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Speaker 1: Welcome to Move the six will take Away podcast here

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Speaker 1: where we've got some wild Card games we're gonna break

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Speaker 1: stories here off the top, Buck, I'll start with you

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Speaker 1: I'm great, man, I am absolutely fantastic. Great wild card weekend. Uh.

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Speaker 1: The news that has come down to plate uh. I

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Speaker 1: Let's let's get out of some of these takeaways here, buck,

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Speaker 1: Let's start with you on this one. The first one here, Uh,

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Speaker 1: And when you look at Mike McCarthy, Mike McCarthy has

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Speaker 1: spread to the National Football League with Tyler Thigpen as

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Speaker 1: his quarterback. They were running R P O S and

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Speaker 1: pistol and all of those things and had success. And

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Speaker 1: then going to Buffalo he did it again with Ryan Fitzpatrick.

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Speaker 1: If you're looking for someone who has the creativity and adaptability,

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Speaker 1: it would be a perfect fit in my mind to

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Speaker 1: have to uh in Miami rest shirting behind Ryan Fitzpatrick

438
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Speaker 1: while learning an offense that should be really made for him.

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Speaker 1: And look, I know we gotta get to get into

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Speaker 1: the wild card games. Takeaways here, but last two things

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Speaker 1: that I'm curious about. If the Chargers don't go there,

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Speaker 1: if the if the Dolphins don't go to, If the

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Speaker 1: Chargers don't go to, you get the Panthers at seven,

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Speaker 1: they what they think about it, what they think about it.

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Speaker 1: With the Jaguars, think about it at nine because you've

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Speaker 1: got a couple of options there. If you're talking about

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Speaker 1: a red shirt, they're already. Yeah. I think Carolina would

448
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Speaker 1: be a great situation for him because you can bring

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Speaker 1: back Cam on the last year of his deal. It

450
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Speaker 1: doesn't cost you much. You have Cam, and Cam can

451
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Speaker 1: know like after this year he goes on, So it's

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Speaker 1: his best interests to play. Well, you have two of there,

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Speaker 1: and I think it fits. In terms of the Jaguars, man,

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Speaker 1: I just don't know. I just don't know how to

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Speaker 1: view their quarterback room with Nick Foles and Garner Minshew,

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Speaker 1: whether they see well, that should tell you right there.

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Speaker 1: I don't know why those those other things and so

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Speaker 1: uh potentially could be a good fit but I think

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Speaker 1: there are other places there are probably a better fit

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Speaker 1: for two at this time. Sure, can I just say selfishly,

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Speaker 1: I don't like to you know, I talked to some

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Speaker 1: of these kids people setting me up to talk with

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Speaker 1: them from schools to trying to give him the lay

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Speaker 1: of the land of you know, what the landscape looks like,

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Speaker 1: whether they should where they shouldn't come out, and I

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Speaker 1: always try and give both sides, right, this is why

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Speaker 1: you should, this is why you shouldn't. Here's the information.

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Speaker 1: Hopefully you can go make the best choice. This was

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Speaker 1: the right choice for Toa. In my opinion, it was

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Speaker 1: the right choice. He did not go need to go

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Speaker 1: back to Alabama risk further injury. So I'm personally I

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Speaker 1: think he made the right decision, and I hope that

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Speaker 1: all works out will for him here in the near future.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's get to these takeaways from these games here, boys,

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Speaker 1: Bucky start us off. I know we're gonna do two

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Speaker 1: takeaways from each game. We kind of roll through these. Uh,

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Speaker 1: you've got the the Houston Buffalo takeaways. Fireaway, Deshaun Watson

478
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Speaker 1: erases all of the Texans flaws. Deshan calling for the

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Speaker 1: paum on second and six with the Bills forty four.

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Speaker 1: Here's the snap, Here's a blitz, Watson in trouble. Watson

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Speaker 1: escapes to the right side and Watson pros at the

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Speaker 1: Jones went against side forty thirty five. Party it's rudy

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Speaker 1: five twenty fifteen and driving that time yard line. What

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Speaker 1: a play them. Chefson does it again and he fives Tarwan.

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Speaker 1: Jones are a huge catching along to get the Texas

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Speaker 1: in field goal range. You know, when I look at

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Speaker 1: this Houston Texas team, I mean they drive me crazy.

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Speaker 1: They drive me crazy to watch their offense because I

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Speaker 1: feel like they're kind of scattershot, they kind of all

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Speaker 1: over the place. However, what I love about them is

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Speaker 1: at Deshaun Watson is the ultimate racer. No matter what

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Speaker 1: is being called, no matter how Bill O'Brien deviates from

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Speaker 1: the game playing, they don't run the ball, they throw

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Speaker 1: it every time. They're doing all kinds of long, drawing

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Speaker 1: out routes that really put Deshaun Watson at risk. To

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Speaker 1: get beat up. The quarterback makes them right, and it

497
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Speaker 1: really makes them right in the latter stages of the game.

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Speaker 1: So I think with Deshaun Watson, you can ignore the

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Speaker 1: way that he comes out, whether he's hot or not.

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Speaker 1: It's the way that he plays in the third and

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Speaker 1: fourth quarter that really matters. When you talk about a

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Speaker 1: franchise quarterback. The definition of a franchise quarterback is being

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Speaker 1: able to elevate the team when the team really needs it.

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Speaker 1: When this team was down and every down six or whatever,

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Speaker 1: he made every play to bring them back. It wasn't

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Speaker 1: the prettiest performance for him, but it certainly was one

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Speaker 1: of the more gutty performances that I've seen from him. Yeah, look, Buck,

508
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Speaker 1: when I when I watched that football game, I was

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Speaker 1: actually watching that. I was on a little, a little

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Speaker 1: trip with the family. We were watching that as a

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Speaker 1: family in there together, and well, literally one of my

512
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Speaker 1: kids said, when is the bathroom break? Did we get

513
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Speaker 1: a bathroom break? That they couldn't could You couldn't peel

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Speaker 1: your eyes off the tv because of what he was doing, Like,

515
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Speaker 1: you couldn't leave the room to even go to the

516
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Speaker 1: restroom because it was so fun to watch him play. Now,

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Speaker 1: I went back and watch the seven sacks. Six of

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Speaker 1: the seven sacks are on Watson, where he's got to

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Speaker 1: get rid of the football. He's got opportunities to get

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Speaker 1: the ball away, he doesn't do it. The other sack

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Speaker 1: was on the tight end, So you get up seven

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Speaker 1: sacks in the game, and really you make a strong

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Speaker 1: argument none of them are on the offensive line. But

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Speaker 1: you live with those, You live with those negative plays

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Speaker 1: from de Sean because you know the magic is coming

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Speaker 1: um and that was what happened. He made a miraculous play,

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Speaker 1: uh to win them that football game. And you just

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Speaker 1: get the sense when he was in college, all the

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Speaker 1: way into the NFL, if the game, if there's a

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Speaker 1: big moment in the game, he is gonna rise to

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Speaker 1: meet it because he does it. Yeah, I mean, that's

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Speaker 1: that's kind of now. Early on, you felt like I

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Speaker 1: miss the Colts game last year in a wild card

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Speaker 1: round all over again. They can't score uh and thankfully

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Speaker 1: they're deep. Texas defense actually played well enough to keep

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Speaker 1: touchdowns off the board for the majority after that first

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Speaker 1: drive at least. And then the game turned on that J. J.

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Speaker 1: Watt play, that sack that forced a fuel goal instead

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Speaker 1: of continuing a drive after the DeAndre Hopkins fumble. I mean,

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Speaker 1: that's huge, and the game flipped there. That crowd got

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Speaker 1: into it in Houston and all of a sudden things

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Speaker 1: started going their way here they started playing better. Uh,

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Speaker 1: Mike Silver, you know a really nice article on the

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Speaker 1: UH on Watson's magic at the end of the game

545
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Speaker 1: and so on the on V play, the play that

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Speaker 1: we're all talking about where he gets hit twice, avoids

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Speaker 1: the sack, hits Taiwan Jones. By the way, anybody didny

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Speaker 1: Mody realized he was stilling that. I mean, he was

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Speaker 1: on that had no idea. I remember I remember going

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Speaker 1: to his pro day. I was at his pro day. Well,

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's been the league it seems like ten years,

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Speaker 1: but the league almost ten years. I didn't even in

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Speaker 1: the game. I didn't even seem in the game outside

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Speaker 1: of that play anyway. That's one thing. So on the play,

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Speaker 1: this is what Watson's telling Silver. Uh, he knew he

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Speaker 1: wanted to go to Hopkins on a hot route because

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Speaker 1: he kind of he kind of felt a zero blitz

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Speaker 1: coming at that point, and you had tarde Abous White

559
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Speaker 1: back there in coverage looked like on Hopkins. But he

560
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Speaker 1: also saw Kevin Johnson, former first round pick of the

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Speaker 1: Texans a few years back out of Wake Forest, is

562
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Speaker 1: now with the Hills and and he was like, I

563
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Speaker 1: know that I knew that Kevin Johnson knew our signal

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Speaker 1: that I was gonna give the hop and I was

565
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Speaker 1: afraid he was gonna try to bait me into throw

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Speaker 1: into the back and then jump in front of Hopkins.

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Speaker 1: And so basically the two the two areas that he

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Speaker 1: was gonna be able to go to he felt like

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Speaker 1: he didn't have, so he knew he was gonna take

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Speaker 1: the hit, and then he felt like he was gonna

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Speaker 1: be able to withstand the hit, you know, and then

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Speaker 1: improvise and make that play. And I mean for all

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Speaker 1: that to go through your head right there, and those

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Speaker 1: split seconds as you're about to take that snap and

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Speaker 1: you take that snap and you hit, you get hit

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Speaker 1: twice and you bounce out of it. And I just

577
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Speaker 1: thought he was gonna run it. I thought he's gonna

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Speaker 1: run and he's up firing it to Taiwan Jones and

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Speaker 1: then Jones ends up getting all the way downside of five.

