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Speaker 1: the Around the NFL Podcast, presented by Head and Shoulders.

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Speaker 1: My name is Dan Hansus, and I'm joined by room

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Speaker 1: filled with some heroes. Mark Sessler to my left, Gregg

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Speaker 1: our flagship program, Sunday Night Recaps. We're here mark another

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Speaker 1: I mean I I don't understand this fifth year option

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Speaker 1: this Sunday Night show to the point speaking to my

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Speaker 1: called it, well, I'll listen to your flagship show tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: She called it the Pashal in a big spot. Congratulations

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Speaker 1: What is that silver believe it may even be more

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Speaker 1: get back on script because that's why it's the Sunday

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Speaker 1: Flagship Show. Because we talked about every game that occurred

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Speaker 1: on Sunday in this week one UH from the early

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Speaker 1: week one j M in UH where there were some

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Speaker 1: as much sizzle. Maybe I was expecting some fireworks, some

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Speaker 1: round out with a lot of drama. League. Well, it

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Speaker 1: was the most one score games in NFL history last year,

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Speaker 1: I mean they essentially said, listen, every thirty one, other

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Speaker 1: teams get to work. We're gonna do things on our

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Speaker 1: own clock. And then you come out and you stamp

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals in week one. I wouldn't maybe they were

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Speaker 1: maybe pro senioritis, but also like there's also narratives all

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Speaker 1: over the place. Last year when Carson Palmer was struggling,

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Speaker 1: it was because he was throwing too much. He managed

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Speaker 1: that and now it's still didn't work out. I don't

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Speaker 1: know it's about Carson Palmer. I think if you were

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Speaker 1: ranking who had the most concerning, depressing, whatever you want

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Speaker 1: to call it, week one, the Cardinals have to be

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Speaker 1: at or near the top of the list to have

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Speaker 1: a loss like this and then to lose David Johnson

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Speaker 1: for what's reported to be either weeks or up to

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Speaker 1: half a season at this point because of the rist

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Speaker 1: and by the way, David Johnson was eleven for twenty three.

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Speaker 1: He was active in the passing game, but he struggled

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Speaker 1: to run the ball. They're left tackle got hurt in

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Speaker 1: this game. D J. Humphries, like, that's a lot going

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Speaker 1: wrong on that offense. They were so reliant on David

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Speaker 1: Johnson last year too, which I I understood he was

449
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Speaker 1: a great fantasy find and an excellent player and one

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Speaker 1: like a revolutionary multi purpose threat. But I don't like

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Speaker 1: any offense that is so reliant on one player, And

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Speaker 1: that looked like that to me with the Cardinals last year.

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Speaker 1: And now what happens now he's got Yeah, he's gotten

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Speaker 1: hurt in their last two games, the finale last year

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Speaker 1: and the opener. Just in terms of right now where

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Speaker 1: we're recording this on Sunday night here in l A.

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Speaker 1: ESPN hasn't missing multiple weeks at a minimum, and potentially

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Speaker 1: after season. P FT reported that it has not been

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Speaker 1: determined if he'll even miss time. So it's really all

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Speaker 1: over the place. But you gotta hope if you're the Cardinals,

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Speaker 1: Johnson still around, Hey, Nick, you want to stick around

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Speaker 1: for one more game? Absolutely, let's do it. Jack showing

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Speaker 1: blitz again. Let's see if they bring the house again.

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Speaker 1: Yes they do. It's an all out blitz. I haven't

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Speaker 1: dropped an he get the balls out again? That balls out?

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Speaker 1: Dante Fowler picks it up forty, don't the thirty Dante

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Speaker 1: Fowler the fifty to the ten to the five touchdown

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Speaker 1: touchdown Jacksonville. Fowler has run it back and the Jackdonville

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Speaker 1: defense is one in a monk? What were the Houston offense?

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Speaker 1: And guess who? Yanni and cock Way once again, but

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Speaker 1: against a different guy this time Chris Clark the left tackle,

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Speaker 1: the chop swim buying Dockway that knocks the ball out

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Speaker 1: and it's clearly a fumble and once Dante Fowler gets it,

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Speaker 1: he's got an entire Craig What did you hear during

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Speaker 1: I'm worried about the cat that was stepped on? And

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Speaker 1: then that sounded a little bit like Brock Hossweiler's cliff

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Speaker 1: from last year slash the cat was stepped on mid body?

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Speaker 1: My goodness. The Jacksonville Jaguars set a franchise record with

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Speaker 1: ten sacks and forced four turnovers, chasing Tom Savage out

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Speaker 1: of the game and rolling to a twenty nine seven

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Speaker 1: win over the anemic Houston Texans. Shook a lot of people,

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Speaker 1: myself included, thought the Texans were well set up playing

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Speaker 1: in front of a full house of resilient is it Houstonian's,

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Speaker 1: but the old quarterback issue flared up on Bill O'Brien

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Speaker 1: once more. As I watched most of the first half,

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Speaker 1: and it just got worse and worse and uglier and uglier.

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Speaker 1: I actually wondered how the Tom Savage's real drop would

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Speaker 1: be used when breaking down this game? Do you want

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Speaker 1: to hear it again? Pleasantly surprised, true bad at football.

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Speaker 1: That's acco That's how he was, totally accurately, That's how

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Speaker 1: he was on Sunday. You know, I don't want to

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Speaker 1: pin it all on him because I want to be

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Speaker 1: a nice guy here. Houston's offensive line is first off,

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Speaker 1: they're one of the three cheapest units in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: They looked like it on Sunday. They struggled to protect

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Speaker 1: him from either side. Clais Campbell had a field day

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Speaker 1: in the first half. He had three and a half sacks,

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Speaker 1: which tied the franchise record for most in a game

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Speaker 1: in the first bad for a free agent pick up

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Speaker 1: in the first game four for the game, Dante Fowler

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Speaker 1: was a wrecking crew on the other side by himself,

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Speaker 1: uh and then Yannick and Gokway, which I'm glad that

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00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:13,280
Speaker 1: that play. That play guy said his name. I struggled

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Speaker 1: to say in the entire game. He was also forced

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Speaker 1: that defense finally looked like it was supposed to look

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Speaker 1: for the last two years. But when it comes to

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Speaker 1: Tom Savage, my real problem with him is he's a

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Speaker 1: statue in the pocket and against pressure like that that

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Speaker 1: you can't survive that way, you can't. And it's also

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Speaker 1: worth pointing out Deshaun Watson came in and yes they

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Speaker 1: had a touchdown drive right off the bat, but in

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Speaker 1: the end, his numbers weren't any better. He actually averaged

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Speaker 1: fewer yards per attempt. He was sacked four times and

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Speaker 1: through an interception two. So I agree with you, not

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Speaker 1: not even seen the game in depth though, that they

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Speaker 1: have systemic problems that go beyond the quarterback and they

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Speaker 1: don't have a logical veteran quarterback that can fix it.

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Speaker 1: I think it's so concerning if you're Houston because the

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Speaker 1: game script here and what happened so early in the

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Speaker 1: year is everything against what you talked about wanting to

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Speaker 1: achieve all offseason with Tom Savage, and in the fact

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Speaker 1: that the veterans were all into him and he was

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Speaker 1: their unquestioned leader, and Bill O'Brien, you know, pulls the

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Speaker 1: plug midway through the first game of the year. Very

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Speaker 1: concerning if on the flip side, if you're the Jaguars,

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Speaker 1: you talked about we're gonna run the ball a hundred

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Speaker 1: and fifty times a game and just hide Blake Bortles

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Speaker 1: did and you did it, and you I would have

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Speaker 1: thought the defense, even if it were quality, you would

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Speaker 1: never be able to achieve that on offense. But they did.

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Speaker 1: This is a great this is a great road win

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Speaker 1: for Jacksonville. But I do want to see if this

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Speaker 1: formula holds against the team and an offense that I

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Speaker 1: could actually move the ball. I hate to say, you know,

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Speaker 1: to maybe burst your bubble you expected to maybe come.

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Speaker 1: I think it's gonna stick. Leonard four Nette looked like

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Speaker 1: the pick worth, the pick everything you would expect from him.

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Speaker 1: That was my NFL dot Com Rookie of the Year.

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Speaker 1: You can find that on our site l dot com.

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Speaker 1: You can also find my Jaguars defense making the leap

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Speaker 1: this year and look at goods so fun. Actually I've

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Speaker 1: had that unpublished. But and for net who caught three

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Speaker 1: passed with their second leading receiver might have to continue

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Speaker 1: to because Alan Roberts Robinson it's confirmed by the Jaguars

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Speaker 1: has an a c L injury. It's believed to be

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Speaker 1: a tour in a c L. They already were a

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Speaker 1: little thin at receiver, just in the passing game in general.

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Speaker 1: That's a huge Ken Leonard four Nette rushed the ball

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Speaker 1: for even times this year. Stay healthy, that's the question

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Speaker 1: I have. Also. J J. Watt left this game with

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Speaker 1: an injury. Did he come back with he with a

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Speaker 1: finger issue? Uh? And his brother out played him this

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Speaker 1: week and he was very what was very frustrated about

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Speaker 1: his effort and the team's effort. I don't know, listen

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Speaker 1: Bill up one thing about Bill O'Brien. I don't and

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Speaker 1: West you know, is all over O'Brien on this, and

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Speaker 1: fairly so that he's very bad with the quarterback room.

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Speaker 1: It's annoying to me that we, because we're so close

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Speaker 1: to the game and covering the game, that we listened

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Speaker 1: to three months of Tom Savage being pumped up as

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Speaker 1: the guy. There was even some you know, like NW

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Speaker 1: Hopkins talking about how he's a franchise type quarterback and

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Speaker 1: then to bad quarters and he's banished, and I don't

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Speaker 1: know if we're gonna see him again barring an injury.

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Speaker 1: I just don't know if that's as bad as he was,

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Speaker 1: and I would have to see watch the game more closely.

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Speaker 1: Is the a guy that should be pulled out of

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Speaker 1: the game after you spend all this time talking yourself

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Speaker 1: into him being a real option. I just wonder what

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Speaker 1: sort of instability it creates in your quarterback room, into

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Speaker 1: a wider degree in your locker room, where you say,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna get behind this guy for all the entire

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Speaker 1: offseason and build him up and then and then in

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Speaker 1: the minute one half goes bad. It's not entirely his fault.

