1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:06,200 Speaker 1: And now move the sticks with Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks. 2 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:10,480 Speaker 1: What's up everybody, DJ Bucky here moved the sticks presented 3 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:13,039 Speaker 1: by Zaxby's Buck. How you doing, man, Man, I'm good. 4 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:16,439 Speaker 1: I'm good. In the week we're getting ready for the weekend. 5 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:20,480 Speaker 1: Thursday night, Thursday Night football, big game tonight Jaguars and Dolphins, 6 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:22,959 Speaker 1: and then get ready for a nice slate of games 7 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:25,639 Speaker 1: this weekend. Yeah, that's kind of where we're gonna go today. 8 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 1: Is is talking about the game coming up on Monday 9 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:30,160 Speaker 1: night with the Chiefs and Ravens and kind of looking 10 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:32,960 Speaker 1: at those quarterbacks and how that's kind of changed scouting 11 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 1: as we as we go forward, um, as well as 12 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:37,520 Speaker 1: just some of the overall good play we're seeing from 13 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:40,400 Speaker 1: young quarterbacks around the NFL. UM. But I do have 14 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:43,159 Speaker 1: to say, I'm looking at the schedule. We've got some 15 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:46,920 Speaker 1: SEC football this Uh, this coming fired up about as well, Buck. 16 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 1: But man, we're talking about their conference, and anyone who 17 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:52,920 Speaker 1: has been in the scouting business understands how the SEC 18 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:56,160 Speaker 1: has revered in war rooms around the league. And so yeah, 19 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 1: there are a lot of people tuning in and because uh, 20 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 1: potentially we could have the opportunity to see ten conference games, 21 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:04,000 Speaker 1: there are a lot of people that will be paying 22 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 1: close attention to what's going on down the SEC. Yeah, 23 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:08,760 Speaker 1: a lot of good on good football, which is great, 24 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 1: uh for us. When we look at this game in 25 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 1: particular here Chiefs and Ravens coming up Monday night, think 26 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:17,279 Speaker 1: probably biggest game of the year on the NFL schedule. 27 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 1: They've played a couple of great games already. But when 28 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: we look at the quarterbacks, specifically Buck, We've talked about 29 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:27,199 Speaker 1: them individually in the past, but uh, have you seen 30 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:31,120 Speaker 1: kind of a change in the position and in what 31 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 1: teams are looking for since we've seen the emergency these 32 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 1: two guys, I mean, DJ, come on, We've had these conversations, Like, 33 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: I think the change has been obvious. I think there's 34 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 1: been a greater emphasis placed on athleticism, UM, the ability 35 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 1: to create and extend plays with your feet, UM, if 36 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 1: you have legitimate running skills. That is UM a skill 37 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 1: that has been celebrated and even enhanced in the National 38 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 1: Football League. And so we're seeing a set of different 39 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 1: makers at the position, whereas ten twenty years ago, Uh, 40 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 1: we wouldn't necessarily have those guys rated at the top 41 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 1: of the board, because back then, UM, early two thousand's, 42 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: it was still about fitting the quarterback into the offensive 43 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 1: coordinator system. Now it's about the offensive coordinator building a 44 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 1: system around the talents of the quarterback. And so when 45 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:26,799 Speaker 1: you have that difference in that philosophical change up top, 46 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 1: and then you see how these young quarterbacks have been thriving, 47 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:33,679 Speaker 1: thriving at the lower levels, UM, I think it makes 48 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:37,639 Speaker 1: sense to try and meet them halfway, especially under the 49 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:43,359 Speaker 1: premise that the biggest and best championship window is when 50 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 1: your young quarterback is playing on a rookie deal. And 51 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:50,680 Speaker 1: so that really change UM the game, and that has 52 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:53,080 Speaker 1: made it where you had to be more adaptable and 53 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 1: flexible not only who you pick, but how you play 54 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 1: them when you do get them into program. One of 55 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 1: the things I've learned from these two guys is, UM, 56 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 1: there's a couple of things that can be improved when 57 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 1: you get to the next level. And I think sometimes 58 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 1: we used to have these arguments, right, can you improve 59 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 1: your accuracy when you get to the NFL? And for 60 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:13,079 Speaker 1: a lot of times a lot of people say, no, 61 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:15,360 Speaker 1: you kind of are what you are. You can't you 62 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:18,240 Speaker 1: can't dispute the fact that Lamar Jackson has become a 63 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:22,919 Speaker 1: more accurate pastor like his his his accuracy has stepped 64 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:26,840 Speaker 1: way up. Then I think you look at Mahomes and say, okay, well, mechanically, 65 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 1: footwork wise, some of those you know, sloppy issues he 66 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 1: might have had in college. Can those things be improved? Absolutely? 67 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 1: Those things can be improved. So you've got to try 68 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 1: and figure out what are the things that you have 69 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 1: that you've got to have at the college level versus 70 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 1: some things we can project and say, okay, there's growth 71 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 1: uh there at the NFL level. And I think a 72 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 1: couple of things you've got to have. I think you 73 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 1: first of all, started with the correquisite. You know, arm skill, right, 74 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 1: you've got to be able to make the throws you 75 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 1: need to make. You're not I mean, getting your arm 76 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 1: tremendous amount stronger is not gonna happen. You get a 77 00:03:56,880 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 1: little bit stronger, but not gonna see huge growth in 78 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 1: that area. And then I would say you look at 79 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: the makeup, you know, the toughness, the intelligence, the competitiveness, 80 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 1: those things kind of have to being great. I don't 81 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 1: think you get to the NFL and mactically become tougher, 82 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 1: more competitive or smarter. I think that's that's that's the 83 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:14,840 Speaker 1: things you gotta have. Yeah, I think those things and 84 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:18,719 Speaker 1: out and I do believe um everything that you allude 85 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:23,600 Speaker 1: to when it comes to um a accuracy improvement development, 86 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 1: I think it requires you as an evaluated to have 87 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:31,039 Speaker 1: more imagination when it comes to where these guys can be. 88 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:33,359 Speaker 1: And I think that is hard for a lot of 89 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 1: us because right now we're seeing guys that are playing 90 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:38,839 Speaker 1: the position that go against all of the norms and 91 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:40,680 Speaker 1: the standards that we were taught when we first got 92 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 1: into business. We're seeing Cala Murray, who was a sub 93 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:46,680 Speaker 1: six foot player. We've seen Baker Mayfield, who was righted 94 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:50,360 Speaker 1: at borderline go. We're now looking at Lamar Jackson, who 95 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 1: look man back back to back years. He ran for 96 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:56,839 Speaker 1: fifte yards at Louisville, and he had some limitations when 97 00:04:56,839 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 1: it came to his ability to throw outside the numbers. 