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Speaker 1: Be Around the NFL Podcast in search generic money tag Here.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to another edition of the Around the NFL Podcast.

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Speaker 1: My name is Dan hands As I come to you

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Speaker 1: from a virtual room Phil I need philled with heroes,

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Speaker 1: Mark Sessler, Gregg Rose, a Ball and yes, the great

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Speaker 1: Chris Westling. What's up? Boys? Hey man, there he is

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Speaker 1: sounds back in. Yeah, west on the Flagship Show. You

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Speaker 1: know it's gonna be good. How are you, buddy? Well,

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Speaker 1: we can't promise anything beyond the next hour, but I'll

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Speaker 1: give it my best for for that hour. Um, feeling okay,

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Speaker 1: Just trying to get rid of this pain. That's been

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Speaker 1: the main that's been the main problem all along, is

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Speaker 1: just pain. My doctors are pretty happy that the tests

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Speaker 1: just that we found nothing to give me relief from

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Speaker 1: from so Um, that's the next I guess the next frontier. Unbelievable.

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Speaker 1: Well that is great news in one part and frustrating

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Speaker 1: news in the second bar because we know how long

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Speaker 1: this has been going on now. But you're a tough

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Speaker 1: s ob, my friend. And in that facial hair is

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Speaker 1: looking it's looking hot. I mean, whether you're struggling. The

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Speaker 1: facial hair is not struggling. Well, I have to keep

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Speaker 1: up with my son, not not facial hair wise, but

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Speaker 1: but cuteness wise. You know, he's getting all the Instagram

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Speaker 1: love lately. So I think we should have got to compete.

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Speaker 1: The special focus on not assigning West to anything related

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Speaker 1: to Chicago's offense in terms of reducing pain, um and annoyance.

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Speaker 1: That feels fair. Um so with the West returning to

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Speaker 1: the flagship show. And yes, this is our comprehensive look

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Speaker 1: back at the Sunday that was in week nine of

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Speaker 1: the National Football League. West was our eye in the

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Speaker 1: sky checking in on the various games and the to

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Speaker 1: the gang here had our game assignments and of course,

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Speaker 1: uh Nick Shuk will join us a little bit later.

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Speaker 1: He hits a couple of games every Sunday. So we

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Speaker 1: going sciss oh I'm sorry. Yes, so that you know

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Speaker 1: the cough button didn't well that was that was a disaster.

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Speaker 1: And that's that's the second um time I've been uh

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Speaker 1: completely embarrassed. Uh you know on Live Era if that

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Speaker 1: we want to call it with the with the car,

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Speaker 1: we could edit it out, but we won't. No, I

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Speaker 1: know we will not. Like I I understand where this

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Speaker 1: is going. Apologies to the hundreds of thousands of people

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Speaker 1: that were um dismayed by that. That was gross. And yeah,

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Speaker 1: you you mentioned the numbers of listeners. Um, that's a

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Speaker 1: nice segue. Mark good recovery, even if it was accidental. Ricky,

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Speaker 1: come in here real quick. We did. Our first recap

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Speaker 1: of week nine was Thursday night football, Uh, Packers Niners tilt.

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Speaker 1: That was sleepy to say the least, especially if you

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Speaker 1: were a fan of the team up there by the bay.

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Speaker 1: And during this happened during you know, the grips of

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Speaker 1: the presidential race and the counting of the ballots, and

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Speaker 1: and we we wondered at the end of that brief

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Speaker 1: little hashtag. And I happen to be wearing a Godzilla

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Speaker 1: Godzilla if you're still listening at the end of the recap,

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Speaker 1: Saturday morning, hashtag Godzilla was trending in the UK, so amazing,

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Speaker 1: incredible testament to our listeners loyalty right there. We put

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Speaker 1: over the whole sound Yeah yeah, eric I, which I

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Speaker 1: she basically just trowned out these responses from these loving listeners.

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Speaker 1: But we put the over under it ten responses, and

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Speaker 1: Let's start out with a great inter conference showdown. Josh

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Speaker 1: But like Greg said, this is a passing offense. And moreover,

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Speaker 1: it's the same thing every week. He plays great and

430
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Speaker 1: they find a way to lose. I just I mean,

431
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Speaker 1: I think from a game to game experience, the Chargers

432
00:22:32,359 --> 00:22:35,239
Speaker 1: are something there's no there's really no rivalry like what

433
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Speaker 1: they're going through with these last minute um implosions. There's

434
00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:41,200
Speaker 1: nothing to touch it. At the same side, I would

435
00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:44,680
Speaker 1: not put them in any pain ranking right now watching

436
00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:46,879
Speaker 1: their quarterback the way he plays, it's just to me

437
00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:49,240
Speaker 1: from a from a larger bird's eye view, and like

438
00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:51,439
Speaker 1: I like, I think Chargers fans like they have a

439
00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:53,879
Speaker 1: right to feel, you know, heartbroken after a game like

440
00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:56,840
Speaker 1: this and all these other string of um issue games.

441
00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:59,800
Speaker 1: But at the same time, like you are watching someone

442
00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:01,800
Speaker 1: who is going to change the NFL and change the

443
00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:04,520
Speaker 1: Chargers forever. I mean, he's literally going to completely alter

444
00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:07,479
Speaker 1: that franchise. And every time they have the ball, you

445
00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:10,600
Speaker 1: feel that they can do anything. And their downfield passy

446
00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:14,360
Speaker 1: game is so active, so vibrant, so dangerous. I thought

447
00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:16,400
Speaker 1: they gave the Raiders a complete run for the money

448
00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:19,160
Speaker 1: and could probably beat any team in the league if

449
00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:21,800
Speaker 1: they were I think, frankly a little bit better coached

450
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Speaker 1: with some of this last minute stuff, I mean, and

451
00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:28,080
Speaker 1: it probably puts ownership into a weird position to seeing

452
00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:30,280
Speaker 1: depending on how the season ends, because now you have

453
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Speaker 1: like a precious jewel at the center of your offense,

454
00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:35,040
Speaker 1: you want to treat it correctly. You don't want to

455
00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:37,119
Speaker 1: be in these games situations where you don't trust the

456
00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:40,159
Speaker 1: coaching staff, so they've got to prove to ownership that

457
00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:42,360
Speaker 1: they can pull these games out. You got the rest

458
00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:44,320
Speaker 1: of the season to do it, but the DNA tells

459
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Speaker 1: us they cannot so far. Yeah, I totally agree with you, Mark,

460
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Speaker 1: I I know, I think about sports paying a little

461
00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:52,280
Speaker 1: bit differently than most people because when you've got Justin

462
00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:55,439
Speaker 1: Herbert and and maybe he's not Dan Marino where he

463
00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:57,919
Speaker 1: comes in and you haven't seen a quarterback like this

464
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Speaker 1: before in your entire lifetime as a rookie, maybe he's

465
00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:03,879
Speaker 1: not quite that, but to see a guy this aggressive

466
00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:07,240
Speaker 1: and making that many chunk plays and big plays under

467
00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:09,639
Speaker 1: pressure every week and you're waiting for it to stop,

468
00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:12,120
Speaker 1: and it never stops. It just keeps doing it week

469
00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:15,120
Speaker 1: in and week out. To me, that's the best hope

470
00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:17,160
Speaker 1: you got. That there's no pain at all there. I mean,

471
00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:19,400
Speaker 1: I know they keep losing in them now, but they've

472
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Speaker 1: already got Derwin James out for the year. They're not

473
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Speaker 1: going to be a super Bowl winner. To me, this

474
00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:27,440
Speaker 1: is a good feeling team just because of what you

475
00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:29,800
Speaker 1: got going on in the most important position in sports.

476
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Speaker 1: I know, you guys, that's a nice viewpoint to have.

477
00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:36,399
Speaker 1: From thirty five thousand feet. But if you're living and

478
00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:38,840
Speaker 1: dying with your favorite team, you're not feeling too hot

479
00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:41,680
Speaker 1: right now, You're right? I agree. Justin Herbert changes the

480
00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:44,560
Speaker 1: trajectory of this organization. We've talked about it when they

481
00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:47,240
Speaker 1: moved to l A, like, who do you build this

482
00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:50,160
Speaker 1: team around to get people excited? There is Justin Herbert,

483
00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:52,760
Speaker 1: the twenty two year old who's doing it week after week.

484
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Speaker 1: But I mean that is the big picture. The small

485
00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:58,840
Speaker 1: picture is that this season is in what's too many

486
00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:01,280
Speaker 1: seasons as the charges for and do you have regrets

487
00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:03,640
Speaker 1: about how games and the fact that they're piling up

488
00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:06,720
Speaker 1: week after week and Herbert as great as he's played like,

489
00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:09,119
Speaker 1: it's it's incredible. I think he has one win and

490
00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:12,159
Speaker 1: four losses and he could easily be close to undefeated

491
00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:14,479
Speaker 1: right now. But they just they just don't know how

492
00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:16,399
Speaker 1: to close these games. Let's give a little bit of

493
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Speaker 1: credit to Isaiah Johnson because he is a second year

494
00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:22,560
Speaker 1: cornerback for the Raiders. He's the one that knocked the

495
00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:25,119
Speaker 1: ball out of Mike Williams hands in the end zone

496
00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:28,600
Speaker 1: and then with one second to play, he was involved

497
00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:31,320
Speaker 1: with knocking away from Parnham too, So he played a

498
00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:33,560
Speaker 1: major role in the Raiders, a team that no one

499
00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:35,960
Speaker 1: is in love with, but you have to respect that

500
00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,040
Speaker 1: they're five and three halfway through the season and they're

501
00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:40,879
Speaker 1: gonna be around in the playoff picture to the end.

502
00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:43,680
Speaker 1: That's what I think. I like them. So I saw

503
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Speaker 1: Derek Carr make a couple of amazing plays we all,

504
00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,399
Speaker 1: you know, the the the diving, you know, put his

505
00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:51,840
Speaker 1: body into peril um for his team, the way he

506
00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:54,000
Speaker 1: dove over that one player. I mean, just making a

507
00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:57,080
Speaker 1: couple of money throws down field. Like I feel like

508
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Speaker 1: my opinion of Derek Carr has sort of been the same.

509
00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:03,639
Speaker 1: I've been disappointed with him for a really long time. Um,

510
00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:05,480
Speaker 1: it's gonna take a little bit more for me to

511
00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:08,960
Speaker 1: get out of that headspace entirely. But this year's version

512
00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:12,000
Speaker 1: of Derek Carr is what Raiders fans have been saying

513
00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:14,680
Speaker 1: he's been when I've never never bought into it. I mean,

514
00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:17,680
Speaker 1: this is a this is a tough, tough quarterback. I

515
00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:20,000
Speaker 1: will not even try just go on with your sound effects.

516
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Speaker 1: I am. I think it's go on. I think it's

517
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Speaker 1: the best Derek ever. I think maybe he saw Dan's

518
00:26:28,359 --> 00:26:31,480
Speaker 1: inspirational words. I think this is the best season he's had.

519
00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:34,280
Speaker 1: I always thought that that his quasi m v P,

520
00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:35,920
Speaker 1: where people said he was in the m v P

521
00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:38,320
Speaker 1: mix was a lot of smoking mirrors. And you know what,

522
00:26:38,359 --> 00:26:41,000
Speaker 1: Derek car you're gonna get each and every week. He's not.

523
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Speaker 1: I'm not even saying he's a top eight quarterback to me,

524
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Speaker 1: so I'm not going crazy. But he's very steady, he's

525
00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:51,520
Speaker 1: improved some of his weaknesses. And uh, they're They're a

526
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Speaker 1: team that's a problem. They really are. By the way, though,

527
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Speaker 1: I do want to say, like the Chargers make their

528
00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:58,800
Speaker 1: own bad luck. Their special teams messes up every week.

529
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Speaker 1: They're the worst special team in the history of football.

530
00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:03,600
Speaker 1: Dead last last year in d v O A dead

531
00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:05,880
Speaker 1: last this year, they fumble it and set up three

532
00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:08,000
Speaker 1: points at the end when their defense actually closed this

533
00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:11,200
Speaker 1: game out very very well. Uh. And then Anthony Lynn

534
00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:13,840
Speaker 1: didn't take a time out during that last drive. It

535
00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:16,920
Speaker 1: blew twenty five seconds off the clock just because he's

536
00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:19,520
Speaker 1: had a total mind freeze, and they didn't say a

537
00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:21,920
Speaker 1: word about it. On the total mind freeze, twenty five

538
00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:23,760
Speaker 1: seconds on the last drive of the game would have

539
00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:25,840
Speaker 1: given him at least one more play at the end.

540
00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:27,760
Speaker 1: There to try to go. That's what I mean. We're like,

541
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Speaker 1: if you're gonna if you have a crafty front office

542
00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:32,520
Speaker 1: and ownership group, you have to take a strong look

543
00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:35,200
Speaker 1: at this. We all love Anthony Lynn the guy, but

544
00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:38,160
Speaker 1: there's this doesn't happen just due to bad luck. There

545
00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:40,920
Speaker 1: are decisions that you could diagnose week after week. The

546
00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:43,600
Speaker 1: point back to coach, Yes, you're not buying the Derek Carlove.

547
00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:46,040
Speaker 1: I can see that. No. I think it's it's another

548
00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:49,280
Speaker 1: it's another recency biased. I mean, it's crazy. There's a

549
00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:51,359
Speaker 1: reason why he was mentioned in the m VP debate

550
00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:54,640
Speaker 1: because he was the one carrying that offense. This year.

551
00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:58,560
Speaker 1: It's a Josh Jacob centric offense and Henry Ruggs is

552
00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:01,240
Speaker 1: is the wild card, like he's one who provides the spacing.

553
00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:04,480
Speaker 1: I don't think it's like Derek Carr's playing out of

554
00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:06,240
Speaker 1: his mind. Now. I respect the way he's playing. He's

555
00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:08,600
Speaker 1: been the hardest guy for me to grade because I

556
00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:12,480
Speaker 1: feel like they kind of coach around him at times. Um,

557
00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:15,119
Speaker 1: it's not a quarterback centric. He's not the engine that

558
00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:18,160
Speaker 1: makes that offense go. That's why he's hard to grade. Um,

559
00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:19,879
Speaker 1: And I think he was quite a bit better a

560
00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:24,480
Speaker 1: few years ago. Um one last thought on Len missed

561
00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:29,160
Speaker 1: that scientist heat. Yeah, yeah, that was nice. When last

562
00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:31,720
Speaker 1: week Greg you had noted he had a kind of

563
00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:35,679
Speaker 1: like a visceral guttural reaction on the sideline when the

564
00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:38,000
Speaker 1: game got away from on the last play, it happened again.

565
00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:41,760
Speaker 1: When they finally made the decision, they made the announcement

566
00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:44,800
Speaker 1: that it was incomplete, he like real reached up instinctually

567
00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:48,960
Speaker 1: and grabbed at his face guard, his pandemic face guard,

568
00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:51,600
Speaker 1: and just like yanked at it, like he just lost

569
00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:53,800
Speaker 1: control of his own body. He was just like in

570
00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:57,240
Speaker 1: like a nightmare that he can't wake up from. Tough times. Oh,

571
00:28:57,320 --> 00:29:00,000
Speaker 1: before we move on, I had to see what happen

572
00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:03,720
Speaker 1: been with our good buddies Matt Money Smith and Daniel Jeremiah,

573
00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:06,840
Speaker 1: who called the games for the Chargers. Uh so, Ricky,

574
00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:11,440
Speaker 1: can you queue up to when they announced that it's

575
00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:14,480
Speaker 1: it's not gonna happen, that it's become clear it's an

576
00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:17,320
Speaker 1: incomplete pass and now the Raiders are celebrating because they

577
00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:21,840
Speaker 1: saw it. Took six or seven different replays to finally

578
00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:25,640
Speaker 1: come up with that angle. I've never seen anything like it.

579
00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:31,400
Speaker 1: I've never seen anything like it. I'll tell you DJ.

580
00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:36,880
Speaker 1: The h the signal went up from John Jenkins, and

581
00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:38,720
Speaker 1: I didn't want to call it a touch I really didn't.

582
00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:40,719
Speaker 1: I just I saw it and I was like, IM

583
00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:43,480
Speaker 1: tired of doing this. I empired to call in touchdown

584
00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:49,720
Speaker 1: only to happen board yet again. It will be taken

585
00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:52,400
Speaker 1: off the board and it will result in another loss

586
00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:57,400
Speaker 1: for the Chargers. Money's dying. He's gotta make like a

587
00:29:57,480 --> 00:29:59,920
Speaker 1: mix tape of like money in DJ and these last

588
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,560
Speaker 1: second calls that you give to a Chargers family. If

589
00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:04,520
Speaker 1: you broke up with a Chargers fan, you give them

590
00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:08,280
Speaker 1: that mixtape. He's they're killing them. The Chargers are killing

591
00:30:08,280 --> 00:30:11,040
Speaker 1: that Money Smith, all right, let's move on. Snap gives

592
00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:12,920
Speaker 1: it to John of the Taylor off right tackle. He's

593
00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:15,120
Speaker 1: got a hold cross the forty yard black spilt turning

594
00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:17,480
Speaker 1: all the way down to the ball comes out. If

595
00:30:17,480 --> 00:30:20,480
Speaker 1: we'recovered by Chuck Clark along in her sideline Colts forty

596
00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:24,760
Speaker 1: checked up by Mad Colonolds, Philip Rivers plenty ten five

597
00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:30,040
Speaker 1: touch down Ravens. Chuck Clark picks up the fumble that

598
00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:33,720
Speaker 1: was forced by Marcus Peters and the defense puts the

599
00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:38,800
Speaker 1: Ravens right back in the game. Jerry Sandusky w b

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Speaker 1: a L. With the offense scuffling, it was the Ravens

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00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:44,960
Speaker 1: defense that got things going. On Sunday, Chuck Clark's sixty

602
00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:47,680
Speaker 1: five yard fumble, recovery and touchdown put Baltimore on its

603
00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:52,880
Speaker 1: way over the Indianapolis Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mark,

604
00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:55,760
Speaker 1: this wasn't the get right game we expected from the

605
00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:59,560
Speaker 1: Ravens exactly, but they got it done. They did, and

606
00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:01,720
Speaker 1: it was for their offense. I thought it was, you know,

607
00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:04,920
Speaker 1: another one of these tale of two halves type contests.

608
00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:08,240
Speaker 1: They had fifty five yards at halftime, two point two

609
00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:11,040
Speaker 1: yards per play, eighteen yards on the ground. This is

610
00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:13,560
Speaker 1: a team that you know, bullrush the Steelers for two

611
00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:16,680
Speaker 1: hundred down the stretch last week. They were not that team.