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Speaker 1: We change everything. I'm convinced that none of his teammates

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Speaker 1: are worried about how he feels, and none of them

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Speaker 1: are upset by him being benched in favor of Deshaun Watson,

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Speaker 1: because because Deshaun Watson and Tom Savage right now are

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Speaker 1: on the same plane, except that Deshaun Watson has the

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Speaker 1: mobility to escape the pass for us that he's inevitably

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Speaker 1: going to be facing all year well less than average line. Well,

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Speaker 1: we'll have an update on this by the time some

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Speaker 1: people hear this. But this is a Thursday night game.

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Speaker 1: The Texans are playing this week against the Bengals, so

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Speaker 1: can they about as sexy is last year's Christmas Eve

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Speaker 1: game between? Alright, alright, alright, it's a fair point. Can

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Speaker 1: they get to Shawn Watson? Ready on that short of

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00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:09,440
Speaker 1: arrest like trying to avoid o into it? Did you

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Speaker 1: hear did you hear Greg the suit get upset? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: Yeah on the wrist. You must enjoy that game. It

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00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:19,720
Speaker 1: will be fun for you that ladder. I'll be here

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Speaker 1: on Thursday night, Dan, I'll come back. We'll be doing

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Speaker 1: the previews show. I'm hoping I'll watch it, but I don't.

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Speaker 1: I like to discuss good football when I see it.

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Speaker 1: How about that Shook? Nice work, Thank you for stopping by.

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Speaker 1: Appreciate h We love having you here. I love being here.

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Speaker 1: Where are you off to? Now? What is the rest

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Speaker 1: of your workout? Number four? Time is it? I don't

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Speaker 1: think I have time to make the gym. We're gonna

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Speaker 1: go watch more games today. There you go, Nick Shook

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Speaker 1: signing off, Love us some Nick Shook. Let's move on.

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Speaker 1: Cousin's long blump up again. He's got Thompson to his

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Speaker 1: one buck again, goes Cousins. Phoopball couldn't close. It's picked

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Speaker 1: up by Cox? Is now it was gonna fullball the Eagles.

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Speaker 1: Carson Wentz through for three seven yards and two touchdowns,

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Speaker 1: and the Eagles defense did their job as well. The

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Speaker 1: Eagles with a thirty seventeen win over a sloppy Redskins team.

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Speaker 1: Greg Carson Wentz looked like a guy ready to take

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Speaker 1: the next step in year two, while Kirk Cousins and

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Speaker 1: the Redskins just looked ineffective. Their offense didn't make you

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Speaker 1: feel any better about the preseason you saw. But what

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Speaker 1: really stood out to me was something we've talked about

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Speaker 1: this offseason, which is by far the best group in

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Speaker 1: this game was Fletcher Cox, Brandon Graham and Timmy Journ. Again,

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Speaker 1: they won this game. They were dominating it early. They're

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Speaker 1: getting all over Cousins making it very hard to do anything.

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Speaker 1: They end up winning the game with the strip sack late,

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Speaker 1: but even before that they were hitting him. They were

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Speaker 1: sacking him there, getting tackles for loss in the in

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Speaker 1: the Redskins running game, and Carson Wentz he had his

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Speaker 1: ups and downs, But I think if the Eagles can

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Speaker 1: have that group up front each in every week, they're

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Speaker 1: gonna have a chance to win a lot of games. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's unusual to look at two teams where what we

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Speaker 1: saw in August translates almost entirely to Week one, and

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Speaker 1: that that unit for Philly dominated throughout the entire preseason.

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Speaker 1: And the question for me was, when the lights go on,

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Speaker 1: would we see a Redskin team under Jake Gruden that

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Speaker 1: suddenly knew how to run the ball, that suddenly the

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Speaker 1: chemistry between Cousins and Terrell Prior and others would be there.

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Speaker 1: And Prior had a better game than we've seen, you know,

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Speaker 1: during any time with the Redskins. But this offense concerns me.

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Speaker 1: And and even with his better numbers, he there was

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Speaker 1: a couple of deep shots early, one which he dropped

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Speaker 1: one which the it wasn't syncd up him and Cousins.

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Speaker 1: They were not on the same page. So you saw

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Speaker 1: that early kind of chemistry issues plaguing them that they

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Speaker 1: were worried about. And Josh Dotson just wasn't even on

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Speaker 1: the field that much. They need him to be out

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Speaker 1: there a lot, and they used him sparing Lee. I

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00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:54,840
Speaker 1: don't know if they're sending a message or they just

642
00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:57,800
Speaker 1: don't trust them to stay healthy right now. I mean Cousins,

643
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Speaker 1: on top of being sacked four times and having his

644
00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:04,280
Speaker 1: own issues, loses two fumbles. I mean, you want to

645
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Speaker 1: look at a team in the in the NFC East

646
00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:08,840
Speaker 1: that Greg you called the Eagles to win this division.

647
00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:11,320
Speaker 1: I mean they have they have some nasty elements to them.

648
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Speaker 1: I don' think Jim Schwartz is a coordinator, Coordinator of

649
00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:16,760
Speaker 1: the year type candidate. I think, yeah, I mean, this

650
00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:20,080
Speaker 1: is a bad, bad start for Washington. But Cousins is

651
00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:22,920
Speaker 1: a guy that people like to count him out and

652
00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:24,600
Speaker 1: then all of a sudden he'll get I'm not I'm

653
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Speaker 1: not what's gonna be Okay? I think bad start, and yeah,

654
00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:30,120
Speaker 1: they clearly have things they have to work out, and

655
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Speaker 1: I think Philadelphia, uh, you know, benefited from that well

656
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Speaker 1: real quick. Carson Wentz. I mean Carson Wentz. It's I

657
00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:39,120
Speaker 1: think it's okay to get excited about Carson Wentz. I

658
00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:41,720
Speaker 1: don't know if he's like a top ten quarterback this

659
00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:45,040
Speaker 1: year or whenever, but he's fun to watch. I mean

660
00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:50,480
Speaker 1: that one touchdown, dude, that's Randall Cunningham stuff. I mean,

661
00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:54,080
Speaker 1: that is that's rare. We talked about it. Very different

662
00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:56,640
Speaker 1: player Patrick Mahomes in the presect. There aren't many people

663
00:32:56,840 --> 00:32:59,520
Speaker 1: that can pull off a play that Carson Wentz did

664
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Speaker 1: to act large and we talked about Aglar lot this offseason.

665
00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:04,720
Speaker 1: Ended up having six catches for eight six yards. He

666
00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:06,400
Speaker 1: had that touchdown. He also had a couple of key

667
00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:10,960
Speaker 1: third down conversions. I think the Eagles really want Carson

668
00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:13,880
Speaker 1: Wentz to start coming up with some of those improv

669
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Speaker 1: improvisational place and I think they have the receivers this year,

670
00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:19,880
Speaker 1: even though he missed some passes that can do the

671
00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:22,120
Speaker 1: scramble drill a little better with him to to come

672
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Speaker 1: up with those places. One injury here. Ronald Darby, the

673
00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:28,000
Speaker 1: cornerback acquired in a trade from the Bills last month,

674
00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:33,200
Speaker 1: suffered a pretty bad looking ankle injury. Dislocated it, tendon damage. Uh.

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Speaker 1: You could expect him to miss many weeks and perhaps

676
00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:37,680
Speaker 1: all of the weeks in the season. We'll see how

677
00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:39,800
Speaker 1: that plays off. Was huge. I mean, there's a reason

678
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Speaker 1: they they made a big trade for him and gave

679
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Speaker 1: up a real assets for him. He was looking very

680
00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:46,440
Speaker 1: good for them too, and he and they were really

681
00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:49,080
Speaker 1: thin at that position. It's a huge loss. Let's move

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Speaker 1: back to the A. F. C. Dalton empty backfield. In

683
00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:55,080
Speaker 1: the shotgun, Ravens bring a blitz past reflective floats high

684
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Speaker 1: to the air, and it is intercepted in the ten

685
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Speaker 1: yards large and taken down and have a five yard

686
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Speaker 1: line as the Ravens got their third pick of the game.

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Speaker 1: Terrell Suggs had the tip and learned Darius whim with

688
00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:12,040
Speaker 1: the pick. I don't think I've ever seen a ball

689
00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:15,000
Speaker 1: tip that high before. That must have grown up twenty

690
00:34:15,080 --> 00:34:18,000
Speaker 1: feet straight up in the air, and nobody knew where

691
00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:20,759
Speaker 1: it was except La Darius, who caught it in a

692
00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:24,160
Speaker 1: crouch like a catcher would. The Ravens defense was as

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Speaker 1: good as advertised on Sunday, picking off Andy Dalton four

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Speaker 1: times and forcing a fumble in a twenty zero victory.

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00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:34,560
Speaker 1: Folks to shut out victory over the Cincinnati ben Gals

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Speaker 1: in front of a frustrated home crowd at Paul Brown

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Speaker 1: Stadium UM on Thursday. On Thursday's previous foot which again

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Speaker 1: let me listens dropping nuggets, you gonna learn something. It's

699
00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:50,120
Speaker 1: not just about the flagship show. On Thursday, we talked

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00:34:50,160 --> 00:34:53,240
Speaker 1: about this raven season rising and falling on their defense

701
00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:56,280
Speaker 1: channeling it's dominant ways of old. So far, so good.

702
00:34:56,440 --> 00:35:01,600
Speaker 1: As for the Bengals, so gross. I mean, I think

703
00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:03,840
Speaker 1: that's appropriate. If it sounds would never do it again.

704
00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:08,200
Speaker 1: The offense deserved every boo that rained down on the field.

705
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Speaker 1: But let's be honest, because you open your season against

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Speaker 1: a division rival and you get shut out after people

707
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Speaker 1: like me and many others that that stuck up for

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00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:22,160
Speaker 1: Cincinnati said last year was a Murphy's Law type of season.

709
00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:25,280
Speaker 1: Now they're healthy, Now they're gonna get things together. Everybody

710
00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:27,840
Speaker 1: that had concerns about this team, whether it was the

711
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Speaker 1: offensive line, or whether Andy Dalton was good enough or

712
00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:33,680
Speaker 1: what have you, all that stuff played out in a

713
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Speaker 1: nightmarish form for Cincinnati. I'm concerned about a Bengals offensive

714
00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:42,279
Speaker 1: line that allows five sacks um an overall effort that

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Speaker 1: has all Dalton lose a fumble through four picks, and

716
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Speaker 1: the guy who most impressed me in the preseason, Joe Mixon,

717
00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:50,680
Speaker 1: rushes for nine yards off eight carries. I'm sure that.

