 --> 00:50:26,399
Speaker 1: in the next couple of months. Look, I'm gonna use

1039
00:50:26,840 --> 00:50:31,319
Speaker 1: a couple of cornerbacks to link the SEC Championship Game

1040
00:50:31,520 --> 00:50:35,040
Speaker 1: and the Big Ten Championship game. Uh. And by doing that,

1041
00:50:35,080 --> 00:50:37,760
Speaker 1: I'm gonna talk about L s U S cornerback Christian Fulton,

1042
00:50:38,280 --> 00:50:40,520
Speaker 1: And then as we get into the Big Ten Championship Game,

1043
00:50:40,520 --> 00:50:43,960
Speaker 1: you're gonna see Ohio State among the high level, elite

1044
00:50:43,960 --> 00:50:46,880
Speaker 1: prospects that the Buckeyes will trot out there. Cornerback Jeff

1045
00:50:46,880 --> 00:50:49,560
Speaker 1: Okuda is one of them for the buck Eyes. So

1046
00:50:50,080 --> 00:50:52,880
Speaker 1: let's talk about those two corners here for a second,

1047
00:50:52,880 --> 00:50:55,000
Speaker 1: because I mean, I guess, depending on who you ask

1048
00:50:55,080 --> 00:50:57,839
Speaker 1: a one in two, it certainly seems in terms of

1049
00:50:58,000 --> 00:51:00,520
Speaker 1: UH corners we could see in the draft with Fulton

1050
00:51:00,560 --> 00:51:03,080
Speaker 1: of L s U and then Okuda of Ohio State. Bucky,

1051
00:51:03,120 --> 00:51:05,960
Speaker 1: how do you see that? Hey, Loo? Man? When when? When?

1052
00:51:06,040 --> 00:51:07,960
Speaker 1: When I'm looking at corners. The first place I always

1053
00:51:08,000 --> 00:51:09,759
Speaker 1: go to was I gotta keep the ties around L.

1054
00:51:09,880 --> 00:51:12,760
Speaker 1: S U because they have been known to produce coiners.

1055
00:51:12,800 --> 00:51:14,600
Speaker 1: And you can say the same about Ohio State. Let's

1056
00:51:14,600 --> 00:51:17,920
Speaker 1: talking about Christian Fulton first six ft two hundred pounds

1057
00:51:18,040 --> 00:51:22,600
Speaker 1: long arms, ballhogs, great eyes, great instincts, um even better hands.

1058
00:51:22,880 --> 00:51:24,600
Speaker 1: What you get when you get an L. S U

1059
00:51:24,840 --> 00:51:27,239
Speaker 1: cornerback and you're the guy who has a ton of

1060
00:51:27,280 --> 00:51:31,399
Speaker 1: experience playing press man coverage, meaning he is very comfortable nose,

1061
00:51:31,480 --> 00:51:33,880
Speaker 1: the nose in your face, being able to put his

1062
00:51:33,920 --> 00:51:36,399
Speaker 1: hands on jam and disrupt and carry it. I love

1063
00:51:36,440 --> 00:51:38,600
Speaker 1: his competitive spirit. I love the way that he battles

1064
00:51:38,640 --> 00:51:40,680
Speaker 1: and competes. He's a guy that can kind of lock

1065
00:51:40,760 --> 00:51:44,200
Speaker 1: people down on the island and accuda. I think you

1066
00:51:44,280 --> 00:51:47,920
Speaker 1: say the same thing Ohio State. Uh. Just as a

1067
00:51:47,960 --> 00:51:51,360
Speaker 1: knack for producing high level cornerback, they do a great

1068
00:51:51,440 --> 00:51:54,400
Speaker 1: job of having a variety of tools in the tool box.

1069
00:51:54,760 --> 00:51:59,040
Speaker 1: They find a way to consistently, um get it done.

1070
00:51:59,480 --> 00:52:02,760
Speaker 1: And it's one of those things that UH you're always

1071
00:52:02,920 --> 00:52:08,160
Speaker 1: looking for at the position, meaning to fast, physical, great instincts,

1072
00:52:08,160 --> 00:52:11,080
Speaker 1: great ball skills. I think this ultimately when we make

1073
00:52:11,120 --> 00:52:13,440
Speaker 1: this debate and to make the decision about both of

1074
00:52:13,480 --> 00:52:16,759
Speaker 1: these corners, it kind of comes down to style, Which

1075
00:52:16,800 --> 00:52:19,600
Speaker 1: style corner do you want to be your CB one.