612
00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:19,680
Speaker 1: And you know, you preview these games and you'd call

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Speaker 1: like a strength on strength the Cults run defense versus

614
00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:25,840
Speaker 1: the Ravens, and usually one of those two just don't

615
00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:27,520
Speaker 1: add up. I mean, by the end of the game

616
00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:29,400
Speaker 1: you could point to both sides and saying that they

617
00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:32,320
Speaker 1: got they got the work done, because that fifty five

618
00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:35,440
Speaker 1: yard first half had a lot to do with I

619
00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:39,160
Speaker 1: think a Cults defense that has incredible team speed. UM

620
00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:42,840
Speaker 1: had exactly a great game plan to diagnose Lamar Jackson.

621
00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:45,719
Speaker 1: Al Kadeen Mohammed had a play where he blew up

622
00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:49,800
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson for a thirteen yard loss. Denico Autry was

623
00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:52,160
Speaker 1: snuffing out Lamar on a third down right before the

624
00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:55,920
Speaker 1: half that just prevented Baltimore from getting on track. There

625
00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:59,880
Speaker 1: were one guy after the next. I thought DeForest buck

626
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:02,680
Speaker 1: he got in there. I mean Darius leonard Is. It's

627
00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:04,480
Speaker 1: a week after weeks story. When he's in there. There

628
00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:08,320
Speaker 1: a completely different defense. They made life so tough on Baltimore,

629
00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:10,640
Speaker 1: and you know, you went in a hat time thinking

630
00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:14,800
Speaker 1: this offense might just completely be broken, and because maybe

631
00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:17,680
Speaker 1: enough teams have shown and put up tape on how

632
00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:20,680
Speaker 1: to beat Baltimore. At this point, the Ravens defense gets

633
00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:23,360
Speaker 1: a ton of credit for me, because you get the

634
00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:28,160
Speaker 1: Chuck Clark touchdown, you get um a huge turnover in

635
00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:31,000
Speaker 1: the second half that led to a Ravens TV and touchdown,

636
00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:34,000
Speaker 1: and this is good coaching. Marcus Peter had an interception

637
00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:36,840
Speaker 1: that essentially they called it just sort of a dropped ball.

638
00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:40,640
Speaker 1: Harbor went back and challenged it and essentially they called it.

639
00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:44,320
Speaker 1: I mean it was an interception that Peters himself fumbled.

640
00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:47,760
Speaker 1: Um the Ravens recovered. But that turned things around and

641
00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:51,080
Speaker 1: led to a hard fought Ravens touchdown on the ground

642
00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:55,040
Speaker 1: by Gus Edwards. And to me that Baltimore found their

643
00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:57,440
Speaker 1: offense a little bit in the second half. They fought

644
00:32:57,440 --> 00:32:59,840
Speaker 1: and found their way back into this thing. The Cults

645
00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:02,160
Speaker 1: offense is a hot mess from what I see. There

646
00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:05,560
Speaker 1: is no anchoring force. Philip rivers Um has his games,

647
00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:08,400
Speaker 1: but this was not one of them. They really struggle.

648
00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:11,320
Speaker 1: His longest completion was twenty one yards. So as much

649
00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:14,440
Speaker 1: as the Cults defense Um nearly gave this game the

650
00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:17,479
Speaker 1: Indian the first half, I think Baltimore's defense showed up

651
00:33:17,520 --> 00:33:18,960
Speaker 1: to be the one by the end of the game

652
00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:23,200
Speaker 1: that kept a really sinking offense alive until they found

653
00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:26,520
Speaker 1: some life themselves. That Peter's interception call, to me, was

654
00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:29,239
Speaker 1: the play of the game. Yep, that changed everything. And

655
00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:32,040
Speaker 1: it was a very shaky call. I think us the

656
00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:34,720
Speaker 1: average sports fan at a bar, how how that should

657
00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:37,800
Speaker 1: be called? And he would say in completion, not a reception.

658
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:40,560
Speaker 1: It was a very shaky call. Give the Ravens credit

659
00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:43,600
Speaker 1: because they completely shut down the Colts after that um

660
00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:46,600
Speaker 1: And to me, we can blame Philip Rivers again, but

661
00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:48,800
Speaker 1: that they've got the same problem they've had all year,

662
00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:52,640
Speaker 1: these rookies that they're counting on Jonathan Taylor and Michael Pittman,

663
00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:55,120
Speaker 1: and you can throw Paris Campbell in there as a

664
00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:57,320
Speaker 1: second year guy. This is supposed to be the big

665
00:33:57,320 --> 00:34:00,680
Speaker 1: play element in their offense. Taylor and Pittman's specifically were

666
00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:03,320
Speaker 1: brought in to fix the lack of big plays. Taylor

667
00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:07,000
Speaker 1: has been terrible, absolutely brutal this year and he he

668
00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:10,319
Speaker 1: was bad again today, had very costly fumble. Pittman's not

669
00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:13,560
Speaker 1: making big plays, Paris Campbell's injured, t Y Hilton's out.

670
00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:16,080
Speaker 1: You're asking Philip Rivers to be a big play quarterback

671
00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:18,960
Speaker 1: when he's got no big play elements on his office. Right,

672
00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:20,960
Speaker 1: They had one yard in the third quarter, and it's

673
00:34:21,239 --> 00:34:23,360
Speaker 1: it's due to a lack of those guys you mentioned

674
00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:25,359
Speaker 1: showing up where you thought by now that would be

675
00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:28,800
Speaker 1: it would be the opposite, But they're they're playing against

676
00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:33,719
Speaker 1: Ravens defense that other than that, Chief's game has been

677
00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:36,719
Speaker 1: the best in the league, you know, statistically, and they're

678
00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:39,120
Speaker 1: pretty close they're pretty close to the best in the

679
00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:41,880
Speaker 1: league statistically with that that Chief's scheme, they they are

680
00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:45,120
Speaker 1: a better Ravens defense overall, I think this season than

681
00:34:45,160 --> 00:34:48,279
Speaker 1: a year ago. And Lamar is now twenty five and five.

682
00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:50,120
Speaker 1: You know, the Ravens are twenty five and five and

683
00:34:50,160 --> 00:34:53,040
Speaker 1: games that Lamar started and that the two biggest reasons

684
00:34:53,239 --> 00:34:56,600
Speaker 1: for that are the run game and their defense. And

685
00:34:56,640 --> 00:34:58,680
Speaker 1: for the most part, I know they struggled to run

686
00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:00,920
Speaker 1: the ball today, but still, you know, one of the

687
00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:02,680
Speaker 1: top two or three rushing team in the league. For

688
00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:04,360
Speaker 1: the most part, they have that this year. They I

689
00:35:04,360 --> 00:35:05,839
Speaker 1: don't know how far they can get by what they're

690
00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:08,759
Speaker 1: passing him doing this little, but they have the run game,

691
00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:10,440
Speaker 1: they have the defense, and there's still a lot to

692
00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:13,920
Speaker 1: deal with. Jonathan Taylor did not receive a carry after

693
00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:17,120
Speaker 1: his first quarter fumble until six fifteen to play in

694
00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:19,879
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter. He finished with a season low six

695
00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:23,080
Speaker 1: carriers for twenty seven yards. Uh The Colts averaged three

696
00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:26,400
Speaker 1: and a half yards per carry as a team, and

697
00:35:26,719 --> 00:35:29,400
Speaker 1: this doesn't feel like it's gonna work. They have a

698
00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:32,440
Speaker 1: good defense, but if they can't really run the football,

699
00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:35,840
Speaker 1: putting that much on Philip Rivers plate in twenty. This

700
00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:39,000
Speaker 1: seems like a experiment that will be doomed to fail

701
00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:41,839
Speaker 1: unless they figure out something. Well, they need the guy,

702
00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:44,680
Speaker 1: they need everyone healthy, and they need t Y Hilton healthy,

703
00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:47,719
Speaker 1: and then maybe maybe it's always hurt now though maybe

704
00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:50,360
Speaker 1: early December or mid December they are a different offense.

705
00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:52,880
Speaker 1: But right now they don't have the juice. Big t

706
00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:56,239
Speaker 1: NF this week Colts Titans, you know, because you're right,

707
00:35:56,239 --> 00:35:58,359
Speaker 1: those two are to me are pretty well below the

708
00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:01,280
Speaker 1: top tier in the a f C. You could argue

709
00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:03,840
Speaker 1: the Titans on that um, but that you know, the

710
00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:05,560
Speaker 1: Colts find a way to win that game, and then

711
00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:10,359
Speaker 1: they're feeling okay, all right, let's move forward. Three seconds left.

712
00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:13,200
Speaker 1: He's back steps up, throws it for the goal line,

713
00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:15,359
Speaker 1: and the pass is broken up at the goal line.

714
00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:18,480
Speaker 1: Make a Fitzpatrick and that ends the football. In the

715
00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:21,160
Speaker 1: end of the game, the Pittsburgh Steelers are eight and

716
00:36:21,239 --> 00:36:25,640
Speaker 1: oh and they barely survive a great effort by the Cowboys.

717
00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:35,120
Speaker 1: Oh man, my goodness, gentlemen, I felt like like light

718
00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:39,880
Speaker 1: up a cigar there, Wow, relaxed vibe there in the boot.

719
00:36:40,160 --> 00:36:42,640
Speaker 1: Makea Fitzpatrick put the finishing touch on a strong game.

720
00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:47,880
Speaker 1: By breaking up Garret Gilbert's desperation end zone heave with

721
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:52,640
Speaker 1: deflection allowed the Steelers to escape Jaral World with nineteen

722
00:36:52,719 --> 00:36:56,000
Speaker 1: win Mark. When we previewed this game, we talked about

723
00:36:56,000 --> 00:37:00,919
Speaker 1: the possibility of a Steelers blow out a biblical proportions.

724
00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:04,560
Speaker 1: What happened, Well, I mean, I think you know, when

725
00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:07,320
Speaker 1: a bunch of talking heads get together and make predictions,

726
00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:10,480
Speaker 1: they often go wayward. This went completely wrong. I think

727
00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:13,120
Speaker 1: that you know, a Garrett Gilbert's a little bit better

728
00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:16,400
Speaker 1: than people planned for. Um, And you know this was

729
00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:20,480
Speaker 1: This was Pittsburgh's defense all year long. They have been

730
00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:23,360
Speaker 1: getting to the quarterback and causing total havoc that didn't

731
00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:26,360
Speaker 1: happen in the first half here, and Pittsburgh's offense just

732
00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:30,120
Speaker 1: looked completely out of sync. Uh. You know, maybe, Mike Nolan, Um,

733
00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:32,600
Speaker 1: I don't think it's ideal that you say my offense

734
00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:34,920
Speaker 1: or my defense will start to look like what it's

735
00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:37,520
Speaker 1: supposed to be in weeks eight and nine. But two

736
00:37:37,560 --> 00:37:39,839
Speaker 1: weeks in a row they've looked pretty solid. A guy

737
00:37:39,840 --> 00:37:42,520
Speaker 1: like Layton Vanderesh to me, Um, I'm seeing some speed,

738
00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:44,719
Speaker 1: I'm seeing a little bit of a little hint of

739
00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:48,799
Speaker 1: the old Layton Vanderesh of old um Neville Gallimore, their

740
00:37:48,840 --> 00:37:51,360
Speaker 1: third round pick. Um had a huge game today and

741
00:37:51,480 --> 00:37:55,600
Speaker 1: Big Ben, you know, he he looked to me seriously

742
00:37:55,600 --> 00:37:57,319
Speaker 1: injured when he hit when he had that knee hit

743
00:37:57,560 --> 00:38:00,600
Speaker 1: in the first half, and um he allead. I mean,

744
00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:02,919
Speaker 1: this is sort of a big the experience of Big Ben.

745
00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:05,239
Speaker 1: He has these injuries and then he has sort of

746
00:38:05,239 --> 00:38:08,719
Speaker 1: the flashy hobbling around and makes the heroics row and

747
00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:11,360
Speaker 1: he had a touchdown drive right before the half that

748
00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:14,560
Speaker 1: probably saved the Steelers. Team came back in the second half.

749
00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:18,000
Speaker 1: Didn't look totally impacted by it, but it you know,

750
00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:20,759
Speaker 1: it's it just sort of lessons what Big Ben can do.

751
00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:24,240
Speaker 1: I think in general, I would point to Jayalen Smith,

752
00:38:24,239 --> 00:38:26,080
Speaker 1: though there were this is someone who's not going to

753
00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:30,560
Speaker 1: enjoy watching film this week. Cowboys linebacker Jalen Smith Dallas

754
00:38:30,640 --> 00:38:33,720
Speaker 1: was up nineteen to fifteen and the fourth quarter, um

755
00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:36,680
Speaker 1: Alden Smith had a fumble recovery of Big Ben and

756
00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:39,400
Speaker 1: was racing down the sideline. This probably could have given

757
00:38:39,640 --> 00:38:43,280
Speaker 1: Dallas a legit chance to win. Jalen Smith was nailed

758
00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:46,600
Speaker 1: with the legal contact wipe that out and the Steelers

759
00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:49,000
Speaker 1: go on to a field goal drive that gives them

760
00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:53,600
Speaker 1: a night lead. Uh. They then with nine net with

761
00:38:53,640 --> 00:38:56,240
Speaker 1: four minutes left, Jalen Smith is hit with a killer

762
00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:59,040
Speaker 1: roughing the passer call on third and ten that would

763
00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:05,080
Speaker 1: have ended a Dealers drive. The Steelers. I thought it

764
00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:07,640
Speaker 1: was ticky tacky, but I mean it's still you know,

765
00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:09,879
Speaker 1: if I'm gonna go by what Romo says, they both

766
00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:11,919
Speaker 1: they basically said you cannot do what he just did,

767
00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:14,360
Speaker 1: and so a lot of these calls feel ticky tacky

768
00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:16,759
Speaker 1: to me. This is not nineteen seventy six. They don't

769
00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:20,240
Speaker 1: allow them to exact punishment like they did in the past.

770
00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:23,400
Speaker 1: But that was a killer flag that led to the

771
00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:26,320
Speaker 1: Deontay Johnson or the Clay Let's see the Eric Ebron

772
00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:28,920
Speaker 1: touchdown with you know, minutes later, Deonte Johnson had a

773
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:31,120
Speaker 1: forty two yard catch and run, which was really the

774
00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:34,200
Speaker 1: first big play that Pittsburgh had, and then they just

775
00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:36,680
Speaker 1: hung on. I mean, this was not the Pittsburgh performance

776
00:39:36,719 --> 00:39:39,080
Speaker 1: that you'd want. What I think they did effectively, though,

777
00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:41,800
Speaker 1: was that when Garrett Gilbert had a chance to really

778
00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:45,280
Speaker 1: give the Cowboys a game winning drive, they went five

779
00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:48,080
Speaker 1: man rush, They got in his face, they made life tough,

780
00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:50,319
Speaker 1: and they destroyed him on fourth down and he had

781
00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:52,680
Speaker 1: one chance at the end, you know, to to do it.

782
00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:54,560
Speaker 1: And um, I think Gilbert showed them a lot. He

783
00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:56,360
Speaker 1: looked better to me than Andy Dalton did in that

784
00:39:56,360 --> 00:39:59,200
Speaker 1: one game. And Gilbert, you know, do not forget, was

785
00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:04,440
Speaker 1: the uh rather fascinating. Orlando Apollo's a f um passer

786
00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:06,440
Speaker 1: of the year. And also that team went on to

787
00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:10,040
Speaker 1: win the championship in that league. So Gilbert is someone

788
00:40:10,080 --> 00:40:13,040
Speaker 1: that I think coaches around the league um know about.

789
00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:15,759
Speaker 1: Steve Spurrier said that the only difference between him and

790
00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:18,040
Speaker 1: Nick Foles is that Nick Foles makes twenty million a

791
00:40:18,120 --> 00:40:21,640
Speaker 1: year and Gilt I mean, is it fair to get

792
00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:25,800
Speaker 1: on them for starting Gilbert was signed off for practice squad.

793
00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:27,440
Speaker 1: I don't think that he had a full grasp of

794
00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:30,800
Speaker 1: the offense. And they said that Garret Gilbert though, basically

795
00:40:30,840 --> 00:40:33,440
Speaker 1: stepped in and learned the offense quicker than Cooper or

796
00:40:33,480 --> 00:40:36,759
Speaker 1: than Cooper Rush. So you know, look at he came

797
00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:39,040
Speaker 1: in and he looked good, look good for what you'd

798
00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:41,400
Speaker 1: think a fourth string quarterback would do. So I know

799
00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:43,360
Speaker 1: what it means for Dallas, But this was an odd

800
00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:45,640
Speaker 1: game Pittsburgh. I think just had that one week where

801
00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:48,520
Speaker 1: they were not themselves. Yeah, I don't think Garret Gilbert

802
00:40:48,520 --> 00:40:50,560
Speaker 1: looks so good that you kill the Cowboys for starting

803
00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:54,239
Speaker 1: someone else. Um. He was definitely an upgrade, but I

804
00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:56,480
Speaker 1: thought he had a lot of very narrow escapes out

805
00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:58,440
Speaker 1: of the pocket that could have gone the other way.

806
00:40:58,640 --> 00:41:00,560
Speaker 1: And credit to him for getting out the pocket and

807
00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:04,160
Speaker 1: making escapes Houdini like, but he could have easily had

808
00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:07,600
Speaker 1: a series of turnovers instead of getting out of the pocket. Um.

809
00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:11,840
Speaker 1: Any seasoned watcher of the Steelers knows that under Tomlin

810
00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:15,080
Speaker 1: they have these games once or twice a year where

811
00:41:15,080 --> 00:41:17,040
Speaker 1: it's a team they should win by three touchdowns and

812
00:41:17,080 --> 00:41:19,640
Speaker 1: they go in and they usually lose that game. Today

813
00:41:19,680 --> 00:41:21,640
Speaker 1: they were lucky they were playing against the four string

814
00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:25,840
Speaker 1: quarterback UM and a bad defense. But I thought to me,

815
00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:28,040
Speaker 1: what was into you know, outside of t J. Watt

816
00:41:28,080 --> 00:41:31,000
Speaker 1: and Cameron Heyward taking over, he had another game, UM,

817
00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:34,600
Speaker 1: just dominating down the stretch. To hear Romo talk about

818
00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:38,359
Speaker 1: you can't keep giving the Steelers offense more chances because

819
00:41:38,360 --> 00:41:42,880
Speaker 1: look at their wide receivers. Can't keep Claypool, Deante Johnson,

820
00:41:42,960 --> 00:41:46,640
Speaker 1: Juju Smith, Schuster and Ebron under control. Play after play,

821
00:41:46,719 --> 00:41:48,719
Speaker 1: sooner or later, one or all those guys are gonna

822
00:41:48,760 --> 00:41:51,080
Speaker 1: bust bust loosen to me, when you look at this

823
00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:55,799
Speaker 1: Steelers offense this year compared to previous years, that they

824
00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:58,880
Speaker 1: have a loaded wide receiver corps. They can't run the

825
00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:01,680
Speaker 1: ball well though, they really struggle on the ground. I

826
00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:06,000
Speaker 1: guess when you're two and six, you're gonna be aggressive.