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Speaker 1: I mean, that was crazy. Those are some insane place

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Speaker 1: Alan made some insane place too. I mean, Josh did

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Speaker 1: I mean scrambling out, you know, outflanking the Texans defense

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Speaker 1: and overtime and throwing it back to Devin Singletary on

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Speaker 1: that third down. I mean, those are some huge plays. Uh.

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Speaker 1: And and here's the last thing I'll say about it.

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Speaker 1: The Texans dbs are gonna have to play a whole

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Speaker 1: lot better against this Chief's offense. I mean, I think

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Speaker 1: we saw that he dropped Ruby dropped maybe two pick

589
00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:12,200
Speaker 1: six is uh in that game, but their receivers were

590
00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:15,159
Speaker 1: bad hands. I think this and one day DJ to

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Speaker 1: be great to go back and talk about the lessons

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Speaker 1: that we've learned from our previous draft classes. The Deshaun

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Speaker 1: Watson thing, to me is something that's fascinating. Because we

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Speaker 1: talked about past performance really predicting future results. We have

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Speaker 1: seen Deshaun Watson do this like anyone who tracked him

596
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Speaker 1: from every time high school to college to now, Like

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Speaker 1: he is doing the same exact stuff that he has

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Speaker 1: always done. And at some point maybe we have to

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Speaker 1: take coaches at their word because dab both said that

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Speaker 1: he is Michael Jordan of this, and we're seeing that

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Speaker 1: he does have some of those Jordan like qualities when

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Speaker 1: it comes to making these big plays in critical moments. Now,

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Speaker 1: he's got a flair for the dramatic every single time

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Speaker 1: he always delivers. All right, what's the takeaway on the

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Speaker 1: Buffalo side, book, Josh Allen isn't quite ready for prom time.

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Speaker 1: Snap Josh Jallen takes some book pressure, pressure can't get

607
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Speaker 1: away from back. In his own thirty d yard nine,

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00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:10,119
Speaker 1: he is put down like Jacob Martin. It's gonna hurt. Look, man,

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Speaker 1: I've warmed to the idea of Josh Allen being able

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Speaker 1: to play in the National Football League in the style

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Speaker 1: that he plays. It's a little chaotic, it's a little

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Speaker 1: more run centric than anyone would have predicted watching him

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Speaker 1: at Wyoming. But it has worked for the Buffalo Bills. However,

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Speaker 1: the way that he plays it gives them a very

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00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:31,440
Speaker 1: narrow path to victory because I feel, like Brian dave

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Speaker 1: Ball in the offensive staff, they have to do so

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00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:36,919
Speaker 1: many things to kind of keep it um in a

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Speaker 1: way where he doesn't have to get out of source,

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Speaker 1: and I think what we saw in the fourth quarter

620
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Speaker 1: when the game gets fast, I don't know if his

621
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Speaker 1: mind can process faster to make the sound decisions that

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Speaker 1: franchise quarterbacks have to make. He can get away with

623
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Speaker 1: the athleticism and the running around and those things, but

624
00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:58,399
Speaker 1: at some point every game gets to a point where

625
00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:00,719
Speaker 1: you have to be able to deal and consistently from

626
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Speaker 1: the pocket. I just don't know if Josh Allen is

627
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Speaker 1: at that point where you can do that. And until

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Speaker 1: he's able to do that, I think there's a limitation

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Speaker 1: on how far the Buffalo Bills can go. Let me

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00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:13,719
Speaker 1: just kind of put this, uh kind of succinctly here

631
00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:16,440
Speaker 1: my thoughts on on Josh Allen. Really for all young quarterbacks,

632
00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:20,200
Speaker 1: I think there's three phases to playing the position. Hopefully

633
00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:23,000
Speaker 1: you can graduate to each one. First of all, what

634
00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:25,880
Speaker 1: are we doing right? What what's the play called? Where

635
00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:29,240
Speaker 1: are my guys going? What are we doing? Secondly, what

636
00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:31,440
Speaker 1: is the defense trying to do? What are they doing?

637
00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:33,920
Speaker 1: And so you understand what you're doing, then you understand

638
00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:36,399
Speaker 1: what the defense is doing. And then this is the

639
00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:39,600
Speaker 1: next step in the evolution is is what is the situation?

640
00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:43,000
Speaker 1: And I think that as you gain more experience, you

641
00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:45,920
Speaker 1: will be able to take that that focus on each

642
00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:48,760
Speaker 1: individual play. Here's the call, Here's what we're doing, Here's

643
00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:51,080
Speaker 1: what they're doing. But man, I cannot take a sack here,

644
00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:53,440
Speaker 1: I cannot turn the ball over if it's not there.

645
00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:56,160
Speaker 1: Get the ball out there's this much time left. I

646
00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:59,080
Speaker 1: can't fumble the ball here. The lateral was insane. It

647
00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:02,160
Speaker 1: was just a reckless type play. But there's a focus,

648
00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:05,840
Speaker 1: like a situational focus. I think that comes only with experience.

649
00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:08,280
Speaker 1: I don't think you you just enter the NFL and

650
00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:10,320
Speaker 1: you have that. I think you've got to get comfortable

651
00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:12,280
Speaker 1: what you're doing, what they're doing, and then you can

652
00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:16,000
Speaker 1: graduate to having that situational awareness and focusus focus Buck,

653
00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:18,080
Speaker 1: because I think that's what's missing right now with a

654
00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:21,120
Speaker 1: young quarterback. It's funny that you mentioned this, um because

655
00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:23,640
Speaker 1: what you're talking about the three phases, I don't know.

656
00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:27,040
Speaker 1: There's an article in the Washington Post about Deshaun Watson

657
00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:30,400
Speaker 1: uh learning how to play chess in the offseason to

658
00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:32,760
Speaker 1: help his game as a quarterback. The guy that he

659
00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:35,440
Speaker 1: trains with is one of my friends, Seth Makowski. And

660
00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:37,600
Speaker 1: what Seth does and actually debrace it that I have

661
00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:40,840
Speaker 1: on because we train or whatever it says threats and

662
00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:43,520
Speaker 1: attacks and what you're talking about in terms of the

663
00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:46,560
Speaker 1: three phases, he oh, Seth always tells me on the

664
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Speaker 1: chess board is the first thing that you have to

665
00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:50,160
Speaker 1: be able to do is assess where the threats are

666
00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:52,680
Speaker 1: where you threatened, Where can they attack? Where can they

667
00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:56,040
Speaker 1: hit you? Where you exposed? The second part of that

668
00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:59,160
Speaker 1: is how can I attack how they're going to attack me?

669
00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:03,280
Speaker 1: John Allen in terms of what we're doing, he understands

670
00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:06,000
Speaker 1: what he's doing, but he hasn't quite got to the

671
00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:09,040
Speaker 1: point of this is what's coming, this is how I'm

672
00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:13,640
Speaker 1: going to attack it. And with that also takes situational awareness.

673
00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:16,320
Speaker 1: So you're right the third phase, the second and third

674
00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:20,960
Speaker 1: phases of what your three phase theory is. Josh Allen

675
00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:23,200
Speaker 1: has to really really work on that part of it.

676
00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:26,080
Speaker 1: He's gotten better at phase two, but for them to win,

677
00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:29,800
Speaker 1: he has to kill it in phase three. Situation awareness

678
00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:32,600
Speaker 1: of not only what the game situation is, but what

679
00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:34,479
Speaker 1: are they trying to do to me. If he can

680
00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:37,040
Speaker 1: ever master that phase, that's when the Buffalo Bills will

681
00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:39,800
Speaker 1: go from good to great with him at quarterback, no doubt.

682
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Speaker 1: All Right, let's get to this next game here. I've

683
00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:44,640
Speaker 1: got the Titans and the Patriots. I'll start my first

684
00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:47,040
Speaker 1: takeaway here on the Tennessee side, and that's the game

685
00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:55,040
Speaker 1: just shrinks when you've got Derrick Henry Tannehiller. Let's ay

686
00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:59,520
Speaker 1: j Brown in motion and tail back Henriett left guard

687
00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:05,480
Speaker 1: seck An Effort Henry, and we've got a type ald

688
00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:08,720
Speaker 1: game with the point Ndick. That's a great answer. That's

689
00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:12,120
Speaker 1: a great answer. Seventy five yard drive and a half.

690
00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:16,080
Speaker 1: That's exactly what the Titans needed. Yeah, Derrick Henry thirty

691
00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:19,600
Speaker 1: four for a buck eighty two. Uh, that's a franchise record.

692
00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:22,800
Speaker 1: Hunter eight two yards only through for seventy two yards

693
00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:26,320
Speaker 1: Danihill did uh the longest of those completions, by the way,

694
00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:29,240
Speaker 1: to guess who, Uh, Derrick Henry. But my my thing

695
00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:31,600
Speaker 1: with the Titans, they shortened this game. They didn't even

696
00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:34,120
Speaker 1: play that well ht, I'll go to this you on

697
00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:36,840
Speaker 1: this one. Uh. They didn't have any sacks of Tom Brady.

