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Speaker 1: all over the place. I think the true impact of

430
00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:17,879
Speaker 1: Derwin you're gonna see when Joey Bosa comes back. But

431
00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:20,280
Speaker 1: this guy can play everywhere. He can play everywhere, and

432
00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:22,640
Speaker 1: that's the challenge is just, you know, finding where the

433
00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:24,560
Speaker 1: best place to play him is where he can be

434
00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:27,199
Speaker 1: the most disruptive. And now I've always believed when you

435
00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:29,280
Speaker 1: put him in the box, he's just he just wrecks

436
00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:31,199
Speaker 1: the game plan down there. You know, playing high, he

437
00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:33,520
Speaker 1: can read and react and make some plays on the ball,

438
00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:36,440
Speaker 1: and he's an outstanding free safety. But to me, he

439
00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:38,720
Speaker 1: can destroy your game plan when you put him in

440
00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:40,080
Speaker 1: the box. I think he ended up blitz in ten

441
00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:42,240
Speaker 1: or eleven times in this game. He two tackles. Why

442
00:24:42,359 --> 00:24:44,480
Speaker 1: was that one was not a sack on Josh? He

443
00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:46,200
Speaker 1: beat he beat, He beat him to the exchange point

444
00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:48,560
Speaker 1: because you had a handoff to Lashaw McCoy he got

445
00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:51,040
Speaker 1: to McCoy before Josh Allen could get to him. Believe

446
00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:53,160
Speaker 1: Josh Allen held on the ball, so he tackled Josh Allen.

447
00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:54,760
Speaker 1: So we thought on the moment it was a sack.

448
00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:57,400
Speaker 1: Ended up being labeled to tackle for loss. But even

449
00:24:57,440 --> 00:25:00,320
Speaker 1: on you know, on a Chenoosa's sack, Derwin blitz from

450
00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:02,560
Speaker 1: depth and creates all you know, it just creates a

451
00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:04,840
Speaker 1: car crash and that forces Josh Allen to climb up

452
00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:07,359
Speaker 1: and chin against ends up getting a sack. So he

453
00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:09,600
Speaker 1: just he can really wreck things when he gets down

454
00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:11,159
Speaker 1: there in the box. It's fun to watch. Did you

455
00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:13,800
Speaker 1: see him on Kase He was the interception to the block,

456
00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:16,399
Speaker 1: the huge hit. Oh yeah, oh yeah, it was a

457
00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:19,000
Speaker 1: ferocious hitting. Actually I think they threw a flag initially

458
00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:21,119
Speaker 1: and then they ended up picking it up, but it

459
00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:23,000
Speaker 1: was Yeah. I admired that, and from from the booth,

460
00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:24,919
Speaker 1: I can tell you that much. Absolutely would would you

461
00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:28,480
Speaker 1: take away from that game twenty eight three. I didn't

462
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Speaker 1: like how it ended. You know, you gotta I think

463
00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:31,480
Speaker 1: you gotta keep your foot on the gas little bit.

464
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Speaker 1: They got outscored seventeen three. But nonetheless I think the

465
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Speaker 1: game was in hand by the first quarter. Yeah, and

466
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Speaker 1: look the and that seventeen. The last seven was you know,

467
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Speaker 1: just let check down, checkdown, checkdown, and they end up

468
00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:43,640
Speaker 1: punching in a very at the end of the game.

469
00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:45,879
Speaker 1: So I wouldn't read too much into that. But you know,

470
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Speaker 1: look this this week, you're playing against a Rams team.

471
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Speaker 1: It's a complete football team. The Chargers have got to

472
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Speaker 1: put a complete game together. We saw it, you know,

473
00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:55,040
Speaker 1: and flashes in that Kansas City Chiefs game with the

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Speaker 1: offense and that second half and they got hot and

475
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Speaker 1: got rolling. We saw it in the first half of

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Speaker 1: this game against Flow where they were rolling. But they're

477
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Speaker 1: gonna have to put a full game together on the

478
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Speaker 1: offensive side of the ball. And I thought defensively, even

479
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Speaker 1: though they gave up seventeen points, I thought overall, they

480
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Speaker 1: were playing at a very high level from start to finish. Yeah,

481
00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:14,240
Speaker 1: they hit Josh Allen eight times, they sacked them five times.

482
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Speaker 1: You get two turnovers, you turn the ball over, you

483
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Speaker 1: control time of possession, and you don't turn the ball over.

484
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Speaker 1: And I thought Philip probably one of his most efficient days,

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Speaker 1: you know it was he twenty three, twenty eight. Yeah,

486
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Speaker 1: it was. It was interesting watching that going back and

487
00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:29,119
Speaker 1: watching the tape on that, so Philip I felt like

488
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Speaker 1: watching it live. Man Phillips really working in the middle

489
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Speaker 1: of the field. I thought the linebackers were at vulnerable

490
00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:36,720
Speaker 1: for the Bills, and they attacked them repeatedly with the

491
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Speaker 1: running backs working in the middle of the field. But

492
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Speaker 1: I said, you know, I put some numbers down on

493
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Speaker 1: this and see if I'm crazy. So I Philip through

494
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Speaker 1: the ball twenty seven times. You know how many targets

495
00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:48,760
Speaker 1: were two players that lined up outside the numbers. So

496
00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:50,600
Speaker 1: when you come to the line of scrimmage, they lined

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Speaker 1: up outside the numbers three. That's it. He threw three

498
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Speaker 1: balls to guys that were initially lined up outside the numbers.

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Speaker 1: I think the only one of three on that you

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Speaker 1: had a slant that Keenan slipped on. Another ball got tip.

501
00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:02,000
Speaker 1: I think it was a hitch that ended up getting tipped.

502
00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:04,480
Speaker 1: So Philip, he worked in the middle of the field.

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Speaker 1: And that's one thing about a veteran quarterback. A lot

504
00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:08,480
Speaker 1: of times you get a young quarterback, everything's to the

505
00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:10,600
Speaker 1: perimeter because it's clear sight lines. It can get a

506
00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:12,840
Speaker 1: little muddy there in the middle of the field. Philip

507
00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:14,640
Speaker 1: knows what he's doing and he's not scared to work

508
00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:16,040
Speaker 1: in that in that mud, and he showed it in

509
00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:19,960
Speaker 1: that game. Austin Ekeler continues to impress. I thought he

510
00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:22,080
Speaker 1: had one of his best days. I think it was

511
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Speaker 1: a career high on the ground. As of today as

512
00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:28,119
Speaker 1: we tape this, going into week three, he's averaging seven

513
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Speaker 1: point two five on the ground. He's a weapon that

514
00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:34,480
Speaker 1: dischargers team. I don't know if you initially knew what

515
00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:36,840
Speaker 1: you had in Austin Eckler going into the year. We

516
00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:39,160
Speaker 1: certainly sought in training camp and we certainly see it now.

517
00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:42,000
Speaker 1: To me, it's a lot of times when guys are

518
00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:45,320
Speaker 1: making plays, we tend to give them more labels, right,

519
00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:47,400
Speaker 1: We're trying to find a way to describe what they're doing.

520
00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:51,000
Speaker 1: And with me, with Austin Eckler, it's less so because

521
00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:52,399
Speaker 1: I think we'd say, oh, he's a nice change of

522
00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:54,520
Speaker 1: pace back. He gives him a little something different. You know,

523
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Speaker 1: he's he's you know, he's a complimentary player. He's a

524
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Speaker 1: running back. That's what he is. He's back end of story.

525
00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:03,600
Speaker 1: He's a running back. He's a starting caliber running back

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Speaker 1: in the National Football League, and he's shown that what

527
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Speaker 1: he can do running the football, what he does out

528
00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:10,359
Speaker 1: of the backfield, catching the football. He can do everything,

529
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Speaker 1: and he would start for a lot of teams in

530
00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:13,720
Speaker 1: this league right now. He's that good. How do you

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Speaker 1: attack this Rams defense? DJ, You saw what they did

532
00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:19,679
Speaker 1: to Arizona. I think Arizona cross the fifty until like

533
00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:22,159
Speaker 1: the second to last play the game. Week two. We

534
00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:24,679
Speaker 1: look at the Cards and the Raiders, and you know,

535
00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:28,679
Speaker 1: the Chargers playing the Bills in fewer opponents. But that

536
00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:32,160
Speaker 1: Rams defense is pretty darn good. How do you attack it? Well,

537
00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:34,760
Speaker 1: you gotta be I would say selectively aggressive. You know,

538
00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:37,560
Speaker 1: I thought Arizona a little bit passive in that approach.

539
00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:39,320
Speaker 1: I think only got sacked one time. I think the

540
00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:41,480
Speaker 1: Rams only have two sacks or two games. But when

541
00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:43,240
Speaker 1: you study the tape, I mean they're generating a lot

542
00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:45,880
Speaker 1: of pressure in Dominican Sue gets a lot of pocket push,

543
00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:48,320
Speaker 1: and then Donald's been his normal disruptive self, even if

544
00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:50,640
Speaker 1: the numbers don't don't show it. So they have a

545
00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:52,520
Speaker 1: very good front. We know about the corners on the

546
00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:55,520
Speaker 1: outside with Peters until we've done a nice job. Two guys.

547
00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:57,680
Speaker 1: Feel is very familiar. Yees. He knows him both very

548
00:28:57,720 --> 00:28:59,880
Speaker 1: well and from being inside the division for all those years.

549
00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:02,840
Speaker 1: But there's some opportunities, you know, working on the linebackers.

550
00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:04,600
Speaker 1: We saw it last week against the Bills. You'll have

551
00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:07,320
Speaker 1: more opportunities in this one. But I don't think you

552
00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:09,080
Speaker 1: can just exclusively do that. I don't think you can

553
00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:11,040
Speaker 1: shy away from going after in a keep to leave.

554
00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:12,840
Speaker 1: You have to you have to find your moments, take

555
00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:15,400
Speaker 1: your shots, and loosen this defense up a little bit.

556
00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:18,200
Speaker 1: So it's a balance. That's why I just say selectively

557
00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:20,240
Speaker 1: aggressive would be the term I would use for this week.

558
00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:22,880
Speaker 1: I think the balance is exactly right in that you

559
00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:24,720
Speaker 1: don't want to turn the ball over. I think coach

560
00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:26,960
Speaker 1: Lynn has has put an emphasis on this offense and

561
00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:31,040
Speaker 1: Philip to be selective in their aggressiveness. But at the

562
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Speaker 1: same time, I go back to that game a couple

563
00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:35,479
Speaker 1: of years ago, that first half before Keenan Allen got

564
00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:37,440
Speaker 1: hurt and week win against the Chiefs. I mean he

565
00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:39,840
Speaker 1: was doing work on Marcus Peters. Yeah, no, I would not.

