1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:06,439 Speaker 1: And now move the sticks with Daniel, Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks. 2 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 2: What's up? 3 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:09,920 Speaker 3: Everybody? Walk up to move the sticks? DJ, Bucky, Rhett 4 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:12,879 Speaker 3: with you on the on the heels. I guess I 5 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 3: can't see the heels. We still got one more game. 6 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 1: We did. 7 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:16,239 Speaker 3: We got one more playoff game to go. But it's 8 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 3: been fun to have playoff football back. First of all, Buck, 9 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 3: I got to ask you and Rhet how are you 10 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 3: guys hanging in there? You know, I know those wildfires 11 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:29,040 Speaker 3: gotten close to both of you. Buck, I'll start with you, 12 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:30,400 Speaker 3: how's everything going on the home front? 13 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:34,640 Speaker 4: Yeah, no, everything is okay. The wildfires have been Banana's 14 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 4: just gonna watch. They got close but not quite to 15 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:39,920 Speaker 4: the neighborhood. But look, man, my heart goes out to 16 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:42,559 Speaker 4: all of the communities that have been affected. You started 17 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:46,839 Speaker 4: with the Pacific Palisades community, just knowing so many people there. 18 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 4: My daughter said friends, her friends have lost houses in 19 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 4: those things. And then you think about the other cities 20 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:56,960 Speaker 4: in the air at Alta, Dina and up in the valley. 21 00:00:57,320 --> 00:00:58,400 Speaker 2: Is heartbreaking, his question. 22 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 4: So you just hope that everyone is there able to 23 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 4: find the help that they need. As you try and 24 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:04,320 Speaker 4: make this a better place in repairing. 25 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:08,959 Speaker 1: Yeah, I echo those sentiments, Buck, And just you know, 26 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 1: I don't think there's any amount of gratitude that is 27 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 1: too much to heap onto the shoulders of the incredible 28 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 1: firefighting effort done by so many agencies, LA f the 29 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 1: La County Fire Department, the countless number of firefighters who 30 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 1: have come in from around the state, around the country, 31 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 1: around the world to help with this unprecedented effort in extinguishing, containing, 32 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: and preparing for another round of wins that threaten this 33 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 1: area once again. So yeah, neighborhood, family okay right now, 34 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 1: but nobody really resting easy just yet with this not 35 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 1: quite out of the clear. But thankful for all the 36 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 1: help and support and thoughts and prayers that everybody has 37 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 1: given us so over the course of the last week. 38 00:01:56,720 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, I'd echo all those words in terms of the 39 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 3: great work everyone involved responding to such a horrible situation. 40 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 3: So can he to pray for you guys, for your 41 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:09,359 Speaker 3: families and homes and uh and everybody up in the area. 42 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:12,119 Speaker 3: But it's been affected, but we did have some football guys. 43 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:13,679 Speaker 3: I want to start and kind of go through the 44 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:16,799 Speaker 3: games we've seen thus far and start backwards here. Let's 45 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 3: let's start with the latest playoff game. We saw that 46 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 3: last night, and uh buck, I'm I'll get with you, 47 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 3: but I mean, I think we got to start first 48 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:27,399 Speaker 3: and foremost is two guys who cover the draft and 49 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 3: or really three guys here who cover the draft and 50 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 3: spend a lot of time focused on these kids in 51 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 3: the spring. Jane Daniels thought he had a chance to 52 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:36,079 Speaker 3: be good. I'll be straight up honest. He has blown 53 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:38,399 Speaker 3: me away. And last night was another example. 54 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, another example. 55 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 4: Like DJ, this dude is, man, he's knocking on the 56 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:44,640 Speaker 4: door of being an eleak quarterback. 57 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 2: Just what he is able to do. 58 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:49,240 Speaker 4: We've always talked about on a mood of sticks, trucks 59 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 4: and trailers and breaking quarterbacks down, and he is truck 60 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 4: all day every day. Just the way that he is 61 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:57,920 Speaker 4: able to put this team on his back, the plays 62 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:00,359 Speaker 4: that he makes under pressure. And I'll say this, I 63 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 4: don't think dan Quinn did any any favors in terms 64 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:04,639 Speaker 4: of the way they were constantly going for it on 65 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 4: fourth down really put a lot on him. 66 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:08,359 Speaker 2: To make plays. 67 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 4: But look, man, he built his head coach out because 68 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:13,800 Speaker 4: he's so calm and cool under pressure and he just 69 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 4: gets it. We can't talk enough about the importance of 70 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 4: being able to be clutch in those moments. 71 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:21,359 Speaker 2: Man, Jayden James is as clutch as they come, and 72 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 2: he showed it in their first wildcard game. 73 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, and I mean, I don't think there's anything I 74 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 1: could add to that. I mean, the adjectives have been, 75 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 1: you know, used a plethora of different ways to describe 76 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 1: Jaydon Daniels his I mean, the fact that he was 77 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 1: the first rookie quarterback to win a playoff game on 78 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:39,600 Speaker 1: the road since Russell Wilson did it in twenty twelve, 79 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 1: I mean tells you just how difficult it is to 80 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 1: be in this spot at all as a rookie leading 81 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 1: a team like you know, you're talking about a team 82 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 1: that's drafting one or two. You're not expecting him to 83 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 1: be in the playoffs, you know what I mean. I 84 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 1: think that speaks to the impact that he has had 85 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 1: in the playmaking ability because look, you know, Todd Bowles 86 00:03:56,840 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 1: is gonna throw the sink at you, you right, and they 87 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 1: got guys to win and you know, one on ones 88 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 1: against some of the best offensive linemen you know in 89 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:05,320 Speaker 1: the league, and the Commanders are still trying to figure 90 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 1: that part of it out. But Jane Daniels bails them 91 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 1: out in a number of ways that way. And look 92 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 1: when DJ when it come for me, when it comes 93 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 1: down to this game. I think you also got to 94 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 1: give a lot of credit to Washington's defense. They got 95 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 1: off the field. Tampa did not have opportunities. Hey, twenty 96 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:21,719 Speaker 1: four plays in the first half, twenty two in the 97 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:25,600 Speaker 1: second half. That's not enough to win a playoff game 98 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 1: and to have, you know, to find yourself extending drive. 99 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:31,360 Speaker 1: They just didn't have those opportunities to use the Bucky 100 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:33,839 Speaker 1: Irvings more than seventeen times when he that's you know 101 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 1: what he ended up getting the ball. We needed more more, 102 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 1: Mike Evans, right, You just wanted more from those talented 103 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:43,479 Speaker 1: skill players. But Washington's defense just limited the opportunities in 104 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:44,840 Speaker 1: my in my opinion. 