698
00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:39,280
Speaker 1: A J. Brown had one catch for four yards. I

699
00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:42,880
Speaker 1: mentioned Tannehill didn't throw for a hundred yards. UM. They

700
00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:44,719
Speaker 1: were only in the red zone twice. They cashed in

701
00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:46,120
Speaker 1: both those. I thought that was a big key they

702
00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:47,880
Speaker 1: were able to finish their drives with the Patriots were

703
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:49,840
Speaker 1: one of three in the red zone, one passed play

704
00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:51,920
Speaker 1: over twenty yards. I mean, this was not the best

705
00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:54,560
Speaker 1: of the Tennessee Titans, but this was a way that

706
00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:55,920
Speaker 1: they just went in there and said, we're just gonna

707
00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:57,840
Speaker 1: beat you up, and that's what Derrick Henry allowed them

708
00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:00,880
Speaker 1: to do, and they did. I think no better evidence

709
00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:04,080
Speaker 1: than how he basically carried them on that entire two

710
00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:06,680
Speaker 1: minute drill at the end of the first half. I mean,

711
00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:09,920
Speaker 1: he's had sixty six carries the last two weeks. He's

712
00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:12,080
Speaker 1: been the entirety of their offense. Wasn't this game. I

713
00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:14,440
Speaker 1: mean the fact that Tannell at eight completions in this game,

714
00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:18,040
Speaker 1: eight for seventy two yards. Uh, you know, I I

715
00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:20,920
Speaker 1: think just says at all where the state of the

716
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:24,160
Speaker 1: Patriots you know, has been at their offense couldn't overcome

717
00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:28,200
Speaker 1: that their offense couldn't overcome um, you know, those points

718
00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:32,120
Speaker 1: in that game. And I look, I think that that's

719
00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:36,000
Speaker 1: going to be a beneficial for the Titans going up

720
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:38,680
Speaker 1: here against the Ravens next next But I don't think

721
00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:42,480
Speaker 1: it's enough against the team of that caliber. We've talked

722
00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:45,760
Speaker 1: about a little bit ahead. I was gonna say, but

723
00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:47,120
Speaker 1: before you get in here, I want to run my

724
00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:49,160
Speaker 1: next bite here because these two things trying to go together,

725
00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:50,560
Speaker 1: and I want to get your thoughts on both of them,

726
00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:53,239
Speaker 1: because my new Yngland takeaways was the fact that they

727
00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:56,760
Speaker 1: are just void of offensive playmakers. Life behind Brandy trying

728
00:32:56,800 --> 00:33:00,320
Speaker 1: a bunch left before emotions to their life to join

729
00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:04,520
Speaker 1: dor set drop that short set a drops on the

730
00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:08,480
Speaker 1: marsh side at the five yard line, turning to run

731
00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:11,640
Speaker 1: before completing the catch. At a bunch of those this year,

732
00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:14,800
Speaker 1: because they've been a couple of them tonight, not by

733
00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:18,120
Speaker 1: ed him in a couple, but that's his first to

734
00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:21,440
Speaker 1: go with a big drop by Harry. You know, DJ

735
00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:24,600
Speaker 1: is funny that you talk about the Patriots not having

736
00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:26,640
Speaker 1: enough offensive playmate, because I think the thing that was

737
00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:28,280
Speaker 1: the theme of this game and really is the theme

738
00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:32,760
Speaker 1: of the playoffs. Um the scoring is at a premium,

739
00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:36,000
Speaker 1: the explosive plays are at a premium in playoff games,

740
00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:38,640
Speaker 1: the defense, all the balls that we see flying around

741
00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:41,400
Speaker 1: during the regular season. The game grinds to a halt

742
00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:45,440
Speaker 1: in the postseason. And what I saw the Tennessee Titans

743
00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:48,280
Speaker 1: made it grind to a halt because Derrick Henry and

744
00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:50,280
Speaker 1: the running game being able to control it, being able

745
00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:52,120
Speaker 1: to kind of play the clock management game. Mike were

746
00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:55,040
Speaker 1: abre doing a great job of understanding the situation and

747
00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:57,480
Speaker 1: how they wanted to play it and then with the Patriots,

748
00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:01,160
Speaker 1: the Patriots just couldn't score enough points. We go back

749
00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:05,440
Speaker 1: and we look at their regular season. They were unbeaten

750
00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:09,239
Speaker 1: when they held teams to seventeen points or fewer, but

751
00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:13,279
Speaker 1: they were winless when teams scored seventeen or more. That

752
00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:16,360
Speaker 1: is a tremendous amount of pressure on your defense to

753
00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:18,680
Speaker 1: always have to play the perfect game. And it is

754
00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:21,640
Speaker 1: because they are playing with one hand behind their back,

755
00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:24,600
Speaker 1: because they don't have the luxury have knowing their offense

756
00:34:24,640 --> 00:34:26,879
Speaker 1: can get them twenty to twenty four points a game.

757
00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:28,719
Speaker 1: And that's something that we had never seen from the

758
00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:31,640
Speaker 1: New England Patriots. Who are the blue players? We talked

759
00:34:31,640 --> 00:34:33,400
Speaker 1: about this all the time, like when you're doing an

760
00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:35,360
Speaker 1: advanced report and you're trying to figure out who are

761
00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:38,160
Speaker 1: you worried about? Who are the blue players? Uh, they don't.

762
00:34:38,200 --> 00:34:40,120
Speaker 1: They don't have any blue chip players. I mean Edelman,

763
00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:43,080
Speaker 1: Edelman is a really good player. I don't know. I

764
00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:45,759
Speaker 1: mean I don't at full speeding up, at full straight,

765
00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:50,719
Speaker 1: he was not the way he was this year at

766
00:34:50,719 --> 00:34:52,120
Speaker 1: the end of the season. I should say so. I

767
00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:54,759
Speaker 1: just man, they've they've no matter what they do in

768
00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:57,080
Speaker 1: the offseason, We'll see Tom Brady decides what he wants

769
00:34:57,080 --> 00:34:58,400
Speaker 1: to do where they wants to come back or not.

770
00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:01,000
Speaker 1: Maybe it's a total h Well, that's gonna turn this

771
00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:03,319
Speaker 1: foster over and try and rebuild it. Haven't had to

772
00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:07,080
Speaker 1: do it in twenty years, which is remarkable. But maybe

773
00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:09,120
Speaker 1: that's maybe that's where they are. But they they need

774
00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:11,040
Speaker 1: some dudes, man, they just don't have enough dudes. That

775
00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:14,120
Speaker 1: would be the story, right, I mean that that storyline

776
00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:16,960
Speaker 1: of the fact that they need to upgrade their playmakers

777
00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:20,200
Speaker 1: in a big way will be backseat to what will

778
00:35:20,239 --> 00:35:24,880
Speaker 1: be front page drama for the watch four months. You

779
00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:26,719
Speaker 1: know what, what in the world of the Patriots gonna

780
00:35:26,719 --> 00:35:30,480
Speaker 1: do Belichick, Brady the whole thing? Um, So that that's

781
00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:32,200
Speaker 1: gonna be And I don't have a I don't have

782
00:35:32,239 --> 00:35:33,640
Speaker 1: a read on it yet. I don't have a take

783
00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:35,560
Speaker 1: on it other than the fact that Brady says it's

784
00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:38,279
Speaker 1: unlikely he's gonna retire, uh, and that there were really

785
00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:41,280
Speaker 1: no questions to Belichick on whether he wanted to continue coaching.

786
00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:44,160
Speaker 1: I feel like that's just assumed. Um, he hasn't given

787
00:35:44,239 --> 00:35:47,240
Speaker 1: us any indication otherwise. So can they do it? Apart

788
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:49,799
Speaker 1: are they gonna keep doing it together and then we

789
00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:51,799
Speaker 1: could talk about all right, they need to figure out

790
00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:54,440
Speaker 1: how to how to help this, help help Brady out here.

791
00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:58,040
Speaker 1: But until then, it's gonna be fun to watch. Yeah,

792
00:35:58,080 --> 00:36:00,120
Speaker 1: So I'll get you to uh, you know, may be

793
00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:03,960
Speaker 1: one of the most surprising games of the weekend in

794
00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:06,920
Speaker 1: its entirety, and that was the Saints Vikings game. And

795
00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:09,800
Speaker 1: we'll start with the Vikings proving clutch in key moments.

796
00:36:10,080 --> 00:36:12,879
Speaker 1: Here we go one receiver left, three right, Cousins shot

797
00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:15,400
Speaker 1: gun Dalvin Cook to his lap, third and goal from

798
00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:19,239
Speaker 1: the floor. Kirk takes the snap. We'll try Faye leapt

799
00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:31,239
Speaker 1: and zone and it is call fields amazing decision by

800
00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:33,560
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins. He saw the all all plich, you knew

801
00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:36,120
Speaker 1: he had Rudolph one on one with the corner Rudy

802
00:36:36,239 --> 00:36:40,399
Speaker 1: and just true the chump bar. What a beautiful throw.

803
00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:44,080
Speaker 1: I mean, two best throws of Kirk cousins career happened

804
00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:46,080
Speaker 1: on the forty three yarder Adam Feeling to get him

805
00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:48,960
Speaker 1: inside the five and then uh look perfectly placed one

806
00:36:48,960 --> 00:36:52,080
Speaker 1: on one coverage to Kyle Rudolph for the walk off winner. Uh.

807
00:36:52,080 --> 00:36:53,759
Speaker 1: And we'll get to to what it all means for

808
00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:55,640
Speaker 1: the Saints here in just a bit. But I go

809
00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:58,360
Speaker 1: back to the very beginning of this game. Uh, you know,

810
00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:01,000
Speaker 1: leave you can leave the whole Cousin's narratives out of it.

