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Speaker 1: Hey, what's up everybody? Welcome to the Guiltiest Charge Podcast,

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Speaker 1: presented by the Chargers Podcast Network. My name is Stephen

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Speaker 1: and I am your host as always, and enjoining me

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Speaker 1: today is my guy Tyler. Tyler, what's up man? How

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Speaker 1: you doing today?

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Speaker 2: Doing pretty well?

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Speaker 3: Excited to get into these game by game predictions for

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Speaker 3: what one hundred days from the season starting.

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Speaker 1: I'm excited, yes, officially one hundred days out. I miss

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Speaker 1: football so much. There is I don't watch. I watched

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Speaker 1: NBA basketball, and I watch some hockey, but nothing really

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Speaker 1: compares to football, and just like the immersive nature to it,

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Speaker 1: and I love football. So excited to have everything back

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Speaker 1: and in a few months, I mean, training camp is

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Speaker 1: right around the corner, you know, which is the good

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Speaker 1: thing about the NFL. You know that's we get a

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Speaker 1: nice little lead up to the season for the NFL. So,

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Speaker 1: like Tyler said today, we're going to be diving into

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Speaker 1: each game on the Chargers schedule, kind of outlining the

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Speaker 1: teams and where they stood last season, some of the

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Speaker 1: additions and losses heading into this twenty twenty three season.

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Speaker 1: This is gonna be a very similar format to our

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Speaker 1: game previews for those who have followed the show for

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Speaker 1: the last few months. We'll recognize kind of the format

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Speaker 1: that will dive into things, and then we're gonna kind

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Speaker 1: of attack it from the angle of how the Chargers

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Speaker 1: could win or lose each of those games and give some,

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Speaker 1: hopefully some valuable insight into each of those teams and

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Speaker 1: how the Chargers might have advantages or disadvantages in those matchups. Tyler,

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Speaker 1: any other thoughts before we dive in today.

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Speaker 2: Nope, none from me.

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Speaker 1: All right, sounds good. As always, we are fans of

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Speaker 1: the Chargers just like you guys listening. The opinions that

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Speaker 1: we express on this show do not always reflect one

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Speaker 1: hundred percent of the opinions of views of the Chargers organization.

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Speaker 1: We are very grateful for this opportunity and this platform,

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Speaker 1: but we are independent content creators at the end of

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Speaker 1: the day, so very grateful to be here. And as always,

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Speaker 1: before we get started as well, make sure and give

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Speaker 1: channels as well. So that being said, Tyler, let's share

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Speaker 1: our screen here and then we'll dive into the Chargers

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Speaker 1: schedule again. We'll go game by game because obviously the division,

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Speaker 1: this is not going to be seventeen weeks. You know,

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Speaker 1: we're only going to talk about the Chiefs, the Broncos,

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Speaker 1: and the Raiders once. So really we'll have basically fourteen

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Speaker 1: slides here to officially cover, all right, So first and foremost,

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Speaker 1: we'll get to the Miami Dolphins in week one. You know,

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Speaker 1: we'll get to some of their editions and key subtractions here,

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Speaker 1: and then we'll talk about where they were at last season,

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Speaker 1: obviously making the playoffs last year as the seventh seed.

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Speaker 1: As you see here, the Tyler's screen that he has

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Speaker 1: prepared rational media week is definitely the key thing there.

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Speaker 1: So Tyler, obviously, like we said, we're about one hundred

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Speaker 1: and three days out from this particular matchup. What's your

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Speaker 3: First and foremost, yeah, that the Chargers need to beat

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Speaker 3: this team so I can stop hearing it from all

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Speaker 3: the Dolphins fans on Twitter. Goodness gracious. No, Okay, so

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Speaker 3: the on field stuff matters more. As I said, as

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Speaker 3: we've discussed previously, this game is really important to me

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Speaker 3: because you win this game and I actually would believe

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Speaker 3: in this team a lot more heading into the season,

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Speaker 3: heading to the rest of the way, because that means

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Speaker 3: that the defense was able to repeat. That means that

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Speaker 3: I'm sure early on Kellen Moore's offense was looking pretty good.

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Speaker 3: So this is a really big game for the Chargers.

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Speaker 3: Even though it's only one game. This is a big

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Week one narratives are always interesting to me because

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Speaker 1: it's like, oh, like, you guys beat us last time,

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Speaker 1: but we're gonna be healthier this time. It's like, you

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Speaker 1: Week one this time? So you know, the media attention

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Speaker 1: obviously has to start with Jalen Ramsey Vic Vangiel. That's

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Speaker 2: I think I was higher on them than you were.

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Speaker 3: I figured that the Dolphins would be closer to the

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Speaker 3: So I think this is a very very difficult team,

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Speaker 1: Yes, that's that's definitely for sure. In terms of twenty

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Speaker 1: But the last time we saw Vic Vangio go up

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Speaker 1: So you know, we're one hundred and three days out obviously,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they certainly won't make it easy, but last year

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Speaker 3: you could see not that it's as simple in the NFL,

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Speaker 3: but when they targeted the end zone things worked out well.

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Speaker 2: Granted, you have Mike Williams that will really help you

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Speaker 3: So listen, they got another tall receiver down apar him

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Speaker 3: I think the performance the Chargers give against the Dolphins

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Speaker 3: a repeat. But again, as we saw literally in that game.

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Speaker 3: Of course it wasn't really anybody's fault, but they were

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Speaker 3: Suddenly they had fourteen points, which is not going to

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm expecting a little more of a normal matchup

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Speaker 1: the Chargers defense, and I do expect Brandon Slowly to

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Speaker 1: have some some things to say there. But if the

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Speaker 1: the offense has to really come out swinging, and I

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Speaker 1: think this is really where we'll see Killen Moore start to,

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Speaker 1: So on the opposite side of things here, Tyler, how

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Speaker 3: I think they have to finish what they didn't do

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Speaker 3: last year, which I feel like and this is partially

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Speaker 3: because Justin Herbert was just a wizard that game. But

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Speaker 3: they were winning pretty consistently at the line of scrimmage.

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Speaker 3: They just weren't finishing plays because Herbert was just magic.

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Speaker 3: There's that one play where he was able to step

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I remember the key takeaway from that Dolphins defense

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Speaker 1: that day was like Christian Wilkins was a beast and

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Speaker 1: Jalen Phillips was also very very good. I want to

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Speaker 1: say Jalen Phillips had double digit pressures that game. You know,

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Speaker 1: obviously Rashaun Slater and Trey Pipkins did not play in

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Speaker 1: least not healthy. I can't remember if he played or

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Speaker 1: not that day. But Jalen Phillips is I think gonna

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Speaker 1: be one of those guys who takes another step forward

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Speaker 1: present some challenges for the Chargers offensive line, Like we

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Speaker 1: feel really good about that unit right now, but that's

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Speaker 1: gonna be a really good opportunity for them to show

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Speaker 1: really how much better they can be from lalast year.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, M yes, I would agree, though it's very early

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Speaker 3: with the offense. I think we're going to talk about

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Speaker 3: a game later that I think is going to be

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Speaker 3: the official swing point I think for this offensive line

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Speaker 3: to show me where they're really at.

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Speaker 1: That's fair, Like, I mean, it's gonna take some time

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Speaker 1: to gel obviously, you're talking about a lot of guys

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Speaker 1: it could certainly take a couple of games. All right,

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Speaker 2: For a winner from that one or that one.

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Speaker 1: I don't feel comfortable making win those predictions at this

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Speaker 3: They better hope that the cyborg Derrick Henry from the

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Speaker 3: I'm not sure how great I'm full to feel about

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Speaker 3: I just think the offense is just I don't know

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Speaker 1: And you know, this is gonna be an important matchup

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so that's really how the Chargers could potentially lose,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and I think this is a good game for

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Speaker 3: and it's like a clear quarterback advantage even though it's

433
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Speaker 3: a good, solid quarterback and Cousins in his solid system.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think the path to victory here is really

435
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Speaker 1: avoiding a shootout, you know, because like you said, I

436
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Speaker 1: don't think the Vikings defense is really going to be

437
00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:07,600
Speaker 1: able to do a ton to slow down the Chargers offense.

438
00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:10,040
Speaker 1: You know, they'll blitz a lot and that could certainly

439
00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:12,800
Speaker 1: cause a potential you know, turnover here. And there or

440
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Speaker 1: something like that. But just on a play to play basis,

441
00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:20,320
Speaker 1: that defensive roster is pretty rough, so you look at

442
00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:22,200
Speaker 1: their offense and that that's gonna be their path to

443
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Speaker 1: victory every single week for the Vikings is let's just

444
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Speaker 1: drag teams into shootouts and maybe we'll get the ball last.

445
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Speaker 1: So that's really the key to victory for the Chargers

446
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Speaker 1: in this game. I am gonna circle this as a

447
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Speaker 1: potential loss. I know it's you know, I would love

448
00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:40,560
Speaker 1: to have a hot start, but traveling to Minnesota, you're

449
00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:43,840
Speaker 1: playing an early game, you know, I just I think

450
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Speaker 1: this might be an early loss for the Chargers after

451
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Speaker 1: you know, coming off the first two victories.

452
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm gonna seem like a complete homer to start

453
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Speaker 3: this whole thing, but I think they're going to win

454
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Speaker 3: this one because again it comes down to the quarterback,

455
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Speaker 3: which is quarterback thing, and I just think the Chargers

456
00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:01,400
Speaker 3: defense can do more knocking. With that they're healthy, then

457
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Speaker 3: this defense can. So I believe in the quarterback more

458
00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:05,639
Speaker 3: and their defense more. So I'm going to start this

459
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Speaker 3: whole segment sounded like a complete homer.

460
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Speaker 2: I promise I'll find.

461
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Speaker 3: Some losses, but honestly, I have a three and oh start,

462
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Speaker 3: which is weird because then they're about to play Vegas

463
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Speaker 3: and that's kind of definitely a win to me at

464
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Speaker 3: this point because they have no idea who their quarterback is,

465
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Speaker 3: which is not good heading into June.