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Speaker 1: I would not eliminate him from the game hunt. He

567
00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:42,840
Speaker 1: can do a lot of damage on the inside. It's

568
00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:45,320
Speaker 1: going to be a major matchup advantage for the Chargers

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00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:47,160
Speaker 1: when you get him in the slot. When Keenan's in

570
00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:49,640
Speaker 1: the slot, that's a no brainer matchup. But he can

571
00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:51,280
Speaker 1: win on the outside just as well. He's as good

572
00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:53,480
Speaker 1: as it gets the National Football League. And when we

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Speaker 1: talk about decision making and protecting the football, I'll drop

574
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Speaker 1: this one on you. In the last eighteen games, Philip

575
00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:02,080
Speaker 1: Rivers has had more than one interception twice, so sixteen

576
00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:04,040
Speaker 1: to the last eighteen games, no more than one interception.

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00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:06,560
Speaker 1: So he's done a phenomenal job of protecting the football

578
00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:09,120
Speaker 1: while still throwing for a boatload of yards. That's unreal

579
00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:11,080
Speaker 1: so and I think probably both of those opponents for

580
00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:13,880
Speaker 1: Kansas City three and three three picks against Kansas City

581
00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:16,120
Speaker 1: in both those games, large year Peters is the loan

582
00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:18,560
Speaker 1: factor in both of those that we're going to see

583
00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:20,680
Speaker 1: on Sunday. But I think at the point of attack,

584
00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:24,040
Speaker 1: what I'm really excited to see is Mike Palty against

585
00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:26,720
Speaker 1: Donald and Sue. And of course he knew they know

586
00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:29,000
Speaker 1: each other quite their teammates were three seasons by there.

587
00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:30,840
Speaker 1: You go down there in Miami and look, Sue is

588
00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:34,040
Speaker 1: He's not complex, He's not complicated. He's gonna try and

589
00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:36,200
Speaker 1: get both of his hands inside your hands, get on

590
00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:38,760
Speaker 1: your chest and try and walk you back to the quarterback. Now,

591
00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:40,760
Speaker 1: a lot of wiggle, not a lot of explosiveness in

592
00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:42,240
Speaker 1: terms of trying to get on an edge and beat you.

593
00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:44,040
Speaker 1: He's gonna try and go right through your chest and

594
00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:46,080
Speaker 1: walk you back. And then and then you've got to

595
00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:48,200
Speaker 1: worry about Aaron Donald with all the quickness he brings.

596
00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:51,200
Speaker 1: Brockers is one of the more underrated players. And studying

597
00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:53,320
Speaker 1: their tape that the name that I wouldn't forget a

598
00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:55,760
Speaker 1: lot of people myself included, wondered where the edge rush

599
00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:57,960
Speaker 1: was going to come from with this team. Robert Quinn

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00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:00,640
Speaker 1: moves on, where's that going to be? Who's that guy

601
00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:03,400
Speaker 1: gonna be? In Sampson Ebucam isn a nice job coming

602
00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:06,160
Speaker 1: off the edge of real speed guy. So lineup wide

603
00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:09,160
Speaker 1: and just really generates some speeds. So yeah, when Sue

604
00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:11,400
Speaker 1: gets that push and gets that push, he's kind of

605
00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:12,840
Speaker 1: waiting for you at the back door if you're trying

606
00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:15,520
Speaker 1: to escape. Virgil Green, we saw him get loose a

607
00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:18,520
Speaker 1: little bit against the Bills. Three catches for fifty five yards,

608
00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:20,400
Speaker 1: He had a twenty five yard reception, he had twenty

609
00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:23,160
Speaker 1: three yard reception. He could play a factor in this game.

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00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,080
Speaker 1: When you talk about those corners on the outside as well,

611
00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:27,880
Speaker 1: he can. And I've been just so impressed with him

612
00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:29,520
Speaker 1: in the passing game. You know, he had a reputation

613
00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:31,960
Speaker 1: as a really good run blocker. He's continued that and

614
00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:33,880
Speaker 1: Colpan's done a nice job as well. You see them

615
00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:36,200
Speaker 1: combo up on guys and do a really nice job

616
00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:38,480
Speaker 1: in the run game. So that was to be expected.

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00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:40,560
Speaker 1: I did not expect him to be as productive as

618
00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:42,480
Speaker 1: he's been in the passing game and not only catching

619
00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:44,560
Speaker 1: the football but showing you a little something after the

620
00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:48,120
Speaker 1: catch with his competitiveness. So he's been a pleasant surprise

621
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Speaker 1: for that tight end position after the Hunter Henry injury

622
00:31:50,920 --> 00:31:54,480
Speaker 1: and kind of sound the alarm here, I thought through

623
00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:56,160
Speaker 1: two weeks. Now we're just two weeks into the season,

624
00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:57,680
Speaker 1: but I thought the position when you look at all

625
00:31:57,720 --> 00:32:00,600
Speaker 1: three of those guys as just performed quite well. Sean

626
00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:04,160
Speaker 1: McVay in this Rams offense. What makes them so explosive

627
00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:06,320
Speaker 1: DJ Obviously we know the weapons that they have on

628
00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:08,920
Speaker 1: the outside. We know about Todd Gurley, but it seems

629
00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:12,200
Speaker 1: like his aggressiveness, even when they're up, he doesn't take

630
00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:13,840
Speaker 1: his foot off the gas by any stretch. Yeah, they're

631
00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:15,360
Speaker 1: an attack mode, and they're an attack mode from the

632
00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:17,720
Speaker 1: second those cleats at the grass and they do not stop.

633
00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:20,480
Speaker 1: They do it with tempo. They're gonna get moving quick.

634
00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:23,880
Speaker 1: They're gonna challenge your communication on defense, which that'll be

635
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:26,040
Speaker 1: big for the Chargers in this one. Get lined up,

636
00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:28,840
Speaker 1: get the correct calls, get the correct checks, and then

637
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:31,200
Speaker 1: it's just speed. I mean, so it's a speed of operation.

638
00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:32,800
Speaker 1: Then it's a speed when you get on the field.

639
00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:35,520
Speaker 1: When you see Todd Gurley, they set him up. They're

640
00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:37,600
Speaker 1: gonna get him in one on one situations. We saw

641
00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:40,680
Speaker 1: it last week getting to the perimeter. It's just him

642
00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:42,560
Speaker 1: and one of the best corners in the NFL, one

643
00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:44,880
Speaker 1: of the best tackling corners, and Patrick Peterson Todd Gurley's

644
00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:47,400
Speaker 1: runs right by him. So you're gonna have to win

645
00:32:47,480 --> 00:32:50,400
Speaker 1: one on one tackles in space against guys like Todd Gurley,

646
00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:53,880
Speaker 1: Brandon Cooks, Robert Woods, Cooper Cup. Catch the ball is

647
00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:55,240
Speaker 1: okay kind of I feel like we talked about it

648
00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:57,160
Speaker 1: a little bit with Tyreek Hill. Yeah, if you keep

649
00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:58,640
Speaker 1: in front of him and tackle him and line up

650
00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:00,400
Speaker 1: to play another down, that's a win. It's a win

651
00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:03,080
Speaker 1: for your your defense. So be prepared for the tempo,

652
00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:05,760
Speaker 1: prepared for the speed you're gonna see, and you just

653
00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:08,160
Speaker 1: got to tackle extremely well. We'll go back to Derwin.

654
00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:10,240
Speaker 1: How do you use Derwin in this game? Do you

655
00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:12,520
Speaker 1: place more of an emphasis on just selling out to

656
00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:15,000
Speaker 1: stop Gurley or do you you gotta count for Brandon

657
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:16,959
Speaker 1: Cooks as well. He had one hundred fifty nine yards receiving.

658
00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:19,280
Speaker 1: To me, you know, there's a lot of different ways

659
00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:21,560
Speaker 1: you can look at that. I talk about the attack

660
00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:24,040
Speaker 1: mode for this Rams offense. I think if you're the Chargers,

661
00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:26,200
Speaker 1: you match that. I don't think you play on your heels.

662
00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:28,080
Speaker 1: I think you play on your toes, And that to

663
00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:30,239
Speaker 1: me is sending. I'm gonna send Derwin James as much

664
00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:31,800
Speaker 1: as we saw him get sent last week and try

665
00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:34,040
Speaker 1: and disrupt things and if he can, if he can

666
00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:36,000
Speaker 1: play the run on the way to the pass, yeah,

667
00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:38,400
Speaker 1: that would be quite nice. Yeah all right. Finally, DJ,

668
00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:41,960
Speaker 1: give me a player on offensive defense for the Chargers

669
00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:44,640
Speaker 1: to watch on Sunday. Maybe maybe not a guy that

670
00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:47,520
Speaker 1: you automatically like, oh, Keenan Allen or Philip Rivers. Maybe

671
00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:49,560
Speaker 1: a guy a little under the radar. Well, I'll give

672
00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:51,160
Speaker 1: you a a couple guys here. Let's go first of all,

673
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:52,920
Speaker 1: on the defensive side of the ball. We saw it

674
00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:55,640
Speaker 1: last week with Chenna Nuoso getting a little bit more work,

675
00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:57,800
Speaker 1: and we saw him get a sacked r when blitzes

676
00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:00,040
Speaker 1: and creates a car crash. Homecoming for you, Channa the

677
00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:03,200
Speaker 1: only Trojan. Yeah, so he knows that he knows that

678
00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:05,360
Speaker 1: feel quite well, knows the stadium well. So that'll be

679
00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:07,640
Speaker 1: a big opportunity for him as a continue to try

680
00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:10,759
Speaker 1: and replace Joey Bosa and his production. So what can

681
00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:12,959
Speaker 1: he give you as a pass rusher? What the reps

682
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:14,920
Speaker 1: he gets Cheninowosa will be key on defense, and then

683
00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:16,879
Speaker 1: we flip it over to the offensive side of the ball.

684
00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:20,040
Speaker 1: You know, he's done it two weeks in a row now,

685
00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:21,600
Speaker 1: and I still feel like he's still a little bit

686
00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:24,480
Speaker 1: under the radar. But the more that they give Mike Williams,

687
00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:27,359
Speaker 1: the more he continues to deliver. And I know these

688
00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:30,080
Speaker 1: corners are outstanding, But when that ball goes up in

689
00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:31,399
Speaker 1: the air and you want to put it ten feet

690
00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:33,440
Speaker 1: up in the air, Mike Williams got a darn good

691
00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:35,400
Speaker 1: chance of coming down with it. So he'll get some

692
00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:37,359
Speaker 1: more opportunities I would imagine in this one. Yeah, he's

693
00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:40,080
Speaker 1: still six four two twenty, doesn't matter who who, doesn't matter.