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Speaker 1: I'm sure the narrative in terms of having a running

719
00:35:52,719 --> 00:35:55,280
Speaker 1: game went out the window pretty early here. But I

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Speaker 1: I remember Dan, you and I watching that Brown's Bengals

721
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Speaker 1: game from were Dalton utterly melt melted down in a

722
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Speaker 1: primetime loss to Cleveland. I don't know if he's had

723
00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:10,839
Speaker 1: a game this bad since then he's good. Point too,

724
00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:13,279
Speaker 1: very very bad play. I mean he had a bad

725
00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:17,120
Speaker 1: game in general, but early in the game, when things

726
00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:19,759
Speaker 1: were under control, they're in the red zone and he

727
00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:23,160
Speaker 1: floats a pass into coverage on third and seven. His

728
00:36:23,239 --> 00:36:25,320
Speaker 1: receiver was well covered, but it's just a throw you

729
00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:27,719
Speaker 1: can't be making, especially if you've been a starter for

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Speaker 1: seven years as Dalton has, and was picked off by C. J.

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Speaker 1: Moseley and run back twenty five yards. And then in

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Speaker 1: the after they've fallen behind. Um, I want to say

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Speaker 1: it was in the third quarter, the start of the

734
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Speaker 1: third quarter, Cincinnati gets an interception, gets set up. You

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00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:45,439
Speaker 1: see that, the crowd getting into the game. Uh since

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Speaker 1: it then it makes it a couple of plays, gets

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Speaker 1: into the red zone, and then and then Dalton rolls

738
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Speaker 1: to his right, doesn't sense the pressure, takes a sack,

739
00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:55,640
Speaker 1: fumbles the ball, loses it, and then at that point

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00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:57,839
Speaker 1: all the airs out of that stadium and they never

741
00:36:57,920 --> 00:37:00,879
Speaker 1: really threatened again after that. It was basically, if you're

742
00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:03,520
Speaker 1: not an Andy Dalton fan, this was the exact type

743
00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:05,920
Speaker 1: of game that reinforces all the notions you have. Well,

744
00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:09,200
Speaker 1: the the box score in a lot of these games.

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00:37:09,239 --> 00:37:13,279
Speaker 1: Offensively in Week one was ugly. It's usually offense is

746
00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:16,120
Speaker 1: ahead of defense early in the season, there's there's higher

747
00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:18,239
Speaker 1: scoring because the weather and all that. Both of these

748
00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:20,640
Speaker 1: teams were under three yards. The Bengals are at two

749
00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:24,239
Speaker 1: to twenty, which is really really low. That's about where

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00:37:24,239 --> 00:37:26,200
Speaker 1: the Seahawks were too. You don't see that too oft

751
00:37:26,239 --> 00:37:28,200
Speaker 1: in the NFL. The Ravens weren't even much better. But

752
00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:30,800
Speaker 1: you should give the defense. We should give the defense,

753
00:37:31,239 --> 00:37:34,120
Speaker 1: uh the most credit because they're coming into this week

754
00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:36,920
Speaker 1: looking like one of the deepest, baddest units around and

755
00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:38,680
Speaker 1: they come and pitch a shutout, which you just don't

756
00:37:38,680 --> 00:37:40,759
Speaker 1: see in the NFL too much. To else Sugs, I

757
00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:44,040
Speaker 1: don't know. I don't know what he does that he

758
00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:46,120
Speaker 1: never gets worse like he No, I'm just saying he

759
00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:49,760
Speaker 1: never gets where he gets better. He's there, James Harrison,

760
00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:52,759
Speaker 1: like on that front, right, Brandon Williams had a big game.

761
00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:55,160
Speaker 1: Michael Pierce is a nose tackle like they're they're kind

762
00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:58,120
Speaker 1: of big and nasty up front, and then I think

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Speaker 1: they translate really well to day's NFL where there's a

764
00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:04,160
Speaker 1: lot of substitutions and in depth where they can just

765
00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:07,399
Speaker 1: have guys out there for snaps and they're just they're

766
00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:09,640
Speaker 1: shuttling in and out and they're doing a great job.

767
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Speaker 1: I liked that you go out and signed Tony Jefferson

768
00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:14,839
Speaker 1: and he had a big game, and that secondary, which

769
00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:17,759
Speaker 1: was a nightmare a couple of seasons ago, totally short

770
00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:22,000
Speaker 1: up at this point, and Baltimore could win games based

771
00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:24,040
Speaker 1: on their defense alone. We talked about them winning games

772
00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:26,839
Speaker 1: twelve to nine. Well, torny to nothing works. Yeah. Two

773
00:38:26,840 --> 00:38:31,480
Speaker 1: more notes about the quarterback played Dalton against the Ravens. Yikes.

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Speaker 1: I mean he's now had in nine he's had nine

775
00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:36,600
Speaker 1: three interception games in his career, four of them against

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Speaker 1: the Ravens. And he's had one other four pick game

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Speaker 1: that was in two thousand thirteen, also against the Ravens.

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Speaker 1: And Joe Flacco, on the other hand, no fluco, no fluco.

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Speaker 1: Not a great performance. You didn't have to do much

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Speaker 1: nine of seventeen twenty one yards. Uh. He did throw

781
00:38:52,600 --> 00:38:56,000
Speaker 1: a pick, but it was almost a perfect situation because

782
00:38:56,560 --> 00:38:59,560
Speaker 1: you're kind of working Flacco back into the mix. He

783
00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:01,759
Speaker 1: was not gonna carry you on a bad back this week.

784
00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:04,120
Speaker 1: You let the defense do it and maybe that's gonna

785
00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:06,120
Speaker 1: be the order of the day in Baltimore. It's it's

786
00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:09,040
Speaker 1: gonna be a lot of ugly games. Danny Woodhead suffered

787
00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:11,480
Speaker 1: a non contact injury. We'll see how long he's like

788
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:14,239
Speaker 1: a hamstring, which was a problem this summer as well. Yeah,

789
00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:17,799
Speaker 1: it was not was barely on the field for them.

790
00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:20,040
Speaker 1: He was also very active in that drive before he

791
00:39:20,040 --> 00:39:21,360
Speaker 1: got hurt. He looked like he was gonna be a

792
00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:23,440
Speaker 1: big part of the offense, and now he's got to

793
00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:26,200
Speaker 1: big to get a road division victory. This feels like

794
00:39:26,239 --> 00:39:28,800
Speaker 1: those count double well in the division. Was gonna accept

795
00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:31,080
Speaker 1: the top three teams can be separated by two games

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00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:34,719
Speaker 1: in that division. Hey Ravens, great job. Let's stay in

797
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Speaker 1: the a f C North and move on to believe

798
00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:40,640
Speaker 1: land clean snapping right for the kicker is blocked the

799
00:39:40,680 --> 00:39:43,160
Speaker 1: Steelers pocket, it's loosened bounding in the end zone. If

800
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Speaker 1: the Steelers fall upon it in the Brown's end zone

801
00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:49,680
Speaker 1: for a touchdown, Tyler Mattic Kevin shot in and they

802
00:39:49,719 --> 00:39:53,560
Speaker 1: get the clean swat Anthony chicklo able to pounce upon it.

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00:39:54,280 --> 00:39:57,680
Speaker 1: Have a Pittsburgh Steelers strike pay durt without their offense

804
00:39:57,760 --> 00:40:00,400
Speaker 1: even getting on the field as the former a blow

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00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:05,200
Speaker 1: blocks it Ailo gets the six. The Steelers got in

806
00:40:05,239 --> 00:40:08,279
Speaker 1: front with a huge special teams play and Ben Roethlisberger

807
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Speaker 1: through two touchdown passes the tight end Jesse James. The

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Speaker 1: result teen win over the Cleveland Browns. Mark uh downstairs,

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00:40:17,719 --> 00:40:19,560
Speaker 1: you didn't seem to put much stock in the idea

810
00:40:19,600 --> 00:40:21,920
Speaker 1: of a moral victory, but given the Steelers all they

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Speaker 1: can handle, counts his progress right. Weird, a very weird game.

812
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Speaker 1: And Greg made the point on Thursdays Show that there

813
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Speaker 1: was a week to play Pittsburgh it might be this

814
00:40:30,719 --> 00:40:33,520
Speaker 1: one because of the kind of lack of time they

815
00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:36,480
Speaker 1: spent together on offense in the preseason, and it really

816
00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:39,120
Speaker 1: played out that way. In the first half. I saw

817
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Speaker 1: Cleveland do a couple of things. They basically had a

818
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Speaker 1: couple of safety is just hanging back, almost playing like

819
00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:49,279
Speaker 1: a prevent type defense that were sort of forcing Big

820
00:40:49,320 --> 00:40:52,560
Speaker 1: Ben too watch the field, and they were throwing a

821
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Speaker 1: crazy blitz packages Adam left and right, and you take

822
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Speaker 1: away that blocked punt for a touchdown. This game is

823
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Speaker 1: eight in fourteen. And here's the thing. If you look

824
00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:06,200
Speaker 1: at what Pittsburgh was able to accomplish and not accomplish

825
00:41:06,239 --> 00:41:11,160
Speaker 1: on offense. It was a massive like output by Antonio Brown,

826
00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:13,640
Speaker 1: who blew up right before the half and never never

827
00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:17,200
Speaker 1: settled down after that. But Levy on Bell on the

828
00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:19,640
Speaker 1: field for the majority of the game was bottled up

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Speaker 1: from start to finish. And really, honestly, Cleveland came close

830
00:41:24,080 --> 00:41:26,600
Speaker 1: to taking this thing. It's just that they don't really

831
00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:29,439
Speaker 1: seem to have the weapons themselves to go and take

832
00:41:29,480 --> 00:41:32,480
Speaker 1: advantage of a game where Pittsburgh's not on top of

833
00:41:32,480 --> 00:41:34,359
Speaker 1: its own. Well, it's another game. Neither one of these

834
00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:37,279
Speaker 1: teams went over yards. That is a weird game. That

835
00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:40,480
Speaker 1: is a there's a lot of defense dominated weeks. Uh.