466
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Speaker 2: Who you're not knowing who your quarterback is going to be.

467
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Speaker 1: Yeah, So for those who have might have missed that,

468
00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:32,480
Speaker 1: apparently Jimmy Garoppolo did not pass his physical and the

469
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Speaker 1: Raiders have inserted a clause into his contract that if

470
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Speaker 1: he doesn't pass his physical, I believe before training camp

471
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Speaker 1: was the thing that they could cut him outright and

472
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Speaker 1: not have to pay him a dime of his contract

473
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Speaker 1: money that he has owed. So family trust, respect is

474
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Speaker 1: going to be a really interesting offseason storyline with the

475
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Speaker 1: quarterback situation, Brian Hoyer potentially starting this game maybe maybe

476
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Speaker 1: eight and O'Connell. I don't know, this could look very

477
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Speaker 1: very different Raiders in general. You know, they've had a

478
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Speaker 1: ton of roster turnover. You look at the losses obviously

479
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Speaker 1: with Derek Carr, Darren Waller, Matt Darren Waller, excuse me,

480
00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:11,639
Speaker 1: Matt Collins, Foster, Moreau, Rocky a scene, just some of

481
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Speaker 1: the key Ones. I mean, you're talking about one of

482
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Speaker 1: their best quarterbacks ever and then probably their best tight

483
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Speaker 1: end ever. I mean, I don't know Raiders history a ton,

484
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Speaker 1: but I mean Darren Waller has been a great player

485
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Speaker 1: for them recently. So is Derek Carr. Bringing in Jimmy G,

486
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Speaker 1: Jacobe Myers, Tyree Wilson in the draft, Michael Mayer in

487
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Speaker 1: the draft, David Long the corner from Rams. I put

488
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Speaker 1: DeAndre Carter and Trey Tucker on here. I feel like

489
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Speaker 1: it's just gonna be one of those, honestly, but tons

490
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Speaker 1: of roster turnover here. Really, it's hard to say what

491
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Speaker 1: to expect with them, with the Jimmy G stuff kind

492
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Speaker 1: of hanging over us right now.

493
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Speaker 2: Yeah, my dad's a Raiders fan.

494
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Speaker 3: I think he thinks they're gonna win like four games,

495
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Speaker 3: and that was before Jimmy G issue, So I don't

496
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Speaker 3: know what his expectations for them are this year. But yeah, man,

497
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Speaker 3: I really think there's a part of the season where,

498
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Speaker 3: again Jimmy G might be healthy and all might be good.

499
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Speaker 3: But you know, they travel to Vegas as they've done

500
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Speaker 3: the last two years, and they might drop that one.

501
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Speaker 3: Because the Raiders are competitive. AFC West. It's competitive. It

502
00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:13,359
Speaker 3: always is, always has been Herbert, Rivers, you name it,

503
00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:16,480
Speaker 3: like just it's been that way for the Chargers. Sure,

504
00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:21,119
Speaker 3: but they literally do not have a quarterback who's some

505
00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:24,320
Speaker 3: no offense to the other guys. But you know, Jimmy

506
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Speaker 3: g can at least I'm assuming they brought him in

507
00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:28,960
Speaker 3: because they believed he could run the offense as best

508
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Speaker 3: as they could, and in theory, they believe he can

509
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Speaker 3: do that over Derek Carr. And now you might not

510
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Speaker 3: have him. I mean, heck, is he even healthy by

511
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Speaker 3: the time they play this game. Maybe there's an injury

512
00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:41,439
Speaker 3: early on the season. He's just a kind of a

513
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Speaker 3: liability for them. So I could see I could have

514
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Speaker 3: seen them stealing you know, this is this is the

515
00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:48,280
Speaker 3: home game for the Chargers. I could have seen the

516
00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:52,640
Speaker 3: Raiders stealing this one at their house in Vegas. But man,

517
00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:55,520
Speaker 3: this Raiders team, the defense ain't great and their offense

518
00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:59,440
Speaker 3: has no quarterback. So I don't really know much about

519
00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:01,840
Speaker 3: the prospect this season. And I think this is again

520
00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:04,960
Speaker 3: a win for the Chargers because I mean, if there's

521
00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:08,720
Speaker 3: if Tua or Tannehill versus Herbert was a mispatch, I

522
00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:12,600
Speaker 3: think Hoyer versus Herbert is a huge gap. I mean,

523
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Speaker 3: I guess it's sort of as for Jimmy G two

524
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Speaker 3: but yeah, Hoyer me.

525
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Speaker 1: I mean, I understand why the Raiders would be interested

526
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Speaker 1: in Jimmy G. But sure, we really only saw him

527
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Speaker 1: start like two games in Josh McDaniel's offense. Like, it's

528
00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:29,080
Speaker 1: not like we have a ton of, you know, proof

529
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Speaker 1: that Jimmy G can operate this offense at a really

530
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Speaker 1: high level. We everything we've seen from Jimmy G is

531
00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:36,960
Speaker 1: all It's all been Kyle Shanahan's offense. So I think

532
00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,720
Speaker 1: there is some degree of uncertainty here. I think they

533
00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:43,120
Speaker 1: had the right approach with the skill players. I mean,

534
00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:44,800
Speaker 1: at least in terms of the wide receivers. I think

535
00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:48,679
Speaker 1: trading Darren Waller is a ridiculous move. But you know,

536
00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:51,200
Speaker 1: you bring in Jacoby Myers to upgrade over Matt Collins,

537
00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:53,040
Speaker 1: I understand one hundred percent while you do that. You

538
00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:55,320
Speaker 1: know you have DeVante Adams, you have Hunter Renfro. I

539
00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:58,879
Speaker 1: like their receiver group. We'll see what Michael Mayor is,

540
00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:02,040
Speaker 1: but I think he probably fit, you know what Josh

541
00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:06,119
Speaker 1: McDaniel's probably wants in that position more. But if this

542
00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:09,040
Speaker 1: is Brian hornor man like this, this could be a blowout,

543
00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:11,280
Speaker 1: Like honestly, like I don't see a Brian Hoyer let

544
00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:14,479
Speaker 1: offense putting up more than seventeen points on the Chargers

545
00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:18,240
Speaker 1: at home, Like I think this is. This is almost

546
00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:21,040
Speaker 1: regardless of what happens with Jimmy g This is like,

547
00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:24,000
Speaker 1: how did the Chargers go about matching up with Max Crosby.

548
00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:26,359
Speaker 1: The Trey Vivians did a really good job in Week

549
00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:28,359
Speaker 1: one last year. I think Max Crosby only had like

550
00:26:28,359 --> 00:26:30,840
Speaker 1: six pressures in that game, and the Chargers were really

551
00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:34,200
Speaker 1: able to move the ball because of that. So that's

552
00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:37,160
Speaker 1: the key to victory in my opinion, is you don't

553
00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:39,000
Speaker 1: let Max Crosby ruin your day on offense.

554
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Speaker 3: Yeah, and he almost did, and he does, Like I

555
00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:43,920
Speaker 3: hate him, but he's so good because he does wreck

556
00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:45,119
Speaker 3: them the tight ends tackles.

557
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Speaker 2: You know, he's just really darn good.

558
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Speaker 3: And he showed last year even with quote unquote you know,

559
00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,720
Speaker 3: low pressures with six of them, he still have.

560
00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:54,960
Speaker 2: What nine run stops that game. Just a complete menace.

561
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Speaker 3: So yeah, you slow him down if Tyree Wilson hasn't

562
00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:00,200
Speaker 3: come on yet, or you can stop Chandler Jones. I'm

563
00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:02,359
Speaker 3: not saying that's the only key to victory, but that's

564
00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:05,320
Speaker 3: if Jimmy G's not looking so hot, and it is Hoyer.

565
00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:08,320
Speaker 3: It literally just comes down to stopping their two pass rushers.

566
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Speaker 2: And you got yourself.

567
00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:13,760
Speaker 3: A potential, big, big, big win for the Chargers here.

568
00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:16,919
Speaker 1: Yeah. So I'll have this as a win as well.

569
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Speaker 1: So I have the Chargers at three and one, you

570
00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:22,880
Speaker 1: currently have them at four and oh correct.

571
00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:24,040
Speaker 2: Put a homer. Yep, that's me.

572
00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:28,560
Speaker 1: All right, bye week in Week five, which I'm not

573
00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:30,800
Speaker 1: a big fan of, but you know what it is.

574
00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:36,199
Speaker 1: We'll get to Week six next here. Chargers obviously taking

575
00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:40,439
Speaker 1: on the Dallas Cowboys again at SOFI Stadium should be

576
00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:43,960
Speaker 1: an electric matchup here, Tyler, Why don't you take us

577
00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:46,880
Speaker 1: through the state of the Cowboys right now? Yeah.

578
00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:50,439
Speaker 3: So they were a really solid team last season as is,

579
00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:53,600
Speaker 3: although they've lost Kellen Moore, so thanks for that. I

580
00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:55,840
Speaker 3: guess we'll know at this point how their offense is looking,

581
00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:57,680
Speaker 3: and I mean that for the Chargers and the Cowboys.

582
00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:00,199
Speaker 3: So they got their addition in Brandon Cooks. It a

583
00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:03,000
Speaker 3: really solid one two three for them. They add Stefan

584
00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:06,760
Speaker 3: Gilmore and then to an already very very strong defensive front.

585
00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:09,600
Speaker 3: They spent a first round around Mazie Smith, who you loved,

586
00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:13,160
Speaker 3: I really liked, very very solid player. But they don't

587
00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:15,400
Speaker 3: have Kellen Moore, they don't have Dalton Schultz.

588
00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:16,320
Speaker 2: Ezekiel Elliott.

