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Speaker 1: it's definitely a challenge. There's gonna be a challenge to

428
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Speaker 1: get them down. But that's why you play this game. Yeah,

429
00:20:52,359 --> 00:20:53,879
Speaker 1: that's why you play still a little bit of like

430
00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:57,320
Speaker 1: your game. Obviously had a terrific rookie season and they

431
00:20:57,400 --> 00:21:00,680
Speaker 1: say the biggest development leaping development for players from his

432
00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:03,440
Speaker 1: first to second year. I know we're not through to

433
00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:05,280
Speaker 1: the end of this yet, you know, and that's where

434
00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:07,880
Speaker 1: the real self evaluation comes. But what do you think

435
00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:10,600
Speaker 1: where do you think you improved the most from year

436
00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:13,080
Speaker 1: one to year two? Could you play some pretty good

437
00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:17,520
Speaker 1: football in the inside there? I would say probably mentally

438
00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:22,359
Speaker 1: more than anything, because when you win the mental battle,

439
00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:24,600
Speaker 1: like you know what play like, So say you're in

440
00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:28,200
Speaker 1: the field, you see a certain information, you know what's coming,

441
00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:32,040
Speaker 1: You're a step ahead. So I think mentally I was

442
00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:35,440
Speaker 1: able to learn a lot this year from coach, Wise, ag, everybody,

443
00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:40,200
Speaker 1: just little things that all helped me out on the field,

444
00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:43,280
Speaker 1: made me be able to play faster or maybe see

445
00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:45,600
Speaker 1: a play quirker. So I would say the mental aspect

446
00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:48,480
Speaker 1: for me and just learning the game itself was probably

447
00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:51,320
Speaker 1: my biggest you know, that's what I was focusing on

448
00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:53,080
Speaker 1: this year a lot as well. But that's probably the

449
00:21:53,119 --> 00:21:55,640
Speaker 1: biggest thing I've learned. And how much how much fun

450
00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:58,520
Speaker 1: are you having? Right now or last year obviously rookie season.

451
00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:01,000
Speaker 1: You know you went through stretch to win this games

452
00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:02,879
Speaker 1: and you were kind of just grinding to the finish

453
00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:06,160
Speaker 1: at this point last year. Let's be honest this year

454
00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:09,320
Speaker 1: to be playing meaningful games, to be in the graphic.

455
00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:12,560
Speaker 1: I mean, you guys are right there in the playoff

456
00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:14,960
Speaker 1: hunt in the NFC, and it's it's going to be.

457
00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:18,000
Speaker 1: I'm expecting it to be pretty crazy for the season

458
00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:21,600
Speaker 1: finale there at Ford Field. Just how much different is

459
00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:24,240
Speaker 1: December football this time around? And how much does that

460
00:22:24,359 --> 00:22:26,800
Speaker 1: leave a taste in your mouth that, like, boy, I

461
00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:29,560
Speaker 1: saw what it was last year. This is way much fun.

462
00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:32,320
Speaker 1: Let's keep it like this consistently year and in year out.

463
00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:35,280
Speaker 1: And that's just it right there. Um of why you

464
00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:38,320
Speaker 1: know when we started off one in six and how

465
00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:41,080
Speaker 1: we had that flip and we turns everything around. The

466
00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:44,040
Speaker 1: taste in our mouth now is like okay, like we're

467
00:22:44,119 --> 00:22:46,320
Speaker 1: almost there, like we can see it there. We just

468
00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:49,440
Speaker 1: try to go finish it. The job's not done, and

469
00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:51,520
Speaker 1: you know that it starts with this game this weekend.

470
00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:54,800
Speaker 1: It starts with this game this weekend. But it's a

471
00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:58,680
Speaker 1: lot different this year, obviously last year, this year is

472
00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:02,920
Speaker 1: just we're winning ball games and everything just feels a

473
00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,520
Speaker 1: lot different, you know, different energies in the locker room.

474
00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:08,359
Speaker 1: We know how to win, and so when it's something

475
00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:10,840
Speaker 1: that's not going right or the correct way, we kind

476
00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:12,800
Speaker 1: of know that. Okay, we're not on our you know,

477
00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:15,480
Speaker 1: we're not on our game right now. Last year it

478
00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:18,280
Speaker 1: was a little bit different, um, you know, rookie year.

479
00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:20,359
Speaker 1: I was just coming in trying to do whatever I

480
00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:22,719
Speaker 1: could to play and you know, to help us win.

481
00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:25,359
Speaker 1: So I didn't really know how to win or I

482
00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:28,800
Speaker 1: was just kind of playing games honestly, But this shar

483
00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:33,720
Speaker 1: definitely means a ton Like each game, like I don't

484
00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:35,880
Speaker 1: I didn't let any game go by, Like I took

485
00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:38,240
Speaker 1: advantage of each game, each opportunity. I was like, okay,

486
00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:40,879
Speaker 1: this is what the league is. And once, especially when

487
00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:43,400
Speaker 1: we started winning, it was just like okay, yeah, yeah,

488
00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:44,920
Speaker 1: we knew what we're doing. Now let's just come on,

489
00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:47,560
Speaker 1: let's keep doing this, Let's keep doing everything just means

490
00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:50,239
Speaker 1: more to you. And if that applies to some of them,

491
00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:51,879
Speaker 1: I mean, could you just gonna a lot of contributions

492
00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:55,040
Speaker 1: from young guys Aiden and Curry and Josh, and if

493
00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:57,000
Speaker 1: the list goes on with with young guys. I mean

494
00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,880
Speaker 1: I still consider um, you know, Jerry a young guy.

