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Speaker 1: Patrick Claibon here in our NFL LA newsroom with Daniel Jeremiah.

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Speaker 1: It's the New Horizons Monday, as we're celebrating some new

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Speaker 1: Yeah, the change for those some of those things who

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Speaker 1: NFL Network insiders and welcome them in. It's NFL Network

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Speaker 1: insider Tom Peli Sero as well as Ian Rappaport. We

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Speaker 1: start with changes late changes that coming early in this

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Speaker 4: I'm right, Patrick Brown's owner Jimmy has them speaking to

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Speaker 1: And now Kevin O'Connell has the unlikely distinction of being

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Speaker 1: Yeah, just a rough finished to a season that's seen

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Speaker 3: Hey, Dk Metcalf, come on back.

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Speaker 3: Well, there's a lot of candidates I admire from afar,

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's been a tough spot for the Cleveland Browns,

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Speaker 2: Back here on Up to the Minute season.

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Speaker 1: In special season ends, it means you get wild Card

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Speaker 1: the Baltimore Ravens Monday night eight pm on ESPN as

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Speaker 1: Chargers faithful there to finish the season out in Denver.

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Speaker 1: What's the main focus for the Chargers against a really

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Speaker 1: good New England offense.

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Speaker 3: Well, you look against that offense and it's going to

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Speaker 3: be a challenge. I think the Chargers though defensively they're

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Speaker 3: very well designed by Jesse Minner, and I think Derwin

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Speaker 3: James and the versatility that he brings can be a

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Speaker 3: real asset there. I know a lot's been made about

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Speaker 3: who New England hasn't played in the regular season, and

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Speaker 3: it has come up in the MVP discussion as well.

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Speaker 3: But Drake May's mobility. You watch the game yesterday. Even

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Speaker 3: though Chargers playing with their backups, Bonnicks was able to

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Speaker 3: get outside the edges a little bit and create some

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Speaker 3: things and make some things happen. I think from a

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Speaker 3: defensive standpoint, the Chargers have to really control that and

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Speaker 3: they have to rely on a very sound scheme in

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Speaker 3: the back end. I think they're linebackers and secondary. I

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Speaker 3: think they match up pretty favorably here, so it's going

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Speaker 3: to be a fantastic game. Two quarterbacks very similar as well.

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Speaker 3: So I cannot wait to get up to Foxborough. Haven't

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Speaker 3: looked at the weather yet. I'm assuming seventy and sunny, right,

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Speaker 3: is that what is guaranteed?

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Speaker 6: A Patrick? Remember Derwin James was iceed up, had the sunglasses.

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Speaker 6: Oh yes, they shot took a shot to him on

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Speaker 6: Game Day Live. Looking good. But yeah, listen for New

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Speaker 6: England DJ. You mentioned who have they played? Well, now's

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Speaker 6: the time. Okay, we had a fantastic season, but as

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Speaker 6: playoff times, this intensity gets ratcheted up. Is this young

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Speaker 6: team ready for the moment? I think having a head

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Speaker 6: coach like Mike Brabel will have them ready for the

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Speaker 6: moment because he's been through these moments before, and you

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Speaker 6: mentioned Drake May, but that two headed monster of running

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Speaker 6: backs there with Ramandre Stevenson and Trevion Henderson, the rookie

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Speaker 6: have provided to be a fantastic one to two punch

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Speaker 6: with the versatility as runners and receivers. And we saw

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Speaker 6: that yesterday where they were taking turns either getting handoffs

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Speaker 6: for touchdowns or catching passes. And Ramanjay really had the

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Speaker 6: explosive plays yesterday, whereas Trebon has been the one throughout

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Speaker 6: the season. So I think that could bode and go

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Speaker 6: a long way in this type of game. Mike Rabele

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Speaker 6: lean on the King when he was in Tennessee Derek

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Speaker 6: Henry to win playoff games. Will we see a similar

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Speaker 6: thing with those two backs?

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Speaker 3: Patrick, if you'd have told me last year of going

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Speaker 3: to Chargers calling that game in New England late in

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Speaker 3: the year the Chargers won forty to seven, that you

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Speaker 3: would flip around a year later and these two teams

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Speaker 3: would be meeting in the postseason. Drake May likely an

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Speaker 3: MVP in his back pocket and them as one of

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Speaker 3: the premier teams in the conference. What a turnaround by

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Speaker 3: the Patriots.

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Speaker 2: They would not only.

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Speaker 1: Not be playing this week, they would be the number one.

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Speaker 2: Seed with the buye if they were able to.

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Speaker 3: Beat the Las Vegas Raiders.

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Speaker 2: In week one of the twenty twenty.

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Speaker 3: Five Every game matters turns out.

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Speaker 1: Here we go, DJ, here's your report on the sixth.

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Speaker 1: Quite on the eighths for Foxborough. You can look forward

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Speaker 1: to wet and a high of fifty four. How do

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Speaker 1: you feel your thoughts?

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Speaker 3: Well, that's Saturday, right, Is that what we're looking at here? Yeah,

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Speaker 3: we're playing Sunday night, guys? I mean is that? Am

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Speaker 3: I reading us wrong?

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Speaker 2: All days of the week available on the graphic guy?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you get Sunday there when we get the spots

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Speaker 1: shatt on there on Saturday, just because it's a sumporting day,

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Speaker 1: first day of the weekend.

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Speaker 3: Oh you know you want to hey, travel day, you

506
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Speaker 3: know you want to make sure that you're comfortable getting

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Speaker 3: in there. We'll be careful going down those steps.

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Speaker 1: And here's a look at the NSC side of things

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Speaker 1: on wild Card weekend, all starting with the Rams and

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Speaker 1: the Panthers on Saturday and then the Green Bay Packers

511
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Speaker 1: in Chicago Bears on Prime Video at eight pm Eastern.

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Speaker 1: For more on this matchup, we'll go to Stacey Dale's

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Speaker 1: joining us here. Good morning to you, Stacey, looking ahead

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Speaker 1: to a couple of teams that played a very great

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Speaker 1: game a couple of weeks ago, but they're moving in

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Speaker 1: different directions, both teams dealing with some issues here late

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Speaker 1: in the season.

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Speaker 9: Good morning fellas. Yeah, it was an interesting evening because

519
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Speaker 9: when you think about the Bears and the Packers, which

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Speaker 9: I will be covering this Saturday night in Chicago home

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Speaker 9: game for me, Yah, you're talking about two starkly different

522
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Speaker 9: press conferences for Matt Lafleur and Ben Johnson. Obviously, the

523
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Speaker 9: Green Bay Packers and the Bears both lost yesterday. However,

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Speaker 9: Matt Lafleur, learning from Week eighteen a season ago. Christian

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Speaker 9: Watson was injured in that Week eighteen game, tore his

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Speaker 9: acl and lost for the season and had to battle

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Speaker 9: to come back this year, so Matt Lafleur opted to

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Speaker 9: sit all of his starters. They really had nothing to lose. Obviously,

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Speaker 9: they have been locked into that number seven seed, so

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Speaker 9: they know what they were playing for. And even if

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Speaker 9: the backup quarterback, who was Jordan Love Clayton soon got

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Speaker 9: the start, we're to step in, Matt laflor said, we

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Speaker 9: wouldn't have even allowed him to throw a pass. He

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Speaker 9: was cleared from concussion protocol this past week, so he

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Speaker 9: is ready to go. He's had a couple weeks off,

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Speaker 9: and the team that bumped him out was the Chicago Bears.

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Speaker 9: After their game, Ben Johnson in his press conference, I'm

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Speaker 9: not sure this was their sixth season, sixth loss of

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Speaker 9: the season. Guys, I'm not sure I've seen him this aggravated,

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Speaker 9: this pissed off, this angry after a loss. As I

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Speaker 9: witnessed life last night, he was lit. He was particularly displeased,

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Speaker 9: as to see him shaking his head right here, and

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Speaker 9: that was after the decision to punt just under two

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Speaker 9: minutes in the fourth quarter. He was particularly displeased with

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Speaker 9: the offense. They put up just sixteen points. They didn't

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Speaker 9: score a point, guys, until the fourth quarter, So they

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Speaker 9: went three quarters without scoring and we're talking about one

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Speaker 9: of the top five total offenses in football. And he,

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Speaker 9: you know, in addition to that, lost to the team

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Speaker 9: that was his former employer. So he was obviously very upset.

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Speaker 9: They've got to turn the page quickly. It's a short week,

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Speaker 9: it's a Saturday game. Caleb Williams said, I don't know

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Speaker 9: why we came out so flat basically, but they were.

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Speaker 9: They were flat. They gave up a ton of yards

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Speaker 9: defensively as well. And CJ. Gardner Johnson is now in

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Speaker 9: concussion protocol. He was injured just at the very tail

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Speaker 9: end of this football game. So again two starkly different

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Speaker 9: press conferences from these two coaches as they get ready

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Speaker 9: to have their third this season.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Stacy, these two teams, you know, they played those

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Speaker 3: two nail bitters earlier this year. I think it's going

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Speaker 3: to be a very contested game. I love that Chicago's

563
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Speaker 3: had all these comeback wins and it's an incredible story,

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Speaker 3: but that's a tough way to live full time. They've

565
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Speaker 3: got to start a little bit faster. I think that

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Speaker 3: would be a key for them. And I know Ben Johnson,

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Speaker 3: you'd like to have momentum, have a big win going

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Speaker 3: to the postseason, but part of me thinks he doesn't

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Speaker 3: mind having a little bit of a wake up call

570
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Speaker 3: that game, maybe a little bit of coffee for them

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Speaker 3: as they go into a tough matchup with the Green

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Speaker 3: Bay Packers.