98 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:04,400 Speaker 1: John Alan, who was a sub six completion percentage pass 99 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 1: through his entire career, but now he's coming off a 100 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:10,359 Speaker 1: remarkable game and we're having to have a conversation about 101 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 1: him as arguably one of the best young quarterbacks in 102 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: the game. Those guys wouldn't have gotten. They wouldn't have 103 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:19,799 Speaker 1: merrited big grades back in the day when the standard 104 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:23,359 Speaker 1: was a pocket passer that had to have certain things, 105 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 1: And now we're seeing those guys not only get picked 106 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 1: but half success. It completely changes the conversation and it 107 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:33,479 Speaker 1: makes it really a very wide open evaluation when it 108 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 1: comes to the QUARTERBA acquisition. I think also one of 109 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 1: the things I would look at if you look at 110 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 1: the overall teams around these guys, We've always talked about 111 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 1: the three p's right, playmakers, protection, uh, play callers. So 112 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:46,880 Speaker 1: I think they were in good shape with the with 113 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 1: the play callers, very creative play callers, with great roman 114 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 1: obviously Andy Reader the enemy. That crew there has done 115 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:55,479 Speaker 1: a great job. You look at the playmakers, they had 116 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:58,960 Speaker 1: skill around and running backs, receivers, tight ends. But I 117 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 1: think that the thing that would stand out to me, 118 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 1: and I think about a guy like Sam Donald, right, 119 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 1: who hasn't you know, hasn't progressed as quickly as we 120 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:10,520 Speaker 1: all would hope. I think that to me, that protection 121 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:12,359 Speaker 1: is that is a big part of that. And I 122 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 1: think you know, they're starting to see a little bit 123 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 1: of a sign there that the Jets are headed in 124 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 1: that in the right direction with back in the way 125 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:19,839 Speaker 1: he's playing. But I think when you look at the 126 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 1: Chiefs man they had, they had high a lot of capital, 127 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 1: high draft picks invested in the offensive line. Ronnie Stanley 128 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:28,560 Speaker 1: has been kind of in stal wark there for the 129 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 1: Baltimore Ravens. Um to me, I think that when you 130 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 1: bring in a new quarterback, I think that has to 131 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:37,719 Speaker 1: be at the top of the list, maybe even more 132 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:40,159 Speaker 1: so than going out and getting some playmakers on the outside. 133 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 1: You've got to get some guys to make him comfortable. 134 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:44,359 Speaker 1: And I think those teams did a good job of 135 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:46,360 Speaker 1: building around their quarterbacks and getting those guys to be 136 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:49,360 Speaker 1: comfortable these I think it goes back to what I 137 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:53,279 Speaker 1: was saying, um that uh, I would say grandparents and 138 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:55,520 Speaker 1: stuff we use when it comes to raising children to 139 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 1: talk about it takes a village. I think when you 140 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:01,200 Speaker 1: treat quarterbacks like that, it takes a village. Like a 141 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 1: quarterback cannot stand alone without help. He has to have 142 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:07,039 Speaker 1: everything around him. So when we think about the village, 143 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:11,520 Speaker 1: the protection, having a solid offensive line certainly protects him 144 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 1: and helps him grow up. Having playmakers around him on 145 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 1: the past in the passing game, that also helps him 146 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 1: advanced because now you have guys that can go get it, 147 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 1: and particularly if some of those playmakers are veteran players 148 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 1: who are experienced, not learning on the fly like some 149 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:31,360 Speaker 1: of his classmates would be. I think it helps. We 150 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 1: talked about DeAndre Hopkins and Stefan Diggs and how they 151 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:38,440 Speaker 1: helped their young quarterbacks Kyla Murray and Josh Allen respectfully 152 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 1: kind of go on. And then when you think about 153 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:43,240 Speaker 1: the running game and having a running back behind you 154 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 1: that can take away take off some of the pressure. 155 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:48,880 Speaker 1: Um not necessarily that it has to be a dominant, 156 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 1: a place plus running back, but someone that can churn 157 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 1: out enough yards that the defense has to respect them. 158 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 1: And you just don't get all these loaded zones that 159 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:01,240 Speaker 1: are designed to take away passing game and make it very, 160 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 1: very complex. And then it comes down to the play caller. 161 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 1: And you and I have talked about, man, just the 162 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:10,200 Speaker 1: difference of play caller makes And we won't knocker this 163 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 1: Adam Gates or whatever, but let's just imagine if we 164 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:17,600 Speaker 1: if we swapped out Josh Allen and Sam Donald and 165 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:20,560 Speaker 1: we put Sam Donald in Buffalo system, can we say 166 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:23,080 Speaker 1: that Sam Donald would have that kind of success with 167 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:25,760 Speaker 1: the creativity and the playmakers that he would have around him, 168 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 1: the way that the Buffalo Bills play stylistically offense and defense. 169 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:33,080 Speaker 1: I would say, so if we if we take um 170 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:35,679 Speaker 1: other young quarterbacks that are struggling and put them in 171 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:37,679 Speaker 1: better environment. So maybe put them in a system that 172 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:40,640 Speaker 1: is like a quarterback friendly system that I believe the 173 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:44,560 Speaker 1: Shanahan system is where you have the complimentary run game. 174 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:48,600 Speaker 1: You have a set of core past plays that are 175 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 1: dressed up every week, but it's the same reads for 176 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:55,480 Speaker 1: the quarterback. Like we've seen Jerry Golf thrive in. Look, 177 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:58,599 Speaker 1: I think those things matter. I mean I look in 178 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:00,720 Speaker 1: the same game when I'm looking at him Donald struggle, 179 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:03,920 Speaker 1: see Nick Mullins come off the bench and go eight, four, 180 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 1: eleven in a system that is conducive to quarterbacks playing well. 181 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 1: So as much as we want to ding um quarterbacks 182 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:16,840 Speaker 1: young quarterbacks, it's the village. If the village is right, 183 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:19,040 Speaker 1: then the kid will grow up in prospering. So I 184 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 1: think that's what we're seeing at the quarterback position. Yeah, 185 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:25,240 Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's absolutely the truth. And to me, 186 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:27,080 Speaker 1: I think it's interesting when you look at this list 187 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:30,320 Speaker 1: and you you put this out about the quarterbacks or 188 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 1: younger or forty plus attempts hunter plus passer rating. Through 189 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:36,280 