589
00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:19,159
Speaker 3: You know, we'll see if that's technically a downgrade, but

590
00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:21,760
Speaker 3: he was a big part of their offense for years,

591
00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:23,840
Speaker 3: so we'll kind of see how that works. And then

592
00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:26,520
Speaker 3: Connor McGovern has gone as well. So this is a

593
00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:28,760
Speaker 3: team that was very good last year. They will definitely

594
00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:32,520
Speaker 3: lean on their defense this year. But Dak Prescott, that offense,

595
00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:35,320
Speaker 3: that running back, the line in general, if they're healthy,

596
00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:38,520
Speaker 3: and that receiving corps, it's a really, really solid group.

597
00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:39,880
Speaker 3: This is not going to be an easy game for

598
00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:42,719
Speaker 3: the Chargers at this point. I'm more worried about this

599
00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:44,560
Speaker 3: game than any of the games we've talked about so far.

600
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Speaker 1: Oh. I one hundred percent agree with that one. And

601
00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:50,240
Speaker 1: I think that you know, there's a lot of narratives

602
00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:53,360
Speaker 1: about Dak Prescott around there, but I think he's up

603
00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:55,560
Speaker 1: to this point, the best quarterback that the Chargers will

604
00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:58,960
Speaker 1: have played, and that's honestly pretty easily in my opinion,

605
00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:03,120
Speaker 1: and he he likes to take shots man, like he's

606
00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:05,680
Speaker 1: in He's more aggressive than he has given credit for.

607
00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:10,080
Speaker 1: He was seventh in eight last season according to PFF

608
00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:13,880
Speaker 1: among quarterbacks with fifty percent of their dropbacks. So he

609
00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:17,000
Speaker 1: he I think he can really operate an offense. But

610
00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:19,840
Speaker 1: he's an underrated like big game hunter too, like he's

611
00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:23,400
Speaker 1: gonna he's gonna take shots downfield. And they added Brandon

612
00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:26,320
Speaker 1: Cooks to this unit as well, so they have a

613
00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:29,640
Speaker 1: similar vibe now with this receiver group that they did

614
00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:33,440
Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen when Amari Cooper was there and Ceedee

615
00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:36,720
Speaker 1: Lamb's rookie season or right, would that have been twenty twenty,

616
00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,400
Speaker 1: That might have been twenty twenty, Yeah, twenty twenty. Sorry,

617
00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:41,960
Speaker 1: So you have you get Brandon Cookson here as one

618
00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:44,240
Speaker 1: of the best deep threats over the last four or

619
00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:47,240
Speaker 1: five years, to take some pressure off of Ceede Lamb

620
00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:49,600
Speaker 1: who can work in the slot, work out wide. So

621
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Speaker 1: we know that Dak Prescott is going to want to

622
00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:57,040
Speaker 1: throw the football down field. The question, obviously, is McCarthy

623
00:29:57,440 --> 00:29:59,120
Speaker 1: coming out and saying that he wants to run the

624
00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:01,960
Speaker 1: ball more, he wants to be more of a line

625
00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:04,640
Speaker 1: of scrimmage team and he wants to, you know, give

626
00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:08,880
Speaker 1: his defense a rest from time to time, so that's

627
00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:11,560
Speaker 1: gonna be interesting. I still think the Cowboys are gonna

628
00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:13,040
Speaker 1: want to throw the ball out, and I think their

629
00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:15,160
Speaker 1: quarterback wants to do that as well.

630
00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:17,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't anticipate this is a game the Chargers

631
00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:20,600
Speaker 3: suddenly get up by three touchdowns. But I mean, you

632
00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:23,840
Speaker 3: can run the ball you want, but Herbert's I'm assuming

633
00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:25,920
Speaker 3: the Chargers are hopefully going to be scoring this game.

634
00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:28,960
Speaker 3: And I just think at some point, not that you

635
00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:31,040
Speaker 3: have bandoned the run entirely, but you can't just sit

636
00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:34,280
Speaker 3: there and Okay, we'll give our defense a rest and we're.

637
00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:35,160
Speaker 2: Gonna run the ball more.

638
00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:38,240
Speaker 3: But then oops, the Chargers are completely controlling everything and

639
00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:40,280
Speaker 3: the offensive coording to that, we let go because he's

640
00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:44,080
Speaker 3: scored too many points whatever that means. He's now scoring

641
00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:46,920
Speaker 3: too many points on us too. So what do you

642
00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:47,800
Speaker 3: do in that scenario.

643
00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:48,600
Speaker 2: We'll see.

644
00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:51,440
Speaker 3: But they they're a team that has the firepower, has

645
00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:54,560
Speaker 3: the line, has the running back, has the quarterback to

646
00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:56,240
Speaker 3: really keep up with the Chargers. This is a tough

647
00:30:56,280 --> 00:30:58,760
Speaker 3: one for me. I don't really know how this one

648
00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:01,360
Speaker 3: will go. There's certainly benefit to the Chargers having a

649
00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:04,479
Speaker 3: buye before this because if there's an adjustment that's needed,

650
00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:06,840
Speaker 3: they could make it. If there's a player that was

651
00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:09,400
Speaker 3: hurt coming into the season, they have that by Beacon.

652
00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:11,600
Speaker 3: This could be the game that jac Jackson is playing

653
00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:12,320
Speaker 3: for the first time.

654
00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:13,680
Speaker 2: I don't know.

655
00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:16,960
Speaker 3: So it's a tough one man like this defensive line again,

656
00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:19,560
Speaker 3: we talked about it before added Mazzi Smith, but had

657
00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:22,960
Speaker 3: two hundred and two pressures generated last season as a

658
00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:27,880
Speaker 3: as a defensive line, which is nasty. So I don't

659
00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:30,800
Speaker 3: know where I lean with this game at home is nice.

660
00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:34,560
Speaker 3: After a bye is nice, But that's close enough for

661
00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:38,360
Speaker 3: me to consider them a win here. But I think

662
00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:42,040
Speaker 3: at some point it's so tough. Where are you leaning

663
00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:43,560
Speaker 3: on this game? Because I don't know yet.

664
00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:49,280
Speaker 1: I'm a little bit more on the optimistic side. I

665
00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:53,160
Speaker 1: just I don't think Mike McCarthy right and Dak Prescott

666
00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:55,600
Speaker 1: is really enough of an edge for me. Like I

667
00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:58,920
Speaker 1: think that the Cowboys defense is fantastic and they added

668
00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:02,200
Speaker 1: yeah too, who haven't really necessarily talked a ton about.

669
00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:07,840
Speaker 1: So you get an aggressive defensive line and aggressive secondary.

670
00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:10,560
Speaker 1: That's kind of the path to losing, you know. The

671
00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:12,680
Speaker 1: Chargers just kind of have a bad day on offense,

672
00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:17,200
Speaker 1: just kind of gets away from them, you know, three

673
00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:20,280
Speaker 1: four or five sacks on Justin Herbert, you know, maybe

674
00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:23,160
Speaker 1: an interception or two, maybe a fumble. That's the path

675
00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:26,200
Speaker 1: to losing this game because that's the Cowboys defensive m O. Right, Like,

676
00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:27,440
Speaker 1: that's what they want to do. They want to heat

677
00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:32,120
Speaker 1: up the quarterback, get turnovers. But Justin Herbert is the

678
00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:34,960
Speaker 1: least turnover worthy prone quarterback in the league over the

679
00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:37,680
Speaker 1: last two seasons, you know, in terms of turnover worthy

680
00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:41,680
Speaker 1: play percentage on PFF. So I think I lean a

681
00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:43,720
Speaker 1: close win for the Chargers here. But I do think

682
00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:46,440
Speaker 1: that this is going to be a lower scoring game

683
00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:50,080
Speaker 1: than people would think heading into this game because Mike

684
00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:52,479
Speaker 1: McCarthy wants to slow the pace down, wants to run

685
00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:55,280
Speaker 1: the football. And then the Dolphin the Cowboy, I keeps

686
00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:57,520
Speaker 1: on saying, the Dolphins. The Cowboys defense is really really

687
00:32:57,520 --> 00:33:00,200
Speaker 1: good and can heat up Justin Herbert maybe more or

688
00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:02,960
Speaker 1: so than other teams. So this would this to me,

689
00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:05,560
Speaker 1: I would predict maybe like a twenty seventeen Chargers win

690
00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:06,040
Speaker 1: right now.

691
00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:11,400
Speaker 3: Okay, only because I watched training camp last year and

692
00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:13,840
Speaker 3: granted Trey Pipkins is a different player, and the line's

693
00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:14,920
Speaker 3: different and everything's different.

694
00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:18,320
Speaker 2: But that Cowboys defensive front, I think what ad Dan

695
00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:19,000
Speaker 2: and Popper.

696
00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:22,320
Speaker 3: Say, ten or eleven or twelve sacks during that practice

697
00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:26,240
Speaker 3: on the starting offensive line of the Chargers, it was

698
00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:29,840
Speaker 3: not pretty. And again adding Mazzie Smith, it really feels

699
00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:32,080
Speaker 3: like best on best right this offensive line versus their

700
00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:34,720
Speaker 3: defensive line, but as good as the charge offensive line

701
00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:37,640
Speaker 3: as their front could be even better. So I'm going

702
00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:40,640
Speaker 3: to say tentatively a loss here, but it's very easy

703
00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:43,920
Speaker 3: for me to convince myself why they could win, especially

704
00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:47,440
Speaker 3: with that Mike McCarthy point and no Kellen Moore. So

705
00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:50,760
Speaker 3: I'm gonna say loss here, but I think I ask

706
00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:53,760
Speaker 3: me again in week five, week six when I'm predicting

707
00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:56,160
Speaker 3: this could totally change my mind, but I'll say lost

708
00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:56,480
Speaker 3: for now.

709
00:33:56,760 --> 00:33:58,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think there's a world where the Cowboys offense

710
00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:01,520
Speaker 1: kind of struggles out the gate and round in form,

711
00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:03,320
Speaker 1: but we know that defense is going to be really

712
00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:06,240
Speaker 1: good from the gym, so I understand. So we're each

713
00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:09,400
Speaker 1: at four and one for the Chargers coming off the

714
00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:13,319
Speaker 1: bye week at Kansas City Chiefs, a place where they've

715
00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:16,040
Speaker 1: had some good results and also some bad results. Tyler,

716
00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:18,040
Speaker 1: why don't you take us through the Chiefs offseason.