1076
00:52:20,320 --> 00:52:22,279
Speaker 1: Both of these guys to me are terrific play is

1077
00:52:22,320 --> 00:52:25,000
Speaker 1: gonna be terrific prospects as we continue to look at

1078
00:52:25,040 --> 00:52:26,879
Speaker 1: them on paths to the draft. That's gonna be fun.

1079
00:52:26,880 --> 00:52:29,319
Speaker 1: All right. So as we take that link and then

1080
00:52:29,520 --> 00:52:31,719
Speaker 1: dig a little bit deeper in the Big Tin Championship game,

1081
00:52:31,760 --> 00:52:34,080
Speaker 1: I mean, look, clearly, Chase Young, you know, he's got

1082
00:52:34,080 --> 00:52:38,000
Speaker 1: an opportunity to make yet another statement here. I mean,

1083
00:52:38,000 --> 00:52:40,160
Speaker 1: it's gonna be you know, it's gonna be fun to

1084
00:52:40,160 --> 00:52:42,960
Speaker 1: watch Wisconsin trying to deal with him once again. And

1085
00:52:43,000 --> 00:52:44,920
Speaker 1: then the other thing that I think is is kind

1086
00:52:44,920 --> 00:52:47,080
Speaker 1: of interesting in this one are the running backs on

1087
00:52:47,120 --> 00:52:49,799
Speaker 1: either side. Jonathan Taylor has more production than any running

1088
00:52:49,840 --> 00:52:53,080
Speaker 1: back in college football over his career, and then you

1089
00:52:53,160 --> 00:52:55,399
Speaker 1: got a guy like j K. Dobbins who's probably gonna

1090
00:52:55,440 --> 00:52:58,359
Speaker 1: end up in a better prospect him. All right, Yeah,

1091
00:52:58,440 --> 00:53:00,879
Speaker 1: I mean this is a game that load briefly will

1092
00:53:00,920 --> 00:53:04,680
Speaker 1: touch on the best football player in college football. He

1093
00:53:04,760 --> 00:53:07,480
Speaker 1: will be the best prospect in the draft if he

1094
00:53:07,520 --> 00:53:11,080
Speaker 1: comes out. He's a premier path, rushy, long range, athletic,

1095
00:53:11,120 --> 00:53:13,839
Speaker 1: gray hands, technically sound, and what I love about him

1096
00:53:13,880 --> 00:53:16,680
Speaker 1: is he has a terrific motor. So there's not many

1097
00:53:16,760 --> 00:53:19,880
Speaker 1: questions about him. With the two running back JK. Dobbins

1098
00:53:19,880 --> 00:53:23,879
Speaker 1: and Jonathan Taylor, Jason dobbinds, to me, is your prototypical

1099
00:53:24,000 --> 00:53:28,080
Speaker 1: running back. Um. He kind of rugged, runs hard, and

1100
00:53:28,239 --> 00:53:31,120
Speaker 1: of late, what we've seen down the set, the highest

1101
00:53:31,120 --> 00:53:33,239
Speaker 1: state is leaning on him a little more. He's responded

1102
00:53:33,280 --> 00:53:37,239
Speaker 1: and outstanding fashion. You've seen him have a heavy workload,

1103
00:53:37,520 --> 00:53:41,960
Speaker 1: produced big numbers, physical finishes, runs, kind of play it

1104
00:53:42,000 --> 00:53:46,839
Speaker 1: the right way. Jonathan Taylor production is for the groups

1105
00:53:46,880 --> 00:53:49,440
Speaker 1: off the charts you just don't see a guy have.

1106
00:53:50,080 --> 00:53:52,000
Speaker 1: I think he has what eleven or twelfth two hundred

1107
00:53:52,040 --> 00:53:55,319
Speaker 1: yard games in his career. And the thing that you

1108
00:53:55,440 --> 00:53:59,600
Speaker 1: have to balance when you're valuably Wisconsin running backs, how

1109
00:53:59,680 --> 00:54:02,120
Speaker 1: much it is him, how much of it is the

1110
00:54:02,160 --> 00:54:05,440
Speaker 1: offensive line in the scheme. I think he's talented, but

1111
00:54:05,520 --> 00:54:08,280
Speaker 1: his talent is a little different because it's a little mused.

