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Speaker 1: Thanks letter, appreciate it, Thanks Chris. Hey fans be there

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Speaker 1: Chargers Weekly. Kirk, what's up? Man? What's up? Chris? How

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Speaker 1: I'm doing good, doing good. It's rad Charger Week. Man.

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Speaker 1: What game do you have this week. This week, I'll

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Speaker 1: never know when you're going to get the game of

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Speaker 1: the week, you just never know. And it's unreal because

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Speaker 1: you know, going into that game, you got a Troy

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Speaker 1: you know, a Sunbelt Conference team that has actually played

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Speaker 1: well in the two previous times they went to Baton

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Speaker 1: Rouge and played and then Neil last year. This is

433
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Speaker 1: a team that you know, came close against Clemson. So

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Speaker 1: if you knew that they had the capability of coming

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Speaker 1: in and playing Will, but I didn't expect him to

436
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Speaker 1: play that well against in Date. But they caught an

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Speaker 1: LSU team that is still trying to find itself as

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Speaker 1: far as their quarterback situation. And like, just as the

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Speaker 1: game played out, it was the first play of scrimmage,

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Speaker 1: Troy knocks and gets an inner, gets a fumble. They

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Speaker 1: on the next drive they scored a touchdown and you're like, okay,

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Speaker 1: this may have something's brewing here, and you start to

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Speaker 1: get that field and more and more the game went on,

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Speaker 1: and then they kicked the field goal right at the

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Speaker 1: end of half that literally bounced off the crossbar. And

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Speaker 1: then and I said, that's the stuff that upsets made

447
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Speaker 1: up right there. Oh man, it was unbelievable game, and

448
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Speaker 1: it was awesome that you got to call that. But Kirk,

449
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Speaker 1: you played in this Chargers Raiders rivalry and there's no

450
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Speaker 1: love loss in the FC West. You know that better

451
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Speaker 1: than anybody. What are some of the memories that stand

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Speaker 1: out from playing in this rivalry? Well, I mean, for me,

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Speaker 1: it was always different because I had tied to San

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Speaker 1: Diego and with the Chargers, and then I you know,

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Speaker 1: obviously born and raised in Oakland, So for me, it

456
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Speaker 1: was always had a ton of memories just because I

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Speaker 1: had everybody watching, whether it was the people who I

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Speaker 1: went to school with or people where I have known

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Speaker 1: it lived in San Diego at the time, and you know,

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Speaker 1: spending my four and a half years in college down there.

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Speaker 1: So when I got to the NFL and it was

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Speaker 1: Raider Charger week, man, it was you know, people would

463
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Speaker 1: call me up like, oh, man, I can't wait to

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Speaker 1: see you play and this and that, and then you

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Speaker 1: get out there and you're playing against you know, Drew

466
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Speaker 1: Brees and Lathenien Thomlinson Randall died for. I mean, we're

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Speaker 1: talking about some of the old school Chargers that people

468
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Speaker 1: contend not to even talk about enough about because you know,

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Speaker 1: the Lorenzo Nils and uh, you know if Chris Dillman's

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Speaker 1: the offensive lineman. Man, it was it was. It was

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Speaker 1: a fun week because we knew that the Raiders kind

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Speaker 1: of had a stronghold on the Chargers for a while,

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Speaker 1: and then when I got there, it was sort of

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Speaker 1: a change. It kind of occurred, you know, for that team,

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Speaker 1: for the for the Charger that they started to take

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Speaker 1: over the via AFC West a little bit in that

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Speaker 1: run under Marty Schottenheimer, but a ton of good memories

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Speaker 1: from night games, the day games, Powder Blues. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you name it, that that rivalry. When I played in it, man,

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Speaker 1: it was it was special. Let's talk about these Raiders, Kirk,

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Speaker 1: because they've three straight. But Derek Carr, he's expected to

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Speaker 1: come back on Sunday after two week gap since with

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Speaker 1: that back injury. And I just talked to Rich Gannon

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Speaker 1: about this. I think this Raiders offensive line versus Melvin

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Speaker 1: Ingram and Joey Bosa could be the factor in deciding

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Speaker 1: this game. What have you seen from Bosa and Ingram

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Speaker 1: this year that have made them so dominant? Oh well,

488
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Speaker 1: I mean I saw it in the preseason too as well. Look,

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Speaker 1: Joey Bosa is playing a you know how, a full

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Speaker 1: off season, full preseason. And we already know about Melvin Ingram.

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Speaker 1: You know, he's the franchise players signed a nice little contract,

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Speaker 1: and I think people are really starting to understand that

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Speaker 1: he's a terrific pass rusher. He's a guy that took

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Speaker 1: me has come such a long way from when he

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Speaker 1: first started with the Chargers to now. He is a

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Speaker 1: he is a force, and so now when I watched

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Speaker 1: him during the preseason, I say it's going to get

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Speaker 1: ugly force some teams because I saw Russias where they

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Speaker 1: were on opposite sides. I saw someone there on the

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Speaker 1: same side. And then I saw some different stunts and

501
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Speaker 1: bitches where they were lined up in the middle and

502
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Speaker 1: kind of played almost a defensive tackle and stand at

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Speaker 1: a stand up type of linebacker and rush. So I'm

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Speaker 1: not surprised at all for what they're doing right now

505
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Speaker 1: because they're giving offensive lines and different offenses, quarterbacks, different looks,

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Speaker 1: and you never know where they're going to come from.

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Speaker 1: You never know where they're going to line up at,

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Speaker 1: and I think that's caused some confusion, and you get

509
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Speaker 1: just a little bit of confusion and you get the

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Speaker 1: one on ones that these guys in Ingram and Bosa

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Speaker 1: wants that that's why high they've been successful so far

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Speaker 1: this season. Yeah, they've collectively twelve sacks and nineteen quarterback

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Speaker 1: hits on the season. And it's a tough game for

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Speaker 1: Derek Carr to return to being that you got to

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Speaker 1: go against these pass rushers. What do the Raiders have

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Speaker 1: to do from an offensive perspective to keep carr clean. Well,

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Speaker 1: obviously you want to get the quick throws. How do

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Speaker 1: you stop a pass rush is get the ball out

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Speaker 1: of your hands fairly quickly. You know a lot of

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Speaker 1: rhythms passing, you know, quick timing, short routes, underneath, catching

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Speaker 1: go elements is what we call all it. And then

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Speaker 1: also too, you gotta run the ball effectively. You know,

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Speaker 1: you pass rushers if they are not allowed to pass

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Speaker 1: rush because you're running the ball, they getting into the