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Speaker 6: NFL Network up.

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Speaker 1: To the minute season in special Patrick claybumb Back, who

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Speaker 1: with Daniel Jeremiah as well as Mark Ross, as we

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Speaker 1: look back at some changes for some franchises and look

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Speaker 1: forward to a great postseason with a lot of really

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Speaker 1: good teams involved.

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Speaker 3: It is wide open in the postseason. Everybody's been saying

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Speaker 3: when you talk to him, just get in, just get

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Speaker 3: in the tournament. You have a chance to win it.

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Speaker 3: I think we can say it about all fourteen of

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Speaker 3: these teams.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, a unique year, Mark, Yeah, without a doubt.

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Speaker 6: And usually there's that dynasty front runner was the Patriots

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Speaker 6: for a long time, and then it was the Chiefs,

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Speaker 6: whereas everybody's playing for number two or who go represent

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Speaker 6: and play them in the Super Bowl. But this year,

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Speaker 6: as DJ said, I think, especially in the AFC, wide open,

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Speaker 6: a little bit more clear cut favor to me on

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Speaker 6: the NFC side that we'll get into Patrick.

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Speaker 1: All right, Well, let's look at this bracket here on

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Speaker 1: the up to the Minute season in special presented five

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Speaker 1: Verizon all starting on that in the seaside with the

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Speaker 1: Rams and the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte Saturday at four

596
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Speaker 1: thirty Eastern, then finish things up at the NFC North

597
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Speaker 1: Bears Packers at eight pm on Prime Video Sunday. It's

598
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Speaker 1: a rematch of the NFC Championship a couple of years ago,

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Speaker 1: where the forty nine Ers traveling to Philadelphia and take

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Speaker 1: on the Eagles and the Seahawks with an opportunity to

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Speaker 1: watch everyone else play. Over on the AFC side, it

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Speaker 1: is the Denver Broncos with the number one overall seed,

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Speaker 1: the Bills and the Jags. Sunday, one o'clock on CBS

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Speaker 1: Sunday Night Football, the Chargers traveling to take on potential

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Speaker 1: MVP Drake May and the New England Patriots. And then

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Speaker 1: on Monday night, the Houston Texans will travel to Aquasher

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Speaker 1: to take on Aaron Rodgers and those Pittsburgh Steelers.

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Speaker 2: Let's discuss these brackets. Let's discuss these teams.

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Speaker 1: All of them are good, you thought so, DJ, but

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Speaker 1: one seed you can only pick one.

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Speaker 2: Which one seed do you think is the best team.

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna go to the NFC and we look at

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Speaker 3: these teams, and Marcus is going to I think going

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Speaker 3: to jump on the same bandwagon here because when you

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Speaker 3: watch Seattle, I don't know where exactly the weakness is.

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Speaker 3: You can maybe look at Sam Donald and turning the

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Speaker 3: ball over. But if I'm the Seahawks. I'm telling Sam,

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Speaker 3: if you protect the football, we're at home. We are

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Speaker 3: going through the Super Bowl because right now we're running

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Speaker 3: the ball well with these two backs. We've got jsn

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Speaker 3: who can give you easy completions and then can maximize

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Speaker 3: completions with what he does after the catch, and then

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Speaker 3: Mark you flip it over to the other side. It's

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Speaker 3: not just one defensive lineman you've got to focus on.

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Speaker 3: If you're playing the Seahawks, They've got waves of dudes

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Speaker 3: they can throw at you. Then they've got Emon Warri

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Speaker 3: who's a chess piece. They've got an outstanding secondary. It's

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Speaker 3: a complete football team, the more complete football team than

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Speaker 3: when you look at the number one seed on the

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Speaker 3: AFC side. In my opinion, completely agree with you DJ

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Speaker 3: and the side.

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Speaker 6: Let's just get into Denver real fast. Look, they've got

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Speaker 6: their style and that's that defense. And Patrick and I

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Speaker 6: talked about their game yesterday. It was not the prettiest,

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Speaker 6: but that's what they have. And if bo Nicks can

636
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Speaker 6: have one of those games where he overperforms, then they're

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Speaker 6: really dangerous. But I think they're just not as strong

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Speaker 6: overall as you said with the waves of talent that

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Speaker 6: Seattle has. And yes the weak point is Sam Darnald

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Speaker 6: in the turnovers, but even at their worst, when Sam

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Speaker 6: Darnald mentioned this that week where they lost to the Rams,

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Speaker 6: where he turned it over four times and they still

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Speaker 6: had a chance to win the game with the kicker

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Speaker 6: missing the kick. There, that's how good Seattle is that

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Speaker 6: even at their very worst, they had a chance to

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Speaker 6: beat probably I think the number two team who will

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Speaker 6: have to beat is the Rams. And then of course

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Speaker 6: Sam followed it up when they played them again where

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Speaker 6: oh here he goes again with the turnovers, and then

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Speaker 6: he got himself out of it and started performing at

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Speaker 6: the end and took his game to another level to

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Speaker 6: go win that game against the Rams again. So that's

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Speaker 6: what's scary to me is that, yes, they've got waives

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Speaker 6: with talent, they're well coached, but then also when they

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Speaker 6: played their very worse, they still had a chance to

656
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Speaker 6: beat maybe the second best team. Patrick.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, real quick though, Patrick. The last piece on the

658
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Speaker 3: Seattle the raheat Shaheed move that was the finishing touch

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Speaker 3: for this roster by John Schneider. I think that's a

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Speaker 3: real opportunity for him to be the executive of the

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Speaker 3: year and that, to me is the most underrated move

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Speaker 3: that he.

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Speaker 1: Made forty one unanswered points for the Jacksonville Jaguars on

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Speaker 1: their way to hosting the Buffalo Bills of wild card weekend.

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Speaker 1: A good morning to Jeffrey Shadia joining us ahead of

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Speaker 1: this matchup to discuss Josh Allen able to sit and

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Speaker 1: watch rest up, get let the foot that he injured

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Speaker 1: against the Cleveland Browns get a little bit healthy to

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Speaker 1: freshly put the team back on his shoulders. Can Josh

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Speaker 1: Allen get hot and lead the Bills to a Super

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Speaker 1: Bowl run?

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Speaker 10: Here, There's no question he can get hot, Patrick, because

673
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Speaker 10: he's done this in the past. Talking by a guy

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Speaker 10: who throughout his playoff career strowing twenty five touchdown passes

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Speaker 10: and only four interceptions. And really the only reason he

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Speaker 10: hasn't been able to advance to the championship is he's

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Speaker 10: had to play Kansas City or Cincinnati and his defense

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Speaker 10: hasn't shown up.

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Speaker 6: But I believe Patrick.

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Speaker 10: I believe Josh Allen can do this because when he

681
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Speaker 10: knows he has to do it. This is the first

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Speaker 10: time he's not going to see Patrick Mahomes in the

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Speaker 10: playoffs in his career. And secondly, I think he embraces

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Speaker 10: the run game he has. He has James Cook, who

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Speaker 10: leads the league in rushing, who can be a great

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Speaker 10: robin to his batman.

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Speaker 6: It can control games.

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Speaker 10: And when we talk about Jacksonville, they're good at pressuring quarterbacks,

689
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Speaker 10: but not at sacking quarterbacks. Good with defense, but not

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Speaker 10: great with run defense. So a lot of basically tell

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Speaker 10: me that Josh Allen hen get things going pretty fast here.

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Speaker 3: DJ Yeah. To me, that foot is big because I

693
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Speaker 3: don't know if they have all that weaponry that he's

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Speaker 3: going to need to navigate all the way through the tournament.

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Speaker 3: But his legs can be the X factor. We've seen it.

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Speaker 3: He can completely take over a game. He can give

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Speaker 3: you seventy eighty close to one hundred yards on the

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Speaker 3: ground to help supplement that offense. And when you have

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Speaker 3: the ground game they have with Cook, he compliments and

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Speaker 3: I think that could be enough for them to make

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Speaker 3: a run.

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Speaker 1: And also making a run late this season Trevor Lawrence

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Speaker 1: and the Jacksonville Jaguars Jeffrey, because no quarterback you can

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Speaker 1: make a case, was hotter than Trevor Lawrence coming into

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Speaker 1: this final stretch.

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Speaker 2: Will he be.

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Speaker 1: Able to Can you continue that run into the postseason,

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Speaker 1: folks in Duvaul.

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Speaker 10: Yes, And I'm surprised he didn't get more talk far

710
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Speaker 10: as MVP voting because he was playing like an MVP

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Speaker 10: the last eight weeks, eight game win streak. You're talking

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Speaker 10: about a quarterback who had nineteen total touchdowns only one interception,

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Speaker 10: got away from all those takeaway problems, all those turnover

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Speaker 10: promps he had early in the in the year, and

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Speaker 10: you saw what Liam Cohen, Hiss head coach, meant to him.

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Speaker 10: They've built a nice infrastructure for him with Travis ATM

717
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Speaker 10: going out and get Jacobe Meyers the defense playing at

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Speaker 10: a higher level, and he's playing with so much confidence.

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Speaker 10: He's finally looking like the guy we thought he was

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Speaker 10: going to be when he was a number one overall.

