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Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson and the Ravens coming to Los Angeles and
Speaker 1: beating the Chargers thirty to twenty three. You know, I
Speaker 1: could really be obnoxious. You guys have been banging on
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson for so many years. I don't know what
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson is. After a loss. The last three seasons
Speaker 1: ten and one, sixteen touchdowns, four picks and there are
Speaker 1: just certain arguments you just got to give up on.
Speaker 1: He's really good. Does this count as a big win?
Speaker 1: This felt like a big game for me. Monday Night
Speaker 1: football John versus Jim Harbor. I felt like a kind
Speaker 1: of a big win. I lose track. I'm trying to
Speaker 1: keep track of all the big wins and not big
Speaker 1: wins for Lamar Jackson. I'll be honest with you, It's
Speaker 1: going to be a two cigar night. And I like
Speaker 1: the Chargers. I got friends with the Chargers, but basically
Speaker 1: Baltimore is the adult Chargers. Remember a couple of years ago,
Speaker 1: and you're like, the Ravens need more dynamic playmakers. They
Speaker 1: draft z Flowers this offseason, they get Derek Henry. What
Speaker 1: are the Chargers need? Probably a more of a star
Speaker 1: power running back, at least two more offensive playmakers. Quentin
Speaker 1: Johnson can't catch three drops tonight, So like they knew
Speaker 1: when they let go of Keenan Allen and Mike Williams,
Speaker 1: they knew they were going to be perimeter light, so
Speaker 1: they wanted to get Quentin Johnson as good as he
Speaker 1: could possibly be. Nice deep threat but can't catch Lad McConkie,
Speaker 1: nice slot, average tight ends. They lost Gerald Everett, you know,
Speaker 1: to the Bears, so you kind of knew that the
Speaker 1: Chargers had a schedule. I mean, last year they lost
Speaker 1: the bad teams. This year the Chargers are six to
Speaker 1: zero against losing records and they're one and four against
Speaker 1: teams with winning records. So that this is what the
Speaker 1: Chargers are right now. It's a really good football team
Speaker 1: that is perimeter light. They need two more playmakers and
Speaker 1: it kind of feels like they're Ravens. When it was
Speaker 1: very very Lamar Jackson Reliant, Mark Andrews was great, but
Speaker 1: you were like, they need two more wide receivers. Then
Speaker 1: they draft eventually z A Flowers, Then they add Derek Henry,
Speaker 1: and you're like, okay, Lamar, it's a little bit like
Speaker 1: Josh Allen before they got James Cook the running back,
Speaker 1: drafted kid and Kaid first round out of Utah. They
Speaker 1: keep drafting wide receivers. Now you look at it and
Speaker 1: you're like, okay, Josh Allen's their best player, but they're
Speaker 1: not totally Josh Allen, Reliant, Tonight, Derreck Henry, big runs,
Speaker 1: Say Flowers, big catches. Hey Flowers is great. You can
Speaker 1: give him a drag route for eight yards turns it
Speaker 1: into twenty eight. He can beat you over the top.
Speaker 1: So the Chargers are a little like Josh Allen pre
Speaker 1: all the weapons and Lamar Jackson pre the weapons. Those
Speaker 1: teams eventually meet a Kansas city. You just can't even
Speaker 1: if a quarterback's great Lamar and Josh Allen, Justin Herbert,
Speaker 1: you can't do it yourself. You can see the interior
Speaker 1: protection tonight was not good for Justin Herbert. So in
Speaker 1: the second half, the guard center guard for the Chargers
Speaker 1: getting pushed back and not a lot of separation by
Speaker 1: the receivers. Lad mcconkey's a twitchy, quick players not a
Speaker 1: burner though, so you don't get a lot of separation.