495
00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:02,800
Speaker 1: Jeff is fairly young, just because he hasn't played so much, so,

496
00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:06,720
Speaker 1: you know, taking those lessons from what you learned and

497
00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:10,600
Speaker 1: expecting everyone to get better. Gear two, Gear three. Just

498
00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:12,760
Speaker 1: what do you see as the future of this defense?

499
00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:15,320
Speaker 1: I mean you're taking some lumps right now, obviously, but

500
00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:17,160
Speaker 1: you guys are really young. Do you think that boats

501
00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:21,200
Speaker 1: well for the future on defense? Oh? Yeah, yeah, I

502
00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:24,840
Speaker 1: see you. Like you know, it's obviously I'm biased because

503
00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:27,800
Speaker 1: it's us, but I see dominant defense, you know, in

504
00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:30,639
Speaker 1: the future. Um, And I'm not even just saying that

505
00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:32,920
Speaker 1: just because it's us. I really believe we can do that.

506
00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:35,280
Speaker 1: We can be a dominant defense. We want to have

507
00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:39,560
Speaker 1: one of those nickname type defenses like Seattle or someone

508
00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:42,720
Speaker 1: that we want to be that. It takes a lot

509
00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:44,200
Speaker 1: of work to get there. It's gonna tell you a

510
00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:47,119
Speaker 1: lot of work, um, but I really feel like we

511
00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:49,760
Speaker 1: can be one of those dominant in the future for sure.

512
00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:52,880
Speaker 1: Speaking of a lot of work. Obviously, football is number one.

513
00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,080
Speaker 1: That's the focus right now, but you've got a lot

514
00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:57,600
Speaker 1: of off the field interests there too. You dip your

515
00:24:58,040 --> 00:24:59,680
Speaker 1: dip your toes into a lot of different things. I know.

516
00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:02,360
Speaker 1: Let's start with the music. You got to eat EP

517
00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:04,879
Speaker 1: right now out on Apple Music. Correct. Um, you do

518
00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:07,440
Speaker 1: um a lot of music. When when did you get

519
00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:09,800
Speaker 1: into music? When did that become a passion for you? Yeah?

520
00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:14,040
Speaker 1: So music really, I've always liked music. Um. For one,

521
00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:16,359
Speaker 1: I've always liked it. Me and my brother used to uh,

522
00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:18,600
Speaker 1: my dad used to DJ a little bit for fun

523
00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:20,359
Speaker 1: that the else and so we would I was just

524
00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:23,240
Speaker 1: wrap over a beat or whatever, me and my little brother. Um.

525
00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:26,280
Speaker 1: But I would say I didn't start making music too.

526
00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:28,560
Speaker 1: I want to say freshman year of college, because that's

527
00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:30,520
Speaker 1: when I got my first lap talk and I was

528
00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:33,680
Speaker 1: able to get fruit Louse Studios and then they just

529
00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:35,200
Speaker 1: took off from there. And you do everything you do,

530
00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:38,160
Speaker 1: the beats, the lyrics, yeah, well everything the beats starting

531
00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:40,399
Speaker 1: off earlier. I did my beats. My beats now I

532
00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:42,360
Speaker 1: actually done by one of my friends. He's a producer

533
00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:46,760
Speaker 1: Dante and um, but my lyrics and stuff. Yeah, but

534
00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:49,800
Speaker 1: it's really just something I do for fun. But people

535
00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:52,920
Speaker 1: like you, so I just yeah, And you also have

536
00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:54,960
Speaker 1: the clothing ran right Dream brand is that what it's

537
00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:58,120
Speaker 1: called dream brand. We're actually uh, my first drop will

538
00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:00,719
Speaker 1: actually be this spring coming up. Okay, yeah, yeah, it's

539
00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:03,240
Speaker 1: been a lot of anticipations with that, and my first

540
00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:06,600
Speaker 1: drop actually got lost in the mail, so I had

541
00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:09,600
Speaker 1: to do a whole other order and whatever so to

542
00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:12,159
Speaker 1: drop their spring though, So he got music fashion and

543
00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:14,000
Speaker 1: I know sports wise, I know one of the things

544
00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:16,680
Speaker 1: when when you got drafted, and obviously us writers we

545
00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:19,000
Speaker 1: take a look at the background and the athleticism and

546
00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:22,720
Speaker 1: stuff like that. You have quite the baseball career as well,

547
00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:25,280
Speaker 1: and some people would look at you, right, you're a

548
00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:28,800
Speaker 1: bigger guy first base from right, you play some catcher. No,

549
00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:32,720
Speaker 1: Ali McNeil was out there rolling right field ladies and gentlemen.