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Speaker 3: Pick a few years ago.

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Speaker 6: So I certainly think. But they went to Denver.

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Speaker 10: They made a huge statement, and that kind of win

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Speaker 10: can propel a team like this a long way.

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Speaker 3: Dj I was in Jacksonville. It was November sixteenth. They

726
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Speaker 3: had just lost three of four games, coming off of

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Speaker 3: loss to the Texans, and it was a little bit

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Speaker 3: of oh, this thing is headed south. Well, they haven't

729
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Speaker 3: lost the game since then. That started with a Chargers game,

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Speaker 3: and everything that they told me when I was there

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Speaker 3: in Jacksonville was we've told Trevor just let it up, man,

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Speaker 3: don't worry about it anymore, don't listen to anything, just

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Speaker 3: let it rip. He's played more aggressive, and I think

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Speaker 3: he got to give Liam Collen a lot of credit

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Speaker 3: for infusing him with all that confidence. It's paying off.

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Speaker 1: Breaking news coming in out of Las Vegas the Raiders

737
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Speaker 1: parting ways with Pete Carroll, a rough season, a season

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Speaker 1: where they're going to eventually have the number one overall pick,

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Speaker 1: and Mark Davis as well as Tom Brady apparently early

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Speaker 1: involved in this conversation.

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Speaker 3: And I look at everything through the draft, and they're

742
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Speaker 3: going to have an opportunity to get their quarterback with

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Speaker 3: this next pick. So I would imagine Tom Brady's going

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Speaker 3: to be heavily involved, not just in finding the next

745
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Speaker 3: head coach of the Raiders, but being instrumental in evaluating

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Speaker 3: the top quarterbacks in this class and figuring out who's

747
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Speaker 3: going to lead this franchise from under center going forward.

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Speaker 3: You look at him with genty from last year's draft

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Speaker 3: at running back. You look at Bauers at tight end.

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Speaker 3: They have to figure out what they're gonna do with

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Speaker 3: Max Crosby. There's some key players, but the overall roster man.

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Speaker 3: There is a lot of work to be done here, Patrick,

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Speaker 3: and I think they have to start with the offensive

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Speaker 3: line also, real quick. On Mike G's point, when you've

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Speaker 3: got Tom Rady, Troickman, and Matt Ryan potentially having influential

756
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Speaker 3: roles in futures of franchises. You know the guy who

757
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Speaker 3: the former player who's done a pretty nice job of that,

758
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Speaker 3: Tony Biselli when they put him in that role with

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Speaker 3: the Jacksonville Jaguars, and that's worked quite swimly there in Jacksonville.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we'll have an opportunity to see how things work

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Speaker 1: for the quarterbacks. As DJ mentioned, Mark, the Raiders are

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Speaker 1: going to be in the market for finding a quarterback

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Speaker 1: in a place where there's a lot of turnover. I guess,

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Speaker 1: other than quarterback, where do you start with this Las

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Speaker 1: Vegas Raiders franchise.

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Speaker 6: Well, this could be a good thing because now you're

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Speaker 6: bringing in your new head coach and you're possibly the

768
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Speaker 6: first pick of the draft of quarterback. Together, you can

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Speaker 6: kind of get that restart, that reset, much like a

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Speaker 6: couple of years ago, it looked like Demico Ryans and

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Speaker 6: CD Stroud came in out of the Houston and revitalized that.

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Speaker 6: And that is if you get the right people, Like

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Speaker 6: we always talk about who's running the show, and this

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Speaker 6: person's available, but it always still has to be that

775
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Speaker 6: right person that can do the job and the right

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Speaker 6: quarterback who can elevate your franchise. So at least she'll

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Speaker 6: have you're two of your cornerstones coming in there together.

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Speaker 6: But as DJ said, I think there's a lot a

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Speaker 6: lot of work to be done on the roster. You know, Patrick,

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Speaker 6: We've watched Game Day Live and the Raiders are almost

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Speaker 6: non competitive a lot of times in some of those games.

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Speaker 6: And you know, I think ultimately that's what got Pete

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Speaker 6: Carroll is that you're supposed to bring in a Super

784
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Speaker 6: Bowl champion coach and the team looks like a well

785
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Speaker 6: run organization, and for much of the season the Raiders

786
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Speaker 6: just not did not do that. Gino Smith obviously regressed badly.

787
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Speaker 6: So yes, a lot of work to be done with

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Speaker 6: the total roster, but at least you have your pillars

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Speaker 6: coming in there together. Patrick.

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Speaker 3: One of the thing guys that they've showed last year

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Speaker 3: with the contract they gave to Chip Kelly and how

792
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Speaker 3: quickly they moved on from him at the coordinator. They

793
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Speaker 3: will pay top dollar for assistance to build underneath that

794
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Speaker 3: head coach. I think that will help them in terms

795
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Speaker 3: of being an attractive landing spot. Hey, we're going to

796
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Speaker 3: get a young quarterback, a hopefully a potential star quarterback

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Speaker 3: that you can develop, and we're also going to pay

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Speaker 3: your assistance whatever we need to pay him. Well, what

799
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Speaker 3: does that mean. Well, Jim Schwartz the top five defense

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Speaker 3: in Cleveland. All of a sudden, Now you might be

801
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Speaker 3: able to get someone like him to come and run

802
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Speaker 3: your defense. So I think that's a selling point for them.

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Speaker 3: They will pay whether you work there or not, they

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Speaker 3: will gladly pay you.

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Speaker 1: In Vegas, Brown's offense really struggled this season, thirty first

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Speaker 1: in points per game, thirtieth in yards per game, last

807
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Speaker 1: in yards per play, as they made some quarterback changes,

808
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Speaker 1: saw some things go different ways, saw Joe Flacco depart

809
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Speaker 1: the franchise and start for another team in the division,

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Speaker 1: all culminating in the Browns parting ways with two times

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Speaker 1: Associated Press Head Coach of the Year Kevin Stefanski after

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Speaker 1: six seasons in Cleveland, and now we will try to

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Speaker 1: chart the path ahead for.

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Speaker 2: The Cleveland Browns.

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Speaker 1: Mark Ross So, Daniel Jeremia back with me Patrick claibn

816
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Speaker 1: here on NFL Network up to the minute season end special.

817
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Speaker 1: It's a end of an era for the Cleveland Browns.

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Speaker 1: Where do you start with what's ahead for this franchise?

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Speaker 3: Well, I think you start first of all with your

820
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Speaker 3: pitch that you're going to make to try and find

821
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Speaker 3: your next leader, your next head coach. And I do

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Speaker 3: think they can make a strong pitch when you look

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Speaker 3: at the rookie class that they just had. Andrew ra

824
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Speaker 3: did a nice job with all the talent that he

825
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Speaker 3: brought in just in one draft class. When you look

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Speaker 3: at your leading rusher, you're leading pass or you're leading receiver,

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Speaker 3: all being rookies, you look at on the defensive side

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Speaker 3: of the ball, they have a very good chance of

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Speaker 3: having the defensive rookie of the year at the linebacker position.

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Speaker 3: So they've done a nice job of collecting some talent.

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Speaker 3: And you look at where they are situated with the

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Speaker 3: upcoming draft, really the next two drafts, they're armed with picks,

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Speaker 3: including two first rounders this year. So this is the

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Speaker 3: kind of the foundation, the ground floor. They have to

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Speaker 3: decide whether or not they think Shoodoor Sanders is that

836
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Speaker 3: guy going forward. But Mark, they've got some nice pieces,

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Speaker 3: and especially from this past draft class.

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Speaker 6: No doubt, some great pieces. And you know most times,

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Speaker 6: you know when rookies have to play d days like well,

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Speaker 6: they're just thrown in there. All these guys excelled. You know,

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Speaker 6: they played at a high, high level. So that has

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Speaker 6: to give you a lot of optimism. And you'd also

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Speaker 6: talk about the foundation. If I'm a new head coach

844
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Speaker 6: coming in there too, I want to keep Jim Schwartz

845
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Speaker 6: and what he did on that defensive side of the ball.

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Speaker 6: A lot of times you head coach comes in, he

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Speaker 6: wants his own guys. But I think the best head

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Speaker 6: coaches are able to read the room and the NFL

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Speaker 6: and so they will wait a minute. Now, if I

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Speaker 6: got number one, number two candidate here, decordinator already in

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Speaker 6: my building with a defense that was humming this season,

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Speaker 6: let me make sure I make that happen and make

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Speaker 6: sure we get along. But also, okay, now I can

854
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Speaker 6: put my stamp on the rest of the team, and

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Speaker 6: I don't think necessarily it has to be an offensive

856
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Speaker 6: minded sort of coach if you're keeping sworts there, of

857
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Speaker 6: course it has to be that way. But the development

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Speaker 6: of the quarterback is key. Identifying the right quarterback with

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Speaker 6: all these picks is going to be key. And also

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Speaker 6: we haven't talked about that Deshaun Watson situation is still

861
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Speaker 6: out there. Patrick, of what they're going to do with him,

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Speaker 6: a lot.

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Speaker 1: Remains to be seen, as well as the fact that

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Speaker 1: you maintaining Jim Swartz. We just talked about Tom Brady

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Speaker 1: perhaps being one of the key recruiters and making those turnovers.

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Speaker 1: As we look at the Raiders having coaching turnover as well.