694
00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:43,239
Speaker 1: All pros and they're great corners, no question. But I'll

695
00:34:43,239 --> 00:34:44,920
Speaker 1: take my chances. You want to put that thing up

696
00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:46,520
Speaker 1: on the rim, he can go get it. I was

697
00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:48,160
Speaker 1: just talking Ian Eagle about this. You look at the

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00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:50,160
Speaker 1: Week three slate. This is the game. This is the

699
00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:52,200
Speaker 1: best game of the week, no question. And it's uh,

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00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:55,680
Speaker 1: you know, for the Chargers specifically to go into this

701
00:34:55,719 --> 00:34:59,760
Speaker 1: game without Joey Bosa, who is your best defensive football player,

702
00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:01,680
Speaker 1: This is a great test. I mean, if you can

703
00:35:01,719 --> 00:35:04,040
Speaker 1: come out here and find a way against this offense

704
00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:06,040
Speaker 1: as good as any in the National Football League. You

705
00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:09,439
Speaker 1: had your opportunity against Kansas City, didn't pass that test. Well,

706
00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:11,560
Speaker 1: here we are two weeks later, you get another crack

707
00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:14,320
Speaker 1: at a premier offense. Let's see what the difference is

708
00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:17,319
Speaker 1: from week one to Week three without your best defensive player.

709
00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:19,640
Speaker 1: What kind of progresses defense made? You talk about a

710
00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:22,520
Speaker 1: confidence builder? You get this, no question, DJ, thanks so much, WELLO,

711
00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:26,919
Speaker 1: thanks man. All right to get this week's opposing view,

712
00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:30,399
Speaker 1: now joined by Vinnie Botson your of the athletic if Vinny,

713
00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:33,840
Speaker 1: we got a big time crosstown matchup Sunday at the Coliseum.

714
00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:36,480
Speaker 1: How are you man, I'm doing good. How are you doing?

715
00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:39,680
Speaker 1: Doing very well? Ready for Sunday? But let's start with

716
00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:43,320
Speaker 1: last Sunday. The Rams beat the Cardinals thirty four, nothing

717
00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:46,239
Speaker 1: very soundly, didn't look like it as much of a fight.

718
00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:51,320
Speaker 1: What were your key takeaways from last week? Well, you know, obviously,

719
00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:53,759
Speaker 1: when you going back to the Raider game the week

720
00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:57,120
Speaker 1: before on Monday night, you know the fact that they've

721
00:35:57,120 --> 00:36:01,000
Speaker 1: outscored two opponents now fifty seven and nothing over their

722
00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:05,200
Speaker 1: last six quarters says a lot about you know, how

723
00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:08,600
Speaker 1: complete this team is offensively and defensively. The defense hasn't

724
00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:11,440
Speaker 1: given up a point since the first half against the Raiders,

725
00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:16,160
Speaker 1: and they were they're getting better, um, you know as

726
00:36:16,239 --> 00:36:19,120
Speaker 1: we speak. And that's a scary proposition for the rest

727
00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:21,200
Speaker 1: of the NFL. When you when you look at the

728
00:36:21,239 --> 00:36:24,680
Speaker 1: talent that that defense has, it's just it's pretty incredible

729
00:36:24,680 --> 00:36:26,520
Speaker 1: and for it to come together as quickly as it

730
00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:31,440
Speaker 1: has and maybe even start getting better is something that

731
00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:34,480
Speaker 1: I think that you know, is worth monitoring. And on

732
00:36:34,520 --> 00:36:37,120
Speaker 1: top of that, you have an offense that scoring more

733
00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:39,600
Speaker 1: than thirty points of the game, and Jared Goff is

734
00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:43,319
Speaker 1: playing great, and you've got multiple weapons. Brandon Cook has

735
00:36:43,360 --> 00:36:45,520
Speaker 1: made a seamless transition to this team. You still have

736
00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:48,480
Speaker 1: Robert Woods and Cooper Cup and obviously Talk Gurley. The

737
00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:51,560
Speaker 1: tight ends got involved last week. So this is a

738
00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:56,239
Speaker 1: pretty complete team offensively and defensively. And then you throw

739
00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:59,200
Speaker 1: in special teams which didn't miss a beat, even while

740
00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:03,839
Speaker 1: losing their kick Greg zerline moments before kickoff. They lost

741
00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:06,440
Speaker 1: Farrel Cooper, their Pro Bowl return man the week before.

742
00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:09,279
Speaker 1: They bring a kid in, Jojo Natson, who was with

743
00:37:09,360 --> 00:37:12,520
Speaker 1: them during the preseason, and he goes off for one

744
00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:15,240
Speaker 1: hundred and thirty three yards in punt returns a sixty

745
00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:17,879
Speaker 1: yard or didn't miss a beat. I mean, it's hard

746
00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:20,000
Speaker 1: to find holes in this team, and you keep looking

747
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:21,839
Speaker 1: for him and keep looking for him, and maybe as

748
00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:24,800
Speaker 1: a season goes on it gets exposed, but it certainly

749
00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:26,799
Speaker 1: hasn't in these first two weeks. He's certainly not. On

750
00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:29,920
Speaker 1: Sunday against the Cardinals, Vinny, have you been surprised by

751
00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:32,880
Speaker 1: such a hot start when you consider a lot of

752
00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:35,359
Speaker 1: these guys. Most of these guys didn't even play in

753
00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:38,680
Speaker 1: the preseason, you have a lot of new, big personalities.

754
00:37:38,680 --> 00:37:40,720
Speaker 1: I know they're all great players, but really, the first

755
00:37:40,719 --> 00:37:43,799
Speaker 1: time you have Sue and Donald playing next to each other,

756
00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:47,480
Speaker 1: Donald got in late Peterson to leave, just a lot

757
00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:50,480
Speaker 1: of new personalities. Are you surprised by how quickly these

758
00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:53,600
Speaker 1: guys have seemed to gel, you know, not necessarily because

759
00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:56,200
Speaker 1: I mean, I think we focus on those four preseason

760
00:37:56,280 --> 00:38:01,600
Speaker 1: games when you know the reality of starters aren't necessarily

761
00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:04,680
Speaker 1: playing a lot anyway during the preseason. It's getting less

762
00:38:04,719 --> 00:38:09,120
Speaker 1: and less and less. This NFL season is such a

763
00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:11,880
Speaker 1: battle of attition. You don't want to waste somebody in

764
00:38:11,920 --> 00:38:15,759
Speaker 1: the preseason. So that's you know, kind of gone by

765
00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:19,160
Speaker 1: the wayside a little bit across the league, and certainly

766
00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:22,200
Speaker 1: in the Rams case they played only briefly in the

767
00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:25,400
Speaker 1: starting office and and play at all. But the reason

768
00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:27,239
Speaker 1: I say that is is and then you know this

769
00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:30,160
Speaker 1: as well as anybody there with the Chargers. Every day.

770
00:38:30,239 --> 00:38:33,000
Speaker 1: These guys practice every single day, and I know that

771
00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:36,680
Speaker 1: it's not necessarily being tackled to the ground, and you

772
00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:39,880
Speaker 1: do have to account for that fact in an actual

773
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:42,399
Speaker 1: game compared to practice. But these guys are going at

774
00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:45,000
Speaker 1: it day after day after day, all the way back

775
00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:48,040
Speaker 1: to OTA's mini camp and training camp and then meetings

776
00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:50,560
Speaker 1: and in the classroom. It's so much of this is

777
00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:54,920
Speaker 1: above the head rather than the actual game itself in

778
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:59,040
Speaker 1: terms of preparation, that you know, it wasn't really surprise. Plus,

779
00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:00,680
Speaker 1: these are good players. I mean, you look at the

780
00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:03,640
Speaker 1: Rams offen. Ten of eleven starters returned from last year,

781
00:39:03,640 --> 00:39:06,960
Speaker 1: and the eleven was Brandon Cooks, who you know is

782
00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:09,560
Speaker 1: showing already that he's a better player than Sammy Watkins was,

783
00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:12,480
Speaker 1: and that's the guy he replaced. And defensively, you know,

784
00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:15,440
Speaker 1: you just have pro bowlers all across the all across

785
00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:18,640
Speaker 1: the roster. So these guys are professionals and experience and smart.

786
00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:22,399
Speaker 1: I felt like we made a little bit too much

787
00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:24,839
Speaker 1: of them not playing so much in the preseason because

788
00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:27,000
Speaker 1: I felt like this is a mature group and a

789
00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:29,719
Speaker 1: talented group, and if anyone was equipped to deal with that,

790
00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:31,719
Speaker 1: it's them, you know, Vinnie. I think a lot of

791
00:39:31,719 --> 00:39:35,279
Speaker 1: people may overlook some of these joint practices too, And

792
00:39:35,320 --> 00:39:37,440
Speaker 1: I think there's some parallels with the Chargers and when

793
00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:39,960
Speaker 1: the Saints came to town and when the Rams went

794
00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:43,239
Speaker 1: to Baltimore. Frankly, I mean that's almost a preseason game

795
00:39:43,360 --> 00:39:45,560
Speaker 1: in and of itself, and that you have good work

796
00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:49,040
Speaker 1: against an opponent, you know, throughout the week where you

797
00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:51,799
Speaker 1: can work on a variety of different things, and then

798
00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:54,880
Speaker 1: just your point of having a heck of a defense

799
00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:56,600
Speaker 1: there that Jared Golf has to go up against on

800
00:39:56,680 --> 00:40:00,719
Speaker 1: a daily basis preseason. Doesn't se team like it's that

801
00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:03,480
Speaker 1: big of a deal in the grand scheme of things. Yeah,

802
00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:05,920
Speaker 1: I agree with you. And that's a great point about

803
00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:09,920
Speaker 1: the about the joint practices. Um. You know, number one,

804
00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:13,959
Speaker 1: they are they actually are showing things in those joint

805
00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:16,600
Speaker 1: practices because there's not you know, every eyeball in the

806
00:40:16,640 --> 00:40:20,200
Speaker 1: country having access to it. So it's a very uh,

807
00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:24,800
Speaker 1: you know, closed off environment where you can feel comfortable,

808
00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:28,080
Speaker 1: especially if you're not playing that team during the regular season,

809
00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:29,600
Speaker 1: which typically you don't. You know, you're not going to

810
00:40:29,680 --> 00:40:32,400
Speaker 1: practice joint practice against something that you're going to see

811
00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:34,759
Speaker 1: during the regular season, so you have more comfort and

812
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:36,319
Speaker 1: just hey, this is what we're going to work on

813
00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:41,160
Speaker 1: and it's two days usually, um, and and every snap

814
00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:44,120
Speaker 1: that the first team takes is typically against the first team,

815
00:40:44,560 --> 00:40:50,760
Speaker 1: you know, opposite offensively or defensively. So you're getting sixty seventy,

816
00:40:51,160 --> 00:40:54,040
Speaker 1: you know, maybe a hundred snaps sometimes depending on the

817
00:40:54,120 --> 00:40:57,239
Speaker 1: length of the practices and the drive that you're doing

818
00:40:57,760 --> 00:41:02,160
Speaker 1: against quality opponent that not your own team and somebody

819
00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:04,960
Speaker 1: that you see on a daily basis, and you're forced

820
00:41:04,960 --> 00:41:06,799
Speaker 1: to make the adjustments that you have to make to

821
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:10,319
Speaker 1: account for the different schemes and cadences and all that.