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Speaker 1: third and short thirden mediums. That should be the game

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Speaker 1: plan for the Raiders to stop that defensive line or

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Speaker 1: the Chargers. You gotta get the running game going, which

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Speaker 1: hasn't been there for the Raiders in the last couple

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Speaker 1: of weeks, and so they have to regain back that

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Speaker 1: confidence they had going in. And then on top of

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Speaker 1: that too, they got to make some plays down the

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Speaker 1: field at some point. And the Charger secondary even you know,

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Speaker 1: pretty stingy about that, had an interception last week. So

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Speaker 1: they've they've been playing well, and I think that the

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Speaker 1: Raiders need to find that rhythm that they had in

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Speaker 1: the first couple of weeks and not what we've seen

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Speaker 1: over the last three. You mentioned the run game, the

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Speaker 1: Chargers right now the last against the run this season,

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Speaker 1: they're averaging over or allowing rather one hundred and sixty

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Speaker 1: one yards a game, and the Giants gashed them last

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Speaker 1: week and the Giants don't have much of a running game.

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Speaker 1: You played linebacker for eight seasons, Kirt. What adjustments can

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Speaker 1: a defense make to improve in that category? Well, you

544
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Speaker 1: just want to make sure you keep going over your

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Speaker 1: assignments and you know to gap integrity, gap responsibility. And

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Speaker 1: remember this is a new defense. You know Undercut Bradley

547
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Speaker 1: that the Chargers are playing this year different than what

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Speaker 1: they've played in years past, more over three four scheme.

549
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Speaker 1: Now they're in a four three base alignment. And so

550
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Speaker 1: you just got to figure out where does everybody fit

551
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Speaker 1: a meaning, look, you know, if you're on that side

552
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Speaker 1: of the guards, you stay there, and I'll be on

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Speaker 1: the other side of the guard, and I got a

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Speaker 1: guy outside. Knowing where the free hitter is, where there's safety,

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Speaker 1: where there's an outside linebacker. You have to know how

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Speaker 1: to play it. And then the one thing that I

557
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Speaker 1: learned in my career is that you have to know

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Speaker 1: how teams are going to block you. It's one thing

559
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Speaker 1: to go and play the play, but how are they

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Speaker 1: going to block us because of our alignments? And once

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Speaker 1: you understand that, you can put yourself in a better

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Speaker 1: situation to make plays and then you know, force the

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Speaker 1: offense to have to do something else with their blocking scheme. Kirk,

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Speaker 1: let's go around the league, because I know you cover

565
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Speaker 1: the NFL for Sirius XM and ESPN Radio. Would have

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Speaker 1: been some of the biggest storylines for you over the

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Speaker 1: first five weeks of the season. There's there's a lot

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Speaker 1: to huge from. I think the biggest part for me

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Speaker 1: is that the Giants at o and five right now,

570
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Speaker 1: no one saw this coming, and then it think about

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Speaker 1: being going five is you don't see it getting any

572
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Speaker 1: better as they have three wide receivers going ir one

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Speaker 1: two on IR and one injured and I believe he's

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Speaker 1: going on irum and I'm talking about you know, Duwayne

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Speaker 1: Harris the wide receiver, Odell Beckham Junior, and Brandon Marshall

576
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Speaker 1: Startling Shepherd is a little banged up. So that's a

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Speaker 1: big storyline there at one and five, you know, are

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Speaker 1: the Giants already looking towards two thy eighteen because twenty seventeen,

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Speaker 1: I think is a watch especially the way that you

580
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Speaker 1: look at what's going on in that division right now

581
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Speaker 1: four and one in New York. I mean it started

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Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Eagles, So I think that the Giants are

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Speaker 1: a huge topic. Another topic I got. It's just the

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Speaker 1: rookie quarterbacks or the young quarterbacks in the league and

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Speaker 1: how well that they've you know, went out there and

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Speaker 1: gotten acclimated to the NFL. Deshan Watson is one that

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Speaker 1: I speaked up the most because he's gotten his opportunity

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Speaker 1: and he's definitely played well. Then you look at you know,

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00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:03,080
Speaker 1: obviously miss Rubisky got his first start the other night.

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00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:07,360
Speaker 1: He's played well. He's playing you know, his first game.

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00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:08,919
Speaker 1: I thought he did well. You know, it was some

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00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:11,159
Speaker 1: things he can work on, but you definitely see that

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Speaker 1: there's a future there. So that's another big storyline. The

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Speaker 1: junk quarterbacks in Los Angeles gotta be the Rams, you know,

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Speaker 1: the second highest scoring team in the NFL right now.

596
00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:24,040
Speaker 1: They're scoring points. Obviously that they beat Seattle last week,

597
00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:27,200
Speaker 1: that's more of a people can buy in even a

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Speaker 1: little bit more. But I'm buying in for this team.

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Speaker 1: At three and two, they just look like a totally

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Speaker 1: different team from last year. They're scoring points, they're making plays,

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Speaker 1: and they got a big game against Jacksonville this week

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Speaker 1: that you know, when you looked at it before the

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Speaker 1: season and say, oh, Rams Jacksonville, I mean, you know,

604
00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:45,720
Speaker 1: Rams versus the Jaguars, whatever, But now you look at

605
00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:48,040
Speaker 1: that and that's a really big game for both those teams,

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Speaker 1: and I think really for the league itself. You know,

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Speaker 1: the Jaguars can you know, take soul control of the

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Speaker 1: first place in the NFC South, and the Rams, you know,

609
00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:59,280
Speaker 1: definitely can keep paying for what they're doing with Seattle.

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Speaker 1: So I mean, it's it's some other storylines. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I could throw out the Pittsburgh Steelers. You know, I

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Speaker 1: think they've underperformed for the amount of talent that they

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Speaker 1: have and some of the things that's going on, whether

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Speaker 1: it's the sideline, whether it's the national anthem, whether it's

615
00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:15,200
Speaker 1: the guys won the ball more, you know, guys question

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Speaker 1: the play calling. So I mean, week to week in

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Speaker 1: this league, there is no less of storylines because you know,

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Speaker 1: I think so much is going into it that there's

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Speaker 1: so much parody in the NFL that you only got

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Speaker 1: three teams that a winless and you only have one

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Speaker 1: team that's still undefeated, which is the Kansas City Chiefs,

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Speaker 1: which I think they'll have a tough time this week

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Speaker 1: going against the same team I just mentioned, the Pittsburgh Steelers. Kirk,

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Speaker 1: we got some good games this week and I got

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Speaker 1: five year. We'll do like a let's do a quick hit.