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Speaker 1: Antonio Brown eleven for one eight two and he made

837
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Speaker 1: the big play of the game at the end to play.

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00:41:46,920 --> 00:41:50,680
Speaker 1: He he crosses across the entire field. UH leaps for

839
00:41:50,719 --> 00:41:53,640
Speaker 1: a ball in coverage and that's why he's arguably the

840
00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:55,719
Speaker 1: best wide receiver in the league. He comes down with

841
00:41:55,760 --> 00:41:58,440
Speaker 1: the ball and that really sealed the game. Mark. What

842
00:41:58,480 --> 00:42:01,080
Speaker 1: were your thoughts on deshaunk Eiser in his first start.

843
00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:03,359
Speaker 1: He did throw a couple of or score a couple

844
00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:05,399
Speaker 1: of touchdowns. He seemed to do some good things. It

845
00:42:05,560 --> 00:42:09,600
Speaker 1: was i cannot a Cleveland has not one and opener

846
00:42:09,640 --> 00:42:12,080
Speaker 1: since two thousand and four, which everyone knows at this point.

847
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Speaker 1: But it was the most promising I really. I feel

848
00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:19,279
Speaker 1: like it's just been hammered into people's minds, it's been

849
00:42:20,040 --> 00:42:23,040
Speaker 1: hammered into mine. But it was Jeff Garcia, of all

850
00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:25,319
Speaker 1: people that won that game back then, way back when.

851
00:42:25,719 --> 00:42:30,319
Speaker 1: I have not seen a more promising rookie debut by

852
00:42:30,320 --> 00:42:34,000
Speaker 1: a Browns quarterback that includes Tim Couch, that includes anyone

853
00:42:34,080 --> 00:42:36,680
Speaker 1: dating back to the return of the league. It was

854
00:42:36,760 --> 00:42:40,600
Speaker 1: not perfect. They did not protect. What I liked about

855
00:42:40,640 --> 00:42:43,239
Speaker 1: it was that sacks seven times, some of them were

856
00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:45,239
Speaker 1: his own fault, but just kept getting back up, just

857
00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:47,600
Speaker 1: like he did in the preseason. I think that he's

858
00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:49,960
Speaker 1: got a demeanor about him on the field where he

859
00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:52,840
Speaker 1: doesn't freak out in the pocket. He looks off his

860
00:42:52,960 --> 00:42:56,040
Speaker 1: first receiver, he'll find a second. He showed chemistry with

861
00:42:56,120 --> 00:42:58,640
Speaker 1: Corey Coleman and a few other Browns receivers as well.

862
00:42:58,840 --> 00:43:01,080
Speaker 1: I honestly think that there's something to take away from

863
00:43:01,080 --> 00:43:03,440
Speaker 1: this game that you can grow on. And I do

864
00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:05,279
Speaker 1: think he's gonna have a couple of games where he

865
00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:08,520
Speaker 1: will surprise people and knock out a favorite team or two,

866
00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:11,319
Speaker 1: and he might not have the crazy pressure. I know

867
00:43:11,360 --> 00:43:14,040
Speaker 1: it's not a good team, but the crazy pressure that

868
00:43:14,080 --> 00:43:16,600
Speaker 1: a lot of Brown's quarterbacks have had. Because I agree

869
00:43:16,600 --> 00:43:18,640
Speaker 1: with in his offensive line play better, you would think

870
00:43:18,680 --> 00:43:21,080
Speaker 1: that they can play even better. Can the defense be better?

871
00:43:21,120 --> 00:43:24,480
Speaker 1: I know it's only one week, but they gave up

872
00:43:24,600 --> 00:43:28,239
Speaker 1: fewer yards mark in this game than they did in

873
00:43:28,360 --> 00:43:31,919
Speaker 1: any game of all of last season. They also gave

874
00:43:32,040 --> 00:43:35,680
Speaker 1: up fewer yards. The Steelers had fewer yards than almost

875
00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:37,040
Speaker 1: any one of their games. It would have been their

876
00:43:37,080 --> 00:43:39,440
Speaker 1: second or third worst game if for the Steelers office.

877
00:43:39,440 --> 00:43:42,360
Speaker 1: So that's that's that's big. They only gave up twenty

878
00:43:42,440 --> 00:43:44,760
Speaker 1: one points or less one time all of last season,

879
00:43:44,800 --> 00:43:47,400
Speaker 1: So it was an embarrassing defense last year, and this

880
00:43:47,480 --> 00:43:50,280
Speaker 1: was not embarrassing. But by any stretch, no, they look different.

881
00:43:50,280 --> 00:43:52,960
Speaker 1: They're actually tackling people and stopping the run, which was

882
00:43:53,040 --> 00:43:56,719
Speaker 1: not present last year. M two more notes. They have

883
00:43:56,800 --> 00:43:58,480
Speaker 1: to clean that up with Kaislo. If he's gonna get

884
00:43:58,480 --> 00:44:00,839
Speaker 1: sacked seven times a game, not gonna stay healthy. We've

885
00:44:00,840 --> 00:44:03,520
Speaker 1: seen this with Cleveland with injuries at the quarterback position.

886
00:44:03,560 --> 00:44:05,920
Speaker 1: We already know their depth. He also puts himself and

887
00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:08,280
Speaker 1: he puts himself in danger. He had two runs today

888
00:44:08,280 --> 00:44:10,920
Speaker 1: where he got hit heavily. When you've got to you've

889
00:44:10,920 --> 00:44:14,600
Speaker 1: got to be sliding. And finally, um T J. Watt

890
00:44:15,200 --> 00:44:18,160
Speaker 1: two sacks and the interception of his debut. So the

891
00:44:18,680 --> 00:44:20,520
Speaker 1: big summer hype seems to be paying off, and Big

892
00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:23,280
Speaker 1: Ben does I'm prove to twenty one and two against

893
00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:26,800
Speaker 1: the Indie uh from Indians against the Browns in his career.

894
00:44:27,120 --> 00:44:29,560
Speaker 1: Wasn't there a T. J. Watt sandwich prop or something?

895
00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:31,319
Speaker 1: Did West throw that out there that he's gonna get

896
00:44:31,320 --> 00:44:34,600
Speaker 1: more than J. J. Watt? My crazy? It sounds crampy

897
00:44:34,600 --> 00:44:37,600
Speaker 1: because I don't remember that. Maybe that's another podcast you do, Greg,

898
00:44:37,640 --> 00:44:41,160
Speaker 1: I don't know. Let's move on. Newton with his arms outstretched,

899
00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:45,279
Speaker 1: fists balled up, indicating a possible play change single high

900
00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:48,200
Speaker 1: safety looks saying France Newton from her muddy pocket, flicks

901
00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:50,920
Speaker 1: a pass caught left side, deep down the sideline. Russell

902
00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:55,320
Speaker 1: Shepherd breaks away and we'll store a touchdown Carolina Panthers

903
00:44:55,480 --> 00:45:00,640
Speaker 1: forty yards Cam Newton to Russell Shepherd. That's called a bus.

904
00:45:00,680 --> 00:45:03,400
Speaker 1: So far, so good for Cam Newton and his surgically

905
00:45:03,400 --> 00:45:07,120
Speaker 1: repaired shoulder, he threw touchdown passes. He threw two touchdown passes,

906
00:45:07,120 --> 00:45:09,840
Speaker 1: and the Panthers defense did the rest in a three

907
00:45:09,920 --> 00:45:13,960
Speaker 1: win over the forty Niners and Kyle Shanahan's head coaching debut. Mark,

908
00:45:14,320 --> 00:45:16,520
Speaker 1: This was supposed to be a season of renewed hope

909
00:45:16,560 --> 00:45:18,480
Speaker 1: by the Bay. That may still be the case, but

910
00:45:18,560 --> 00:45:20,759
Speaker 1: Sunday just felt like more of the same for a

911
00:45:20,760 --> 00:45:25,520
Speaker 1: scuffling organization. Well, they ran into an excellent defense and

912
00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:29,040
Speaker 1: it was the kind of performance by Carolina that will

913
00:45:29,080 --> 00:45:32,000
Speaker 1: always expose a quarterback like Brian Hoyer who was not

914
00:45:32,080 --> 00:45:35,560
Speaker 1: protected well but also creates his own issues. And you

915
00:45:35,560 --> 00:45:38,319
Speaker 1: know he does. He does. And I was having flashbacks

916
00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:40,600
Speaker 1: listening to Mark watch this game, and he was just like,

917
00:45:40,640 --> 00:45:43,400
Speaker 1: oh Hoyer, Well it's Yer, not another Hoyer. It was

918
00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:45,640
Speaker 1: a lot of Hoyer. It was frustrating. Although I found

919
00:45:45,680 --> 00:45:48,160
Speaker 1: Cam Newton to be I think Panthers fans would have

920
00:45:48,160 --> 00:45:50,799
Speaker 1: been frustrated by his performance, especially in the first half.

921
00:45:50,840 --> 00:45:53,000
Speaker 1: He seemed to warm up as the game went on.

922
00:45:53,120 --> 00:45:55,359
Speaker 1: In the entire offense sort of came into its own

923
00:45:55,800 --> 00:45:58,320
Speaker 1: later on. But I think that happened against the forty Niners.

924
00:45:58,360 --> 00:46:00,720
Speaker 1: Team was sort of broken by the end the third quarter.

925
00:46:01,040 --> 00:46:03,160
Speaker 1: This game feltically it was six hours long. Let me

926
00:46:03,200 --> 00:46:06,120
Speaker 1: note that. But Newton to me, he missed a wide

927
00:46:06,160 --> 00:46:08,680
Speaker 1: open at at Dixon in the end zone. He had

928
00:46:08,719 --> 00:46:11,080
Speaker 1: a couple of throws, one to Calvin Benjamin in a

929
00:46:11,160 --> 00:46:14,160
Speaker 1: deep shot that was intercepted. Uh in a in a

930
00:46:14,200 --> 00:46:19,399
Speaker 1: way a beautiful a beautiful, beautiful interception by Jakiski Tart.