550
00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:37,600
Speaker 1: When did you start playing baseball? Was that? Was that

551
00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:40,200
Speaker 1: a first love for you? Or that was my first sport? Yeah,

552
00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:41,840
Speaker 1: that's my first sport. I want to sound was either

553
00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:47,160
Speaker 1: six five six? Young guys? Were you always a bigger

554
00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:50,199
Speaker 1: kid at that time? I was the same size as

555
00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:52,240
Speaker 1: everybody else. I was like nor at that time. But

556
00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:54,560
Speaker 1: I didn't really start getting bigger than my friends till

557
00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:58,399
Speaker 1: I was like nine, and that's when I started noticing

558
00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:01,040
Speaker 1: I'm like, Okay, maybe I am a little bit stronger friend.

559
00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:03,880
Speaker 1: And then when we got to middle school, I kind

560
00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:05,639
Speaker 1: of noticed it, and then high school it's when I

561
00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:07,879
Speaker 1: really noticed it. Yeah, but back then I was the

562
00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:10,840
Speaker 1: same size as everybody else. Yeah, so you're you know,

563
00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:13,480
Speaker 1: you're you're bigger guy, right, you're rolling bright fields obviously

564
00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:15,719
Speaker 1: that Do you remember what you batted your last year

565
00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:20,879
Speaker 1: playing baseball. I've just seen the number the other day, actually,

566
00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:23,960
Speaker 1: but I can't remember it. I can't remember. It wasn't

567
00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:28,440
Speaker 1: low I know it. I want to Yeah, I want

568
00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:29,600
Speaker 1: to say it was in the forest, but I can't

569
00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:32,000
Speaker 1: remember the number. Did you have a chance to play? On?

570
00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:35,360
Speaker 1: Move on playing baseball too. I worked out with NC

571
00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:37,239
Speaker 1: States baseball team in the spring for a little bit,

572
00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:40,080
Speaker 1: but I was just about it. Um. I had worked

573
00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:41,199
Speaker 1: out with them a little bit, and then I had

574
00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:44,000
Speaker 1: an English class that same spring, and you can't miss

575
00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:45,800
Speaker 1: more than two English classes, so it was no way

576
00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:48,480
Speaker 1: I was playing baseball. Yeah. Um, but yeah, I worked

577
00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:50,200
Speaker 1: out with them for a little bit. Yeah, that's going

578
00:27:50,359 --> 00:27:57,479
Speaker 1: so people trying don't realize, I mean, I played baseball

579
00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:01,200
Speaker 1: is always a surprise to them. Oh all right, so

580
00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:04,880
Speaker 1: you got obviously you're in a must win mode, right,

581
00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:07,560
Speaker 1: And have you let yourself think of what Ford Field's

582
00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:10,480
Speaker 1: gonna be like on Sunday, because it's been a pretty

583
00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:12,280
Speaker 1: great environment right leading up when you guys were on

584
00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:14,400
Speaker 1: that six of one stretch. I mean it would sell out,

585
00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:17,200
Speaker 1: standing room only. That's expected to be this week as well.

586
00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:21,080
Speaker 1: But to finish out and what is it like playing

587
00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:23,280
Speaker 1: there when it's sold out, when it's standing room only,

588
00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:26,680
Speaker 1: when it's loud, because look, the span based loans a winner,

589
00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:29,600
Speaker 1: right and they show out when when the team's playing well,

590
00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:31,359
Speaker 1: and they've certainly done that. What Sunday going to be

591
00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:34,879
Speaker 1: like Sunday? So, I mean our home games have been great,

592
00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:38,080
Speaker 1: like you were saying, packed out, but I think this

593
00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:40,760
Speaker 1: Sunday might be a little bit different just because who

594
00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:45,360
Speaker 1: we're playing and what we're playing for the circumstances home game.

595
00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:48,480
Speaker 1: I think this Sunday it's gonna be crazy. We'll give

596
00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:51,560
Speaker 1: them a good show, Yeah, we got Well. Thank you

597
00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:53,760
Speaker 1: for taking the time. It's been great, good insight there.

598
00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:57,920
Speaker 1: Thanks for joining the podcular Sunday, Allie McNeil, Ladies and gentlemen,

599
00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:05,720
Speaker 1: welcome back to the twenty in the Huddle podcast and

600
00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:08,560
Speaker 1: I am joined by p J. Clark and this is

601
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Speaker 1: the bet MGM Key Matchup segment. And like we do,

602
00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:13,800
Speaker 1: we've done it plenty of times. Right, we got five

603
00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:16,000
Speaker 1: key matchups for this week. We know the drill. We're

604
00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:18,280
Speaker 1: just gonna rifle through them. And let's start right away

605
00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:21,320
Speaker 1: with I think is the big one. It's quarterback Justin Fields,

606
00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:24,120
Speaker 1: who first time around against Chicago week ten, one hundred

607
00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:26,880
Speaker 1: forty seven rushing yards, two touchdowns, also threw a couple

608
00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:30,400
Speaker 1: scores if not for a missed extra point by the Bears.