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Speaker 1: Pick them Packers at Vikings. We saw it Aaron right,

627
00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:48,600
Speaker 1: you know, one minute it was a one minute twelve.

628
00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:50,880
Speaker 1: They left Aaron Rodgers in that Cowboys game a little

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Speaker 1: bit too much. Yeah, what do you see happening there

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Speaker 1: in Minnesota Packers Vikings? No, No, Like I said, I'll

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Speaker 1: give picks. But you know, at the end of the day,

632
00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:01,760
Speaker 1: you know, you could all the way wrong where this

633
00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:04,440
Speaker 1: NFL has been working. But when you look at Minnesota

634
00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:07,280
Speaker 1: right now, you know, with Sam Bradford and this knee

635
00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:10,720
Speaker 1: injury he's got going on, or the injury that they

636
00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:13,040
Speaker 1: don't know, you know, if he's gonna be back or

637
00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:16,480
Speaker 1: his day to day. So I say that because the

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00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:20,080
Speaker 1: men in Minnesota's winning football games defensively and through special

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00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:22,040
Speaker 1: teams kind of similar to what we saw them last

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Speaker 1: year when he started off five and oh and then

641
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Speaker 1: kind of just pis it all a little bit so

642
00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:28,880
Speaker 1: can Basically, when you go into this game, it's your

643
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Speaker 1: matchup case Keenom versus Aaron Rodgers. I think I'm gonna

644
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Speaker 1: go with Aaron Rodgers. And the way that Aaron Rodgers

645
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Speaker 1: is able to not only put his team in the

646
00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:40,000
Speaker 1: right situation to make plays. I mean, he's talking about

647
00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:43,680
Speaker 1: a game winning drive in Cowboys Stadium. Back to me,

648
00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:46,240
Speaker 1: it's why you just you know, you got to put

649
00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:48,920
Speaker 1: them as a favorite, the Packers, and you'll be surprised

650
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Speaker 1: if they lose this game against Minnesota. Yeah, he's playing

651
00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:54,080
Speaker 1: one another level, Aaron Rodgers, and they got a running

652
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Speaker 1: game going with with another Aaron Aaron Jones, And I

653
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Speaker 1: think if they can sustain the run with him, it

654
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Speaker 1: just makes them all that more dangerous. I think the

655
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Speaker 1: low key game of the week you mentioned to Kirk

656
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Speaker 1: Rams and Jags. If if Kareem Hunt wasn't doing what

657
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Speaker 1: he was doing this year, we'd be talking about Leonard

658
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Speaker 1: Fourdette a whole lot more. Yeah, that ninety yard touchdown,

659
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Speaker 1: two touchdowns against the Steelers. What do you look at

660
00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:18,920
Speaker 1: when you see Rams and Jags? I look at two

661
00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:23,400
Speaker 1: teams that are different, you know, different but yet similar

662
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Speaker 1: because they both got new head coaches, Doug Moron with

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Speaker 1: the Jaguars and you know, Sean McVay with the Rams.

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Speaker 1: And then you look at the two quarterbacks fairly young.

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Speaker 1: I mean, Blake Bordos is still the juries out on

666
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Speaker 1: how good he can be. And last week he only

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Speaker 1: threw the ball one time in the second half he

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Speaker 1: had they won thirty to nine. I mean, it's it's

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Speaker 1: kind of funny to think about, you know, where this

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Speaker 1: Jaguar team can be going this season, Mike. I mean

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Speaker 1: it's nice, Mike, but Tom Coughlin has really got this team,

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Speaker 1: I mean, really got this team focused and playing to

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Speaker 1: their strengths. Their strengths is using their offensive line, running

674
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Speaker 1: the football, good defense. Rather than on the other side

675
00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:05,840
Speaker 1: of the Rams about scoring points. They're about scoring points, uh,

676
00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:08,560
Speaker 1: making stops on defense and not necessarily you know, the

677
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Speaker 1: the um getting you know, the big you know yards

678
00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:14,160
Speaker 1: are going to happen, but just finding a way to

679
00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:17,320
Speaker 1: get a stop or a turnover. So it's an intriguing matchup. Man.

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Speaker 1: Two of the games, I think good little running backs.

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Speaker 1: You mentioned Leonard Fournette, but you know how about Ty

682
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Speaker 1: Gurley and what he's been able to do so far

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00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:26,560
Speaker 1: this season to me, uh, showing he's one of the

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Speaker 1: best backs in the in the uh, in all the NFL.

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Speaker 1: Not just his running, it's been his receiving out of

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Speaker 1: the backfield as well, been a playmaker. So it's an

687
00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:37,640
Speaker 1: intrigued matchup. Like, yeah, I think I said it didn't

688
00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:40,000
Speaker 1: look good in the beginning of the year, before the

689
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Speaker 1: season started, but this is I think one of those

690
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Speaker 1: can't can't miss games here in Week six, but us

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Speaker 1: at the same time, it's a the you know, a

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Speaker 1: four that four pm Eastern one pm Pacific window, so

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Speaker 1: I think you get a lot of eyeballs on that game.

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Speaker 1: Steelers Chiefs. You mentioned Big Ben five interceptions last week

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Speaker 1: against those Jaguars. Uh, the chief they're rolling right now.

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Speaker 1: But something tells me that the Steelers aren't going to

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Speaker 1: have two bad performances in a row. Yeah, you would

698
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Speaker 1: think so. You would think that they come out of

699
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Speaker 1: highly motivated after really getting embarrassed by the Jaguars. We

700
00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:14,400
Speaker 1: could go they got embarrassed. I mean there's just no

701
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Speaker 1: if ands or buts about it. And then they got

702
00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:18,520
Speaker 1: to hear it all week and then you had the

703
00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:21,840
Speaker 1: comments of Ben Roethlisberger saying that maybe he doesn't have

704
00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:24,600
Speaker 1: it anymore, maybe he was just you know, he was

705
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Speaker 1: just retired. And look, he said it kind of sarcastically,

706
00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:30,280
Speaker 1: but still though, people are going to bring those questions up.