1112
00:54:08,680 --> 00:54:12,320
Speaker 1: He's not explosive. He doesn't have the kind of pop

1113
00:54:12,680 --> 00:54:15,239
Speaker 1: that you see at the running back position. But when

1114
00:54:15,239 --> 00:54:17,960
Speaker 1: you look at the end of the game. The numbers

1115
00:54:17,960 --> 00:54:22,160
Speaker 1: are there, and so it's going to be critical for

1116
00:54:22,280 --> 00:54:27,560
Speaker 1: evaluators to under skiing understand fit and skiing what is

1117
00:54:27,600 --> 00:54:30,560
Speaker 1: the best fit for him to play him because I

1118
00:54:30,560 --> 00:54:32,200
Speaker 1: think he has to play in the right schame for

1119
00:54:32,280 --> 00:54:35,200
Speaker 1: him to pop at the pro. Yeah, and for Taylor,

1120
00:54:35,320 --> 00:54:38,040
Speaker 1: I mean, look, you're looking at a guy who has

1121
00:54:38,080 --> 00:54:42,759
Speaker 1: an opportunity to go for over nine yards uh if

1122
00:54:42,760 --> 00:54:45,680
Speaker 1: we're if we're counting the Big Ten Championship game and

1123
00:54:45,719 --> 00:54:50,319
Speaker 1: then their bowl game for the third consecutive year, uh

1124
00:54:50,560 --> 00:54:54,000
Speaker 1: forty nine total rushing touchdowns for his career as it

1125
00:54:54,040 --> 00:54:55,880
Speaker 1: stands now. The one thing that I thought was interesting

1126
00:54:55,920 --> 00:54:59,480
Speaker 1: this year, especially earlier in the season, we saw them

1127
00:54:59,560 --> 00:55:02,879
Speaker 1: use him or as a receiver. Twenty two receptions this year,

1128
00:55:02,960 --> 00:55:05,440
Speaker 1: ended up with five receiving touchdowns. So he's got twenty

1129
00:55:05,440 --> 00:55:09,319
Speaker 1: five total touchdowns this year. And here's just one note

1130
00:55:09,360 --> 00:55:12,160
Speaker 1: that are a producer to Bill obviously is very in

1131
00:55:12,239 --> 00:55:16,000
Speaker 1: tune with here as a avid Wisconsin Badger fan. Um,

1132
00:55:16,040 --> 00:55:19,799
Speaker 1: if Wisconsin wins the Big Tin Championship game, which is

1133
00:55:19,840 --> 00:55:24,160
Speaker 1: a huge if they will have two losses and then

1134
00:55:24,400 --> 00:55:29,680
Speaker 1: four Top twenty wins to their record, whereas Clemson with

1135
00:55:30,000 --> 00:55:32,560
Speaker 1: a loss in the a c C Championship game, which

1136
00:55:32,560 --> 00:55:37,520
Speaker 1: again is a huge if going up against Virginia, which

1137
00:55:37,520 --> 00:55:39,360
Speaker 1: we'll get into here in just a second, they'd have

1138
00:55:39,520 --> 00:55:44,680
Speaker 1: one loss on the season, but zero top twenty five wins. Okay,

1139
00:55:44,680 --> 00:55:46,600
Speaker 1: that again now brought to you by our producer, to

1140
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Speaker 1: bal Um, who was obviously very very interested in making

1141
00:55:50,719 --> 00:55:54,800
Speaker 1: the Wisconsin Badgers record stand up very tall uh this year. Alright,

1142
00:55:54,840 --> 00:55:57,399
Speaker 1: So that that's the big tin title game. Let's get

1143
00:55:57,400 --> 00:56:00,960
Speaker 1: back to the a c C Championship game Virginia in Clemson.