Speaker 1: the team's first two games this year, it's Lamar Jackson, 190 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:39,559 Speaker 1: Josh Allen Gardner Minshew, Jared Golf, Patrick Mahomes. We've touched 191 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:41,840 Speaker 1: on the Ravens, We've touched on the Bills, touched on 192 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:44,319 Speaker 1: the Rams, We've touched on the Chiefs. The other team 193 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 1: up there with the young quarterback, that was Jacksonville with 194 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:49,320 Speaker 1: Gardner Minshew. And I gotta tell you, man, when I 195 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 1: was watching them, uh, yesterday, I was watching their their 196 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 1: tape from last week. Buck Um, you talk about putting 197 00:09:57,040 --> 00:10:01,320 Speaker 1: some good players around him and all this Chennault is 198 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 1: the guy that we saw at Colorado the year before, right, 199 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 1: he was picked up and wasn't all that healthy. Then 200 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:10,960 Speaker 1: he goes to the spring process. Um wasn't able to compete. Uh, 201 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:12,560 Speaker 1: you know, I think he did he run. I believe 202 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:14,960 Speaker 1: he ran at the combo. He didn't run well about 203 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:16,599 Speaker 1: his foot, I don't think. I don't know. He was 204 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:19,720 Speaker 1: not healthy. He was not healthy and uh, and then 205 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:22,120 Speaker 1: so he was somebody just kind of got lost in 206 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 1: the shuffle through the through the draft process. But it 207 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:27,640 Speaker 1: goes back to our theory of when we've seen somebody 208 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:30,840 Speaker 1: do it at a high level, Now we have to 209 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:33,640 Speaker 1: do your homework about why they didn't sustain it. But no, 210 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:35,719 Speaker 1: in the back of your mind, he's got it in 211 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:38,079 Speaker 1: him because I've seen him do this and when they 212 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 1: lined him up in the backfield in that game, I 213 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:42,280 Speaker 1: posted a play on on Twitter or whatever where he 214 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 1: did freaking ran a dude over um. But his ability 215 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 1: to be he can use him on all the gadget stuff, 216 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:50,240 Speaker 1: but then on the outside he can play above the 217 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:52,240 Speaker 1: room and go do things there as well. I mean, 218 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:54,000 Speaker 1: he's he's got a chance to be a really really 219 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:56,280 Speaker 1: good player. When you have DJ Shark on the other side. 220 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:58,520 Speaker 1: Now let a sudden you look at Gardner Menshew and 221 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 1: you're like, man, Gardner Menshow's not bad. And now you 222 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:02,680 Speaker 1: look at what he has around him with some weapons, 223 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 1: like Jackson might have a little something cooking here. The 224 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:11,000 Speaker 1: little DJ is the biggest surprise. Like obviously, uh doing 225 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 1: their broadcasts, talking about them and working with the team, 226 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:18,440 Speaker 1: UM didn't know much. I also had my doubts and 227 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:21,120 Speaker 1: I was, uh, maybe critical going in, like man, I 228 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:22,839 Speaker 1: don't know how good they're going to be. But then 229 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:25,680 Speaker 1: you see it play out right, a team with sixteen rookies, 230 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:28,720 Speaker 1: a quarterback that's the second year guy who still carries 231 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:31,199 Speaker 1: the stigma of being a late round pick. How good 232 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:34,439 Speaker 1: is he? How much of those rookie numbers were inflated 233 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:36,839 Speaker 1: because they were behind and those things. But then when 234 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:39,319 Speaker 1: you study him, and you study him in Jake Broom's offense, 235 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:41,600 Speaker 1: I mean part of it is a man he's dealing 236 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:44,800 Speaker 1: like he dealt at Washington State. I mean, he is 237 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:46,600 Speaker 1: just getting the ball out to the playmakers. They got 238 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:50,000 Speaker 1: enough playmakers around him because you talked about Choton Chart, 239 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 1: but Keith and Cole uh is when Chris Connley coming 240 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:57,360 Speaker 1: from Kansas City is another uh. Tyler Eifford being able 241 00:11:57,400 --> 00:11:59,040 Speaker 1: to control the middle of the field. And then the 242 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 1: discovery is James Robinson in the backfield who not only 243 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 1: can run it, but can catch the ball. And so 244 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:09,360 Speaker 1: now they're just he's just dealing and when he kind 245 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 1: of what I say, stays within himself and doesn't try 246 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:15,480 Speaker 1: to do too much, man, he's he's as good as 247 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 1: it gets. And I think the big thing for them 248 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:21,880 Speaker 1: will be what is his long term selling Is he 249 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:24,599 Speaker 1: a nine ten win quarterback or does he have the 250 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:26,959 Speaker 1: potential with the right stuff around him to get to 251 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:30,080 Speaker 1: twelve third team wins, you know, And so the big 252 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:35,959 Speaker 1: thing will be determining is he more Um Kirk Cousins 253 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:40,440 Speaker 1: case Keenum Baker Mayfield, Like where does he fall in 254 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:44,880 Speaker 1: um down the line? But he certainly has proven um 255 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 1: as a late round pick that you can put a 256 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:48,319 Speaker 1: late round guy in there and if you crafted the 257 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:51,120 Speaker 1: right way and surrounded with the right pieces, he could 258 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:53,600 Speaker 1: be as effective and flourished. And I think that's the 259 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:57,040 Speaker 1: bigger lesson with these young quarterbacks, Like right environment, they 260 00:12:57,080 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 1: all can thrive. Yep. I think they've done an I 261 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:01,800 Speaker 1: shodow of building there and they play hard. Man. I 262 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:03,839 Speaker 1: think they've kind of got a lot of grief for 263 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:05,840 Speaker 1: some of the good players that they've traded out of there. 264 00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 1: But I think they have done a nice shot of 265 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:11,400 Speaker 1: getting some speed some young guys that play really, really hard. 266 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:14,000 Speaker 1: And I think that the message that's been sent to 267 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 1: them from the coaching staff obviously is is hit home. Yeah, 268 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:19,200 Speaker 1: it certainly has hit home. And in DJ this is 269 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:21,680 Speaker 1: a bigger thing. And I heard this, I can't remember. 