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Speaker 1: The full list of current head coaching vacancies the Giants, Falcons, Titans, Browns,

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Speaker 1: and the Las Vegas Raiders. News coming in in the

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Speaker 1: past thirty minutes the Raiders parting ways with Pete Carroll

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Speaker 1: after one season.

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00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:03,600
Speaker 2: So let's stack them up.

872
00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:06,640
Speaker 1: If you are an aspiring a young one of those

873
00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:10,520
Speaker 1: offensive masterminds DJ and you get to pick whichever one

874
00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:13,000
Speaker 1: which vacancy right now is the number one choice.

875
00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:15,439
Speaker 3: I'm gonna go with Mark Ross's old home. I'm gonna

876
00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:16,880
Speaker 3: go with the new York Giants to me as the

877
00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:19,120
Speaker 3: most attractive spot. And really, when you look at how

878
00:39:19,120 --> 00:39:20,719
Speaker 3: you win in the NFL, and we'll see it as

879
00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:24,120
Speaker 3: the playoffs unfold, you win with really good quarterback play.

880
00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:26,759
Speaker 3: You win with a dominant defensive line. And I think

881
00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:30,120
Speaker 3: they've got in Jackson Dart, a very promising young quarterback.

882
00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:32,279
Speaker 3: Showed a lot of good things without much around him

883
00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:34,680
Speaker 3: this past year. Now they'll get lak Nabors back next year,

884
00:39:34,719 --> 00:39:37,040
Speaker 3: which will be huge. So you've got the quarterback, you've

885
00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:39,040
Speaker 3: got a number one receiver. I like Scataboo as a

886
00:39:39,080 --> 00:39:41,640
Speaker 3: young back once he comes back healthy. You've got Andrew Thomas.

887
00:39:41,719 --> 00:39:44,080
Speaker 3: You've got a left tackle. But on the defensive side

888
00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:45,840
Speaker 3: of the balls where I'm most excited because of that

889
00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:49,240
Speaker 3: defensive line. Brian Burns sixteen and a half sacks, Abdul

890
00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:51,200
Speaker 3: Carter of the rookie really came on the second half

891
00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:54,239
Speaker 3: of the season. You've got Dexter Lawrence as well. They

892
00:39:54,280 --> 00:39:58,000
Speaker 3: have a lot of the winning championship pieces already there

893
00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:00,560
Speaker 3: on campus. That's the hard stuff to find. You can

894
00:40:00,640 --> 00:40:03,480
Speaker 3: fill in with linebackers and corners and the guards. You

895
00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:05,719
Speaker 3: can get that stuff accomplished. So I think this is

896
00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:06,880
Speaker 3: a very attractive job.

897
00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:14,480
Speaker 1: We want to talk about the twenty twenty six NFL draft.

898
00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:17,560
Speaker 1: The Las Vegas Raiders, by virtue of the Giants win

899
00:40:18,120 --> 00:40:21,440
Speaker 1: had already locked up the number one overall pick, so

900
00:40:21,480 --> 00:40:24,200
Speaker 1: they weren't able to celebrate that Daniel Carlson field goal

901
00:40:24,440 --> 00:40:26,680
Speaker 1: and have Pete Carroll and Tyler Lockett having a nice

902
00:40:26,680 --> 00:40:30,080
Speaker 1: moment before parting ways with the head coach. So there's

903
00:40:30,120 --> 00:40:32,799
Speaker 1: our draft order. Let's discuss these quarterbacks. If we look

904
00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:35,239
Speaker 1: back to the twenty twenty four draft class, we've got

905
00:40:35,239 --> 00:40:38,200
Speaker 1: two guys that are the number two seeds in Caleb

906
00:40:38,239 --> 00:40:40,720
Speaker 1: Williams as well as Drake May. We had Jay Daniels

907
00:40:40,719 --> 00:40:43,400
Speaker 1: have that magical season. Let's look ahead to the quarterbacks

908
00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:45,239
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty six deja.

909
00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:46,759
Speaker 3: Yea and I would throw bow Nicks in there as well.

910
00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:48,879
Speaker 3: That quarterback class, I think is one of the reasons

911
00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:51,640
Speaker 3: why we saw a change in Atlanta because they saw

912
00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:54,720
Speaker 3: the success that other members of that quarterback class have Hadoin.

913
00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:56,680
Speaker 3: Let's break this kind of down as a top ten. Here,

914
00:40:56,719 --> 00:40:58,520
Speaker 3: you've got the two for Sures right at the top,

915
00:40:58,640 --> 00:41:02,680
Speaker 3: the Vegas the Jets picking one and two. Definitely quarterback teams.

916
00:41:03,080 --> 00:41:05,560
Speaker 3: Then you look at Cleveland as a maybe at six.

917
00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:09,600
Speaker 3: So to me, there's only those guys. Arizona is depending

918
00:41:09,600 --> 00:41:12,200
Speaker 3: on what happens with Kyler Murray going Ford. Jacoby Brissett's

919
00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:14,480
Speaker 3: played well, would they be comfortable with him? So I'd

920
00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:17,920
Speaker 3: say Arizona Cleveland is the two maybees with the Vegas

921
00:41:17,960 --> 00:41:21,600
Speaker 3: and New York Jets squads being absolute looking for quarterbacks

922
00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:23,240
Speaker 3: in this draft class here, Mark.

923
00:41:25,120 --> 00:41:26,960
Speaker 6: Yeah, for sure. And those are just the ones we

924
00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:29,080
Speaker 6: see right there, DJ And then who's going to be

925
00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:31,880
Speaker 6: the ones out of that mix that maybe has some

926
00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:34,640
Speaker 6: assets to get up into the top five, top ten,

927
00:41:34,719 --> 00:41:37,080
Speaker 6: And that will all be dictated of course, supplying to

928
00:41:37,160 --> 00:41:40,600
Speaker 6: man on who's available. You know, everyone needs a quarterback,

929
00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:43,959
Speaker 6: but who's actually available. I don't think the NFL free

930
00:41:43,960 --> 00:41:46,399
Speaker 6: agency class right here is going to look too good

931
00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:48,800
Speaker 6: or be very intriguing to get your guy from that pool.

932
00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:50,719
Speaker 6: So that leaves it to the draft, and you know,

933
00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:52,719
Speaker 6: each year we go through it. Each year we go

934
00:41:52,760 --> 00:41:54,640
Speaker 6: through the teams that definitely need it, and then there's

935
00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:57,480
Speaker 6: those ones that kind of surprise. But there's only so

936
00:41:57,560 --> 00:41:59,719
Speaker 6: many of these guys that are actually going to change.

937
00:41:59,719 --> 00:42:02,479
Speaker 1: Fran Hello and Good morning to our own bridget conon

938
00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:05,840
Speaker 1: joining us here from Los Angeles, where we see the

939
00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:08,400
Speaker 1: Rams get that loss. They were able to finish the

940
00:42:08,440 --> 00:42:10,520
Speaker 1: season with a win. They also get some good news

941
00:42:10,680 --> 00:42:12,359
Speaker 1: on a couple of injuries they've been waiting to hear

942
00:42:12,440 --> 00:42:13,880
Speaker 1: back from late this season.

943
00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:14,120
Speaker 2: Bridge.

944
00:42:14,480 --> 00:42:17,120
Speaker 11: Yeah, Sean McVay just spoke a little bit ago and

945
00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:19,040
Speaker 11: said that they are getting healthy at the right time.

946
00:42:19,040 --> 00:42:22,120
Speaker 11: But let's talk about that Panthers game, because Sean McVay

947
00:42:22,239 --> 00:42:25,239
Speaker 11: said they were humbled not long ago in Carolina when

948
00:42:25,239 --> 00:42:28,120
Speaker 11: they fell by three points to the Carolina Panthers.

949
00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:29,920
Speaker 9: But they're trying to learn.

950
00:42:29,680 --> 00:42:32,200
Speaker 11: From that experience. It was one of the reasons why

951
00:42:32,280 --> 00:42:35,120
Speaker 11: McVeigh chose to play his starters in Week eighteen due

952
00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:37,360
Speaker 11: to games like that and the Week seventeen loss to

953
00:42:37,400 --> 00:42:39,759
Speaker 11: the Falcons. He wanted his team to figure out how

954
00:42:39,800 --> 00:42:42,600
Speaker 11: to dig deep and play complimentary football, and it worked.

955
00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:45,760
Speaker 11: They faced some adversity in that game yesterday against the Cardinals,

956
00:42:45,800 --> 00:42:48,040
Speaker 11: they were down by three and found a way to

957
00:42:48,080 --> 00:42:50,279
Speaker 11: dig deep and win the game. So now they'll take

958
00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:54,480
Speaker 11: those lessons to Carolina with an even healthier team. McVeigh

959
00:42:54,480 --> 00:42:58,120
Speaker 11: saying just about an hour ago he expects DeVante Adams

960
00:42:58,160 --> 00:43:00,840
Speaker 11: and Quentin Lake to be back for so Saturday's playoff

961
00:43:00,840 --> 00:43:04,359
Speaker 11: game against Carolina. He says they've been cautious actually, with

962
00:43:04,520 --> 00:43:07,360
Speaker 11: Devonte Adams saying he's been chopping at the bit. He

963
00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:10,080
Speaker 11: has a look in his eye ready to go, and DJ,

964
00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:13,640
Speaker 11: you know how much he means to this Rams organization

965
00:43:13,719 --> 00:43:15,759
Speaker 11: and to be able to have him back healthy at

966
00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:17,920
Speaker 11: the right time. It's all about peaking at the right time,

967
00:43:17,960 --> 00:43:19,840
Speaker 11: and the Rams feel like they're doing just that.