822
00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:13,480
Speaker 1: So I agree with you. I think there's huge value

823
00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:17,360
Speaker 1: in these behind the scenes joint practices where they're able

824
00:41:17,400 --> 00:41:19,359
Speaker 1: to really work on things that they're going to show

825
00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:21,319
Speaker 1: during the regular season, because I'll tell you what, in

826
00:41:21,360 --> 00:41:24,160
Speaker 1: the preseason, you're not seeing much of anything that these

827
00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:26,400
Speaker 1: guys are actually going to do on a week tweek basis,

828
00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:28,560
Speaker 1: not at all. And the Rams and Charges did joint

829
00:41:28,560 --> 00:41:32,440
Speaker 1: practices together last year. But let's get to Sunday. Listen,

830
00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:36,160
Speaker 1: two really good offenses. The Chargers are average just under

831
00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:39,000
Speaker 1: thirty points per game. They're not going to be with

832
00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:42,040
Speaker 1: Joey Bosa. Joey Bosa won't be with them this Sunday,

833
00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:45,160
Speaker 1: but two really good defenses. What do you see in

834
00:41:45,160 --> 00:41:49,080
Speaker 1: this matchup? What are the Rams saying about this Chargers team?

835
00:41:49,120 --> 00:41:53,080
Speaker 1: They've got their attention. And you know, I don't say that,

836
00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:56,920
Speaker 1: you know, gratuitously at all or just you know, out

837
00:41:56,960 --> 00:42:00,360
Speaker 1: of obligation or I shouldn't saying me. They aren't saying it,

838
00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:04,160
Speaker 1: you know, like out of obligation, or it's the right

839
00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:08,080
Speaker 1: thing to say that. The Chargers are legitimately, legitimately have

840
00:42:08,120 --> 00:42:10,440
Speaker 1: gotten their attention, and rightfully. So this is a very

841
00:42:10,480 --> 00:42:13,840
Speaker 1: good football team in the Chargers, you know. And I

842
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:17,160
Speaker 1: watched the Chiefs game. Even that Chiefs game I don't

843
00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:19,960
Speaker 1: think was as you know bad as as maybe the

844
00:42:19,960 --> 00:42:22,719
Speaker 1: final score or certain scores along the way in that

845
00:42:22,760 --> 00:42:26,120
Speaker 1: game indicated there were, you know, some mistakes at the

846
00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:28,720
Speaker 1: Chargers mates and drop balls that really put them in

847
00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:33,439
Speaker 1: some bad situations. So, but they were moving the ball

848
00:42:33,480 --> 00:42:35,200
Speaker 1: in that game, and Philip Rivers is playing good and

849
00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:37,319
Speaker 1: you can see the talent that they have offensively and

850
00:42:37,360 --> 00:42:40,759
Speaker 1: really defensively as well. So this is not something that

851
00:42:40,840 --> 00:42:44,800
Speaker 1: the Rams are overlooking at all. They're excited about this matchup,

852
00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:48,680
Speaker 1: not necessarily the la la thing that's kind of cool

853
00:42:48,719 --> 00:42:51,160
Speaker 1: for all of us to talk about. From their perspective.

854
00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:53,239
Speaker 1: It's a really good football team and they know that

855
00:42:53,280 --> 00:42:55,200
Speaker 1: they're going to have to bring it on Sunday or else.

856
00:42:55,440 --> 00:42:57,359
Speaker 1: You know, bad things can happen, But yeah, I think

857
00:42:57,360 --> 00:42:59,680
Speaker 1: this is a great test for both teams. It's not

858
00:42:59,719 --> 00:43:03,279
Speaker 1: a it's not a conference game. It's NFCAFC. But take

859
00:43:03,440 --> 00:43:05,400
Speaker 1: LA out of it. You know, I think this is

860
00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:09,239
Speaker 1: a an important game for the Chargers in that you

861
00:43:09,360 --> 00:43:12,600
Speaker 1: mentioned Kansas City and that explosive offense and some things

862
00:43:12,600 --> 00:43:14,680
Speaker 1: didn't go their way, but this is a heck of

863
00:43:14,680 --> 00:43:18,040
Speaker 1: a test. Two weeks later and the guy under center

864
00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:21,359
Speaker 1: for the Rams is Jared Golf. How much better has

865
00:43:21,400 --> 00:43:24,440
Speaker 1: he gotten over the past year and a half, Vinnie.

866
00:43:24,440 --> 00:43:27,360
Speaker 1: I mean, he's making his twenty fifth start on Sunday

867
00:43:27,360 --> 00:43:29,960
Speaker 1: against the Chargers. Hard to believe, but the Chargers first

868
00:43:29,960 --> 00:43:34,240
Speaker 1: four opponents, Jared Golf is the most experienced quarterback hundred center. Yeah,

869
00:43:34,280 --> 00:43:36,920
Speaker 1: that's crazy, and it said a lot about the turnover

870
00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:40,320
Speaker 1: in the NFL and younger guys coming into the NFL

871
00:43:40,360 --> 00:43:45,680
Speaker 1: and taking command of offenses. You know, I eat Patrick

872
00:43:45,719 --> 00:43:49,960
Speaker 1: Mahomes with Kansas City. But getting back to Jared, you know,

873
00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:52,279
Speaker 1: I just see a guy that keeps getting better and

874
00:43:52,480 --> 00:43:54,880
Speaker 1: was already really good. I know that, you know, the

875
00:43:54,920 --> 00:43:58,520
Speaker 1: focus on that first rookie season, and it was a struggle.

876
00:43:59,480 --> 00:44:02,120
Speaker 1: And I talked to him about this not long ago,

877
00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:04,520
Speaker 1: and you know, he's basically saying, look, I know everyone

878
00:44:04,600 --> 00:44:06,880
Speaker 1: was kind of freaking out, but I wasn't. I really wasn't.

879
00:44:06,920 --> 00:44:08,680
Speaker 1: You know, I had it for a good handle on

880
00:44:08,760 --> 00:44:11,319
Speaker 1: it and had it in the proper perspective. It was

881
00:44:11,400 --> 00:44:13,680
Speaker 1: seven games. It was seven rough games. They went to

882
00:44:14,239 --> 00:44:18,560
Speaker 1: New England, New Orleans, they played Atlanta, they played both

883
00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:22,120
Speaker 1: Super Bowl teams with him as a starter part. And yeah,

884
00:44:22,160 --> 00:44:25,239
Speaker 1: and there were there were things from a coaching perspective,

885
00:44:25,280 --> 00:44:27,840
Speaker 1: we all understand that things where they were grasping for

886
00:44:27,920 --> 00:44:31,600
Speaker 1: straws at that point in twenty sixteen, and there was

887
00:44:31,600 --> 00:44:35,279
Speaker 1: a coaching change as a result of that. So there

888
00:44:35,320 --> 00:44:38,200
Speaker 1: were a lot of cards were stacked against him. Um,

889
00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:41,239
Speaker 1: and so he never really put that much credence in

890
00:44:41,280 --> 00:44:44,120
Speaker 1: those seven games, or as much as everyone else did.

891
00:44:44,200 --> 00:44:47,719
Speaker 1: So you see what he's able to do when you

892
00:44:47,760 --> 00:44:52,480
Speaker 1: put him around better players and obviously a better coach

893
00:44:52,560 --> 00:44:56,680
Speaker 1: team and a more creative offense, and with with Sean McBay,

894
00:44:56,840 --> 00:45:00,279
Speaker 1: and he has the skills that to execute at this

895
00:45:00,400 --> 00:45:03,879
Speaker 1: offense and to make players look better, look look good too.

896
00:45:03,920 --> 00:45:06,400
Speaker 1: I mean Robert Wood, somebody was thinking of him as

897
00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:09,080
Speaker 1: a top wide receiver when he was Buffalo. Nothing against him.

898
00:45:09,080 --> 00:45:10,640
Speaker 1: He was just at a back kind of a situation

899
00:45:10,680 --> 00:45:13,279
Speaker 1: to himself. But he comes here to Los Angeles with

900
00:45:13,320 --> 00:45:15,239
Speaker 1: a good quarterback and all of a sudden, Robert Wood

901
00:45:15,320 --> 00:45:17,239
Speaker 1: is a really good wide receiver and everyone's like, Wow,

902
00:45:17,239 --> 00:45:19,120
Speaker 1: we didn't see that. Kevin Well, he's got a really

903
00:45:19,120 --> 00:45:22,160
Speaker 1: good quarterback that he's playing with and vice versa. It helps,

904
00:45:22,239 --> 00:45:24,359
Speaker 1: you know, Jared that that Robert is as good as

905
00:45:24,400 --> 00:45:27,600
Speaker 1: he is as well. But um, you know, I just

906
00:45:27,640 --> 00:45:29,600
Speaker 1: see a guy that's getting better and better, and I

907
00:45:29,680 --> 00:45:33,040
Speaker 1: really think at twenty three his future or his best

908
00:45:33,040 --> 00:45:35,480
Speaker 1: football is still ahead of him. And that's and you

909
00:45:35,520 --> 00:45:38,680
Speaker 1: know that's that's obviously something that's really good for the Rams,

910
00:45:39,080 --> 00:45:42,200
Speaker 1: and it's a balance attack. Starting with Todd Gurley, probably

911
00:45:42,239 --> 00:45:44,359
Speaker 1: the best running back in the league. He had three

912
00:45:44,440 --> 00:45:48,520
Speaker 1: touchdowns last week. Vinnie Melvin Gordon, a guy selected five

913
00:45:48,560 --> 00:45:51,240
Speaker 1: picks after him in twenty fifteen, had three touchdowns as well.