270 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:24,439 Speaker 1: Oh Matt Rules said this, Hey man, if you want 271 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:26,840 Speaker 1: a team to play it's hard. Get a bunch of 272 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:30,120 Speaker 1: players that play hard, like, that's what it is. It's like, 273 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:32,400 Speaker 1: if you want tough guys, you gotta go get you 274 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 1: want a tough team, go get guys that are tough. Like. 275 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 1: There's some stuff that you can you can bring at 276 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:40,040 Speaker 1: the next level. You can sprinkle some stuff on top, 277 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:41,920 Speaker 1: but it kind of has to be in you. And 278 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:45,040 Speaker 1: so what the Jaguars have done is they swapped out 279 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:47,920 Speaker 1: maybe some of the personalities and egos that were in 280 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:50,680 Speaker 1: their locker room for a bunch of blue collar players 281 00:13:50,679 --> 00:13:52,800 Speaker 1: that really play hard. And I kind of built the 282 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:57,600 Speaker 1: right way, and so I think that's why it works. Yeah, 283 00:13:57,880 --> 00:13:59,680 Speaker 1: it has so far. When you when you pop it 284 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:02,480 Speaker 1: on watch it. I went through I've got a video 285 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:04,440 Speaker 1: coming up where I do those top eight rookies I 286 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:06,719 Speaker 1: throw on my YouTube channel buck and so I kind 287 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:08,959 Speaker 1: of was going through my list of finalists. I've got 288 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:10,719 Speaker 1: to pay it down to eight. But so from the 289 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:14,040 Speaker 1: guys that I've watched this week, UM, I'll give you 290 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:15,640 Speaker 1: some names, and I want to just just hit on 291 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:17,200 Speaker 1: who who jumps out to you. Once I get to 292 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:19,000 Speaker 1: the end it maybe just grab two or three names 293 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:21,640 Speaker 1: that intrigue you, but these are kind of the finalists 294 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:25,640 Speaker 1: to get to the eight. Um some lineman, uh, Jedderick Wills, 295 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:30,800 Speaker 1: Beckton Works. All three of those guys played well last week, 296 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:35,000 Speaker 1: Uh Edwards Hilayer and not have his his typical great 297 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:38,160 Speaker 1: game week to channel who we talked about, James Robinson, 298 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:40,720 Speaker 1: who we talked about, Burrow who had you know, a 299 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:46,360 Speaker 1: much better game week two. Um, I've got Jonathan Taylor, 300 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:50,760 Speaker 1: Antoine Winfield, Jeremy Chin who was fun to watch her, 301 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:56,000 Speaker 1: Justin Herbert, Chase Young, Patrick Queen, Kenneth Murray, and Ceedee Lamb. 302 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:58,680 Speaker 1: So those are that's the finalists there to get down 303 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 1: to I gotta get down to eight from there. Okay, 304 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:03,240 Speaker 1: so two things. But I want to lean on this 305 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:04,960 Speaker 1: because we were just talking about the quarterbacks, and then 306 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:07,920 Speaker 1: I want to move on to another position. But because 307 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:11,000 Speaker 1: you saw at firsthand, I think what Justin Herbert was 308 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 1: able to do was remarkable, but it also was a 309 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:19,720 Speaker 1: testament to what we talked about systems. And Anthony Lynn 310 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:21,880 Speaker 1: had talked about the system and how he wanted to 311 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:25,040 Speaker 1: do some things from the Shanahan system that he played 312 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:27,560 Speaker 1: in in Denver, and he just felt like, look, man, 313 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:30,600 Speaker 1: this system works. It works, is tried and true, and 314 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:33,560 Speaker 1: you see the results. DJ five minutes before a game, 315 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:37,160 Speaker 1: you have a rookie quarterback who hasn't had a preseason. 316 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:40,960 Speaker 1: You drop him in as the starting quarterback. He not 317 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:44,520 Speaker 1: only puts up a three hundred yard game, but he 318 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:48,280 Speaker 1: played well enough for the team to win. To me, 319 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 1: against the defending champs, right and and to me, it 320 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:56,640 Speaker 1: talked about the perfect village. So you talked about protection 321 00:15:56,720 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 1: that offensive line and sow they like they have some things, 322 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:02,200 Speaker 1: but that's seen pretty much got hurt in that game. 323 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:04,840 Speaker 1: But inside that they're actually played pretty good and right 324 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:07,920 Speaker 1: and then on the outside you have guys Keenan Allen, 325 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:11,280 Speaker 1: like Williams like you. You have playmakers that Hunter Henry 326 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:14,640 Speaker 1: doing the running game. You have Austin Ekeler. You saw 327 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:16,880 Speaker 1: Josh Kelly get in the mix. And then you have 328 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:20,320 Speaker 1: a system where it's all coordinated and tied together, meaning 329 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:23,840 Speaker 1: the running game matches the passing game. The reads because 330 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 1: the play action is so good and so deceptive, is 331 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:30,280 Speaker 1: like what I call easy to spot reads. Hey, fake 332 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:34,720 Speaker 1: pull out is here or there? Buck, it was a 333 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:40,440 Speaker 1: lot of curl flat easy right in high school high school, 334 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:43,520 Speaker 1: right and and and then you look up, you're like, man, 335 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:47,520 Speaker 1: justin Herbert has three hundred yards three hundred yards, and 336 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:50,760 Speaker 1: I would say that it is probably like him driving 337 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:53,320 Speaker 1: on the four or five right now, like it cars 338 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 1: going everywhere. It hasn't even slowed down. But the system 339 00:16:56,720 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 1: in the village made it where he was able to 340 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,280 Speaker 1: have success. And I think that is what we have 341 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:03,160 Speaker 1: to continue to talk about when we talk about these 342 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:05,240 Speaker 1: young guys and when we talk about the next class 343 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:08,040 Speaker 1: of quarterbacks. We can talk about where their talents are, 344 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 1: but more importantly, it's gonna be to identify, okay, within 345 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:14,119 Speaker 1: the top five as the top ten here the teams 346 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 1: that could really make these quarterbacks right because I think 347 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:20,159 Speaker 1: that's also what we're seeing. There's certain teams that have 348 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:23,480 Speaker 1: play calls and people that can make the quarterback selection 349 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:26,840 Speaker 1: right now. It's a great point, and that's gonna give 350 00:17:26,840 --> 00:17:28,639 Speaker 1: those guys a chance, which is all you want is 351 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:30,879 Speaker 1: for those guys have a chance and not have have 352 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 1: to throw them out there and know, oh, man, I 353 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 1: hope you can overcome this, that and the other like 354 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:36,680 Speaker 1: actually giving him some help. One of the other thoughts 355 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:38,840 Speaker 1: I had going through these rookies is this is the 356 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:40,640 Speaker 1: chat we have in the run up to the draft 357 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:43,200 Speaker 1: every year, or we put together the different menus, right, 358 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:45,720 Speaker 1: And if you remember last year, we were talking about 359 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:49,760 Speaker 1: the Carolina Panthers potentially taking in Isaiah Simmons because we 360 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:52,879 Speaker 1: know Matt Rule covets guys with that track type, speed 361 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:55,600 Speaker 1: and athleticism, but we know we also want to be 362 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:58,440 Speaker 1: a physical team. So the question was do we take 363 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:01,679 Speaker 1: Isaiah Simmons or do you take Derek Brown? Like that 364 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:03,520 Speaker 1: was kind of the debate all in the lead up 365 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:07,000 Speaker 1: to the draft with Carolina Panthers. Well, what we've talked 366 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:09,360 Speaker 1: about it as well is that you have some similar 367 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:12,600 Speaker 1: players in different tiers. So when they looked at it 368 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:14,960 Speaker 1: and said, okay, when you stack up Jeremy Chin and 369 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 1: his athleticism, boy it stacks right up there with Isaiah Simmons. 370 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:20,800 Speaker 1: I mean he's a freak how athletic he is the 371 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:24,040 Speaker 1: numbers he posted. So they found a way to get 372 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:25,719 Speaker 1: their cake and eat it too, which was they were 373 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:27,920 Speaker 1: able to take Derek Brown. They were able to get 374 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 1: Jeremy Chin, who was their version of Isaiah Simmons and 375 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:33,040 Speaker 1: who through two weeks is outplayed him. He's been better, 376 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:36,240 Speaker 1: um than I said Simmons. He's been a really good player. 