811
00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:04,759
Speaker 1: Adam Feeling fumbled the ball on the Vikings first possession

812
00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:08,319
Speaker 1: in Saints territory. Saints get the ball and they don't

813
00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:10,239
Speaker 1: get a touchdown out of it. I think that's that's

814
00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:11,759
Speaker 1: another part of the story there for the Saints that

815
00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:13,879
Speaker 1: we'll get into, but that that team could have gone

816
00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:16,640
Speaker 1: into a shell and they could have folded amidst the

817
00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:20,200
Speaker 1: insane energy and atmosphere in New Orleans with that place

818
00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:22,800
Speaker 1: rock in after they force a fumble in their first possession,

819
00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:27,920
Speaker 1: I mean, and somehow they weather the storm. They proved

820
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:30,719
Speaker 1: clutch in key moments you go. I mean talking about

821
00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:32,320
Speaker 1: Feeland had the rough first half. He also had to

822
00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:34,880
Speaker 1: drop past near midfield. He had a holding call on

823
00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:37,800
Speaker 1: a big run from Dalvin Cook. They got a call back, Uh,

824
00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:40,160
Speaker 1: and then you know, Cousins goes back to him, kept

825
00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:42,080
Speaker 1: going back to him, and then in the biggest spot

826
00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:43,960
Speaker 1: in not t goes back to him there. I thought

827
00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:47,360
Speaker 1: the Vikings coaching staff was clutch in this game. In

828
00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:50,680
Speaker 1: their plan. Uh, not just on offense, but on defense,

829
00:37:50,719 --> 00:37:53,560
Speaker 1: moving to Neil Hunter, Everson Griffin around to take advantage

830
00:37:53,560 --> 00:37:56,360
Speaker 1: of maybe some of the inadequacies of the interior. The

831
00:37:56,360 --> 00:38:00,400
Speaker 1: Saints offensive line caused them problems all day long. Uh,

832
00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:03,920
Speaker 1: they limited Breeze. The seventy yards passing through three quarters.

833
00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:07,080
Speaker 1: That does not happen, especially at home. If not for

834
00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:10,200
Speaker 1: Taysom Hill, the Vikings would have run away with this game.

835
00:38:10,239 --> 00:38:12,959
Speaker 1: I mean Taysom Hill was the catalyst. He was all

836
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:16,200
Speaker 1: they were doing on offense through the air, on the ground. Uh,

837
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:19,120
Speaker 1: in the blocking game, I mean that that was that

838
00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:21,120
Speaker 1: was crazy. And then offensively they were as committed to

839
00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:23,520
Speaker 1: the run game as I've seen, particularly if you guys

840
00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:27,120
Speaker 1: were watching on first downs. They got drives off to

841
00:38:27,239 --> 00:38:30,760
Speaker 1: a positive start, especially in the first half with chunk

842
00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:33,799
Speaker 1: plays from Dalvin Cook. I mean Daln Cook had over

843
00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:36,480
Speaker 1: seventy yards rushing in the first half, fifty eight of

844
00:38:36,520 --> 00:38:39,000
Speaker 1: it was on first down runs. You talk about what

845
00:38:39,080 --> 00:38:42,000
Speaker 1: it means for an offense to start a drive in

846
00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:45,440
Speaker 1: positive fashion, that's big, and they they continue doing. I

847
00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:47,480
Speaker 1: fell off a bit in the fourth quarter, but man,

848
00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:50,239
Speaker 1: I was impressed with how they played in Key moments. Yeah,

849
00:38:50,239 --> 00:38:51,960
Speaker 1: I thought it was a really, really impressive game, but

850
00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:53,920
Speaker 1: for the Minnesota Vikings. And I don't know if Mike

851
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:57,160
Speaker 1: Zimmer will get enough credit for the defensive game plan. Uh,

852
00:38:57,280 --> 00:38:59,759
Speaker 1: Mike Zimmer lost two of his key players. He lost

853
00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:02,399
Speaker 1: as the Alexander, he lost Mike Hughes, didn't have those

854
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:05,040
Speaker 1: guys available. What it made him do he had to

855
00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:07,960
Speaker 1: change up his entire game plan and he talked about

856
00:39:07,960 --> 00:39:10,400
Speaker 1: this after the game. He talked about how, look, we

857
00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:12,839
Speaker 1: couldn't do our normal stuff. We had to mix and

858
00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:15,400
Speaker 1: that gives them a steady dose of everything. And so

859
00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:18,480
Speaker 1: the multiple fronts, the multiple looks, the different coverage, Uh,

860
00:39:18,719 --> 00:39:20,920
Speaker 1: the times they elected to bring pressure to times they

861
00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:24,520
Speaker 1: bluffed and brought it out. It just disrupted the rhythm

862
00:39:24,640 --> 00:39:28,160
Speaker 1: of the New Orleans Saints. And then the strategy on

863
00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:32,040
Speaker 1: the other side, playing keep away with Dalvin Cook really

864
00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:35,080
Speaker 1: dominating the first down plays and being able to run

865
00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:37,120
Speaker 1: the ball or whatever. And even though the Saints kind

866
00:39:37,120 --> 00:39:39,439
Speaker 1: of corralled and slowed it down in the second half,

867
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:42,320
Speaker 1: it enabled Kirk Cousins to get off to a good start.

868
00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:44,680
Speaker 1: He was able to throw some play action passes, they

869
00:39:44,719 --> 00:39:47,200
Speaker 1: took some shots and it was the wheels were in

870
00:39:47,239 --> 00:39:49,239
Speaker 1: motion for this game plan to kind of play out

871
00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:52,520
Speaker 1: in terms of being a fourth quarter game. Great game plan.

872
00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:54,320
Speaker 1: And I know we're talking about the Saints and how

873
00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:56,319
Speaker 1: they just kind of left some meat on the bowl,

874
00:39:56,640 --> 00:39:59,520
Speaker 1: But if you're the Minnesota Vikings, you know that this

875
00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:02,719
Speaker 1: game land can certainly travel, it can be problematic for

876
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:05,560
Speaker 1: other teams that they will face in the postseason. Well,

877
00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:07,440
Speaker 1: my takeaway on this kind of going along with the

878
00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:10,799
Speaker 1: Vikings is we always talk about the importance of drafting

879
00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:13,439
Speaker 1: and fit, you know, the scheme, fit the player fit.

880
00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:15,759
Speaker 1: And when I look at this Vikings team and I

881
00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:18,960
Speaker 1: look at the offense with with Stefanski, Gary Kubiak and

882
00:40:19,160 --> 00:40:22,040
Speaker 1: Rick Dennison coming in there, um, the way they want

883
00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:24,400
Speaker 1: to run that zone. So you go get Garrett Bradberry,

884
00:40:24,440 --> 00:40:28,160
Speaker 1: who was unbelievable at the second level in this game

885
00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:30,680
Speaker 1: with what he was able to do. Kirk Cousins, this

886
00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:33,399
Speaker 1: is a scheme he excelled at in Washington. He's very

887
00:40:33,440 --> 00:40:37,600
Speaker 1: comfortable in this offense. Dalvin Cook was made to run

888
00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:41,239
Speaker 1: in this offense. Their personnel perfectly fits the scheme that

889
00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:43,840
Speaker 1: they have. Um, So I love that fit that they have.

890
00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:45,680
Speaker 1: And then I was just going back through look at

891
00:40:45,719 --> 00:40:48,239
Speaker 1: you know, I do these Charger games called their games, uh.

892
00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:50,160
Speaker 1: During the year, I don't get to see every playoff team,

893
00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:52,000
Speaker 1: but I'll give you the teams that I've seen this

894
00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:54,880
Speaker 1: year in person and buck. We always talk about the

895
00:40:54,920 --> 00:40:57,160
Speaker 1: importance of the eye test. When you go see these

896
00:40:57,160 --> 00:40:58,640
Speaker 1: teams in person, you watch all the tape. When you

897
00:40:58,640 --> 00:41:00,560
Speaker 1: see him in person, you get a feel for a speed,

898
00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:03,120
Speaker 1: for everything that they can bring to the table. I

899
00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:06,439
Speaker 1: saw this Chargers team play against the Texans. I saw

900
00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:08,680
Speaker 1: him play against the Titans. I saw him play against

901
00:41:08,719 --> 00:41:10,719
Speaker 1: the Packers. I saw him play against the Chiefs, saw

902
00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:14,120
Speaker 1: him play against the Vikings. The Vikings were by far

903
00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:17,239
Speaker 1: the most impressive team when you go down there and

904
00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:19,239
Speaker 1: watch them run around and warm ups, when you sit

905
00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:21,600
Speaker 1: up there and watch the game in live in person,

906
00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:24,600
Speaker 1: with the speed that they have on defense. Dalvin Cook

907
00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:27,120
Speaker 1: got hurt in that game. I don't even remember him

908
00:41:27,160 --> 00:41:31,200
Speaker 1: playing in that game, and they still they just everything

909
00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:34,359
Speaker 1: from the scheme, uh, to just how athletic they were.

910
00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:37,440
Speaker 1: Da Neil Hunter was unbelievable in that game. They this

911
00:41:37,520 --> 00:41:40,759
Speaker 1: is a super Bowl caliber team. It's really really a

912
00:41:40,840 --> 00:41:43,080
Speaker 1: good football team. We shouldn't be so surprised they went

913
00:41:43,080 --> 00:41:45,880
Speaker 1: in there and got this done. No, but watching the

914
00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:49,360
Speaker 1: way the Saints had played, especially in this last quarter

915
00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:52,000
Speaker 1: of the regular season, led you to believe that they

916
00:41:52,040 --> 00:41:55,400
Speaker 1: were earmarked for a deep postseason run, which makes the

917
00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:58,840
Speaker 1: takeaway here, Uh, you know, all the more surprising that

918
00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:03,279
Speaker 1: the Saints were doomed by uncharacteristic mistakes. But he's back

919
00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:05,919
Speaker 1: in in the gun two by two formations. He's talking

920
00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:08,800
Speaker 1: to the receivers out why gets the snap off, drops

921
00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:10,719
Speaker 1: back and looks the throne near side. Now he's gotta

922
00:42:10,719 --> 00:42:14,360
Speaker 1: scramble it follows out. It's on the ground in Minnesota.