717
00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:20,839
Speaker 3: Yeah, Chiefs are a good team. They won the Super Bowl.

718
00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:25,200
Speaker 3: I hate them, but they added Juwan Taylor. I guess yeah, fine,

719
00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:29,120
Speaker 3: Donovan Smith, Wanya Morris, like they that's a really solid

720
00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:33,440
Speaker 3: tackle group moving forward, Richie James, and they drafted Felix

721
00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:36,160
Speaker 3: and Adice Uzama and some guy named Drew Trenkle. They

722
00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:39,440
Speaker 3: added as well, really solid defense. I think overall their

723
00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:40,879
Speaker 3: offense is just going to be good.

724
00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:42,239
Speaker 2: Because it is.

725
00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:44,399
Speaker 3: I thought their offense is going to take a step back,

726
00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:46,040
Speaker 3: and then they were the best in the league by

727
00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:47,799
Speaker 3: a wide margin and won the Super Bowl and.

728
00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:49,919
Speaker 2: Took it to the Chiefs. So or that the Eagle

729
00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:51,279
Speaker 2: excuse me, so.

730
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:55,000
Speaker 3: Until proven otherwise, that's that's the best offense in the

731
00:34:55,080 --> 00:34:57,239
Speaker 3: league because they got the best quarterback and you know,

732
00:34:57,360 --> 00:34:59,200
Speaker 3: arguably the best head coach, certainly one of the best

733
00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:00,280
Speaker 3: play callers in the league.

734
00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:03,200
Speaker 2: Losing Orlando Brown, I think it's more of a wash.

735
00:35:03,239 --> 00:35:05,760
Speaker 2: I think you think it's more of a down grade

736
00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:06,120
Speaker 2: for them.

737
00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:09,440
Speaker 3: Wiley's gone, Thornhill's gone, Frank Clark, ju just miss Schooster

738
00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:12,640
Speaker 3: mcole Harbon all gone again. I just really don't think

739
00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:15,359
Speaker 3: it matters. It comes down to, you know, how many

740
00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:17,520
Speaker 3: hundreds of yards does Mike Williams want to have an

741
00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:20,600
Speaker 3: Arrowhead because for whatever reason, he's just a completely different

742
00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:25,839
Speaker 3: player there. You know, me personally, I'm trying. It's weird

743
00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:28,480
Speaker 3: to feel like the Chargers could win an Arrowhead more

744
00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:31,239
Speaker 3: than at home. But I think this is the year

745
00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:33,439
Speaker 3: that that sort of flips, right. I think they're gonna

746
00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:36,319
Speaker 3: drop this one in Arrowhead and ask me again at

747
00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:39,120
Speaker 3: the end of the season about their chances at home

748
00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:39,600
Speaker 3: and so far.

749
00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:42,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, And I think that's an interesting dynamic. But I

750
00:35:42,719 --> 00:35:44,960
Speaker 1: mean that's I mean, they won at Arrowhead in twenty

751
00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:48,680
Speaker 1: twenty one. They should have won at the at Arrowhead

752
00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:50,800
Speaker 1: last year. If Justin Herbert doesn't get hurt, they probably

753
00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:54,120
Speaker 1: do win that game, you know. So it's an interesting

754
00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:58,040
Speaker 1: dynamic that I would be curious to dive into paths

755
00:35:58,040 --> 00:36:02,120
Speaker 1: of victory to me is I mean, it's not simple, right,

756
00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:05,480
Speaker 1: But like the thing that makes Patrick Mahomes so great,

757
00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:09,399
Speaker 1: among many other things, is that his pressure to sack

758
00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:11,480
Speaker 1: percentage is the lowest in the league over the last

759
00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:15,000
Speaker 1: three seasons. He's consistently right around the ten percent mark,

760
00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:19,040
Speaker 1: which is like elite playmaking ability out the quarterback position

761
00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:22,960
Speaker 1: in terms of avoiding sacks. So, can you get home

762
00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:25,719
Speaker 1: against Patrick Mahomes, that's kind of the biggest difference for me.

763
00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:30,080
Speaker 1: They did that in twenty twenty one. Some flukey turnovers

764
00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:32,080
Speaker 1: for sure, but I mean that was a big Joey

765
00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:35,600
Speaker 1: Bosa game. That was a big you know, Drew trank

766
00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:37,360
Speaker 1: Will had some pressures. Obviously, Drew Trankle's not in this

767
00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:41,440
Speaker 1: game anymore, but we've seen the Chargers be able to

768
00:36:42,360 --> 00:36:45,120
Speaker 1: like almost get there in some games, and whenever they

769
00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:47,160
Speaker 1: are able to get home, you know, that's that's kind

770
00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:49,279
Speaker 1: of a big thing for them. So the other thing

771
00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:51,360
Speaker 1: too is obviously you got to stop Travis Kelsey. You know,

772
00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:55,040
Speaker 1: if this is if this turns into another day where

773
00:36:55,080 --> 00:36:57,719
Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey's running free and Mahomes you just you can't

774
00:36:57,760 --> 00:37:00,239
Speaker 1: get home, then of course the Chiefs are are probably

775
00:37:00,239 --> 00:37:02,920
Speaker 1: gonna win this game. But if you're able to truly

776
00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:05,680
Speaker 1: get home on Patrick Mahomes, you can shut down Travis

777
00:37:05,719 --> 00:37:08,040
Speaker 1: Kelcey a little bit more that way, then the Chargers

778
00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:09,560
Speaker 1: definitely have a path to victory there.

779
00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:12,440
Speaker 3: Yeah, some of the best defensive performances they've had against

780
00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:15,000
Speaker 3: the Chiefs outside of when they had in Mosu, Melvininghram,

781
00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:17,880
Speaker 3: Joey Bosa together was getting the interior pressure. So some

782
00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:22,000
Speaker 3: of that when they won an Arrowhead was Drew Tranquill's.

783
00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:24,000
Speaker 2: Moving Joey Bosa inside. That worked last year.

784
00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:27,400
Speaker 3: Austin Johnson absolutely turned it on. Was fantastic in the

785
00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:30,080
Speaker 3: interior that game as well. Hopefully he plays this game.

786
00:37:30,520 --> 00:37:33,439
Speaker 3: It's the interior pressure. To create that pressure, to turn

787
00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:36,080
Speaker 3: that into a sack would be fantastic. But yeah, the

788
00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:38,440
Speaker 3: last time we saw the Chargers play the Chiefs, it

789
00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:42,600
Speaker 3: was incredibly frustrating to watch how a shallow crosser would

790
00:37:42,600 --> 00:37:45,080
Speaker 3: go for forty yards and then another one would go

791
00:37:45,160 --> 00:37:47,719
Speaker 3: for thirty, another one would go for a touchdown and

792
00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:50,879
Speaker 3: it didn't matter. Like, yeah, sure you want best on best,

793
00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:53,080
Speaker 3: but you always can't get that to the end of

794
00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:54,960
Speaker 3: the game. You have Travis Kelcey and Drowen James and

795
00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:58,400
Speaker 3: Joe Windian just couldn't hang in there at the end.

796
00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:01,880
Speaker 3: Not that it's always one in person, but just couldn't

797
00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:04,080
Speaker 3: make it happen in the end. So, yeah, this is

798
00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:06,360
Speaker 3: a loss for the Chargers for me here, But I

799
00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:08,160
Speaker 3: think it's going to be close, as it always is.

800
00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:10,319
Speaker 3: It'll be awesome to watch, It's going to be a

801
00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:12,560
Speaker 3: great game. I just think they dropped this one.

802
00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:16,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think I agree with the end result there.

803
00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:19,480
Speaker 1: So we each be at four and two at this point.

804
00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:24,800
Speaker 1: All Right, Bears at home primetime game. Tyler says he

805
00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:27,759
Speaker 1: has no jokes there. But this is a roster that

806
00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:29,920
Speaker 1: has had a ton of terminal. Where they entered the

807
00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:32,240
Speaker 1: offseason with like one hundred million dollars in camp space.

808
00:38:32,880 --> 00:38:35,400
Speaker 1: They spent some big money, obviously making a big draft

809
00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:39,080
Speaker 1: trade as well, adding in free agency or trade DJ

810
00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:43,160
Speaker 1: Moore to Marcus Walker, Tremaine Edmunds, TJ Edwards, Robert Tanian,

811
00:38:43,600 --> 00:38:46,440
Speaker 1: and in the draft you're looking at Darnold Wright, Gerban Dexter,

812
00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:49,160
Speaker 1: Roshawn Johnson, Tyree Stevenson. I actually really liked their draft

813
00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:52,239
Speaker 1: a lot, not as many notable losses, but you're talking

814
00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:55,320
Speaker 1: about David Montgomery, Riley Reef. Most of their big losses

815
00:38:55,360 --> 00:38:57,479
Speaker 1: came in the trade headline last year. Obviously they traded

816
00:38:57,520 --> 00:39:00,799
Speaker 1: with Khalil Mack. But you trade away Rokeelon Smith, you

817
00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:05,000
Speaker 1: trade away Robert Quinn, as well at the deadline, so

818
00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:08,120
Speaker 1: that really was their big thing. This is obviously a

819
00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:11,319
Speaker 1: big season for Justin Fields and what he looks like

820
00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:15,360
Speaker 1: in this season. So path to victory for me is

821
00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:18,200
Speaker 1: pretty simple in this one, and that's don't let Justin

822
00:39:18,239 --> 00:39:20,080
Speaker 1: Fields get out of the pocket. I think easier said

823
00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:24,640
Speaker 1: than done, but Justin Field's opposite of Patrick Mahomes had

824
00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:27,319
Speaker 1: the highest pressure to sack rate and not in a

825
00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:30,759
Speaker 1: good way. Last season. He had the longest time to

826
00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:34,520
Speaker 1: throw as well, So this is a very important game

827
00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:36,800
Speaker 1: where you want to keep Justin Fields in the pocket

828
00:39:37,160 --> 00:39:40,080
Speaker 1: and force him to, you know, go through his progressions

829
00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:43,120
Speaker 1: and hopefully get home in your pass rush. And if

830
00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:44,919
Speaker 1: you do that, I just don't think the Bears roster

831
00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:48,319
Speaker 1: has enough pieces on defense or offense to really make

832
00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:51,440
Speaker 1: me feel like this is a game I'm necessarily super

833
00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:54,680
Speaker 1: worried about. Again, it's May thirtieth, This could certainly change,

834
00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:57,600
Speaker 1: but this is pretty much you know, can you keep

835
00:39:57,760 --> 00:39:59,680
Speaker 1: Justin Fields in the pocket, and if you can't, I

836
00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:01,320
Speaker 1: think win this game pretty easily.