377 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 1: Um and man, I'll tell you what on on on 378 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 1: Chin I posted a play of him running and rain 379 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:43,960 Speaker 1: and showing his range. But he's a personal protector on 380 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:46,960 Speaker 1: punt and there's a there's a punt against Tampa off 381 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:49,280 Speaker 1: to send you the clip. But I mean, he is, 382 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:51,840 Speaker 1: he is, but the guy catches as he catches the ball, 383 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:54,879 Speaker 1: he makes the tackle like he's just flying down the field. 384 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:57,040 Speaker 1: And I'm like, this guy's a football player. Man. They 385 00:18:57,040 --> 00:18:58,880 Speaker 1: play him high, they play him some of the nicolas 386 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:01,840 Speaker 1: rushing off the edge. You're doing everything, uh for for 387 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:05,960 Speaker 1: that defense. So to me, I think knowing um, being 388 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:08,880 Speaker 1: able to group similar players in different tiers and being 389 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 1: able to say, Okay, we're okay if we don't take 390 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,680 Speaker 1: this player in in Tier A because we actually really 391 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 1: like this player in Tier BEAT. It's gonna fill the 392 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:18,280 Speaker 1: same role. So here's what's funny about that, right, Um, 393 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:20,080 Speaker 1: So I think you posted that on I think you 394 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:23,600 Speaker 1: posted something on Jeremy Tweeter on Twitter, and then uh 395 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:27,160 Speaker 1: someone quote tweeted you and talked about you know, like 396 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:31,199 Speaker 1: high school recruiting and where people liked him but they 397 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:33,879 Speaker 1: were scared to put the grade on them because others didn't. 398 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:35,600 Speaker 1: So I followed it up and said, look, part of 399 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:38,240 Speaker 1: the job as an evaluator is they have courage and 400 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:41,919 Speaker 1: conviction is to be able to see a player and 401 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:44,199 Speaker 1: to boldly put a big grade on them based on 402 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:46,840 Speaker 1: what you see and what you think the potential is, 403 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:50,200 Speaker 1: regardless of what the other voices in the room may 404 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:52,520 Speaker 1: say when you stand up on the table, and if 405 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:56,480 Speaker 1: you're wrong, so be it. But if you're going to 406 00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:59,879 Speaker 1: be great in the team building process, sometimes you have 407 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:02,320 Speaker 1: to swing for the fences and you have to do 408 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:04,800 Speaker 1: it based on Look, what your eyes tell you, what 409 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:07,680 Speaker 1: your gut tells you, and what the data would tell 410 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:09,520 Speaker 1: you that a player could be and whether it works 411 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:12,160 Speaker 1: or not, Like that's it. But if you are going 412 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:15,159 Speaker 1: to be bold, I think you have to do it, 413 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 1: and you have to do that. And I think I 414 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:19,040 Speaker 1: want to give credit to Matt Rule and those guys 415 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:23,600 Speaker 1: because it was bold of them to bypass Isaiah Simmons 416 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:27,320 Speaker 1: and have in their mind here's what we're going to do. 417 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:30,600 Speaker 1: We're going to bypass Simmons to get Derek Brown because 418 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:32,919 Speaker 1: we believe that there's another player that can give us 419 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:37,200 Speaker 1: comparable production and performance in the second round or as 420 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:39,800 Speaker 1: you say, a Tier two or a Tier B player, 421 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:43,520 Speaker 1: and they found it and chance and you're right, he 422 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:46,320 Speaker 1: has I played Isaiah Simmons, and it'll be interesting to 423 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:49,760 Speaker 1: track those guys as they go forward, because Simmons came 424 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:52,720 Speaker 1: in with a lot of hype. Chen didn't. But the 425 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:58,600 Speaker 1: versatility was nearly identical because Chen played corner, he played safety, 426 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:01,480 Speaker 1: he came in the box and play linebacker, blitz a little, 427 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:04,680 Speaker 1: did a bunch of different things. So he had a 428 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:07,280 Speaker 1: Swiss Army knife tight game and they're finding a way 429 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:10,080 Speaker 1: to utilize it. Yeah. And the other thing I would add, 430 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 1: you know, just being able to run like that man 431 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:13,840 Speaker 1: makes such a difference. And I think when you look 432 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:16,880 Speaker 1: at Queen and Murray Patrick Queen for the Ravens, Kenneth 433 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:19,960 Speaker 1: Murray for the Chargers changes the second level of their 434 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:21,960 Speaker 1: defense man. And I think for a long time, there's 435 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:24,720 Speaker 1: some organizations that believe you don't take linebackers, you don't 436 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:26,440 Speaker 1: take off the ball. Linebackers in the first round. You 437 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:28,919 Speaker 1: can find them anywhere look around the league. And we 438 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:31,119 Speaker 1: talked about this in our last episode. If you have 439 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:34,240 Speaker 1: linebackers and safeties that can't cover, they will get exposed 440 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:36,720 Speaker 1: in a big way. And you watch it every single week. 441 00:21:37,119 --> 00:21:39,159 Speaker 1: To me, when you get when you have players like 442 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 1: that that can that can run and cover and have instincts, 443 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,480 Speaker 1: there's there's not a ton of them, man. And so 444 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:47,359 Speaker 1: to expend the first round pick the Baltimore Ravens, one 445 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:50,600 Speaker 1: of the best drafting teams in the NFL. Maybe maybe 446 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:52,920 Speaker 1: they're maybe they're not. Maybe they're onto something here. Maybe 447 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:55,200 Speaker 1: maybe we should be pooh poohing taking off the ball 448 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:56,879 Speaker 1: linebackers in the first round. And I think of a 449 00:21:56,880 --> 00:21:58,920 Speaker 1: lot of these guys that have changed their defenses over 450 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:00,879 Speaker 1: the last few years. These all the ball linebackers that 451 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 1: have come in. UM you think about, you know, the Cowboys. 452 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:05,760 Speaker 1: When those guys are healthy, which hasn't always been the case, 453 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:09,480 Speaker 1: but that makes their defense a lot different. Ro Kuan 454 00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 1: Smith what he can do. UM with Devin Bush with 455 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:16,720 Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh Steelers. UM, look at Devin White with the 456 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:19,760 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay Bucks. Like these guys that can really really 457 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:23,040 Speaker 1: run and can play at the second level. There there 458 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:24,800 Speaker 1: have been impactful players. If you go look at the 459 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:26,720 Speaker 1: hit rate on off the ball linebackers in the first 460 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:29,199 Speaker 1: round over the last five years pretty darn high. It 461 00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:31,639 Speaker 1: is really high, especially if we're talking about the guys 462 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:34,080 Speaker 1: that you're not projecting to be passed rusher, but just 463 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:38,600 Speaker 1: a big, fast, physical sideline, the sideline playmakers. Those guys 464 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:41,560 Speaker 1: have been affected and it's what Edmunds with the Bills, 465 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:45,960 Speaker 1: Man Long Rangji every