Speaker 1: Makes Herbert play a more perfect game, whereas a Flowers
Speaker 1: you can dump him something in the flat, something underneath
Speaker 1: boom makes it into a big play. Can also be
Speaker 1: guys over the top. So it's just like the Ravens
Speaker 1: are the grown up version of the Chargers, who are
Speaker 1: way ahead of schedule. By the way, the other thing
Speaker 1: that jumps out to me is that you know the
Speaker 1: Chargers were number one in total defense, top three and
Speaker 1: third down defense, so they're great situationally, and yet what
Speaker 1: did Lamar do tonight three for three on fourth down,
Speaker 1: fifty percent on third down, three hundred and seventy one
Speaker 1: yard seven point one yards of play. It's a first
Speaker 1: quarterback all year that worked the Chargers, Lamar Jackson, And
Speaker 1: you know, it's just it's just like so many great
Speaker 1: golfers played during Tiger Wood's prime, Phil Mickelson's and Al
Speaker 1: Teimer take out Tiger. He's got six more majors probably,
Speaker 1: and nine more tournament wins. So I just think, you know,
Speaker 1: the quarterbacks to me that jump out in this league,
Speaker 1: there's about six of them, and Lamar and Josh Allen
Speaker 1: have been sort of marginalized at times because they can't
Speaker 1: beat Mahomes good luck. But this felt like a game
Speaker 1: and Lamar was, you know, the centerpiece of it. The
Speaker 1: Oedther thing is. There was a couple of thoughts. Number one,
Speaker 1: aggressive works. This game really changed when the Ravens go
Speaker 1: for it in their own sixteen get it and leads
Speaker 1: to a touchdown. Aggressive wins and you know, I've talked
Speaker 1: about that all the time in sports. If you have
Speaker 1: the if you have the pieces, go for it. They
Speaker 1: did turn the game around Secondly, there was a lot
Speaker 1: you heard the young media lamenting nobody cares about running backs.
Speaker 1: Running Backs aren't getting paid. You know, the top three
Speaker 1: rushers in the NFL right now, we're all free agents.
Speaker 1: Teams aggressively went out and got Saquon Barkley, Derrick Henry,
Speaker 1: Josh Jacobs. Teams eventually pursued top running backs. They're not
Speaker 1: going to get top of the market money. But analytics
Speaker 1: tells you you probably shouldn't sign running backs to a
Speaker 1: second big contract. That's just analytics. I mean, if you're
Speaker 1: one of these, you know, these ivy leaguers who loves
Speaker 1: the analytics. Part of the analytics is you shouldn't be
Speaker 1: paying running backs after like a fourth or fifth year
Speaker 1: in the league. Okay, that's part of analytics. The other
Speaker 1: thing is, you know, I've said this about Lamar, don't
Speaker 1: really compare Lamar Jackson to anybody else. Lamar is an outlier.
Speaker 1: He's a unicorn. They are going to be a kind
Speaker 1: of a run first team in big spots as long
Speaker 1: as Lamar Jackson is their quarterback. It's it's you know,
Speaker 1: it's no different if you got a fastball pitcher that's
Speaker 1: your outpitch. Don't throw breaking stuff in big at bats
Speaker 1: in the World Series, Lamar Jackson on big downs with
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry, run the ball when they move away from
Speaker 1: that identity last week or in the playoff game. That's
Speaker 1: what I worry about. Baltimore lean on Lamar and Derek
Speaker 1: Henry in that offensive line. So right now, running is cool. Again,
Speaker 1: look at the teams that lead the NFL and rushing
Speaker 1: Philly Steelers, Lions, Packers, Ravens. What are they forty three
Speaker 1: and nineteen or after the night forty four and nineteen.
Speaker 1: And part of this is again defenses linebackers are smaller.
Speaker 1: Why because the game's more about space, Like the NBA game,
Speaker 1: it's more about space. Linebackers now are faster and smaller.
Speaker 1: Safeties are faster and smaller. What does that mean? Get
Speaker 1: powerful run games? So that's the beauty of sports. That's
Speaker 1: what I love about sports and football. It's very very cyclical.