837
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:03,959
Speaker 3: Yeah, I would agree with you one hundred percent. There

838
00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:06,879
Speaker 3: nothing really to add at that point. The Bears our

839
00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:09,800
Speaker 3: team working through some things, right, now they're draft is awesome.

840
00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:11,840
Speaker 3: I think they are really solid off season, Yes.

841
00:40:11,640 --> 00:40:13,759
Speaker 2: Not enough, I don't think so. So yeah, this is

842
00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:14,719
Speaker 2: a win for me as well.

843
00:40:15,560 --> 00:40:17,560
Speaker 1: All Right, so we're each at five and two at

844
00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:19,520
Speaker 1: this point. We'll get to the next match up here

845
00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:23,560
Speaker 1: when the Chargers will travel to the Metallands on primetime.

846
00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:27,359
Speaker 1: Big tweet t swift hands, I love that. If you're

847
00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:31,120
Speaker 1: not paying attention to to that, obviously we can't help you.

848
00:40:31,239 --> 00:40:34,520
Speaker 1: But Aaron Rodgers obviously the big storyline. We talked about

849
00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:38,759
Speaker 1: him pretty heavily last episode. But Tyler who stands out

850
00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:41,319
Speaker 1: in terms of additions and losses for this Jets.

851
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:45,319
Speaker 2: Team, Well, Dan Feeney has a notable loss. I just

852
00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:45,960
Speaker 2: have to point it.

853
00:40:45,880 --> 00:40:47,520
Speaker 1: Out because he's I had to put him on there.

854
00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:48,440
Speaker 1: I had there.

855
00:40:51,360 --> 00:40:54,120
Speaker 3: I really just think that they got some decent guys

856
00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:56,560
Speaker 3: on offense that they can really work around. I'm not

857
00:40:56,560 --> 00:41:00,000
Speaker 3: saying that they're world beaters, but it's kind of like

858
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:03,600
Speaker 3: think the dramatic change is not by really one addition,

859
00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:07,719
Speaker 3: but just several ones. So you know, you add Tipman, fantastic,

860
00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:11,279
Speaker 3: Oh my goodness, you add Lazard, you add Hardman to

861
00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:12,120
Speaker 3: your receiving cores.

862
00:41:12,120 --> 00:41:13,359
Speaker 2: I know, you lost Elijah.

863
00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:15,000
Speaker 3: More which kind of breaks my heart, but I hope

864
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:18,880
Speaker 3: he's freed somewhere else. Okay, you add Rental Cobb. We

865
00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:21,520
Speaker 3: didn't have him on here, but he is there. It's

866
00:41:21,560 --> 00:41:23,720
Speaker 3: just gonna be a really solid group. Israela BONDI Kanda

867
00:41:23,840 --> 00:41:27,359
Speaker 3: to go with Carter, to go with Hall is such

868
00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:30,279
Speaker 3: a fun one two three in that room. I even

869
00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:33,400
Speaker 3: think Knight was night drafted by the Jets ball and

870
00:41:33,440 --> 00:41:35,160
Speaker 3: he had a really solid season, I believe in terms

871
00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:38,400
Speaker 3: of like per play stats. So it'll be a good offense.

872
00:41:38,560 --> 00:41:40,680
Speaker 3: That offense ain't gonna be thirtieth next year. I think

873
00:41:40,680 --> 00:41:42,560
Speaker 3: almost by default, I feel like it won't be thirtieth

874
00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:44,840
Speaker 3: next year, just because they don't have Zach Wilson, so

875
00:41:45,880 --> 00:41:48,600
Speaker 3: you know, not like okay, other than Aaron Rodgers, no

876
00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:52,879
Speaker 3: real big addition, but again, he's the quarterback, so that's

877
00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:56,719
Speaker 3: going to be the deciding factor here. Tough game, I think,

878
00:41:56,719 --> 00:41:58,400
Speaker 3: a tougher game than we're used to seeing when the

879
00:41:58,480 --> 00:41:59,480
Speaker 3: Chargers play the Jets.

880
00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:01,359
Speaker 2: I take that back.

881
00:42:01,400 --> 00:42:02,680
Speaker 3: The last time they played the Jets, it was a

882
00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:05,440
Speaker 3: shootout for some reason, even though they had Joe Flacco.

883
00:42:05,680 --> 00:42:09,200
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, the table on Campbell picked six game.

884
00:42:09,480 --> 00:42:12,440
Speaker 3: Yes, the Keenan one hundred and forty two you know

885
00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:13,879
Speaker 3: receptions game.

886
00:42:15,080 --> 00:42:17,160
Speaker 2: So yeah, it'll be a close one. I think this

887
00:42:17,239 --> 00:42:18,360
Speaker 2: is a window for the Chargers.

888
00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:23,120
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think this is an interesting matchup. I mean,

889
00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:27,160
Speaker 1: Garrett Wilson is probably one of the ascending wide receivers.

890
00:42:27,200 --> 00:42:29,759
Speaker 1: I think if you look at most of the numbers,

891
00:42:29,520 --> 00:42:33,279
Speaker 1: he's right around the top thirteen, top fifteen ish, you know,

892
00:42:33,320 --> 00:42:35,880
Speaker 1: one of the better yards after catch threats in the league.

893
00:42:35,880 --> 00:42:41,040
Speaker 1: He was thirteenth in yack per reception last season. So

894
00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:45,719
Speaker 1: we've never released, we've never seen this Chargers defense go

895
00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:48,000
Speaker 1: up against Aaron Rodgers. The last time Brandon Staley went

896
00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:50,760
Speaker 1: up against Aaron Rodgers, it was a very interesting chess

897
00:42:50,760 --> 00:42:53,839
Speaker 1: match in Lambeau in a playoff game. And you know,

898
00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:57,720
Speaker 1: Brandon Stadia has talked about how playing against Aaron Rodgers

899
00:42:57,719 --> 00:43:00,319
Speaker 1: in that game has really kind of, you know, open

900
00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:02,520
Speaker 1: his eyes, so to speak. I guess in terms of

901
00:43:02,560 --> 00:43:06,120
Speaker 1: like the amount of like high level mental play you

902
00:43:06,160 --> 00:43:08,839
Speaker 1: have to have on defense because Aaron Rodgers was just

903
00:43:08,880 --> 00:43:11,600
Speaker 1: so dialed in. So the Jets are gonna be significantly

904
00:43:11,600 --> 00:43:13,799
Speaker 1: better on offense. It's impossible not to be you know,

905
00:43:13,840 --> 00:43:17,040
Speaker 1: going from Aaron Rodgers, you know, going from arguably the

906
00:43:17,040 --> 00:43:19,640
Speaker 1: worst quarterback situation in the lead to Aaron Rodgers, even

907
00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:21,840
Speaker 1: if he might be on the maybe a slight decline,

908
00:43:23,120 --> 00:43:26,840
Speaker 1: is still a huge upgrade. So I am nervous about

909
00:43:26,840 --> 00:43:29,560
Speaker 1: this game because the metal, the MetLife turf is is

910
00:43:29,680 --> 00:43:33,719
Speaker 1: not great prime time on Sunday night football. This could

911
00:43:33,719 --> 00:43:36,560
Speaker 1: be a really fired up Jets crowd. So I'm I'm

912
00:43:37,239 --> 00:43:38,680
Speaker 1: probably predicting a loss here.

913
00:43:40,160 --> 00:43:42,200
Speaker 2: So you're gonna go five and three for the Chargers,

914
00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:45,120
Speaker 2: I would get it, though. That defense is really solid.

915
00:43:45,480 --> 00:43:47,399
Speaker 2: Offense is gonna be solid. I just.

916
00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:51,759
Speaker 1: Yeah, there's there's a thing that we have talked about

917
00:43:51,840 --> 00:43:54,840
Speaker 1: in our in our group chat that justin Herbert like

918
00:43:55,040 --> 00:43:59,560
Speaker 1: his potentially worst matchup is cover three defenses, and that's

919
00:43:59,600 --> 00:44:05,560
Speaker 1: obviously what Robert Sala does. A lot of Detroit Lions

920
00:44:05,880 --> 00:44:08,640
Speaker 1: ran out of blue background colors, Tyler, why don't you

921
00:44:08,640 --> 00:44:10,400
Speaker 1: take us through the Lions offseason.

922
00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:14,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, they went ahead and added all the notable positions

923
00:44:14,880 --> 00:44:17,800
Speaker 3: of value in the draft with Jamiir Gibbs, Jack Campbell,

924
00:44:17,840 --> 00:44:21,040
Speaker 3: Brian Branch, Sam Laporta. Those are very good players. I'm

925
00:44:21,040 --> 00:44:23,919
Speaker 3: just surprised the direction that they went. Yeah, in terms

926
00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:27,880
Speaker 3: of notable losses, Jamal Williams, Djharak, under Swift, Michael Brockers,

927
00:44:28,280 --> 00:44:30,799
Speaker 3: and then Jeff Okuda being the big one because he

928
00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:33,440
Speaker 3: was like the guy in the draft.