923
00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:18,399
Speaker 1: Looks like they have recovered it. He went on, who

924
00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:21,680
Speaker 1: wanted to hit Michael Thomas on that ground? He didn't

925
00:42:21,719 --> 00:42:24,719
Speaker 1: get to check. Mike didn't get it. You got to

926
00:42:24,800 --> 00:42:30,800
Speaker 1: be kidding. Balls knocked out right there at the end,

927
00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:35,080
Speaker 1: kid Man and Drew Brees went on on that to

928
00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:37,799
Speaker 1: say after the game, on that particular play, there was

929
00:42:37,840 --> 00:42:42,839
Speaker 1: a miscommunication and Daniel Hunter comes in, Saxon ball comes out,

930
00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:45,960
Speaker 1: and that's a scoring opportunity for the Saints, you know,

931
00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:48,000
Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter at a time where they needed it.

932
00:42:48,320 --> 00:42:51,520
Speaker 1: And again that's one of those uncharacteristic mistake mistakes. This

933
00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:53,960
Speaker 1: was a team that's set an NFL record for the

934
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:57,239
Speaker 1: fewest turnovers in a season. They had eight all year.

935
00:42:57,640 --> 00:43:00,520
Speaker 1: They had never had a multiple turnover game all year.

936
00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:02,600
Speaker 1: They had two turners in this game. So I'll go

937
00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:05,839
Speaker 1: back to the first half, just north of the two

938
00:43:05,840 --> 00:43:08,520
Speaker 1: minute warning. Saints were driving to had an opportunity here

939
00:43:08,680 --> 00:43:12,080
Speaker 1: actually just have plenty of time and they could have

940
00:43:12,120 --> 00:43:14,439
Speaker 1: just waited, you know, could have let the two minute

941
00:43:14,440 --> 00:43:17,160
Speaker 1: warning hit, kind of collect themselves. Instead, they kind of

942
00:43:17,239 --> 00:43:20,799
Speaker 1: rushed that play, ends up being Drew Brees, forcing it

943
00:43:20,800 --> 00:43:23,480
Speaker 1: into double coverage with Ted gin downfield, ends up being

944
00:43:23,520 --> 00:43:27,120
Speaker 1: picked Vikings then marched down the field score a touchdown,

945
00:43:27,520 --> 00:43:29,400
Speaker 1: and then you know, a great kick returned by the

946
00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:31,440
Speaker 1: Saints on the ensuing kick, and they missed the field

947
00:43:31,440 --> 00:43:33,920
Speaker 1: goal that would have sent it tied at thirteen thirteen

948
00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:37,320
Speaker 1: at the half. And and then you know, Sean Payton

949
00:43:37,400 --> 00:43:39,600
Speaker 1: is one of the best coaches in football. I think,

950
00:43:39,760 --> 00:43:42,279
Speaker 1: you know everyone it's easy to armchair quarterback and to

951
00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:45,520
Speaker 1: have you know, hindsight can be. But the clock management

952
00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:47,080
Speaker 1: at the end of the game was just a little odd.

953
00:43:47,280 --> 00:43:49,640
Speaker 1: I guess I understand the point. You want to milk

954
00:43:49,680 --> 00:43:51,880
Speaker 1: as much clock if you're confident that you're going to

955
00:43:51,960 --> 00:43:54,920
Speaker 1: score here and score a touchdown at least and take

956
00:43:54,960 --> 00:43:56,600
Speaker 1: the lead to win, to go ahead and win the

957
00:43:56,600 --> 00:43:58,480
Speaker 1: game late, you don't want to leave any clock, right

958
00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:02,080
Speaker 1: But man, they called the time out after a second

959
00:44:02,080 --> 00:44:04,919
Speaker 1: down play for the Vikings that brought up a third

960
00:44:04,960 --> 00:44:08,040
Speaker 1: and ten um that stopped the clock, and then they

961
00:44:08,040 --> 00:44:10,360
Speaker 1: didn't call another time out when they had one after

962
00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:12,680
Speaker 1: the third down play when they had forced the fourth

963
00:44:12,680 --> 00:44:15,120
Speaker 1: down and the Vikings were gonna punt, so they let

964
00:44:15,120 --> 00:44:17,120
Speaker 1: the clock run down, and then on the punt return,

965
00:44:17,520 --> 00:44:20,239
Speaker 1: you waste the two minute warning as well. So now

966
00:44:20,280 --> 00:44:22,440
Speaker 1: you still got that time out though, right, Well, they

967
00:44:22,480 --> 00:44:25,440
Speaker 1: had multiple plays on that two minute drive at the

968
00:44:25,560 --> 00:44:28,759
Speaker 1: end where they're down a field goal, and you know

969
00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:31,040
Speaker 1: they had an opportunity that their guys were stopped in

970
00:44:31,120 --> 00:44:33,919
Speaker 1: bounds multiple times, and they just kept the time out.

971
00:44:34,280 --> 00:44:37,040
Speaker 1: They they sat on the time out, and then they're

972
00:44:37,080 --> 00:44:38,920
Speaker 1: trying to go up there and clock the ball. They

973
00:44:39,160 --> 00:44:41,320
Speaker 1: not everybody set, and they get a ten second runoff

974
00:44:41,760 --> 00:44:43,680
Speaker 1: and now instead of going for a touchdown, you're kicking

975
00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:46,239
Speaker 1: a field goal. Year that wasn't a gimme. Uh well,

976
00:44:46,320 --> 00:44:48,080
Speaker 1: let's end up making it from forty nine and now

977
00:44:48,080 --> 00:44:50,360
Speaker 1: you're going to overtime when you absolutely had time to

978
00:44:50,400 --> 00:44:52,560
Speaker 1: go in for a score um and had some of

979
00:44:52,600 --> 00:44:54,640
Speaker 1: their most impressive plays on that two minute dry. It

980
00:44:54,760 --> 00:44:58,439
Speaker 1: just they picked a bad time for their worst game.

981
00:44:58,640 --> 00:45:00,600
Speaker 1: I mean, that's all you can really say. That's all

982
00:45:00,640 --> 00:45:02,839
Speaker 1: you can really say. And and I think it goes

983
00:45:02,880 --> 00:45:06,040
Speaker 1: back to a phrase that coaches always talk about, more

984
00:45:06,080 --> 00:45:09,920
Speaker 1: games are lost than one, and the turnover Marriagin, the

985
00:45:09,920 --> 00:45:12,920
Speaker 1: turnover margin that you allude to is the biggest determining,

986
00:45:12,920 --> 00:45:15,200
Speaker 1: the biggest deciding factor in games. If you just win

987
00:45:15,239 --> 00:45:18,880
Speaker 1: the turnover margin by one, you went over sixty of

988
00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:22,520
Speaker 1: your games, and if it goes up significantly with each

989
00:45:22,520 --> 00:45:25,560
Speaker 1: additional turnover. And the fact that the Saints had two

990
00:45:25,640 --> 00:45:27,960
Speaker 1: turnovers after being one of the best teams in terms

991
00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:30,960
Speaker 1: of ball security, to me is really really surprising. But

992
00:45:31,000 --> 00:45:33,319
Speaker 1: then it kind of plays into a bigger thing, like,

993
00:45:33,400 --> 00:45:36,919
Speaker 1: for whatever reason, they didn't have their a game. And

994
00:45:37,200 --> 00:45:39,759
Speaker 1: when you see the sideline and you see some of

995
00:45:39,800 --> 00:45:42,600
Speaker 1: the chaos that appear to take place players bigger than

996
00:45:42,680 --> 00:45:45,440
Speaker 1: one another, I understand the pressure of the moment, But

997
00:45:45,520 --> 00:45:48,600
Speaker 1: it just didn't feel like to me, the Saints were

998
00:45:48,640 --> 00:45:51,240
Speaker 1: as composed as they needed to be. And I still

999
00:45:51,320 --> 00:45:54,200
Speaker 1: feel like there was a little hangover from the previous

1000
00:45:54,200 --> 00:45:58,360
Speaker 1: two years of failures that ratcheted up the pressure that

1001
00:45:58,440 --> 00:46:00,960
Speaker 1: this team felt when they were facing the VIC. Well,

1002
00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:02,640
Speaker 1: I agree with you, guys. I can't say any better

1003
00:46:02,640 --> 00:46:05,520
Speaker 1: than you just did. Let's move on to the last

1004
00:46:05,560 --> 00:46:07,160
Speaker 1: game there. I have nothing to add. You know you

1005
00:46:07,239 --> 00:46:10,040
Speaker 1: got it, you got it? Uh, all right, let's move

1006
00:46:10,080 --> 00:46:13,680
Speaker 1: on to the Eagles and the and the Seahawks. Here first,

1007
00:46:13,760 --> 00:46:17,840
Speaker 1: one h d K to the rescue. Now Lock goes

1008
00:46:17,880 --> 00:46:20,399
Speaker 1: in motion. Russell play fake. Now he's gonna throw down

1009
00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:23,160
Speaker 1: the middle, kind a man. Calf makes the catch, diving.