931
00:46:19,440 --> 00:46:22,400
Speaker 1: Jakrisky Tart forty nine or safety one of the players

932
00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:24,680
Speaker 1: of the day. I don't camp Camp to me was

933
00:46:24,760 --> 00:46:26,880
Speaker 1: not all there at all. He moved well, but he

934
00:46:27,080 --> 00:46:29,480
Speaker 1: is not seeing the field perfectly yet and it's going

935
00:46:29,520 --> 00:46:31,000
Speaker 1: to take a few more weeks to play The Bills

936
00:46:31,040 --> 00:46:33,720
Speaker 1: next week. Had McCaffrey look in his debut, He seemed

937
00:46:33,719 --> 00:46:36,960
Speaker 1: to be a big part of the offense as we expected. No,

938
00:46:37,360 --> 00:46:39,799
Speaker 1: not a breakout effort by any means. Yeah, I think

939
00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:43,160
Speaker 1: he was. I would say he was largely bottled up,

940
00:46:43,200 --> 00:46:45,480
Speaker 1: maybe strong, but he didn't have one of these sort

941
00:46:45,520 --> 00:46:48,920
Speaker 1: of flashy forty five yard breakaway runs. But it is

942
00:46:49,000 --> 00:46:51,880
Speaker 1: so clear that he is going to have a massive

943
00:46:51,920 --> 00:46:54,600
Speaker 1: workload from week to week. But along with that, saying

944
00:46:54,600 --> 00:46:56,400
Speaker 1: with Jonathan Stewart. I think they're going to find a

945
00:46:56,440 --> 00:47:00,080
Speaker 1: way to use them both. And there was one Oh,

946
00:47:00,120 --> 00:47:01,520
Speaker 1: I think they love to do that in this and

947
00:47:01,560 --> 00:47:03,840
Speaker 1: they and there was a screen pass to Jonathan Stewart

948
00:47:04,040 --> 00:47:07,560
Speaker 1: that was successful in my mind, specifically because McCaffrey was

949
00:47:07,640 --> 00:47:10,600
Speaker 1: on the field and causing concerns for that defense. Jack

950
00:47:10,640 --> 00:47:12,879
Speaker 1: Thompson they used as a pass thrusher had a big

951
00:47:12,880 --> 00:47:17,520
Speaker 1: game overall. If they could add him to Davis and Keithley,

952
00:47:17,640 --> 00:47:20,040
Speaker 1: that's the best linebacker group in the league, and then

953
00:47:20,320 --> 00:47:24,800
Speaker 1: Wes Horton and load of Layla and Peppers and Kwan Short,

954
00:47:25,360 --> 00:47:28,399
Speaker 1: they might not need Cam Newton to be crazy good

955
00:47:28,520 --> 00:47:30,800
Speaker 1: right away. I think they've got the defense and running

956
00:47:30,840 --> 00:47:34,600
Speaker 1: formula that Ron rivera wire. Yeah. I didn't really think

957
00:47:34,640 --> 00:47:36,560
Speaker 1: this much, but it kind of maybe just seeing it

958
00:47:36,640 --> 00:47:39,000
Speaker 1: in action in Week one. I kind of like Carolyn

959
00:47:39,200 --> 00:47:42,120
Speaker 1: Carolina is a bounce back team this season. If the

960
00:47:42,160 --> 00:47:44,920
Speaker 1: defense is gonna be good and Cam is healthy and

961
00:47:45,000 --> 00:47:47,799
Speaker 1: McCaffrey is gonna break out and have big games, and

962
00:47:47,880 --> 00:47:50,200
Speaker 1: you've got they look good at parts. You've got a

963
00:47:50,200 --> 00:47:53,840
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame linebacker as long as he stays healthy

964
00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:57,600
Speaker 1: at his absolute apex right in the middle of that thing. Uh,

965
00:47:57,640 --> 00:48:01,320
Speaker 1: there you go. Let's uh move on to Oh yeah, baby,

966
00:48:01,560 --> 00:48:04,640
Speaker 1: it's the rebuilding Bowl now. Marco the full back is

967
00:48:04,680 --> 00:48:06,839
Speaker 1: hand and they're gonna flank him out to the left side.

968
00:48:06,920 --> 00:48:09,840
Speaker 1: McCoy the tailback first and goal from the two. Tyrod

969
00:48:09,880 --> 00:48:13,120
Speaker 1: gonna throw it, fires a short caught in the endo, touchdown.

970
00:48:13,200 --> 00:48:18,160
Speaker 1: Andre Holmes homes to the house. Touchdown Buffalo. They came

971
00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:20,600
Speaker 1: from the right side, Merbs, so they faked to hand

972
00:48:20,680 --> 00:48:23,680
Speaker 1: up go play action pass Charles Place to the back

973
00:48:23,719 --> 00:48:26,200
Speaker 1: of the end line, which two of the coverage and

974
00:48:26,280 --> 00:48:30,760
Speaker 1: here comes Andre Holmes underneath. Tyrod buys time with his legs.

975
00:48:31,040 --> 00:48:34,080
Speaker 1: It just delivers a float into Andre Holmes. He walks

976
00:48:34,080 --> 00:48:38,840
Speaker 1: in on touch touchdown Buffalo. Tyrod Taylor threw two touchdown

977
00:48:38,880 --> 00:48:41,600
Speaker 1: passes and the Bill's defense had no trouble stifling the

978
00:48:41,680 --> 00:48:46,399
Speaker 1: Jets a twelve win at Orchard Park. Sean McDermott wins

979
00:48:46,400 --> 00:48:49,080
Speaker 1: and his head coaching debut in the Jets. Uh looked

980
00:48:49,080 --> 00:48:51,160
Speaker 1: comfortable in what should be a familiar role for them

981
00:48:51,160 --> 00:48:55,239
Speaker 1: this season. Uh In truth, gentleman, does that mean they

982
00:48:55,239 --> 00:48:58,719
Speaker 1: looked comfortable? Is a loser paying second? We were just

983
00:48:58,800 --> 00:49:01,919
Speaker 1: like that that was a bad It's like they I'll

984
00:49:01,920 --> 00:49:03,920
Speaker 1: tell you what, they played hard for Todd Bowls. You

985
00:49:03,920 --> 00:49:06,759
Speaker 1: could tell this was a team that uh it wasn't

986
00:49:06,800 --> 00:49:09,200
Speaker 1: in their mailing, in their effort, but it just it

987
00:49:09,360 --> 00:49:11,279
Speaker 1: just there's so much against this team. They just don't

988
00:49:11,280 --> 00:49:12,680
Speaker 1: have the talent on the field. And you see it

989
00:49:12,719 --> 00:49:16,160
Speaker 1: even against the Bills, team that we know isn't going anywhere.

990
00:49:16,360 --> 00:49:19,200
Speaker 1: Because in truth and a nine point defeat is a

991
00:49:19,200 --> 00:49:22,239
Speaker 1: small victory for the Jets. They were dominated by the Bills. Uh.

992
00:49:22,280 --> 00:49:25,880
Speaker 1: They nearly doubled up the Jets in total yards. Uh

993
00:49:25,920 --> 00:49:28,399
Speaker 1: if the Bills were a little more uh efficient as

994
00:49:28,400 --> 00:49:31,440
Speaker 1: a team, this is probably you know, a thirty to

995
00:49:31,560 --> 00:49:35,480
Speaker 1: ten type game. But they got it done anyway. So

996
00:49:36,560 --> 00:49:39,680
Speaker 1: you know, in terms of takeaways, I I guess I'll

997
00:49:40,080 --> 00:49:42,719
Speaker 1: I think it's time to throw it. So, my dad,

998
00:49:43,160 --> 00:49:46,160
Speaker 1: Keith Hanss, who is uh you know, if you're new

999
00:49:46,200 --> 00:49:51,080
Speaker 1: to the podcast, my dad is a Bronx native. Who. Uh,

1000
00:49:51,120 --> 00:49:53,840
Speaker 1: if you grew up in the Bronx in the nineteen fifties,

1001
00:49:54,680 --> 00:49:57,440
Speaker 1: you were definitely a Yankees fan and you were probably

1002
00:49:57,440 --> 00:50:01,040
Speaker 1: a Giants fan who also played it um Yankee Stadium

1003
00:50:01,080 --> 00:50:04,800
Speaker 1: in the Bronx but my dad was brought to the

1004
00:50:04,880 --> 00:50:07,960
Speaker 1: Jets by Joe namath and and his flair, and he

1005
00:50:08,080 --> 00:50:10,640
Speaker 1: drafted me into this. He got Super Bowl three. I

1006
00:50:10,719 --> 00:50:14,399
Speaker 1: never got any of that. Uh. But uh, I've I've

1007
00:50:14,400 --> 00:50:16,239
Speaker 1: been stuck with this team. I'm now passing down to

1008
00:50:16,280 --> 00:50:19,200
Speaker 1: my two sons. I don't know why, but I am.

1009
00:50:19,239 --> 00:50:21,600
Speaker 1: But Keiths been there through all the ups and downs,

1010
00:50:21,640 --> 00:50:28,160
Speaker 1: mostly down. So let's check in with dad. His name

1011
00:50:28,280 --> 00:50:33,160
Speaker 1: is Keith, He's dance Dad. He'll doubt about it. He's

1012
00:50:33,200 --> 00:50:37,359
Speaker 1: a league Jets fan. What is he going to say

1013
00:50:37,600 --> 00:50:41,799
Speaker 1: bull game to say? What is he going to bull

1014
00:50:41,880 --> 00:50:48,880
Speaker 1: happing game to say? The Jets Bills This afternoon, Bold

1015
00:50:49,000 --> 00:50:52,719
Speaker 1: had the Jets playing hard, but Taylor and McCoy would

1016
00:50:52,719 --> 00:50:56,160
Speaker 1: get too much for the Jet defense. The Jet offense

1017
00:50:56,320 --> 00:51:00,400
Speaker 1: was terrible. Uh. The gown is accurate but short asking

1018
00:51:00,400 --> 00:51:04,319
Speaker 1: but unable to throw deep. Probably good with personnel. On

1019
00:51:04,360 --> 00:51:07,640
Speaker 1: a bright side, Churs was was pretty good as wide

1020
00:51:07,640 --> 00:51:10,400
Speaker 1: receiver and stepped in there and look good. Uh. My

1021
00:51:10,560 --> 00:51:14,520
Speaker 1: question on the offense also was where was while pout

1022
00:51:15,320 --> 00:51:18,479
Speaker 1: seems a little slow when the offensive lines uh didn't

1023
00:51:18,480 --> 00:51:20,520
Speaker 1: seem to be able to open up any holes either,

1024
00:51:20,600 --> 00:51:26,400
Speaker 1: so it wasn't a very good effort offensively about the Jets, right,

1025
00:51:27,560 --> 00:51:29,239
Speaker 1: I like, did you think this at the end? Yeah,

1026
00:51:29,320 --> 00:51:31,239
Speaker 1: we should be thanking him. This is if you're if

1027
00:51:31,239 --> 00:51:34,800
Speaker 1: you're a stringer covering a sport, this is a tough assignment.