707
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Speaker 1: And when you got a team that, you know, in

708
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Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks, you know, Levion Bells talking

709
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Speaker 1: about maybe we need to run the ball more and

710
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Speaker 1: in that way we don't throw five interceptions, or you

711
00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:44,239
Speaker 1: got Antonio Brown, you know, or the week prior to this,

712
00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:47,440
Speaker 1: you know, saying, you know, arguing on the sideline about

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Speaker 1: a route that he won the ball thrown to them

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Speaker 1: that they practiced all week long and didn't get thrown

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Speaker 1: in the game. So with all that chaos that you're

716
00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:57,360
Speaker 1: seeing from Pittsburgh, this is one of those games where

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Speaker 1: they go out there and get a nice performance and

718
00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:02,880
Speaker 1: and he kind of put smiles on everybody's faces and

719
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Speaker 1: all as well back in Pitchburgh. And then they defeat

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Speaker 1: the one undefeated team left in the NFL, and it

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Speaker 1: puts them right back into I think people's mind is

722
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Speaker 1: being a contender in the AFC this year and possibly

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Speaker 1: a Super Bowl candidate. All right, Giants and Broncos, Kirk listen,

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Speaker 1: the Broncos coming off of bye the Giants have no receivers,

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Speaker 1: as you mentioned, Can they pull off America on Denver's

726
00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:27,800
Speaker 1: doesn't look likely. Yeah, I mean it's gonna be a

727
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Speaker 1: tough one. But at the same time, you know, I

728
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Speaker 1: kind of laughed when I saw this game. I said, Oh,

729
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Speaker 1: with the Giants at oh and five, how many more

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Speaker 1: national televised games do they have, because it's gonna be

731
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Speaker 1: hard to put them on national TV sitting over there

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Speaker 1: at oh and whatever it may be, you know, if

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Speaker 1: they continue to lose. So, yeah, this is gonna be

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Speaker 1: a different game. I don't put much stock I think

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Speaker 1: right now, and in the New York Giants at all.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you know, you're without your weapons. They don't

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Speaker 1: scare me. And then you have to me arguable the

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Speaker 1: best secondary that no flies on over there in Denver.

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Speaker 1: You know, obviously Chris Harris a key to leave, Darien Stewart, Blardley,

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Speaker 1: Radley Roby, now Justin Simmons who started now in place

741
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Speaker 1: of t. J. Ward who's now with the Buccaneers. You

742
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Speaker 1: don't have a passing game because of those guys who

743
00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:20,600
Speaker 1: are gonna be covering the all day. They're gonna gear

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00:34:20,719 --> 00:34:23,080
Speaker 1: up and stop the run. And who you mentioned it before?

745
00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:25,600
Speaker 1: The Giants haven't really had much of a running game,

746
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Speaker 1: So I hope it doesn't get too ugly Sunday night

747
00:34:28,680 --> 00:34:30,720
Speaker 1: for the dinner for us for the New York Giants.

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Speaker 1: But I don't see them winning that game, all right, Kirk,

749
00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:37,000
Speaker 1: last one, Chargers at Raiders. You're a Raider man, I

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Speaker 1: get it. I'm gonna have Marcellus on later. What do

751
00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:45,440
Speaker 1: you think what's gonna happen? Charges Raiders in Oakland? Yeah?

752
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Speaker 1: You know though, the one thing I would say in

753
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Speaker 1: the beginning was that the Raiders really needed to be

754
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Speaker 1: at home. But they were at home last week and

755
00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:56,040
Speaker 1: they lost the game against the Baltimore Ravens. But obviously, hey,

756
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Speaker 1: no Derek Carr. I think being back at home again

757
00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:02,520
Speaker 1: this week, fully getting Derek carrback, I think gives the

758
00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:04,279
Speaker 1: team a little bit of confidence. Well, you got your

759
00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:07,440
Speaker 1: gunslinger back, you got your guy who can make the plays.

760
00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:09,919
Speaker 1: I think that's going to help out the Raiders this week.

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00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:12,040
Speaker 1: They get back to their roots running the football, and

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Speaker 1: we'll see, you know. I think it's gonna be a

763
00:35:14,719 --> 00:35:17,640
Speaker 1: much closer game than people give. I think give credit

764
00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:20,719
Speaker 1: to the Chargers. They were a win list going in

765
00:35:20,719 --> 00:35:22,560
Speaker 1: there last week, but we all know that they were

766
00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:25,800
Speaker 1: a couple of kicks away from having a record totally flipped.

767
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Speaker 1: So I think there's gonna be a good game, but

768
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Speaker 1: I think the Raiders pull it off. I think they

769
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Speaker 1: win by three at the end, but it's gonna be

770
00:35:32,160 --> 00:35:35,120
Speaker 1: a hard fucking game all the way throughout. All right, Kirk, Well,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna get Marcells' prediction here in the next segment.

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Speaker 1: He's Kurt Morrison. You can follow him on Twitter at

773
00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:44,000
Speaker 1: Kirk Morrison. He does great work on ESPN on Series

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Speaker 1: X and radio covering the NFL. I can't thank you

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Speaker 1: enough for your time, man, Really appreciate you coming in

776
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Speaker 1: on Raiders week. Wow. All good, Chris, appreciate Thank you

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Speaker 1: Let's just start there. You got a fall brothers absolutely? Man, Well, hey,

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00:36:44,239 --> 00:36:46,480
Speaker 1: the Chargers they got they got a WS on the

792
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Speaker 1: Marcellos and it wasn't pretty, but they found a way

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00:36:49,239 --> 00:36:50,960
Speaker 1: to gut it out on the road. What did you

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00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:53,480
Speaker 1: make of the team's performance? Wow, I'm glad that they

795
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Speaker 1: finally You talk about getting your first victory and starting

796
00:36:58,239 --> 00:37:01,480
Speaker 1: to feel good about yourself, get some depositive energy from

797
00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:05,200
Speaker 1: all the work. The achievement hasn't been there, but certainly

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00:37:05,239 --> 00:37:08,239
Speaker 1: the efforts been there. As we know, the Chargers going

799
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Speaker 1: back to last year lost the most close ball games

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Speaker 1: in the NFL, So even in losing situations, they're right

801
00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:18,040
Speaker 1: there and it's just good to see that they finally

802
00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:22,160
Speaker 1: got over that hump. The pass rush was tremendous once again,

803
00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:27,440
Speaker 1: leading away defensively keeping Eli and Check a lot of injuries.

804
00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:31,600
Speaker 1: Obviously being the physical ball club, that game allowed them

805
00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:34,000
Speaker 1: to go out there with the physicality take it to

806
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Speaker 1: their receiving core. Unfortunate injuries as well, But the Chargers

807
00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:40,359
Speaker 1: got the victory, so start to feel good about yourself.