1010
00:46:23,560 --> 00:46:29,080
Speaker 1: He is in for a touchdown Seahawks. What a play

1011
00:46:29,239 --> 00:46:33,399
Speaker 1: by the rookie DC mid. Calf gets in behind the secondary,

1012
00:46:33,920 --> 00:46:37,000
Speaker 1: makes a diving catch, hits the ground, gets back up,

1013
00:46:37,200 --> 00:46:40,320
Speaker 1: and then bray the defender to the end zone fifty

1014
00:46:40,480 --> 00:46:45,279
Speaker 1: three yards. What a play by number fourteen? Hey, Buck,

1015
00:46:45,480 --> 00:46:48,920
Speaker 1: question for you, what holiday did we just celebrate? That

1016
00:46:49,040 --> 00:46:54,080
Speaker 1: was after Christmas? Yep? Yeah, so d K N y

1017
00:46:54,480 --> 00:46:59,520
Speaker 1: DK and celebration. It was a celebration. I think recame

1018
00:46:59,640 --> 00:47:02,640
Speaker 1: my shirt right now. Actually, you know I did wear

1019
00:47:02,640 --> 00:47:06,080
Speaker 1: the DK shirt all through the draft process, but whatever

1020
00:47:06,280 --> 00:47:10,080
Speaker 1: ahead nice, Yeah, definitely, Uh, look to me, this was funny.

1021
00:47:10,080 --> 00:47:12,600
Speaker 1: We're gonna talk about this on the aftermath today. Buck

1022
00:47:12,640 --> 00:47:14,880
Speaker 1: he had that huge day. We look at the numbers

1023
00:47:14,920 --> 00:47:19,359
Speaker 1: for DK metcalfe ridiculous seven for one, sixty point nine

1024
00:47:19,360 --> 00:47:21,840
Speaker 1: and catching a touchdown. He should have two more touchdowns,

1025
00:47:21,840 --> 00:47:23,520
Speaker 1: one of which would have been a seventy five yard

1026
00:47:23,600 --> 00:47:26,439
Speaker 1: or where he hits a vertical with no safety help

1027
00:47:26,480 --> 00:47:28,319
Speaker 1: and Russell misses him would have been a seventy five

1028
00:47:28,360 --> 00:47:30,879
Speaker 1: yard touchdown he overthrew him. Another one was a wide

1029
00:47:30,920 --> 00:47:33,439
Speaker 1: receiver screen They threw about the twenty going in, which

1030
00:47:33,480 --> 00:47:34,880
Speaker 1: was a walk in, but there's a little bit of

1031
00:47:34,880 --> 00:47:36,920
Speaker 1: pressure so Russell couldn't quite get it there and kind

1032
00:47:36,920 --> 00:47:38,919
Speaker 1: of under kind of skipped it to him. It looked

1033
00:47:38,960 --> 00:47:41,279
Speaker 1: like But as good as that day was, there's even

1034
00:47:41,320 --> 00:47:43,759
Speaker 1: more meat on the bone for this guy. Um and

1035
00:47:43,800 --> 00:47:45,600
Speaker 1: that boats well for them as they're gonna need to

1036
00:47:45,600 --> 00:47:48,880
Speaker 1: score more points as the face of healthy Aaron Rodgers

1037
00:47:48,920 --> 00:47:50,560
Speaker 1: this week, No Carson Wentz in this game was a

1038
00:47:50,560 --> 00:47:53,759
Speaker 1: big storyline. But uh, that to me is encouraging when

1039
00:47:53,760 --> 00:47:55,759
Speaker 1: you say when you learn lessons when you win, is

1040
00:47:55,800 --> 00:47:58,160
Speaker 1: a lot more fun to learn lessons when you lose.

1041
00:47:58,719 --> 00:48:00,960
Speaker 1: Is it's a big win for of the Seattle Seahawks.

1042
00:48:00,960 --> 00:48:03,480
Speaker 1: But there's they can play better. Uh, there's more out

1043
00:48:03,520 --> 00:48:05,719
Speaker 1: there for them in this offense. Yeah, there's a lot

1044
00:48:05,760 --> 00:48:07,480
Speaker 1: more out there for them. And and look, we talk

1045
00:48:07,520 --> 00:48:10,120
Speaker 1: about learning lessons, I think here's the lesson to be

1046
00:48:10,200 --> 00:48:12,640
Speaker 1: learned about DK Metcalf because I saw the Twitter verse

1047
00:48:12,680 --> 00:48:16,760
Speaker 1: going crazy. I saw some reporters questioning why DK Metcalf

1048
00:48:16,840 --> 00:48:19,279
Speaker 1: wasn't the first round pick. And I think the best

1049
00:48:19,320 --> 00:48:23,480
Speaker 1: way that we can discuss why he wasn't. DK Metcalf

1050
00:48:23,640 --> 00:48:25,719
Speaker 1: is a very limited receiver in terms of what he's

1051
00:48:25,760 --> 00:48:27,600
Speaker 1: able to do on the field. He's a straight line receiver.

1052
00:48:27,640 --> 00:48:29,680
Speaker 1: He's a vertical receiver. He's a guy that makes plays

1053
00:48:29,680 --> 00:48:33,160
Speaker 1: down the field. He has some inconsistencies with his hands. Typically,

1054
00:48:33,200 --> 00:48:34,919
Speaker 1: when we talk about in the first round, the first

1055
00:48:34,960 --> 00:48:37,160
Speaker 1: round receivers are the guys that are more complete, more

1056
00:48:37,160 --> 00:48:40,840
Speaker 1: consistent in everything that they do. However, this speaks to

1057
00:48:40,920 --> 00:48:45,640
Speaker 1: the importance of fit and scheme. The way that DK

1058
00:48:45,840 --> 00:48:48,840
Speaker 1: Metcalf plays is a perfect fit for this scheme. He

1059
00:48:48,960 --> 00:48:51,640
Speaker 1: is positioned in a role that enables him to do

1060
00:48:51,719 --> 00:48:54,959
Speaker 1: what he's always done really really well. Run fast, run deep,

1061
00:48:55,040 --> 00:48:57,960
Speaker 1: catch balls over the shoulder, and make those plays. The

1062
00:48:58,000 --> 00:49:00,640
Speaker 1: plays that we saw him make for the c Seahawks

1063
00:49:00,760 --> 00:49:03,840
Speaker 1: were all vertical plays, stretch plays that enable him to

1064
00:49:03,840 --> 00:49:06,200
Speaker 1: really stretch out his legs, use that long stripe to

1065
00:49:06,280 --> 00:49:08,759
Speaker 1: run past people. I believe if we put him in

1066
00:49:08,800 --> 00:49:11,680
Speaker 1: a different situation where you're asking him to run in

1067
00:49:11,719 --> 00:49:14,160
Speaker 1: immediate routes and things where he has to stop and start,

1068
00:49:14,520 --> 00:49:17,959
Speaker 1: that doesn't necessarily play to his strengths. Right now we're

1069
00:49:17,960 --> 00:49:21,560
Speaker 1: seeing in Seattle, Dk metcalf is a byproduct of being

1070
00:49:21,600 --> 00:49:24,360
Speaker 1: a guy that is positioned in a scheme that perfectly

1071
00:49:24,440 --> 00:49:27,640
Speaker 1: fits what he does. And also, the Seattle Seahawks are

1072
00:49:27,640 --> 00:49:30,560
Speaker 1: willing to live with the drops. He may drop a

1073
00:49:30,640 --> 00:49:33,400
Speaker 1: pass or two, but the two or three plays that

1074
00:49:33,440 --> 00:49:36,480
Speaker 1: he makes fourteen to twenty one points. You're willing to

1075
00:49:36,480 --> 00:49:38,160
Speaker 1: take the risk when you know exactly what you have

1076
00:49:38,239 --> 00:49:40,360
Speaker 1: with a speed merchant on the outside. I just love it.

1077
00:49:40,480 --> 00:49:43,759
Speaker 1: I love that that Brian schotten Humber Schottenheimer dialed up

1078
00:49:44,040 --> 00:49:46,960
Speaker 1: DK's number with the game on the line in their

1079
00:49:47,000 --> 00:49:49,879
Speaker 1: biggest game to date. On the third and ten, when

1080
00:49:49,920 --> 00:49:52,160
Speaker 1: you thought, all right, just run it right, just run it,

1081
00:49:52,160 --> 00:49:54,759
Speaker 1: get him to you know, run some more clock. You know,

1082
00:49:54,800 --> 00:49:57,640
Speaker 1: they call up the fake screen and send k deep

1083
00:49:57,719 --> 00:50:00,719
Speaker 1: and you know Russ absolutely trusts him to go up

1084
00:50:00,760 --> 00:50:04,799
Speaker 1: and get that ball despite whatever inconsistencies that they've seen,

1085
00:50:04,840 --> 00:50:07,640
Speaker 1: because you know, incompletion is huge there, right, and Philly's

1086
00:50:07,640 --> 00:50:09,279
Speaker 1: getting the ball back, you know what I mean. And

1087
00:50:09,280 --> 00:50:12,440
Speaker 1: and they sealed the game with that play. Uh. I

1088
00:50:12,480 --> 00:50:15,839
Speaker 1: think that that just speaks to the confidence from coordinator

1089
00:50:16,280 --> 00:50:18,839
Speaker 1: to QB two receiver to hit the coach. They are

1090
00:50:18,920 --> 00:50:21,640
Speaker 1: all in on one page. I remember shot Brian shot

1091
00:50:21,640 --> 00:50:23,600
Speaker 1: and Iimber telling us that when he joined us, Uh here,

1092
00:50:23,640 --> 00:50:26,080
Speaker 1: I'll move the sticks a few weeks ago, man, And

1093
00:50:26,280 --> 00:50:29,160
Speaker 1: I think that that just speaks, uh to the success

1094
00:50:29,160 --> 00:50:31,120
Speaker 1: that we're seeing right now. And I think, well, uh,

1095
00:50:31,360 --> 00:50:32,879
Speaker 1: I'm gonna give him every shot to go in there

1096
00:50:32,880 --> 00:50:35,040
Speaker 1: to Green Bay and and pull off a win next

1097
00:50:35,040 --> 00:50:38,279
Speaker 1: week as well. Alright, Uh, let's get to the last

1098
00:50:38,280 --> 00:50:40,200
Speaker 1: one here from this game. The Philadelphia egos man it

1099
00:50:40,280 --> 00:50:42,600
Speaker 1: might take away was I just I feel bad for

1100
00:50:42,680 --> 00:50:46,960
Speaker 1: Christon wins and the godess wins. He fakes, it looks

1101
00:50:47,200 --> 00:50:49,920
Speaker 1: starts to run, cuts back and only gets to the

1102
00:50:50,000 --> 00:50:52,480
Speaker 1: lot of scrimmage. You guys, I don't know what you know,

1103
00:50:52,920 --> 00:50:54,640
Speaker 1: what you want to say about this. I know some

1104
00:50:54,680 --> 00:50:56,759
Speaker 1: people are trying to get on their soapbox and talk

1105
00:50:56,800 --> 00:50:59,480
Speaker 1: about durability and this out of the other It just

1106
00:50:59,600 --> 00:51:01,880
Speaker 1: wasn't a fortunate thing. Man. The guy stayed healthy all

1107
00:51:01,960 --> 00:51:04,839
Speaker 1: year long gets his you know, really, Bucky always uses

1108
00:51:04,880 --> 00:51:07,000
Speaker 1: the phrase elevating the play of others around you. That,

1109
00:51:07,080 --> 00:51:09,959
Speaker 1: to me is is a definition that we've talked about forever.