827
00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:09,279
Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy allowing Gilbert to throw the ball on third

828
00:42:09,280 --> 00:42:12,080
Speaker 1: and goal to Pittsburgh five with twelve minutes to play

829
00:42:12,080 --> 00:42:16,279
Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter ends with a catastrophic interception. If

830
00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:18,440
Speaker 1: you play a little more conservative there, you kick a

831
00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:22,440
Speaker 1: field goal. I believe you're up eight points in that situation. Instead,

832
00:42:22,719 --> 00:42:25,480
Speaker 1: that was the beginning of the end for the Cowboys.

833
00:42:25,600 --> 00:42:27,040
Speaker 1: I want to say one thing on the other side

834
00:42:27,040 --> 00:42:29,760
Speaker 1: with Big Ben, because I know it's not a popular

835
00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:34,200
Speaker 1: sentiment on this podcast or really anywhere, but I think

836
00:42:34,239 --> 00:42:37,200
Speaker 1: Big Ben is a tough guy, and I thought it

837
00:42:37,280 --> 00:42:39,440
Speaker 1: was interesting he's an old man at this point. He

838
00:42:42,239 --> 00:42:46,759
Speaker 1: is a tough guy, agree with and I get I

839
00:42:46,840 --> 00:42:50,160
Speaker 1: get the the the fun kind of element of it

840
00:42:50,239 --> 00:42:52,439
Speaker 1: that he plays up injuries, and I think that's there's

841
00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:55,319
Speaker 1: an element of truth to that, but at this point

842
00:42:55,320 --> 00:42:57,640
Speaker 1: in his career, he takes a hit on his knee

843
00:42:57,640 --> 00:42:59,719
Speaker 1: where he could you could tell he's in a lot

844
00:42:59,719 --> 00:43:01,640
Speaker 1: of this comfort. Not only is he staying the game,

845
00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:03,960
Speaker 1: he takes them all the way in for a touchdown

846
00:43:04,040 --> 00:43:07,200
Speaker 1: where they only passed the ball in the drive, links

847
00:43:07,280 --> 00:43:09,520
Speaker 1: into the locker room, and then comes out through throws

848
00:43:09,560 --> 00:43:11,720
Speaker 1: two more touchdowns. That's why he's going to all of fame.

849
00:43:12,640 --> 00:43:15,200
Speaker 1: I just I've I've really enjoyed watching him his whole

850
00:43:15,239 --> 00:43:17,920
Speaker 1: career as a quarterback put everything else on the side,

851
00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:19,920
Speaker 1: and that was today was just another example of that.

852
00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:23,359
Speaker 1: For me. It's like a classic Big Ben game. Yeah.

853
00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:25,799
Speaker 1: I think that's why he's interesting because you don't see

854
00:43:25,840 --> 00:43:29,080
Speaker 1: that combination of a guy who is actually tough yet

855
00:43:29,160 --> 00:43:31,600
Speaker 1: plays up injuries as if he's got a hangnail and

856
00:43:31,640 --> 00:43:34,920
Speaker 1: he's gonna kill him. Um. It's a weird combination. And

857
00:43:34,960 --> 00:43:37,200
Speaker 1: he's handed his whole career and this team is tough.

858
00:43:37,239 --> 00:43:40,040
Speaker 1: It's a fine line between you know, you think in

859
00:43:40,120 --> 00:43:43,400
Speaker 1: they're lucky UM, and they're you know, one of the

860
00:43:43,480 --> 00:43:46,600
Speaker 1: lesser eight and O teams that that we've seen UM,

861
00:43:46,640 --> 00:43:48,920
Speaker 1: and the flip side, which is whow they've proven they

862
00:43:48,920 --> 00:43:51,960
Speaker 1: can win games in the last you know, fifteen twenty

863
00:43:51,960 --> 00:43:55,359
Speaker 1: minutes of each game. If that's a learned trait, they

864
00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:58,040
Speaker 1: have it. They've done it basically seven out of eight

865
00:43:58,080 --> 00:44:01,320
Speaker 1: weeks where that game was in doubt within the fourth

866
00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:04,439
Speaker 1: quarter and they close, and they do it time after time,

867
00:44:04,440 --> 00:44:06,239
Speaker 1: and I think there's something to that. You're putting a

868
00:44:06,239 --> 00:44:08,840
Speaker 1: little you're putting a little deposits into the Mojo bank.

869
00:44:09,040 --> 00:44:13,400
Speaker 1: You're getting cash cash out in the playoffs. That is

870
00:44:13,520 --> 00:44:16,680
Speaker 1: very well done. Greg, let's move to the music. City

871
00:44:17,360 --> 00:44:20,800
Speaker 1: Folds tries to screen at Montgomery on the right side.

872
00:44:20,880 --> 00:44:23,400
Speaker 1: Vick Jeff is there. The ball comes loose, the kite

873
00:44:23,480 --> 00:44:33,720
Speaker 1: pick it up fifty ten five times. Ten k tumped

874
00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:38,600
Speaker 1: into the house. Mike Keith with the call w g

875
00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:42,320
Speaker 1: f X, Welcome to Nashville. Desmond King this slot corner,

876
00:44:42,719 --> 00:44:45,640
Speaker 1: making his Titans debut after a trade deadline, moved from

877
00:44:45,640 --> 00:44:47,560
Speaker 1: the Chargers, scooped up a loose ball, took it to

878
00:44:47,640 --> 00:44:51,000
Speaker 1: the house sixty three yards. Knockout blow for the Titans

879
00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:54,759
Speaker 1: and seventeen win over the three falling Bears, who have

880
00:44:54,840 --> 00:44:59,280
Speaker 1: lost three in a row. Greg Tennessee's beleaguer defense found

881
00:44:59,480 --> 00:45:03,640
Speaker 1: the right, get right opponent. They did, and um, they

882
00:45:03,640 --> 00:45:05,640
Speaker 1: should get credit. You know, they didn't have Clowney on

883
00:45:05,640 --> 00:45:10,959
Speaker 1: the field. They did a great job. But when when

884
00:45:10,960 --> 00:45:14,960
Speaker 1: it's when it's weakness on weakness and one and one

885
00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:18,840
Speaker 1: weakness dominates, I tend to just put more on the

886
00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:22,120
Speaker 1: weakness on the bigger weakness that's the Bears. And so

887
00:45:22,200 --> 00:45:25,000
Speaker 1: to me, it's more about the Bears offense than it

888
00:45:25,120 --> 00:45:27,680
Speaker 1: is about the Titans defense. Let's let's count the ways

889
00:45:27,719 --> 00:45:31,080
Speaker 1: the Bears offense was embarrassing in this game. The Titans

890
00:45:31,560 --> 00:45:36,000
Speaker 1: were kicking their um kickoffs short to the upman and

891
00:45:36,080 --> 00:45:38,640
Speaker 1: letting the Bears start at the thirty yard line because

892
00:45:38,719 --> 00:45:41,279
Speaker 1: they were so confident the only way the Bears could

893
00:45:41,280 --> 00:45:44,400
Speaker 1: score a touchdown would be Cordurell Pattersons. Okay, just started

894
00:45:44,440 --> 00:45:46,759
Speaker 1: the thirty um. There was what I like to call

895
00:45:46,800 --> 00:45:48,759
Speaker 1: a six and out where you go three and out

896
00:45:49,360 --> 00:45:51,400
Speaker 1: and then you do a fake punt and then you

897
00:45:51,440 --> 00:45:53,839
Speaker 1: go three and out again. So that's like a Bear

898
00:45:54,040 --> 00:45:55,880
Speaker 1: and I've seen that a few times over the years,

899
00:45:55,920 --> 00:45:57,479
Speaker 1: Like this is that was ay. They had a six

900
00:45:57,480 --> 00:46:00,640
Speaker 1: and out. So what they got to that six and

901
00:46:00,680 --> 00:46:03,960
Speaker 1: out because Barkibias Mingo ran the ball for eleven yards

902
00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:07,080
Speaker 1: on the fake punt. He was their leading rusher the

903
00:46:07,160 --> 00:46:11,280
Speaker 1: Bears through through eight drives of the game. The Titans

904
00:46:11,560 --> 00:46:14,120
Speaker 1: went into this I got a couple more. The Titans

905
00:46:14,120 --> 00:46:17,279
Speaker 1: got went into this game as the worst third down

906
00:46:17,320 --> 00:46:20,520
Speaker 1: defense in NFL history just about. The Bears were two

907
00:46:20,520 --> 00:46:25,520
Speaker 1: for fifteen on third downs. And finally, here's what to

908
00:46:25,560 --> 00:46:28,560
Speaker 1: me summarizes the Bears offense. There's so many plays in

909
00:46:28,560 --> 00:46:30,440
Speaker 1: this game where it was third and long and they

910
00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:33,120
Speaker 1: tried to do give up plays like where they would

911
00:46:33,160 --> 00:46:35,840
Speaker 1: throw the ball four yards on third and fifteen, or

912
00:46:35,840 --> 00:46:39,399
Speaker 1: do they throw a screen on third special but they

913
00:46:39,400 --> 00:46:42,920
Speaker 1: couldn't complete those. Those guys were covered like they you know,

914
00:46:42,960 --> 00:46:45,120
Speaker 1: they like the Titans knew they were going to throw

915
00:46:45,160 --> 00:46:47,000
Speaker 1: the ball three yards on third and fifteen, and so

916
00:46:47,040 --> 00:46:50,279
Speaker 1: they couldn't even complete those. And the touchdown that King

917
00:46:50,320 --> 00:46:52,279
Speaker 1: had was on one of those plays, which was a

918
00:46:52,320 --> 00:46:55,759
Speaker 1: screen that they were all over and they ended up,

919
00:46:55,800 --> 00:46:57,799
Speaker 1: you know, forcing a fumble and returning it. So it

920
00:46:57,880 --> 00:46:59,360
Speaker 1: was just it was one of the toughest I know,

921
00:46:59,400 --> 00:47:01,160
Speaker 1: they put it some points in garbage time, but it's

922
00:47:01,200 --> 00:47:03,759
Speaker 1: one of the toughest offensive games I've ever seen. I mean,

923
00:47:03,800 --> 00:47:08,480
Speaker 1: PF said basically graded it as the worst Bears first

924
00:47:08,520 --> 00:47:11,239
Speaker 1: half since two thousand and six. And so I had

925
00:47:11,239 --> 00:47:13,759
Speaker 1: people telling me, hey, look at Foles his box score.

926
00:47:13,800 --> 00:47:17,480
Speaker 1: It's the same as Justin Herbert's. No it's not. No,

927
00:47:17,600 --> 00:47:19,959
Speaker 1: it's not Don't tell me things like that. Don't tell

928
00:47:19,960 --> 00:47:21,879
Speaker 1: me that when I have to watch this offense week

929
00:47:21,920 --> 00:47:25,480
Speaker 1: after week, that is reducing my joy of football. Um.

930
00:47:25,520 --> 00:47:28,160
Speaker 1: And if you're a defensive coordinator studying for how to

931
00:47:28,200 --> 00:47:30,440
Speaker 1: stop the Bears, are you done by like Monday night?

932
00:47:30,719 --> 00:47:32,359
Speaker 1: Have you figured it out by Monday night? I can't

933
00:47:32,360 --> 00:47:35,520
Speaker 1: believe did that to you and came in your mentions

934
00:47:35,560 --> 00:47:38,399
Speaker 1: like that. I would imagine most of them would be disgusted. Well,

935
00:47:38,440 --> 00:47:40,319
Speaker 1: I I labeled them at that They had, you know,

936
00:47:40,400 --> 00:47:43,160
Speaker 1: quickly moved right back into the painfully annoying zone which

937
00:47:43,160 --> 00:47:45,680
Speaker 1: they specialize in every week. And it's like there is

938
00:47:45,719 --> 00:47:49,520
Speaker 1: no growth, no development with a the players here or

939
00:47:49,600 --> 00:47:52,480
Speaker 1: the scheme. It's it's all devolving. And so I mean,

940
00:47:52,920 --> 00:47:54,840
Speaker 1: if they stick around with this, they stick to this

941
00:47:54,920 --> 00:47:57,239
Speaker 1: coaching staff after this season. If I'm a Bears fan,

942
00:47:57,480 --> 00:47:59,480
Speaker 1: you get a little bit close to that Chris wesleyan

943
00:47:59,600 --> 00:48:02,080
Speaker 1: zone of I might have to ignore this team until

944
00:48:02,320 --> 00:48:05,799
Speaker 1: they show me that they actually are striving for competence.

945
00:48:06,440 --> 00:48:08,479
Speaker 1: I like, I like the idea of an in ordinous team.

946
00:48:08,640 --> 00:48:10,440
Speaker 1: I would just like to point out, aren't there like

947
00:48:10,520 --> 00:48:13,640
Speaker 1: two different levels of incompetence going on with this Bears offense.

948
00:48:14,360 --> 00:48:17,480
Speaker 1: You have the normal incompetence, which is every week, and

949
00:48:17,520 --> 00:48:19,680
Speaker 1: then you have today where they were without what four

950
00:48:19,800 --> 00:48:22,600
Speaker 1: starting offensive lineman. Yes, you have to at least point

951
00:48:22,640 --> 00:48:26,839
Speaker 1: that out. Yeah, that that's absolutely fair. But you can

952
00:48:26,880 --> 00:48:31,920
Speaker 1: also point out, like the Titans had twelve transactions on Saturday,

953
00:48:32,120 --> 00:48:37,760
Speaker 1: twelve transactions related to COVID nineteen and injuries and practice squad.

954
00:48:37,960 --> 00:48:41,560
Speaker 1: They're missing their left tackle Roger Staffold got hurt their

955
00:48:41,600 --> 00:48:44,600
Speaker 1: shoulder today. Their first round pick Isa Wilson comes in there.

956
00:48:44,920 --> 00:48:47,800
Speaker 1: He was struggling. They didn't do well. They had seven

957
00:48:47,840 --> 00:48:49,919
Speaker 1: three and ounce in eleven drives. They actually were out

958
00:48:49,920 --> 00:48:53,000
Speaker 1: gained in this game by a hundred and fifty yards um.

959
00:48:53,280 --> 00:48:56,200
Speaker 1: They the Bears defense played awesome, about as well as

960
00:48:56,239 --> 00:48:58,120
Speaker 1: they I think, you know, they've played great all year

961
00:48:58,160 --> 00:49:01,120
Speaker 1: and this was, you know, another great performance where I

962
00:49:01,120 --> 00:49:03,920
Speaker 1: think that the Titans had three points in their first

963
00:49:03,960 --> 00:49:06,400
Speaker 1: six drives. There were there were more punts in the

964
00:49:06,440 --> 00:49:08,720
Speaker 1: first half of this game than any NFL game all season.

965
00:49:08,760 --> 00:49:12,840
Speaker 1: So the Bears defense did their job, but Derrick Henry,

966
00:49:12,880 --> 00:49:14,799
Speaker 1: like on a third and two, drags the pile and

967
00:49:14,800 --> 00:49:17,280
Speaker 1: they end up scoring a touchdown on a perfect throw

968
00:49:17,640 --> 00:49:20,240
Speaker 1: and a perfect catch that like no defense could stop

969
00:49:20,320 --> 00:49:22,160
Speaker 1: to a J. Brown And that's what good teams do.

970
00:49:22,239 --> 00:49:25,160
Speaker 1: The Titans they found a way. But Vaybell called it

971
00:49:25,200 --> 00:49:27,799
Speaker 1: a crossroads game and it they are all sorts of

972
00:49:27,840 --> 00:49:30,239
Speaker 1: banged up um on both sides of the ball and

973
00:49:30,520 --> 00:49:33,680
Speaker 1: got COVID issues that they this Thursday night game is

974
00:49:33,680 --> 00:49:35,359
Speaker 1: gonna be tough for them, I mean teams right now.

975
00:49:35,360 --> 00:49:38,120
Speaker 1: It's like, I feel like we need someone on the podcast.

976
00:49:38,160 --> 00:49:40,600
Speaker 1: It's like stat Boy that just comes in to give

977
00:49:40,680 --> 00:49:43,000
Speaker 1: context at the end of each game and list the

978
00:49:44,120 --> 00:49:47,560
Speaker 1: a numerable COVID and injury issues on each team because

979
00:49:47,600 --> 00:49:49,600
Speaker 1: it's just like such a huge part of every week

980
00:49:50,719 --> 00:49:55,280
Speaker 1: fun gig. By the way, the fastest go route Allen

981
00:49:55,360 --> 00:49:58,840
Speaker 1: Robinson will ever run is the one out of Chicago

982
00:49:58,880 --> 00:50:04,800
Speaker 1: and free agency. Let's move on. Also to play Devil's

983
00:50:04,800 --> 00:50:08,480
Speaker 1: advocate with myself, Joe Burrow was missing three offensive linemen

984
00:50:08,480 --> 00:50:10,600
Speaker 1: and had the best game of his career against that

985
00:50:10,600 --> 00:50:15,120
Speaker 1: Titans defense. Right, well done. Moving on, this would be

986
00:50:15,160 --> 00:50:18,560
Speaker 1: an NFL record field goal to win the game. This

987
00:50:18,600 --> 00:50:21,920
Speaker 1: will be a sixty seven yard attempt. She's had to

988
00:50:21,920 --> 00:50:25,840
Speaker 1: be careful to hold the water slide, big leg, but

989
00:50:26,000 --> 00:50:29,600
Speaker 1: kick us up and it is one ride. Bitch? Oh good?

990
00:50:30,360 --> 00:50:33,680
Speaker 1: What is good? Kansas City gets the victory to go

991
00:50:34,239 --> 00:50:38,080
Speaker 1: eight and one at the bye week on all hard

992
00:50:38,520 --> 00:50:43,160
Speaker 1: fot victory. Mitch Holt is with it called w d

993
00:50:43,400 --> 00:50:46,480
Speaker 1: a f You know, one of these days, Joey Slye

994
00:50:46,600 --> 00:50:48,960
Speaker 1: is gonna reward that rule's faith with one of these

995
00:50:49,000 --> 00:50:53,040
Speaker 1: seventy yards. But it would it wouldn't be Sunday slide

996
00:50:53,080 --> 00:50:56,080
Speaker 1: missed as you heard why right. Paters fall thirty three

997
00:50:56,160 --> 00:51:00,480
Speaker 1: to thirty one to the Chiefs at Arrowhead Mark. Carolina

998
00:51:00,560 --> 00:51:02,960
Speaker 1: did just about everything right in this game, but they

999
00:51:03,000 --> 00:51:06,759
Speaker 1: still couldn't find a way to close out the chance. Uh.

1000
00:51:07,800 --> 00:51:12,200
Speaker 1: This this was I am really proud of the Panthers.

1001
00:51:12,239 --> 00:51:14,320
Speaker 1: I don't feel that way about football teams that often.