everything like, that's that's exactly what 466 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,720 Speaker 1: you want. And DJ Whin we're we're thinking about building 467 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:51,520 Speaker 1: a championship team. Like part of that is like in theory, 468 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 1: what do I want a championship team to look like? Well, 469 00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:57,359 Speaker 1: I know like based on the way offenses are playing, 470 00:22:57,680 --> 00:23:00,720 Speaker 1: speed has to be a factor because us you have 471 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 1: to be fast enough to deal with the teams like 472 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:04,560 Speaker 1: the Chiefs. They want to spread and shred you. They 473 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:07,040 Speaker 1: want to get you and isolate these guys, So you 474 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:09,400 Speaker 1: have to be fast enough to do that. And then 475 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:14,399 Speaker 1: sometimes speed can counter and negate physicality up front. I 476 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:18,280 Speaker 1: think everyone that faces the Baltimore Ravens and that team 477 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:20,959 Speaker 1: that wants to come downhill, part of the fear that 478 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,080 Speaker 1: you have in dealing with the Ravens is not only 479 00:23:23,119 --> 00:23:25,840 Speaker 1: that they want to be physical coming downhill, is that 480 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:29,200 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson and the players around him also can fly, 481 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:33,920 Speaker 1: and so you're looking for that perfect combination of speed, toughness, 482 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:38,240 Speaker 1: and physicality, especially within your front seven. You have to 483 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:41,240 Speaker 1: have enough of those guys that can kind of play 484 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:44,280 Speaker 1: that chase game and also come downhill and smack when 485 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:47,480 Speaker 1: you need to. Yeah, no, it's absolutely true. When you 486 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:49,000 Speaker 1: look around the league, Buck and you see some of 487 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:51,400 Speaker 1: these OH and two teams, Um, it's a weird year, 488 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:53,919 Speaker 1: and we talked about it. You you just don't want 489 00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:56,520 Speaker 1: to go open ohen for right, even if you just 490 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:58,399 Speaker 1: scratch out a one win in the first quarter of 491 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:00,679 Speaker 1: the season, get your legs underneath you, get get healthy, 492 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:03,840 Speaker 1: get everybody comfortable, and there's an extra playoff spot like 493 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 1: you're alive. You're alive, going for You just don't want 494 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:07,119 Speaker 1: to go on for But when you look at some 495 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:10,320 Speaker 1: of these O and two teams, Um, who do you 496 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:12,320 Speaker 1: have the most concern of when you when you stare 497 00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:14,560 Speaker 1: at some of those teams, what they had expectations? Not 498 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:15,960 Speaker 1: the ones we knew were going to be bad, but 499 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,359 Speaker 1: maybe something that had some expectations. Well, I think in 500 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:20,320 Speaker 1: the NFC North, I think you have to talk about 501 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:22,879 Speaker 1: both of the Lions and the Vikings. I don't know 502 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:24,920 Speaker 1: if they were high expectations, but there are some people 503 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:27,480 Speaker 1: that felt like the Detroit Yeah, I think the m 504 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:30,840 Speaker 1: and then the Vikings would be a better team. And 505 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:32,920 Speaker 1: then when you've looked at these things, these teams have 506 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:36,440 Speaker 1: really really struggled, um, and they struggled in a way 507 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:39,199 Speaker 1: in which you wonder, can they get out of it? 508 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:41,280 Speaker 1: The Vikings you want to There are a lot of 509 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:43,160 Speaker 1: things and people want to talk about it, but we'll 510 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:46,280 Speaker 1: we'll talk about it. Um. Mike Zammer made a decision 511 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:48,280 Speaker 1: to get rid of George Edwards and a gatherridge of 512 00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:51,720 Speaker 1: Jerry Gray. He elevated his son Adam Zimmer and Andre Patterson. 513 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:54,800 Speaker 1: They are co defensive coordinators, and there was a lot 514 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:58,119 Speaker 1: of concern about those guys readiness to be able to 515 00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:00,439 Speaker 1: take on that job. And when you look at this 516 00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:02,440 Speaker 1: defense and some of it is beat up because Anthony 517 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:05,440 Speaker 1: Barr is out, they're not the same. The one thing 518 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:07,920 Speaker 1: that we always could count on from the Minnesota Vikings 519 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:10,600 Speaker 1: the dead defensively, they were always gonna show up and 520 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:13,760 Speaker 1: being a game. But man, the past two weeks and 521 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:17,440 Speaker 1: they have they have been taken to the ship from 522 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:20,280 Speaker 1: a deepensive standpoint, and I think it's alarming and concerning 523 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:22,600 Speaker 1: because I think many of us thought this team would 524 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:26,080 Speaker 1: still be good regardless of the departures of some of 525 00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:29,080 Speaker 1: the players that they had. Yeah, I think, look, Daniel 526 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:30,760 Speaker 1: Hunter not being out there is a big part of 527 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:32,720 Speaker 1: that too. So you're missing a big time go out front. 528 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:35,080 Speaker 1: You've got a young secondary with some with some players 529 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:38,120 Speaker 1: with ability, but man, they looked young thus far through 530 00:25:38,119 --> 00:25:40,240 Speaker 1: a couple of weeks, and then on the offensive side 531 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:43,640 Speaker 1: of the ball, they can't protect their gets getting crushed 532 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:46,359 Speaker 1: up front, and then Kirk Cousins hasn't been able to 533 00:25:46,359 --> 00:25:48,879 Speaker 1: make up for it. So there's a lot of problems 534 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:50,240 Speaker 1: with the Minnesota because that was a team I was 535 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:51,840 Speaker 1: gonna say, like, if you were saying the team that 536 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:53,840 Speaker 1: you had the most concerned with, I think that you know, 537 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:58,520 Speaker 1: the the uh, the Philadelphia Eagles not great what you've 538 00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:00,359 Speaker 1: seen by any stretch. I don't think that division is 539 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:02,800 Speaker 1: gonna completely run away from I think the Cowboys will 540 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:05,040 Speaker 1: win it, but I think the the Eagles still have 541 00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:06,960 Speaker 1: a chance to get things corrected, get wins and as 542 00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:10,240 Speaker 1: mechanics fixed, um, and they've got a chance to, you know, 543 00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:12,320 Speaker 1: to get their way back to nine wins, try and 544 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:15,600 Speaker 1: get in the postseason Minnesota. Um, Um, that doesn't look 545 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:16,960 Speaker 1: good to me. Man. I know they're gonna at the 546 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,000 Speaker 1: Neil Hunter back at some point in time here, but 547 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:22,119 Speaker 1: that that one that scares me. Yeah, it's just gooding. 548 00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:24,640 Speaker 1: You know. The problem is and I think the difference 549 00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:28,560 Speaker 1: is DJ. Like we haven't talked about this, but um, 550 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:30,800 Speaker 1: at some point we have to remember that there are 551 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:33,639 Speaker 1: seven teams that get into the playoffs this year. That 552 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:36,600 Speaker 1: is a little I mean, that's a little different, um, 553 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:38,960 Speaker 1: And that could be a game changer when it comes 554 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:42,720 Speaker 1: to um these teams just getting hot enough to kind 555 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:45,040 Speaker 1: of get in the back door. The problem with the 556 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:49,240 Speaker 1: Vikings um getting in. Man, the Packers are gonna run 557 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:52,000 Speaker 1: away from it. So now the Vikings have to cast 558 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:54,359 Speaker 1: their eye to the NFC West and look at those teams. 