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Speaker 1: Let's see if they can continue. Yeah, you know, you're

809
00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:44,560
Speaker 1: always thrilled when you get to win in the NFL,

810
00:37:44,680 --> 00:37:47,040
Speaker 1: but I have to imagine for these guys, this had

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00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:50,040
Speaker 1: some some more special meaning because you break that nine

812
00:37:50,080 --> 00:37:53,000
Speaker 1: game losing streak they make last year, you win a

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00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:54,960
Speaker 1: close game, which was kind of the bugaboo over the

814
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Speaker 1: past couple of seasons, and then you do it on

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Speaker 1: the road, and then the boot Kach Lynn gets his

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00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:02,000
Speaker 1: first career with Yeah, I mean, if you want to

817
00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:04,800
Speaker 1: continue to add to those dominoes, it's never hurt from

818
00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:07,440
Speaker 1: a Charger fan to say that they'd be Eli Manning

819
00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:12,080
Speaker 1: and the Giants they were back off, started back. So yeah,

820
00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:15,520
Speaker 1: storyline after storyline, but it's just good to see that

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00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:19,040
Speaker 1: these guys finally got the result they desire and Coach Lynn,

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00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:22,840
Speaker 1: who's obviously come in to restore some of the Charger pride,

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00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:25,040
Speaker 1: and you can get them back into the playoffs has

824
00:38:25,040 --> 00:38:27,640
Speaker 1: been to drought the last couple of seasons. If you

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00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:30,239
Speaker 1: look at this team, that they have the talent, I

826
00:38:30,239 --> 00:38:32,360
Speaker 1: thought they were a dark horse to make the playoffs

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Speaker 1: before the season. Obviously that's a lot tougher at one

828
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Speaker 1: and four, but not impossible, and you go, oh, in five,

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00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:42,440
Speaker 1: the numbers say that is impossible. So the Chargers still

830
00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:45,359
Speaker 1: have a glimmer of hope, just a little hope. We'll

831
00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:48,360
Speaker 1: see how they can go and maybe even a record

832
00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:51,200
Speaker 1: with the Oakland Raiders this week, both teams could be

833
00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:53,680
Speaker 1: sitting at two and four after this one. My solo

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Speaker 1: stui a favor. I know you've been on cross country

835
00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:59,880
Speaker 1: flights both after a win and after a loss. For

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Speaker 1: the fans listening, compare those two very different feelings. Yeah,

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00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:08,879
Speaker 1: it's crazy. I would look at take off if it's

838
00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:12,680
Speaker 1: after a loss, guys are still feeling it. Uh, you know,

839
00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:17,080
Speaker 1: it's not the positive environment you want. People are not heckling,

840
00:39:17,160 --> 00:39:19,640
Speaker 1: we're not talking about each other and the soups we're

841
00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:23,439
Speaker 1: wearing and the luggage that the guys have, Like, it's

842
00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:27,600
Speaker 1: a completely different complexion than when you win. So when

843
00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:32,920
Speaker 1: in losing effort, guys are obviously filling down, evaluating themselves,

844
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Speaker 1: more critical, a lot quieter, more DVDs or out. More

845
00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:40,120
Speaker 1: guys are looking at looking at the game online. But

846
00:39:40,239 --> 00:39:43,360
Speaker 1: when you win, guys start to taste that victory and

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00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:46,439
Speaker 1: it's a different it's a different flavor. So you're you're

848
00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:49,200
Speaker 1: on the flight and it's a lot more jokes, a

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Speaker 1: lot more lighthearted conversation. Uh, you start talking about what

850
00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:56,840
Speaker 1: the week looks like, and you're just anticipating some positive

851
00:39:56,880 --> 00:39:59,879
Speaker 1: things to come, and you know you can actually talk

852
00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:01,960
Speaker 1: see your coaches in that moment. The funny thing is,

853
00:40:01,960 --> 00:40:04,200
Speaker 1: when you lose, you're gonna stay away from the coaches,

854
00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:06,520
Speaker 1: but when you win, you're walking up the first class

855
00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:08,160
Speaker 1: to make sure you can see the guys. So it's

856
00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:12,239
Speaker 1: night day obviously, but I would say midflight usually it

857
00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:16,319
Speaker 1: returns to a better place. Even after a loss, you

858
00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:18,560
Speaker 1: got to realize you gotta put it behind you and

859
00:40:18,719 --> 00:40:21,480
Speaker 1: move forward to the next week. So glad from takeoff

860
00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:23,960
Speaker 1: to landing they could actually have that fun. You know,

861
00:40:24,280 --> 00:40:26,960
Speaker 1: the Chargers hoping to take those positive vibes and carry

862
00:40:26,960 --> 00:40:30,360
Speaker 1: it into Raiders Week, and you know all about Raiders Week. Marcellus,

863
00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:32,000
Speaker 1: What was it like for you as a charge leading

864
00:40:32,080 --> 00:40:35,080
Speaker 1: up to play this team. Oh my god, the wildest

865
00:40:35,080 --> 00:40:39,840
Speaker 1: fan base there is about it. Man. It all started

866
00:40:39,880 --> 00:40:43,560
Speaker 1: when they they would come out and droves being down

867
00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:46,399
Speaker 1: there in San Diego when I played, and you would

868
00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:49,480
Speaker 1: just see the Raider nation try to come out and

869
00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:53,760
Speaker 1: huge amounts and great volume. I respect the fan base,

870
00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:57,080
Speaker 1: and it's a Rocket fan base as well, So the

871
00:40:57,200 --> 00:41:01,480
Speaker 1: tailgating experience was insane. You knew the rivalry was strong

872
00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:06,240
Speaker 1: just because the entire city was at a fever pitch

873
00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:09,440
Speaker 1: for the entire week because I'm from LA and the

874
00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:11,480
Speaker 1: Raiders used to play in LA and now I'm down

875
00:41:11,560 --> 00:41:14,520
Speaker 1: to San Diego playing for the Chargers. I remember one

876
00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:19,240
Speaker 1: year I had a hundred twenty two ticket requests and

877
00:41:19,719 --> 00:41:26,279
Speaker 1: how many one hundred and seventy two ticket requests for

878
00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:29,680
Speaker 1: one damn game that was on TV. I could be leader.

879
00:41:29,719 --> 00:41:33,279
Speaker 1: I was like, I know, the entire city need to

880
00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:36,560
Speaker 1: go to this game. But that's what the Raiders bring out, man.