968
00:43:20,080 --> 00:43:22,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think DeVante Adams is a four point player.

969
00:43:22,040 --> 00:43:23,719
Speaker 3: He's a difference between a lot of field goals and

970
00:43:23,760 --> 00:43:25,880
Speaker 3: touchdowns once you get down inside the red area with

971
00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:28,200
Speaker 3: what he can do. But it's Carolina team. I feel

972
00:43:28,239 --> 00:43:30,360
Speaker 3: like nobody's really given them much of a shot and

973
00:43:30,440 --> 00:43:32,600
Speaker 3: kind of dismissing the fact that they beat the Rams

974
00:43:32,680 --> 00:43:35,399
Speaker 3: earlier this year. There was a formula they had in

975
00:43:35,440 --> 00:43:38,120
Speaker 3: that game, which was they turned him over three times,

976
00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:40,600
Speaker 3: they ran the ball, they ran it forty times, they

977
00:43:40,600 --> 00:43:43,320
Speaker 3: threw it twenty times, they controlled the time of possession

978
00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:46,359
Speaker 3: more than ten minutes in their favor. That's a lot

979
00:43:46,400 --> 00:43:49,720
Speaker 3: to ask, but they have pulled this trick off before,

980
00:43:49,760 --> 00:43:51,719
Speaker 3: so I think they have the formula of Patrick. It

981
00:43:51,760 --> 00:43:54,120
Speaker 3: is going to be tough to duplicate it, but that's

982
00:43:54,160 --> 00:43:56,120
Speaker 3: how they got it done earlier this year.

983
00:43:56,200 --> 00:43:58,719
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's all Mike Jackson in that pick six of

984
00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:01,479
Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford being physical with Pooka Nakula where another guys

985
00:44:01,719 --> 00:44:02,879
Speaker 1: the Rams are going to turn the ball over.

986
00:44:02,960 --> 00:44:04,040
Speaker 2: We think that much, but not.

987
00:44:04,040 --> 00:44:05,839
Speaker 1: A lot of guys can be physical at the catch

988
00:44:05,840 --> 00:44:07,120
Speaker 1: point with Puka and Nakula.

989
00:44:06,920 --> 00:44:08,640
Speaker 3: With any of their receivers. All those dudes of the

990
00:44:08,719 --> 00:44:09,520
Speaker 3: Rams are physical.

991
00:44:09,880 --> 00:44:12,560
Speaker 1: The Rams not the only Los Angeles team that plays

992
00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:15,480
Speaker 1: at the stadium. Right behind me and DJ making a

993
00:44:15,680 --> 00:44:18,279
Speaker 1: trip across the country to play in the postseason, the

994
00:44:18,320 --> 00:44:20,759
Speaker 1: Los Angeles Chargers will be doing that bridget with a

995
00:44:20,800 --> 00:44:23,960
Speaker 1: big task ahead for a team that's hungary for a

996
00:44:23,960 --> 00:44:24,560
Speaker 1: playoff win.

997
00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:25,880
Speaker 3: So hungry Patrick.

998
00:44:25,920 --> 00:44:29,160
Speaker 11: This Chargers team has not won a playoff game since

999
00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:31,960
Speaker 11: twenty eighteen. That season, they beat the Ravens in the

1000
00:44:31,960 --> 00:44:35,040
Speaker 11: wild Card round and then lost to the Patriots in

1001
00:44:35,080 --> 00:44:38,040
Speaker 11: the Divisional round. The team that they will face on Sunday,

1002
00:44:38,120 --> 00:44:40,439
Speaker 11: and every player that I spoke to in that locker

1003
00:44:40,520 --> 00:44:44,359
Speaker 11: room has one focus. We need to win a playoff game.

1004
00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:46,799
Speaker 11: I asked khalil Mack, what's it going to take to

1005
00:44:46,840 --> 00:44:49,640
Speaker 11: win a game and get over that hump, and he said,

1006
00:44:49,760 --> 00:44:51,680
Speaker 11: it's going to come down to playing like you don't

1007
00:44:51,760 --> 00:44:54,440
Speaker 11: want to go home early, playing to win by any

1008
00:44:54,600 --> 00:44:58,040
Speaker 11: means possible. The Chargers, who rested their starter Sunday, only

1009
00:44:58,120 --> 00:45:01,799
Speaker 11: allowed twelve points to the Broncos, no offensive touchdowns. Max

1010
00:45:01,840 --> 00:45:05,560
Speaker 11: said the starting defense will use that effort as inspiration

1011
00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:07,640
Speaker 11: going into the playoffs, saying it's going to have a

1012
00:45:07,719 --> 00:45:10,560
Speaker 11: lasting effect on going into the next game for them.

1013
00:45:10,560 --> 00:45:13,319
Speaker 11: The Chargers enter the playoffs on a two game losing skid,

1014
00:45:13,360 --> 00:45:16,800
Speaker 11: which historically isn't really good. The last five teams to

1015
00:45:16,920 --> 00:45:18,840
Speaker 11: enter the playoffs on a two or more game losing

1016
00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:21,200
Speaker 11: streak went on to lose their first game of the playoffs.

1017
00:45:21,360 --> 00:45:23,799
Speaker 11: I asked Derwin James, does that matter? Are you guys

1018
00:45:23,840 --> 00:45:25,719
Speaker 11: thinking about that? And he said no. The team that

1019
00:45:25,840 --> 00:45:28,439
Speaker 11: is ready to play that day is going to win,

1020
00:45:28,520 --> 00:45:31,080
Speaker 11: saying they have to come ready and treat it as

1021
00:45:31,080 --> 00:45:33,359
Speaker 11: a one game season. And guys, when we think about

1022
00:45:33,400 --> 00:45:37,880
Speaker 11: the success of this Chargers team and justin Herbert Derwin, James,

1023
00:45:37,920 --> 00:45:41,440
Speaker 11: Khalil Mack, what they've been able to do well they

1024
00:45:41,480 --> 00:45:44,360
Speaker 11: have not found success in the postseason. It's really interesting

1025
00:45:44,400 --> 00:45:47,160
Speaker 11: DJ when you think about Derwin James has only won

1026
00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:50,560
Speaker 11: one playoff game in his time with the Los Angeles Chargers.

1027
00:45:50,760 --> 00:45:53,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, and it's been heartbreak when you look at blowing

1028
00:45:53,160 --> 00:45:55,200
Speaker 3: a big lead against the Jags, and you look at

1029
00:45:55,280 --> 00:45:57,759
Speaker 3: last year where they turned the ball over way too

1030
00:45:57,840 --> 00:45:59,560
Speaker 3: much at Houston in a game they thought they had

1031
00:45:59,560 --> 00:46:01,920
Speaker 3: a chance to win. So they've got to find a

1032
00:46:01,920 --> 00:46:04,200
Speaker 3: way to get this monkey off their back. And Justin

1033
00:46:04,239 --> 00:46:06,759
Speaker 3: Herbert as well, that just kind of sticks with him.

1034
00:46:07,160 --> 00:46:08,600
Speaker 3: He's great, and he's all these things, but he hasn't

1035
00:46:08,600 --> 00:46:11,399
Speaker 3: won in the playoffs. Well, this is a great opportunity

1036
00:46:11,440 --> 00:46:14,520
Speaker 3: for them to go into New England healthy fresh. I

1037
00:46:14,520 --> 00:46:17,200
Speaker 3: think getting a chance to get not just Justin Herbert rested,

1038
00:46:17,239 --> 00:46:19,200
Speaker 3: but a lot of these defensive players rested in that

1039
00:46:19,239 --> 00:46:21,200
Speaker 3: game against Denver is going to pay off for him.

1040
00:46:21,400 --> 00:46:23,279
Speaker 3: And if you just look at matchups, when you look

1041
00:46:23,320 --> 00:46:26,080
Speaker 3: at how New England matches up with them, New England's

1042
00:46:26,080 --> 00:46:28,840
Speaker 3: an excellent offense, but they don't have a dominant defensive

1043
00:46:28,880 --> 00:46:32,240
Speaker 3: front that could take advantage of the backup tackle situation

1044
00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:34,760
Speaker 3: that the Chargers have. So I do think it matches

1045
00:46:34,840 --> 00:46:37,200
Speaker 3: up quite well for him and Patrick according to the

1046
00:46:37,200 --> 00:46:39,880
Speaker 3: weather report we had earlier, not too terribly there, It

1047
00:46:39,960 --> 00:46:41,160
Speaker 3: is not too bad.