105 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, and you had some you know, look, they turned 106 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 3: the ball over. 107 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:49,160 Speaker 1: Tampa did well. 108 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 3: That's a part of the ball of ball handling issue 109 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 3: there that that got them. But I want to give 110 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:56,360 Speaker 3: our buddy Adam Peters a lot of credit his first 111 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:59,120 Speaker 3: year there. I think a lot of people, you know, 112 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 3: looked at the that they'd made and thought, okay, some 113 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 3: of these guys are way past their days. I don't 114 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 3: understand why they're bringing in a Bobby Wagner, why they're 115 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:10,240 Speaker 3: bringing in an Ertz. You know, when you look at 116 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 3: you all of a sudden in this game, you go, Okay, 117 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 3: do you think this stage was too big for Bobby Wagner, 118 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 3: who's been the leader of one of the best defenses 119 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 3: we've seen in the last twenty years? I think do 120 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:20,360 Speaker 3: you think Zach Ertz felt the pressure when he's caught 121 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:23,120 Speaker 3: a game winning ball in a Super Bowl the knockoff 122 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:25,839 Speaker 3: Tom Brady the New England Patriots, Like that moment was 123 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:27,920 Speaker 3: not big at all for those guys, an even like 124 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:30,920 Speaker 3: Andrew Wiley's been, you know, a champion, Like, They've got 125 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:33,800 Speaker 3: guys who have that experience and now you mix them 126 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:36,479 Speaker 3: together with some talented young players. And the scary part 127 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:38,680 Speaker 3: for the rest of the league, in the NFC particular, 128 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:41,239 Speaker 3: is this is going to be this is the floor, 129 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:43,279 Speaker 3: Like this is only going to go up from here 130 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:46,360 Speaker 3: as Adam and company get to continue to add young 131 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:49,919 Speaker 3: pieces in some more impact players to this roster. And 132 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:51,480 Speaker 3: this quarterback is this good already? 133 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 1: Oh cow? 134 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 3: That's that's an exciting thing to think about. If you're 135 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 3: a fan of the Washington Commanders, Eagles Packers, I'll give 136 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 3: you my first thought on this one. On Draft night, 137 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 3: I remember saying, I can't believe the league is going 138 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 3: to let Nolan Smith fall into the lap of the 139 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 3: Philadelphia Eagles at the end of the first round. And 140 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:13,159 Speaker 3: after his first year, you didn't have a ton of production, 141 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:16,240 Speaker 3: and people kind of he was overrated and everybody just 142 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 3: looks at sacks. This year he has six and a 143 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:22,119 Speaker 3: half sacks, And if you watch them each and every game, 144 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:25,039 Speaker 3: you saw someone who plays as they As Nick Sirianni 145 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 3: said after the game, he doesn't know anybody who plays 146 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 3: with more passion, energy and physicality than he does. And 147 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:33,839 Speaker 3: rehtt there was a play early on in that game, 148 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 3: and to me, it was like, Okay, this set the 149 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 3: tone for the whole game. Elton Jenkins, their best offensive lineman, 150 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 3: is pulling and Nolan Smith instead of catching and bracing, 151 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 3: he is a missile and attacks him. And I don't 152 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:48,680 Speaker 3: want to see anybody get hurt. Yeah, but he took 153 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:50,680 Speaker 3: him out of the game. He hit him so hard 154 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 3: on his shoulder he was done. And then and again, 155 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 3: I always want to be careful. I don't want to 156 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 3: see aybody hurt? Did you see how many guys they 157 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:00,160 Speaker 3: were taking off the field for the Green Bay pack 158 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 3: For whatever issues the Philadelphi Eagles might have offensively, defensively, 159 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:06,360 Speaker 3: that was as physical game as I can ever remember. 160 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:07,599 Speaker 3: They were dropping like flies. 161 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 1: It started from the first play. Bucky and I were 162 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 1: on the desk NFL Game Day highlights for NFL Networking. 163 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:17,080 Speaker 1: I like talking about it, Keishaan Nixon, I mean just felt. 164 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 5: That fall force of Orient Burkes, who probably had a 165 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 5: little something minim after being a third round pick of 166 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:26,560 Speaker 5: the Green Bay Packers and with the roles reversed here 167 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 5: a little bit. 168 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 1: Boy, did he set the tone for that game with 169 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 1: that hit? And you did see it left it right. 170 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 1: This was one of the most physical defensive efforts that 171 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:39,040 Speaker 1: I can remember, Like going back to maybe Saints forty 172 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:42,680 Speaker 1: nine ers in that NFC Championship game or the NFC 173 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 1: playoff game a while back, man, this one stood out. 174 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:48,840 Speaker 1: I mean they were down obviously, Christian Watson coming into 175 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:51,560 Speaker 1: the game, Jayden Reid left the game, but you know, 176 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 1: before it was all said and done, Dobbs left the game, 177 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:56,880 Speaker 1: and look, Jordan Love did not play his best game 178 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 1: and I think that's clear. And you know that's something 179 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:02,440 Speaker 1: that kind of popped up after a sterling second half 180 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 1: of his first full year as a starter. Really kind 181 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:08,680 Speaker 1: of saw this year some of those turnover problems popping up. 182 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 1: Thought maybe he'd gotten rid of it towards the second half, Bucky, 183 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 1: but then they popped up in a bad way here. 184 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 1: He definitely wants some of those throws back, especially that 185 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 1: one to Bond left, that one a little underthrown that 186 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 1: Darius Slay down the right sideline ended up getting. But 187 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:24,520 Speaker 1: that was a really good play by Sleigh. I just 188 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 1: lovedn't have needed to be at his best when you're 189 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 1: short handed that way, and he wasn't. 190 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 2: No, he wasn't. 191 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:32,800 Speaker 4: And it's unfortunate for the Packers that they weren't good 192 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:36,439 Speaker 4: enough in other areas to make up for The Philadelphia 193 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:39,600 Speaker 4: Eagles are the most complete team in football when you 194 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:41,679 Speaker 4: look at the way this team is constructed edeline of 195 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 4: scrimmage on both lines offense and defensive line. You look 196 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 4: at the offense that they had the perimeter playmakers they're 197 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 4: running back in Saquon Barkley, but then defensively the second 198 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:52,600 Speaker 4: and third levels, how they've stock pouted. 199 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 2: It allows him to. 200 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:57,480 Speaker 4: Play with the quarterback not playing with his A game, 201 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:00,040 Speaker 4: not showing up and bringing his best. 202 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 2: And that is why you should be fearful love to Eagles. 203 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:07,600 Speaker 4: If they do find their rhythm on offense, Sakuon Barkley 204 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:10,960 Speaker 4: is destabilizing force to that offense, but the passing game 205 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 4: is up or down. If they're able to kind of 206 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:17,680 Speaker 4: find a groove in the passing game for three games, 207 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:19,960 Speaker 4: this is a team that can win a Super Bowl title, 208 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 4: but it's imperative they must find a rhythm in the 209 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 4: passing game. 210 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:26,079 Speaker 2: They're not going to be able to beat people one. 211 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:29,200 Speaker 4: Dimensional with the one dimension approach on offense despite the 212 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:30,920 Speaker 4: defense's efforts to keep the score down. 213 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:33,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, look, you're not going to have it's very rare. 214 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 3: You're going to have your A game every week in 215 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:38,120 Speaker 3: the postseason. You've got to find a way to win 216 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 3: one of these kind of ugly games. I think back 217 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:43,760 Speaker 3: to the think about the Tom Brady Super Bowl with 218 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:46,320 Speaker 3: Tampa against Washington where they did not play great and 219 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:51,600 Speaker 3: almost got but they survived. And when they survived and 220 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:53,840 Speaker 3: they eventually found their footing and they got all the 221 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:55,440 Speaker 3: way to the end of the game. So to the 222 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:57,439 