1028
00:51:34,840 --> 00:51:36,680
Speaker 1: He has this. I know, I feel like that was

1029
00:51:36,960 --> 00:51:40,440
Speaker 1: it sounded later in the season than week one, You

1030
00:51:40,440 --> 00:51:43,000
Speaker 1: know what I mean, Well, he's already been through the preseason.

1031
00:51:43,080 --> 00:51:45,160
Speaker 1: That's been long enough. If you're listen, if you're a

1032
00:51:45,239 --> 00:51:47,279
Speaker 1: Jets fan, Yeah, you had five and eleven, which was

1033
00:51:47,360 --> 00:51:49,520
Speaker 1: really a worse season than that. The five and eleven

1034
00:51:49,600 --> 00:51:54,600
Speaker 1: looks kind this offseason aged you just how utterly depressing

1035
00:51:54,640 --> 00:51:56,960
Speaker 1: it was as you sunk deeper and deeper into this

1036
00:51:57,080 --> 00:52:00,279
Speaker 1: long rebuild, bloodletting. And now the season arrived, and it

1037
00:52:00,280 --> 00:52:03,920
Speaker 1: starts with a pretty decisive loss against the bad team. Uh.

1038
00:52:03,960 --> 00:52:07,160
Speaker 1: To the point that my dad made about the running game,

1039
00:52:07,400 --> 00:52:10,360
Speaker 1: I don't really know what I understand. He had guaranteed

1040
00:52:10,400 --> 00:52:12,600
Speaker 1: money coming. I just don't understand mad Fortes role on

1041
00:52:12,640 --> 00:52:16,000
Speaker 1: this team. Uh he did, he just looked maybe two

1042
00:52:16,080 --> 00:52:20,000
Speaker 1: steps slow. Uh. And and the offense in general fifteen

1043
00:52:20,000 --> 00:52:21,960
Speaker 1: Carriacster thirty eight yards to a half of pop's not

1044
00:52:22,000 --> 00:52:25,480
Speaker 1: gonna get yards. I mean, so many of these games

1045
00:52:25,480 --> 00:52:27,960
Speaker 1: are just very strange, shot out of like an early

1046
00:52:28,040 --> 00:52:32,520
Speaker 1: nineteen seventies cannon. But why why is Josh McCown throwing

1047
00:52:32,520 --> 00:52:34,480
Speaker 1: the ball thirty nine times in a game that was

1048
00:52:34,560 --> 00:52:38,600
Speaker 1: close up until I see I'm watching the game, and

1049
00:52:38,640 --> 00:52:40,840
Speaker 1: I didn't see it as some type of horrific breakdown

1050
00:52:40,840 --> 00:52:43,080
Speaker 1: and play calling. I think they they were playing from

1051
00:52:43,080 --> 00:52:45,439
Speaker 1: behind the entire game, just trying to get things going

1052
00:52:45,719 --> 00:52:48,240
Speaker 1: on the Buffalo side of the ball. I thought Tyrod

1053
00:52:48,239 --> 00:52:51,120
Speaker 1: Taylor looked good. Again. I don't quite get the hate

1054
00:52:51,120 --> 00:52:53,640
Speaker 1: the Tyrod Taylor gets because every time I see him

1055
00:52:53,640 --> 00:52:56,040
Speaker 1: play with the Jets, he makes plays. Uh, he makes

1056
00:52:56,040 --> 00:52:58,239
Speaker 1: plays with his feet. He can make throws. I know

1057
00:52:58,320 --> 00:53:00,839
Speaker 1: he's not He's not Steve Young in terms of accuracy,

1058
00:53:00,880 --> 00:53:02,919
Speaker 1: but the guy makes every time I see him play,

1059
00:53:02,960 --> 00:53:05,239
Speaker 1: he makes a couple of guys miss and that's why

1060
00:53:05,280 --> 00:53:08,640
Speaker 1: he's the best running quarterback in football. I I think

1061
00:53:08,760 --> 00:53:10,840
Speaker 1: if you're a Bills fan, I know it's the Jets,

1062
00:53:10,840 --> 00:53:14,400
Speaker 1: but you have to be really encouraged after the preseason

1063
00:53:14,440 --> 00:53:17,040
Speaker 1: that they had for all the troubles that the Jets have,

1064
00:53:17,080 --> 00:53:19,320
Speaker 1: and everyone makes fun of them that's mostly on offense.

1065
00:53:19,360 --> 00:53:21,879
Speaker 1: I'm not saying they're great defense, but they're not. They're

1066
00:53:21,920 --> 00:53:25,040
Speaker 1: not an embarrassing defense entire Rode after the preseason that

1067
00:53:25,080 --> 00:53:27,080
Speaker 1: he had and the concussion to go out there and

1068
00:53:27,160 --> 00:53:29,080
Speaker 1: lead a team to four hundred yards of offense, to

1069
00:53:29,120 --> 00:53:31,560
Speaker 1: throw for eight yards per tempt, and for the team

1070
00:53:31,640 --> 00:53:33,800
Speaker 1: to run for a hundred and ninety yards. This looks

1071
00:53:33,840 --> 00:53:38,000
Speaker 1: like out of the ninety two thousand and sixteen Bills playbook,

1072
00:53:38,040 --> 00:53:39,839
Speaker 1: where they're the number one rushing team in the league.

1073
00:53:39,920 --> 00:53:44,560
Speaker 1: Jets missed Sheldon Richardson, who they traded. Uh, encouraging, Well,

1074
00:53:46,560 --> 00:53:48,279
Speaker 1: you gotta feel a little bit of hope they'll coming

1075
00:53:48,280 --> 00:53:50,000
Speaker 1: out of that, Like, Okay, this is a perfect game

1076
00:53:50,040 --> 00:53:52,000
Speaker 1: to start at home against the Jets. Let's face it,

1077
00:53:52,080 --> 00:53:54,560
Speaker 1: but the Buffalo running games really deal. Let Sewn McCoy

1078
00:53:54,600 --> 00:53:58,240
Speaker 1: looks like as good as he ever was. I wonder, uh,

1079
00:53:58,280 --> 00:54:00,920
Speaker 1: if they're truly in it to lose it, like the

1080
00:54:01,000 --> 00:54:04,320
Speaker 1: Jets with a rebuild. If McCoy has some trade value

1081
00:54:04,880 --> 00:54:07,359
Speaker 1: before he gets hurt, he's so, he's so nothing they're

1082
00:54:07,360 --> 00:54:10,440
Speaker 1: trying to I really don't Yeah, maybe they're not. And

1083
00:54:11,160 --> 00:54:13,239
Speaker 1: then one other interesting thing is Mike Tilbert had a

1084
00:54:13,280 --> 00:54:16,680
Speaker 1: really beefy role in the running game. He had twelve carries,

1085
00:54:16,719 --> 00:54:20,120
Speaker 1: he scored a touchdown. So the Bills looked very capable

1086
00:54:20,160 --> 00:54:23,160
Speaker 1: against the Jets. Let's see what happens when they're against uh,

1087
00:54:23,239 --> 00:54:27,080
Speaker 1: you know, better opponents. Let's move on. Here comes the

1088
00:54:27,160 --> 00:54:29,719
Speaker 1: pressure for the Rams. Tol Zine gets it out far

1089
00:54:29,880 --> 00:54:36,160
Speaker 1: side today, jumpson, picks it off ten picks six a

1090
00:54:38,160 --> 00:54:41,520
Speaker 1: new season, new l A Rams Jared Goff passed for

1091
00:54:41,520 --> 00:54:44,760
Speaker 1: a career high three hundred and six yards and a touchdown.

1092
00:54:44,800 --> 00:54:47,600
Speaker 1: It's his first one. Is an NFL starter my own. Uh.

1093
00:54:47,600 --> 00:54:50,760
Speaker 1: The l A Rams embarrassed the Indianapolis Colts forty six

1094
00:54:50,960 --> 00:54:54,719
Speaker 1: nine at the call seems shot. Sean McVeigh could not

1095
00:54:54,800 --> 00:54:56,759
Speaker 1: have asked for a better debut as a head coach,

1096
00:54:56,760 --> 00:55:09,480
Speaker 1: and Scott Tolzine, yes, started starting quarterback. Actually somehow went

1097
00:55:10,280 --> 00:55:14,600
Speaker 1: worse than expected for all Scott Hull Greg Yeah, the

1098
00:55:14,760 --> 00:55:19,520
Speaker 1: early pick six, I mean, the sacks, everything was bad.

1099
00:55:19,520 --> 00:55:23,040
Speaker 1: But you gotta give credit to the Rams. And I

1100
00:55:23,080 --> 00:55:27,239
Speaker 1: could hear the cheering all the way from the from

1101
00:55:27,280 --> 00:55:33,160
Speaker 1: the newsroom. Chris Wesseling over at his paramour's abode and

1102
00:55:34,160 --> 00:55:36,680
Speaker 1: they're getting excited, and people say, oh, well, it's just

1103
00:55:36,719 --> 00:55:39,200
Speaker 1: Scott Tolzine and the Colts. Well, you know what, last

1104
00:55:39,280 --> 00:55:41,880
Speaker 1: year's Rams weren't blowing out anyone. The last game we

1105
00:55:41,920 --> 00:55:44,040
Speaker 1: saw like this in the Colosseum, it was the Rams

1106
00:55:44,080 --> 00:55:47,319
Speaker 1: that are getting blown out by the Atlanta Falcons. And

1107
00:55:47,360 --> 00:55:49,799
Speaker 1: what's a good sign of a solid team you blow

1108
00:55:49,840 --> 00:55:52,680
Speaker 1: out the bad teams. I think this team is exciting.