914
00:45:51,680 --> 00:45:54,080
Speaker 1: How has Todd looked to the first two weeks, being

915
00:45:54,080 --> 00:45:56,799
Speaker 1: that he didn't play a snap in preseason. Yeah, he's

916
00:45:56,920 --> 00:46:00,200
Speaker 1: he's looking He hasn't missed a beat necessarily. You can

917
00:46:00,239 --> 00:46:03,080
Speaker 1: see that defenses are still trying to, you know, make

918
00:46:03,120 --> 00:46:06,040
Speaker 1: it about him. Um, and he's cool with Daddy's like, look,

919
00:46:06,080 --> 00:46:08,400
Speaker 1: you know, we're so good that if they want to

920
00:46:08,440 --> 00:46:10,919
Speaker 1: say to stop me, then you're you know, you're playing

921
00:46:10,960 --> 00:46:12,759
Speaker 1: with fire because of the wide receivers. You want to

922
00:46:12,800 --> 00:46:16,160
Speaker 1: take that away from people, then you're playing with fire basically,

923
00:46:16,760 --> 00:46:18,960
Speaker 1: you know, with the running game having to stop the

924
00:46:19,040 --> 00:46:22,680
Speaker 1: running games. So it's such a balanced attack and uh,

925
00:46:22,719 --> 00:46:24,160
Speaker 1: you know, and there's a lot of respect for I've

926
00:46:24,160 --> 00:46:27,000
Speaker 1: talked to Todd about Melvin, and you know, there's there's

927
00:46:27,120 --> 00:46:30,440
Speaker 1: a lot of mutual respect between those two players, sharing

928
00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:33,000
Speaker 1: the same city and being as good as as they are.

929
00:46:34,040 --> 00:46:36,080
Speaker 1: So it'll be fun to see both of those guys

930
00:46:36,080 --> 00:46:37,680
Speaker 1: on this on the same field together in a in

931
00:46:37,680 --> 00:46:40,239
Speaker 1: a regular season game. I'm sure you know, even though

932
00:46:40,280 --> 00:46:44,560
Speaker 1: they they're they're you know, close and or friends, they

933
00:46:44,680 --> 00:46:47,040
Speaker 1: know that they're playing against each other and it'll it'll

934
00:46:47,160 --> 00:46:49,160
Speaker 1: be interesting to see if if they're trying to put

935
00:46:49,160 --> 00:46:50,919
Speaker 1: on a show for the guy that has to pass

936
00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:53,640
Speaker 1: the way video get you out here on this, what's

937
00:46:53,640 --> 00:46:56,360
Speaker 1: going to be the key to Sunday's game. Being that

938
00:46:56,440 --> 00:46:59,040
Speaker 1: you've seen this RAMS team for the past two weeks

939
00:46:59,400 --> 00:47:01,600
Speaker 1: and you know what dis Chargers team is capable of

940
00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:04,799
Speaker 1: when they have a full compliment of weapons offensively, what

941
00:47:04,840 --> 00:47:07,200
Speaker 1: do you think is going to decide Sunday's game? Well,

942
00:47:07,200 --> 00:47:08,960
Speaker 1: I thank you, you know, not to be all cliche,

943
00:47:09,080 --> 00:47:11,279
Speaker 1: but you know, obviously taking hair of the ball is

944
00:47:11,640 --> 00:47:14,880
Speaker 1: first and foremost from the Charges. We'll talk about it

945
00:47:14,920 --> 00:47:18,719
Speaker 1: from the Chargers perspective. I think that taking advantage of

946
00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:23,040
Speaker 1: whatever unforced errors or errors they force. You know, on

947
00:47:23,040 --> 00:47:25,120
Speaker 1: the RAMS part, they have to take advantage because the

948
00:47:25,160 --> 00:47:27,600
Speaker 1: one thing that I can see on this RAMS team

949
00:47:27,680 --> 00:47:30,200
Speaker 1: is one way or another, they're gonna get you. They

950
00:47:30,239 --> 00:47:34,040
Speaker 1: are too good on all in all phases not to

951
00:47:34,640 --> 00:47:37,920
Speaker 1: eventually make you pay. So if you aren't taking advantage

952
00:47:37,960 --> 00:47:40,560
Speaker 1: of any opportunity that you get, whether you force it

953
00:47:40,960 --> 00:47:43,719
Speaker 1: or they give it to you, then you're then you're

954
00:47:43,840 --> 00:47:46,879
Speaker 1: just kind of spinning your wheel sels because eventually they're

955
00:47:46,880 --> 00:47:49,480
Speaker 1: going to get you. So for the Chargers, it's taking

956
00:47:49,520 --> 00:47:52,319
Speaker 1: advantage of every opportunity, whether it's in the red zone

957
00:47:52,400 --> 00:47:56,120
Speaker 1: or any turnovers that might that might occur. But short

958
00:47:56,120 --> 00:47:59,640
Speaker 1: of that, if the Rams play a pretty clean football game.

959
00:48:00,120 --> 00:48:02,920
Speaker 1: I just think they're too good. Um, you know, for

960
00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:05,319
Speaker 1: the Chargers and a lot of other teams. Um, it's

961
00:48:05,360 --> 00:48:07,359
Speaker 1: not going to be a thirty four nothing blowout by

962
00:48:07,360 --> 00:48:10,520
Speaker 1: instructs of the imagination. But if if the if the

963
00:48:10,600 --> 00:48:13,439
Speaker 1: Rams play clean football, I think that they they win

964
00:48:13,800 --> 00:48:16,920
Speaker 1: fairly easily. But you know they're gonna have control of

965
00:48:16,920 --> 00:48:18,799
Speaker 1: this game. Well, it's gonna be a treat. I'm looking

966
00:48:18,840 --> 00:48:21,120
Speaker 1: forward to seeing these teams go at it on Sunday,

967
00:48:21,400 --> 00:48:23,480
Speaker 1: looking forward to get into the coliseum. But Vinnie, I

968
00:48:23,480 --> 00:48:26,440
Speaker 1: need some parking advice, not just for me, but for

969
00:48:26,440 --> 00:48:29,560
Speaker 1: for Chargers fits. What are we doing there? Man? Why?

970
00:48:29,800 --> 00:48:32,919
Speaker 1: That's a that's a tough one. You know, it's it's

971
00:48:33,040 --> 00:48:36,520
Speaker 1: it's you know, there's construction going on at the coliseum

972
00:48:36,560 --> 00:48:39,040
Speaker 1: and that's taken away some of the some of the

973
00:48:39,040 --> 00:48:43,759
Speaker 1: parking options. You know what public transportation exactly. I mean

974
00:48:43,800 --> 00:48:46,400
Speaker 1: if it literally you know, you could go to Santa

975
00:48:46,400 --> 00:48:49,719
Speaker 1: Monica and parking Santa Monica and take the take the

976
00:48:49,760 --> 00:48:52,080
Speaker 1: metro in and you're right, it leaves you right outside

977
00:48:52,120 --> 00:48:55,279
Speaker 1: the coliseum. I would suggest something like that. I mean,

978
00:48:55,320 --> 00:48:58,440
Speaker 1: there is parking on campus at USC there's limited parking.

979
00:48:58,719 --> 00:49:01,759
Speaker 1: If you're fortunate enough to get a parking paths, um

980
00:49:02,120 --> 00:49:03,400
Speaker 1: you know, I think you can still go on to

981
00:49:03,520 --> 00:49:06,080
Speaker 1: the RAM site to purchase some. This way you you

982
00:49:06,200 --> 00:49:09,520
Speaker 1: eliminate any any warriors or concerns. You'll have your parking

983
00:49:09,560 --> 00:49:12,719
Speaker 1: paths to be able to use. But it is, you know,

984
00:49:12,800 --> 00:49:15,520
Speaker 1: a bit of an issue right now, especially with the construction.

985
00:49:16,400 --> 00:49:19,560
Speaker 1: But get there early, that's number one. And I would

986
00:49:19,960 --> 00:49:23,279
Speaker 1: urge everyone to take take advantage of public transitation. There

987
00:49:23,320 --> 00:49:25,719
Speaker 1: you go. Parking information here on Chargers Weekly. We do

988
00:49:25,760 --> 00:49:27,960
Speaker 1: it all for you. Vinny. Can't thank you every time,

989
00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:29,680
Speaker 1: and I look forward to seeing you on Sunday, Bud.

990
00:49:30,200 --> 00:49:31,839
Speaker 1: All right, man, I'll see you on Sunday for sure.

991
00:49:32,840 --> 00:49:35,200
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992
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Speaker 1: your television screen on Sundays. Andrew Siciliano of NFL Network

1001
00:50:08,360 --> 00:50:11,719
Speaker 1: and Direct TV Red Zone Channel joins me. Andrew, let's

1002
00:50:11,719 --> 00:50:15,000
Speaker 1: start with this. I just saw you in Melvin Ingram

1003
00:50:15,160 --> 00:50:18,680
Speaker 1: on TIENA first look. In my takeaway is that Melvin

1004
00:50:19,440 --> 00:50:25,600
Speaker 1: has only love for one quarterback, Nest number seventeen. Good

1005
00:50:25,600 --> 00:50:27,400
Speaker 1: to talk to you and and thank you for watching.

1006
00:50:27,400 --> 00:50:30,120
Speaker 1: And I apologize that I'm on Bluetooth. I do follow

1007
00:50:30,160 --> 00:50:32,799
Speaker 1: all traffic laws. He sound great, and so I'm not

1008
00:50:32,840 --> 00:50:36,960
Speaker 1: gonna okay, well, good, good, good good Melvin Ingram. Uh,

1009
00:50:37,239 --> 00:50:39,839
Speaker 1: He's awesome and he was great, and I was trying

1010
00:50:39,840 --> 00:50:43,239
Speaker 1: to play off you know what Marcus Peters had said

1011
00:50:43,239 --> 00:50:46,759
Speaker 1: on Wednesday, which is a bleeping love Philip Rivers and

1012
00:50:46,800 --> 00:50:49,320
Speaker 1: who dozens And I don't know if I set it

1013
00:50:49,400 --> 00:50:50,920
Speaker 1: up well, but I wanted to see if he bleeping

1014
00:50:50,920 --> 00:50:54,719
Speaker 1: love Jared Goff, and I think Melvine kind of gave

1015
00:50:54,800 --> 00:50:56,480
Speaker 1: the yeah, I love any quarterback I need to go

1016
00:50:56,560 --> 00:50:58,480
Speaker 1: chase answer, which is a good answer. He had his

1017
00:50:58,520 --> 00:51:01,919
Speaker 1: game face on on a Thursday, which which is expected. Yeah,

1018
00:51:02,239 --> 00:51:03,880
Speaker 1: he said he said he liked him, he said he

1019
00:51:03,920 --> 00:51:05,960
Speaker 1: was a good quarterback, but he only has love for Philip.