Speaker 3: end of the journey there. So that's something to keep 223 00:09:57,440 --> 00:09:59,520 Speaker 3: an eye on in that one. All right, let's keep 224 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:02,920 Speaker 3: it a roll here. Man, I was watching I was 225 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:08,360 Speaker 3: watching Broncos Bills full transparency. This is an interesting way 226 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:12,520 Speaker 3: to consume this game. I watched the first drive of Denver, right, 227 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:15,920 Speaker 3: I mean, just couldn't script it any better. Right down 228 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:18,280 Speaker 3: the field buck boomom, boom, boom boom, home run ball, 229 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 3: the Oregon connection next to Franklin and that that. No, 230 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:27,200 Speaker 3: that ended. True story. I went to church because I'm home. 231 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:29,480 Speaker 3: The Chargers played on a Saturday. I'm home, a rare 232 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:30,920 Speaker 3: time in the fall, so I'm like, take the whole 233 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:33,840 Speaker 3: family or going to church. So my surprise when I 234 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:35,719 Speaker 3: got out of church and clicked the score, I was like, man, 235 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 3: well that must have been it. That must have been all. 236 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:41,839 Speaker 3: That was all they had left. Ended up going back 237 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:43,720 Speaker 3: and watching the game. But you get what I'm saying. 238 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:45,920 Speaker 3: Back after that drive, Buffalo said, nope, no more. 239 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:49,560 Speaker 4: No, this really looked like the varsity versus the jv 240 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:51,920 Speaker 4: like a like a scrimmage at your local high school. 241 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:54,719 Speaker 2: In terms of the experience, the physicality and. 242 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:56,559 Speaker 4: The way that the Buffalo Bills took over the game 243 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:59,840 Speaker 4: and dominated from that point on. The thing that we've 244 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:02,400 Speaker 4: see from the Bills, I would say is an evolution 245 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:05,199 Speaker 4: in terms of how they play. So much of what 246 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:07,440 Speaker 4: they used to be was big play after big play, 247 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:11,040 Speaker 4: leaning heavily on Josh Allen and the players that they 248 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:12,439 Speaker 4: had on the outside. 249 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 2: Well, this is a different team. 250 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:17,199 Speaker 4: They've evolved into being really a blue collar offense that 251 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:19,960 Speaker 4: can do it with Josh Allen doing his heroics, but 252 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 4: really they're able to run the football James could going 253 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:25,200 Speaker 4: over one hundred yards, being able to control the game 254 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:27,960 Speaker 4: with their offense, and then their defense stepping up with 255 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:32,480 Speaker 4: timely plays. Just a very I would say, mature professional 256 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:35,120 Speaker 4: effort from a team that is very comfortable playing in 257 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:35,760 Speaker 4: the postseason. 258 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:37,959 Speaker 1: Yeah. I say it was a great call. I mean 259 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:40,680 Speaker 1: I too, Like when I watched that first series, I 260 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:42,920 Speaker 1: was like, holy smoked, Bonnix is gonna hit the balls 261 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:46,480 Speaker 1: in this game? Like WHOA, Like okay, you have my attention. 262 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:50,480 Speaker 1: First game of the of the Sunday Slate here, right. Yeah. 263 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 1: And then I think, as Bucky you know, pointed out, 264 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:54,840 Speaker 1: and I think it's a great point. I mean, that's 265 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:57,720 Speaker 1: what Buffalo is this year is the ability to run 266 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:01,560 Speaker 1: the football fairly dominant as they did in this game 267 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:04,320 Speaker 1: twenty three carries buck twenty for James Cook and then 268 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 1: the way in which they did it Dragon defenders right, 269 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:12,080 Speaker 1: the Bills offensive line just piling on, pushing the pile down. 270 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 1: And you talked about the Nolan Smith hit on Elton Jenkins. 271 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 1: How about the Dion Dawkins hit on Ellis like just 272 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:22,440 Speaker 1: I mean crumbled him. Unfortunately again he has to leave 273 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:26,559 Speaker 1: the game. But those that physicality that Buffalo plays with, 274 00:12:26,559 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 1: with the way this offense is constructed this year, and 275 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:32,040 Speaker 1: then you have those just kind of ripped the heart 276 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:34,680 Speaker 1: out of your chest plays that Josh Allen has made 277 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:38,320 Speaker 1: a career making like that fourth and one where he's 278 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:41,439 Speaker 1: all over the place, finds enough time as he always does, 279 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:45,120 Speaker 1: and then fires a laser to Tye Johnson in the 280 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:47,520 Speaker 1: back of the end zone. Right, I mean, you know, 281 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 1: not to say he's an unlikely hero. He's been making 282 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:52,280 Speaker 1: some plays for them this year, but didn't envision it 283 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:54,400 Speaker 1: in that scenario at the back of the end zone 284 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:56,160 Speaker 1: kind of toe tap and at the end line there, 285 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:58,440 Speaker 1: and that's when I felt like the game was done. 286 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:00,880 Speaker 1: At that point, they at full control. 287 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:05,360 Speaker 3: Dej Yeah, but I also think Denver's ahead of schedule. Yes, yeah, 288 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 3: Like there's there's some of these teams and we're gonna 289 00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:09,960 Speaker 3: get to one here next. But some of these teams 290 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 3: that the season ends and you're like, oh, where is 291 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:13,720 Speaker 3: this the you know, do we need to you know, 292 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:16,280 Speaker 3: reshape this thing? And then there's teams that are at 293 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 3: the very beginning of their journey and it's like, hey, 294 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:21,920 Speaker 3: this is disappointing the way this ended, but wildly successful 295 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 3: season for the Denver Broncos playing with the rookie quarterback 296 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:27,280 Speaker 3: in bo Nicks. This next one, though, Buck, there is 297 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:29,160 Speaker 3: something to talk about on the losing side of this, 298 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:30,959 Speaker 3: But before we do that, let's get to the winning 299 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:34,839 Speaker 3: side of it. The Baltimore Ravens just I mean, they 300 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:37,880 Speaker 3: did not mess around. They once upon a time lost 301 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:40,040 Speaker 3: the game because they got a little two pass happy 302 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:42,480 Speaker 3: and forgot who they were in the playoffs. I was there, 303 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:45,120 Speaker 3: and I was against the Chargers many years ago, I 304 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:48,199 Speaker 3: think twenty eighteen. That on't happened in this one. They 305 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:50,520 Speaker 3: came out and it was I mean, it was like 306 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 3: a Mike Tyson fight. Sprint to the middle of the 307 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:55,559 Speaker 3: ring and just throwing Haymakers on the ground. 308 00:13:55,760 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, DJ. 309 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:00,280 Speaker 4: This was a stick to the script performance from the 310 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:02,280 Speaker 4: Baltimore Ravens. They know where they are, they know where 311 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:05,480 Speaker 4: their identity is. They built their offensive identity on Lamar 312 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 4: Jackson and Derrick Kearney. 313 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:10,280 Speaker 2: They're running the football. Look between the tackles. 314 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:13,640 Speaker 4: They're punishing people with their overwhelming physicality. And that's what 315 00:14:13,679 --> 00:14:16,040 Speaker 4: they did to the Pittsburgh Stellers. And the reason why 316 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:19,920 Speaker 4: so jarring is no one pushes the Stellers around, but 317 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:22,840 Speaker 4: the way that the Baltimore Ravens pushed them around, particularly 318 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:26,360 Speaker 4: in the first half, it was eye opening. And what 319 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:29,720 Speaker 4: I liked from the Baltimore Ravens, particularly after hearing the 320 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:33,600 Speaker 4: conversation the entire week where Lamar Jackson talked about what 321 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 4: he learned last year is he's too antsy in these moments. 322 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:42,760 Speaker 4: The nerves, the emotions overwhelmed him. To me, very mature 323 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:45,680 Speaker 4: performance from the Baltimore Ravens. They took care of business, 324 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:48,080 Speaker 4: they got it done. Look, it certainly helps to have 325 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 4: the King playing alongside of you if you're Lamar Jackson, 326 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:53,560 Speaker 4: But that one two punch, were they able to run 327 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:54,200 Speaker 4: the football. 