609
00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:34,520
Speaker 1: Who knows how that game ends. Verse defensive coordineer Aaron Glenn,

610
00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:36,520
Speaker 1: And I put Aaron Glenn in there because you know,

611
00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:41,680
Speaker 1: obviously there needs to be a recalibration, as Campbell said

612
00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:45,720
Speaker 1: this week, about UM what they do defensively, because last week, look,

613
00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:48,840
Speaker 1: they buried that gametape from Philadelphia last week. They might

614
00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:51,120
Speaker 1: have stuck a piece of dynamite to the game tape

615
00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:54,080
Speaker 1: from Carolina last week and you know, blowing it up

616
00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:58,640
Speaker 1: somewhere on the ground. It was not good. But I mean,

617
00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:00,680
Speaker 1: this is this is Justin Fields that I know you

618
00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:03,840
Speaker 1: talked with Kevin about it. But eleven rush yards last

619
00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:06,040
Speaker 1: week and that's really where he got you. In the

620
00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:08,680
Speaker 1: first matchup in week ten, he had, you know, a

621
00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:11,520
Speaker 1: blown coverage for a fifty yard Cole Comet touchdown. But

622
00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:15,160
Speaker 1: the ground is really where you got burned that first

623
00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:18,040
Speaker 1: game eleven rush yards. So maybe you take away obviously

624
00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:20,520
Speaker 1: Buffalo is a very talented defensive a little bit different

625
00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:23,440
Speaker 1: personnel there. You take away maybe look at what they

626
00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:25,680
Speaker 1: did last week to kind of negate him. And even

627
00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:28,960
Speaker 1: since that that Week ten game, Darnel Mooney is no

628
00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:33,720
Speaker 1: longer healthy. You're bleeding offensive assets that you had in

629
00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:35,680
Speaker 1: Week ten, but you don't have now, so might get

630
00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:37,800
Speaker 1: playful back for this game. I know he's been missing

631
00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:39,640
Speaker 1: yes so a couple of weeks, so that changed what

632
00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:42,280
Speaker 1: has been throwing the ball. But it's all about stopping

633
00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:44,200
Speaker 1: that run. I think that was one of the things

634
00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:45,960
Speaker 1: and why I put Aaron Glenn in this matchup, because

635
00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:47,400
Speaker 1: I didn't think they did a very good job last

636
00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:49,800
Speaker 1: week of adjusting to what Caroline was doing. They kind of,

637
00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:52,280
Speaker 1: just my opinion, they stayed in that kind of bass

638
00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:54,719
Speaker 1: nickel a little bit too long. You saw how much

639
00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:57,080
Speaker 1: success they were having in the first half, and I

640
00:30:57,200 --> 00:30:59,800
Speaker 1: just didn't think they did enough to maybe readjust in

641
00:30:59,840 --> 00:31:01,720
Speaker 1: the second half that kind of just stuck with some

642
00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:04,600
Speaker 1: of the things that they like to do. Sometimes an

643
00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:06,880
Speaker 1: opponent's got your number right and you've just got to

644
00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:08,680
Speaker 1: change it up. And so you know, that's why I

645
00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:11,840
Speaker 1: think this is key this week. What can Aaron Glenn

646
00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:15,640
Speaker 1: and those defensive coaches glean from that Buffalo tape different

647
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:17,800
Speaker 1: person out We talked about it, but there's some things

648
00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:19,640
Speaker 1: that you can do. You know, they did that you

649
00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:23,400
Speaker 1: know kind of mesh, you know, charged stuff inside and

650
00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:26,440
Speaker 1: loop the linebackers around and did some of those you know,

651
00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:29,480
Speaker 1: different kind of things. Can you you know, maybe apply

652
00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:31,680
Speaker 1: a couple of those things to this week and maybe

653
00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:33,480
Speaker 1: have a little bit better plan than you did weeked

654
00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:35,360
Speaker 1: And I mean we've we've talked about it a bunch,

655
00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:37,080
Speaker 1: Like I feel like the lines have played a lot

656
00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:39,720
Speaker 1: of similar teams back to back. Like you're playing two

657
00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:42,600
Speaker 1: run first teams here and another team with you know,

658
00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:45,120
Speaker 1: Sam Darnold is not a running quarterback, but he ran

659
00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:48,440
Speaker 1: decent decently well last week. But then you have two

660
00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:51,360
Speaker 1: running backs last week another two headed monster this week,

661
00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:54,640
Speaker 1: so you're getting kind of a similar look. Whatever you

662
00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:57,200
Speaker 1: did last week didn't work so now you got to

663
00:31:57,240 --> 00:31:58,920
Speaker 1: turn it around and figure it out the other way

664
00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:01,239
Speaker 1: one hundred percent. Let's go on to matchup number two

665
00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:04,120
Speaker 1: linebacker Nicholas Morrow, who's playing some pretty good football for them.