1020
00:51:06,000 --> 00:51:08,719
Speaker 1: And let's start there. I mean, I think you look

1021
00:51:08,760 --> 00:51:11,600
Speaker 1: at this week three Slate hard press to find a

1022
00:51:11,640 --> 00:51:15,160
Speaker 1: better one than Chargers Rams and Andrew. You know this

1023
00:51:15,239 --> 00:51:18,239
Speaker 1: Rams team very well, having called their preseason games. What

1024
00:51:18,440 --> 00:51:21,960
Speaker 1: gets you excited for this one, Chris? Honestly everything, and

1025
00:51:22,040 --> 00:51:25,759
Speaker 1: that's not a cop out. There are just so many

1026
00:51:25,880 --> 00:51:28,319
Speaker 1: layers to this game. The Rams score thirty points a game.

1027
00:51:28,360 --> 00:51:31,279
Speaker 1: The Chargers have a pretty darn good defense, even without

1028
00:51:31,320 --> 00:51:34,120
Speaker 1: Joey Bosa and Kaze Heyward, you know, flipping around, the

1029
00:51:34,200 --> 00:51:37,359
Speaker 1: Chargers offense has been rolling. Look what a Philip did

1030
00:51:37,360 --> 00:51:40,719
Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter week one, obviously, and then look

1031
00:51:40,760 --> 00:51:43,680
Speaker 1: what they did last week, especially in the first half

1032
00:51:44,000 --> 00:51:47,600
Speaker 1: against a Rams defense that has grown six consecutive shutout

1033
00:51:47,680 --> 00:51:50,360
Speaker 1: quarters and didn't allow the Cardinals to take a snap

1034
00:51:50,680 --> 00:51:53,360
Speaker 1: in Ramps territory until the second to last play of

1035
00:51:53,360 --> 00:51:57,320
Speaker 1: the game last weekend. And then you have, obviously the

1036
00:51:57,840 --> 00:52:00,520
Speaker 1: LA thing and the fact that they're on a shaff

1037
00:52:00,560 --> 00:52:02,840
Speaker 1: stadium in a couple of years, and the fact that

1038
00:52:02,880 --> 00:52:05,279
Speaker 1: the Chargers have planted their flag with their battle for

1039
00:52:05,560 --> 00:52:08,719
Speaker 1: LA thing, and the fact that, to be blunt, I

1040
00:52:08,760 --> 00:52:10,520
Speaker 1: know you know this. The Rams are the ones getting

1041
00:52:10,520 --> 00:52:13,280
Speaker 1: most of the attention right now is the super Bowl.

1042
00:52:14,239 --> 00:52:16,200
Speaker 1: I want to call them favorite because they're not but

1043
00:52:16,280 --> 00:52:20,200
Speaker 1: a team that people are are forecasting. If we could

1044
00:52:20,239 --> 00:52:23,000
Speaker 1: even do that week three for the Super Bowl or

1045
00:52:23,000 --> 00:52:25,800
Speaker 1: two at all, and they look great and blah blah blah,

1046
00:52:25,920 --> 00:52:28,840
Speaker 1: this game. We all know this would go a long

1047
00:52:29,000 --> 00:52:33,760
Speaker 1: way for bragging rights for the Chargers, neither the Rams.

1048
00:52:34,800 --> 00:52:37,520
Speaker 1: It wouldn't be the same thing. But this game truly

1049
00:52:37,600 --> 00:52:41,680
Speaker 1: does mean a lot if the Chargers were to win it.

1050
00:52:43,320 --> 00:52:45,680
Speaker 1: I'm excited. I'm disappointed. I'm not going to be able

1051
00:52:45,680 --> 00:52:48,239
Speaker 1: to be there obviously, I am working on Sunday. I

1052
00:52:48,280 --> 00:52:50,799
Speaker 1: wish we could flip games and this could be the

1053
00:52:50,840 --> 00:52:53,520
Speaker 1: T and F game next week and the Rams could

1054
00:52:53,560 --> 00:52:56,120
Speaker 1: play the Vikings this week. Yeah, you and me both,

1055
00:52:56,160 --> 00:52:58,560
Speaker 1: and you mentioned it. There's so many layers to this,

1056
00:52:58,719 --> 00:53:01,920
Speaker 1: and you know the West connection with Talieve and Peters

1057
00:53:02,239 --> 00:53:06,400
Speaker 1: and Wade Phillips, you know Philip and that secondary and

1058
00:53:06,400 --> 00:53:08,719
Speaker 1: that defense in general, he has a lot of familiarity

1059
00:53:08,800 --> 00:53:13,200
Speaker 1: with and I just think if the Chargers can get

1060
00:53:13,239 --> 00:53:15,480
Speaker 1: this one, you know, you stumble against the Chiefs in

1061
00:53:15,520 --> 00:53:18,480
Speaker 1: Week one. Not only is it a big win for

1062
00:53:18,520 --> 00:53:21,879
Speaker 1: them because it's against a team in Los Angeles, but

1063
00:53:22,040 --> 00:53:23,920
Speaker 1: I just think it gives you a lot of confidence

1064
00:53:24,280 --> 00:53:26,440
Speaker 1: moving forward. You got the forty nine Ers next week

1065
00:53:26,440 --> 00:53:28,520
Speaker 1: at home, you got the Raiders the following week, then

1066
00:53:28,560 --> 00:53:30,520
Speaker 1: you go on a big road trip. It may have

1067
00:53:30,600 --> 00:53:32,560
Speaker 1: some bragging rights to it, but I think just a

1068
00:53:32,640 --> 00:53:35,760
Speaker 1: confidence booster if you can beat a very well rounded

1069
00:53:35,800 --> 00:53:38,120
Speaker 1: team in the Rams. I think this is a big

1070
00:53:38,120 --> 00:53:40,440
Speaker 1: test for the Chargers if you look at obviously what

1071
00:53:40,480 --> 00:53:43,879
Speaker 1: they've done the first two so week one. I think

1072
00:53:43,880 --> 00:53:45,800
Speaker 1: a lot of people came away from Week one Chris

1073
00:53:45,840 --> 00:53:47,960
Speaker 1: with the here we go again, all right? I mean,

1074
00:53:48,200 --> 00:53:50,799
Speaker 1: we get so excited for this team, and then September

1075
00:53:50,960 --> 00:53:53,520
Speaker 1: is what the heck's going on here? In just the

1076
00:53:53,560 --> 00:53:55,800
Speaker 1: way that the Chiefs came out and kind of punched

1077
00:53:55,840 --> 00:53:59,239
Speaker 1: him in them out right. Yeah, they got back on

1078
00:53:59,320 --> 00:54:02,520
Speaker 1: track last week. To win on the road in this

1079
00:54:02,600 --> 00:54:06,239
Speaker 1: league is never easy, right, but they want on the road,

1080
00:54:06,280 --> 00:54:10,040
Speaker 1: and they'd beat a rookie quarterback making his first career start,

1081
00:54:10,360 --> 00:54:13,600
Speaker 1: and the Bills just aren't any good. Okay, there's another

1082
00:54:13,640 --> 00:54:17,319
Speaker 1: way to say the Bills aren't good. So that's why

1083
00:54:17,360 --> 00:54:20,160
Speaker 1: this one is so big for me for the Chargers

1084
00:54:20,160 --> 00:54:23,120
Speaker 1: because I think we get a far better read as

1085
00:54:23,160 --> 00:54:28,000
Speaker 1: to who they are. And you know, the Rams won

1086
00:54:28,040 --> 00:54:30,799
Speaker 1: on the road, tough game at Oakland John Gruten's first game.

1087
00:54:30,840 --> 00:54:34,400
Speaker 1: We didn't know who the Raiders are last week. That

1088
00:54:34,560 --> 00:54:37,719
Speaker 1: a very very convincing victory as well, but against the

1089
00:54:37,719 --> 00:54:40,720
Speaker 1: team like with what the Chargers had, that simply isn't

1090
00:54:40,760 --> 00:54:44,520
Speaker 1: that good. So I then we learned a lot about

1091
00:54:44,560 --> 00:54:47,800
Speaker 1: both teams this week. Andrew, what are the deficiencies if any,

1092
00:54:47,960 --> 00:54:49,799
Speaker 1: when you look at this Rams team? Because you called

1093
00:54:49,800 --> 00:54:51,600
Speaker 1: the preseason games and I asked if any Bots and

1094
00:54:51,640 --> 00:54:54,799
Speaker 1: your this too. You didn't see really any of the

1095
00:54:54,840 --> 00:54:58,759
Speaker 1: starters in the preseason. We have a very small sample size.

1096
00:54:58,760 --> 00:55:02,359
Speaker 1: I think it's very easy to overreact either way through

1097
00:55:02,400 --> 00:55:05,680
Speaker 1: the first two weeks of the regular season. But is

1098
00:55:05,719 --> 00:55:08,239
Speaker 1: there anything you can point to in terms of a

1099
00:55:08,239 --> 00:55:11,399
Speaker 1: weakness on this Rams team? You know, if you ask

1100
00:55:11,480 --> 00:55:14,080
Speaker 1: that to Jashan McVeigh, he'll always give you the same.

1101
00:55:14,120 --> 00:55:17,120
Speaker 1: You know, consistency. It's about the process. It's about stacking

1102
00:55:17,200 --> 00:55:20,319
Speaker 1: play after playing game after game and always improving and

1103
00:55:20,360 --> 00:55:22,359
Speaker 1: all that fun stuff. I would say that The Rams

1104
00:55:22,360 --> 00:55:25,520
Speaker 1: certainly wore rusty their past. You know, they didn't have

1105
00:55:25,560 --> 00:55:28,880
Speaker 1: a single snap from the offensive starters, say for Jamon

1106
00:55:29,000 --> 00:55:31,200
Speaker 1: Brown in the preseason, and he was suspended the first

1107
00:55:31,239 --> 00:55:34,200
Speaker 1: two games. He's back this week. The defense did play

1108
00:55:34,440 --> 00:55:39,520
Speaker 1: seven big snaps against the Textans week three the preseason.

1109
00:55:39,560 --> 00:55:43,720
Speaker 1: They were in seven really meaningful seven seven big snaps,

1110
00:55:44,040 --> 00:55:47,440
Speaker 1: but they two were rusty in the first half against

1111
00:55:47,480 --> 00:55:51,400
Speaker 1: the Raiders. Since then, both sides have been kind of

1112
00:55:52,000 --> 00:55:56,360
Speaker 1: kind of lights out. They thought that edge rush from

1113
00:55:56,640 --> 00:55:59,360
Speaker 1: these young linebackers was going to be an issue, but

1114
00:55:59,600 --> 00:56:03,280
Speaker 1: hamptoncom has been in the backfield a lot. Corey Littleton

1115
00:56:03,360 --> 00:56:05,480
Speaker 1: has made a lot of plays in middle linebacker. That

1116
00:56:05,560 --> 00:56:08,879
Speaker 1: was a really big questern mark. He's an undersized guy,

1117
00:56:09,560 --> 00:56:10,880
Speaker 1: made the team a couple of years ago as an

1118
00:56:10,920 --> 00:56:14,400
Speaker 1: undrafted free agent and worked his way up from special teams.