328 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:56,920 Speaker 2: It just kind of steadied. 329 00:14:56,440 --> 00:14:59,400 Speaker 4: The flow of everything, and the Baltimore Ravens jumped on 330 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 4: the Stillers never let up. 331 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:01,160 Speaker 2: You know. 332 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:03,280 Speaker 1: I think one thing that that kind of strikes me 333 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:05,920 Speaker 1: with the Ravens, you know, in the way that they 334 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 1: went out to improve this team by getting Derrick Henry 335 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 1: and and now operate on offense. It brings the Philadelphia 336 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:16,920 Speaker 1: Eagles back into focus for me. It even brought to 337 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:18,960 Speaker 1: maybe a little bit of a lesser extent, the Green 338 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:21,720 Speaker 1: Bay Packers back into focus for me. I think there's 339 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:24,560 Speaker 1: times where, you know, running backs at a previous destination 340 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:27,160 Speaker 1: have proven their worth as you know, in Henry's case 341 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:29,880 Speaker 1: as a superstar, as Saquon Barkley's case is rookie year 342 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:33,640 Speaker 1: as a superstar, and then we get a little disenchanted 343 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:38,800 Speaker 1: with them as their team falters, right is their team 344 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:42,160 Speaker 1: struggles kind of bring them down. Not to say that 345 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:44,400 Speaker 1: they're not, you know, one hundred percent effort, one hundred 346 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:47,040 Speaker 1: percent trying to you know, lift the team up. But man, 347 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:49,480 Speaker 1: seeing what Josh Jacobs did in Green Bay, seeing now 348 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 1: what say Quon Barkley is again capable of with Philadelphia 349 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:55,480 Speaker 1: brings that into focus for me. With with Derek Henry, 350 00:15:55,480 --> 00:15:56,680 Speaker 1: because I don't know that there was a lot of 351 00:15:56,680 --> 00:15:59,160 Speaker 1: people that thought that when he was leaving Tennessee that 352 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:01,560 Speaker 1: there was this going to be a guy who in 353 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:05,120 Speaker 1: the playoffs, you know, in the fourth quarter, is rattling 354 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:07,360 Speaker 1: off explosive play runs and going for one hundred and 355 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:09,760 Speaker 1: eighty six yards, you know, as a as a thirty 356 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:12,680 Speaker 1: thirty year old running back. So again, credit to those guys, 357 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:16,360 Speaker 1: Credit to those teams for understanding that and utilizing it 358 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:18,240 Speaker 1: when it matters most. And then on the flip side, DJ, 359 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 1: to your point, nobody pushes the Steelers around and the 360 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:25,040 Speaker 1: Steelers can run the ball, except no, like that was 361 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:28,000 Speaker 1: not the case, and now we have to figure out 362 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:31,440 Speaker 1: what's what I mean. Steelers, you know, have been the 363 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 1: most patient and consistent organization in football right and now, 364 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 1: like the it's getting restless there in Pittsburgh. 365 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 3: So this was my thought, and Buck, I'm not going 366 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 3: to spend long on it because I want to get 367 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:46,960 Speaker 3: you on it real quick as well. But if you 368 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:50,080 Speaker 3: follow baseball, then the Dodgers ended up winning the World 369 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:52,200 Speaker 3: Series this year, but they had a they went through 370 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:55,200 Speaker 3: gosh a dozen starting pitchers. They had a bunch of injuries, 371 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:57,280 Speaker 3: and it was said at the end of the season 372 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:00,840 Speaker 3: that we're going to do a deep dive on why 373 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:03,720 Speaker 3: this keeps happening, Like we're going to do. You know, 374 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:05,720 Speaker 3: they're getting as many minds together they're gonna try and 375 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:08,680 Speaker 3: figure this. The Pittsburgh Steelers need to figure out why 376 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:11,640 Speaker 3: they keep collapsing every single year late in the year. 377 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:13,840 Speaker 3: They need to have and I'm not what does that 378 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:16,040 Speaker 3: result in. Maybe a coach here, coach there. It sounds 379 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:18,399 Speaker 3: like coach Toma's not going anywhere. But maybe you've got 380 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:21,960 Speaker 3: to change the approach of how you attack training camp. 381 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:24,080 Speaker 3: I've been there at training camp. It is a bloodbath 382 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:26,520 Speaker 3: and I praised them for it because they get off 383 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:30,480 Speaker 3: to such hot starts because they bang. They absolutely bang 384 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 3: and practice. Now I'm sitting here saying, I know this 385 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:36,240 Speaker 3: is who we are and it's what we've been, but 386 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:38,400 Speaker 3: we can't keep doing the same thing over and over again. 387 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:40,160 Speaker 3: We've got to figure out what's wrong and we've got 388 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 3: to change it. Buck. 389 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:44,680 Speaker 4: Yeah, So, whether it's the approach, and you talk about 390 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 4: training camp and practices, and part of their identity has 391 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:51,200 Speaker 4: been their physicality and those things, but dj the really 392 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:53,640 Speaker 4: the main issue that existed in Pittsburgh is the. 393 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:56,200 Speaker 2: Same one that's plagued a bunch of teams. 394 00:17:56,680 --> 00:18:01,280 Speaker 4: They haven't fixed a quarterback situation since Ben Roeth's retired. 395 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:05,080 Speaker 4: The Pittsburgh Steelers are lacking at quarterback compared to the 396 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:07,639 Speaker 4: peers in the AFC. We have said it on this 397 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:12,040 Speaker 4: podcast multiple times. The road the gauntlet through the AFC 398 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:13,720 Speaker 4: is a tough one if you do not have a 399 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 4: superstar quarterback. When you look at the ones that are 400 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:20,440 Speaker 4: still standing in the postseason, all of them are knocking 401 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:23,040 Speaker 4: on the door of elite. If not in that club. 402 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:26,240 Speaker 4: When it comes to being elite, the Pittsburgh Steelers don't 403 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:28,959 Speaker 4: have that. And we can go back, and this was 404 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:32,080 Speaker 4: a controversy when he made the decision to. 405 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 2: Go with Russell Wilson over Justin Fields. He wanted the experience. 406 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:40,000 Speaker 4: The expertise that Russell Wilson provided as a Super Bowl winner. 407 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:44,520 Speaker 4: But what he didn't get is the dynamic athleticism that 408 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:47,120 Speaker 4: Justin Fields could bring. And we can talk about whether 409 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:49,879 Speaker 4: he could throw it well enough or whatever. I just 410 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:52,680 Speaker 4: know when I'm looking at the landscape, if you do 411 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:56,160 Speaker 4: not have the ability to create extra plays and big 412 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:59,840 Speaker 4: play opportunities with your legs, you don't really have a chance. 413 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:02,680 Speaker 4: Just look at every quarterback that is remaining in the tournament. 414 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:04,400 Speaker 4: They have the ability to do it. And so they 415 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:06,720 Speaker 4: have some tough decisions to make when it comes to 416 00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:10,159 Speaker 4: what did they want their offensive identity to be going forward. 417 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:12,679 Speaker 1: Yeah, this number felt like a future play, you know, 418 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:14,920 Speaker 1: to meet with Russell Wilson, this was like a hey, 419 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:18,480 Speaker 1: low risk move here, We're not paying the freight on this. 420 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:22,240 Speaker 1: Maybe we've got some upside here with a with a veteran, 421 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:24,640 Speaker 1: experienced guy who's been to the top of the mountain, 422 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:28,240 Speaker 1: and let's see what we can get. And you know, look, 423 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 1: I just in an Arthur Smith offense in Pittsburgh. I 424 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 1: never envisioned Najie Harris having six carries in a playoff game. 425 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:38,399 Speaker 1: And I know you got down early fourteen nothing. I 426 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:41,919 Speaker 1: know you got down twenty one, nothing. But man, it 427 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:44,840 Speaker 1: just didn't feel like the way to operate again, you know, 428 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:47,240 Speaker 1: in this in this version of Russell Wilson, in this 429 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:49,680 Speaker 1: version of the Steelers, was to throw it around twenty 430 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:51,880 Speaker 1: nine times. But when you find yourself down like that, 431 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:54,880 Speaker 1: and you know, maybe I didn't expect that defensively either, 432 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:58,240 Speaker 1: but Ravens are really dang good. And they're gonna be 433 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:00,160 Speaker 1: a force here as we get to the divisional. 