881
00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:39,360
Speaker 1: They bring out the huge fan base and they specially

882
00:41:39,840 --> 00:41:43,520
Speaker 1: like to see that contention against the Chargers, so great excitement,

883
00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:45,479
Speaker 1: not just from the fans but from the players because

884
00:41:45,520 --> 00:41:47,200
Speaker 1: we all want to stick it to him. And we

885
00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:50,080
Speaker 1: had great success against the Raiders in my years, even

886
00:41:50,120 --> 00:41:52,600
Speaker 1: though they had some great teams, and that included Rich

887
00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:56,520
Speaker 1: Gannon who was automatic brother. Rich came on. He was

888
00:41:56,560 --> 00:41:59,640
Speaker 1: our first guest on the podcast today and god, that

889
00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:03,399
Speaker 1: was the So it was Tim Brown, Jerry Rice, Charlie Garner, right,

890
00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:06,640
Speaker 1: was Charlie Garner running back man. They had it all

891
00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:09,200
Speaker 1: you tuk about, and it really started to stop with

892
00:42:09,280 --> 00:42:13,040
Speaker 1: that group and Rich Gannon connection. If you talk about

893
00:42:13,040 --> 00:42:16,560
Speaker 1: how special that offense was, Like you said, Tim Brown

894
00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:20,520
Speaker 1: utility man could do it all. Just insane, the production

895
00:42:20,560 --> 00:42:24,200
Speaker 1: and the efficiency that they had on offense. So obviously

896
00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:27,160
Speaker 1: me being a defensive ent trying to stop them. They

897
00:42:27,200 --> 00:42:31,200
Speaker 1: even posed one of our best defensive players and John Perella.

898
00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:35,160
Speaker 1: People said, remember him at defensive tackle. Really had a

899
00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:37,319
Speaker 1: strong unit up there. That's why they went to the

900
00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:40,360
Speaker 1: super Bowl that one year. Didn't finish like they wont it,

901
00:42:40,400 --> 00:42:43,080
Speaker 1: but certainly a strong team in the AFC for a

902
00:42:43,080 --> 00:42:45,719
Speaker 1: few years right there, early two thousands. Well, marcellis to

903
00:42:45,800 --> 00:42:49,480
Speaker 1: talk about this Raiders team. Derek Carr is expected to

904
00:42:49,520 --> 00:42:52,680
Speaker 1: return someday from that back injury, and I feel like

905
00:42:52,960 --> 00:42:55,200
Speaker 1: the last two players that I want to see my

906
00:42:55,239 --> 00:42:58,560
Speaker 1: first game back. Honestly, is Joey Bosa and Melvin Ingram.

907
00:42:58,600 --> 00:43:02,240
Speaker 1: These guys Marcelli's pace for over thirty six sacks combined

908
00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:04,960
Speaker 1: this season, which is which is insane to me. What

909
00:43:05,080 --> 00:43:06,680
Speaker 1: can you say about the play of these guys who

910
00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:09,600
Speaker 1: the first five games of the year, Oh, I mean impressive.

911
00:43:09,719 --> 00:43:12,280
Speaker 1: I mean, let's start with Melvin Ingram and that talent

912
00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:15,840
Speaker 1: that jumps off to the screen in terms of his

913
00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:21,000
Speaker 1: athletic ability, his tenacity, how he gets after it. Tremendous player.

914
00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:24,480
Speaker 1: And then Joey Bolston, just in his second year, already

915
00:43:24,480 --> 00:43:28,120
Speaker 1: making a name for himself and backing up that tremendous

916
00:43:28,200 --> 00:43:31,839
Speaker 1: rookie season, Rookie of the Year campaign. So he has

917
00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:35,480
Speaker 1: violent hands, he has a great motor. The guy is

918
00:43:35,520 --> 00:43:38,080
Speaker 1: just all over the screen and all over the field.

919
00:43:39,200 --> 00:43:41,440
Speaker 1: He didn't expect him to hit the ground running as

920
00:43:41,440 --> 00:43:44,520
Speaker 1: fast as he did, but certainly he did. And just

921
00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:47,040
Speaker 1: a lot of respect for their bookends. And it just

922
00:43:47,080 --> 00:43:49,480
Speaker 1: puts pressure on the other team, you know, leading the

923
00:43:49,520 --> 00:43:53,759
Speaker 1: league right now, seventeen sacks right now. This team just

924
00:43:53,800 --> 00:43:57,320
Speaker 1: gets after opponents, really strikes fear in the quarterback. And

925
00:43:57,800 --> 00:43:59,880
Speaker 1: if you look at the Raiders, they're not. It's funny.

926
00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:03,279
Speaker 1: There are special talent in terms of the team, but

927
00:44:03,640 --> 00:44:06,920
Speaker 1: they're not special in any major category right now. It's

928
00:44:06,960 --> 00:44:10,960
Speaker 1: it's amazing looking at the record two and three team

929
00:44:11,080 --> 00:44:15,799
Speaker 1: and not top ten in any major statistical category. Kind

930
00:44:15,800 --> 00:44:18,640
Speaker 1: of a head scratch a year because after Week two

931
00:44:19,080 --> 00:44:20,840
Speaker 1: people are ready to put them in the Super Bowl.

932
00:44:20,840 --> 00:44:23,280
Speaker 1: But you look up right now and because of injury

933
00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:27,200
Speaker 1: and just not playing up to the stand there, they're

934
00:44:27,200 --> 00:44:30,320
Speaker 1: a team that's really and it may be in position

935
00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:32,840
Speaker 1: to be at the bottom of the AFC West that

936
00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:36,520
Speaker 1: the Charters could get that victory. So night and day

937
00:44:36,840 --> 00:44:39,719
Speaker 1: season so far for those Raideries, can you put your

938
00:44:39,719 --> 00:44:42,279
Speaker 1: finger on that? I talked to rich about this. It

939
00:44:42,360 --> 00:44:45,240
Speaker 1: was after that Redskins game they got they got dominated

940
00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:47,719
Speaker 1: on Sunday Night Football and they just haven't been the

941
00:44:47,760 --> 00:44:50,960
Speaker 1: same team since. And Carr was in that game. Obviously,

942
00:44:51,280 --> 00:44:53,399
Speaker 1: he got hurt against the Broncos. He didn't play last

943
00:44:53,440 --> 00:44:56,400
Speaker 1: week against the Ravens. But you know, even beyond the quarterback,

944
00:44:56,400 --> 00:44:59,560
Speaker 1: the running game is not gotten. Going with Marshawn Lynch.