666
00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:07,840
Speaker 1: Dan Campbell even mentioned him in his Wednesday press conference

667
00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:11,320
Speaker 1: when talking about Chicago and what stood out on the

668
00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:15,320
Speaker 1: game field versus running back DeAndre Swift, who hasn't really

669
00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:17,960
Speaker 1: stuck out. I don't think the last you know, few weeks,

670
00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:22,440
Speaker 1: and and look he's been dealing with injuries all weeks,

671
00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:25,640
Speaker 1: speaking to DeAndre all seasons, speaking of DeAndre Swift, and

672
00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:27,720
Speaker 1: I think that's been a part of that story. But

673
00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:31,320
Speaker 1: the Lions these last two weeks, I think just need

674
00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:34,280
Speaker 1: some of those explosives on them. All those explosive runs

675
00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:36,680
Speaker 1: they were getting from Jamal Williamson DeAndre Swift early in

676
00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:38,719
Speaker 1: the season, they're not getting him now. And I think

677
00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:44,040
Speaker 1: that's why you see such a disparity in the rushing averages,

678
00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:47,240
Speaker 1: the rushing totals, just because the explosives have been gone

679
00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:49,239
Speaker 1: out of there. And you know, this is a big

680
00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:52,200
Speaker 1: matchup this week, and this is a Chicago Bears defense

681
00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:55,000
Speaker 1: that is hurt. They traded away they're two best players

682
00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:57,120
Speaker 1: they're dealing with a ton of injuries, they're starting a

683
00:32:57,200 --> 00:33:00,320
Speaker 1: lot of young guys. Credit Morrow for stepping in. He

684
00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:04,360
Speaker 1: had eight tackles in an interception last week, I believe,

685
00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:06,400
Speaker 1: and he leads a Bears with one hundred and three tackles.

686
00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:08,640
Speaker 1: So look, he stepped into that role. But to me,

687
00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:11,440
Speaker 1: like Swiss got to be one of those guys that

688
00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:14,560
Speaker 1: that helps this Lions team win these last two games.

689
00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:16,480
Speaker 1: They need the explosive place. They need him to be

690
00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:19,040
Speaker 1: a bigger part of the past. I think he's playing

691
00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:20,920
Speaker 1: for his future a little bit pee now. He's under

692
00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:23,760
Speaker 1: contract next year, but you know, do the Lions maybe

693
00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:26,160
Speaker 1: start to think about long term plans at running back?

694
00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:28,080
Speaker 1: And so I think these are a huge last two

695
00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:30,000
Speaker 1: games for Dandrew Swift. It is, and it's a it's

696
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,479
Speaker 1: a deep running back draft class. I mean, nobody likes

697
00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:34,440
Speaker 1: to talk about drafting and running back, but that is

698
00:33:34,760 --> 00:33:37,280
Speaker 1: on the table and an option as it is every year.

699
00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:40,720
Speaker 1: But you're seeing, you know, what can you do with

700
00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:43,360
Speaker 1: just riding Jamal the whole year? And that has kind

701
00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:45,560
Speaker 1: of taken a step back, step back, step back every

702
00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:48,000
Speaker 1: kind of week now. But Swift, I think it's the

703
00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:50,120
Speaker 1: pass game for me, you got to get him involved,

704
00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:53,720
Speaker 1: get a swing pass, just get to the outside sea like,

705
00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:56,600
Speaker 1: just have him make somebody miss and go that way.

706
00:33:56,640 --> 00:33:59,160
Speaker 1: But one note on Swift, since he came back from

707
00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:01,200
Speaker 1: that injury, he's out touching Jamal on the red zone,

708
00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:04,000
Speaker 1: which is not something that I would necessarily expect from

709
00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:07,960
Speaker 1: Jamal fourteen touchdowns, most of those one yard, two yard,

710
00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:10,920
Speaker 1: three yard, But Swift is getting the touchdown opportunities when

711
00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:13,120
Speaker 1: it comes down to it, and I think they've he's

712
00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:16,200
Speaker 1: gotten some opportunities in space too, and hasn't I think

713
00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:18,759
Speaker 1: fully taken advantage of some of those, maybe looking to

714
00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:20,920
Speaker 1: cut back sometimes a little bit too much when the

715
00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:23,279
Speaker 1: play was just followed the block and get north and

716
00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:25,440
Speaker 1: south and do it. So I think a big, big

717
00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:28,200
Speaker 1: last two games for DeAndre Swift, last one at home,

718
00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:31,160
Speaker 1: so um, you know, have a have a big game

719
00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:34,239
Speaker 1: indoors in the past game controlled environment. I think he's

720
00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:37,120
Speaker 1: getting beyond the injuries a little bit more as the

721
00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:39,160
Speaker 1: season gone on, and so they need a big week

722
00:34:39,239 --> 00:34:42,080
Speaker 1: from him. All right, let's transition to um, you know

723
00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:46,000
Speaker 1: Lions defense defensive end Aidan Hutchinson, who had a great

724
00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:48,160
Speaker 1: game Week ten in that game in that Chicago I

725
00:34:48,200 --> 00:34:51,120
Speaker 1: think it was eight tackles a sack. He made the

726
00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:54,160
Speaker 1: play or helped make that play on the Jeff Akuta

727
00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:57,800
Speaker 1: pick six. And against Brason Jones, they're they're young rookie

728
00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:01,240
Speaker 1: left tackle, and so it rook you rookie on rookie

729
00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:03,000
Speaker 1: crime here. And when you look at Jones, he's allowed

730
00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:05,120
Speaker 1: six acts on the year, which isn't too bad for

731
00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:07,440
Speaker 1: a rookie, you know, up and down playing left tackle.