1119
00:56:14,400 --> 00:56:16,399
Speaker 1: He's a speed guy. They were not at any way

1120
00:56:16,400 --> 00:56:19,200
Speaker 1: concerned though, with his ability to handle making the calls,

1121
00:56:19,600 --> 00:56:22,719
Speaker 1: having that headset in his helmet. But I think they'd

1122
00:56:22,760 --> 00:56:26,880
Speaker 1: be They'd be honest and say they're they're pleasantly surprised

1123
00:56:26,880 --> 00:56:30,160
Speaker 1: with how well he has played so far. The run

1124
00:56:30,200 --> 00:56:34,239
Speaker 1: defense could always get a little bit better. Um, I

1125
00:56:34,239 --> 00:56:36,480
Speaker 1: guess if you want to circle something, that's it. And

1126
00:56:36,520 --> 00:56:40,840
Speaker 1: they didn't run the ball too well last week. They

1127
00:56:40,880 --> 00:56:45,080
Speaker 1: haven't put a big rushing numbers period. Yeah, so I

1128
00:56:45,160 --> 00:56:48,479
Speaker 1: think run the football a little bit better. They didn't

1129
00:56:48,520 --> 00:56:52,480
Speaker 1: work the screen game week one until the fourth quarter.

1130
00:56:52,560 --> 00:56:55,920
Speaker 1: I think sometimes they forget that they're so effective um

1131
00:56:56,080 --> 00:56:59,959
Speaker 1: doing that. You know, they think they could score forty

1132
00:57:00,040 --> 00:57:02,439
Speaker 1: points a game most weeks they have. They don't say

1133
00:57:02,440 --> 00:57:05,520
Speaker 1: that out loud, but they know that they only scored

1134
00:57:05,560 --> 00:57:08,200
Speaker 1: twenty nine points something last year and then it should

1135
00:57:08,200 --> 00:57:10,799
Speaker 1: have been thirty. Yeah, so far, I think it's thirty one.

1136
00:57:11,000 --> 00:57:13,279
Speaker 1: And you know, Gurley had three touchdowns last week, but

1137
00:57:14,000 --> 00:57:17,440
Speaker 1: only two point two per pop. Jared Golf is the

1138
00:57:17,440 --> 00:57:20,040
Speaker 1: guy I want to ask you about Andrew because just

1139
00:57:20,160 --> 00:57:23,520
Speaker 1: talking to Casey Hayward about an hour ago, he said

1140
00:57:23,560 --> 00:57:26,760
Speaker 1: that Jared from this point last year when they were

1141
00:57:26,760 --> 00:57:31,160
Speaker 1: doing joint practices to now is a completely different player.

1142
00:57:31,480 --> 00:57:34,320
Speaker 1: I'm just curious from your perspective just how much better

1143
00:57:34,400 --> 00:57:39,200
Speaker 1: he's gotten under McVeigh in this past year. Huge, huge,

1144
00:57:39,520 --> 00:57:44,280
Speaker 1: And I wouldn't say it's more confidence because Jared has

1145
00:57:44,440 --> 00:57:48,440
Speaker 1: never lacked confidence. It's the speed of which he goes

1146
00:57:48,480 --> 00:57:51,560
Speaker 1: through his progressions. It's the second year in the system,

1147
00:57:52,080 --> 00:57:56,240
Speaker 1: and an understanding who's going to be where and when

1148
00:57:56,480 --> 00:58:00,440
Speaker 1: and why why is a big reason too. It's not

1149
00:58:00,480 --> 00:58:01,960
Speaker 1: all right. I could see the play in my head.

1150
00:58:02,000 --> 00:58:04,960
Speaker 1: I know everyone's gonna be where everyone's gonna be, but

1151
00:58:05,080 --> 00:58:07,960
Speaker 1: it's where am I moving these pieces? Why are these

1152
00:58:07,960 --> 00:58:11,120
Speaker 1: pieces going where they're going against this defensive look and

1153
00:58:11,240 --> 00:58:14,400
Speaker 1: just everything is sped up, Everything is sped up. And

1154
00:58:14,440 --> 00:58:18,160
Speaker 1: some of the tight window throws he made week one

1155
00:58:18,520 --> 00:58:22,440
Speaker 1: to Brandon Cooks, Week two to Robert Woods back shoulder throws,

1156
00:58:22,480 --> 00:58:26,040
Speaker 1: tight window throws balls where he's he's hitting Brandon Cooks

1157
00:58:26,040 --> 00:58:28,880
Speaker 1: really in the face mask and Cooks is attacking that

1158
00:58:28,920 --> 00:58:33,480
Speaker 1: football while leaning backwards. He is that much better. I

1159
00:58:33,520 --> 00:58:36,200
Speaker 1: don't want to say throwouts year number one, because he

1160
00:58:36,640 --> 00:58:39,160
Speaker 1: certainly learned. I mean to get out there, and it

1161
00:58:39,240 --> 00:58:45,480
Speaker 1: was a baptism by fire, but that was comparatively speaking,

1162
00:58:47,280 --> 00:58:51,800
Speaker 1: a high school offense. I'll use Eric Dickerson's Well, you know,

1163
00:58:51,880 --> 00:58:54,280
Speaker 1: if that was a high school offense, this is advanced calculus.

1164
00:58:54,320 --> 00:58:57,720
Speaker 1: And he's he's kind of seeing the numbers almost like he's, uh,

1165
00:58:57,800 --> 00:59:00,000
Speaker 1: what's his face in a beautiful mind where they levitate

1166
00:59:00,080 --> 00:59:05,920
Speaker 1: off the blackboard. Yeah, Russ Crowe, yes him, Thank you, Andrew.

1167
00:59:06,160 --> 00:59:09,400
Speaker 1: This sounds very cliche, but it's gonna come down to turnovers.

1168
00:59:09,520 --> 00:59:11,960
Speaker 1: I look at the last in the charges last ten wins,

1169
00:59:12,000 --> 00:59:15,000
Speaker 1: they forced at least two turnovers. In nine of those

1170
00:59:15,000 --> 00:59:17,160
Speaker 1: ten games they forced the turnover, and every single one

1171
00:59:17,160 --> 00:59:19,320
Speaker 1: of those games. I think it's gonna come down to

1172
00:59:19,360 --> 00:59:22,920
Speaker 1: turnovers and just the ability to get to golf and

1173
00:59:23,000 --> 00:59:26,080
Speaker 1: force him into mistakes that he clearly hasn't made as

1174
00:59:26,080 --> 00:59:31,120
Speaker 1: of late. No, he hasn't. And look, I mean he didn't.

1175
00:59:31,120 --> 00:59:34,840
Speaker 1: He didn't have bank he had he had minuscule interception

1176
00:59:34,960 --> 00:59:38,200
Speaker 1: numbers last year and that's a huge reason why they

1177
00:59:38,200 --> 00:59:41,760
Speaker 1: want is he did not turn the ball over. The

1178
00:59:41,840 --> 00:59:45,320
Speaker 1: ball's gonna get out quickly. But McVay set stuff up too.

1179
00:59:45,480 --> 00:59:48,720
Speaker 1: I mean there's I mean, they have a lot of

1180
00:59:49,360 --> 00:59:53,480
Speaker 1: hard play fakes and take a shot deep um. He

1181
00:59:53,560 --> 00:59:57,640
Speaker 1: loves doing that, but no one's being able to run

1182
00:59:57,680 --> 01:00:03,080
Speaker 1: with Brandon Cooks. So far. To think about the Chargers, though,

1183
01:00:03,160 --> 01:00:05,080
Speaker 1: is when they forced to turnover, they have to turn

1184
01:00:05,120 --> 01:00:09,360
Speaker 1: them into points. They have to. They can't, they can't

1185
01:00:09,360 --> 01:00:12,520
Speaker 1: settle for field goals. If then when they forced turnovers,

1186
01:00:12,640 --> 01:00:16,000
Speaker 1: because the Rams are still going to score thirty one

1187
01:00:16,040 --> 01:00:19,400
Speaker 1: way or together. I can't see this, Chris as a

1188
01:00:19,440 --> 01:00:22,840
Speaker 1: seventeen to fourteen game, did you No? I don't think so.

1189
01:00:23,120 --> 01:00:25,720
Speaker 1: I think this is this is high twenties, early thirties.

1190
01:00:25,760 --> 01:00:30,240
Speaker 1: I firmly believe that. And we talk about this Rams

1191
01:00:30,280 --> 01:00:33,320
Speaker 1: offense so much, what the Chargers have been able to do,

1192
01:00:33,520 --> 01:00:37,200
Speaker 1: specifically with Austin Eckler and Melvin Gordon. You know, we

1193
01:00:37,200 --> 01:00:39,400
Speaker 1: could talk about Keenan Allen and Mike Williams. All You'll

1194
01:00:39,400 --> 01:00:42,960
Speaker 1: want the fact that those guys Week one, almost three

1195
01:00:43,040 --> 01:00:46,400
Speaker 1: hundred total yards. You saw what Austin Ekeler has become

1196
01:00:46,640 --> 01:00:49,680
Speaker 1: in this offense and how they've seamlessly just integrated him

1197
01:00:49,840 --> 01:00:53,320
Speaker 1: in Melvin together, Melvin Gordon with three touchdowns, and you

1198
01:00:53,400 --> 01:00:56,400
Speaker 1: have to account for Austin Eckler coming out of the backfield,

1199
01:00:56,400 --> 01:00:58,920
Speaker 1: and I think that's a potential mismatch that they may

1200
01:00:58,960 --> 01:01:01,880
Speaker 1: be able to exploit. Okay, so I'm saying it right,

1201
01:01:01,920 --> 01:01:05,439
Speaker 1: it's Austin Eckler because I am eagle right. Last week

1202
01:01:05,680 --> 01:01:09,200
Speaker 1: or two weeks I kept saying, like adding a syllab maybe, well,

1203
01:01:09,200 --> 01:01:12,280
Speaker 1: you know what ian Is on this podcast. Ian Is

1204
01:01:12,400 --> 01:01:14,560
Speaker 1: was my first guest on this podcast. I have to

1205
01:01:14,640 --> 01:01:16,160
Speaker 1: go I have to go back and see how he

1206
01:01:16,200 --> 01:01:21,400
Speaker 1: said he was. I love I He's my absolute favorite

1207
01:01:21,400 --> 01:01:27,400
Speaker 1: on Sunday's the Best. Yeah, and he was saying and

1208
01:01:27,840 --> 01:01:29,880
Speaker 1: it was. It was freaking me out because then you

1209
01:01:29,880 --> 01:01:32,160
Speaker 1: start the second guess. I think you just put a

1210
01:01:32,200 --> 01:01:36,640
Speaker 1: little bit more emphasis on the yes. He was. He

1211
01:01:36,720 --> 01:01:39,800
Speaker 1: was hitting his annunciation UM as he always does. I

1212
01:01:40,080 --> 01:01:44,280
Speaker 1: would say people need to be to uh keep their

1213
01:01:44,280 --> 01:01:47,560
Speaker 1: eyes open for Mike Williams. We saw it firsthand how

1214
01:01:47,600 --> 01:01:49,800
Speaker 1: good he looked in for a stepping stuff for how

1215
01:01:49,840 --> 01:01:51,480
Speaker 1: good he is going to be. And you're going to

1216
01:01:51,560 --> 01:01:53,680
Speaker 1: keep getting better and better because they have a dynamic

1217
01:01:53,760 --> 01:01:58,240
Speaker 1: duo in the backfield. UM, I just love watching Philip play.