1144
00:56:01,600 --> 00:56:04,120
Speaker 1: And if we're talking about elite receivers in college football,

1145
00:56:04,160 --> 00:56:06,239
Speaker 1: I think you know you sit there and you talk

1146
00:56:06,280 --> 00:56:09,560
Speaker 1: about the Alabama quartet, right um, you talk about rugs

1147
00:56:09,600 --> 00:56:12,920
Speaker 1: and you talk about you know, obviously Jerry Judy and

1148
00:56:13,040 --> 00:56:15,279
Speaker 1: Smith and Wattle and those guys, and then you know,

1149
00:56:15,320 --> 00:56:18,000
Speaker 1: ceedee lamb. We've already talked about Denzel Mims. One receiver

1150
00:56:18,160 --> 00:56:20,279
Speaker 1: that's certainly an elite player in college football that we

1151
00:56:20,280 --> 00:56:23,799
Speaker 1: don't talk about a ton um is Clemson's white out

1152
00:56:23,840 --> 00:56:25,759
Speaker 1: Te Higgins. Where does he fit in this whole thing?

1153
00:56:25,880 --> 00:56:28,239
Speaker 1: Is Clemson gets set the battle Virginia on Saturday for

1154
00:56:28,280 --> 00:56:31,759
Speaker 1: the a c C title game, and Higgins is a

1155
00:56:31,840 --> 00:56:35,040
Speaker 1: dominant player. Te Higgins has a lot of quality that

1156
00:56:35,200 --> 00:56:37,799
Speaker 1: you really like at the position. He's already talking about

1157
00:56:37,840 --> 00:56:42,080
Speaker 1: six three six for two fifteen pounds, can run like

1158
00:56:42,120 --> 00:56:46,080
Speaker 1: to win, consistently, get separation on Wurk or Rouse, and

1159
00:56:46,200 --> 00:56:47,880
Speaker 1: makes a ton of places. He puts the ball in

1160
00:56:47,920 --> 00:56:50,759
Speaker 1: the paint, which is what you absolutely want to see. Now,

1161
00:56:50,840 --> 00:56:53,520
Speaker 1: I don't believe he's a classic number one receiver. What

1162
00:56:53,640 --> 00:56:56,759
Speaker 1: I think he is is a complimentary playmaker on the outside.

1163
00:56:57,320 --> 00:56:59,640
Speaker 1: That said stud to mean that he can't be a

1164
00:56:59,680 --> 00:57:02,600
Speaker 1: first on Picky comes out because he has traits that

1165
00:57:02,719 --> 00:57:06,319
Speaker 1: you look for. This will be ready and I'm excited

1166
00:57:06,480 --> 00:57:08,239
Speaker 1: as we kind of flipped the calendar and we get

1167
00:57:08,280 --> 00:57:10,040
Speaker 1: into the path to the draft, and we talked about

1168
00:57:10,080 --> 00:57:12,759
Speaker 1: these things. This will be the year of the playmaker.

1169
00:57:13,040 --> 00:57:16,640
Speaker 1: There's so many playmakers available at the skilled positions. People

1170
00:57:16,680 --> 00:57:18,640
Speaker 1: are get excited about the quarterbacks, but this year we

1171
00:57:18,680 --> 00:57:21,560
Speaker 1: have a ton of past catchers to talk about, and

1172
00:57:21,600 --> 00:57:24,200
Speaker 1: so Tee Higgins is one of many guys that can

1173
00:57:24,240 --> 00:57:27,280
Speaker 1: impact the game, Uh impact the past game on the outside.

1174
00:57:28,160 --> 00:57:30,760
Speaker 1: All right, So look, I mean, are you giving Virginia

1175
00:57:30,840 --> 00:57:36,560
Speaker 1: shot in that game? No? I think I think they're

1176
00:57:36,560 --> 00:57:39,760
Speaker 1: going on the boarder. Debo has all of the attention,

1177
00:57:39,800 --> 00:57:42,080
Speaker 1: he has the antenna up. They're ready to go. They

1178
00:57:42,080 --> 00:57:45,440
Speaker 1: feel like they've been disrespected in the process. Um, I

1179
00:57:45,440 --> 00:57:47,000
Speaker 1: pro't really know what he wants because they don't have

1180
00:57:47,000 --> 00:57:49,680
Speaker 1: a signature win, but I can get it. The International

1181
00:57:49,760 --> 00:57:52,200
Speaker 1: Championship sitting there at three you would like the thing

1182
00:57:52,280 --> 00:57:55,040
Speaker 1: that look based on our resumes and previous years, we

1183
00:57:55,080 --> 00:57:57,280
Speaker 1: would come in kind of viewing has been the one.