929
00:44:33,560 --> 00:44:37,160
Speaker 2: The cornerback, surefire player. Now he's gone.

930
00:44:37,800 --> 00:44:41,280
Speaker 3: So this is a team that I think could be good.

931
00:44:41,840 --> 00:44:44,640
Speaker 3: They added some really really solid players on both sides

932
00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:46,680
Speaker 3: of the football. It's hard not to like some Elec

933
00:44:46,760 --> 00:44:51,399
Speaker 3: Chauncey Gardner, Johnson, you know, Brian Branch, Jack Campbell, et cetera.

934
00:44:51,520 --> 00:44:53,560
Speaker 3: That's going to be a heck of a better defense.

935
00:44:54,040 --> 00:44:57,399
Speaker 3: How much better is really the question? And then at

936
00:44:57,440 --> 00:45:00,040
Speaker 3: this point, like have they gelled back together after some

937
00:45:00,200 --> 00:45:02,520
Speaker 3: their suspensions. Are they still working things out?

938
00:45:02,640 --> 00:45:03,040
Speaker 2: I don't know.

939
00:45:04,840 --> 00:45:06,799
Speaker 1: Yeah, this to me is another game where it's like

940
00:45:07,640 --> 00:45:09,840
Speaker 1: what are we getting from the Chargers run defense? Because

941
00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:15,520
Speaker 1: the Lions have the most creative rushing attack, maybe outside

942
00:45:15,520 --> 00:45:19,000
Speaker 1: of the Philadelphia Eagles. I think the Lions are right

943
00:45:19,080 --> 00:45:22,000
Speaker 1: up there with them in terms of how they can't

944
00:45:22,040 --> 00:45:26,200
Speaker 1: attack you on the ground. You know, they get David Montgomery,

945
00:45:26,280 --> 00:45:29,160
Speaker 1: Jamir Gibbs, that's a great one to punch. In my opinion,

946
00:45:29,520 --> 00:45:33,440
Speaker 1: they have a fantastic offensive line. So if the Chargers

947
00:45:33,440 --> 00:45:37,200
Speaker 1: were to lose, I think that's that's a we're losing

948
00:45:37,200 --> 00:45:40,799
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage day. And so how do you

949
00:45:41,040 --> 00:45:45,600
Speaker 1: feel about the Chargers maybe counteracting the power explosive run

950
00:45:45,640 --> 00:45:47,839
Speaker 1: game of the Lions. I think is probably how you

951
00:45:48,280 --> 00:45:49,080
Speaker 1: determine this game.

952
00:45:49,760 --> 00:45:52,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, it slightly reminds me just a creative rushing attack

953
00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:55,840
Speaker 3: reminds me of how the Chargers started against the Rams

954
00:45:56,200 --> 00:45:59,000
Speaker 3: last season, where the Rams were like, hey, we have

955
00:45:59,040 --> 00:46:01,960
Speaker 3: Baker Mayfield, We're not in this anymore, but by golly,

956
00:46:02,000 --> 00:46:03,759
Speaker 3: we've got to creative rushing attack that we can throw

957
00:46:03,760 --> 00:46:07,520
Speaker 3: at you. And for three drives or so, if for more,

958
00:46:07,560 --> 00:46:10,680
Speaker 3: if went for Morgan Fox basically taking over and ending

959
00:46:10,719 --> 00:46:13,279
Speaker 3: those drives back to back to back. They were moving

960
00:46:13,280 --> 00:46:15,040
Speaker 3: pretty well in the run game. And I think that

961
00:46:15,080 --> 00:46:18,320
Speaker 3: this team, especially with Pinay Suel, I'm kind of excited

962
00:46:18,320 --> 00:46:21,880
Speaker 3: to watch them run on the Chargers because their offense

963
00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:23,640
Speaker 3: is so much fun in Panay school is so good.

964
00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:27,160
Speaker 3: So I think this is going to be a tough one.

965
00:46:27,600 --> 00:46:30,799
Speaker 3: Detroit Lions are always a team just like they're not

966
00:46:31,600 --> 00:46:36,040
Speaker 3: a great team ever, but their offenses is just so good.

967
00:46:36,760 --> 00:46:38,920
Speaker 2: They retain their offensive coordinator, which is huge.

968
00:46:39,440 --> 00:46:41,240
Speaker 3: So this is actually a game I think the Chargers

969
00:46:41,280 --> 00:46:46,480
Speaker 3: are going to lose only because I feel like I

970
00:46:46,520 --> 00:46:48,319
Speaker 3: don't know that they can dig deep and do something,

971
00:46:48,360 --> 00:46:50,520
Speaker 3: and that this rushing attack is going to be really,

972
00:46:50,560 --> 00:46:53,400
Speaker 3: really strong, and this is a team that can keep

973
00:46:53,480 --> 00:46:56,400
Speaker 3: up with the Chargers in a shootout.

974
00:46:57,080 --> 00:46:58,799
Speaker 1: I don't know if I buy that last part. I

975
00:46:58,880 --> 00:47:01,239
Speaker 1: understand why you would be hesitant from the line of

976
00:47:01,280 --> 00:47:05,760
Speaker 1: scrims standpoint. They should have Jamison Williams back in this game.

977
00:47:07,160 --> 00:47:10,040
Speaker 1: But I don't know if like a shootout in terms

978
00:47:10,080 --> 00:47:13,240
Speaker 1: of like skill, talent and Jared Goff is really how

979
00:47:13,360 --> 00:47:16,719
Speaker 1: the Lions win this game. To me, this is like this,

980
00:47:16,960 --> 00:47:20,399
Speaker 1: who controls the game, the game clock, pace of play.

981
00:47:20,400 --> 00:47:22,640
Speaker 1: I think that's who wins this game. Yeah, that's a

982
00:47:22,640 --> 00:47:24,120
Speaker 1: fair way to put it. So I do think the

983
00:47:24,200 --> 00:47:27,319
Speaker 1: Chargers could maybe pull the Lions into a shootout here,

984
00:47:27,360 --> 00:47:29,560
Speaker 1: and I think that's how the Chargers could win. This

985
00:47:29,600 --> 00:47:32,360
Speaker 1: to me, could be like Chargers versus Browns, you know,

986
00:47:32,400 --> 00:47:35,160
Speaker 1: two point zero. Yeah from twenty twenty one, I should

987
00:47:35,200 --> 00:47:38,000
Speaker 1: say to clarify there, but I just I have a

988
00:47:38,040 --> 00:47:41,239
Speaker 1: hard time buying into Jared Goff coming into you know,

989
00:47:41,280 --> 00:47:44,239
Speaker 1: coming across the country and winning this game. So I

990
00:47:44,280 --> 00:47:46,080
Speaker 1: actually have the win here for the Chargers.

991
00:47:46,520 --> 00:47:48,319
Speaker 3: Technically, Jared Goff did spend a lot of time on

992
00:47:48,320 --> 00:47:49,480
Speaker 3: this side of the country.

993
00:47:49,320 --> 00:47:52,799
Speaker 1: I know, but like like I you know, you talked

994
00:47:52,800 --> 00:47:55,600
Speaker 1: about a quarterback play, like I think, sure, Herbert versus Goff.

995
00:47:55,680 --> 00:47:57,800
Speaker 1: I think it's just I think Herbert makes more plays

996
00:47:57,800 --> 00:48:00,279
Speaker 1: down the stretch, and I think the charge part win

997
00:48:00,320 --> 00:48:05,560
Speaker 1: that game. Yeah, okay, so we're I'm at six two,

998
00:48:05,920 --> 00:48:09,319
Speaker 1: at six and three, okay, yeah, all right. So Week

999
00:48:09,360 --> 00:48:12,040
Speaker 1: eleven at Green Bay again, a team in transition here

1000
00:48:12,040 --> 00:48:13,960
Speaker 1: going from Aaron Rodgers. We'll speed up the pace here

1001
00:48:14,040 --> 00:48:17,480
Speaker 1: a little bit here where we're almost done, but you know,

1002
00:48:18,120 --> 00:48:20,759
Speaker 1: tons of turnover on the defense and obviously on the

1003
00:48:20,800 --> 00:48:23,880
Speaker 1: offense with Aaron Rodgers, Alan Lazard and Renal Cobb in

1004
00:48:23,880 --> 00:48:26,279
Speaker 1: New York were time. We already mentioned him. He's in

1005
00:48:26,360 --> 00:48:29,400
Speaker 1: Chicago and Mercedes Lewis I kind of expect him to

1006
00:48:29,480 --> 00:48:31,840
Speaker 1: end up in New York as well, one of Aaron Rodgers' guys.

1007
00:48:31,840 --> 00:48:35,520
Speaker 1: So lots of youth on offense with Luke Musgrave, Tucker Craft,

1008
00:48:35,600 --> 00:48:39,959
Speaker 1: Jaden Reid brought in on offense, Lucas van Ness chalk

1009
00:48:40,040 --> 00:48:42,240
Speaker 1: pick for the Packers on defense in the first round,

1010
00:48:42,520 --> 00:48:44,640
Speaker 1: and they added Jonathan Owens in free agency, which is

1011
00:48:44,640 --> 00:48:47,200
Speaker 1: really like the only free agency move that they made,

1012
00:48:47,239 --> 00:48:52,120
Speaker 1: So I would expect almost that those numbers on EPA

1013
00:48:52,360 --> 00:48:55,400
Speaker 1: just basically flip. I think the Packers defense is going

1014
00:48:55,440 --> 00:48:57,320
Speaker 1: to be healthier and better, but I think the offense

1015
00:48:57,400 --> 00:48:59,680
Speaker 1: is obviously going to take a pretty big step back

1016
00:48:59,719 --> 00:49:01,120
Speaker 1: with out Aaron Rodgers.