1110
00:51:10,080 --> 00:51:13,080
Speaker 1: As a franchise quarterback. He took all these young guys

1111
00:51:13,239 --> 00:51:15,480
Speaker 1: and I know the competition wasn't great, but he got

1112
00:51:15,520 --> 00:51:17,520
Speaker 1: the best out of that group to get this team

1113
00:51:17,840 --> 00:51:20,400
Speaker 1: uh NFC East title, get him in the postseason and

1114
00:51:20,480 --> 00:51:22,279
Speaker 1: never got a chance to pay it off. But as

1115
00:51:22,320 --> 00:51:25,799
Speaker 1: we've seen, my encouragement to Carson Wentz would be as

1116
00:51:25,800 --> 00:51:29,040
Speaker 1: we've seen with with Kirk Cousins the other day in

1117
00:51:29,080 --> 00:51:31,440
Speaker 1: that playoff game, you've get narratives to get built up

1118
00:51:31,920 --> 00:51:34,319
Speaker 1: um and they're easily you know, not easily, but there

1119
00:51:34,400 --> 00:51:37,239
Speaker 1: you're able to get past him and Kirk Cousins. Forever,

1120
00:51:37,280 --> 00:51:40,000
Speaker 1: we've always heard can't win a big game. Um, when

1121
00:51:40,000 --> 00:51:42,960
Speaker 1: the stage gets big, the lights get bright, he shrinks

1122
00:51:43,480 --> 00:51:46,360
Speaker 1: with Carson Wentz, it's been this durability thing and uh

1123
00:51:46,400 --> 00:51:49,040
Speaker 1: and unfortunately he's out of this game, buck, But um,

1124
00:51:49,160 --> 00:51:51,200
Speaker 1: I think this is just kind of a fluke hit

1125
00:51:51,360 --> 00:51:53,040
Speaker 1: and uh and he'll be right back on the horse

1126
00:51:53,080 --> 00:51:55,839
Speaker 1: next year, hopefully with the healthy supporting cast. Yeah. Look,

1127
00:51:55,840 --> 00:51:59,719
Speaker 1: it was a fluke situation, and I don't know, like

1128
00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:01,560
Speaker 1: a see it changed the game because he's the best

1129
00:52:01,560 --> 00:52:03,280
Speaker 1: player and he was the one that was really single

1130
00:52:03,280 --> 00:52:05,840
Speaker 1: handlingly elevating this offense. But I mean there are a

1131
00:52:05,920 --> 00:52:07,680
Speaker 1: number of guys. They still continue to have guys go

1132
00:52:07,719 --> 00:52:10,680
Speaker 1: down like flash throughout this contest, and so look, I

1133
00:52:10,719 --> 00:52:12,920
Speaker 1: don't know how how much he could have extended it,

1134
00:52:12,960 --> 00:52:14,799
Speaker 1: how much he could have pushed the envelope, but it

1135
00:52:14,880 --> 00:52:16,839
Speaker 1: is unfortunate. And I do believe you have to kind

1136
00:52:16,840 --> 00:52:19,720
Speaker 1: of look at those situations, the injuries that he suffered

1137
00:52:19,719 --> 00:52:22,680
Speaker 1: in kind of a vacuum. They're isolated incidents like this.

1138
00:52:22,680 --> 00:52:25,480
Speaker 1: This happens sometimes with quarterbacks when they get hit. Sometimes

1139
00:52:25,480 --> 00:52:28,600
Speaker 1: they get knocked out or whatever. But if I'm Philly,

1140
00:52:29,040 --> 00:52:30,840
Speaker 1: the way that he played the last quarter of the

1141
00:52:30,920 --> 00:52:33,799
Speaker 1: season when everything was on the line, they were their

1142
00:52:33,800 --> 00:52:35,680
Speaker 1: backs were against the wall. The way that he picked

1143
00:52:35,719 --> 00:52:39,120
Speaker 1: his game up. Uh, more than ever, I feel confident

1144
00:52:39,160 --> 00:52:40,840
Speaker 1: that we have the right guy in plays as a

1145
00:52:40,920 --> 00:52:43,680
Speaker 1: QB one, and I am committed in the offseason to

1146
00:52:43,800 --> 00:52:46,120
Speaker 1: making sure that man we get him a couple of

1147
00:52:46,200 --> 00:52:49,239
Speaker 1: more weapons on the outside to enable him to really

1148
00:52:49,440 --> 00:52:52,239
Speaker 1: realize his potential as a quarterback. Yeah. I mean, and look,

1149
00:52:52,280 --> 00:52:57,759
Speaker 1: I am never going to include any sort of head

1150
00:52:57,800 --> 00:53:03,480
Speaker 1: injury in a durability conversation because that there's absolutely no

1151
00:53:03,560 --> 00:53:07,000
Speaker 1: control over that. UM and and which is the case

1152
00:53:07,040 --> 00:53:09,840
Speaker 1: for most injuries. Look, soft tissue stuff. Again, you you

1153
00:53:09,840 --> 00:53:12,319
Speaker 1: start to put the pieces together. But look, that's not

1154
00:53:12,360 --> 00:53:14,800
Speaker 1: even a part of the conversation at all with wins.

1155
00:53:14,920 --> 00:53:16,840
Speaker 1: What is though, is that I mean, I would be

1156
00:53:16,880 --> 00:53:20,200
Speaker 1: shocked if it's not a complete retool of the wide

1157
00:53:20,200 --> 00:53:23,399
Speaker 1: receiver corps uh in Philly. Um, I think you've got

1158
00:53:23,400 --> 00:53:25,560
Speaker 1: some nice pieces now running back that have emerged here

1159
00:53:25,600 --> 00:53:28,480
Speaker 1: that are pretty exciting moving forward. Jason Peter says he

1160
00:53:28,520 --> 00:53:30,759
Speaker 1: has every intention on continuing to play. I mean, like

1161
00:53:30,760 --> 00:53:32,920
Speaker 1: you've got some offensive linemen up there, you get Lane

1162
00:53:33,000 --> 00:53:35,480
Speaker 1: Johnson back. I mean, this is going to be a

1163
00:53:35,520 --> 00:53:38,520
Speaker 1: fun team to watch again next year, more fun to

1164
00:53:38,520 --> 00:53:41,880
Speaker 1: watch how they build this thing back up for Carson

1165
00:53:41,920 --> 00:53:43,759
Speaker 1: because I want to see him back in the playoffs.

1166
00:53:44,040 --> 00:53:45,319
Speaker 1: I want to see him healthy. I want to see

1167
00:53:45,400 --> 00:53:48,279
Speaker 1: him get it, get an opportunity because this this just

1168
00:53:48,840 --> 00:53:51,879
Speaker 1: it was. It was unfortunate. Alright, Well one thing here

1169
00:53:52,080 --> 00:53:53,799
Speaker 1: and uh and then we'll wrap this thing up. I

1170
00:53:53,800 --> 00:53:55,960
Speaker 1: want to get both your thoughts on this because you both,

1171
00:53:56,160 --> 00:53:58,399
Speaker 1: uh are great to speak on it. Rep because if

1172
00:53:58,440 --> 00:54:00,920
Speaker 1: your knowledge of this person in your dad been around him,

1173
00:54:00,920 --> 00:54:04,000
Speaker 1: and Bucky because you've known him forever. Uh. When we

1174
00:54:04,000 --> 00:54:06,280
Speaker 1: look at head coaching candidates, one name we haven't heard,

1175
00:54:06,400 --> 00:54:08,760
Speaker 1: and I'm thinking about one job in particular, the Cleveland

1176
00:54:08,760 --> 00:54:13,600
Speaker 1: Browns Jim Schwartz. People forget he took over that Detroit

1177
00:54:13,680 --> 00:54:17,720
Speaker 1: Lions team that went Owen sixteen, made them competitive. Matthew

1178
00:54:17,760 --> 00:54:20,560
Speaker 1: Stafford put up big numbers. Um they were in the

1179
00:54:20,560 --> 00:54:25,879
Speaker 1: postseason at least once. I think they Detroit so got

1180
00:54:25,920 --> 00:54:28,680
Speaker 1: that team into the postseason. He's somebody that with his

1181
00:54:28,719 --> 00:54:31,920
Speaker 1: Georgetown degree and everybody knows how smart he is, and

1182
00:54:31,960 --> 00:54:34,319
Speaker 1: he's embraced a lot of the analytics. The Philadelphi Eagles

1183
00:54:34,520 --> 00:54:36,600
Speaker 1: largely viewed as a team at the forefront there, Paul

1184
00:54:36,680 --> 00:54:39,000
Speaker 1: de Podesta looks like he's grabbing a lot more power

1185
00:54:39,080 --> 00:54:41,360
Speaker 1: there with the Cleveland Browns. Comes over from the baseball

1186
00:54:41,400 --> 00:54:44,720
Speaker 1: world heavy into analytics. I haven't heard his name mentioned anywhere,

1187
00:54:44,760 --> 00:54:46,840
Speaker 1: but guys, I almost think that's kind of an interesting

1188
00:54:46,920 --> 00:54:49,480
Speaker 1: choice because nobody wants to go into that culture in Cleveland.