559 00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:57,399 Speaker 1: Can they keep up with that? Man? That's because that 560 00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:01,760 Speaker 1: NFC West foursome looks tremendous with Arizona, the Rams, the 561 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:05,120 Speaker 1: Niners and the Seahawks. They're going to kind of cannibalize 562 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:07,879 Speaker 1: each other because they play those games. But you have 563 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:11,520 Speaker 1: to look to that. Um, the Eagles. My only concern 564 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:15,520 Speaker 1: with the Eagles want can you fix wins in the 565 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 1: middle of the season and can you can you fix 566 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:21,160 Speaker 1: him through play calling? But the reason why I worried 567 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:24,239 Speaker 1: about play calling, Um, Doug Peterson wanted to bring it. 568 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:26,959 Speaker 1: He brought in a bunch of different guys and different philosophers. 569 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:29,680 Speaker 1: There's a lot of cooks in that kitchen. Buck Yeah, 570 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:34,440 Speaker 1: Mike scan Grillo, Um, you have do Staley there back. 571 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:37,320 Speaker 1: The morning Wig is back. So man, you man, you 572 00:27:37,359 --> 00:27:40,320 Speaker 1: got you got a lot of people dropping um notes 573 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:43,560 Speaker 1: in the suggestion box. And I know that that has 574 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:46,320 Speaker 1: to make it tough for the decision maker to figure 575 00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:48,320 Speaker 1: out this is how we need to approach it. Because 576 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:50,639 Speaker 1: let's look at it, Marty morning Wigg wants to throw 577 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:53,800 Speaker 1: it all over the yard. Um scan Grello comes from 578 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:56,320 Speaker 1: the Shanahan tree. Does he want to do it with 579 00:27:56,359 --> 00:27:59,320 Speaker 1: the running games? Setting it up like that's a completely 580 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:02,520 Speaker 1: different system? Was that aren't tired and married to one another? 581 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:07,359 Speaker 1: I think it's very very difficult to blend so many 582 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:11,480 Speaker 1: different things together. Um, And you have a young quarterback 583 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:14,440 Speaker 1: whose confidence may be shaking a little bit. So who 584 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:16,600 Speaker 1: is going to be the guy to be able to 585 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:19,600 Speaker 1: look at the family said Hey, let's go back to 586 00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:21,639 Speaker 1: when he was playing at his m v P level. 587 00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:24,880 Speaker 1: We're going to make sure that we call his favorite 588 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:28,119 Speaker 1: players from seventeen to get them back into a rhythm. 589 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:30,200 Speaker 1: It's like you and I playing pick up basketball. I 590 00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:32,479 Speaker 1: missed six or seven jump shots. Well, you know what 591 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:35,120 Speaker 1: I need? I need some layups. And I know Doug 592 00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:37,600 Speaker 1: Peterson said, they're no layups in the in the league. 593 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:40,800 Speaker 1: He research came off the top rope on that one 594 00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:44,320 Speaker 1: to see that. Yeah, that wasn't somebody somebody's somebody, somebody 595 00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:49,280 Speaker 1: is a disrunted Eagles fan or something in there. But um, hey, 596 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:51,400 Speaker 1: your job as a coordinator is to make it as 597 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:54,720 Speaker 1: easy as possible for your best players to get comfortable 598 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:57,160 Speaker 1: and have success. And so one of the things that 599 00:28:57,200 --> 00:28:58,680 Speaker 1: you have to do is you gotta go back and 600 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:01,040 Speaker 1: you gotta look and see where Carson Wentz was playing, 601 00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:03,560 Speaker 1: get his best, What were we doing? And I think 602 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:06,120 Speaker 1: you have to put in a game plan that mirrors that, 603 00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:09,520 Speaker 1: and as he regains his confidence, then you can add 604 00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:11,840 Speaker 1: more to it. But this is what Doug Peterson did 605 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:14,320 Speaker 1: with Nick Foles when they went on the run. He 606 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:16,760 Speaker 1: dug back into the craze and put out the old 607 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:20,320 Speaker 1: Chip Kelly game plan. When Nick Foles was twenty seven 608 00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:23,000 Speaker 1: and two and uh, I mean playing out of his mind. 609 00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:25,360 Speaker 1: They did some of those things. I think Doug Peterson 610 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:27,479 Speaker 1: has to go back and do the same thing for 611 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:31,240 Speaker 1: Carson Wentz. Let's look back at figure out what he 612 00:29:31,280 --> 00:29:33,680 Speaker 1: did really, really well, and let's put him in a 613 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:36,800 Speaker 1: situation to be able to do those things. Yeah, we'll 614 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:40,400 Speaker 1: see what happens there with the Philadelphia Eagles. Um Buck, 615 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:42,080 Speaker 1: Is there anything else you want to touch on here? 616 00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:44,520 Speaker 1: Because I want to. I want to also thank everybody 617 00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:47,480 Speaker 1: that's left us those ratings and reviews on Apple Podcast. 618 00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:49,240 Speaker 1: We've got a bunch of names there, those high school 619 00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:52,040 Speaker 1: football player, best high schootball player you've ever seen, They've 620 00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:54,080 Speaker 1: dropped in there for so we appreciate those. Want to 621 00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:55,920 Speaker 1: thank everybody for that. But is there anything else you're 622 00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:57,719 Speaker 1: working on here you want to get to? Yeah, Like 623 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:00,719 Speaker 1: it's pretty basically I will say, did Jenna, I know 624 00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:03,360 Speaker 1: because you were in Baltimore for so long in Cleveland, 625 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:05,960 Speaker 1: you know the Pittsburgh Steelers. So I was studying the 626 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:09,080 Speaker 1: Steelers defense, uh this morning because I'm doing a thing 627 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:12,560 Speaker 1: on Blitzberg. They lead the league and blitz percentage. They're 628 00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:16,640 Speaker 1: blessing fifty seven percent of the time percent. So I'm like, man, 629 00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:21,160 Speaker 1: are they doing the old Blitzberg stuff zone dogging? They're 630 00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:24,320 Speaker 1: playing man to man on the outside with Joe Hayden 631 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:28,360 Speaker 1: and Steven Nelson. They're dropping down Edmonds sometimes Minka, and 632 00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:31,440 Speaker 1: they are blessing the I mean they are blessing you 633 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:35,160 Speaker 1: like crazy. And they have a nickel corner Mike Hilton, 634 00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:38,160 Speaker 1: who is coming off the edge. He has two sacks, 635 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:41,240 Speaker 1: and what they're doing there's nothing complicated about it, but 636 00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:44,680 Speaker 1: they're getting to the quarterback. And it reminded me of 637 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:49,280 Speaker 1: what you talked about um in Baltimore and players. The 638 00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:53,560 Speaker 1: players that they have upfront are fast. They're playing with 639 00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:58,400 Speaker 1: an urgency and an energy that just overwhelms you. And so, yes, 640 00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:01,960 Speaker 1: a little scheme, but it's more the scheme putting the 641 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:04,160 Speaker 1: players in a position to be able to just do 642 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:07,760 Speaker 1: what they do. And they are knocking people around that defense, 643 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,400 Speaker 1: and that defense is scary in terms of the amount 644 00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:13,240 Speaker 1: of pressure that they're able to put off. I would 645 00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:17,200 Speaker 1: I posted that play of Chase Young just destroying I 646 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:20,440 Speaker 1: think it was Edmunds