Speaker 1: Running backs were going nowhere. Running backs create the right tempo.
Speaker 1: Running backs. Detroit's a great example. Running backs value is
Speaker 1: often not the big play. It's you have a lead
Speaker 1: and they kill the clock. Detroit is going to lead
Speaker 1: ninety nine percent of the games they play including potentially
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. What makes Detroit so lethal is that
Speaker 1: when they get a lead, they can play keep away.
Speaker 1: They got two great backs and they'll just with that
Speaker 1: offensive line, they'll go on an eight minute drive, eleven
Speaker 1: play drives. So running backs aren't just about the home run.
Speaker 1: They're about playing with a lead. And I mean you
Speaker 1: start looking at these teams right now. That's why Detroit
Speaker 1: and Philadelphia could absolutely win the Super Bowl. Stacked rosters,
Speaker 1: but the ability to lead, yes, hit home runs out
Speaker 1: of the run game, but basically keep a Patrick Mahomes
Speaker 1: or a Josh Allen off the field. That's a big
Speaker 1: component to it. So, you know, I just with Lamar Jackson,
Speaker 1: I think sometimes you know, there was no other Michael Jordan.
Speaker 1: I mean, Kobe Bryant was like Michael Light, but there
Speaker 1: was no other Michael. There was no other Charles Barkley,
Speaker 1: there was no other Kareem. Nobody else had the sky
Speaker 1: hook down. And I think Lamar Jackson, you just have
Speaker 1: to take him for what he is. He's the most
Speaker 1: athletic quarterback I've ever seen. He's wildly entertaining. He is
Speaker 1: a significantly better passer the last three to four years
Speaker 1: than anybody gives him credit for. And once again he
Speaker 1: wins a big game in the AFC. If you're playing
Speaker 1: Sunday Night Football and Monday Night Football and the late
Speaker 1: window on Fox or CBS, you know, it doesn't matter
Speaker 1: what network you're paying. Those standalone games could be Amazon.
Speaker 1: Those are big games. I mean, the idea isn't baseball.
Speaker 1: You got seventeen of min eighteen weeks. They're big games,
Speaker 1: especially when you get to November and December and January.
Speaker 1: So I never bought into Lamar Jackson's not a big
Speaker 1: game player. Yes, in the playoffs, he has struggled against
Speaker 1: the Chiefs. So's Josh Allen. It's the Chiefs. Arguably, if
Speaker 1: they win three straight, nobody's done it in league history.
Speaker 1: A lot of people lost the Tiger Woods, right, A
Speaker 1: lot of people lost to Jordan that were great teams.
Speaker 1: So Lamar tonight, I think these are final stats. Sixteen
Speaker 1: to twenty two, couple of touchdowns, one hundred and seventy
Speaker 1: seven total yards. And that's what they asked of him.
Speaker 1: They don't need him to throw thirty four times a game.
Speaker 1: That's not what Baltimore is. I worry about when Baltimore
Speaker 1: throws over twenty eight times a game. They get away
Speaker 1: from their identity. Tonight ran the ball. Lamar made as usual,
Speaker 1: big throws when he had to big throw over the top,
Speaker 1: great on third down, perfect on fourth down. A couple
Speaker 1: other notes here to throw at you. People will look
Speaker 1: at the Chargers, you know, and you hear this, well,
Speaker 1: I mean, Justin Herbert can't win the big game. One
Speaker 1: of the things I would say is when you watch
Speaker 1: Justin Herbert, how often are his receivers truly open? He's
Speaker 1: having to throw them open, and when his pass protection
Speaker 1: is not great and in the second half it wasn't
Speaker 1: as good. I think they're pretty good at tackle, They're
Speaker 1: not necessarily as good guard center guard. There's not a
Speaker 1: lot of separation. And I mean there was a lot
Speaker 1: for Lamar Jackson tonight. A lot of it was underneath.