1002
00:51:14,880 --> 00:51:17,080
Speaker 1: They came in and fought so hard, and the Chiefs

1003
00:51:17,520 --> 00:51:19,640
Speaker 1: by the game's end and everything that you'd expect the

1004
00:51:19,719 --> 00:51:22,560
Speaker 1: Chiefs to do. We can get into that. But Kansas

1005
00:51:22,600 --> 00:51:25,120
Speaker 1: City rolled into this prepared for a fist fight. I

1006
00:51:25,239 --> 00:51:28,279
Speaker 1: give them credit for being The Panthers rolled in into

1007
00:51:28,320 --> 00:51:31,200
Speaker 1: that and they were just so aggressive. UM their opening

1008
00:51:31,320 --> 00:51:35,480
Speaker 1: drive fifteen plays, seventy five yards, they wiped out nine

1009
00:51:35,560 --> 00:51:39,000
Speaker 1: minutes of the opening quarter, and that included a drive

1010
00:51:39,040 --> 00:51:41,759
Speaker 1: where they went forward on fourth and three UM to

1011
00:51:41,880 --> 00:51:44,160
Speaker 1: allow them to move on and get a touchdown to

1012
00:51:44,200 --> 00:51:46,919
Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey his first game back. He looked pretty good.

1013
00:51:47,160 --> 00:51:49,160
Speaker 1: They're not using just him though. They still have a

1014
00:51:49,200 --> 00:51:51,800
Speaker 1: little bit of Mike Davis going on here. On the

1015
00:51:51,960 --> 00:51:55,360
Speaker 1: next drive though, okay, they refused. I just thought that

1016
00:51:55,480 --> 00:51:57,680
Speaker 1: they put thee They put their foot on the pedal

1017
00:51:57,719 --> 00:51:59,560
Speaker 1: and did not let up. They got into a fourth

1018
00:51:59,600 --> 00:52:02,719
Speaker 1: down City situation. Your seconds into the second quarter, they

1019
00:52:02,840 --> 00:52:05,160
Speaker 1: roll up a fake punt Joseph Charlton and the punter

1020
00:52:05,320 --> 00:52:09,120
Speaker 1: hits Brandon Zilstrap for twenty seven yards and it leads

1021
00:52:09,160 --> 00:52:12,720
Speaker 1: to a touchdown drive by Curtis Samuel passed to Curtis Samuel.

1022
00:52:13,080 --> 00:52:15,440
Speaker 1: There is later in the game, Teddy Bridgewater what I

1023
00:52:15,480 --> 00:52:17,560
Speaker 1: think is one of the plays of the season, a

1024
00:52:17,760 --> 00:52:22,000
Speaker 1: dangerous scramble into peril fifteen yards on third and fourteen,

1025
00:52:22,040 --> 00:52:25,000
Speaker 1: and it says everything about what Matt Rule and Teddy

1026
00:52:25,040 --> 00:52:27,040
Speaker 1: Bridgewater want to do together and the faith that Matt

1027
00:52:27,160 --> 00:52:30,080
Speaker 1: Rule mentioned Teddy Bridgewater in the offseason when we talked

1028
00:52:30,120 --> 00:52:32,320
Speaker 1: with him. They come out, they come out of that

1029
00:52:32,800 --> 00:52:35,560
Speaker 1: and with ten minutes to go in the game, they

1030
00:52:35,680 --> 00:52:37,640
Speaker 1: dial up a fake punt because in some of these

1031
00:52:37,680 --> 00:52:39,759
Speaker 1: teams that get overly cautious and just gonna hand the

1032
00:52:39,800 --> 00:52:42,439
Speaker 1: ball back to Kansas City. It didn't work, it didn't

1033
00:52:42,440 --> 00:52:44,360
Speaker 1: go their way, but you cannot kill him for it.

1034
00:52:44,480 --> 00:52:47,360
Speaker 1: They just absolutely went for every chance they could to

1035
00:52:47,400 --> 00:52:49,480
Speaker 1: get an advant an edge. At one point, they were

1036
00:52:49,560 --> 00:52:52,759
Speaker 1: down one at the end and they fought their way back.

1037
00:52:52,840 --> 00:52:55,320
Speaker 1: I don't know, just they never they have an element

1038
00:52:55,400 --> 00:52:57,880
Speaker 1: to them under Matt Rule where they refused to give

1039
00:52:57,960 --> 00:53:00,600
Speaker 1: up that said. You're still dealing with Patrick Mahomes, who

1040
00:53:00,640 --> 00:53:03,520
Speaker 1: threw four touchdowns. He has nine touchdowns and two you

1041
00:53:03,560 --> 00:53:06,440
Speaker 1: know over the last couple of weeks he looked absolutely

1042
00:53:06,480 --> 00:53:10,640
Speaker 1: beautiful today. Um, it's just bend, but don't break against

1043
00:53:10,680 --> 00:53:13,040
Speaker 1: the Chiefs and then suddenly you break. They're too powerful

1044
00:53:13,440 --> 00:53:16,360
Speaker 1: on offense and this you know, the Panthers do a

1045
00:53:16,440 --> 00:53:19,560
Speaker 1: few good things on defense, But the idea of containing

1046
00:53:19,800 --> 00:53:23,439
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes the whole time impossible. But the offense fought

1047
00:53:23,520 --> 00:53:25,759
Speaker 1: and fought, and this is a fun Carolina offense to

1048
00:53:25,840 --> 00:53:29,479
Speaker 1: watch their parts work right now. Teddy has had good weeks.

1049
00:53:29,520 --> 00:53:32,359
Speaker 1: He's had bad weeks. He said, throws he can't make.

1050
00:53:32,520 --> 00:53:34,960
Speaker 1: He said throws that maybe you'd be surprised he can make.

1051
00:53:35,480 --> 00:53:37,880
Speaker 1: But to me, the most impressive thing about his season

1052
00:53:38,000 --> 00:53:40,719
Speaker 1: is if you've watched every game, you'd never know he

1053
00:53:40,760 --> 00:53:43,160
Speaker 1: had a career threatening injury. He has not changed the

1054
00:53:43,160 --> 00:53:46,080
Speaker 1: way he's played. He has, like you said today, Mark

1055
00:53:46,520 --> 00:53:50,480
Speaker 1: sacrificing his body like at the first down, sticks diving

1056
00:53:50,560 --> 00:53:53,040
Speaker 1: what five six yards in the air going forward to

1057
00:53:53,160 --> 00:53:56,040
Speaker 1: get that first down. He has thrown caution to the

1058
00:53:56,120 --> 00:53:59,320
Speaker 1: wind um in a good way, like not to the

1059
00:53:59,320 --> 00:54:01,680
Speaker 1: point where he's to get himself injured. But he knows

1060
00:54:01,760 --> 00:54:03,480
Speaker 1: when to slide, when to go down, when to go

1061
00:54:03,600 --> 00:54:05,920
Speaker 1: for the extra yards. And you just never know that

1062
00:54:06,040 --> 00:54:08,320
Speaker 1: he had a major knee injury. Yeah, his courage in

1063
00:54:08,360 --> 00:54:10,440
Speaker 1: the pocket, his his pocket presence, I think is his

1064
00:54:10,840 --> 00:54:13,200
Speaker 1: best trait. But that's it's also why and it's not

1065
00:54:13,360 --> 00:54:16,160
Speaker 1: like I focused on this game, but these great effort.

1066
00:54:16,200 --> 00:54:19,040
Speaker 1: Panthers games, you want to finish one. And they had

1067
00:54:19,120 --> 00:54:21,640
Speaker 1: their chance. They had their chance to win an arrowhead.

1068
00:54:21,680 --> 00:54:23,759
Speaker 1: They had the ball and they only needed a field goal.

1069
00:54:23,920 --> 00:54:26,359
Speaker 1: They had fifty seconds. It's not all the time, uh

1070
00:54:26,760 --> 00:54:28,960
Speaker 1: or more than that with no time out. It's not

1071
00:54:29,000 --> 00:54:31,040
Speaker 1: all the time in the world. But he you know,

1072
00:54:31,120 --> 00:54:34,480
Speaker 1: they threw two checkdowns in the middle of the field, um,

1073
00:54:35,480 --> 00:54:37,520
Speaker 1: you know to start the drive and it was almost

1074
00:54:37,600 --> 00:54:39,759
Speaker 1: over right there. And those those are mental errors and

1075
00:54:39,760 --> 00:54:43,880
Speaker 1: there's something he'll learn from. But you know, they a

1076
00:54:44,000 --> 00:54:46,279
Speaker 1: better like a braidy or a breeze. They're throwing those

1077
00:54:46,280 --> 00:54:48,640
Speaker 1: balls out of bounds because they know those two yards

1078
00:54:48,920 --> 00:54:51,640
Speaker 1: you know, throws over the middle ultimately kill you. And

1079
00:54:51,640 --> 00:54:53,279
Speaker 1: they kind of ran out of time there because I

1080
00:54:53,520 --> 00:54:56,800
Speaker 1: really was excited to hopefully see a Joey Sly winner.

1081
00:54:56,840 --> 00:54:58,399
Speaker 1: But you're not gonna hit it from sixty nine. Thought

1082
00:54:58,440 --> 00:55:00,480
Speaker 1: he had the distance though, Dan what he missed it

1083
00:55:00,520 --> 00:55:02,560
Speaker 1: by about Yeah this time he might have actually been

1084
00:55:02,640 --> 00:55:05,359
Speaker 1: yet clear the crossbar, but it wasn't dead on this time. Yeah.

1085
00:55:05,440 --> 00:55:09,239
Speaker 1: Mahomes is just such a treasure to watch. He's now

1086
00:55:09,360 --> 00:55:11,160
Speaker 1: thirty two and eight in his career as a starter,

1087
00:55:11,280 --> 00:55:13,640
Speaker 1: he's got the MVP Award, he's got the Super Bowl

1088
00:55:14,080 --> 00:55:17,160
Speaker 1: m v P. He is up to twenty five touchdowns

1089
00:55:17,239 --> 00:55:21,120
Speaker 1: this year with one interception, and his numbers west. Uh,

1090
00:55:21,719 --> 00:55:24,600
Speaker 1: I mean, give me an update where he is on

1091
00:55:24,800 --> 00:55:27,560
Speaker 1: your quarterback ranks, although I suspect I know where he is.

1092
00:55:27,640 --> 00:55:32,120
Speaker 1: He's at sixty completion percentage, passer rating of one sixteen,

1093
00:55:32,160 --> 00:55:36,080
Speaker 1: and he's at career high marks in completion percentage, touchdown interstitation,

1094
00:55:36,600 --> 00:55:40,880
Speaker 1: touchdown to interception ratio, and passer rating. Uh. Is this

1095
00:55:40,960 --> 00:55:45,279
Speaker 1: the best you've seen him? Look? No? No, I think um,

1096
00:55:45,680 --> 00:55:47,880
Speaker 1: his his first year as a starter, when he was

1097
00:55:48,000 --> 00:55:49,640
Speaker 1: the clear cut m v P. I think that's the

1098
00:55:49,640 --> 00:55:52,879
Speaker 1: best I've seen him. Look Um, he's been number three

1099
00:55:53,000 --> 00:55:55,319
Speaker 1: most of the season in the QB Index. I think

1100
00:55:55,360 --> 00:55:57,840
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers has had a better season. I'll have to

1101
00:55:57,880 --> 00:56:00,759
Speaker 1: look because he might pass Russell Wilson, who has had

1102
00:56:00,800 --> 00:56:02,960
Speaker 1: three turnovers and what two of the last three weeks.

1103
00:56:04,200 --> 00:56:06,440
Speaker 1: But Aaron Rodgers to me, goes to number one on

1104
00:56:06,480 --> 00:56:13,560
Speaker 1: the list. All right, let's keep moving. Thirteen yard touchdown,

1105
00:56:13,680 --> 00:56:15,719
Speaker 1: rod and the Jags are a two point converged it

1106
00:56:15,760 --> 00:56:18,359
Speaker 1: away from a tie with a minute thirty to go here,

1107
00:56:18,400 --> 00:56:20,160
Speaker 1: they go for the tie, and here's the snap of

1108
00:56:20,200 --> 00:56:22,680
Speaker 1: the two. So throw right side at egg cup plate

1109
00:56:23,080 --> 00:56:27,239
Speaker 1: too low for Shark, and the Texans lead by two

1110
00:56:27,360 --> 00:56:31,440
Speaker 1: with a minute thirty to go. Mark VanderMeer with the

1111
00:56:31,520 --> 00:56:37,520
Speaker 1: call k I lt so close, Jku, Tom Luton luten

1112
00:56:38,000 --> 00:56:42,360
Speaker 1: loot so close. The Jaguars rookie nearly pulled off to

1113
00:56:42,440 --> 00:56:44,759
Speaker 1: come back in his starting debut, but that two point

1114
00:56:44,800 --> 00:56:48,360
Speaker 1: conversion attempt at g J Shark no good. Texans hold on.

1115
00:56:50,800 --> 00:56:53,480
Speaker 1: Greg Houston has shown an ability to keep any team

1116
00:56:53,520 --> 00:56:56,799
Speaker 1: in the game this year. Add the Jags to that list. Yeah,

1117
00:56:56,800 --> 00:56:58,920
Speaker 1: they've shown the ability to beat the Jags there too,

1118
00:56:58,960 --> 00:57:03,000
Speaker 1: and oh against them and nobody else. Uh and uh.

1119
00:57:03,880 --> 00:57:06,000
Speaker 1: You know, this game I think can be best described

1120
00:57:06,200 --> 00:57:09,319
Speaker 1: by explaining the exploits of Josh Lambeau. I didn't think

1121
00:57:09,400 --> 00:57:11,400
Speaker 1: I was going there, but it's a it was a

1122
00:57:11,480 --> 00:57:16,480
Speaker 1: Lambeau type of game. Early missed extra point. Oh, ends

1123
00:57:16,560 --> 00:57:19,000
Speaker 1: up mattering a little bit when you have to go

1124
00:57:19,280 --> 00:57:21,520
Speaker 1: for two at the very end with Jake Luton, who

1125
00:57:21,520 --> 00:57:24,920
Speaker 1: has spent about twenty five seconds celebrating his touchdown on

1126
00:57:25,040 --> 00:57:27,160
Speaker 1: what should have been a legacy drive, and then like

1127
00:57:27,400 --> 00:57:28,840
Speaker 1: you know, and I don't blame him. He's a seventh

1128
00:57:28,920 --> 00:57:31,240
Speaker 1: roud rookie. You played, you know pretty well. Uh, and

1129
00:57:31,280 --> 00:57:33,600
Speaker 1: then realized we've got to go for two and totally

1130
00:57:33,680 --> 00:57:36,400
Speaker 1: short armed. If if there is such a thing as

1131
00:57:36,440 --> 00:57:39,400
Speaker 1: like getting nervous and your shoulder feeling a little heavy. Uh.

1132
00:57:39,520 --> 00:57:42,080
Speaker 1: He threw it in the dirt nowhere near his receiver

1133
00:57:42,320 --> 00:57:44,400
Speaker 1: on the two point conversion. But that that wasn't all

1134
00:57:44,480 --> 00:57:47,360
Speaker 1: of Lambeau's contribution. He had a fifty nine yard or

1135
00:57:47,400 --> 00:57:50,400
Speaker 1: in this game. How about that, Josh Lambeau, And he

1136
00:57:50,760 --> 00:57:53,280
Speaker 1: went out of his way to get in the middle

1137
00:57:53,440 --> 00:57:56,360
Speaker 1: of two other guys who were fighting, which I've never

1138
00:57:56,440 --> 00:57:58,440
Speaker 1: seen a kick or do like two guys kind of

1139
00:57:58,560 --> 00:58:02,120
Speaker 1: John And then Lambeau's in there instigating, And if you

1140
00:58:02,200 --> 00:58:04,680
Speaker 1: look at him, it's not too shocking because Lambeau and

1141
00:58:04,920 --> 00:58:06,760
Speaker 1: a lot of these kickers are jack these days. But

1142
00:58:06,880 --> 00:58:10,720
Speaker 1: Lambo is like another level of kicker jack. So you know,

1143
00:58:10,840 --> 00:58:12,600
Speaker 1: he's like the Jaggers, a lot of fight, a lot

1144
00:58:12,680 --> 00:58:15,240
Speaker 1: of spirit. And they lost in the end. Late Thursday,

1145
00:58:15,960 --> 00:58:19,320
Speaker 1: very late Thursday, I was watching election coverage and decided

1146
00:58:20,120 --> 00:58:22,600
Speaker 1: it was time to put up my long awaited kicker

1147
00:58:22,680 --> 00:58:26,560
Speaker 1: Power rankings and maybe maybe Josh Lambo didn't see himself

1148
00:58:26,600 --> 00:58:28,040
Speaker 1: on that list and said, you know what, I need

1149
00:58:28,120 --> 00:58:30,320
Speaker 1: to start kind of putting myself out there missing a

1150
00:58:30,360 --> 00:58:32,439
Speaker 1: p A T is not gonna do it. But where

1151
00:58:32,520 --> 00:58:36,280
Speaker 1: was Where was Jason Sanders? Jason Sanders was snubbed because

1152
00:58:37,080 --> 00:58:39,960
Speaker 1: Ngaku is so good at onside kicks, But I immediately

1153
00:58:40,040 --> 00:58:42,680
Speaker 1: regretted that when I was watching. Also, like entries like

1154
00:58:42,800 --> 00:58:46,960
Speaker 1: two through five were um a split up centens sentence

1155
00:58:47,040 --> 00:58:49,640
Speaker 1: explaining that no one's going to uh knock out the

1156
00:58:49,720 --> 00:58:53,120
Speaker 1: Ravens kicker from number one's not to get one. Sanders

1157
00:58:53,320 --> 00:58:56,040
Speaker 1: hit twenties straight now, I know, in like a couple

1158
00:58:56,080 --> 00:58:59,160
Speaker 1: of bombs today under pressure. All right, he's number eight now,

1159
00:59:01,760 --> 00:59:04,320
Speaker 1: but number two through five is kept empty out of

1160
00:59:04,360 --> 00:59:07,920
Speaker 1: respect for Justin Tucker. I think that's only fair. I

1161
00:59:08,000 --> 00:59:10,400
Speaker 1: would have before today, I wanta had Chris Boswell Hire

1162
00:59:10,480 --> 00:59:12,480
Speaker 1: on the list, who only had one bag year really

1163
00:59:12,520 --> 00:59:14,959
Speaker 1: in his career and has been a Tier one kicker

1164
00:59:15,000 --> 00:59:17,320
Speaker 1: outside of that one big year hit a rough day

1165
00:59:17,360 --> 00:59:19,440
Speaker 1: to day and that may have been his his lines

1166
00:59:19,520 --> 00:59:22,240
Speaker 1: fault because he was Tyrone Crawford who was coming through

1167
00:59:22,280 --> 00:59:24,960
Speaker 1: the line every single time on the kicks I mean,

1168
00:59:24,960 --> 00:59:27,200
Speaker 1: I can hear Texans fans out there being like we've

1169
00:59:27,320 --> 00:59:29,080
Speaker 1: never won a game, because you know, you guys are

1170
00:59:29,080 --> 00:59:31,160
Speaker 1: just talking about, Hey, this is what happens with two

1171
00:59:31,240 --> 00:59:34,000
Speaker 1: one in six teams go against each other. Just the

1172
00:59:34,080 --> 00:59:36,920
Speaker 1: difference to me was Jon Watson ran the ball today

1173
00:59:37,320 --> 00:59:40,520
Speaker 1: in key situations and scrambles. He had more rushing yards

1174
00:59:40,560 --> 00:59:44,960
Speaker 1: than any game he's had since the week seventeen of eighteen,

1175
00:59:45,480 --> 00:59:47,480
Speaker 1: and I've been waiting for that. He's so athletic and

1176
00:59:47,640 --> 00:59:50,560
Speaker 1: like he just doesn't take take off and sometimes he

1177
00:59:50,640 --> 00:59:52,160
Speaker 1: needs to, and he did it a lot of a

1178
00:59:52,280 --> 00:59:56,200
Speaker 1: lot of times on third down. He was very sharp overall.