1109
00:55:52,719 --> 00:55:54,759
Speaker 1: I even smell a little whiff of team of a

1110
00:55:54,880 --> 00:55:58,200
Speaker 1: t L with this, because I think West is probably

1111
00:55:58,200 --> 00:56:01,200
Speaker 1: getting into him and I think Wade Phillips gets me

1112
00:56:01,280 --> 00:56:04,480
Speaker 1: going a little bit. And it's just that they've it's

1113
00:56:04,480 --> 00:56:06,880
Speaker 1: been so bad to watch that and once you and

1114
00:56:07,120 --> 00:56:09,279
Speaker 1: once Gregg and West have decided on the Team of eight,

1115
00:56:09,320 --> 00:56:13,840
Speaker 1: time have no turning back. So that's the right ahead,

1116
00:56:14,040 --> 00:56:16,120
Speaker 1: go ahead. I was gonna say that I am totally

1117
00:56:16,160 --> 00:56:18,279
Speaker 1: with you in the sense that, yeah, the cults are

1118
00:56:18,360 --> 00:56:19,960
Speaker 1: dreadful and I don't want to hear it by the

1119
00:56:19,960 --> 00:56:23,360
Speaker 1: way I subjected on this podcast and elsewhere. Oh the

1120
00:56:23,400 --> 00:56:25,919
Speaker 1: culture making all the right moves. I know Andrew luck

1121
00:56:26,440 --> 00:56:30,239
Speaker 1: is a huge, huge missing piece of the pie puzzle here,

1122
00:56:30,280 --> 00:56:32,719
Speaker 1: but he you know, this team looked like they were

1123
00:56:32,760 --> 00:56:35,000
Speaker 1: worse than the Jets today and it wasn't necessarily close,

1124
00:56:35,280 --> 00:56:37,600
Speaker 1: but the Rams taking care of business. They don't look

1125
00:56:38,040 --> 00:56:40,440
Speaker 1: this doesn't look like a flukey win for the Rams.

1126
00:56:40,440 --> 00:56:43,239
Speaker 1: They looked like very much like a good team. And

1127
00:56:43,360 --> 00:56:46,080
Speaker 1: a lot of that me was Jared Goff looked like

1128
00:56:46,120 --> 00:56:50,440
Speaker 1: a real quarterback and for the first time post Jeff Fisher,

1129
00:56:50,440 --> 00:56:52,799
Speaker 1: because it never happened during Jeff Fisher's reign in that

1130
00:56:53,000 --> 00:56:57,480
Speaker 1: in that city, Cooper Cup, Sammy Watkins, you're adding players

1131
00:56:57,520 --> 00:57:01,640
Speaker 1: around a young quarterback that Hooper Cup is the absolutely

1132
00:57:01,719 --> 00:57:05,040
Speaker 1: perfect security blanket who makes in some incredible catches today.

1133
00:57:05,280 --> 00:57:07,520
Speaker 1: And he looked just like the guy we saw and

1134
00:57:07,760 --> 00:57:10,680
Speaker 1: he is good enough where golf trusts him to just

1135
00:57:10,840 --> 00:57:13,160
Speaker 1: kind of throw the ball up and cuk Cup is

1136
00:57:13,200 --> 00:57:16,800
Speaker 1: making a contested catch or he's making a one handed catch.

1137
00:57:17,000 --> 00:57:18,720
Speaker 1: I think he could lead this team and receiving. He

1138
00:57:18,800 --> 00:57:23,200
Speaker 1: did it on Sunday. And they're just the creativity and

1139
00:57:23,280 --> 00:57:25,600
Speaker 1: the way that they're coaching golf. Like there's one play

1140
00:57:25,640 --> 00:57:27,919
Speaker 1: where they're they're faking an end around and then they're

1141
00:57:27,920 --> 00:57:30,520
Speaker 1: faking something else and then suddenly you got a wide

1142
00:57:30,520 --> 00:57:32,280
Speaker 1: open receiver in the middle of the field because of

1143
00:57:32,280 --> 00:57:34,320
Speaker 1: all that action, and it gets it easy to find

1144
00:57:34,480 --> 00:57:37,160
Speaker 1: throw for golf that he can execute. He was very

1145
00:57:37,160 --> 00:57:40,240
Speaker 1: solid to I am concerned. I'm just looking at the

1146
00:57:40,240 --> 00:57:42,280
Speaker 1: box score. I'm gonna go watch this game later. But

1147
00:57:42,520 --> 00:57:47,160
Speaker 1: Todd Gurley, this looks like another nightmare scenario. Nineteen carries

1148
00:57:47,240 --> 00:57:49,600
Speaker 1: for forty yards two point one? Is it? Is there

1149
00:57:49,600 --> 00:57:51,720
Speaker 1: a mirage there is there's something else attached to that.

1150
00:57:51,720 --> 00:57:54,080
Speaker 1: That's a lot of carries for not a lot of yards. Yeah. Early,

1151
00:57:54,160 --> 00:57:57,600
Speaker 1: and you know a lot of those poor carries were

1152
00:57:57,680 --> 00:57:59,560
Speaker 1: in the second half when they kind of knew that

1153
00:57:59,600 --> 00:58:01,920
Speaker 1: they were on, especially in the third quarter. But I

1154
00:58:01,920 --> 00:58:05,480
Speaker 1: wouldn't say that he stood out in any particular way

1155
00:58:05,680 --> 00:58:08,080
Speaker 1: early in the game either. He just was kind of

1156
00:58:08,080 --> 00:58:09,800
Speaker 1: a work course. He did catch the ball a lot

1157
00:58:09,840 --> 00:58:12,480
Speaker 1: fifty six yards. You know, he has to show that

1158
00:58:12,520 --> 00:58:15,160
Speaker 1: he can be special, but I think other guys on

1159
00:58:15,200 --> 00:58:18,640
Speaker 1: the team showed it. Robert Quinn, who Phillips talked about

1160
00:58:18,680 --> 00:58:21,560
Speaker 1: as DeMarcus ware like uh in terms of the role

1161
00:58:21,720 --> 00:58:24,320
Speaker 1: and that the speed that he could have. He looked

1162
00:58:24,320 --> 00:58:27,440
Speaker 1: like he was back. And this front seven without Aaron

1163
00:58:27,480 --> 00:58:30,280
Speaker 1: Donald really just made it impossible for the Colts, And

1164
00:58:30,600 --> 00:58:33,400
Speaker 1: my last thought in this game, Chuck Flagano come back

1165
00:58:33,400 --> 00:58:35,800
Speaker 1: to us. I don't want to say there's a hot

1166
00:58:35,840 --> 00:58:38,840
Speaker 1: button involved with this guy, but one weekend, but I

1167
00:58:38,880 --> 00:58:42,800
Speaker 1: thought it was so emblematic of uh, my feelings about

1168
00:58:42,840 --> 00:58:46,280
Speaker 1: this guy. They're down ten nothing in the first quarter. Uh,

1169
00:58:46,320 --> 00:58:49,240
Speaker 1: they get a play Marlon mack Um should have a

1170
00:58:49,280 --> 00:58:53,040
Speaker 1: touchdown where he he clearly stays in bounds, hits the pylon.

1171
00:58:53,680 --> 00:58:57,600
Speaker 1: UH scores. He gets ruled erroneously out of bounds. Instead

1172
00:58:57,600 --> 00:59:00,600
Speaker 1: of taking a look at it, challenging it and getting

1173
00:59:00,640 --> 00:59:04,160
Speaker 1: seven points, he rushes his team to the line. Uh.

1174
00:59:04,240 --> 00:59:06,880
Speaker 1: They do a running play that loses yardage. They do

1175
00:59:06,920 --> 00:59:09,280
Speaker 1: another running play that loses yardage, and then a third

1176
00:59:09,320 --> 00:59:11,400
Speaker 1: down at the goal line, they have Scott Tolzine throw

1177
00:59:11,560 --> 00:59:14,320
Speaker 1: and he very nearly throws another interception. It was a

1178
00:59:15,400 --> 00:59:19,120
Speaker 1: It was a perfect microcosm of Chuck Pogano as a

1179
00:59:19,160 --> 00:59:21,640
Speaker 1: flawed head coach to me, because you have to have

1180
00:59:21,720 --> 00:59:23,680
Speaker 1: seven points in that spot and you take it away

1181
00:59:23,680 --> 00:59:25,840
Speaker 1: from the kid. Mac feels like an l A based

1182
00:59:25,960 --> 00:59:29,760
Speaker 1: you know, honorage to Jeff Fisher, a nod to what

1183
00:59:29,840 --> 00:59:32,240
Speaker 1: Fisher did with that team for years. Let's move on.

1184
00:59:32,560 --> 00:59:35,680
Speaker 1: Oh and one more thing about that Rams win guys

1185
00:59:39,280 --> 00:59:47,120
Speaker 1: that he locked it up. Oh, oh, good job Dan, whatever, Dan,

1186
00:59:47,480 --> 00:59:49,920
Speaker 1: an excellent job by you. Well, you know, maybe you

1187
00:59:49,920 --> 00:59:52,440
Speaker 1: should try it next week. Mark, didn't work out so

1188
00:59:52,520 --> 00:59:54,280
Speaker 1: good for you this week. Maybe I should have doubled

1189
00:59:54,320 --> 00:59:56,400
Speaker 1: up with you on that lock at. I didn't like

1190
00:59:56,440 --> 01:00:00,240
Speaker 1: that strategy by you. Worry about doubling up, but lock

1191
01:00:00,440 --> 01:00:11,160
Speaker 1: it doesn't matter on just Sunday Night. Sunday Night touchdown

1192
01:00:12,760 --> 01:00:17,240
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott's touchdown past to Jason Witten, old reliable was

1193
01:00:17,280 --> 01:00:20,680
Speaker 1: really all the Cowboys needed on Sunday Night football. The

1194
01:00:20,720 --> 01:00:24,400
Speaker 1: Giants didn't show up without Odell Beckham. Uh. Offense could

1195
01:00:24,440 --> 01:00:27,360
Speaker 1: not do anything. And when I say they can't do

1196
01:00:27,440 --> 01:00:30,200
Speaker 1: anything two three yards at total offense, there's that two

1197
01:00:30,240 --> 01:00:33,640
Speaker 1: hundred number again Boys. The final score nineteen to three,

1198
01:00:34,240 --> 01:00:39,280
Speaker 1: a easy victory, uh for the Dallas Cowboys. Mark Sezler,

1199
01:00:39,320 --> 01:00:42,520
Speaker 1: who moved to one And want to know and if

1200
01:00:42,560 --> 01:00:46,080
Speaker 1: you're a Giants fan, you have to be upset that

1201
01:00:46,160 --> 01:00:48,240
Speaker 1: the team didn't compete without its best player. And if

1202
01:00:48,240 --> 01:00:51,040
Speaker 1: you're a Cowboys fan, hey, you check a win against

1203
01:00:51,040 --> 01:00:53,120
Speaker 1: the Giants, which you didn't have one of last year yeah.