running back for Arizona, and it's 647 00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:22,720 Speaker 1: a zone read play, right, So you've got Kyler Murray 648 00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:25,480 Speaker 1: back there and Chase Edmunds is coming off the edge unblocked, 649 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:28,280 Speaker 1: which I'm not running zone read to uh not to 650 00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:32,840 Speaker 1: not to chase Edmunds, to to chase young side. I'm not. 651 00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:36,480 Speaker 1: I'm not doing that. But I felt I felt vindicated 652 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:38,680 Speaker 1: because I've had some back and forth with a defensive 653 00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:43,200 Speaker 1: line coach friend about this. Now, I believe, personally, thinking 654 00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:47,440 Speaker 1: from the quarterbacks position, that you attack the mesh point 655 00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:50,720 Speaker 1: because there's some teams that that tell read it, slow 656 00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:52,920 Speaker 1: read it, slow read it, slow read it, let it 657 00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:54,600 Speaker 1: try and you know, put him in kind of no 658 00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:56,800 Speaker 1: man's land. No no, no, no, no no. That was 659 00:31:56,840 --> 00:31:59,320 Speaker 1: a great example of it. If you attack the mesh point, 660 00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:01,200 Speaker 1: you'll tackle both of them. If you got to, you 661 00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:02,760 Speaker 1: tack on both of them. But what it does is 662 00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:05,960 Speaker 1: it forces that quarterback to make a real quick, hasty decision. 663 00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:07,840 Speaker 1: You don't want to do that if you're a quarterback. 664 00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:10,600 Speaker 1: I'd much rather be able to slow play ride ride, Okay, 665 00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:13,360 Speaker 1: he's going inside, pull it and go um. And that was, 666 00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:15,800 Speaker 1: to me, was exhibit a of why you attack the 667 00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:17,880 Speaker 1: mess point. You don't sit back and slow play it. 668 00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:22,320 Speaker 1: It's funny because in in studying the blitz game, UM 669 00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:26,720 Speaker 1: from guys, they would tell you, especially at the college level, UM, 670 00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:29,760 Speaker 1: if the quarterback is a running threat, you want to 671 00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:32,600 Speaker 1: bring pressure from the side of the running back. I 672 00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:34,600 Speaker 1: mean that you want to blitz the running back and 673 00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:37,200 Speaker 1: you wanted to be decisive so everyone knows exactly what 674 00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:40,280 Speaker 1: they're doing. It makes the quarterback make a quick decision. 675 00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:43,080 Speaker 1: If you're playing against a team that has more of 676 00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:46,480 Speaker 1: a dominant running back and not really a quarterback threat, 677 00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:49,400 Speaker 1: you blitz away from the running back because he is 678 00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:52,640 Speaker 1: now running into the pressure. And so what you talk about, 679 00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:56,160 Speaker 1: like what you were describing to your D line colleague, 680 00:32:56,600 --> 00:33:01,000 Speaker 1: UH makes sense because when you slow play it, what 681 00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:03,479 Speaker 1: do I have? I'm indecisive, do what do I go? 682 00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:05,680 Speaker 1: Or do I give? Whereas when you make it very 683 00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:10,080 Speaker 1: clear and definitive blow up the quarterback full speed, it 684 00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:14,640 Speaker 1: is easier, I think for the defendant because you've eliminated 685 00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:17,760 Speaker 1: all the clutter. There's no thinking. Go blow it up, 686 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:20,360 Speaker 1: make this guy make a decision. And we all know, 687 00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:24,000 Speaker 1: especially in the NFL, if your quarterback gets rattled once 688 00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:27,160 Speaker 1: or twice one of those plays, you won't see those 689 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:30,960 Speaker 1: plays anymore. I'm gonna call it anymore exactly to me 690 00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:33,240 Speaker 1: at second, no brain right, if you just sprint the 691 00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:35,600 Speaker 1: mesh point and if you can get the quarterback, hit 692 00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:37,680 Speaker 1: the quarterback. But I mean if you if you're the 693 00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:39,120 Speaker 1: play color up in the booth and be like, oh 694 00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:40,920 Speaker 1: my gosh, I can't, I can't do that. I'm not 695 00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:42,840 Speaker 1: doing it again. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not going 696 00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:45,000 Speaker 1: to kind of get smashed. No, no no, no, no, no, no, 697 00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:48,240 Speaker 1: we'll we'll put it away that thing fast enough. By 698 00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:51,840 Speaker 1: the way, You're like, you take that one and make 699 00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:53,360 Speaker 1: sure that I put my hands up so you know 700 00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:58,520 Speaker 1: I don't have the ball, good man, anything else you're 701 00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:01,040 Speaker 1: working on. Black No, I mean that's it, like, uh 702 00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:03,200 Speaker 1: think Pittsburgh thing. And then I looked at the forty 703 00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:06,000 Speaker 1: nine is Jordan read could be a secret weapon for 704 00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:10,080 Speaker 1: the and he that's that same with the same staff 705 00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:12,480 Speaker 1: and the same system. So you know, it's easy easy. 706 00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:15,279 Speaker 1: The thing he doesn't. I don't think he has the 707 00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:18,719 Speaker 1: same juice that maybe he once had. But dj I 708 00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:21,040 Speaker 1: know you saw it at the end of Antonio gates career. 709 00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:25,040 Speaker 1: They got enough wiggle to just kind of make defenders 710 00:34:25,080 --> 00:34:29,040 Speaker 1: pause for a minute. And with an accurate throwers, it's open, 711 00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:31,480 Speaker 1: and so he has seven catches for fifty yards. But 712 00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:33,080 Speaker 1: DJ they put him in the slide and let him 713 00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:35,640 Speaker 1: isolate against the safety and a linebacker, and he ran 714 00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:38,319 Speaker 1: like a little five yard like option route. But at 715 00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:40,280 Speaker 1: the top of the route he just kind of chatted 716 00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:41,560 Speaker 1: his feet for a little bit and gave a good 717 00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:44,960 Speaker 1: nod inside and broke away wide open. And so I'm 718 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:48,640 Speaker 1: thinking when they get George Kittle back with two tight 719 00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:51,319 Speaker 1: ends and the flexibility, and we've talked about Man, when 720 00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:53,600 Speaker 1: you have multiple tight incests and the problems that you 721 00:34:53,640 --> 00:34:57,640 Speaker 1: can create with Kittle and read Man, they can give 722 00:34:57,719 --> 00:35:00,880 Speaker 1: you problems and it less is the need to have 723 00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:04,319 Speaker 1: an established number one receiver at wide receiver. They can 724 00:35:04,360 --> 00:35:07,759 Speaker 1: play games with their bigs on your bigs on the inside. 725 00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:10,279 Speaker 1: It could be a problem going forward. Yeah, you know 726 00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:11,880 Speaker 1: you've got the right play caller to figure all that 727 00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:15,239 Speaker 1: stuff out and promise you don't figure it out. 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Um, 737 00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:44,799 Speaker 1: that's gonna do it for us today, Buck, it's been 738 00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:46,759 Speaker 1: it's been fun, and I'm looking forward to that Monday nighter. 739 00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:49,399 Speaker 1: We got SEC football this weekend. We get a chance 740 00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:51,840 Speaker 1: to talk about that next week. A good slave of 741 00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:54,600 Speaker 1: NFL games again, culminate with that big game between the 742 00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:57,480 Speaker 1: Chiefs and the Ravens on Monday night. All Right, that's 743 00:35:57,520 --> 00:35:59,480 Speaker 1: gonna do it for us. Thank you guys so much 744 00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:01,600 Speaker 1: for listening. To Move the Sticks presented by Zack Speas. 745 00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:02,399 Speaker 1: We'll catch you next time.