1184
00:57:57,320 --> 00:57:59,960
Speaker 1: But they have we'll see a chance to show everybody,

1185
00:58:00,640 --> 00:58:02,760
Speaker 1: uh this weekend, but a big one over Virginia and

1186
00:58:02,840 --> 00:58:05,760
Speaker 1: setting up for the playoffs. And uh, I guess because

1187
00:58:06,000 --> 00:58:08,000
Speaker 1: DJ's name is on the marquee, we have to talk

1188
00:58:08,000 --> 00:58:11,320
Speaker 1: about the Sun Belt Championship game with his his app

1189
00:58:11,360 --> 00:58:15,840
Speaker 1: State Mountain. Yeah they actually yeah, sure is they're gonna play,

1190
00:58:16,440 --> 00:58:21,240
Speaker 1: uh the the guys down from my home state in Louisiana.

1191
00:58:22,080 --> 00:58:24,600
Speaker 1: But you know, DJ, I'm sure wants to talk about

1192
00:58:24,640 --> 00:58:28,000
Speaker 1: Darrington Evans and Keem Davis Gaither and in that whole crew.

1193
00:58:28,040 --> 00:58:31,000
Speaker 1: I mean, look at app State and we can we can,

1194
00:58:31,120 --> 00:58:32,600
Speaker 1: you know, make all the jokes we want to make.

1195
00:58:32,600 --> 00:58:35,320
Speaker 1: But they have been a really good football team in

1196
00:58:35,640 --> 00:58:38,720
Speaker 1: Eli drink wins his first year here and uh uh

1197
00:58:39,040 --> 00:58:41,800
Speaker 1: Zach Zack Thomas a good quarterback. So I mean they've

1198
00:58:41,840 --> 00:58:43,680
Speaker 1: got a lot to a lot to look forward to.

1199
00:58:43,760 --> 00:58:45,960
Speaker 1: For sure, they do have a lot of look forward to.

1200
00:58:46,000 --> 00:58:48,280
Speaker 1: Their ranked twenty one, the eleven and one seven one

1201
00:58:48,320 --> 00:58:51,040
Speaker 1: in the conference, only lost to Georgia Southern, which was

1202
00:58:51,920 --> 00:58:53,520
Speaker 1: I actually watched that game. I think was the Thursday

1203
00:58:53,600 --> 00:58:57,640
Speaker 1: night game. Um drinking with this is interesting because he's

1204
00:58:57,640 --> 00:58:59,760
Speaker 1: beginning to get a lot of love on the coaching trail. Yeah,

1205
00:59:00,000 --> 00:59:02,520
Speaker 1: a lot of people that are kind of poking around

1206
00:59:02,520 --> 00:59:06,280
Speaker 1: and throwing his name out for old Miss so and

1207
00:59:06,400 --> 00:59:08,760
Speaker 1: some of those jobs. Like I would hate for him

1208
00:59:08,760 --> 00:59:11,120
Speaker 1: to be a one and done guy for the app

1209
00:59:11,160 --> 00:59:13,520
Speaker 1: State Mountaineers, But look, that's what happens when you have success.

1210
00:59:13,760 --> 00:59:15,520
Speaker 1: Eleven and one. This is one of the best teams

1211
00:59:15,520 --> 00:59:17,760
Speaker 1: that we're seeing from a state. Uh. They beat MA

1212
00:59:17,880 --> 00:59:20,560
Speaker 1: tar Heels, they went in the road, they beat South Carolina.

1213
00:59:20,720 --> 00:59:23,040
Speaker 1: They're set up now to win a title game. And

1214
00:59:23,080 --> 00:59:24,760
Speaker 1: we're looking at an F state team that could win

1215
00:59:24,920 --> 00:59:28,760
Speaker 1: twelve games. Man, that's kind of remarkable. Yeah, no question,

1216
00:59:28,760 --> 00:59:30,960
Speaker 1: And look, I mean look at app State has become

1217
00:59:31,000 --> 00:59:34,240
Speaker 1: a really good job. I mean, Scott Saderfield did a

1218
00:59:34,280 --> 00:59:36,560
Speaker 1: really good job and now he just wins UH Coach

1219
00:59:36,560 --> 00:59:40,160
Speaker 1: of the Year in the Conference within his first season