1204
01:00:53,120 --> 01:00:55,800
Speaker 1: I mean, this is a Cowboys team that we just

1205
01:00:55,840 --> 01:01:00,280
Speaker 1: spent the entire offseason in panic mode over their d fence,

1206
01:01:01,200 --> 01:01:04,520
Speaker 1: and suddenly you're the New York Giants weather Weather without

1207
01:01:04,520 --> 01:01:08,600
Speaker 1: Odell Beckham, a three point stinker and all the same issues.

1208
01:01:08,680 --> 01:01:10,920
Speaker 1: Is last year that I saw a running game that

1209
01:01:10,960 --> 01:01:14,200
Speaker 1: you cannot count on on any level, putting everything on

1210
01:01:14,280 --> 01:01:18,040
Speaker 1: Eli Manning to handle. When Brandon Marshall is your leading

1211
01:01:18,080 --> 01:01:25,040
Speaker 1: receiver in theory tonight, give me a break in what

1212
01:01:25,200 --> 01:01:27,840
Speaker 1: Carry's coming after me this year? You can't trust Carry.

1213
01:01:27,880 --> 01:01:33,200
Speaker 1: You don't know where I like, well, Mark almost We

1214
01:01:33,200 --> 01:01:35,280
Speaker 1: almost lost Mark by the end of last season. So

1215
01:01:35,640 --> 01:01:37,400
Speaker 1: I talked to Carry, so let's fix it up, and

1216
01:01:37,560 --> 01:01:41,240
Speaker 1: very famously rude and interrupting. And I can accept that

1217
01:01:41,240 --> 01:01:44,640
Speaker 1: Brandon Marshall only had two targets until a last meeting,

1218
01:01:44,880 --> 01:01:49,400
Speaker 1: meaningless garbage time drive, but he was hardly the only

1219
01:01:49,520 --> 01:01:52,240
Speaker 1: problem there. Eli Manning wasn't protected. Well, they don't. They

1220
01:01:52,240 --> 01:01:54,320
Speaker 1: didn't have a great power running game. You have to

1221
01:01:54,360 --> 01:01:58,160
Speaker 1: give the Cowboys defense though, some credit. This wasn't a

1222
01:01:58,200 --> 01:02:00,920
Speaker 1: defense that we thought was gonna be able to just

1223
01:02:00,960 --> 01:02:04,480
Speaker 1: shut down just about any team. And Sean Lee, it's

1224
01:02:04,480 --> 01:02:09,080
Speaker 1: a reminder, when he's healthy and flying around those pass

1225
01:02:09,160 --> 01:02:13,360
Speaker 1: patterns and just making life difficult for opposing quarterbacks posing

1226
01:02:13,480 --> 01:02:16,600
Speaker 1: running backs, what a difference maker he can be. Eli

1227
01:02:16,680 --> 01:02:20,480
Speaker 1: Manning finished in the Gabbard zone just about five point

1228
01:02:20,560 --> 01:02:23,520
Speaker 1: seven yards per tenth. Paul Perkins, who you know a

1229
01:02:23,520 --> 01:02:25,760
Speaker 1: lot of people talk themselves into in fantasy drafts as

1230
01:02:25,760 --> 01:02:27,840
Speaker 1: an option. Maybe he will be, but not tonight. His

1231
01:02:27,960 --> 01:02:31,400
Speaker 1: long rush was three yards. Brandon Marshall. Yes, that one

1232
01:02:31,440 --> 01:02:33,720
Speaker 1: catch comes in garbage time and you're you're saying to yourself,

1233
01:02:33,720 --> 01:02:36,320
Speaker 1: you're a Giants fan right now, you're saying Odell Beckham,

1234
01:02:36,400 --> 01:02:38,520
Speaker 1: I know he's our best player, but again, it it

1235
01:02:38,560 --> 01:02:40,280
Speaker 1: hammers home for a team that hasn't scored more than

1236
01:02:40,360 --> 01:02:44,240
Speaker 1: twenty points and seven games now, seven straight games dating

1237
01:02:44,280 --> 01:02:47,600
Speaker 1: back to last December. Uh, there's something wrong with your

1238
01:02:47,640 --> 01:02:50,840
Speaker 1: offense fundamentally if your best player walks out and then

1239
01:02:50,880 --> 01:02:52,640
Speaker 1: you're just got nothing. And Marshall was supposed to have

1240
01:02:52,680 --> 01:02:54,600
Speaker 1: a chance to step up today and he disappeared. Yeah,

1241
01:02:54,680 --> 01:02:57,720
Speaker 1: and on the flip side in Dallas, des Bryant was

1242
01:02:58,000 --> 01:03:01,240
Speaker 1: largely kept out of the game until late late when

1243
01:03:01,240 --> 01:03:03,800
Speaker 1: he had a thirty five yard grab at one point

1244
01:03:03,880 --> 01:03:06,760
Speaker 1: nine targets two catches. I mean, we knew that was

1245
01:03:06,800 --> 01:03:10,160
Speaker 1: a possibility with New York secondary, but it wasn't as

1246
01:03:10,200 --> 01:03:13,240
Speaker 1: if Dallas had everyone operating at you know, high octane

1247
01:03:13,240 --> 01:03:16,280
Speaker 1: pace either. No. I think Dak Prescott had some really

1248
01:03:16,360 --> 01:03:19,880
Speaker 1: mature moments. He he was going against what I believe

1249
01:03:19,960 --> 01:03:21,800
Speaker 1: is one of the best secondaries, one of the best

1250
01:03:21,840 --> 01:03:23,520
Speaker 1: defense in the league. If you're the Giants, you have

1251
01:03:23,560 --> 01:03:25,920
Speaker 1: to be happy. If you can keep the Cowboys to

1252
01:03:26,160 --> 01:03:30,000
Speaker 1: nineteen points, you know they they did their job. But

1253
01:03:30,080 --> 01:03:32,400
Speaker 1: the Giants offense on the flip side, it really was

1254
01:03:32,440 --> 01:03:34,919
Speaker 1: a theme and I suspect it will be a one

1255
01:03:35,000 --> 01:03:37,600
Speaker 1: week blip. But I just went and I crunched the numbers. Daniel.

1256
01:03:37,920 --> 01:03:40,760
Speaker 1: While we're doing this, half of the league was under

1257
01:03:40,880 --> 01:03:44,720
Speaker 1: three hundred yards this week. Only one team in the

1258
01:03:44,800 --> 01:03:47,560
Speaker 1: league all of last season average under three hundred yards.

1259
01:03:47,560 --> 01:03:50,360
Speaker 1: That was Jeff Fisher's Rams. So for whatever reason, half

1260
01:03:50,400 --> 01:03:54,400
Speaker 1: the league this week we're like the two thousand sixteen Rams.

1261
01:03:54,440 --> 01:03:56,000
Speaker 1: I don't think that'll keep up. I don't know, I

1262
01:03:56,000 --> 01:03:59,000
Speaker 1: don't even want to have it. Probably I have a theory.

1263
01:03:59,040 --> 01:04:01,120
Speaker 1: I think over the off seas and teams got together

1264
01:04:01,200 --> 01:04:04,680
Speaker 1: and said how do we maximize our operation. We do

1265
01:04:04,760 --> 01:04:07,200
Speaker 1: what Jeff Fisher, who was taken out of the league

1266
01:04:07,240 --> 01:04:09,760
Speaker 1: last year. We're gonna do what he does on offense.

1267
01:04:09,880 --> 01:04:11,920
Speaker 1: That's the new mode. And yeah, this is the new

1268
01:04:11,920 --> 01:04:16,919
Speaker 1: football Jeff. It's the Jeff Fisher era in the NFL. UM. Yeah,

1269
01:04:16,960 --> 01:04:18,720
Speaker 1: with all this talk, Oh, we can't wait to see

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Speaker 1: all the celebrations this year with the new relaxed rule. Well,

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Speaker 1: nobody scores touchdowns on anymore, so you don't get any

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Speaker 1: more celebrations. Get done fans, very grim. Put that on

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Speaker 1: a T shirt slogan for the league day and I'll

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Speaker 1: save us love those matchups. I think we'll get some

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Speaker 1: good games. Yeah. So, so we have two more games

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Speaker 1: to play, the Chargers at Denver and the Saints at Minnesota.

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Speaker 1: The next time you hear from us will be on Tuesday.

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Speaker 1: We'll we'll recap those games and have some more fun. Uh.

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Speaker 1: Connie Fox will be back with us. UM. So that

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Speaker 1: takes us to the end of our first UH Sunday show,

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Speaker 1: the Flagship Show. So thank you to everyone. Show. We're

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Speaker 1: listening post show. Great, you gotta knock. Oh I should

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Speaker 1: before I say that, just because West isn't here and

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Speaker 1: just like I had the honor of doing the top

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Speaker 1: of the show after a Patriots meltdown, West not getting

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Speaker 1: a chance to go crazy about Eli. Uh, let me

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Speaker 1: just do a quick question. Eli Manning stinks he's the worst.

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Speaker 1: You take away his best player. He's exposed. He is

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Speaker 1: a terrible callter back. I love you, Chris Wesley. It's

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Speaker 1: like game what he needed of his voice right now.

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Speaker 1: It was like he was in the room. I'm sure

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Speaker 1: West feels completely validated by then. All right, we'll be

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Speaker 1: back on Tuesday with our video show. Dan Hanson signing

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Speaker 1: off four Quiet Storm, Uh, Nick Shook, what a body? Uh,

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Speaker 1: the Old Boss and Loose Canter behind the Glass till Tuesday.