434 00:19:59,880 --> 00:20:03,000 Speaker 3: Ru Yeah, last thought on the Steelers. The good thing 435 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:06,480 Speaker 3: is next year they get Troy Fatanu back to put 436 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:09,040 Speaker 3: in with McCormick, who did a nice job as a rookie. 437 00:20:09,119 --> 00:20:11,840 Speaker 3: Fraser did a nice job as a rookie. And you've 438 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:15,120 Speaker 3: still got a talented tackle that's still you know, figuring 439 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:17,919 Speaker 3: things out and trying to get better. Yeah, at the 440 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 3: at what he's playing, right, he's gonna end up playing 441 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:22,920 Speaker 3: left tackle next year, right Sotana will play on the right, 442 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:27,520 Speaker 3: and then Georgia give me the name Roddy Jones left. 443 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:27,720 Speaker 5: Ye. 444 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:29,359 Speaker 3: So they have a they have a makings of a 445 00:20:29,359 --> 00:20:31,320 Speaker 3: really good young offens line, but that they don't have 446 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:33,840 Speaker 3: the quarterback. So that's that's their challenge going into the 447 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:36,080 Speaker 3: offseason is trying to figure that out. On the raven 448 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:39,160 Speaker 3: side of things, Ravens Bills, I mean, I guess technically, 449 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 3: because it's not an AFC championship game or a super Bowl, 450 00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:44,960 Speaker 3: it's technically considered the undercard. But that's going to be 451 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:46,440 Speaker 3: better than any main event we're going to get in 452 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:48,560 Speaker 3: the super Bowl. This is the game of the playoffs. 453 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:51,240 Speaker 3: I don't care who plays who in the conference championships. 454 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:53,240 Speaker 3: I don't care who matches up in the super Bowl. 455 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 3: This these are that this is the heavyweight fight that 456 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:57,280 Speaker 3: everybody wants to see Buck. 457 00:20:57,720 --> 00:20:58,560 Speaker 2: Yeah at evyweight fight. 458 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:00,600 Speaker 4: Everyone wants to see two quarterback come in at the 459 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:03,000 Speaker 4: same time. They've always been the conversation about the two. 460 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:05,800 Speaker 4: They are squarely in the center of the MVP debate. 461 00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:09,040 Speaker 4: This year is exactly what you want to see. And 462 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:12,280 Speaker 4: I'm gonna say this, Josh Allen has played at his best. 463 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:15,280 Speaker 4: He's been I would say the best that he's ever 464 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:18,200 Speaker 4: been when it comes to sharing the load and distributing the. 465 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:19,040 Speaker 2: Ball in this thing. 466 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:21,920 Speaker 4: This game ain't gonna be one of those games. He's 467 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 4: going to have to put on the cape to do it. 468 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:25,879 Speaker 4: We saw in the regular season, and the regular season 469 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:29,040 Speaker 4: doesn't mean anything thirty five to ten to Baltimore Ravens, 470 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:31,480 Speaker 4: but right now he's on the short end of the 471 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:34,159 Speaker 4: stick when it comes to the supporting cast. He is 472 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:37,359 Speaker 4: going to have to play at a level that is 473 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:39,879 Speaker 4: look the highest of the highs when it comes to this. 474 00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:42,240 Speaker 4: I can't wait to see it, because if he takes 475 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:44,840 Speaker 4: it to that level, I'm certain that Lamar Jackson will 476 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:46,760 Speaker 4: also take it. This is the one where you want 477 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 4: to get the popcorn ready, don't blink, because this is 478 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:50,399 Speaker 4: gonna be fun. 479 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:54,119 Speaker 1: Yeah, And just to double down on that fact there. 480 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:56,719 Speaker 1: I mean, you talk about the issues that Lamar Jackson 481 00:21:56,760 --> 00:21:59,440 Speaker 1: has had in previous postseasons, talked about mayb getting a 482 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:01,560 Speaker 1: little bit of anser about, you know, finding a way 483 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:03,119 Speaker 1: to make plays he can get the points on the 484 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:06,360 Speaker 1: board and not you know, necessarily operating within the confines 485 00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:08,760 Speaker 1: of what they need him to do. I think both. 486 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:11,000 Speaker 1: That's the interesting part of this thing with me. Both 487 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 1: guys are gonna put their capes on Lamar Jackson and 488 00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:15,960 Speaker 1: Josh Allen and make plays. That's going to happen. They're 489 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:18,639 Speaker 1: gonna make jaw dropping plays. But to me, the winner 490 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:21,040 Speaker 1: of this game is decided by which one makes the 491 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 1: fewest mistakes and which one of these guys does not 492 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:26,399 Speaker 1: turn the ball over and give extra opportunities to the 493 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 1: other superhero over there. So that's obviously that's one of 494 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 1: the one of the things I'll be watching this one. Yeah. 495 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:33,359 Speaker 3: The weird thing is is that Baltimore is gonna be 496 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:36,200 Speaker 3: trying to take the ball out of Josh Allen's hands. 497 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:38,719 Speaker 3: When you flip it over, Buffalo is going to try 498 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:40,800 Speaker 3: and put the ball in Lamar's hands. They're not going 499 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:42,920 Speaker 3: to let Derrick Henry beat them. They can't. They got 500 00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:46,120 Speaker 3: to try and take it away. Yeah, the game be over, 501 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:48,480 Speaker 3: so they have to put their focus there, so that again, 502 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:51,400 Speaker 3: I think is an advantage for Baltimore. All Right, the game, 503 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:55,000 Speaker 3: I was at the Texans and the Chargers. Look, it's 504 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:57,760 Speaker 3: a lopsided final score, thirty two to twelve. The Chargers 505 00:22:57,760 --> 00:23:00,600 Speaker 3: had a chance in this game, up six nothing, there's 506 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:04,520 Speaker 3: two turning points for me. Six nothing. They get an interception, 507 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:08,400 Speaker 3: an athletic interception on the sideline. They get the ball 508 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:10,920 Speaker 3: at the forty, the chance to get five yards kick 509 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:12,640 Speaker 3: a field goal. It's nine to nothing. That's the worst 510 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:14,800 Speaker 3: case scenario, at least as I'm looking at this from 511 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:17,359 Speaker 3: the Chargers perspective. Maybe you go down there and score 512 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:20,840 Speaker 3: it's thirteen to nothing and Houston doesn't have anything going. Unfortunately, 513 00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:23,680 Speaker 3: right after that interception, the very next play, they try 514 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:26,240 Speaker 3: and dial up a shot to Quentin Johnston. It's a 515 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:29,920 Speaker 3: little bit underthrown. And Lassiter, who has played lights out 516 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:32,679 Speaker 3: as a rookie and is another reminder to throw the 517 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:35,040 Speaker 3: forties out. Don't I let it impact me. 518 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:36,400 Speaker 2: I do it every year. 519 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:40,120 Speaker 3: It's just so dumb. Just keep the grade on him. 520 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:44,000 Speaker 3: He's a great player. Don't let that assway you. But anyways, 521 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:46,520 Speaker 3: that changed it right there. Then you get a one 522 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:48,280 Speaker 3: hundred and ten I believe it's one hundred and ten 523 00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:50,560 Speaker 3: yard drive. Where the ball started at the one, there's 524 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:53,040 Speaker 3: a ten yard penalty in there. They march the length 525 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:56,000 Speaker 3: of the field third and sixteen. It's a snap that's 526 00:23:56,000 --> 00:24:00,760 Speaker 3: mishandled by C. J. Stroud. He still gets outside of containment, 527 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:04,440 Speaker 3: makes an unbelievable throw and h you know, Buck. 528 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:07,160 Speaker 1: Was on the other side of yes, Slavior Hutchinson. 529 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:09,640 Speaker 3: Working left to right. When you have a rhythm quarterback. 530 00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:12,840 Speaker 3: It was like seeing the ball go through the hoop 531 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:15,120 Speaker 3: for the first time. And then once he got and 532 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:18,440 Speaker 3: he found something there, he never he never let it go. 533 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:21,679 Speaker 3: And it was Nico Collins, who is an elite. I mean, 534 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:23,400 Speaker 3: I don't know if he gets everybody knows he's good. 535 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 3: I don't know if people know he's There're not four 536 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:28,360 Speaker 3: or five receivers better than him in the NFL. He's unbelievable. 