Speaker 1: There were open guys. There were a lot of open
Speaker 1: guys and Lamar found up Now. He missed on a
Speaker 1: couple of sideline routes. He had an open receiver one time.
Speaker 1: I think it was in the I think it was
Speaker 1: first half, second quarter, maybe the third quarter. You know,
Speaker 1: because Lamar is often on the move when he throws,
Speaker 1: he can miss people. But I don't know how anybody
Speaker 1: can watch Lamar Jackson and not think he is one
Speaker 1: of the top five quarterbacks in the NFL. Just everybody's
Speaker 1: got different gifts. Everybody's got different gifts in life. I
Speaker 1: don't care if you're a broadcaster, you work in a hospital,
Speaker 1: or a quarterback. The great ones all have different styles.
Speaker 1: And I just can't quit Baltimore owner, front office, coach, quarterback.
Speaker 1: They've added playmakers last couple of years. Yeah, I said
Speaker 1: this today on FS one. I think I feel like
Speaker 1: there's four teams that feel like they should be favorites
Speaker 1: to win the Super Bowl, Kansas City, Buffalo, Detroit and Philly.
Speaker 1: But I'm sorry Baltimore is It may be for a
Speaker 1: but it's when you watch Baltimore go on the road,
Speaker 1: dominate the second half, playmakers all over the place. Dereck
Speaker 1: Henry icing it. Man, it's hard not to like that organization.
Speaker 1: There's just this is not a bad night for the Chargers.
Speaker 1: It's a night of growth for the Chargers. It shows
Speaker 1: you exactly what they need to beat the best teams.
Speaker 1: Got to get two more playmakers. And for the record,
Speaker 1: moving off, Keenan Allen was the right move for them.
Speaker 1: He's perfect for Caleb Williams. He was excellent yesterday against Minnesota,
Speaker 1: but he was beat up. But he was expensive, and
Speaker 1: they wanted to keep Khalil Mack and Bosa right. They
Speaker 1: wanted to keep their rush hands and so, and they're
Speaker 1: paying Herbert. I get it. You know, you're trying to
Speaker 1: create a physical culture. So Harbaugh and the front office
Speaker 1: guys are like, let's move off their receivers. And that's
Speaker 1: their weakness. So step two next year, I can guarantee
Speaker 1: you Quentin Johnson, that's not it. They're going after. They're
Speaker 1: going to draft one, maybe two receivers, maybe get one.
Speaker 1: In free agency. They'll probably, you know, look to get
Speaker 1: a little younger at running back. You know, you worry
Speaker 1: about JK. Dobbins. He's had a couple of big injuries.
Speaker 1: I like him a lot, but he's had a couple
Speaker 1: of big injuries. They'll probably go get another tight end.
Speaker 1: You can see the plan. And with Jim Harbaugh, you
Speaker 1: got about two more drafts where he's going to have
Speaker 1: an advantage on the league because coaching Michigan, they had
Speaker 1: looks like a very good draft this year. He's probably
Speaker 1: got two more of those maybe three where he's going
Speaker 1: to have recruited a majority of the guys he's drafting.
Speaker 1: It's just a big advantage. You know. It's Bill Belichick's
Speaker 1: an all time great coach. Is He's spending Saturday watching
Speaker 1: college football for fourteen hours because Jim Harbaugh was spending
Speaker 1: three hundred days a year, three hundred and forty days
Speaker 1: a year recruiting all these kids. He's gonna draft last
Speaker 1: year in the next two to three years. So the
Speaker 1: Chargers are fine. They're just they're they're they're like the
Speaker 1: eighth grade version. Kansas City's a senior and then and
Speaker 1: Baltimore's like a junior. And it's like the Chargers are
Speaker 1: in eighth grade. They haven't gotten into the high school
Speaker 1: hallway yet. They just this is step one. They've got
Speaker 1: moves to make. They'll make them. They're six to zero
Speaker 1: against losing teams, they're one and four against winning teams.
Speaker 1: They're Baltimore three years ago, two years ago. They just
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