1048
00:46:41,840 --> 00:46:46,280
Speaker 1: Full spectrum of reporting regarding a great wild card weekend,

1049
00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:48,200
Speaker 1: Bridget Condom with the latest on the Rams and the

1050
00:46:48,280 --> 00:46:51,560
Speaker 1: Chargers making trips on the road in the postseason. Let's

1051
00:46:51,600 --> 00:46:55,560
Speaker 1: go around the NFC Western. Congratulations to less Need and

1052
00:46:55,719 --> 00:46:57,800
Speaker 1: Sean mcgabe. We talked about it's a big number coach

1053
00:46:57,920 --> 00:47:02,680
Speaker 1: GM combinations. Hundred wins for less Need as well as

1054
00:47:02,680 --> 00:47:06,719
Speaker 1: Sean McVay. Some congratulations there, and the Seahawks celebrating the

1055
00:47:06,800 --> 00:47:11,239
Speaker 1: league leader in receiving yardage, Jackson Smith in Jigbo seven

1056
00:47:11,320 --> 00:47:14,280
Speaker 1: hundred in ninety three yards. Of course, the NFC West

1057
00:47:14,280 --> 00:47:16,640
Speaker 1: has the one seed, the five seed, the six seed,

1058
00:47:17,080 --> 00:47:19,399
Speaker 1: and the team that has just parted ways with its

1059
00:47:19,440 --> 00:47:24,280
Speaker 1: head coach Jonathan Gannon, fired by the Arizona Cardinals after

1060
00:47:24,600 --> 00:47:28,200
Speaker 1: finishing things out one in thirteen down the stretch for

1061
00:47:28,320 --> 00:47:31,319
Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals. Back with Mark Ross here as we

1062
00:47:31,640 --> 00:47:33,960
Speaker 1: get a chance to look at these games, in these

1063
00:47:34,040 --> 00:47:38,719
Speaker 1: matchups where we go back to Jonathan Gannon, the rest

1064
00:47:38,719 --> 00:47:43,040
Speaker 1: of the division in the postseason, Mark probably not necessarily

1065
00:47:43,120 --> 00:47:45,880
Speaker 1: helping the case for Jonathan Gannon with so much success

1066
00:47:45,920 --> 00:47:48,960
Speaker 1: elsewhere and them kind of faltering down the stretch once again.

1067
00:47:51,800 --> 00:47:54,439
Speaker 6: Yeah, faltering and just not looking like a well coached

1068
00:47:54,480 --> 00:47:57,440
Speaker 6: football team. When I watched the Cardinals, I always watched like, well,

1069
00:47:57,440 --> 00:47:59,719
Speaker 6: what's their identity? You know, there's some teams that aren't good,

1070
00:47:59,760 --> 00:48:01,759
Speaker 6: but you see where they're going, or they have some

1071
00:48:02,040 --> 00:48:05,880
Speaker 6: foundational pieces and okay, we play a certain style and

1072
00:48:06,160 --> 00:48:08,719
Speaker 6: we can see where it's going. But I watched the Cardinals,

1073
00:48:09,280 --> 00:48:11,400
Speaker 6: you know, DJ just never seem as if they had

1074
00:48:11,480 --> 00:48:14,839
Speaker 6: an identity. And of course Kyler Murray wasn't his guy,

1075
00:48:14,920 --> 00:48:16,800
Speaker 6: but he wasn't able to get Kyler Murray to playing

1076
00:48:16,840 --> 00:48:19,440
Speaker 6: at a high level, to playing at a consistent level.

1077
00:48:19,480 --> 00:48:22,400
Speaker 6: And yes, that falls on the head coach. And then

1078
00:48:22,440 --> 00:48:24,880
Speaker 6: I look at the talent level, just don't see a

1079
00:48:24,920 --> 00:48:28,680
Speaker 6: lot of playmakers on either side of the ball. Trade McBride, fantastic.

1080
00:48:29,040 --> 00:48:31,399
Speaker 6: What happened to my guy, Marvin Harrison Junior. It's kind

1081
00:48:31,440 --> 00:48:34,440
Speaker 6: of underachieving there. So just don't see a lot of talent,

1082
00:48:34,520 --> 00:48:36,200
Speaker 6: and especially on the defensive side of the ball.

1083
00:48:36,239 --> 00:48:38,839
Speaker 2: We're again, and that's supposed to be his calling card.

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Speaker 6: So you know, moving forward, that division is brutal, so

1085
00:48:42,120 --> 00:48:44,000
Speaker 6: you got to get in step with them DJ, But

1086
00:48:44,400 --> 00:48:46,319
Speaker 6: as of now, the Cardinals have a long way to go.

1087
00:48:46,719 --> 00:48:49,200
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's you know, when you look at the landscape

1088
00:48:49,200 --> 00:48:51,399
Speaker 3: of jobs that are available, it'd be tough to push

1089
00:48:51,480 --> 00:48:54,200
Speaker 3: this too far north. When you think about the fact

1090
00:48:54,239 --> 00:48:56,120
Speaker 3: that we've talked about how great those teams are in

1091
00:48:56,160 --> 00:48:58,560
Speaker 3: the division of three playoff teams where all those wins

1092
00:48:58,640 --> 00:49:00,280
Speaker 3: come from, well a lot of them came from the Cardinals.

1093
00:49:00,320 --> 00:49:02,760
Speaker 3: The Cardinals did not win a game inside this division

1094
00:49:02,800 --> 00:49:05,200
Speaker 3: this year, so you've got that to climb over. You've

1095
00:49:05,200 --> 00:49:08,560
Speaker 3: got an expensive quarterback who you don't necessarily believe in.

1096
00:49:09,000 --> 00:49:10,920
Speaker 3: That's going to be a challenge for them to navigate

1097
00:49:10,960 --> 00:49:14,719
Speaker 3: around that. So a lot of challenges for this organization

1098
00:49:14,800 --> 00:49:16,719
Speaker 3: going forward. It's going to be crucial that they get

1099
00:49:16,719 --> 00:49:19,480
Speaker 3: this higher right, that they can maximize the talent they

1100
00:49:19,480 --> 00:49:22,520
Speaker 3: do have on their roster. And you mentioned Marvin Harrison Junior.

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00:49:23,080 --> 00:49:24,680
Speaker 3: You know, when you look at the ability that he

1102
00:49:24,760 --> 00:49:27,600
Speaker 3: had and the inability to get it out of him,

1103
00:49:28,120 --> 00:49:29,719
Speaker 3: that to me is something they've got to figure out.

1104
00:49:29,719 --> 00:49:31,839
Speaker 3: That's a riddle to me. They've got to figure out

1105
00:49:31,840 --> 00:49:33,640
Speaker 3: a way to solve that, get him healthy on the field,

1106
00:49:33,680 --> 00:49:34,560
Speaker 3: and get him productive.

1107
00:49:34,960 --> 00:49:35,879
Speaker 6: Here's the draft order.

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Speaker 1: The Las Vegas Raiders will have the number one overall

1109
00:49:38,200 --> 00:49:42,280
Speaker 1: pick in twenty twenty six, followed up by the Jets, Cardinals, Titans,

1110
00:49:42,360 --> 00:49:45,040
Speaker 1: and Giants. If you're wondering what four of those teams

1111
00:49:45,280 --> 00:49:48,560
Speaker 1: have in common, they've all parted ways with their head

1112
00:49:48,600 --> 00:49:52,160
Speaker 1: coach and some of them might be interested in locating

1113
00:49:52,600 --> 00:49:55,239
Speaker 1: a new quarterback. And so who better to have that

1114
00:49:55,280 --> 00:49:58,480
Speaker 1: conversation with with ourbury own Daniel Jeremiah as we look

1115
00:49:58,480 --> 00:50:00,799
Speaker 1: at what teams might be in in getting a new

1116
00:50:00,840 --> 00:50:02,200
Speaker 1: signal caller in twenty twenty six.

1117
00:50:02,360 --> 00:50:03,759
Speaker 3: Well, I think when you look at this top ten,

1118
00:50:03,880 --> 00:50:05,520
Speaker 3: I think there's the two right at the very top.

1119
00:50:05,560 --> 00:50:07,080
Speaker 3: When you look at Las Vegas and you look at

1120
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Speaker 3: the Jets, those are no doubt quarterback teams. And then

1121
00:50:10,520 --> 00:50:12,799
Speaker 3: you get to Arizona. What does that look like with

1122
00:50:12,920 --> 00:50:15,360
Speaker 3: Kyler Murray's future going forward? I think they could be

1123
00:50:15,440 --> 00:50:18,960
Speaker 3: in the mix at number three and then at number six, Cleveland,

1124
00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:21,560
Speaker 3: you know, I think that's something they've already stated that

1125
00:50:21,640 --> 00:50:23,719
Speaker 3: they're going to try and do their homework on quarterbacks,

1126
00:50:23,719 --> 00:50:26,560
Speaker 3: evaluate schid Or Sanders and his performance versus what they

1127
00:50:26,600 --> 00:50:28,880
Speaker 3: could accomplish. And I know, you know, we have to

1128
00:50:28,880 --> 00:50:30,360
Speaker 3: wait until we get a little further on till we

1129
00:50:30,360 --> 00:50:32,640
Speaker 3: start talking about these quarterbacks in the draft, you know,

1130
00:50:32,719 --> 00:50:34,560
Speaker 3: and what that could look like. Patrick, right, I would

1131
00:50:34,600 --> 00:50:37,920
Speaker 3: just say with Vegas, who's your quarterback? I don't know.

1132
00:50:37,920 --> 00:50:39,840
Speaker 3: We have to wait and find out and what the Jets.

1133
00:50:40,280 --> 00:50:41,560
Speaker 2: More more work to.

1134
00:50:41,520 --> 00:50:44,080
Speaker 3: Be done, you know, in terms of the evaluation process.