945
00:44:59,640 --> 00:45:02,759
Speaker 1: The deep since has been a little suspected on the

946
00:45:02,760 --> 00:45:06,680
Speaker 1: back end, specifically, is there something you can specifically point to,

947
00:45:07,600 --> 00:45:10,160
Speaker 1: you know, I mean Hindsights twenty twenty. So in the moment,

948
00:45:10,200 --> 00:45:14,120
Speaker 1: I didn't feel anything. The Redskins not only beat them,

949
00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:16,680
Speaker 1: but they stole their soul. I mean you can see that,

950
00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:20,320
Speaker 1: like they really that was a performance for the Ages

951
00:45:20,360 --> 00:45:22,239
Speaker 1: if you want to look at how they were able

952
00:45:22,280 --> 00:45:25,640
Speaker 1: to limit that offense and the receivers to one catch each.

953
00:45:25,719 --> 00:45:28,600
Speaker 1: Crab Tree and Cooper and they haven't been the same.

954
00:45:28,600 --> 00:45:32,040
Speaker 1: Crabtree try to respond with EJ Manuel last week, but

955
00:45:32,520 --> 00:45:36,360
Speaker 1: just not the same core. Marshawn Lynch the week before,

956
00:45:36,920 --> 00:45:40,880
Speaker 1: playing at home doing the hightly dance getting everyone excited.

957
00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:46,120
Speaker 1: If I had to point to something, it's not the talent. Certainly,

958
00:45:46,120 --> 00:45:48,759
Speaker 1: the injury to your quarterback will always make you take

959
00:45:48,800 --> 00:45:53,359
Speaker 1: a step back. But I would think that mentally, they

960
00:45:53,400 --> 00:45:58,399
Speaker 1: crowned themselves a little prematurely. So let's talk about the

961
00:45:58,440 --> 00:46:02,319
Speaker 1: game before Washington and they're sitting there in Oakland Coliseum,

962
00:46:03,280 --> 00:46:08,080
Speaker 1: tremendous victory against the Jets, and they're feeling themselves. And

963
00:46:08,400 --> 00:46:10,400
Speaker 1: we know that football is a game of inches, and

964
00:46:11,160 --> 00:46:15,440
Speaker 1: the slightest thing, the slightest deviation from the course can

965
00:46:15,520 --> 00:46:18,640
Speaker 1: be disastrous. And it just seemed like this is the

966
00:46:18,719 --> 00:46:23,280
Speaker 1: team that lost their sense of urgency and they lost

967
00:46:23,480 --> 00:46:28,040
Speaker 1: their understanding of the perspective needed to be a championship team.

968
00:46:28,040 --> 00:46:30,400
Speaker 1: And this is a team with those kinds of aspirations.

969
00:46:30,520 --> 00:46:32,919
Speaker 1: Last year they had them, but they got injured there

970
00:46:32,920 --> 00:46:36,400
Speaker 1: and Carr got injured right before the playoffs along with

971
00:46:36,440 --> 00:46:40,040
Speaker 1: Donald pen and that really undermined their campaign last year.

972
00:46:40,480 --> 00:46:44,320
Speaker 1: It sounds like a team that thinks that they should

973
00:46:44,320 --> 00:46:48,040
Speaker 1: be somewhere that they're not working for or earning just yet.

974
00:46:48,640 --> 00:46:51,480
Speaker 1: The good thing about that is that's a quicker fix.

975
00:46:51,760 --> 00:46:54,480
Speaker 1: Then you just don't have it. You're just not talented enough,

976
00:46:54,719 --> 00:46:57,680
Speaker 1: you just don't have the horses. So hopefully they get

977
00:46:57,719 --> 00:47:01,200
Speaker 1: that mental edge back, because it's see was like they

978
00:47:01,320 --> 00:47:04,040
Speaker 1: lost it, and they lost it pretty early in the season. Well,

979
00:47:04,040 --> 00:47:06,200
Speaker 1: we hope they don't get that mental edge back on

980
00:47:06,239 --> 00:47:11,680
Speaker 1: Sunday gains the charges. Yeah yeah, but but yeah exactly.

981
00:47:11,800 --> 00:47:15,080
Speaker 1: But so seriously, when a guy has limited mobility coming

982
00:47:15,120 --> 00:47:16,800
Speaker 1: off injury, we kind of saw it with Sam Bradford

983
00:47:16,840 --> 00:47:19,520
Speaker 1: on Monday night against the Bears. What can a defense

984
00:47:19,600 --> 00:47:22,439
Speaker 1: do to exploit that? You know, talking to Rich Gann,

985
00:47:22,480 --> 00:47:24,399
Speaker 1: he said, you're probably gonna see some quick throws out

986
00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:26,279
Speaker 1: of the raiders to come back that. But what can

987
00:47:26,280 --> 00:47:30,960
Speaker 1: a defense do specifically these these book indu pass rushers

988
00:47:31,440 --> 00:47:34,399
Speaker 1: to get to Carl. Yeah, there's a couple of things

989
00:47:34,400 --> 00:47:36,040
Speaker 1: you can do. One, you got to get pressure up

990
00:47:36,040 --> 00:47:38,520
Speaker 1: the middle, get him off of spots. Since you know

991
00:47:38,600 --> 00:47:41,520
Speaker 1: he's he's going to have some issues with mobility. You

992
00:47:41,560 --> 00:47:44,799
Speaker 1: want to actually force the action up the middle. So

993
00:47:44,840 --> 00:47:48,000
Speaker 1: he said he would have to run sideways and hopefully

994
00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:52,000
Speaker 1: that lateral movement is compromised and that would that improved

995
00:47:52,040 --> 00:47:56,080
Speaker 1: disasters from some blitzing up the middle, whether that's coming

996
00:47:56,120 --> 00:48:00,080
Speaker 1: from linebackers or using your bookends to pinch and to

997
00:48:00,200 --> 00:48:02,880
Speaker 1: stunt up the middle and the b gaps to a gaps,

998
00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:05,200
Speaker 1: anything to get pressure right in front of his space

999
00:48:05,640 --> 00:48:08,920
Speaker 1: to not only interrupt the passing lane, but also to

1000
00:48:08,920 --> 00:48:11,440
Speaker 1: get a moving sideways. So that's the way you want

1001
00:48:11,480 --> 00:48:15,040
Speaker 1: to attack it. When a guy does have that mobility issue,

1002
00:48:15,080 --> 00:48:17,720
Speaker 1: you don't necessarily want to come from the edges because

1003
00:48:17,719 --> 00:48:19,879
Speaker 1: it just makes it easier from the step up. So

1004
00:48:20,280 --> 00:48:23,080
Speaker 1: look for the chargers to design some some blitzeres up

1005
00:48:23,120 --> 00:48:25,400
Speaker 1: the middle and look for those ends to be coming

1006
00:48:25,440 --> 00:48:27,560
Speaker 1: in and crashing in from the B gaps and A

1007
00:48:27,719 --> 00:48:29,640
Speaker 1: gaps trying to get them off the stox. You know,

1008
00:48:29,680 --> 00:48:31,640
Speaker 1: we mentioned at the beginning there was a lot to

1009
00:48:31,719 --> 00:48:34,280
Speaker 1: like last week, but it wasn't perfect by any stretch.