1179
00:59:56,800 --> 01:00:00,520
Speaker 1: Uh and Jake Luton had great numbers, made some good plays.

1180
01:00:00,600 --> 01:00:03,320
Speaker 1: Was lucky that he only had one fumble and one interception.

1181
01:00:03,400 --> 01:00:05,280
Speaker 1: It could have been more. And was playing the team

1182
01:00:05,760 --> 01:00:07,760
Speaker 1: that lost their two best two of their three best

1183
01:00:07,800 --> 01:00:10,960
Speaker 1: pass ushers to COVID and their best cornerback Bradley Roby.

1184
01:00:11,080 --> 01:00:13,760
Speaker 1: So it's not a good Texans defense and they definitely

1185
01:00:13,800 --> 01:00:16,920
Speaker 1: had some mishaps today. But for a for a rookie quarterback,

1186
01:00:16,960 --> 01:00:19,200
Speaker 1: he looked, you know, quite good. He had a nice day.

1187
01:00:19,520 --> 01:00:22,680
Speaker 1: Let's check in on two more losing teams first and

1188
01:00:22,800 --> 01:00:26,600
Speaker 1: ten from the thirty handoff, Calvin shakes attack, look and

1189
01:00:26,840 --> 01:00:30,920
Speaker 1: the race is on and it is a loose touchdown.

1190
01:00:34,280 --> 01:00:39,240
Speaker 1: Seventy r touchdown this time by the best in the business, baby,

1191
01:00:39,920 --> 01:00:47,240
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook. Paul Allen spice. I think Paul Allen's the

1192
01:00:47,280 --> 01:00:51,880
Speaker 1: best of the business, kfa N Dalvin Cook, Yes, superstar,

1193
01:00:52,200 --> 01:00:55,560
Speaker 1: like he's running back. I'm gonna I'm not listen, come

1194
01:00:55,600 --> 01:00:57,200
Speaker 1: after you if you want. I think he put himself

1195
01:00:57,240 --> 01:00:59,840
Speaker 1: on the m v P radar on Sunday with his

1196
01:01:00,040 --> 01:01:05,320
Speaker 1: second consecutive yard game from scrimmage, which included the game

1197
01:01:05,480 --> 01:01:09,800
Speaker 1: icing seventy yard touchdown sprint in a win over the

1198
01:01:09,880 --> 01:01:13,840
Speaker 1: Lions at US Bank Stadium. You know, Dalvin Cook, he

1199
01:01:13,920 --> 01:01:16,040
Speaker 1: scored a touchdown in every game he's played. He has

1200
01:01:16,240 --> 01:01:19,560
Speaker 1: four games this year four we're halfway through the season

1201
01:01:20,120 --> 01:01:22,080
Speaker 1: where he scored at least two touchdowns in the game.

1202
01:01:22,280 --> 01:01:25,360
Speaker 1: He is one of those guys, one of those very

1203
01:01:25,560 --> 01:01:28,080
Speaker 1: and it's actually a great conversation. And obviously you know

1204
01:01:28,560 --> 01:01:31,920
Speaker 1: what Paul Allen feels about this. We talk about who's

1205
01:01:31,960 --> 01:01:36,120
Speaker 1: the best running back in football CMC. Obviously he needs

1206
01:01:36,160 --> 01:01:39,280
Speaker 1: to be in the conversation Alvin Kamara needs to be

1207
01:01:39,360 --> 01:01:43,840
Speaker 1: in the conversation, and obviously I think Dalvin Cook needs

1208
01:01:43,920 --> 01:01:46,040
Speaker 1: to be in the conversation. I think that's the big three.

1209
01:01:46,400 --> 01:01:49,840
Speaker 1: If Derrick Henry in maybe Okay, if you want to

1210
01:01:49,840 --> 01:01:52,040
Speaker 1: put Henry in there too, I would have him just below.

1211
01:01:52,120 --> 01:01:54,600
Speaker 1: But I get that for sure. Reigning rushing champion and

1212
01:01:54,680 --> 01:01:59,320
Speaker 1: he is a monster. But anyway, uh, yeah, he You know,

1213
01:01:59,400 --> 01:02:01,720
Speaker 1: for the Viking is to get back into the playoff picture.

1214
01:02:01,760 --> 01:02:04,120
Speaker 1: I was talking about on Thursday that I harbored some

1215
01:02:04,240 --> 01:02:08,520
Speaker 1: type of hope, however psychotic it is that the Vikings

1216
01:02:08,560 --> 01:02:10,840
Speaker 1: are actually gonna get back in the playoff picture in

1217
01:02:10,880 --> 01:02:13,360
Speaker 1: the NFC. Cook's gonna have to be this type of

1218
01:02:13,440 --> 01:02:16,560
Speaker 1: special guide like Adrian Peterson was in two thousand twelve,

1219
01:02:17,040 --> 01:02:18,840
Speaker 1: by the way, the last running back to win m

1220
01:02:18,880 --> 01:02:21,680
Speaker 1: v P in the NFL. He was with the Vikings,

1221
01:02:21,720 --> 01:02:23,959
Speaker 1: of course, and that two thousand yards season. He's gonna

1222
01:02:24,000 --> 01:02:26,240
Speaker 1: need to go bonkers the rest of the way. And

1223
01:02:26,360 --> 01:02:29,920
Speaker 1: what's happening here, Wes and I know, Uh, Kirk Cousins

1224
01:02:30,040 --> 01:02:32,560
Speaker 1: is always a subject of fascination, but maybe not as

1225
01:02:32,680 --> 01:02:36,000
Speaker 1: much in the past, uh this season because he's just

1226
01:02:36,120 --> 01:02:37,800
Speaker 1: his play has come down and he's just seemed like

1227
01:02:37,960 --> 01:02:40,360
Speaker 1: just another guy. But this is kind of what happens

1228
01:02:40,400 --> 01:02:42,440
Speaker 1: when you're running back is playing this well and you

1229
01:02:42,520 --> 01:02:45,680
Speaker 1: get things calmed down and Cousins can just operate in

1230
01:02:45,720 --> 01:02:47,680
Speaker 1: his own little realm and do his little play action

1231
01:02:47,800 --> 01:02:49,560
Speaker 1: game and you don't put too much on his plate.

1232
01:02:49,720 --> 01:02:52,440
Speaker 1: All of a sudden, those two eight yard, three touchdown,

1233
01:02:52,520 --> 01:02:55,440
Speaker 1: no turnover games start to pop up again with him,

1234
01:02:55,480 --> 01:02:56,920
Speaker 1: and that's what he's been. He's been kind of back

1235
01:02:56,960 --> 01:03:00,160
Speaker 1: to good Kirk Cousins the last two weeks. Yeah, as

1236
01:03:00,360 --> 01:03:03,480
Speaker 1: because of Dalvin Cook. I mean that it's so much

1237
01:03:03,520 --> 01:03:06,120
Speaker 1: easier to play the position when you have the most

1238
01:03:06,200 --> 01:03:09,040
Speaker 1: explosive skill position player in football, and that's what Dalvin

1239
01:03:09,080 --> 01:03:12,240
Speaker 1: Cook has been. The way he ran last week a

1240
01:03:12,360 --> 01:03:15,680
Speaker 1: hundred and sixty six yards after contact according to Pro

1241
01:03:15,800 --> 01:03:18,600
Speaker 1: Football Focus, that was the best I've seen any running

1242
01:03:18,600 --> 01:03:21,200
Speaker 1: back look all year by quite a bit. You can

1243
01:03:21,280 --> 01:03:24,800
Speaker 1: say Alvin Kamara is better in the passing game. Sure,

1244
01:03:24,880 --> 01:03:28,200
Speaker 1: you don't want if you could pick any running back

1245
01:03:28,200 --> 01:03:30,120
Speaker 1: to be one on one with a linebacker safety, you're

1246
01:03:30,160 --> 01:03:33,600
Speaker 1: taking Alvin Kamara. But the way Dalvin Cook ran the

1247
01:03:33,680 --> 01:03:37,160
Speaker 1: ball so much more explosive than any running back I've seen,

1248
01:03:37,440 --> 01:03:39,800
Speaker 1: and today was more of the same. He is shot

1249
01:03:39,840 --> 01:03:43,160
Speaker 1: out of a cannon. Um. It's not every year you

1250
01:03:43,280 --> 01:03:47,720
Speaker 1: see a running back with the synchronisy with his offensive

1251
01:03:47,760 --> 01:03:50,400
Speaker 1: line and his own physical talent coming to the forefront

1252
01:03:50,480 --> 01:03:53,360
Speaker 1: for a long stretch like we saw with their Henry

1253
01:03:53,800 --> 01:03:55,880
Speaker 1: late last year. We saw with Levy on Bell a

1254
01:03:55,920 --> 01:03:58,840
Speaker 1: couple of times. With the Steelers, we saw I think

1255
01:03:58,920 --> 01:04:02,440
Speaker 1: for probably a couple of early last year Christian McCaffrey. UM.

1256
01:04:03,000 --> 01:04:04,600
Speaker 1: But it's not every year you see this. And it's

1257
01:04:04,640 --> 01:04:08,840
Speaker 1: fun to watch Dalvin Coke, who looks phenomenal when he

1258
01:04:08,880 --> 01:04:12,600
Speaker 1: gets the ball right now, it's like they you know,

1259
01:04:12,680 --> 01:04:15,000
Speaker 1: they're big on the toss. They pitch it to him

1260
01:04:15,320 --> 01:04:16,720
Speaker 1: and it's like as soon as he gets the ball,

1261
01:04:16,720 --> 01:04:19,960
Speaker 1: it's like he's going downhill and he never gets taken

1262
01:04:20,000 --> 01:04:23,200
Speaker 1: down by first conduct contact. He had over nine yards

1263
01:04:23,280 --> 01:04:26,400
Speaker 1: to carry us today he went over two hundred yards

1264
01:04:26,480 --> 01:04:30,120
Speaker 1: rushing on just twenty two carries. I mean, he every

1265
01:04:30,200 --> 01:04:32,360
Speaker 1: time he touched the ball it was a chunk play.

1266
01:04:33,000 --> 01:04:35,840
Speaker 1: And the Lions are just such a mess. There's just

1267
01:04:35,920 --> 01:04:38,600
Speaker 1: no progress with this team, and you try to start

1268
01:04:38,640 --> 01:04:41,560
Speaker 1: to get a little excited around them, um when they

1269
01:04:41,640 --> 01:04:44,680
Speaker 1: had that mini winning streak and you saw their schedule

1270
01:04:44,720 --> 01:04:47,040
Speaker 1: and he said, okay, okay, there's a chance here. But

1271
01:04:47,120 --> 01:04:50,640
Speaker 1: they're right back to square one. And Matthew stafford Um,

1272
01:04:50,800 --> 01:04:52,840
Speaker 1: obviously he's having a really tough season for a lot

1273
01:04:52,880 --> 01:04:55,760
Speaker 1: of reasons, and he has speaking of COVID nineteen, it

1274
01:04:55,840 --> 01:04:58,000
Speaker 1: touches all these games cause he didn't practice this week

1275
01:04:58,160 --> 01:05:01,040
Speaker 1: because he was in the protocol even though he wasn't uh,

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01:05:01,200 --> 01:05:03,480
Speaker 1: he wasn't infected with COVID, but he was in the

1277
01:05:03,520 --> 01:05:07,040
Speaker 1: protocol because of close contact. But he comes out and

1278
01:05:07,440 --> 01:05:09,320
Speaker 1: he's up and down with the rest of the team

1279
01:05:09,600 --> 01:05:13,280
Speaker 1: before leaving with concussion, uh for a concussion test. I

1280
01:05:13,320 --> 01:05:15,280
Speaker 1: don't know if he actually got diagnosed or not, but

1281
01:05:15,640 --> 01:05:18,880
Speaker 1: but Chase Daniel finished this game. I mean, just a

1282
01:05:19,000 --> 01:05:21,960
Speaker 1: really bummer of a game for the Lions and the Vikings.

1283
01:05:22,360 --> 01:05:26,360
Speaker 1: They're hanging on the periphery with a schedule that is

1284
01:05:27,040 --> 01:05:29,640
Speaker 1: not too bad, looks pretty good. The Bears are the

1285
01:05:29,720 --> 01:05:32,640
Speaker 1: only team with a winning record in their next four

1286
01:05:33,320 --> 01:05:36,400
Speaker 1: and that's next week and that's the Bears, so they

1287
01:05:36,800 --> 01:05:39,280
Speaker 1: at least have a chance to win. You know, three

1288
01:05:39,320 --> 01:05:41,360
Speaker 1: of those four gets to five in the NFC that

1289
01:05:41,520 --> 01:05:44,080
Speaker 1: you know that might be still uphill sliding, but I

1290
01:05:44,160 --> 01:05:46,120
Speaker 1: wouldn't put it past him. I wouldn't put it past

1291
01:05:46,360 --> 01:05:48,480
Speaker 1: them getting right back in the mix and then Kirk

1292
01:05:48,560 --> 01:05:52,040
Speaker 1: Cousins having like a bad week sixteen and then they right.

1293
01:05:52,080 --> 01:05:54,440
Speaker 1: But to your point about Cousins like the environment that

1294
01:05:54,520 --> 01:05:57,040
Speaker 1: he's in the three games they've won, I think he

1295
01:05:57,120 --> 01:06:00,080
Speaker 1: threw the ball fourteen times twenty today and me be

1296
01:06:00,160 --> 01:06:02,720
Speaker 1: twenty one the other. You know, you don't have to

1297
01:06:02,760 --> 01:06:07,640
Speaker 1: trust Kirk Cousins if you can do this exactly. And

1298
01:06:07,720 --> 01:06:09,720
Speaker 1: it reminds me a little bit of what they do

1299
01:06:09,840 --> 01:06:11,960
Speaker 1: to Baker Mayfield in Cleveland when they're playing well, which is,

1300
01:06:12,000 --> 01:06:14,840
Speaker 1: don't have this guy throw the ball forty times, same offense.

1301
01:06:15,160 --> 01:06:17,240
Speaker 1: Same with Kirk Cousins paying him a lot of money.

1302
01:06:17,560 --> 01:06:19,920
Speaker 1: You all the money should be going into the bank

1303
01:06:19,960 --> 01:06:24,000
Speaker 1: account of Dalvin Cook right now, All right, west, Any

1304
01:06:24,040 --> 01:06:27,920
Speaker 1: final thoughts before we hand off to Nick Shook. That

1305
01:06:28,160 --> 01:06:31,080
Speaker 1: was that was the best hour I've had in weeks. Um.

1306
01:06:31,880 --> 01:06:33,600
Speaker 1: I enjoyed talking ball with you guys. That made me

1307
01:06:33,680 --> 01:06:35,680
Speaker 1: forget about a lot of things and just get caught

1308
01:06:35,760 --> 01:06:38,840
Speaker 1: up in in reality. And uh, it was a fun hour.

1309
01:06:38,960 --> 01:06:42,560
Speaker 1: Thank you guys for the escapism than we love you.

1310
01:06:43,480 --> 01:06:46,120
Speaker 1: It's always better. And Chris Westling's around all right, West

1311
01:06:46,680 --> 01:06:49,240
Speaker 1: have a good rest of your Sunday. And now we

1312
01:06:49,360 --> 01:06:53,080
Speaker 1: welcome in Nick Shook Shook looking big somehow, you look

1313
01:06:53,120 --> 01:06:55,880
Speaker 1: even bigger. I don't know what's going on with the BOD,

1314
01:06:56,000 --> 01:06:58,360
Speaker 1: but it's completely out of control. And that's a compliment,

1315
01:07:00,440 --> 01:07:02,360
Speaker 1: you know, just the weekly worked d and you know

1316
01:07:02,440 --> 01:07:04,720
Speaker 1: it's the grind, it never stops, and all those other

1317
01:07:04,880 --> 01:07:06,960
Speaker 1: jimisms that I can just feed you, even though I

1318
01:07:07,000 --> 01:07:09,240
Speaker 1: don't subscribe to most of them. Put out a book already.

1319
01:07:09,320 --> 01:07:11,520
Speaker 1: Let's let's get up and going. All right, let's move on.

1320
01:07:11,680 --> 01:07:15,320
Speaker 1: Chook helped us out with two games. Let's start with

1321
01:07:15,520 --> 01:07:19,080
Speaker 1: one in a town? Is that a thing? Here's Ryan

1322
01:07:19,160 --> 01:07:22,120
Speaker 1: gonna put it up for grabs. Jones, here's what open

1323
01:07:22,480 --> 01:07:28,440
Speaker 1: well the Atlanta touchdown Western with the call w z

1324
01:07:28,720 --> 01:07:31,640
Speaker 1: g C good call. Matt Ryan and Julio Jones are

1325
01:07:31,680 --> 01:07:34,520
Speaker 1: in the vintage groove of late the veteran QB through

1326
01:07:34,560 --> 01:07:38,480
Speaker 1: for two eight four yards and three touchdowns, including that

1327
01:07:38,520 --> 01:07:40,920
Speaker 1: twenty one yard strike the Jones. The Falcons roll to

1328
01:07:41,000 --> 01:07:44,680
Speaker 1: at seven, went over the Broncos, who can't get at

1329
01:07:44,720 --> 01:07:47,840
Speaker 1: a neutral choke. The Falcons have played pretty well since

1330
01:07:47,920 --> 01:07:52,640
Speaker 1: the younger two point oh era took hold. Yeah, you know,

1331
01:07:53,200 --> 01:07:55,320
Speaker 1: I don't want to say necessarily that firing dan Quinn

1332
01:07:55,400 --> 01:07:57,440
Speaker 1: was the answer, but it definitely I think woke the

1333
01:07:57,480 --> 01:08:00,640
Speaker 1: Falcons up. But really what really happened was they got

1334
01:08:00,680 --> 01:08:02,440
Speaker 1: a lot of key guys back on defense and they've

1335
01:08:02,440 --> 01:08:04,160
Speaker 1: played well in the last few weeks. I know, Um,

1336
01:08:04,320 --> 01:08:06,200
Speaker 1: we've talked about it on the podcast before. I know

1337
01:08:06,480 --> 01:08:09,680
Speaker 1: Gregg's tweeted me about it. Uh, they look like a

1338
01:08:09,800 --> 01:08:13,200
Speaker 1: different team because of the reinforcements they got, like Keian

1339
01:08:13,320 --> 01:08:16,400
Speaker 1: O'Neil and the you know, continued improvement of some of

1340
01:08:16,439 --> 01:08:21,320
Speaker 1: their linebacking corps A Lucan, A Lucan something like that.