537 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:31,520 Speaker 3: And then four minute offense, Joe Mixon polished it off. 538 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:34,800 Speaker 4: Look and speaking of that, because Red talked about the 539 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:37,160 Speaker 4: running backs and he talked about Derrick Henry and Josh 540 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:41,159 Speaker 4: Jacobs and Saguon Barkley refinding their success when they got 541 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:44,040 Speaker 4: the new destinations. Joe Mixon also deserves to be in 542 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:46,879 Speaker 4: that conversation. He was left for dead in Cincinnati in 543 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:50,000 Speaker 4: terms of like we thought it was over. Maybe he 544 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,960 Speaker 4: will give them some middling production before he fades away, 545 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:55,520 Speaker 4: but he's really been a focal point of this offense 546 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:58,040 Speaker 4: and he's stabilized the offense while CJ. 547 00:24:58,200 --> 00:24:59,560 Speaker 2: Stroud was finding his way. 548 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:02,880 Speaker 4: The run game part of what the Texans were able 549 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:04,960 Speaker 4: to do kept them in the game. And then when 550 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,639 Speaker 4: the Charges didn't take advantage of what I thought was 551 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:11,080 Speaker 4: a dominant quarter and a half at the beginning, they 552 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:14,919 Speaker 4: kept they didn't separate like they needed to, and that 553 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:17,520 Speaker 4: allowed the Texans to creep back into the game. And 554 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:20,120 Speaker 4: really the score is lopsided, but it was one where man, 555 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:21,879 Speaker 4: the Charges had to kick themselves when they're look at 556 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:24,040 Speaker 4: the tape because the game was there for them to win. 557 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, a couple of things on that front. Joe Mixon 558 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:32,159 Speaker 1: kept the ship afloat early like the passing offense was 559 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:34,680 Speaker 1: not there. They relied heavily on the run game, and 560 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:37,000 Speaker 1: then he got that for them, and then he kind 561 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,439 Speaker 1: of docked the thing here in this playoff victory, as 562 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:43,200 Speaker 1: DJ said, with the four minute offense game flow wise 563 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:46,080 Speaker 1: with that, when that Lad Maconkey touchdown pass like had 564 00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:49,360 Speaker 1: me going okay, hold on a second, and then the 565 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:52,679 Speaker 1: block extra point. I'm telling you right now what a 566 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:55,919 Speaker 1: momentum shift. A play that turns into only plus four 567 00:25:56,760 --> 00:26:00,920 Speaker 1: for the LA Chargers as opposed to plus seven. Major 568 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:05,399 Speaker 1: swing brings things right back, reignites the crowd. That was 569 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 1: such a huge play. And then just overall, biggest takeaway 570 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:10,959 Speaker 1: for me is that we talk so much, and rightly 571 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:14,879 Speaker 1: so about stars on the edge for Houston, Will Anderson 572 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:19,440 Speaker 1: uh and Daniel Hunter. How about den he go Autry 573 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:22,840 Speaker 1: in the dude, I mean that that guy reeks out. 574 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:26,480 Speaker 1: He has been a really really good player everywhere he's been, 575 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:29,520 Speaker 1: you know, and he is an unsung hero. It feels 576 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:32,920 Speaker 1: like in this in kind of that landscape of interior 577 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:35,920 Speaker 1: player players who can play on the interior h He's 578 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:38,560 Speaker 1: been really good there and was massive in this game 579 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:42,199 Speaker 1: beating up on Jamari Sawyer in that interior Chargers offensive line. 580 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:44,639 Speaker 3: Yeah, that is a good I mean those edge rushers 581 00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:46,040 Speaker 3: are dynamic, now ya. 582 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:48,880 Speaker 4: Dude. 583 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:51,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, and he has got power. He will test your 584 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:55,960 Speaker 3: breaks those corners. Stingley was fantastic. Like that is a 585 00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:58,040 Speaker 3: good appair of corners as you're gonna see. I wish 586 00:26:58,119 --> 00:27:00,440 Speaker 3: Petrie was healthy for him going forward because he's such 587 00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:03,320 Speaker 3: a great player. But then Al Shaier off the ball 588 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:06,719 Speaker 3: is a difference making linebacker. He has really really good 589 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:09,600 Speaker 3: Christian Harris is a really good player. Henry to to 590 00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:11,720 Speaker 3: Oh is out there making some plays. They got a 591 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:13,600 Speaker 3: good defense, And I talked to Nick Cassario before the 592 00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:15,680 Speaker 3: game and just told them, hey, man, you've put together 593 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:17,959 Speaker 3: a lot of talent here. Now I think that there 594 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:21,040 Speaker 3: are warts. There are warts on the offensive side of 595 00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:23,880 Speaker 3: the ball. You don't you you're missing those two stud receivers, 596 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:26,479 Speaker 3: which would be nice. But to me, like the interior 597 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:29,359 Speaker 3: of the offensive line is not great. And and Chris Jones, 598 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:31,919 Speaker 3: that's going to be a chore trying to solve that 599 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:34,800 Speaker 3: one in that next matchup. But I hat tip them. 600 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:36,960 Speaker 3: I know everybody's going to bury Justin Herbert on this 601 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:40,480 Speaker 3: the four interceptions. He did not play well, and he'd 602 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:42,000 Speaker 3: be the first one to admit that was not the 603 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:44,440 Speaker 3: game he wanted to have. But again, if we're gonna 604 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:46,520 Speaker 3: spin it positive on the Broncos, they'll do the same 605 00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:50,000 Speaker 3: thing here. H this was a reset year, year one 606 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:52,520 Speaker 3: of a new coach. This is the worst offense he's 607 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:54,560 Speaker 3: going to play in for the next five to ten years. 608 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:56,080 Speaker 3: I mean, they're going to get out and they're going 609 00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:58,840 Speaker 3: to upgrade a lot of these positions that they frankly 610 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:01,119 Speaker 3: didn't couldn't do, and they had to clean some salary 611 00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:05,440 Speaker 3: cap stuff up. They got the offensive line squared away. Buck. 612 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:08,640 Speaker 3: I joked with Ortiz on the plane on the way home. 613 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:11,480 Speaker 3: I said, Joe, you guys spent the last year shopping 614 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:13,080 Speaker 3: in the hardware section. You get to go to the 615 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:17,960 Speaker 3: toy section. That's fun. You know, you got some bigs. 616 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:19,720 Speaker 3: Now you need to go get some school guys. So 617 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:21,840 Speaker 3: that's going to be their challenge in the offseason. 618 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:23,280 Speaker 2: Bucke, Well, no, I mean. 619 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:25,359 Speaker 4: Look, I think for some of the teams at the 620 00:28:25,359 --> 00:28:27,880 Speaker 4: bottom of the tournament, that's what we saw. We saw 621 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:31,440 Speaker 4: that the lack of firepower finally caught up with them, 622 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:34,200 Speaker 4: and for the Charges. They were leaning heavily on Lab mccakey, 623 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:38,200 Speaker 4: but didn't have another compliment to really help him out, 624 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:41,320 Speaker 4: nor someone that Justin Herbert could trust him relying on 625 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:44,280 Speaker 4: in a pinch if McConkey was not available, the Chargers 626 00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:47,280 Speaker 4: can go and address that. And what I will say 627 00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:49,600 Speaker 4: about this when I'm looking at these games and I'm 628 00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:52,640 Speaker 4: looking how coaches handled their team, the way that Jim 629 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:54,880 Speaker 4: Harbaugh addressed the media and talked about this being his 630 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:57,400 Speaker 4: favorite team, and the way that he always has a 631 00:28:57,440 --> 00:29:01,400 Speaker 4: knack of spinning it positively forward for his team. Man, 632 00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:03,480 Speaker 4: when you read all the articles about how he built 633 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:06,280 Speaker 4: the culture and all those things, I understand why his 634 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:08,840 Speaker 4: players go to battle for him. He never throws them 635 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:11,840 Speaker 4: under the bus. He holds him accountable. But man, I 636 00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:13,360 Speaker 4: think if you're a Charges fan, you have to be 637 00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:14,680 Speaker 4: excited about but the future get old. 638 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:17,280 Speaker 3: Yep, no doubt. All right, let's take a quick break. 