732
00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:10,440
Speaker 1: The thirty seven total pressures piece, that's top ten in

733
00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:13,040
Speaker 1: the NFL. And so here's the guy where I think

734
00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:15,919
Speaker 1: you've got some opportunities if you're Aiden Hutchinson, if you're

735
00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:20,080
Speaker 1: you know, James Houston, if you're Romeo Akuara, John Kaminski,

736
00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:22,959
Speaker 1: to maybe you know, give an opportunity when you're matched

737
00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:25,360
Speaker 1: up there to maybe make some plays and make some

738
00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:27,160
Speaker 1: things happen. That was the note I had that that

739
00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:29,520
Speaker 1: that week tend game that Aiden played so well, and

740
00:35:29,719 --> 00:35:32,400
Speaker 1: that was pre Houston and pre Romeo coming back. So

741
00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:36,440
Speaker 1: now you have your full complement of pass rushers now,

742
00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:38,839
Speaker 1: and you saw it even a little bit last week.

743
00:35:39,080 --> 00:35:41,520
Speaker 1: You know, we talked about at Quanto in James Houston

744
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:43,920
Speaker 1: and James pressure him a couple of times, but I

745
00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:46,080
Speaker 1: thought Ikey really stood in there and played pretty well.

746
00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:48,279
Speaker 1: And now you've got another rookie left tackle this week,

747
00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:51,080
Speaker 1: for Aiden, for Kamensky, for Romeo, like all those guys

748
00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:53,400
Speaker 1: you said, and this is a guy that you know

749
00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:55,719
Speaker 1: you got to keep contain on field. So if you

750
00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:58,160
Speaker 1: keep those edges, you set those edges, especially against the

751
00:35:58,239 --> 00:36:00,080
Speaker 1: rookie tackle and a second year tackle on the on

752
00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:02,640
Speaker 1: the right side, and Larry Barrm, I mean, you just

753
00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:05,080
Speaker 1: you have to key in on the quarterback and you're

754
00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:06,239
Speaker 1: edge to the guy that's you know. And that's a

755
00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:08,719
Speaker 1: good point by you because obviously it's it's stopping Fields

756
00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:10,440
Speaker 1: in the run, you know. So I don't think sacks

757
00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:13,480
Speaker 1: are are a big thing this week in particular. It's

758
00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:15,560
Speaker 1: more keeping him in the pocket. It make him. It

759
00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:17,440
Speaker 1: look if justin Fields sorts for three hundred yards and

760
00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:19,760
Speaker 1: three touchdowns and beats the lines at home, you typically

761
00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:22,759
Speaker 1: and say, yeah, hey he just beat us. If he

762
00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:24,600
Speaker 1: runs for one hundred and forty seven yards and a

763
00:36:24,680 --> 00:36:27,319
Speaker 1: couple of touchdowns and beat you, that's what you knew

764
00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:30,400
Speaker 1: going in you couldn't do. So the sacks aren't a

765
00:36:30,520 --> 00:36:32,440
Speaker 1: huge game, but I was really disappointed with that defensive

766
00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:34,840
Speaker 1: line played last week. It was kind of similar. You

767
00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:37,000
Speaker 1: knew that Caroline was gonna run the football. There weren't

768
00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:39,239
Speaker 1: gonna be a ton of opportunities, but no sacks, no

769
00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:42,440
Speaker 1: quarterback hits. Obviously, you know they gave up three hundred

770
00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:45,040
Speaker 1: twenty rushing yards. Now that's a collective three twenty by

771
00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:47,120
Speaker 1: by the defense, not just a defensive line. But they

772
00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:49,479
Speaker 1: need a big better effort from those guys up front,

773
00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:52,080
Speaker 1: not only in the run game, but when fields does

774
00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:54,839
Speaker 1: decide to pass, if they're successful stopping that and making

775
00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:58,000
Speaker 1: that what they have to do, then you know, have

776
00:36:58,080 --> 00:37:00,680
Speaker 1: some obseries, make some places, get some sacks. It's a young,

777
00:37:01,040 --> 00:37:04,040
Speaker 1: inexperienced offensive line for Chicago, so if there was ever

778
00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:05,879
Speaker 1: a time to take advantage of it, I think it's

779
00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:07,680
Speaker 1: gonna be this week. All right, Let's go to the

780
00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:11,120
Speaker 1: next one, safety Jaquant Brisker, who I think is playing

781
00:37:11,239 --> 00:37:15,520
Speaker 1: terrific against DJ Chark, who's really, come on, he's really

782
00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:18,560
Speaker 1: been that kind of down the field playmaking guy. And

783
00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:20,800
Speaker 1: that's why this matchup is an interesting one for me

784
00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:23,280
Speaker 1: because I think there's gonna be some opportunities there where

785
00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:25,120
Speaker 1: Brisker is going to have to find himself one on

786
00:37:25,239 --> 00:37:29,520
Speaker 1: one down the field as the deep safety against h

787
00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:32,520
Speaker 1: you know, a Jamo Williams or a DJ Chark, And

788
00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:35,399
Speaker 1: you just look at Chark and I think he's really

789
00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:38,120
Speaker 1: come on. He had over one hundred yards last week.