1341
01:08:21,400 --> 01:08:23,840
Speaker 1: I always struggle with his name. He's really it's pret

1342
01:08:24,040 --> 01:08:27,439
Speaker 1: clere to watch. And and for the most part, um,

1343
01:08:27,800 --> 01:08:30,240
Speaker 1: that's all they really needed. I mean, when they played

1344
01:08:30,439 --> 01:08:32,360
Speaker 1: earlier in the season, their offense did enough, they just

1345
01:08:32,400 --> 01:08:35,200
Speaker 1: couldn't do enough defensively to kind of even things out.

1346
01:08:35,280 --> 01:08:37,960
Speaker 1: And and today, you know, they got stops early. They

1347
01:08:38,080 --> 01:08:42,080
Speaker 1: they stifled drew lock in the entire Broncos offense, and

1348
01:08:42,360 --> 01:08:44,080
Speaker 1: they used that to score a bunch of points and

1349
01:08:44,120 --> 01:08:46,200
Speaker 1: build themselves a lead and managed to hang on. And

1350
01:08:46,680 --> 01:08:49,600
Speaker 1: I think if you in any football game, if you

1351
01:08:49,840 --> 01:08:52,080
Speaker 1: you take that kind of approach, you're we're more than

1352
01:08:52,160 --> 01:08:55,280
Speaker 1: likely gonna win. Uh. They almost falcon it away, but

1353
01:08:55,360 --> 01:08:57,439
Speaker 1: not this week, not in Atlanta. But but you know what,

1354
01:08:57,600 --> 01:09:00,240
Speaker 1: the Falcons are falconing. This is what the falcon do.

1355
01:09:00,560 --> 01:09:04,479
Speaker 1: They start out slow. Uh, they totally bury themselves and

1356
01:09:04,520 --> 01:09:06,599
Speaker 1: then they go on a run that like makes Arthur

1357
01:09:06,720 --> 01:09:09,640
Speaker 1: Blank think they turned the corner. That they do it

1358
01:09:09,720 --> 01:09:12,439
Speaker 1: every year. Literally, their defense, it's always the same script

1359
01:09:12,479 --> 01:09:16,040
Speaker 1: to It's the defense, especially starts poorly and then comes on.

1360
01:09:16,160 --> 01:09:18,439
Speaker 1: Now they've started this little run a little earlier. If

1361
01:09:18,479 --> 01:09:23,799
Speaker 1: it wasn't for that ridiculous Todd Gurley, you know, touchdown

1362
01:09:23,840 --> 01:09:25,599
Speaker 1: that he's scored by mistake, they'd be four and oh

1363
01:09:25,960 --> 01:09:28,560
Speaker 1: and three of those four wins would be fairly convincing,

1364
01:09:28,680 --> 01:09:30,559
Speaker 1: which is hard to do in the NFL. I don't

1365
01:09:30,600 --> 01:09:33,000
Speaker 1: care who you're playing, they're they're a pretty good team

1366
01:09:33,360 --> 01:09:35,720
Speaker 1: that at least for the national games, they'll be on

1367
01:09:35,840 --> 01:09:37,120
Speaker 1: the rest of the way, and they do have a

1368
01:09:37,240 --> 01:09:40,519
Speaker 1: few It's like I'll watch this team and that's that's

1369
01:09:40,560 --> 01:09:42,479
Speaker 1: the like low bar, I want a team to clear,

1370
01:09:42,520 --> 01:09:44,800
Speaker 1: they're gonna clear that. To your point, the Falcons are

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01:09:44,880 --> 01:09:47,439
Speaker 1: three and thirteen. If you combine the first eight games

1372
01:09:47,520 --> 01:09:50,080
Speaker 1: of the last two seasons, three and thirteen, and there's

1373
01:09:50,080 --> 01:09:52,879
Speaker 1: seven and two in the back nine of two seasons.

1374
01:09:52,960 --> 01:09:55,599
Speaker 1: So I mean, I don't know how it. I think

1375
01:09:55,680 --> 01:09:57,479
Speaker 1: that's the point you're making, Greg, I don't know how

1376
01:09:57,560 --> 01:10:00,400
Speaker 1: this really helps the organization because you not getting a

1377
01:10:00,479 --> 01:10:02,320
Speaker 1: high end draft pick if you keep this up, but

1378
01:10:02,439 --> 01:10:05,080
Speaker 1: you're also instilling some sense of hope and you make

1379
01:10:05,160 --> 01:10:08,240
Speaker 1: the games on a base level. And Mark, you and

1380
01:10:08,320 --> 01:10:10,400
Speaker 1: I have struggled, and of course Nick as well have

1381
01:10:10,479 --> 01:10:12,800
Speaker 1: struggled with this with years. You would you would sign

1382
01:10:12,840 --> 01:10:14,680
Speaker 1: off if your team was just fun to watch and

1383
01:10:14,800 --> 01:10:17,320
Speaker 1: sometimes you win, sometimes you lose instead of just getting

1384
01:10:17,320 --> 01:10:19,920
Speaker 1: your ass kicked year after years. So the Falcons make

1385
01:10:20,000 --> 01:10:22,720
Speaker 1: things interesting to watch, but they're not actually you know,

1386
01:10:23,000 --> 01:10:27,240
Speaker 1: moving in a positive direction. It seems. You know, It's

1387
01:10:27,320 --> 01:10:29,160
Speaker 1: kind of funny because a few weeks ago we were

1388
01:10:29,160 --> 01:10:32,800
Speaker 1: talking about trade. Everybody trade Matt Ryan, trade, Julio Jones. Well,

1389
01:10:32,800 --> 01:10:35,040
Speaker 1: you can't trade Matt Ryan because it's financially prohibitive, but

1390
01:10:35,120 --> 01:10:38,280
Speaker 1: people talked about it, and and now now that they've

1391
01:10:38,280 --> 01:10:40,080
Speaker 1: actually kind of lured out who they are a little

1392
01:10:40,120 --> 01:10:42,439
Speaker 1: bit um, that's like the last thing in anybody's mind,

1393
01:10:42,479 --> 01:10:45,280
Speaker 1: and rightfully so. And today, Uh, he made the most

1394
01:10:45,400 --> 01:10:47,240
Speaker 1: of not having a fully healthy receiving corps, you know,

1395
01:10:47,320 --> 01:10:49,439
Speaker 1: missing Calvin Ridley, but he was spreading the ball around

1396
01:10:49,720 --> 01:10:52,639
Speaker 1: to all kinds of different guys. Oham's a kiss um

1397
01:10:53,240 --> 01:10:56,799
Speaker 1: Russell gauge among the group of guys you got involved.

1398
01:10:57,160 --> 01:10:59,040
Speaker 1: He had a touchdown pastor Julio Jones who ran a

1399
01:10:59,040 --> 01:11:01,640
Speaker 1: beautiful post corn that left the safety looking for his

1400
01:11:01,760 --> 01:11:04,920
Speaker 1: jockstrap if those are still a thing. Uh, I mean

1401
01:11:05,000 --> 01:11:07,040
Speaker 1: it was. It was just a good day offensively for them.

1402
01:11:07,120 --> 01:11:09,760
Speaker 1: And and I do give credit to the Broncos because

1403
01:11:09,800 --> 01:11:11,080
Speaker 1: we do have to talk about the Broncos at some

1404
01:11:11,120 --> 01:11:13,000
Speaker 1: point in this game, because they had a really strong

1405
01:11:13,080 --> 01:11:15,320
Speaker 1: fourth quarter, but they slept walk through the first three

1406
01:11:15,400 --> 01:11:17,320
Speaker 1: quarters and the Falcons took full advantage. I think that's

1407
01:11:17,360 --> 01:11:19,519
Speaker 1: what a winning football team does. It's just it's kind

1408
01:11:19,560 --> 01:11:21,679
Speaker 1: of a bummer that they dug themselves such a whole,

1409
01:11:21,720 --> 01:11:23,880
Speaker 1: and especially with the losses that they suffered earlier, you know,

1410
01:11:23,960 --> 01:11:26,040
Speaker 1: but the lost to Chicago, the loss of Dallas, those

1411
01:11:26,080 --> 01:11:27,800
Speaker 1: are games, like Greg said, they should have won. I mean,

1412
01:11:28,080 --> 01:11:30,200
Speaker 1: right now they'd be looking at what five and four,

1413
01:11:32,000 --> 01:11:33,760
Speaker 1: and it's like, you had a chance to build up

1414
01:11:34,240 --> 01:11:36,680
Speaker 1: that miracle win last week and then you go and

1415
01:11:36,720 --> 01:11:38,880
Speaker 1: you lay an egg against the Falcons. Yeah, but you

1416
01:11:38,920 --> 01:11:40,160
Speaker 1: know what two weeks ago, I don't know if they

1417
01:11:40,160 --> 01:11:42,080
Speaker 1: should have lost that game. If Todd Gurley figures out

1418
01:11:42,120 --> 01:11:44,280
Speaker 1: how to stop his momentum like a superhuman or something

1419
01:11:44,360 --> 01:11:46,120
Speaker 1: instead of falling forward into the end zones, I mean,

1420
01:11:46,479 --> 01:11:49,200
Speaker 1: it all kind of evens out. But it's frustrating with

1421
01:11:49,320 --> 01:11:51,400
Speaker 1: this team because, like if you trying to plan down

1422
01:11:51,520 --> 01:11:53,800
Speaker 1: the line with this team is where they where are

1423
01:11:53,840 --> 01:11:55,000
Speaker 1: they gonna go? Are they gonna be this team? And

1424
01:11:55,040 --> 01:11:56,719
Speaker 1: they're gonna be that first half of the team again

1425
01:11:56,800 --> 01:12:00,479
Speaker 1: next year? I think market I had to get in

1426
01:12:00,520 --> 01:12:02,600
Speaker 1: a few times, but he was muted and it was

1427
01:12:03,000 --> 01:12:06,519
Speaker 1: it was sad to is that what happened to me? Yeah,

1428
01:12:07,080 --> 01:12:10,599
Speaker 1: was waiting for you to talk what an absurdity? Well,

1429
01:12:10,640 --> 01:12:12,519
Speaker 1: I was just gonna ask if this, if this like

1430
01:12:12,720 --> 01:12:19,000
Speaker 1: special road leads to Raheem Morris getting hired, that would

1431
01:12:19,040 --> 01:12:21,760
Speaker 1: not be that would be an improbable is what you said.

1432
01:12:21,800 --> 01:12:27,160
Speaker 1: The first time I muted, I am dealing with a

1433
01:12:27,240 --> 01:12:30,200
Speaker 1: hideous cough, and so I have to keep muting, um

1434
01:12:30,400 --> 01:12:33,479
Speaker 1: the button to cough so I can survive this show.

1435
01:12:34,040 --> 01:12:37,080
Speaker 1: And then you know, in probably or not probably, I

1436
01:12:37,160 --> 01:12:39,840
Speaker 1: guess I've not un muted on the other end of

1437
01:12:39,880 --> 01:12:42,120
Speaker 1: these And sometimes I thought I was muted, and then

1438
01:12:42,160 --> 01:12:44,519
Speaker 1: I coughed and everyone heard it. So it's a second

1439
01:12:44,560 --> 01:12:46,760
Speaker 1: trauma on top of what we're dealing with. To begin

1440
01:12:46,840 --> 01:12:48,680
Speaker 1: with you, it would be an Arthur Blank thing, though,

1441
01:12:48,760 --> 01:12:51,400
Speaker 1: because he that's how dan Quinn kept saving his job

1442
01:12:51,600 --> 01:12:55,320
Speaker 1: with these strong finishes. But I don't know. I mean,

1443
01:12:55,400 --> 01:12:57,200
Speaker 1: it's a long way to go. If he goes nine

1444
01:12:57,240 --> 01:12:59,640
Speaker 1: and two, you gotta keep him, I think. So I

1445
01:12:59,800 --> 01:13:01,800
Speaker 1: have a great When was the last time that an

1446
01:13:01,800 --> 01:13:04,519
Speaker 1: interim head coach got the job full time? I'm with you,

1447
01:13:04,600 --> 01:13:06,439
Speaker 1: nix see, I think you can fall for that, and

1448
01:13:06,520 --> 01:13:10,400
Speaker 1: then like they have to go or he's not. He's

1449
01:13:10,400 --> 01:13:12,120
Speaker 1: been in the building for a long time. When he

1450
01:13:12,240 --> 01:13:15,400
Speaker 1: took over the coordinator role last year, they immediately improved.

1451
01:13:15,560 --> 01:13:17,240
Speaker 1: If he goes nine and two and you've known the

1452
01:13:17,280 --> 01:13:19,560
Speaker 1: guy for four or five years, look, they should know

1453
01:13:19,640 --> 01:13:23,320
Speaker 1: already whether they really think he's um a strong candidate

1454
01:13:23,400 --> 01:13:25,280
Speaker 1: or not. But I wouldn't I wouldn't rule it out.

1455
01:13:25,479 --> 01:13:28,639
Speaker 1: It doesn't mean it's a continuation of Quinn. I would

1456
01:13:28,640 --> 01:13:31,000
Speaker 1: just do a wide search because that you know, Nick,

1457
01:13:31,080 --> 01:13:33,080
Speaker 1: and I know what happens when you when you fall

1458
01:13:33,200 --> 01:13:35,599
Speaker 1: for someone like Freddie Kitchens. And this is not Freddie Kitchens,

1459
01:13:35,680 --> 01:13:39,080
Speaker 1: but it's like you fall for that late season you

1460
01:13:39,160 --> 01:13:41,760
Speaker 1: know bump, and then suddenly you're into a real you know,

1461
01:13:41,840 --> 01:13:43,800
Speaker 1: you gave up on someone who could have changed the team.

1462
01:13:44,000 --> 01:13:45,680
Speaker 1: We got a long way to go. We got a

1463
01:13:45,720 --> 01:13:47,920
Speaker 1: pretty good look at Rhee Morris and Tampa not too

1464
01:13:48,000 --> 01:13:51,320
Speaker 1: long ago. Also, but whatever, hey, um Todd Gurley is

1465
01:13:51,320 --> 01:13:54,120
Speaker 1: on pace for the funniest seventeen touchdown season in the

1466
01:13:54,200 --> 01:13:57,599
Speaker 1: history of the NFL. Seventeen touchdowns. All right, let's move

1467
01:13:57,640 --> 01:14:03,559
Speaker 1: on Smith. Out of the gun, back to Krawl has

1468
01:14:03,680 --> 01:14:08,800
Speaker 1: tod over, I'll intercepted, picked up by Logan Ryan, and

1469
01:14:08,960 --> 01:14:18,160
Speaker 1: he slides down the seal the deal. Interception sealed the

1470
01:14:18,200 --> 01:14:21,599
Speaker 1: deal for the Giants, who nearly blew a big lead

1471
01:14:21,720 --> 01:14:24,559
Speaker 1: but managed to hold on for three to twenty win

1472
01:14:25,200 --> 01:14:29,200
Speaker 1: over the Washington football team. Shook this was another game

1473
01:14:29,439 --> 01:14:32,599
Speaker 1: that featured an ugly lower leg injury for a Washington

1474
01:14:32,720 --> 01:14:36,320
Speaker 1: starting quarterback. Yeah, I mean, I hope it's not something

1475
01:14:36,360 --> 01:14:39,080
Speaker 1: that just like is ingrained in the franchise at this point.

1476
01:14:39,160 --> 01:14:41,920
Speaker 1: That would be three in their history and and two

1477
01:14:42,000 --> 01:14:44,000
Speaker 1: within the last few years. But the guy who suffered

1478
01:14:44,040 --> 01:14:47,320
Speaker 1: one and managed to come back miraculously was actually pretty

1479
01:14:47,360 --> 01:14:50,840
Speaker 1: effective in this game and wasn't through that interception. But yeah, yeah, well,

1480
01:14:51,000 --> 01:14:53,640
Speaker 1: here's the thing. Before he threw the interception, Uh, he

1481
01:14:53,760 --> 01:14:55,559
Speaker 1: was in position to lead them on a potential game

1482
01:14:55,560 --> 01:14:57,680
Speaker 1: winning drive, and then through the interception, and then oh,

1483
01:14:57,960 --> 01:15:00,800
Speaker 1: through one more interception, just a really seal of things.

1484
01:15:00,920 --> 01:15:04,439
Speaker 1: But he's like trying to how can I somehow lose

1485
01:15:04,520 --> 01:15:07,040
Speaker 1: Comeback Player of the Year. Yeah, the greatest comeback player

1486
01:15:07,040 --> 01:15:09,040
Speaker 1: of the Year story of all time, you know. And

1487
01:15:09,120 --> 01:15:10,479
Speaker 1: here's the thing with the whole Comeback Player of the

1488
01:15:10,560 --> 01:15:13,639
Speaker 1: Year award. I am too worried every time Alex Smith

1489
01:15:13,760 --> 01:15:16,000
Speaker 1: drops back to pass for me to consider him for

1490
01:15:16,040 --> 01:15:17,759
Speaker 1: an award when I'm worried that he's going to survive

1491
01:15:17,840 --> 01:15:20,160
Speaker 1: the game just because of how bad his leg injury.

1492
01:15:20,200 --> 01:15:22,880
Speaker 1: I mean, that is an incredible thing to overcome, which

1493
01:15:22,920 --> 01:15:25,080
Speaker 1: I guess is inspiration for the award, But at the

1494
01:15:25,120 --> 01:15:26,720
Speaker 1: same time, I just want to see him make it

1495
01:15:26,800 --> 01:15:28,960
Speaker 1: through a game before we think about, you know, comeback

1496
01:15:29,000 --> 01:15:30,600
Speaker 1: Player of the Year awards. Oh and he also like

1497
01:15:30,720 --> 01:15:32,599
Speaker 1: probably needs to lead him to victory a couple of times.

1498
01:15:32,640 --> 01:15:34,640
Speaker 1: I think, you know what happened, I think to win

1499
01:15:34,760 --> 01:15:37,479
Speaker 1: games to win it. But anyway, what happened to Kyle exactly?