1017
00:49:01,560 --> 00:49:03,400
Speaker 3: Yeah, not much to add there. It really does come

1018
00:49:03,440 --> 00:49:06,000
Speaker 3: to that Jordan Love guy will finally see him. It's

1019
00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:08,319
Speaker 3: so weird that it's taken this long, but like guess

1020
00:49:08,320 --> 00:49:10,000
Speaker 3: if you're drafted by the Packers and you have Rogers

1021
00:49:10,040 --> 00:49:11,080
Speaker 3: in front of you, it takes a bit.

1022
00:49:11,440 --> 00:49:13,600
Speaker 2: So yeah, Love versus Herbert.

1023
00:49:13,640 --> 00:49:15,640
Speaker 3: I know it's not exactly that, but that should be

1024
00:49:16,120 --> 00:49:19,600
Speaker 3: should be a fun one, not super late in the season.

1025
00:49:20,000 --> 00:49:23,400
Speaker 2: Hopefully the weather holds up. If it's snowing and things

1026
00:49:23,400 --> 00:49:26,160
Speaker 2: are really hazardous, it may change my mind, but I

1027
00:49:26,200 --> 00:49:27,800
Speaker 2: just think that the Chargers got this one.

1028
00:49:28,480 --> 00:49:31,839
Speaker 1: Yeah, this could be like a Chargers Falcons game where

1029
00:49:31,840 --> 00:49:37,319
Speaker 1: it's like early kick, you know, not necessarily super difficult team,

1030
00:49:37,440 --> 00:49:39,160
Speaker 1: but just kind of like a game where the Chargers

1031
00:49:39,239 --> 00:49:43,160
Speaker 1: might not be super up to their usual speed just

1032
00:49:43,160 --> 00:49:46,120
Speaker 1: because of the time, because of the location. So I

1033
00:49:46,120 --> 00:49:48,440
Speaker 1: think this could be a little bit closer than people think.

1034
00:49:48,520 --> 00:49:51,879
Speaker 1: But I just the Packers don't have enough on either

1035
00:49:51,880 --> 00:49:53,799
Speaker 1: side of the ball to make me kind of feel

1036
00:49:53,840 --> 00:49:55,480
Speaker 1: nervous about this game. So I would have them a

1037
00:49:55,520 --> 00:49:58,200
Speaker 1: win as well, which means we're both sitting at seven

1038
00:49:58,239 --> 00:50:03,080
Speaker 1: and three heading into Week twelve against the Baltimore Ravens.

1039
00:50:04,360 --> 00:50:07,000
Speaker 3: And the Baltimore Ravens mostly just added on offense, it

1040
00:50:07,040 --> 00:50:09,920
Speaker 3: would have Buckham juniors, the Flowers of course, Nelson Agalore

1041
00:50:10,480 --> 00:50:14,319
Speaker 3: trying to make things worth They did lose Ken Francis

1042
00:50:14,400 --> 00:50:16,880
Speaker 3: in free agency, now I'm just kidding. I don't know

1043
00:50:16,880 --> 00:50:20,000
Speaker 3: what happened with that. Some turnover on the defensive side

1044
00:50:20,040 --> 00:50:23,200
Speaker 3: of the ball, but overall, the commitment was to the offense,

1045
00:50:23,480 --> 00:50:26,880
Speaker 3: to Lamar Jackson. Yeah, of course, adding their offensive coordinator.

1046
00:50:27,280 --> 00:50:28,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, I forgot to put Ton Monkin on here, and

1047
00:50:29,000 --> 00:50:29,839
Speaker 1: that's that's my bad.

1048
00:50:30,040 --> 00:50:30,719
Speaker 2: No, it's all good.

1049
00:50:30,719 --> 00:50:33,880
Speaker 3: It's a lot to put together. But yeah, they'll be

1050
00:50:33,880 --> 00:50:37,680
Speaker 3: better on offense naturally because Lamar Jackson will play and

1051
00:50:37,719 --> 00:50:39,800
Speaker 3: he'll have weapons around him, and they'll move out of

1052
00:50:39,840 --> 00:50:42,600
Speaker 3: a completely different system. It's far enough in the season

1053
00:50:42,600 --> 00:50:46,040
Speaker 3: where they should have established themselves as whatever offensive identity

1054
00:50:46,040 --> 00:50:49,560
Speaker 3: they wanted to you know, change too. So this is

1055
00:50:49,600 --> 00:50:51,320
Speaker 3: a rough one. The last time I saw the Chargers

1056
00:50:51,320 --> 00:50:54,279
Speaker 3: play the Ravens, it was ugly, and that was the

1057
00:50:54,360 --> 00:50:57,560
Speaker 3: year that you know, the offense with Joe Lombardi was good,

1058
00:50:58,040 --> 00:51:00,239
Speaker 3: and this game there was just an absolute tear are

1059
00:51:00,280 --> 00:51:03,359
Speaker 3: oute there, although mostly that was a right tackle issue,

1060
00:51:03,440 --> 00:51:05,680
Speaker 3: I feel like and just but the Ravens brought it.

1061
00:51:05,719 --> 00:51:07,800
Speaker 2: And it's a well coached team. They're always good. A

1062
00:51:07,840 --> 00:51:09,520
Speaker 2: lot of these teams in the AFC North are good.

1063
00:51:10,560 --> 00:51:11,640
Speaker 2: So this one worries me.

1064
00:51:11,719 --> 00:51:15,280
Speaker 3: If the Chargers can't handle the pressures that the Ravens

1065
00:51:15,320 --> 00:51:17,360
Speaker 3: throw at them like they couldn't the last time they played,

1066
00:51:17,640 --> 00:51:19,040
Speaker 3: it's kind of game over. I mean, you saw the

1067
00:51:19,120 --> 00:51:21,239
Speaker 3: Chargers get stuck in the mud that game. It was

1068
00:51:21,239 --> 00:51:24,239
Speaker 3: incredibly frustrating to watch. And if if Lamar Jackson didn't

1069
00:51:24,280 --> 00:51:27,040
Speaker 3: just like throw two interceptions to Kit right to Kai

1070
00:51:27,080 --> 00:51:29,480
Speaker 3: as You're White, it would have been even more of

1071
00:51:29,480 --> 00:51:32,680
Speaker 3: a blowout than it was. So this one worries me.

1072
00:51:33,280 --> 00:51:36,759
Speaker 2: I do think the Chargers end up losing this one, only.

1073
00:51:36,520 --> 00:51:38,520
Speaker 3: Because I just think that's a very good team on

1074
00:51:38,560 --> 00:51:40,759
Speaker 3: both sides the fall of the ball, with a very

1075
00:51:40,760 --> 00:51:44,640
Speaker 3: good quarterback and a solid system and a solid coach.

1076
00:51:45,320 --> 00:51:47,840
Speaker 3: So I think this one ends up being a loss,

1077
00:51:48,120 --> 00:51:49,840
Speaker 3: but you know, could change my mind.

1078
00:51:50,480 --> 00:51:53,319
Speaker 1: Yeah, could certainly change things once we get to this point.

1079
00:51:53,360 --> 00:51:56,040
Speaker 1: But I'm always nervous about the Ravens. Lamar Jackson I

1080
00:51:56,040 --> 00:51:58,200
Speaker 1: think is one of the most underrated players in the league,

1081
00:51:58,560 --> 00:52:02,080
Speaker 1: which is weird to say about a MVP, But I

1082
00:52:02,120 --> 00:52:05,840
Speaker 1: mean this team was very, very injured last season, obviously,

1083
00:52:05,920 --> 00:52:08,320
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson missing games, and they were still at seventeenth

1084
00:52:08,360 --> 00:52:11,799
Speaker 1: and fourteenth kind of team. Yeah, they were like a

1085
00:52:11,840 --> 00:52:14,200
Speaker 1: player two away from beating the Bengals in the playoffs

1086
00:52:14,239 --> 00:52:17,640
Speaker 1: with my guy Tyler Huntley at quarterback. Yeah, really could

1087
00:52:17,680 --> 00:52:19,359
Speaker 1: have gone either way in that game. And I think

1088
00:52:19,400 --> 00:52:22,480
Speaker 1: people will be talking about them very differently. So I

1089
00:52:22,520 --> 00:52:24,319
Speaker 1: think this is right when we'll see the Ravens start

1090
00:52:24,320 --> 00:52:26,720
Speaker 1: to hit their stride on offense too, with all the changes.

1091
00:52:27,239 --> 00:52:32,200
Speaker 1: So I share your nervousness about this game as well.

1092
00:52:32,239 --> 00:52:33,840
Speaker 1: I have this as a loss.

1093
00:52:34,120 --> 00:52:37,240
Speaker 2: Yeah, me too. We're still at seven and four, the

1094
00:52:36,520 --> 00:52:37,920
Speaker 2: same record.

1095
00:52:38,320 --> 00:52:38,480
Speaker 1: Oh.

1096
00:52:38,520 --> 00:52:40,759
Speaker 2: When they traveled to New England in week thirteen. This

1097
00:52:40,800 --> 00:52:41,320
Speaker 2: is fun.

1098
00:52:42,120 --> 00:52:44,600
Speaker 1: If you're not cheating, you're not trying. Nice.

1099
00:52:44,760 --> 00:52:46,840
Speaker 2: Thank you, big Lagendion. Tomlinton quote.

1100
00:52:48,400 --> 00:52:53,160
Speaker 3: Yeah, so the notable additions Bill O'Brien, notable loss, not Patricia.

1101
00:52:53,600 --> 00:52:56,400
Speaker 3: Just by that alone, I feel like the pack, excuse me,

1102
00:52:56,440 --> 00:52:59,839
Speaker 3: the Patriots will be better. That defense was outstanding last

1103
00:52:59,880 --> 00:53:03,160
Speaker 3: year and then they got Christian Gonzalez late middle of

1104
00:53:03,239 --> 00:53:04,560
Speaker 3: the draft, which is disgusting.