790
00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:42,759
Speaker 1: He's averaging I think, over fifteen yards of grab over

791
00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:45,759
Speaker 1: his last four games. So he's become what Detroit thought

792
00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:47,840
Speaker 1: he'd be. You know, obviously had to deal with with

793
00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:49,839
Speaker 1: the ankle injury, but I think he's beyond that now.

794
00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:51,680
Speaker 1: And now we're seeing the DJ Chark and what he

795
00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:54,040
Speaker 1: means to this offense that the line's intended when they

796
00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:56,160
Speaker 1: made him a private free agent signing this offseason. I

797
00:37:56,280 --> 00:37:59,680
Speaker 1: think that fifty one yard catch against Carolina is exactly

798
00:37:59,760 --> 00:38:02,200
Speaker 1: what they had drawn up this whole time. And it

799
00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:04,719
Speaker 1: took a while, but they've connected on a few of

800
00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:07,120
Speaker 1: those deep shots coming since the Jacksonville game, and that

801
00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:09,560
Speaker 1: was a big, you know, revenge game for DJ and everything.

802
00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:12,400
Speaker 1: But since then, I mean, caught a touchdown on Thanksgiving

803
00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:15,160
Speaker 1: and to lead into that game, played well against Jacksonville,

804
00:38:15,239 --> 00:38:18,560
Speaker 1: played well against Minnesota at home. Didn't do a lot

805
00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:21,080
Speaker 1: against the Jets, but the offense didn't do a lot

806
00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:23,000
Speaker 1: against the Jets, but then came back and bounced back

807
00:38:23,080 --> 00:38:27,040
Speaker 1: last week and had a good personal game himself against Carolina.

808
00:38:27,320 --> 00:38:29,680
Speaker 1: So this is the guy that you're really kind of

809
00:38:29,719 --> 00:38:31,840
Speaker 1: relying on now. And the thing for me, he's getting

810
00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:34,239
Speaker 1: like four or five targets a game. Can you get him?

811
00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:36,440
Speaker 1: He had eight in the season opener against Philly where

812
00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:39,440
Speaker 1: he caught another touchdown. Can he get closer? Can we

813
00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:42,319
Speaker 1: get another seven eight target game and really make him

814
00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:44,160
Speaker 1: a focal point this week? And when you look at Brisker,

815
00:38:44,239 --> 00:38:46,880
Speaker 1: I think he's quickly becoming one of their better defenders.

816
00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:49,399
Speaker 1: I mean second with eighty six tackles, he leads them

817
00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:51,920
Speaker 1: with four sacks. That's one area where they're really deficient

818
00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:53,840
Speaker 1: over their eighteen sacks on the year. That's lowis in

819
00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:55,759
Speaker 1: the NFL. But look, he's got an the reception of

820
00:38:55,800 --> 00:38:59,480
Speaker 1: four fumble, a fumble recovery like impact plays, right, And

821
00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:02,200
Speaker 1: I think one of the interesting stats when you when

822
00:39:02,239 --> 00:39:04,520
Speaker 1: you look at Chicago is it's a three and twelve

823
00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:06,520
Speaker 1: football team. Not very good, right. I think we could

824
00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:08,200
Speaker 1: both kind agree with that. But when you look at

825
00:39:08,239 --> 00:39:11,360
Speaker 1: the turnover differential for them, dead even at zero and

826
00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:14,600
Speaker 1: so they've got twenty one giveaways. Twenty one takeaways. They've

827
00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:16,560
Speaker 1: got six in the last two games. So I think

828
00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:19,320
Speaker 1: that's an interesting when you talk about brisker two, is

829
00:39:19,719 --> 00:39:22,960
Speaker 1: that ability that's a young secondary put their aggressive and

830
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:25,320
Speaker 1: they really to try to turn the football over. So

831
00:39:25,719 --> 00:39:28,480
Speaker 1: you know, Jered Golf has got to be really careful there. Um,

832
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:30,880
Speaker 1: that's why I think this is such a key matchup.

833
00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:33,279
Speaker 1: When he decides to take that shot, Um, you know,

834
00:39:33,360 --> 00:39:36,200
Speaker 1: can they convert those ors brisker and on the other

835
00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:39,360
Speaker 1: side of that. Yeah, So that's an interesting one. All right,

836
00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:41,040
Speaker 1: let's finish with this. And we have to finish with

837
00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:43,879
Speaker 1: this because of what Carolina did to Detroit last week.

838
00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:47,440
Speaker 1: I mean, it's running back to David Montgomery, first linebacker

839
00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:50,719
Speaker 1: Alex Azeloni. Look, I wrote a piece about Alex last week,

840
00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:53,360
Speaker 1: and look, he had played really good football for a

841
00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:56,680
Speaker 1: month m but last week wasn't his one of his

842
00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:59,640
Speaker 1: better games. And that's just the reality of the situation.