639 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:19,520 Speaker 3: We went along on that segment. We've got a little 640 00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:21,920 Speaker 3: bit more work here before we're going to wrap this 641 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:23,600 Speaker 3: someone up. We'll get to some hot or not as 642 00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:26,000 Speaker 3: well as a quick preview of the game coming up tonight. 643 00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:34,240 Speaker 3: Right after this, it's time for hot or Not brought 644 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:38,200 Speaker 3: to you by Wassabi Hot cloud Storage. Guys, if we're 645 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:40,040 Speaker 3: going to go hot or not, I guess I could 646 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:43,560 Speaker 3: give you the floor for what was the most impressive 647 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:46,640 Speaker 3: thing you saw, the hottest thing you saw that you 648 00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:49,680 Speaker 3: think buck has a chance to carry over into the 649 00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:51,640 Speaker 3: to the rest of the playoffs. Here, what stands out 650 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:51,880 Speaker 3: to you? 651 00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:54,720 Speaker 2: AJ Brown reading a book on the sideline. 652 00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:56,680 Speaker 3: I think that was the hottest thing you saw. 653 00:29:57,080 --> 00:29:59,000 Speaker 2: I think that was the hottest thing that I think. 654 00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:01,440 Speaker 2: I think A Brown taking the time to read inter 655 00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:03,680 Speaker 2: excellence in the midst of a game. We'll do if 656 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:04,200 Speaker 2: you read that. 657 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:06,880 Speaker 4: For I have not read it, but I look, I 658 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:08,880 Speaker 4: need to go get it now, because if it's that 659 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:12,200 Speaker 4: interesting that can keep you locked in and focused in 660 00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:15,840 Speaker 4: the midst of sixty five thousand screaming people, it must 661 00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:18,680 Speaker 4: be a great read. I think he has done with 662 00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:22,560 Speaker 4: every high school teacher, every high school English teacher that 663 00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:25,360 Speaker 4: wanted to see a pro athlete reading. 664 00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:27,640 Speaker 2: In the middle of the game. If he can do it, 665 00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:28,479 Speaker 2: you can do it. 666 00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:31,560 Speaker 4: So to me, that's the hottest trend because academics are 667 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:34,000 Speaker 4: they're laughing, they're flourishing. 668 00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:36,240 Speaker 2: Everywhere because of what Aj Brown has added to the game. 669 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:41,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean that was fantastic. Just I'm not gonna 670 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:44,560 Speaker 1: what's better than that from what we actually saw, you know, 671 00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:48,720 Speaker 1: pseudo on the field here. There was a local Philadelphia 672 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:53,600 Speaker 1: television station that began their morning show with the reading 673 00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:57,719 Speaker 1: the books. Yeah, that was that was good. And you know, 674 00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:00,160 Speaker 1: and DJ, you mentioned this to me, so I'll I'll 675 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:03,680 Speaker 1: just tee you up for it. The way that the 676 00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:07,479 Speaker 1: broadcast crew Kevin Burkhard and Tom Brady talked about the 677 00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:10,440 Speaker 1: impact that aj Brown made beyond the statuet I thought 678 00:31:10,440 --> 00:31:11,480 Speaker 1: was important in this one too. 679 00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:13,560 Speaker 3: So I don't know if you saw this, Buck. I 680 00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:16,440 Speaker 3: had called Rhett on it and we were talking about 681 00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:19,560 Speaker 3: stuff and I make sure he was okay, and this 682 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:21,560 Speaker 3: came up in the conversation. But did you see Tom 683 00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:24,760 Speaker 3: Brady talking about the difference between a star and a champion. 684 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:26,960 Speaker 3: It's a clip that's out there. 685 00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:29,840 Speaker 1: It was so this is the best thing said. 686 00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:32,080 Speaker 3: It was incredible and I made a note of it 687 00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:33,840 Speaker 3: and you can find that if you suit it search 688 00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:36,160 Speaker 3: it on Socials the exact clip will come up. But 689 00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:38,320 Speaker 3: the gist of it was this, he said, this league 690 00:31:38,360 --> 00:31:41,440 Speaker 3: is full of stars. There's lots of star players who 691 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:44,840 Speaker 3: make you know, impact plays and highlight plays. He said, 692 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:47,520 Speaker 3: it's a difference between a star and a champion. A 693 00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:50,680 Speaker 3: champion will do whatever is needed to win the game. 694 00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:53,640 Speaker 3: And it talked about aj Brown making that play, and 695 00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:56,120 Speaker 3: so you start thinking this in your mind. You're like, Okay, 696 00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:59,600 Speaker 3: I'm not going to out them, but there's some players 697 00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:01,360 Speaker 3: I think of off the top of my head. I go, yeah, 698 00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:03,160 Speaker 3: that's a star player, but he's not a champion. He's 699 00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:05,520 Speaker 3: not doing what he needs to do to win that game. 700 00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:07,320 Speaker 3: He's going to show up on the highlights because he 701 00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:11,200 Speaker 3: made a couple unbelievable plays, But those selfless moments, those 702 00:32:11,280 --> 00:32:13,600 Speaker 3: that are required in order to go win the ultimate price, 703 00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:16,120 Speaker 3: that's different. There's a difference between those two things. And 704 00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:19,800 Speaker 3: I thought Brady him articulating that, to me, that might 705 00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:22,520 Speaker 3: be the hottest thing I saw this week because that 706 00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:24,800 Speaker 3: was an excellent point by Tom Brady. 707 00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:26,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, excellent point. 708 00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:27,600 Speaker 4: And it's one of the things that we have to 709 00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:30,560 Speaker 4: look at because the margin era is so thin in 710 00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:33,400 Speaker 4: these games going forward. Now that we've reached a divisional round, 711 00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:37,040 Speaker 4: all the teams are nearly even, it's going to take 712 00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:40,719 Speaker 4: some sacrifices going to take some unhroded players stepping up 713 00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:42,800 Speaker 4: in their roles in flourishing is also going to take 714 00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:46,200 Speaker 4: some star of sacrificing some of their individual numbers for 715 00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:47,120 Speaker 4: the sake of the team. 716 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:48,280 Speaker 2: We saw that. 717 00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:50,760 Speaker 4: We saw those guys talk about Saquon Barkley taking knee 718 00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:51,760 Speaker 4: at the end as opposed to. 719 00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:52,280 Speaker 2: Go in and score. 720 00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:56,480 Speaker 4: All of that matters. But great observation from Tom Brady. 721 00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:58,120 Speaker 4: I'm glad he shared a little bit of that insight 722 00:32:58,160 --> 00:32:59,360 Speaker 4: in wisdom. 723 00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:01,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that's something you can definitely clip and 724 00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:03,440 Speaker 3: throw it in your little notebook there for anybody that's 725 00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:06,560 Speaker 3: a coach out there. Free of charge, you can definitely 726 00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:09,239 Speaker 3: add that to the mix. All right. That was this 727 00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:12,160 Speaker 3: week's Hot or Not segment, brought to you by Wasabi 728 00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:15,640 Speaker 3: Hot Cloud Storage. Store more and do more with your data. 729 00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:19,880 Speaker 3: Try them for free at wassabi dot com. All right, 730 00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:22,719 Speaker 3: rhtt the one game left here. It's going to take 731 00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:26,000 Speaker 3: place in Arizona. Do the wildfires, vikings rams. The winner 732 00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:28,240 Speaker 3: gets a trip to Philadelphia. What do you think? 