1500
01:15:38,200 --> 01:15:40,080
Speaker 1: He suffered what what was it? A broken ankle? It

1501
01:15:40,120 --> 01:15:43,160
Speaker 1: was pretty gruesome. He was parted off the field afterwards. Um,

1502
01:15:43,439 --> 01:15:47,360
Speaker 1: and yeah that's and so it wasn't It wasn't quite

1503
01:15:47,400 --> 01:15:49,960
Speaker 1: as serious as it looked. Um that there. You know,

1504
01:15:50,120 --> 01:15:52,479
Speaker 1: I don't know what the full diagnosis is, but it

1505
01:15:52,560 --> 01:15:55,640
Speaker 1: wasn't as grizzly in terms of the actual injury. So

1506
01:15:55,760 --> 01:15:58,760
Speaker 1: the question is is does Ron Rivera now you know,

1507
01:15:58,880 --> 01:16:01,479
Speaker 1: kind of like wave the White I can activate Dwayne Haskins,

1508
01:16:01,600 --> 01:16:04,160
Speaker 1: I mean, because he hasn't been a factor since he

1509
01:16:04,240 --> 01:16:07,880
Speaker 1: benched him. It was the Kyle Allen Alex Smith Show. Uh,

1510
01:16:08,240 --> 01:16:09,800
Speaker 1: just do we turn back to the rookie is your

1511
01:16:09,880 --> 01:16:12,439
Speaker 1: I think they announced that players are backup. I think

1512
01:16:12,479 --> 01:16:15,160
Speaker 1: they said so they're gonna go with Alex Smith one

1513
01:16:15,360 --> 01:16:18,559
Speaker 1: and oh they go with Alex Smith. Yeah, I think

1514
01:16:18,600 --> 01:16:23,439
Speaker 1: they decided the dog out. Yeah, he decided to give

1515
01:16:23,560 --> 01:16:25,320
Speaker 1: He gives them a better chance. That's why it was

1516
01:16:25,360 --> 01:16:27,960
Speaker 1: the backup. I suppose you you watch this game. I

1517
01:16:28,000 --> 01:16:31,519
Speaker 1: mean the they averaged eight yards per play to the

1518
01:16:31,640 --> 01:16:34,800
Speaker 1: Giants four point seven. They lost the turnover battle five

1519
01:16:34,880 --> 01:16:37,760
Speaker 1: to nothing, which is you would not expect it it

1520
01:16:37,800 --> 01:16:40,200
Speaker 1: to only be a three point game, so they moved

1521
01:16:40,240 --> 01:16:44,439
Speaker 1: the ball. I guess you think the Alex Smith story

1522
01:16:44,520 --> 01:16:46,840
Speaker 1: has a little, uh, a little run here. Yeah, I

1523
01:16:46,880 --> 01:16:48,519
Speaker 1: think it's got some legs, especially with a team that

1524
01:16:48,560 --> 01:16:50,639
Speaker 1: doesn't really have much else to play for, still trying

1525
01:16:50,640 --> 01:16:52,760
Speaker 1: to figure out how to play under a new head coach.

1526
01:16:52,840 --> 01:16:55,680
Speaker 1: And and if he believes that Alex Smith is the guy,

1527
01:16:55,800 --> 01:16:58,360
Speaker 1: then let him run for as long as possible. I mean,

1528
01:16:58,439 --> 01:17:00,479
Speaker 1: if he's gonna get ample opportunity, at least will have

1529
01:17:00,520 --> 01:17:03,840
Speaker 1: a chance to prove it. Um, he was adequate or

1530
01:17:03,840 --> 01:17:05,720
Speaker 1: a little bit better than that at times today. But

1531
01:17:05,840 --> 01:17:08,320
Speaker 1: again their offense runs into the same issues, whether it's

1532
01:17:08,320 --> 01:17:10,559
Speaker 1: turnovers the two at the end it kind of inflates

1533
01:17:10,640 --> 01:17:12,720
Speaker 1: that total, or just not being able to convert on

1534
01:17:12,800 --> 01:17:14,920
Speaker 1: third down. I think what was their third down conversion rate,

1535
01:17:15,000 --> 01:17:18,240
Speaker 1: it was three of eight, so not exactly what you're

1536
01:17:18,280 --> 01:17:20,000
Speaker 1: looking for in a team just trying to win a game.

1537
01:17:20,040 --> 01:17:22,160
Speaker 1: And that's how uh you know. On the other side,

1538
01:17:22,360 --> 01:17:24,559
Speaker 1: the Giants, you know, force five turnovers only win by

1539
01:17:24,600 --> 01:17:26,719
Speaker 1: three because their offense isn't exactly the best either, although

1540
01:17:26,800 --> 01:17:28,720
Speaker 1: Daniel Jones was a lot better this week than he

1541
01:17:28,800 --> 01:17:31,120
Speaker 1: was a week ago. And the frustrating thing with Daniel Jones,

1542
01:17:31,160 --> 01:17:33,000
Speaker 1: I'm sure you guys have plenty opinions on this as well,

1543
01:17:33,600 --> 01:17:35,679
Speaker 1: is he'll drop a dime in the bucket to score

1544
01:17:35,680 --> 01:17:37,920
Speaker 1: a potential game time touchdown and then below the two

1545
01:17:37,960 --> 01:17:40,639
Speaker 1: point conversion passed because he double clutches and hesitates because

1546
01:17:40,680 --> 01:17:42,640
Speaker 1: he's thrown so many interceptions that is probably in the

1547
01:17:42,720 --> 01:17:44,840
Speaker 1: back of his mind. He's that kind of guy. You

1548
01:17:44,920 --> 01:17:47,040
Speaker 1: can't rely on him. And even though it's twenty three

1549
01:17:47,080 --> 01:17:48,960
Speaker 1: or thirty four today for two or twelve yards in

1550
01:17:48,960 --> 01:17:51,760
Speaker 1: a touchdown, it's still like, what is you're dealing with

1551
01:17:51,840 --> 01:17:55,639
Speaker 1: this guy? Twice? He fumbled twice. I hear them honking about, well,

1552
01:17:55,640 --> 01:17:57,680
Speaker 1: I didn't turn the ball over to you don't get

1553
01:17:57,720 --> 01:18:01,000
Speaker 1: any credit that people didn't pick up your fumbles. I

1554
01:18:01,120 --> 01:18:04,040
Speaker 1: never understood that like either are either fumble or not,

1555
01:18:04,560 --> 01:18:07,599
Speaker 1: and like fumbling just as bad as an interception, any

1556
01:18:07,640 --> 01:18:14,120
Speaker 1: fumbled twice. That don't just mean I like Daniel Jones.

1557
01:18:14,600 --> 01:18:19,559
Speaker 1: You do not like Daniel Jones. You want I'm just saying,

1558
01:18:20,000 --> 01:18:22,000
Speaker 1: like the Tonamo Bay at this point, I mean, we

1559
01:18:22,120 --> 01:18:23,960
Speaker 1: get it. This is like the four shows in a

1560
01:18:24,040 --> 01:18:26,360
Speaker 1: row where you've destroyed this person. They closed with three

1561
01:18:26,439 --> 01:18:28,679
Speaker 1: punts and then the game ended. I mean the Giants

1562
01:18:28,960 --> 01:18:31,479
Speaker 1: now fumbles bubbles that are recovered by your own team

1563
01:18:31,479 --> 01:18:33,360
Speaker 1: are as bad as pick six is with Greg No,

1564
01:18:33,600 --> 01:18:36,519
Speaker 1: I said, but I I I do believe that all

1565
01:18:36,600 --> 01:18:38,840
Speaker 1: fumbles are equal, whether you lose them or not. Like

1566
01:18:39,000 --> 01:18:41,680
Speaker 1: it's silly to make a case between them. That's all

1567
01:18:42,320 --> 01:18:46,840
Speaker 1: I agree. You were saying something work No, not at

1568
01:18:46,880 --> 01:18:51,800
Speaker 1: this I've given up on the show. A um, get

1569
01:18:51,840 --> 01:18:54,680
Speaker 1: well soon, my friend. We are almost only have one

1570
01:18:54,720 --> 01:19:02,320
Speaker 1: more game to get to Sunday Night football. Sun Freeze

1571
01:19:02,360 --> 01:19:06,200
Speaker 1: hangs in the pockets and wide open in bounces. The

1572
01:19:06,320 --> 01:19:10,600
Speaker 1: question Smith for the touchdown, tray Kuan Smith in the

1573
01:19:10,800 --> 01:19:13,840
Speaker 1: end zone. They left him alone, kept his feet in

1574
01:19:15,080 --> 01:19:21,360
Speaker 1: touchdow stage tray Kuan Smith, Yes, all alone in the

1575
01:19:21,479 --> 01:19:24,800
Speaker 1: back of the end zone, gets his feet down, al

1576
01:19:24,920 --> 01:19:28,120
Speaker 1: Michaels with the call, and that was just the first

1577
01:19:28,240 --> 01:19:31,599
Speaker 1: and many scores for the New Orleans Saints, who romped

1578
01:19:31,680 --> 01:19:34,599
Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers thirty eight to three in Tampa

1579
01:19:35,400 --> 01:19:40,080
Speaker 1: in one of the most surprising outcomes of the season.

1580
01:19:40,880 --> 01:19:45,080
Speaker 1: Saints moved to six and two, uh extend their winning streak,

1581
01:19:45,160 --> 01:19:47,479
Speaker 1: and the Bucks now three losses, two of them to

1582
01:19:47,600 --> 01:19:52,200
Speaker 1: the Saints. And that's a problem, Nick Shook, I R.

1583
01:19:52,400 --> 01:19:55,800
Speaker 1: You were surprised, as everyone else here. Yeah, so surprised

1584
01:19:55,800 --> 01:19:57,200
Speaker 1: in fact that I might have to change my mid

1585
01:19:57,280 --> 01:20:00,240
Speaker 1: season Super Bowl pick. And I know that sounds draft stick,

1586
01:20:00,280 --> 01:20:06,000
Speaker 1: but this was an embarrassing showing from the Buccaneers, who

1587
01:20:06,120 --> 01:20:08,880
Speaker 1: had strung together some really nice games, notably that went

1588
01:20:08,960 --> 01:20:11,479
Speaker 1: over the Packers when they overcame attend nothing deficit and

1589
01:20:11,560 --> 01:20:13,439
Speaker 1: really ran away with that one. And you thought, well,

1590
01:20:13,479 --> 01:20:16,080
Speaker 1: this would set up to be a competitive game, um,

1591
01:20:16,280 --> 01:20:18,320
Speaker 1: you know, because you could kind of discount their first

1592
01:20:18,439 --> 01:20:21,320
Speaker 1: meeting this year too. While the Buccaneers didn't have everything

1593
01:20:21,360 --> 01:20:23,479
Speaker 1: figured out offensively, and they had really seemed to hit

1594
01:20:23,520 --> 01:20:25,479
Speaker 1: their stride in the last few weeks and then fell

1595
01:20:25,600 --> 01:20:28,679
Speaker 1: completely flat. And not only did they go down twenty

1596
01:20:28,720 --> 01:20:31,720
Speaker 1: eight and nothing like it was nothing. Uh. They they

1597
01:20:32,000 --> 01:20:34,320
Speaker 1: didn't have any semblance of the defense that had been

1598
01:20:34,439 --> 01:20:36,800
Speaker 1: such a strength for them. Uh in the week's prayer,

1599
01:20:36,840 --> 01:20:39,240
Speaker 1: and I know field position kind of affected that a

1600
01:20:39,360 --> 01:20:41,679
Speaker 1: little bit. But you know, giving them the ball, given

1601
01:20:41,720 --> 01:20:44,200
Speaker 1: the Saints the ball deepen in their own territory, did

1602
01:20:44,280 --> 01:20:47,479
Speaker 1: not help. But overall, a team that is expected to win,

1603
01:20:47,479 --> 01:20:50,760
Speaker 1: at least in my opinion, doesn't put together performances like

1604
01:20:50,880 --> 01:20:53,559
Speaker 1: this against division rivals in in a division that they're

1605
01:20:53,600 --> 01:20:57,120
Speaker 1: probably not gonna win now, um, unless you know, they

1606
01:20:57,200 --> 01:20:58,840
Speaker 1: lock out in the Saint lose a few games, and

1607
01:20:58,880 --> 01:21:00,880
Speaker 1: they can kind of re game the lead that way

1608
01:21:00,880 --> 01:21:02,519
Speaker 1: because if it comes down to a tie, obviously they

1609
01:21:02,520 --> 01:21:05,120
Speaker 1: don't have the tiebreaker anymore. It's one of the most

1610
01:21:05,160 --> 01:21:07,960
Speaker 1: surprising games of the year. You have to say that.

1611
01:21:08,080 --> 01:21:10,400
Speaker 1: I mean, in more importantly, it's one of the most

1612
01:21:11,479 --> 01:21:14,040
Speaker 1: influential games of the year because you said it. The

1613
01:21:14,160 --> 01:21:17,320
Speaker 1: Saints have an easier schedule than the Bucks. After this,

1614
01:21:17,560 --> 01:21:19,960
Speaker 1: they're up one in the lost column and they're up

1615
01:21:20,240 --> 01:21:22,200
Speaker 1: you know, to with the tie break. Now, it's not

1616
01:21:22,320 --> 01:21:25,040
Speaker 1: crazy to blow what what amounts to a two game

1617
01:21:25,120 --> 01:21:27,800
Speaker 1: lead the Bucks could still win this division. But for

1618
01:21:27,960 --> 01:21:30,560
Speaker 1: the Saints to play this well and the Bucks to

1619
01:21:30,640 --> 01:21:36,519
Speaker 1: have no answers, especially the Saints defense, uh, just makes

1620
01:21:36,560 --> 01:21:40,200
Speaker 1: you feel like, Wow, this Saints team is getting better

1621
01:21:40,479 --> 01:21:43,719
Speaker 1: as they go. They survived a few games without Michael,

1622
01:21:43,760 --> 01:21:46,720
Speaker 1: They survived half a season without Thomas, They survived a

1623
01:21:46,800 --> 01:21:50,240
Speaker 1: few games without Sanders and Thomas and Marcus Callowie who

1624
01:21:50,320 --> 01:21:53,440
Speaker 1: was back there giving them some death depth. Marcus Davenport

1625
01:21:53,520 --> 01:21:55,599
Speaker 1: has been really good for them since he came back

1626
01:21:55,680 --> 01:21:59,040
Speaker 1: in David on you Mata and that Saints defensive line

1627
01:21:59,160 --> 01:22:01,200
Speaker 1: through Brady or don't. I looked at the stats and

1628
01:22:01,360 --> 01:22:03,679
Speaker 1: you know, the the QB hits and the sacks, it's

1629
01:22:03,720 --> 01:22:06,720
Speaker 1: like it's nine in three and that feels big. But

1630
01:22:06,840 --> 01:22:09,040
Speaker 1: it felt like it was even more than that because

1631
01:22:09,120 --> 01:22:12,240
Speaker 1: because Brady was pressured so many times where he had

1632
01:22:12,320 --> 01:22:15,040
Speaker 1: to let go of the ball early and they had

1633
01:22:15,120 --> 01:22:18,000
Speaker 1: no answer. They really missed Ali Marpet their guard. But

1634
01:22:18,320 --> 01:22:20,160
Speaker 1: you know, you can't. You can't put on a thirty

1635
01:22:20,200 --> 01:22:22,320
Speaker 1: eight to three loss on your guard being absent. That

1636
01:22:22,439 --> 01:22:25,080
Speaker 1: was just a blood right. And the Bucks are one

1637
01:22:25,120 --> 01:22:27,479
Speaker 1: of the most or the most blessed team in the

1638
01:22:27,600 --> 01:22:30,439
Speaker 1: league in terms of health of their offensive line. That's

1639
01:22:30,520 --> 01:22:32,960
Speaker 1: the first time anyone on their line had missed the

1640
01:22:33,120 --> 01:22:36,280
Speaker 1: start this season. So you know, everyone deals with diversity

1641
01:22:36,320 --> 01:22:40,600
Speaker 1: eventually on your front line. And I don't remember, you know,

1642
01:22:40,720 --> 01:22:43,639
Speaker 1: I've watched so many, just like you guys Tom Brady

1643
01:22:43,720 --> 01:22:47,120
Speaker 1: games over the years, hundreds of games. Uh, and you

1644
01:22:47,200 --> 01:22:49,680
Speaker 1: remember the low lights because there are so few and

1645
01:22:49,840 --> 01:22:53,479
Speaker 1: far between. So yes, he has had tough moments during

1646
01:22:53,560 --> 01:22:56,720
Speaker 1: his long Patriots run where you were like, oh, this

1647
01:22:56,920 --> 01:22:59,360
Speaker 1: is he looks. I don't remember him looking this frustrated,

1648
01:22:59,520 --> 01:23:02,880
Speaker 1: this down. Uh, this is certainly in that small group

1649
01:23:03,040 --> 01:23:07,600
Speaker 1: handful of games where it's just like, man, the frustration

1650
01:23:07,720 --> 01:23:10,560
Speaker 1: on his face. And even you know, the turnovers, and

1651
01:23:10,640 --> 01:23:13,519
Speaker 1: I know at certain point just got a desperation situation

1652
01:23:13,640 --> 01:23:16,439
Speaker 1: his third pick where essentially just threw it up for grabs.

1653
01:23:16,479 --> 01:23:19,160
Speaker 1: I mean that is something Benny Denucci does, uh, in

1654
01:23:19,280 --> 01:23:22,200
Speaker 1: that type of spot. So to see him so out

1655
01:23:22,280 --> 01:23:24,439
Speaker 1: of sorts, to see the defense so out of sorts,

1656
01:23:24,520 --> 01:23:29,080
Speaker 1: Lavante David on numerous occasions, multiple occasions, waving his arms

1657
01:23:29,120 --> 01:23:31,680
Speaker 1: frantically trying to get the rest of the defense in

1658
01:23:31,760 --> 01:23:36,560
Speaker 1: the right position as the Saints game chunk plays and touchdowns,

1659
01:23:36,640 --> 01:23:38,880
Speaker 1: and they let Taysom Hill, who has been you know,

1660
01:23:38,920 --> 01:23:42,479
Speaker 1: a divisive figure, uh for Saints fans to let him

1661
01:23:42,560 --> 01:23:45,200
Speaker 1: come in and have a huge game in prime time.