1135
00:50:44,640 --> 00:50:46,960
Speaker 1: And I'm wondering with the timeline because we talked about

1136
00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:50,000
Speaker 1: all of these jobs coming opening, everybody's gonna have to

1137
00:50:50,000 --> 00:50:52,680
Speaker 1: take the visits. We've got multiple you know, search firms

1138
00:50:52,719 --> 00:50:55,840
Speaker 1: involved in Atlanta to find a new head coach. Obviously,

1139
00:50:55,840 --> 00:50:58,360
Speaker 1: evaluating talent is going to be the next step in that.

1140
00:50:59,640 --> 00:51:01,160
Speaker 2: What the ideal.

1141
00:51:00,840 --> 00:51:03,600
Speaker 1: Timeline before head coach to come in, get everything set

1142
00:51:03,680 --> 00:51:05,640
Speaker 1: and begin to find the process of how you go

1143
00:51:05,680 --> 00:51:06,880
Speaker 1: about getting that quarterback.

1144
00:51:06,960 --> 00:51:08,840
Speaker 3: Well, I know if I was a head coaching candidate,

1145
00:51:08,920 --> 00:51:10,880
Speaker 3: I would be tuning in and watching the college football

1146
00:51:10,880 --> 00:51:13,080
Speaker 3: playoff game when you're gonna get a chance to see

1147
00:51:13,120 --> 00:51:15,680
Speaker 3: these top two quarterbacks square off, so you can start

1148
00:51:15,680 --> 00:51:18,120
Speaker 3: doing your homework. But there's a long time. They got

1149
00:51:18,120 --> 00:51:19,399
Speaker 3: a lot of time to be able to get guys

1150
00:51:19,440 --> 00:51:21,320
Speaker 3: in there. You know at the you go through the

1151
00:51:21,360 --> 00:51:24,080
Speaker 3: spring process, those top quarterbacks probably not going to see

1152
00:51:24,080 --> 00:51:26,560
Speaker 3: them at All Star games, you know, the combines. If

1153
00:51:26,680 --> 00:51:28,440
Speaker 3: if they even you know, workout or throw there. I

1154
00:51:28,480 --> 00:51:30,440
Speaker 3: hope they do. But you'll have time to get through

1155
00:51:30,480 --> 00:51:32,680
Speaker 3: private workouts, a lot of visits, a lot of time

1156
00:51:32,760 --> 00:51:34,440
Speaker 3: left to be able to visit with these guys. If

1157
00:51:34,440 --> 00:51:35,640
Speaker 3: you decide that's where you want to go.

1158
00:51:36,040 --> 00:51:37,880
Speaker 1: That makes me feel a lot better because sometimes the

1159
00:51:37,880 --> 00:51:40,960
Speaker 1: offseason feels trunk hated. After we finish eighteen weeks of football,

1160
00:51:40,960 --> 00:51:43,279
Speaker 1: then we got an entire postseason, but plenty of time

1161
00:51:43,760 --> 00:51:45,560
Speaker 1: to sort through and figure out who the coach is

1162
00:51:45,600 --> 00:51:47,400
Speaker 1: going to be a lot of these gms are going

1163
00:51:47,440 --> 00:51:47,799
Speaker 1: to be, and.

1164
00:51:47,800 --> 00:51:49,320
Speaker 2: Yes, who the quarterback is going to be.

1165
00:51:49,360 --> 00:51:51,959
Speaker 1: There's the quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers having a moment

1166
00:51:52,320 --> 00:51:55,319
Speaker 1: with Mike Tomlin. No post game chance in acor sure

1167
00:51:56,000 --> 00:51:58,560
Speaker 1: in this game at least, as the Pittsburgh Steelers make

1168
00:51:58,600 --> 00:52:00,640
Speaker 1: their way to the postseason, they will play home to

1169
00:52:01,200 --> 00:52:04,920
Speaker 1: those Houston Texans. Also, Mike Vrabel back in the postseason

1170
00:52:05,239 --> 00:52:09,520
Speaker 1: dappin hugs everybody after Mike Brabel's very successful first season

1171
00:52:10,200 --> 00:52:12,520
Speaker 1: with the New England Patriots, where they will be the

1172
00:52:12,600 --> 00:52:15,600
Speaker 1: number two seed in play host to the Los Angeles Chargers,

1173
00:52:16,080 --> 00:52:19,759
Speaker 1: and the single season franchise leader in passing yards. Now,

1174
00:52:19,800 --> 00:52:22,320
Speaker 1: the four k number did not happen, as the Bears

1175
00:52:22,360 --> 00:52:25,960
Speaker 1: not able to erase that particular non record, but no

1176
00:52:26,160 --> 00:52:28,640
Speaker 1: quarterback has thrown for more yards in a single season

1177
00:52:28,640 --> 00:52:32,279
Speaker 1: for the Chicago Bears than former number one overall pick

1178
00:52:32,400 --> 00:52:35,440
Speaker 1: Haley Williams. His Bears will play host to the Green

1179
00:52:35,440 --> 00:52:38,800
Speaker 1: Bay Packers Saturday, eight pm on Prime Video, the second

1180
00:52:39,320 --> 00:52:42,200
Speaker 1: game coming up on Saturday after the Panthers play host

1181
00:52:42,200 --> 00:52:45,000
Speaker 1: to the Los Angeles Rams. A great wild card weekend

1182
00:52:45,080 --> 00:52:48,920
Speaker 1: that will all wrap up with the Pittsburgh Steelers taking

1183
00:52:48,960 --> 00:52:52,759
Speaker 1: on those Houston Texans Monday Night Football eight pm on

1184
00:52:53,120 --> 00:52:55,640
Speaker 1: ESPN as well as ABC, but also a fun game

1185
00:52:55,680 --> 00:52:58,120
Speaker 1: to start things off on Sunday where the red hot

1186
00:52:58,200 --> 00:53:01,000
Speaker 1: Jacksonville Jaguars play host to Josh Allen to the Buffalo Bill's.

1187
00:53:01,000 --> 00:53:02,560
Speaker 2: Thankfully, Josh Allen.

1188
00:53:02,400 --> 00:53:04,040
Speaker 1: Able to get a little bit of a break before

1189
00:53:04,040 --> 00:53:05,640
Speaker 1: he has to carry the franchise once again.

1190
00:53:06,000 --> 00:53:08,239
Speaker 3: Rest that foot up a little bit there. That's going

1191
00:53:08,320 --> 00:53:10,160
Speaker 3: to be a great matchup. It really is strength versus

1192
00:53:10,239 --> 00:53:11,920
Speaker 3: strength too, and you look at the way that Buffalo

1193
00:53:11,920 --> 00:53:14,319
Speaker 3: has been able to run the football, their commitment to

1194
00:53:14,400 --> 00:53:16,360
Speaker 3: running the football, and you'll get that Jags front and

1195
00:53:16,360 --> 00:53:18,480
Speaker 3: how well they've played, So that's going to be a

1196
00:53:18,480 --> 00:53:20,760
Speaker 3: strength versus strength. I think the game could be decided

1197
00:53:20,800 --> 00:53:23,160
Speaker 3: on the other side with that Jags offense. They have

1198
00:53:23,320 --> 00:53:25,839
Speaker 3: done a nice job of mixing the creativity with Liam

1199
00:53:25,880 --> 00:53:29,360
Speaker 3: Cohen as well as some of that production, that explosiveness

1200
00:53:29,680 --> 00:53:31,719
Speaker 3: over the top. So you get Etn and the ball

1201
00:53:31,719 --> 00:53:33,319
Speaker 3: in the run game, and then you really can get

1202
00:53:33,320 --> 00:53:35,839
Speaker 3: the ball a vertical in that passing game down the field.

1203
00:53:35,920 --> 00:53:38,840
Speaker 3: He's look, Parker Washington's turned into a really good weapon

1204
00:53:38,880 --> 00:53:41,160
Speaker 3: for him and a go to guys. So it's a

1205
00:53:41,160 --> 00:53:44,040
Speaker 3: fun group to watch there in Jacksonville. I think that's

1206
00:53:44,080 --> 00:53:46,520
Speaker 3: the side that decides that Bill's defense. Can they slow

1207
00:53:46,560 --> 00:53:47,919
Speaker 3: down Trevor Lawrence in that offense?

1208
00:53:48,000 --> 00:53:50,120
Speaker 1: Yeah, Britain's strange as well, a big part of the

1209
00:53:50,120 --> 00:53:52,319
Speaker 1: passing game. The addition of Jacobe Myers worked out, but

1210
00:53:52,400 --> 00:53:55,120
Speaker 1: haven't necessarily seen the success on the ground for the

1211
00:53:55,160 --> 00:53:57,440
Speaker 1: Jacksonville Jaguars in recent weeks. How did they get Etn

1212
00:53:57,480 --> 00:53:58,520
Speaker 1: going against Buffalo I.

1213
00:53:58,520 --> 00:54:01,880
Speaker 3: Think they can. Liam Cohen's excellent designing run game, and

1214
00:54:02,080 --> 00:54:03,799
Speaker 3: you know, look, they needed to do what they needed

1215
00:54:03,840 --> 00:54:05,560
Speaker 3: to do to get into the postseason. But I imagine

1216
00:54:05,560 --> 00:54:07,080
Speaker 3: he's got a couple of things up the sleep here.

1217
00:54:07,080 --> 00:54:09,319
Speaker 3: We'll see some wrinkles, We'll see some creativity from him

1218
00:54:09,320 --> 00:54:09,759
Speaker 3: in this game.

1219
00:54:09,800 --> 00:54:11,359
Speaker 2: It's time to get a front office view.