733 00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:34,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, like, I just like you know, I we a 734 00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:36,560 Speaker 1: couple of couple of things here. The Rams, like so 735 00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:40,080 Speaker 1: many of us, have been impacted families and have been 736 00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:42,360 Speaker 1: impacted with all that's gone on. Obviously the game was 737 00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:45,520 Speaker 1: impacted now being played on Monday. You know, we've had 738 00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:47,800 Speaker 1: a chance over the last year and a half to 739 00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:51,640 Speaker 1: get to know the Rams offensive coordinator Mike Lafleur. His 740 00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:55,720 Speaker 1: son is friends with our oldest son and they go 741 00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:58,520 Speaker 1: to the same elementary school together, so we get a 742 00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:02,040 Speaker 1: chance to spend some time every now and then. Even them, 743 00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:05,600 Speaker 1: in the face of their own evacuations, have been so 744 00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:08,919 Speaker 1: generous to us and asking, you know, if we're okay, 745 00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:11,040 Speaker 1: if there's anything that they can do for us, and 746 00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:13,399 Speaker 1: and they're off you know, doing you know, obviously trying 747 00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:16,239 Speaker 1: to prepare to win a Super Bowl year, and and 748 00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:18,440 Speaker 1: so I just I wanted to get you know, our 749 00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:21,399 Speaker 1: appreciation out for for all of them and so many 750 00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:24,799 Speaker 1: situations like that that these Rams coaches had to deal with, 751 00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:26,920 Speaker 1: worrying about their families while they're still trying to do 752 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:29,759 Speaker 1: their job. And there's obviously so many others around the 753 00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:32,160 Speaker 1: county and around the city and the region that have 754 00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:35,759 Speaker 1: felt a similar you know, predicament, right with trying to 755 00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:37,719 Speaker 1: keep the day to day going and worrying about what's 756 00:34:37,719 --> 00:34:39,840 Speaker 1: going on back on the Homestead. So with that said, 757 00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:42,319 Speaker 1: I think the Rams are gonna, you know, obviously have 758 00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:44,680 Speaker 1: the support of this community with them here in this game. 759 00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:47,400 Speaker 1: I think it's going to be an emotional one. I 760 00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:49,080 Speaker 1: think it is a game that the Rams are ready 761 00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:50,960 Speaker 1: for and they are arrested for. And I think that 762 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:55,120 Speaker 1: goes back to Sean mcvay's strategy, you know, in shutting 763 00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:57,720 Speaker 1: everybody down despite the ability to move up and seating, 764 00:34:58,160 --> 00:34:59,520 Speaker 1: and I think it's going to pay off for them. 765 00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:02,480 Speaker 1: They've got they've got everything they need to win this game, 766 00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:04,479 Speaker 1: and we saw him do it earlier in the season. 767 00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:06,400 Speaker 1: I do believe they're going to find a way to 768 00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:07,400 Speaker 1: get done in this one. 769 00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:10,399 Speaker 4: Yeah, that's the interesting observation bred in terms of them 770 00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:12,719 Speaker 4: having everything they need, the fact that they won the 771 00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:14,840 Speaker 4: game early in the year thirty to twenty. I feel 772 00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:18,040 Speaker 4: like that's been kind of dismissed, but it gives you 773 00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:20,080 Speaker 4: a lot of confidence when you face a team that 774 00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:22,239 Speaker 4: you're beating and maybe you didn't have your a game 775 00:35:22,239 --> 00:35:24,560 Speaker 4: and you didn't play and there are always adjustments that 776 00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:27,120 Speaker 4: take place in a rematch. But the Rams walking through 777 00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:28,720 Speaker 4: the field knowing that they can beat the vis because 778 00:35:28,719 --> 00:35:30,800 Speaker 4: despite their fourteen wins of their shiny record. 779 00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:33,440 Speaker 2: This is one that, look, it's gonna come down to quarterback. 780 00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:35,960 Speaker 4: Play is going to come down to Matthew Stafford making 781 00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:39,520 Speaker 4: plays versus Sam Donald making plays. And even though he 782 00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:41,680 Speaker 4: comes in on the heels of one of his worst 783 00:35:41,719 --> 00:35:45,359 Speaker 4: performances that we've seen, Sam Donald has a supporting cast 784 00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:47,600 Speaker 4: around him that can make it right. And I think 785 00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:50,680 Speaker 4: it's really important early for Kevin O'Connell to get Sam 786 00:35:50,719 --> 00:35:52,520 Speaker 4: Donald into a groove, to find a way to get 787 00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:56,200 Speaker 4: some easy completions to Justin Jefferson and Jordan Addison, because 788 00:35:56,320 --> 00:36:00,480 Speaker 4: like DJ saw with CJ. Stroud, the rhythm is everything 789 00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:02,120 Speaker 4: in these games, and if you can see the ball 790 00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:04,359 Speaker 4: go through the hoop a couple times early, it would 791 00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:06,359 Speaker 4: change the way that he finishes the rest of the game. 792 00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:10,120 Speaker 4: I'm still going with the Minnesota Vikings despite the emotional support. 793 00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:10,400 Speaker 2: Of the Rams. 794 00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:12,719 Speaker 4: I think they're the better team, but they're gonna have 795 00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:14,280 Speaker 4: to play at a high level. 796 00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:14,680 Speaker 2: To get it done. 797 00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:15,719 Speaker 1: Well. 798 00:36:15,719 --> 00:36:18,680 Speaker 3: We mentioned him just a minute ago, but if I 799 00:36:18,719 --> 00:36:21,920 Speaker 3: could watch this game with one person, I would love 800 00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:24,640 Speaker 3: to watch this game with Tom Brady because this is 801 00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:27,279 Speaker 3: how I imagine it going. I imagine let's just say 802 00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:29,400 Speaker 3: there's a world where Sam Donald comes out there and 803 00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:33,279 Speaker 3: Sam Donald dose five touchdowns and right before the end 804 00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:36,920 Speaker 3: of the fourth quarter, just texts QUESSI, man, looks like 805 00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:40,640 Speaker 3: you guys got your guy. Congratulations Sam. I'd lock him 806 00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:44,880 Speaker 3: up long term. Can we talk earlier this week about JJ? 807 00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:47,560 Speaker 3: Question mark? And then I would fire off the text. 808 00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:51,840 Speaker 3: Let's say, if I can't get my Michigan Man franchise 809 00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:56,759 Speaker 3: that I'm in charge of, who is There's always it's always, 810 00:36:56,840 --> 00:36:59,480 Speaker 3: it's always thinking, well, I mean, look, I know we 811 00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:01,600 Speaker 3: got draft stuff, we have plenty of time to get into. 812 00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:03,520 Speaker 3: We've got the Senior Bowl roster reveal show. You can 813 00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:07,360 Speaker 3: check that one out that's out there. But early early returns, 814 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:10,359 Speaker 3: I don't. I won't put words in your guys mouth 815 00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:12,880 Speaker 3: early returns. I take JJ McCarthy over any quarterback in 816 00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:17,160 Speaker 3: this draft. That's my that's my return. So I feel 817 00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:18,799 Speaker 3: I think there will be some I think there will 818 00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:21,120 Speaker 3: be some interesting parties because I think if Sam Donald, 819 00:37:21,360 --> 00:37:23,680 Speaker 3: you know, stumbles and doesn't play well and they're one 820 00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:26,200 Speaker 3: and done, I think then Minnesota would be more likely 821 00:37:26,239 --> 00:37:28,880 Speaker 3: to say, well, okay, maybe we'll franchise him and we 822 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:31,080 Speaker 3: keep JJ, and we'll just kind of play this thing out. 823 00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:33,480 Speaker 3: Sam Donald takes him on a little magic carpet ride. 824 00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:35,680 Speaker 3: I think they're more likely to say, maybe we strike 825 00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:38,240 Speaker 3: while the Irons hot bad quarterback draft. Let's take JJ. 826 00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:39,799 Speaker 3: Let's see what we can get in return. We've got 827 00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:41,280 Speaker 3: careful now, Jacks. 828 00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:43,920 Speaker 1: Jaggs tried to do that with Nick Foles after his 829 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:46,480 Speaker 1: magical run, remember with the with the Eagles, and it 830 00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:49,760 Speaker 1: didn't didn't quite rekindle you know, you got it didn't. 831 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:55,759 Speaker 3: It didn't go right, I know, but I I. 832 00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:55,880 Speaker 1: I understand your point of view. I would agree with 833 00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:58,480 Speaker 1: you on that. 834 00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:01,840 Speaker 3: Nick Foles was not a top five picked to not 835 00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:04,360 Speaker 3: have the skill set of Sam Darts, so that's all right. 836 00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:07,279 Speaker 3: But anyways, it'll be interesting. It'll be interesting parties is 837 00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:10,000 Speaker 3: what I'm getting to there, and we will be interesting 838 00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:11,920 Speaker 3: to see what happens in this game as well. All Right, 839 00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:14,080 Speaker 3: that was a fun one today breaking down those games again. 840 00:38:14,120 --> 00:38:17,439 Speaker 3: I would encourage you guys. We've got the Senior Bowl 841 00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:20,399 Speaker 3: show that's out this week. We've got lots more coming 842 00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:21,560 Speaker 3: your wife, so we be going to look out for 843 00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:23,040 Speaker 3: that and we'll see you next time. Right here on, 844 00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:23,800 Speaker 3: Move the sticks