1220
00:59:40,160 --> 00:59:44,919
Speaker 1: at Louisville, taking over the mess left by Bobby Petrino. So, um, look,

1221
00:59:44,960 --> 00:59:47,120
Speaker 1: there's been put some good coaches to rep State, no

1222
00:59:47,280 --> 00:59:49,880
Speaker 1: question about it. So I look, I'm definitely going with

1223
00:59:49,920 --> 00:59:52,240
Speaker 1: them in the Sun Belt Championship. I'll give you a

1224
00:59:52,280 --> 00:59:55,680
Speaker 1: quick bonus in the Conference USA Championship game because we

1225
00:59:55,680 --> 00:59:57,800
Speaker 1: saw a lot of Comforts USA here on NFL Network

1226
00:59:57,920 --> 01:00:00,760
Speaker 1: this season with the ten regular season games that we had,

1227
01:00:00,760 --> 01:00:04,120
Speaker 1: and we saw the eventual East Division champion Florida Atlantic

1228
01:00:04,200 --> 01:00:07,120
Speaker 1: led by Lane Kiffin. But for how much longer Bucky's

1229
01:00:07,120 --> 01:00:09,480
Speaker 1: certainly his name has been a popular one as the

1230
01:00:09,520 --> 01:00:12,960
Speaker 1: coaching circuit has started, uh following the regular season as

1231
01:00:13,080 --> 01:00:15,520
Speaker 1: conclusion in college football. But we're gonna see f A

1232
01:00:15,600 --> 01:00:17,680
Speaker 1: you take on you a B from Boca Raton for

1233
01:00:17,720 --> 01:00:20,960
Speaker 1: the Conference USA Championship game. Uh look, I think you

1234
01:00:20,960 --> 01:00:23,080
Speaker 1: know one of the prospects that we're gonna see again

1235
01:00:23,120 --> 01:00:26,480
Speaker 1: on NFL Network is Harrison Bryant, tight end from the

1236
01:00:26,520 --> 01:00:27,960
Speaker 1: f AU has been one of the best tight ends

1237
01:00:28,000 --> 01:00:30,280
Speaker 1: in college football this year. He's a Macki Award finalist.

1238
01:00:30,560 --> 01:00:32,640
Speaker 1: Gonna be fun to watch him. Bucky, I know you

1239
01:00:32,640 --> 01:00:34,920
Speaker 1: did a little you uh, you kind of gave us

1240
01:00:34,960 --> 01:00:38,000
Speaker 1: a little Scouts eye on him. Yeah, a little break down.

1241
01:00:38,040 --> 01:00:40,440
Speaker 1: Like Lane Kiffin has done a really good job done

1242
01:00:40,480 --> 01:00:43,440
Speaker 1: at f a U UM. He kind of brought the

1243
01:00:43,800 --> 01:00:48,040
Speaker 1: program to prominence um uh last couple of years. But

1244
01:00:48,160 --> 01:00:52,160
Speaker 1: we saw Singultary from Semetery go to the Buffalo Bills

1245
01:00:52,240 --> 01:00:54,080
Speaker 1: from that program and now we have opportunity to see

1246
01:00:54,080 --> 01:00:56,440
Speaker 1: their tight end. But I think the interesting thing with

1247
01:00:56,520 --> 01:00:59,160
Speaker 1: Lane Kiffin is where did he fit in his coaching carousel.

1248
01:00:59,760 --> 01:01:03,200
Speaker 1: We'll teams be willing to kind of take on everything

1249
01:01:03,320 --> 01:01:07,160
Speaker 1: that comes along because laying Kiffen not only the offensive acumend,

1250
01:01:07,200 --> 01:01:10,480
Speaker 1: but the shenanigans off the field, the social media post

1251
01:01:10,560 --> 01:01:12,600
Speaker 1: and all that other stuff. Uh, there's not to nine

1252
01:01:12,640 --> 01:01:15,280
Speaker 1: though he's a good coach, he's a great offensive mind.

1253
01:01:15,680 --> 01:01:18,320
Speaker 1: At some point he's going to get an opportunity to

1254
01:01:18,960 --> 01:01:21,320
Speaker 1: have a bigger job. Doesn't necessarily mean they'd be a

1255
01:01:21,320 --> 01:01:23,680
Speaker 1: better job, but he's definitely going to have an opportunity

1256
01:01:23,760 --> 01:01:26,400
Speaker 1: have a bigger job. Yeah, I think you're right about that.