843
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,759
Speaker 1: I think nobody on that defense played well, from the

844
00:40:02,840 --> 00:40:05,640
Speaker 1: safeties to the corners, the linebackers to the front. It

845
00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:07,719
Speaker 1: was a complete failure I think by all eleven of

846
00:40:07,760 --> 00:40:10,560
Speaker 1: those guys. When when a team has five hundred seventy

847
00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:12,680
Speaker 1: totally yards and three hundred and twenty rushing yards, that's

848
00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:14,960
Speaker 1: just that, that's the fault to every one. And so,

849
00:40:15,440 --> 00:40:17,360
Speaker 1: you know, I think this is a big matchup because

850
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:21,200
Speaker 1: what how do the Lions adjust? How do they bounce back?

851
00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:24,040
Speaker 1: How do they come back and stop a team that

852
00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:26,960
Speaker 1: averages one hundred and seventy nine point seven yards per game?

853
00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:28,960
Speaker 1: The Chicago Bears are the number one rushing team. So

854
00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:31,520
Speaker 1: you had a performance like that last week. Now the

855
00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:34,839
Speaker 1: number one rushing team comes into your house. So how

856
00:40:35,120 --> 00:40:38,520
Speaker 1: where's the adjustment? Can obviously Fields is the focal point,

857
00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:41,359
Speaker 1: but you can't let David Montgomery and that run game

858
00:40:41,360 --> 00:40:43,640
Speaker 1: get going because Justin Fields would just would prefer just

859
00:40:43,719 --> 00:40:45,480
Speaker 1: to turn around and hand it off to Montgomery. And

860
00:40:45,680 --> 00:40:47,520
Speaker 1: they run the ball too, and they do a good

861
00:40:47,600 --> 00:40:49,680
Speaker 1: job doing that. It isn't all Justin Fields, and so

862
00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:55,200
Speaker 1: that to me is is you know, huge, that's a

863
00:40:55,280 --> 00:40:59,520
Speaker 1: huge matchup in trying to contain Montgomery first, then Fields

864
00:40:59,800 --> 00:41:02,319
Speaker 1: may them with throwing football. And and to the point,

865
00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:05,440
Speaker 1: on the throwing football team, I mean Chase Claypool. It

866
00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:07,359
Speaker 1: might be back, might not be back. But even if

867
00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:09,800
Speaker 1: he is there's no DJ Moore. And we saw what

868
00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:13,080
Speaker 1: DJ Moore did to the Lions, and they the Carolina

869
00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:15,680
Speaker 1: you know, had the run game moving, moving, moving, and

870
00:41:15,760 --> 00:41:18,120
Speaker 1: then just when the Lions started to stack the box,

871
00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:21,200
Speaker 1: you had DJ More over the top. Yeah, that was

872
00:41:21,239 --> 00:41:24,200
Speaker 1: probably That's probably their best best catcher, at least right now.

873
00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:27,040
Speaker 1: So there's no DJ Moore on the outside type guy

874
00:41:27,120 --> 00:41:29,440
Speaker 1: that you got to be so super worried about. So

875
00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:32,520
Speaker 1: maybe the thing I would like to see ada Aaron

876
00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:35,040
Speaker 1: Glenn And this goes for Anzeloni as the captain. Like

877
00:41:35,480 --> 00:41:38,480
Speaker 1: you know, Okuda played so well in that Dallas game.

878
00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:42,160
Speaker 1: Another run first team with two running backs that in

879
00:41:42,640 --> 00:41:45,960
Speaker 1: that kind of like linebacker safety hybrid mold. Do you

880
00:41:46,040 --> 00:41:48,319
Speaker 1: bring him into the box? Is he playing a little

881
00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:50,920
Speaker 1: bit more? You stacked the box, don't run as much Nickel,

882
00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:53,720
Speaker 1: But you have to worry about not only David Montgomery,

883
00:41:53,719 --> 00:41:56,360
Speaker 1: but Khalil Herbert now too is back off ir They

884
00:41:56,480 --> 00:41:58,640
Speaker 1: have a lot of talent in the run game and

885
00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:01,640
Speaker 1: they have people movers up front. Tevin Jenkins if he

886
00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:03,719
Speaker 1: comes back this week, is a big right guard who

887
00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:06,160
Speaker 1: likes the mall on the run game. Is this is

888
00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:08,799
Speaker 1: you gotta be ready especially coming off the heels last week.

889
00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:11,040
Speaker 1: You gotta be ready, Yeah, because Anzeloni and his defensive

890
00:42:11,040 --> 00:42:13,120
Speaker 1: mates are certainly looking for a bounce back this week

891
00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:15,480
Speaker 1: and they need it. Well, those were the key matchups.

892
00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:18,000
Speaker 1: I thought it was a really great show. Kevin had

893
00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:22,120
Speaker 1: some interesting stuff there. Obviously, we're gonna be at Ford

894
00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:25,200
Speaker 1: Field on Sunday. We'll do the postgame podcast. We didn't

895
00:42:25,200 --> 00:42:27,880
Speaker 1: do one last week because of Christmas Eve obviously and

896
00:42:28,280 --> 00:42:31,239
Speaker 1: traveling stuff, but we'll be back at Ford Field. Huge

897
00:42:31,239 --> 00:42:33,560
Speaker 1: matchup this week. Lines have a chance to can keep

898
00:42:33,600 --> 00:42:36,400
Speaker 1: their playoff hopes alive. Got to happen, Gotta have it

899
00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:37,160
Speaker 1: because it must win.