1220
00:54:11,719 --> 00:54:14,000
Speaker 1: We'll bringing our Mark Ross as well as Daniel Jeremiah

1221
00:54:14,040 --> 00:54:17,560
Speaker 1: here in the nfl LA newsroom with me. We can

1222
00:54:17,600 --> 00:54:21,479
Speaker 1: only pick one, which is the best vacancy Mark here

1223
00:54:21,719 --> 00:54:23,960
Speaker 1: for a head coach that would like to find an

1224
00:54:23,960 --> 00:54:26,800
Speaker 1: opportunity in a job position where there's only so many

1225
00:54:26,880 --> 00:54:27,480
Speaker 1: on the planet.

1226
00:54:29,960 --> 00:54:31,759
Speaker 6: Well, the front office view is, you want to have

1227
00:54:31,800 --> 00:54:33,879
Speaker 6: the best vacancy with all the talent, and I think

1228
00:54:33,920 --> 00:54:37,200
Speaker 6: that's Cleveland, where you know, Andrew Barry did an incredible

1229
00:54:37,320 --> 00:54:40,920
Speaker 6: job with this year's draft class. I mean just crushed

1230
00:54:41,239 --> 00:54:44,400
Speaker 6: basically all those guys. How Fan in swessengers wan to

1231
00:54:44,440 --> 00:54:47,000
Speaker 6: be defensive Rookie of the Year. And then of course

1232
00:54:47,000 --> 00:54:49,879
Speaker 6: they've got some veterans like Miles Garrett, who is the

1233
00:54:49,920 --> 00:54:53,200
Speaker 6: defensive player of the Year, and that defense is already

1234
00:54:53,280 --> 00:54:55,480
Speaker 6: set and one of the best of the NFL. You've

1235
00:54:55,480 --> 00:54:58,000
Speaker 6: got an outstanding defensive coordinator who you should try to

1236
00:54:58,080 --> 00:54:59,719
Speaker 6: keep theirs. You don't have to worry about that side

1237
00:54:59,719 --> 00:55:02,160
Speaker 6: of ball. They on offense, you do have a running

1238
00:55:02,160 --> 00:55:06,080
Speaker 6: back Tanem You've got some offensive lineman. But and then

1239
00:55:06,120 --> 00:55:07,880
Speaker 6: you have the draft capitol. So now you have the

1240
00:55:07,920 --> 00:55:11,279
Speaker 6: draft capitol going forward to get the quarterback. That is

1241
00:55:11,360 --> 00:55:14,880
Speaker 6: the piece that is missing. Obviously Shador Sanders showplashes, but

1242
00:55:14,920 --> 00:55:17,640
Speaker 6: I think they've got those two first round picks next

1243
00:55:17,680 --> 00:55:20,359
Speaker 6: year to the next year after that, so maybe not

1244
00:55:20,440 --> 00:55:23,080
Speaker 6: even have to pressure to do it now. DJ. So

1245
00:55:23,640 --> 00:55:25,759
Speaker 6: with all the talent that's on the roster, all the

1246
00:55:25,840 --> 00:55:28,720
Speaker 6: draft capitol, Cleveland can make moves. Great situation.

1247
00:55:28,960 --> 00:55:30,360
Speaker 3: Yeah, they just got to figure out, you know, the

1248
00:55:30,440 --> 00:55:32,839
Speaker 3: stability at the quarterback position. Who that is, whether that's

1249
00:55:32,880 --> 00:55:34,680
Speaker 3: someone on campus right now, or whether that's some way

1250
00:55:34,680 --> 00:55:36,600
Speaker 3: they need to go out there and get. I've said

1251
00:55:36,600 --> 00:55:40,080
Speaker 3: the Giants earlier, I love that opportunity there with Jackson

1252
00:55:40,120 --> 00:55:42,440
Speaker 3: Darton company. I'm going to go to another team that

1253
00:55:42,440 --> 00:55:44,200
Speaker 3: I want to mention though, that's the Tennessee Titans, for

1254
00:55:44,239 --> 00:55:46,080
Speaker 3: the very same reason. I think you have a very

1255
00:55:46,080 --> 00:55:48,640
Speaker 3: talented quarterback. You have a quarterback that was worthy of

1256
00:55:48,640 --> 00:55:52,160
Speaker 3: being the first overall pick in cam Ward and someone

1257
00:55:52,160 --> 00:55:54,000
Speaker 3: who did not have a whole lot around him. But

1258
00:55:54,040 --> 00:55:55,759
Speaker 3: you hear Deca had a nice year for him. They

1259
00:55:55,760 --> 00:55:58,120
Speaker 3: need to continue to fill in around him. But when

1260
00:55:58,120 --> 00:56:00,759
Speaker 3: you're looking at all things considered, when you look at

1261
00:56:00,760 --> 00:56:02,640
Speaker 3: a division, I think they could get in there and

1262
00:56:02,680 --> 00:56:05,160
Speaker 3: they can compete. They're close to being able to compete

1263
00:56:05,160 --> 00:56:07,279
Speaker 3: inside that division. It's a great place to live, by

1264
00:56:07,280 --> 00:56:09,680
Speaker 3: the way, not a bad spot to be there in Nashville,

1265
00:56:09,680 --> 00:56:11,400
Speaker 3: and you've got a quarterback I'm going to make a

1266
00:56:11,480 --> 00:56:13,680
Speaker 3: strong case Jeffrey Simons stew don't forget about him. I

1267
00:56:13,719 --> 00:56:16,120
Speaker 3: think it's a good job there in with the Tennessee Titans.

1268
00:56:16,440 --> 00:56:19,919
Speaker 1: So we've got multiple cases made for coaches to find

1269
00:56:19,960 --> 00:56:24,000
Speaker 1: good spots. The question, though, mark as this time of year,

1270
00:56:24,080 --> 00:56:27,160
Speaker 1: is always the discussion. Is it a John Lynch Kyle

1271
00:56:27,200 --> 00:56:29,480
Speaker 1: Shanahan situation where you bring guys in at the same

1272
00:56:29,520 --> 00:56:31,799
Speaker 1: time and hope they have sustained success or we've got

1273
00:56:31,880 --> 00:56:34,480
Speaker 1: John Schneider being one of the longest, if not the

1274
00:56:34,520 --> 00:56:37,600
Speaker 1: longest tenured GM in the NFL, hiring a new head coach.

1275
00:56:37,960 --> 00:56:40,080
Speaker 1: Where do you land on that pros and cons of

1276
00:56:40,120 --> 00:56:42,960
Speaker 1: bringing in a head coach staggered with the GM.

1277
00:56:42,800 --> 00:56:46,440
Speaker 6: Or bringing them both in at the same time. I

1278
00:56:46,480 --> 00:56:48,040
Speaker 6: do like to have them at the same time. And

1279
00:56:48,080 --> 00:56:50,279
Speaker 6: I am surprised a lot of these openings it's been

1280
00:56:50,320 --> 00:56:52,760
Speaker 6: the head coaches and we haven't seen any gms except

1281
00:56:52,760 --> 00:56:55,279
Speaker 6: for Terry Fontino there to get it. I thought to

1282
00:56:55,400 --> 00:56:58,000
Speaker 6: be a package deal. And that's just because you want

1283
00:56:58,000 --> 00:57:00,839
Speaker 6: to have it together of equally shared vision and you

1284
00:57:00,840 --> 00:57:02,799
Speaker 6: don't have to be the same, but you have to

1285
00:57:02,920 --> 00:57:06,359
Speaker 6: have the equally shared vision. And then it's never the well,

1286
00:57:06,400 --> 00:57:08,520
Speaker 6: I'm here and I'm protecting my desk and then this

1287
00:57:08,560 --> 00:57:10,600
Speaker 6: guy comes in. Now he's protected his desk. And if

1288
00:57:10,640 --> 00:57:12,480
Speaker 6: you look at a lot of these teams that are

1289
00:57:12,480 --> 00:57:15,720
Speaker 6: still going through this again, it's been that patchwork of Okay,

1290
00:57:15,719 --> 00:57:17,520
Speaker 6: the GM goes now the head coach, and the head

1291
00:57:17,560 --> 00:57:20,840
Speaker 6: coach the GM. So I think the best front offices

1292
00:57:20,880 --> 00:57:22,400
Speaker 6: and I was a part of it, you know, with

1293
00:57:22,520 --> 00:57:25,880
Speaker 6: Jerry Reeves and Tom Crawfley working together, and you always

1294
00:57:25,880 --> 00:57:27,960
Speaker 6: want to have that share vision of the whole organization

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Speaker 6: DD and I think that comes about best when both

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Speaker 6: guys are sort of the same pressure point and expectation level.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think Mark, you can find examples of it

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Speaker 3: working each way. You can find the staggered situation where

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Speaker 3: it's worked out. You can find the ones where they

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Speaker 3: all come in together, they're kind of rowing the boat together,

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Speaker 3: it works out. The one thing that I'm keeping an

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Speaker 3: eye on is if there were to be a surprise

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Speaker 3: and one of the prominent coaches were to shake free,

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Speaker 3: and that coach might have the power then to go

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Speaker 3: into a situation talk to an owner and say, hey,

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Speaker 3: I know you've got somebody here, but you're not getting

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Speaker 3: me unless I get to bring in my guy and

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Speaker 3: we start to clock together. So that would be something

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Speaker 3: where I could see, you know, shaking things up a

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Speaker 3: little bit.