1257
01:01:26,880 --> 01:01:28,840
Speaker 1: Um okay. And then on the other side, you A B.

1258
01:01:29,280 --> 01:01:32,480
Speaker 1: They've got so they've got a talented trio of wide

1259
01:01:32,480 --> 01:01:36,920
Speaker 1: receivers Kendall Parham, Austin Watkins. They've also got a defensive

1260
01:01:36,960 --> 01:01:38,960
Speaker 1: lineman one of the best defenses in college football by

1261
01:01:38,960 --> 01:01:41,800
Speaker 1: the way, the U A b Blazers, Garrett Marino is

1262
01:01:42,080 --> 01:01:44,640
Speaker 1: the name to watch for U A B. Uh. He

1263
01:01:44,800 --> 01:01:49,160
Speaker 1: is an interior disruptor. Um he's a guy that in

1264
01:01:49,280 --> 01:01:53,040
Speaker 1: the mold of those uh those kind of like Gino

1265
01:01:53,120 --> 01:01:56,160
Speaker 1: Atkins Aaron Donald types in the NFL. Not saying he's

1266
01:01:56,160 --> 01:01:57,960
Speaker 1: on that level. I'm just saying he's a guy that

1267
01:01:58,000 --> 01:01:59,880
Speaker 1: can get after the pastor from the interior, and it's

1268
01:02:00,000 --> 01:02:01,640
Speaker 1: on that for you A B. This year. He's a

1269
01:02:01,680 --> 01:02:06,320
Speaker 1: fun one to watch as well. Yeah, like, look, you

1270
01:02:06,600 --> 01:02:09,120
Speaker 1: be tremendous amount of respect with them and what they've

1271
01:02:09,120 --> 01:02:10,520
Speaker 1: been able to do. I mean, you talk about coming

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Speaker 1: from the abyss to bounce it back and me and

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Speaker 1: want the top team to comes football playing for a championship.

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Speaker 1: They've done a terrific job and I kind of like

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Speaker 1: their uh rebirth, re emergence of the college football power.

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Speaker 1: So now this will be a great game to watch, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: will be online, Kiffen. But you're right, you A BE

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Speaker 1: in their defense has been life out you A B

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Speaker 1: has not has not lost a home game since they

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Speaker 1: brought football back in. It's crazy, it's crazy. The job

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Speaker 1: that Bill Clark has done for you a B terrific.

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Speaker 1: So that'll be fun to watch that one in Boca though,

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Speaker 1: as U a B takes on Florida Atlantic. All right,

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Speaker 1: so obviously we'll we'll dissect those games next week. Um

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Speaker 1: once uh, once we get back here with you, But

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Speaker 1: also want to get into some fan questions here as well.

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Speaker 1: Always we ask you to leave comment and leave a

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Speaker 1: question in the comments and we answer some of them.

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Speaker 1: So to Bill, what do we got? What are some

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Speaker 1: of the questions that we found uh this week? All right?

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Speaker 1: First one, who do you think the best GM in

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Speaker 1: the league? Is good question, Bucky? What you got? I mean, man,

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Speaker 1: that's tough, Like best g M in the league. I

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Speaker 1: think there are a lot of people that have done

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Speaker 1: terrific jobs. Obviously the job that John Snyder has done

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Speaker 1: up in Seattle to terrific. Um. I think you can

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Speaker 1: begin to throw Chris Ballard. I think you can throw

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Speaker 1: John Lynch's name and that in terms of how they

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Speaker 1: come up. But how about a name that doesn't get

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Speaker 1: enough attention. But what he's done since he's been elevated

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Speaker 1: to the GM pos Jeff Ireland down in New Orleans. Um,

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Speaker 1: you know, like I had an opportunity in Miami. I

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Speaker 1: think he learned from that experience. But what he has

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Speaker 1: done of late in terms of rebuilding and building that

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Speaker 1: New Orleans sames teams. They're not glaring weaknesses on their roster.