1218
01:01:58,760 --> 01:02:03,760
Speaker 1: I mean, I hope Philip ever retires. I know he's

1219
01:02:04,280 --> 01:02:09,760
Speaker 1: he's my favorite. UM, and they have so many weapons.

1220
01:02:09,840 --> 01:02:14,960
Speaker 1: Even with Hunter Henry injured, they they're gonna test the

1221
01:02:15,080 --> 01:02:18,680
Speaker 1: RAM secondary RAM secondary wasn't RAM secondary. Biness basically took

1222
01:02:18,680 --> 01:02:20,640
Speaker 1: the week off last week. Now that's not to suggest

1223
01:02:20,680 --> 01:02:23,800
Speaker 1: they weren't working hard. They shut the Cardinals dot, but

1224
01:02:24,160 --> 01:02:28,520
Speaker 1: you know, the Cardinals never took any shots. Radford had

1225
01:02:28,600 --> 01:02:32,200
Speaker 1: ninety yards passing, right, he had ninety yards passing. It

1226
01:02:32,280 --> 01:02:35,000
Speaker 1: was it was comical at the end when you looked

1227
01:02:35,000 --> 01:02:37,760
Speaker 1: at his numbers, like what was his yards per attempt?

1228
01:02:38,120 --> 01:02:42,080
Speaker 1: I don't even know. I know it wasn't good, ridiculous.

1229
01:02:42,240 --> 01:02:45,440
Speaker 1: I think it was free. So they're gonna take their shots.

1230
01:02:45,960 --> 01:02:50,160
Speaker 1: I want to see these guys get tested deep. They

1231
01:02:50,280 --> 01:02:52,600
Speaker 1: know each other very well too. Ede. I know we

1232
01:02:52,680 --> 01:02:55,560
Speaker 1: talked about the success that Peters has had against Philip Rivers,

1233
01:02:55,600 --> 01:03:00,600
Speaker 1: but I'll never forget that first half of twenty sixteen

1234
01:03:00,720 --> 01:03:04,720
Speaker 1: Keenan Allen versus Marcus Peters. Unfortunately, before Keenan got hurt

1235
01:03:04,760 --> 01:03:08,440
Speaker 1: for the year, he was having a day against Marcus Peters.

1236
01:03:08,440 --> 01:03:11,600
Speaker 1: And I think of all the matchups on the field Sunday,

1237
01:03:11,760 --> 01:03:15,040
Speaker 1: that's the one I'm most looking forward to seeing. Yeah,

1238
01:03:15,120 --> 01:03:19,800
Speaker 1: Marcus is a fun dude. Um, he's uh, you know

1239
01:03:19,840 --> 01:03:23,880
Speaker 1: your form impressions about people covering them from AFAR. I

1240
01:03:23,920 --> 01:03:28,440
Speaker 1: think maybe I'd interviewed him once on NFL Network, getting

1241
01:03:28,480 --> 01:03:31,320
Speaker 1: to know him just a little bit. Yeah, he's a

1242
01:03:31,360 --> 01:03:39,200
Speaker 1: fiery dude, but he's a fun dude and he's he's

1243
01:03:39,240 --> 01:03:41,840
Speaker 1: good to the people around him. Like the No, no

1244
01:03:41,880 --> 01:03:45,280
Speaker 1: one's saying anything bad about Marcus Peters in that locker room.

1245
01:03:45,320 --> 01:03:47,520
Speaker 1: No one's saying, why do we have this guy? And

1246
01:03:47,640 --> 01:03:52,320
Speaker 1: that goes from his teammates to the support staff. He

1247
01:03:52,400 --> 01:03:56,080
Speaker 1: has been. He has been everything that people said he

1248
01:03:56,320 --> 01:03:59,600
Speaker 1: wasn't so far in this locker room and and yeah,

1249
01:03:59,600 --> 01:04:02,200
Speaker 1: he's all we're good at football. Yeah, he's pretty good.

1250
01:04:02,240 --> 01:04:04,040
Speaker 1: He had he had high praise for Philip and I

1251
01:04:04,080 --> 01:04:06,919
Speaker 1: think just two competitors, man, you know they respect each other.

1252
01:04:07,440 --> 01:04:10,760
Speaker 1: And we'll get you out here on this week three storylines.

1253
01:04:11,080 --> 01:04:13,680
Speaker 1: There's twelve other games that you're going to be bouncing

1254
01:04:13,680 --> 01:04:17,760
Speaker 1: around two on Sunday. What stands out to you through

1255
01:04:17,760 --> 01:04:19,240
Speaker 1: the first two weeks and what are you looking forward

1256
01:04:19,240 --> 01:04:23,360
Speaker 1: to seeing outside this game? A couple of things, just

1257
01:04:23,400 --> 01:04:27,960
Speaker 1: the whole factor from from quarterbacks, specifically in Ryan Fitzpatrick

1258
01:04:28,040 --> 01:04:32,640
Speaker 1: and Patrick's Mahomes. What Patrick Mahomes is doing. I mean,

1259
01:04:33,880 --> 01:04:36,280
Speaker 1: I'm wrong. I'm free to admit I'm wrong. Like I

1260
01:04:36,440 --> 01:04:40,000
Speaker 1: understood organizationally, why the Chiefs moved on from Alex Smith.

1261
01:04:40,000 --> 01:04:42,600
Speaker 1: He drafted this kid. You were ready to pass the torch,

1262
01:04:42,680 --> 01:04:45,760
Speaker 1: But I never thought that he would be this good

1263
01:04:46,400 --> 01:04:51,120
Speaker 1: this early. Yeah, and I you know, they won fifty

1264
01:04:51,160 --> 01:04:53,800
Speaker 1: games with Alex Smith the last five years, so I

1265
01:04:54,120 --> 01:04:58,640
Speaker 1: figured the Chiefs were were, you know, a seven and

1266
01:04:58,760 --> 01:05:01,320
Speaker 1: nine team. I didn't think they were a playoff team

1267
01:05:01,360 --> 01:05:04,880
Speaker 1: because I just thought you don't hand the keys to

1268
01:05:04,960 --> 01:05:07,440
Speaker 1: somebody who started only one game in his career and

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Speaker 1: say this is still a playoff team. They got better,

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Speaker 1: and that's just unbelievable. What Ryan Fitzpatrick is doing is

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Speaker 1: borderline unbelievable as well. And I don't think Jameis Winston

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Speaker 1: gets his job back. He's gonna have to wait until

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Speaker 1: Fitzpatrick inevitably hits a rough patch mid season, which everyone

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Speaker 1: does and every team does, and then the Buccaneers have

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Speaker 1: a very interesting dilemmas on their hands this week. What

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Speaker 1: excites me Chiefs and forty nine ers, Mahomes and Garoppolo.

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Speaker 1: The Cowboys and Seahawks. I don't like those are two

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Speaker 1: marquee franchises, but they're two teams that really need to win. Also,

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Speaker 1: I know the Cowboys won last week, but you know

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Speaker 1: they need to I think start putting some wins back

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Speaker 1: to back. Cole Sinne Eagles too. You know, we focus

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Speaker 1: so much on Andrew Luck week one. Yeah, he's healthy. Okay, great, Well,

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Speaker 1: last week he came back and won a road game,

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Speaker 1: so more than healthy. He actually won a road game

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Speaker 1: against a team that had won Week one. If they

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Speaker 1: somehow win this one, I don't know. I don't think

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Speaker 1: they are. But let's say the Colt twin in Philly

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Speaker 1: this week. They're two and one. I don't think they're

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Speaker 1: that good, but it makes it that much more interesting

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Speaker 1: in that division. And then the Titans of the Jaguars.

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Speaker 1: People forget the Titans beat the Jaguars twice last year.

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Speaker 1: They were a playoff team last year, crushed him at

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Speaker 1: the beginning of the year Andrews sixteen, and then beat

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Speaker 1: him again week seventeen heading into the playoffs, so you

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Speaker 1: know they're I'm not saying the Titans are a legit

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Speaker 1: playoff team that right now, but they certainly had the

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Speaker 1: Jaguars number a year ago at Jacksonville's right high. Are

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Speaker 1: they primed for a letdown? I don't know. That one's

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Speaker 1: good too. We have ten games at ten o'clock Pacific,

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Speaker 1: so it's that's usually right that with ten games, my

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Speaker 1: head explode. I can only imagine. I can only imagine,

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Speaker 1: you know again, we talked about it at the top.

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Speaker 1: I think the headliner is Rams Chargers at the Coliseum.

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Speaker 1: I'll be there. You'll be watching thirteen games on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: Is at thirteen games on the Slave. For you, it

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Speaker 1: will be turn yeah, thirteen ten and three ten early

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Speaker 1: at ten o'clock Pacific and then three at one o'clock Pacific. Man, well,

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Speaker 1: I'm sorry to miss you on Sunday, but I'll be

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Speaker 1: at the Colisseum. We'll catch you. We'll catch you in

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Speaker 1: week four at StubHub Center. I always like to watch

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Speaker 1: you ten am to one before the Chargers get rolling.

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Speaker 1: Andrew Ciciliano, I can't thank you for your time, Bud.

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Speaker 1: I appreciate you doing this all right, Chris, enjoy the

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Speaker 1: game Sunday. Take good pictures if that'll do it. A

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Speaker 1: big thanks to Andrew Siciliano, Vinnie Bunts and your Daniel,

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Speaker 1: Jeremiah and I the Eagle for joining me, and of

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Speaker 1: course thanks to you all for listening. You can find

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Speaker 1: Chargers weekly in our new Backstage Chargers podcast on Apple Podcasts.

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Speaker 1: While are there, please leave review, helps spread the word.

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Speaker 1: Enjoy Sunday's game against the Rams, and until next time,

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Speaker 1: I'm Chris Harry,