1189
00:54:49,520 --> 00:54:51,439
Speaker 1: It's a disaster. They've been chewing up and spitting people

1190
00:54:51,440 --> 00:54:53,800
Speaker 1: out forever. But I don't know anybody has the experience

1191
00:54:53,840 --> 00:54:56,240
Speaker 1: that Schwartz has taken over what he took over in Detroit.

1192
00:54:56,880 --> 00:54:59,840
Speaker 1: UH as potentially a fit there with the Cleveland Browns.

1193
00:54:59,840 --> 00:55:02,400
Speaker 1: I'd stuff the analytics what he's been through in Detroit,

1194
00:55:02,760 --> 00:55:05,000
Speaker 1: put him with all that defensive personnel as a defensive

1195
00:55:05,040 --> 00:55:07,280
Speaker 1: minded guy. I thought that was kind of an interesting

1196
00:55:07,280 --> 00:55:09,840
Speaker 1: one that nobody's talking about. I think it's really interesting

1197
00:55:09,880 --> 00:55:13,240
Speaker 1: with Jim Schwartz potentially going there. I believe the Cleveland

1198
00:55:13,239 --> 00:55:15,960
Speaker 1: brown situation is one that I don't believe you can

1199
00:55:15,960 --> 00:55:17,959
Speaker 1: be learning on the job all dealing with the things

1200
00:55:17,960 --> 00:55:19,600
Speaker 1: that you have to deal with in that locker room.

1201
00:55:20,120 --> 00:55:22,719
Speaker 1: I think it would be essential a great asset to

1202
00:55:22,840 --> 00:55:26,360
Speaker 1: have some experience going in there. Jim Schwartz is certainly

1203
00:55:26,440 --> 00:55:29,480
Speaker 1: someone that I could see jumping in there, and because

1204
00:55:29,480 --> 00:55:33,080
Speaker 1: of the experience turning around Detroit, I think it certainly

1205
00:55:33,080 --> 00:55:35,879
Speaker 1: could could come into play. I also believe another guy

1206
00:55:35,920 --> 00:55:38,640
Speaker 1: that you uh are familiar with that had been in

1207
00:55:38,680 --> 00:55:40,800
Speaker 1: Detroit should also be a good situation. That would be

1208
00:55:40,880 --> 00:55:45,319
Speaker 1: Jim Callwell former because because because Jim a great point.

1209
00:55:45,360 --> 00:55:48,760
Speaker 1: It's a great point. Jim Callworld has has success obviously

1210
00:55:49,040 --> 00:55:52,680
Speaker 1: turnaround the Detroit lines, he has success with the Indianapolis Colts.

1211
00:55:52,719 --> 00:55:54,279
Speaker 1: I believe you need a grown up in the room.

1212
00:55:54,320 --> 00:55:57,200
Speaker 1: I believe you need someone who can look calm all

1213
00:55:57,280 --> 00:56:00,239
Speaker 1: that little stuff down in the locker room also get

1214
00:56:00,239 --> 00:56:03,359
Speaker 1: everyone operating on the same page. I just believe, Look,

1215
00:56:03,400 --> 00:56:05,360
Speaker 1: you talk about any of those guys, I just I

1216
00:56:05,440 --> 00:56:08,440
Speaker 1: cannot believe that it can be a new hit coach

1217
00:56:08,480 --> 00:56:10,480
Speaker 1: who's trying to learn how to be a hit coach

1218
00:56:10,680 --> 00:56:14,040
Speaker 1: while managing all of the chaos that exists in that

1219
00:56:14,120 --> 00:56:16,200
Speaker 1: locker room. I just don't know how they can do

1220
00:56:16,239 --> 00:56:19,040
Speaker 1: it with a first time guy. Yeah. Look, I think

1221
00:56:19,400 --> 00:56:22,560
Speaker 1: that that's an interesting thought on both of those guys,

1222
00:56:22,600 --> 00:56:24,640
Speaker 1: and I think we we've talked about Caldwell a little bit.

1223
00:56:24,680 --> 00:56:28,080
Speaker 1: I don't know where he stands. I know, after stepping

1224
00:56:28,080 --> 00:56:31,880
Speaker 1: away from his Dolphins advisory role there with with some

1225
00:56:31,960 --> 00:56:34,080
Speaker 1: health issues. I don't know where that all stands now

1226
00:56:34,480 --> 00:56:37,239
Speaker 1: for Caldwell, but I could see that certainly as an opportunity.

1227
00:56:37,440 --> 00:56:40,040
Speaker 1: Um My dad was was the head like trainer there

1228
00:56:40,320 --> 00:56:43,320
Speaker 1: for the Lions when Schwartz took over for Rod Marinelli

1229
00:56:43,480 --> 00:56:46,480
Speaker 1: and then when Caldwell took over for Jim Schwartz. Uh

1230
00:56:46,600 --> 00:56:48,640
Speaker 1: really enjoyed you know, his time there with both of

1231
00:56:48,640 --> 00:56:51,719
Speaker 1: those guys and collaborating some about two smart dudes right there.

1232
00:56:52,040 --> 00:56:55,880
Speaker 1: I mean, you know Schwartz for for sure, Um, you know,

1233
00:56:55,920 --> 00:56:57,320
Speaker 1: with the scheme and the exits and ohs, and I

1234
00:56:57,360 --> 00:57:00,760
Speaker 1: don't know if there's a more calm dead he hand.

1235
00:57:01,360 --> 00:57:04,640
Speaker 1: Then Jim called Well and almost to a fault where

1236
00:57:04,840 --> 00:57:06,759
Speaker 1: guys like does this guy have a blood pressure? I

1237
00:57:06,800 --> 00:57:09,000
Speaker 1: mean does it? Does it go up and down? Because

1238
00:57:09,040 --> 00:57:12,080
Speaker 1: he just he is so even keel And can you

1239
00:57:12,120 --> 00:57:15,360
Speaker 1: think of somebody that a place that needs more even

1240
00:57:15,480 --> 00:57:19,480
Speaker 1: keel steadiness than Cleveland. Look, I think it's a it's

1241
00:57:19,520 --> 00:57:22,160
Speaker 1: a it's a good thought there. Although I am a

1242
00:57:22,200 --> 00:57:24,560
Speaker 1: little surprised that we haven't haven't heard any of those

1243
00:57:24,560 --> 00:57:27,440
Speaker 1: real rumblings um yet either, you know, for any of

1244
00:57:27,440 --> 00:57:30,240
Speaker 1: these interesting just looking at some of those names, and

1245
00:57:30,280 --> 00:57:33,160
Speaker 1: I'm glad that Bucky mentioned coach because that's he's the

1246
00:57:33,200 --> 00:57:36,160
Speaker 1: exactly I was gonna say it. If he didn't, I

1247
00:57:36,160 --> 00:57:37,600
Speaker 1: think he might he might have had a couple of

1248
00:57:37,600 --> 00:57:41,480
Speaker 1: winning season. Maybe they both went to the postseason. Yeah, yeah,

1249
00:57:41,480 --> 00:57:43,760
Speaker 1: he had winness season in three or four years there. Yeah,

1250
00:57:44,040 --> 00:57:46,200
Speaker 1: And and that's tough to do given all the things

1251
00:57:46,200 --> 00:57:47,840
Speaker 1: that kind of go on in Detroit in terms of

1252
00:57:47,880 --> 00:57:50,800
Speaker 1: trying to turn into culture around. Uh, look, there are

1253
00:57:50,800 --> 00:57:52,520
Speaker 1: a lot of interest in candidates. I know we've heard

1254
00:57:52,560 --> 00:57:55,080
Speaker 1: a ton of names, but look where beginning to see

1255
00:57:55,240 --> 00:57:58,080
Speaker 1: some of the dance chairs fill up. So it'll be

1256
00:57:58,120 --> 00:58:01,640
Speaker 1: interesting to see which guy's good jobs. All right, that's uh,

1257
00:58:01,640 --> 00:58:03,640
Speaker 1: that's a full episode today. Boys, that was a lot

1258
00:58:03,640 --> 00:58:05,640
Speaker 1: of fun. Enjoyed it. As we start to get a

1259
00:58:05,640 --> 00:58:13,640
Speaker 1: little more draft, getting TWA is in so again looking

1260
00:58:13,640 --> 00:58:15,960
Speaker 1: forward to talking more draft as with the games process.

1261
00:58:16,200 --> 00:58:18,000
Speaker 1: That's gonna do it for us today though, Thank you

1262
00:58:18,040 --> 00:58:21,320
Speaker 1: guys for listening. Thanks to Kent for doing a wonderful

1263
00:58:21,400 --> 00:58:25,240
Speaker 1: job there behind the glass kill as always appreciate him

1264
00:58:25,280 --> 00:58:28,360
Speaker 1: as well. Uh, we will catch you next time. Right

1265
00:58:28,360 --> 00:58:30,280
Speaker 1: here on, move the sticks.