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Speaker 1: And so you have a great football evaluator with a

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Speaker 1: great mind in Sean Payton. It's not a surprise that

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Speaker 1: New Orleans is right on top. They've already clinched through

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Speaker 1: the business. I don't know if he's eligible for the

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Speaker 1: Executive of the Year award, but low key candidate, dark

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Speaker 1: horse candidate, Bill O'Brien, with what he's done assuming the

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Speaker 1: GM role or at least share of the GM role

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Speaker 1: in Houston, I think deserves a little love as well.

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Speaker 1: He does deserve some love. And you're right, man, he

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Speaker 1: has Uh, he's kind of picked it up. Like there

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Speaker 1: are a lot of people that was questioning his decision

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Speaker 1: to kind of take over me included, but he gaed

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Speaker 1: some moves that have kind of turned out like it's funny.

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Speaker 1: Maybe the Jadevian Clowney trade has been a win win

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Speaker 1: for both teams because they have gotten some production out

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Speaker 1: those guys that came over the move. Yeah, Jacob Mark,

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Speaker 1: we saw him have a big sack against the patient

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Speaker 1: and then uh, Larry Tulso coming over. He he kind

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Speaker 1: of shored up some stuff that they were having. And

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Speaker 1: he's been injured a little bit, but he certainly helped him.

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Speaker 1: He's helped Look, Deshaun Watson played better, So now you

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Speaker 1: can't you can't not Bill O'Brien. And you notice they're

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Speaker 1: not looking for a general manager any wants. That's right.

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Speaker 1: It's an important, important distinction to make there. They have

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Speaker 1: a combination they feel like works and has worked well,

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Speaker 1: and I think we're seeing that as they lead the

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Speaker 1: a f C South and the number three spot in

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Speaker 1: the a f C as it stands at this point.

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Speaker 1: All right, one more question, what do you got to be?

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Speaker 1: The first quarterback drafted isn't always the best. Why do

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Speaker 1: you think that is? Is it scouting or fit or

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Speaker 1: too much pressure from being drafted high? Well, I mean

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Speaker 1: really you just answered you go to the worst team. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: so what happens when you draft the number one? You

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Speaker 1: go to the team that was viewed as the worst

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Speaker 1: team and most uh instances, and so you don't have

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Speaker 1: a lot of weapons around you. Sometimes you may be

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Speaker 1: playing with the new coaching staff that's also trying to

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Speaker 1: fix and rebuild and repair their culture, so you have

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Speaker 1: a lot of things working against him. I think the

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Speaker 1: guy that we saw have success, Lamar Jackson, will bring

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Speaker 1: him up because he went lower. But the Baltimore Ravens

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Speaker 1: were an established team. They were a playoffs game, a

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Speaker 1: team that was always on the cuff, So it wasn't

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Speaker 1: like they had to orchestrate this radical overhaul to get

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Speaker 1: it ready for him. And I think that is why

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Speaker 1: I think UH Buffalo, even though they had a down

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Speaker 1: year before they got Josh Allen, they had had playoff

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Speaker 1: success two years prior, so the infrastructure was in play.

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Speaker 1: So a lot of it is we talked about it earlier.

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Speaker 1: Fit in scheme and fit and locker room and understanding

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Speaker 1: the character um your quarterback that typically have tremendous suggests

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Speaker 1: early in their career are guys that go to better teams,

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Speaker 1: better coaches staff. I'm with you. That's I mean, I

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Speaker 1: think that's why we saw, you know, Dak Prescott have

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Speaker 1: some success with the Cowboys obviously the reason why, you know,

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Speaker 1: like Russell Wilson, we saw have some success with the

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Speaker 1: Seahawks ths for uh, some teams that had some talent

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Speaker 1: around them, and clearly they've they have kind of gone

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Speaker 1: out on their own and made their own name for

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Speaker 1: themselves despite what's around them. But that's certainly a big

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Speaker 1: part of it as well. All Right, had some fun

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Speaker 1: here with Bucky. Coast to coast of continent to continent. Uh.

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Speaker 1: Here on the Move the Sticks podcast presented by A. A. R. P.

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Speaker 1: Will be back next week and we'll have the tend

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Speaker 1: Takeaway podcast for you on Monday. Bucky, anything else before

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Speaker 1: we get out of here, no man, enjoy a great

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Speaker 1: football weekend match us for day Saturday and Sunday. Should

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Speaker 1: be a lot of fun, no question about it. Looking

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