1010
00:48:34,400 --> 00:48:37,239
Speaker 1: These guys have a lot to improve on. What do

1011
00:48:37,280 --> 00:48:39,200
Speaker 1: you want to see from this team Sunday that they've

1012
00:48:39,200 --> 00:48:42,440
Speaker 1: been lacking this season? Yeah? I mean, look, the running

1013
00:48:42,480 --> 00:48:46,080
Speaker 1: game certainly stepped up scrimmage yards from Elvin Gordon, a

1014
00:48:46,520 --> 00:48:49,279
Speaker 1: great game for him, but just a consistent running game.

1015
00:48:49,520 --> 00:48:51,600
Speaker 1: It's crazy to have a coaching to form a running

1016
00:48:51,600 --> 00:48:54,800
Speaker 1: back and coach Land and the running game hasn't always

1017
00:48:54,840 --> 00:48:58,200
Speaker 1: been there for them, And obviously you want to always

1018
00:48:58,239 --> 00:49:00,960
Speaker 1: cut down on the turnovers, but the big ball has

1019
00:49:00,960 --> 00:49:03,520
Speaker 1: been there. You talk about the passing game, whether it's

1020
00:49:03,520 --> 00:49:05,759
Speaker 1: been high or low, they be and they will have

1021
00:49:05,800 --> 00:49:10,560
Speaker 1: some big strikes and Hunter Henry continued to make his

1022
00:49:10,719 --> 00:49:14,160
Speaker 1: mark and try and try and be the Star Wars

1023
00:49:14,239 --> 00:49:16,080
Speaker 1: tight end that his talent says that he can be.

1024
00:49:16,239 --> 00:49:19,160
Speaker 1: So I would just say a more balanced equation for them,

1025
00:49:19,160 --> 00:49:23,000
Speaker 1: because everyone knows what's coming. When you see the Chargers offensively,

1026
00:49:23,280 --> 00:49:26,239
Speaker 1: A franchise quarterback in Philip Rivers, who's going to fight

1027
00:49:26,280 --> 00:49:29,640
Speaker 1: to the end and at times may press and get

1028
00:49:29,640 --> 00:49:33,120
Speaker 1: his team and compromising situations just because he's trying to

1029
00:49:33,120 --> 00:49:35,000
Speaker 1: make so many plays. So you want to balance that

1030
00:49:35,040 --> 00:49:38,200
Speaker 1: equation with the balance attack of a running game. And

1031
00:49:38,440 --> 00:49:41,040
Speaker 1: some of those players to Hunter Harry and others, Marcellas

1032
00:49:41,040 --> 00:49:43,440
Speaker 1: would get you at here on this add Kirk Morrison

1033
00:49:43,480 --> 00:49:45,320
Speaker 1: on earlier and I told him I wouldn't be upset

1034
00:49:45,320 --> 00:49:47,239
Speaker 1: with them if he picked the Raiders, and he said

1035
00:49:47,280 --> 00:49:49,080
Speaker 1: he was gonna go with the Raiders in a close game,

1036
00:49:49,520 --> 00:49:52,200
Speaker 1: Raiders buy a field goal? What do you say to that?

1037
00:49:54,440 --> 00:49:56,360
Speaker 1: Right here? I mean, look, the mojo is not on

1038
00:49:56,400 --> 00:50:00,239
Speaker 1: the Raiders sidelines, Uncle, momentums with the Chargers. The Raiders

1039
00:50:00,280 --> 00:50:02,080
Speaker 1: are still trying to figure out which way is up.

1040
00:50:02,719 --> 00:50:04,640
Speaker 1: I know it's a talented bunch, but they're getting their

1041
00:50:04,719 --> 00:50:09,280
Speaker 1: quarterback back this who knows what kind of doubt birds

1042
00:50:09,640 --> 00:50:14,040
Speaker 1: are circling in his head right now? Entry Marshawn Lynch

1043
00:50:14,120 --> 00:50:16,640
Speaker 1: has been the shell of himself the last couple of weeks.

1044
00:50:17,320 --> 00:50:19,719
Speaker 1: Not the same team. Like we said, it's this Jet

1045
00:50:19,719 --> 00:50:22,200
Speaker 1: game and then the Redskins game. We have not seen

1046
00:50:22,239 --> 00:50:24,920
Speaker 1: the same team. So let's be real about that. These

1047
00:50:25,120 --> 00:50:28,080
Speaker 1: Chargers and a lot of close batchups this year. The

1048
00:50:28,200 --> 00:50:30,839
Speaker 1: record doesn't say how good they are. Not just being

1049
00:50:30,880 --> 00:50:32,960
Speaker 1: a homer. I think as a Charger's gonna ride some

1050
00:50:33,000 --> 00:50:35,800
Speaker 1: of that momentum and take it up there in Oakland

1051
00:50:35,840 --> 00:50:38,319
Speaker 1: and finish the deal. Look for them to come out

1052
00:50:38,320 --> 00:50:40,080
Speaker 1: with the same record as the Raiders and have that

1053
00:50:40,160 --> 00:50:43,120
Speaker 1: time record. Looking forward to it. Marselis with the last

1054
00:50:43,160 --> 00:50:46,040
Speaker 1: word on Chargers Weekly for week six. Can't they get

1055
00:50:46,120 --> 00:50:48,920
Speaker 1: enough for your time? Man? You can find him on Twitter, Instagram,

1056
00:50:49,080 --> 00:50:52,440
Speaker 1: Snapchat at Marcella's Wiley Appreciate you join me, buddy, and

1057
00:50:52,480 --> 00:50:55,680
Speaker 1: I will hopefully see you soon. All Right, take care man,

1058
00:50:56,000 --> 00:50:58,880
Speaker 1: most let's do it, and that'll do it for Chargers Weekly.

1059
00:50:59,160 --> 00:51:02,480
Speaker 1: Thanks the rich game In, Kirk Morrison and Marcellus Wiley

1060
00:51:02,560 --> 00:51:05,200
Speaker 1: for joining me, and thanks you guys for listening. Hey,

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Speaker 1: on Sunday. It's gonna be a good one, a big

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