1662
01:23:45,800 --> 01:23:47,240
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't want to call it a lot

1663
01:23:47,360 --> 01:23:57,200
Speaker 1: rab magneefee call for the Bucks. But also don't be

1664
01:23:57,320 --> 01:23:59,400
Speaker 1: so quick to say no, Greg, because this is the

1665
01:23:59,479 --> 01:24:02,439
Speaker 1: type of loss or it's just like huh we we

1666
01:24:03,080 --> 01:24:05,840
Speaker 1: we brushed the Giants game under the rug last week

1667
01:24:05,920 --> 01:24:08,040
Speaker 1: with the Bucks and said, ah, you know, not everybody's

1668
01:24:08,080 --> 01:24:11,000
Speaker 1: gonna dominate sixteen weeks, and then they followed up with

1669
01:24:11,120 --> 01:24:15,439
Speaker 1: this epic stinker. It leaves, it's gonna leave some It's

1670
01:24:15,439 --> 01:24:18,280
Speaker 1: gonna leave a mark. I'll put it that way. It will.

1671
01:24:18,320 --> 01:24:20,040
Speaker 1: And they gotta play the Chiefs, you know, coming up,

1672
01:24:20,080 --> 01:24:24,519
Speaker 1: so they'll keep getting tested. I only discounted because you know,

1673
01:24:24,640 --> 01:24:28,200
Speaker 1: these teams have been changing. Godwin comes back in, he's

1674
01:24:28,240 --> 01:24:30,479
Speaker 1: still not quite right with his fingers. Antonio Brown added

1675
01:24:30,520 --> 01:24:34,200
Speaker 1: to the mix. This team has shown their high level

1676
01:24:34,439 --> 01:24:38,920
Speaker 1: is extremely high, and now we've learned their lowest game

1677
01:24:39,120 --> 01:24:42,880
Speaker 1: is extremely low. And that's that's worrisome. But you have

1678
01:24:43,040 --> 01:24:45,639
Speaker 1: seven games to figure out, you know what what you're

1679
01:24:45,640 --> 01:24:47,720
Speaker 1: gonna do these teams are still kind of learning each other,

1680
01:24:47,840 --> 01:24:50,679
Speaker 1: especially Brady Uh in Tampa. But it's the worst loss

1681
01:24:50,680 --> 01:24:52,760
Speaker 1: of his career. I mean there there were in terms

1682
01:24:52,800 --> 01:24:56,719
Speaker 1: of point um uh the deficit. That was the biggest

1683
01:24:56,800 --> 01:24:58,720
Speaker 1: loss he ever had. So the first time he's ever

1684
01:24:58,800 --> 01:25:01,400
Speaker 1: lost to a division an opponent twice in a season.

1685
01:25:01,960 --> 01:25:04,880
Speaker 1: So so do we are hitting We were hitting some

1686
01:25:05,080 --> 01:25:07,640
Speaker 1: uncharted territory and we didn't think. We didn't think the

1687
01:25:07,720 --> 01:25:10,040
Speaker 1: floor was this low. No one expected them to have

1688
01:25:10,200 --> 01:25:14,960
Speaker 1: a floor. Not in a game that was advertised as

1689
01:25:15,320 --> 01:25:17,479
Speaker 1: a potential back and forth and trading of of the

1690
01:25:17,520 --> 01:25:19,960
Speaker 1: passing touchdown record, it ended up being only one guy

1691
01:25:20,080 --> 01:25:22,240
Speaker 1: finding the end zone, but to a couple of points.

1692
01:25:22,320 --> 01:25:24,160
Speaker 1: I mean, one of the adversity thing, you know, not

1693
01:25:24,280 --> 01:25:27,080
Speaker 1: having a guy like Calli market if this is what

1694
01:25:27,240 --> 01:25:29,800
Speaker 1: you're contending team, if this is how they perform, when

1695
01:25:29,880 --> 01:25:32,880
Speaker 1: you have a situation where you're dealing with some adversity,

1696
01:25:33,000 --> 01:25:36,639
Speaker 1: that's extremely concerned and going forward because there's no guarantee.

1697
01:25:36,680 --> 01:25:38,559
Speaker 1: In fact, there's probably a guarantee that you're not going

1698
01:25:38,600 --> 01:25:40,400
Speaker 1: to be a hundred percent or near a hundred percent

1699
01:25:40,479 --> 01:25:42,759
Speaker 1: healthy once you get to the playoffs, and you're probably

1700
01:25:42,800 --> 01:25:44,960
Speaker 1: going to run into a team like this or this

1701
01:25:45,120 --> 01:25:47,880
Speaker 1: specific team. Again, there's I can't trust this team in

1702
01:25:47,960 --> 01:25:49,840
Speaker 1: a playoff matchup with the Saint time know, it's really

1703
01:25:49,880 --> 01:25:51,920
Speaker 1: hard to beat a team three times in one year.

1704
01:25:52,240 --> 01:25:54,360
Speaker 1: But after what I saw tonight, combined with what I

1705
01:25:54,439 --> 01:25:57,120
Speaker 1: saw in Week one, I mean, i gotta take the Saints.

1706
01:25:57,320 --> 01:25:59,880
Speaker 1: Not necessarily running away, but I'm pretty confident in that pick,

1707
01:26:00,000 --> 01:26:01,960
Speaker 1: which is not where you want to see these Buccaneers

1708
01:26:02,120 --> 01:26:04,639
Speaker 1: end up. And then also it's it's just the fact

1709
01:26:04,720 --> 01:26:07,960
Speaker 1: that defensively, you know, we've we've kind of praised in

1710
01:26:07,960 --> 01:26:09,880
Speaker 1: the last few weeks how Todd Bowls has helped them,

1711
01:26:10,000 --> 01:26:12,840
Speaker 1: you know, whether it's schematically or personnel wise, has helped

1712
01:26:12,840 --> 01:26:15,400
Speaker 1: them kind of reached I don't know, what maybe might

1713
01:26:15,479 --> 01:26:17,880
Speaker 1: be their peace mind sight by the end of the season.

1714
01:26:18,160 --> 01:26:20,679
Speaker 1: Makes me wonder, did you try to get too complex?

1715
01:26:20,720 --> 01:26:22,960
Speaker 1: You talked about Danny talked about all the confusion on

1716
01:26:22,960 --> 01:26:24,559
Speaker 1: the field with the Bonte Davia trying to get guys

1717
01:26:24,600 --> 01:26:26,560
Speaker 1: in place. That's not something that should be happening in

1718
01:26:26,600 --> 01:26:29,519
Speaker 1: week nine. You should have, like though, it felt like,

1719
01:26:29,640 --> 01:26:32,439
Speaker 1: if anything, they weren't as aggressive as they normally are.

1720
01:26:32,600 --> 01:26:34,920
Speaker 1: They you know, if Bowls has a weakness like Rex,

1721
01:26:35,080 --> 01:26:38,439
Speaker 1: like like a lot of these sorts, like Dennis Allen

1722
01:26:38,479 --> 01:26:40,439
Speaker 1: on the other side, frankly, where they're a little bit

1723
01:26:40,479 --> 01:26:42,639
Speaker 1: of a game plan defense. When it goes bad, sometimes

1724
01:26:42,720 --> 01:26:45,040
Speaker 1: it goes really bad. But they actually felt a little

1725
01:26:45,760 --> 01:26:48,400
Speaker 1: less aggressive tonight, and Breeze played really well. We should

1726
01:26:48,439 --> 01:26:50,640
Speaker 1: give most of the credit to the Saints for just

1727
01:26:50,800 --> 01:26:53,720
Speaker 1: putting it on them in all three phases. Breeze made

1728
01:26:53,800 --> 01:26:57,200
Speaker 1: great decisions. He was so calm when he did get pressured,

1729
01:26:57,320 --> 01:27:00,559
Speaker 1: just like evading the free blitzer, you know, throwing open

1730
01:27:00,680 --> 01:27:03,519
Speaker 1: Taysom Hill was awesome. Like everyone on their team made

1731
01:27:03,560 --> 01:27:06,960
Speaker 1: plays for him, Deante Harris, uh Sanders like people like

1732
01:27:07,120 --> 01:27:09,760
Speaker 1: everyone on their team just dominated. And it's worth pointing

1733
01:27:09,760 --> 01:27:11,679
Speaker 1: out the Bucks have never been in any big games.

1734
01:27:11,920 --> 01:27:13,960
Speaker 1: None of these guys as a team have ever been

1735
01:27:13,960 --> 01:27:15,680
Speaker 1: in a big game. And the Saints have been in

1736
01:27:15,760 --> 01:27:20,599
Speaker 1: a billion big games. I mean by right, and I'm

1737
01:27:20,640 --> 01:27:23,160
Speaker 1: just saying this team the team, they're a team and

1738
01:27:23,240 --> 01:27:26,439
Speaker 1: they and it's amazing. They've won thirteen to three the

1739
01:27:26,520 --> 01:27:30,000
Speaker 1: last two seasons. And guess what, they're halfway there again.

1740
01:27:30,040 --> 01:27:32,599
Speaker 1: They're probably gonna win twelve or thirteen games. New Orleans

1741
01:27:32,960 --> 01:27:35,560
Speaker 1: and guess what Drew Brees, for all the flaws in

1742
01:27:35,640 --> 01:27:38,040
Speaker 1: his game at this stage of his career, probably gonna

1743
01:27:38,120 --> 01:27:41,120
Speaker 1: throw over thirty touchdowns and complete sixty eight percent of

1744
01:27:41,200 --> 01:27:43,720
Speaker 1: his passes, and the offense is gonna be a top

1745
01:27:43,800 --> 01:27:46,400
Speaker 1: ten offense no matter what metric you're looking at. The

1746
01:27:46,479 --> 01:27:50,880
Speaker 1: Saints are gonna be again. He's got Jai James Jamis

1747
01:27:50,920 --> 01:27:55,120
Speaker 1: doesn't lose to the Saints. I should mentioned marcusn't here.

1748
01:27:55,160 --> 01:27:57,519
Speaker 1: By the way, Mark was feeling a little under the weather,

1749
01:27:57,920 --> 01:27:59,720
Speaker 1: so he took the rest of the night off and

1750
01:28:00,000 --> 01:28:03,400
Speaker 1: and he doesn't get to enjoy this Taysom Hill performance

1751
01:28:03,439 --> 01:28:06,040
Speaker 1: because this is the first time Tayso Hill truly felt

1752
01:28:06,080 --> 01:28:08,479
Speaker 1: like he was unleashed in a way that really jacked

1753
01:28:08,560 --> 01:28:11,360
Speaker 1: up the game plan at the opposing defense. To defining

1754
01:28:11,439 --> 01:28:13,599
Speaker 1: things from this game that still really stick out to me. One,

1755
01:28:13,680 --> 01:28:16,960
Speaker 1: what do winning teams do when they're presented opportunities like takeaways?

1756
01:28:17,000 --> 01:28:19,559
Speaker 1: They capitalize on them. The Staines capitalize on every single

1757
01:28:19,640 --> 01:28:21,920
Speaker 1: one that they got tonight, whether it was field position

1758
01:28:22,000 --> 01:28:24,200
Speaker 1: or whether it was turnovers, they made sure that they

1759
01:28:24,280 --> 01:28:26,519
Speaker 1: turned that into points. And the other one, whether really

1760
01:28:26,640 --> 01:28:29,479
Speaker 1: the defining plays or sequence of this game for me,

1761
01:28:29,560 --> 01:28:32,000
Speaker 1: when it was already out of hand, with Sean Payton

1762
01:28:32,320 --> 01:28:35,240
Speaker 1: having no respect for the opposing defense, putting Tayston Hill

1763
01:28:35,320 --> 01:28:38,000
Speaker 1: back there and running the same play multiple times to

1764
01:28:38,040 --> 01:28:41,320
Speaker 1: the strong side of power, motioning a blocker from left

1765
01:28:41,439 --> 01:28:43,439
Speaker 1: right and then from right to left and just daring

1766
01:28:43,479 --> 01:28:45,840
Speaker 1: the Buccaneers to stop it. They didn't stop it. It

1767
01:28:45,880 --> 01:28:48,160
Speaker 1: got him inside the five on one possession. He ran

1768
01:28:48,160 --> 01:28:50,360
Speaker 1: it two more times in the second half on the

1769
01:28:50,439 --> 01:28:52,680
Speaker 1: same drive and they didn't stop it then either. And

1770
01:28:52,800 --> 01:28:55,640
Speaker 1: I think that type of confidence and also understanding that

1771
01:28:55,720 --> 01:28:58,120
Speaker 1: you've got your opponent in the palm of your hand,

1772
01:28:58,360 --> 01:29:01,719
Speaker 1: that's really, really, uh an encouraging sign for the Saints.

1773
01:29:01,760 --> 01:29:03,280
Speaker 1: And and I'm you know, I'll say it now. I

1774
01:29:03,360 --> 01:29:04,840
Speaker 1: think I'm back on the Saints train. I didn't know

1775
01:29:04,880 --> 01:29:06,920
Speaker 1: who they were early in the season. They did go

1776
01:29:07,040 --> 01:29:10,080
Speaker 1: through a few valleys and go through some through some struggles,

1777
01:29:10,240 --> 01:29:13,320
Speaker 1: but going forward, I'm pretty confident this team. Now. Who,

1778
01:29:13,520 --> 01:29:16,720
Speaker 1: by the way, who gets more piste than al Michael's

1779
01:29:17,640 --> 01:29:20,920
Speaker 1: when there's a blowout? Oh yeah, he was disgusted by

1780
01:29:20,960 --> 01:29:23,439
Speaker 1: the second quarter. He never recovered because this was the

1781
01:29:23,560 --> 01:29:25,760
Speaker 1: big game. This this was like the one of the best,

1782
01:29:25,880 --> 01:29:28,800
Speaker 1: if not the best on their schedule, and the bucks um,

1783
01:29:29,400 --> 01:29:31,320
Speaker 1: you know, go out there and give a stinker, which

1784
01:29:31,400 --> 01:29:34,680
Speaker 1: which is disappointing. Not enough people saw Jamis Winston go

1785
01:29:34,920 --> 01:29:37,920
Speaker 1: creep into the back of Drew Brees post game interview

1786
01:29:38,160 --> 01:29:40,479
Speaker 1: and eat the w like you did on that gift,

1787
01:29:40,560 --> 01:29:43,880
Speaker 1: so I knew that. You know, My favorite part is

1788
01:29:43,960 --> 01:29:47,280
Speaker 1: imaginating Jamis Winston waiting like ten minutes after the game

1789
01:29:47,360 --> 01:29:49,559
Speaker 1: so he could creep back like everyone else is back

1790
01:29:49,600 --> 01:29:52,559
Speaker 1: in the lack of eight. That's w Yeah, Jamis revenge

1791
01:29:52,880 --> 01:29:56,960
Speaker 1: good for him. And you know Al and I love Al.

1792
01:29:57,120 --> 01:29:59,160
Speaker 1: I already miss Alan. He's still here because you know

1793
01:29:59,240 --> 01:30:01,760
Speaker 1: he's not gonna be here whatever. So I appreciate every

1794
01:30:01,800 --> 01:30:05,519
Speaker 1: game that Al Michael's calls on Sunday Night, Alice show business,

1795
01:30:06,400 --> 01:30:08,639
Speaker 1: and Al is about ratings and he's about the bottom

1796
01:30:08,720 --> 01:30:11,960
Speaker 1: line and he was not happy with this, and that's

1797
01:30:12,000 --> 01:30:14,000
Speaker 1: something that makes me love him even more for some reason,

1798
01:30:14,160 --> 01:30:17,320
Speaker 1: seeing how upset against and Collinsworthy just rolls along in

1799
01:30:17,400 --> 01:30:23,080
Speaker 1: his folksy way. But Al was stewing best learn a

1800
01:30:23,160 --> 01:30:26,000
Speaker 1: bad mood. Stewing. Al is also about the math people

1801
01:30:26,000 --> 01:30:28,120
Speaker 1: out in the desert too. Don't forget about that. Well yeah,

1802
01:30:28,280 --> 01:30:33,240
Speaker 1: always all right, that's it. Good show tonight. We got

1803
01:30:33,400 --> 01:30:37,760
Speaker 1: Chris westling back and that was awesome, heroic performance. I mean,

1804
01:30:37,880 --> 01:30:41,000
Speaker 1: he's going through a lot. I meant a lot to

1805
01:30:41,080 --> 01:30:42,720
Speaker 1: hear what he said to us that it was the

1806
01:30:42,760 --> 01:30:45,200
Speaker 1: best hour of his week because he wasn't sure, he

1807
01:30:45,320 --> 01:30:47,479
Speaker 1: wasn't gonna he was gonna do this show throughout the

1808
01:30:47,600 --> 01:30:50,559
Speaker 1: Dave and so we were lucky to have him, right

1809
01:30:50,840 --> 01:30:54,439
Speaker 1: and he I mean he was being modest, but before

1810
01:30:54,520 --> 01:30:56,479
Speaker 1: we started taping even he says he didn't want to

1811
01:30:56,520 --> 01:30:59,120
Speaker 1: mess with our flow because he hadn't been doing shows

1812
01:30:59,160 --> 01:31:01,320
Speaker 1: for the last couple of weeks. Hell no, West makes

1813
01:31:01,360 --> 01:31:05,120
Speaker 1: our show better, uh, through his knowledge and his personality

1814
01:31:05,200 --> 01:31:07,560
Speaker 1: and just the fact that he's our friend. Uh. So

1815
01:31:07,840 --> 01:31:10,320
Speaker 1: this is whenever we get to do the show with him,

1816
01:31:11,080 --> 01:31:13,240
Speaker 1: it makes our day better. And we hope to get

1817
01:31:13,320 --> 01:31:16,479
Speaker 1: more of those as the season in the year progresses. Shook,

1818
01:31:16,560 --> 01:31:19,600
Speaker 1: you've done it again. You've been six men of the year. Like,

1819
01:31:19,680 --> 01:31:21,639
Speaker 1: who's your favorite six men of the year. Oh, it's

1820
01:31:21,680 --> 01:31:24,880
Speaker 1: gotta be your boy. Yeah, come on, j Smith, come on,

1821
01:31:24,960 --> 01:31:28,920
Speaker 1: it's got the pipe man. Yeah, that's you. That's you.

1822
01:31:29,120 --> 01:31:31,439
Speaker 1: You love being you love taking your shirt off. It's

1823
01:31:31,479 --> 01:31:34,719
Speaker 1: just you're just like j R. And uh. Yes, Mark

1824
01:31:35,040 --> 01:31:37,200
Speaker 1: feeling a little bit under the weather, but hopefully he'll

1825
01:31:37,200 --> 01:31:39,200
Speaker 1: be back with us on Tuesday as well. Thank you

1826
01:31:39,280 --> 01:31:42,920
Speaker 1: everybody for listening. Until then, the stand Hands is signing

1827
01:31:42,920 --> 01:31:45,840
Speaker 1: off for a quiet storm. The Old Boss who still

1828
01:31:45,880 --> 01:31:48,519
Speaker 1: don't have that ship nickname lockdown yet working on it.

1829
01:31:49,479 --> 01:31:53,040
Speaker 1: Uh quiet Storm, the Mailman and Ricky Hollywood behind the

1830
01:31:53,080 --> 01:32:00,880
Speaker 1: virtual glass until Tuesday. S