1105
00:53:05,200 --> 00:53:08,799
Speaker 2: So I think to get traded down for him. So

1106
00:53:09,360 --> 00:53:10,520
Speaker 2: we'll see about the offense.

1107
00:53:10,560 --> 00:53:12,759
Speaker 3: I think not having Matt Patricia as your plate color

1108
00:53:13,080 --> 00:53:17,279
Speaker 3: will naturally help that offense out. It'll be a solid group,

1109
00:53:17,440 --> 00:53:20,400
Speaker 3: not a great group, but playing in New England, that

1110
00:53:20,440 --> 00:53:24,080
Speaker 3: team has had the Chargers number forever and that defense

1111
00:53:24,160 --> 00:53:26,680
Speaker 3: is outstanding, and it just got you know, key On.

1112
00:53:26,680 --> 00:53:27,840
Speaker 2: White Christian Gonzalez.

1113
00:53:27,920 --> 00:53:31,839
Speaker 3: So I had this one as the loss because Bill

1114
00:53:31,840 --> 00:53:35,400
Speaker 3: Belichick man and the Patriots have just beaten the Chargers

1115
00:53:35,480 --> 00:53:40,120
Speaker 3: every single time, unless Brady's not playing or wasn't playing.

1116
00:53:42,080 --> 00:53:45,200
Speaker 1: When was the last time they beat the Patriots.

1117
00:53:44,960 --> 00:53:47,719
Speaker 2: Mid two thousands, whenever it was a castle. I think

1118
00:53:47,719 --> 00:53:48,880
Speaker 2: it's probably when Bratty Torres.

1119
00:53:49,000 --> 00:53:51,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, that makes sense.

1120
00:53:52,120 --> 00:53:54,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's been a bit we're in twenty twenty three,

1121
00:53:54,680 --> 00:53:55,600
Speaker 2: so we'll see if.

1122
00:53:55,640 --> 00:53:57,960
Speaker 1: If this game we're in LA, I would probably show differently.

1123
00:53:58,400 --> 00:54:01,279
Speaker 1: I will never predict a way a Chargers win at

1124
00:54:02,239 --> 00:54:04,319
Speaker 1: Gillette Stadium. It's just one of those things you know,

1125
00:54:04,920 --> 00:54:08,520
Speaker 1: until they prove it. I understand that Pats to victory. Obviously,

1126
00:54:08,600 --> 00:54:10,520
Speaker 1: Justin Herbert has to play like out of his mind

1127
00:54:10,560 --> 00:54:14,600
Speaker 1: that game because the pages defense is incredible. All right.

1128
00:54:14,600 --> 00:54:16,960
Speaker 1: We highlighted the Denver Broncos in terms of the one

1129
00:54:17,000 --> 00:54:19,760
Speaker 1: of the biggest moves of the offseason bringing in Sean Payton.

1130
00:54:20,640 --> 00:54:22,719
Speaker 1: Will the offense be good? Will it be bad? That's

1131
00:54:22,719 --> 00:54:26,319
Speaker 1: obviously one of the big storylines here. So additions, you

1132
00:54:26,360 --> 00:54:30,279
Speaker 1: get Ben Powers, Mike McGlinchey on the offensive line, Chris Mann,

1133
00:54:30,400 --> 00:54:33,239
Speaker 1: Hurts the blocking tight end from the Jaguars, and ajp Ryan.

1134
00:54:33,600 --> 00:54:35,640
Speaker 1: I think Sean Payton was sending a message that he

1135
00:54:35,680 --> 00:54:39,240
Speaker 1: wants to run the football in twenty twenty three losses. Obviously,

1136
00:54:39,440 --> 00:54:43,360
Speaker 1: Nathaniel Hackett, Raymont Jones, Dalton Reisner, Billy Turner. This is

1137
00:54:43,400 --> 00:54:46,120
Speaker 1: the game in Denver, correct, No, this is a game

1138
00:54:46,160 --> 00:54:48,000
Speaker 1: at home, Okay, So this is the home game. So

1139
00:54:48,040 --> 00:54:49,839
Speaker 1: the Chargers will win this game. Because that's a thing.

1140
00:54:49,880 --> 00:54:55,200
Speaker 2: Where Yeah, okay, great, on the same page. Let's move on.

1141
00:54:56,120 --> 00:54:59,399
Speaker 1: All right, So we're both at eight and five. Eight

1142
00:54:59,440 --> 00:55:01,239
Speaker 1: and five right now, all right, we'll head into the

1143
00:55:01,280 --> 00:55:03,120
Speaker 1: next one. Sorry, trying to speed things up here as well.

1144
00:55:03,160 --> 00:55:05,560
Speaker 1: I know we're running a little bit long. So at

1145
00:55:05,640 --> 00:55:08,160
Speaker 1: Las Vegas Raiders, I'm going to win there. I just

1146
00:55:08,200 --> 00:55:10,319
Speaker 1: think the Raiders a gonna be bad. So I don't

1147
00:55:10,320 --> 00:55:12,040
Speaker 1: know about you, but I do think the Raiders the

1148
00:55:12,120 --> 00:55:13,719
Speaker 1: Chargers will sweep the Raiders this year.

1149
00:55:13,960 --> 00:55:16,439
Speaker 3: Yeah, I love how analysis knowledge. Just yeah, Racers Raiders

1150
00:55:16,440 --> 00:55:18,960
Speaker 3: are bad, so they win. But I mean that's that's

1151
00:55:19,000 --> 00:55:22,239
Speaker 3: you're not wrong. We just talked about it. So yeah,

1152
00:55:22,280 --> 00:55:23,680
Speaker 3: I think this is a win as well. We have

1153
00:55:23,760 --> 00:55:26,359
Speaker 3: them at nine and five so far, we're getting close

1154
00:55:26,400 --> 00:55:27,360
Speaker 3: to that ten win total.

1155
00:55:27,480 --> 00:55:28,720
Speaker 2: And we played the Bills next.

1156
00:55:28,920 --> 00:55:31,800
Speaker 1: All right, home game against Bills. This is the Saturday

1157
00:55:31,920 --> 00:55:36,080
Speaker 1: night Peacock game. You know it should be an electric tailgate,

1158
00:55:36,120 --> 00:55:39,319
Speaker 1: I hope. Honestly, if you are picking a game, I

1159
00:55:39,320 --> 00:55:42,120
Speaker 1: would say pick this one to go tailgating. Should be electric.

1160
00:55:43,160 --> 00:55:45,840
Speaker 1: Second and seventh in EPA for play last year. Just

1161
00:55:46,280 --> 00:55:51,840
Speaker 1: an incredibly sound team overall. Additions, Dalton Concay and my

1162
00:55:51,880 --> 00:55:56,160
Speaker 1: guy Osirus torrensrom the draft. Then they also drafted Dorian

1163
00:55:56,160 --> 00:56:00,439
Speaker 1: Williams to replace Tremaine Edmunds, signed Connor McGoff and Taylor

1164
00:56:00,520 --> 00:56:04,479
Speaker 1: Rap Trent Sherfield, So some solid signings but nothing outstanding. Really.

1165
00:56:04,520 --> 00:56:06,959
Speaker 1: The thing with the Bills this year is they're losing

1166
00:56:07,040 --> 00:56:09,239
Speaker 1: Leslie Fraser, who's one of the best defensive coordinators in

1167
00:56:09,239 --> 00:56:12,840
Speaker 1: the league over the last few seasons, and McDermott is

1168
00:56:12,840 --> 00:56:15,680
Speaker 1: gonna be calling plays. They don't even have a defensive coordinator,

1169
00:56:16,200 --> 00:56:19,000
Speaker 1: so it's gonna be a really interesting dynamic there with

1170
00:56:19,280 --> 00:56:22,279
Speaker 1: going from one of the best defensive coordinators to head

1171
00:56:22,280 --> 00:56:24,239
Speaker 1: coach who hasn't called plays in a long time, kind

1172
00:56:24,239 --> 00:56:25,200
Speaker 1: of taking over that unit.

1173
00:56:26,520 --> 00:56:29,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm just staring at the part of the slide

1174
00:56:29,040 --> 00:56:31,000
Speaker 3: show where I didn't write their twenty twenty two record, and.

1175
00:56:30,960 --> 00:56:33,359
Speaker 2: That's all I can think about. I'm good last year.

1176
00:56:33,680 --> 00:56:35,120
Speaker 3: I know, shucks, we made it this far and I

1177
00:56:35,239 --> 00:56:38,480
Speaker 3: finally make my mistake. They're still trying to figure out, apparently,

1178
00:56:38,480 --> 00:56:40,800
Speaker 3: what to do with Daltson Kincaid. According to Quinn Dorsey,

1179
00:56:41,360 --> 00:56:42,680
Speaker 3: he's like, I'm not really sure what his role is

1180
00:56:42,719 --> 00:56:43,000
Speaker 3: going to be.

1181
00:56:43,000 --> 00:56:44,040
Speaker 2: But we'll figure it out.

1182
00:56:44,040 --> 00:56:46,360
Speaker 1: Should I should probably have planned that out before he

1183
00:56:46,400 --> 00:56:48,000
Speaker 1: took him in the first round and traded up for him.

1184
00:56:48,120 --> 00:56:51,920
Speaker 3: That makes me feel like somebody upstairs made that call,

1185
00:56:52,040 --> 00:56:54,400
Speaker 3: because I mean Tom's Mosco said with us that they

1186
00:56:54,400 --> 00:56:56,040
Speaker 3: thought they were going wide receiver the whole way and

1187
00:56:56,080 --> 00:56:58,080
Speaker 3: suddenly the go get a tight end that are not

1188
00:56:58,120 --> 00:57:00,360
Speaker 3: really sure about. I feel like somebody else made that

1189
00:57:00,400 --> 00:57:02,320
Speaker 3: call on that one.

1190
00:57:02,680 --> 00:57:03,480
Speaker 2: This is the game.

1191
00:57:04,040 --> 00:57:05,880
Speaker 3: I'm actually gonna pick the Chargers to win this one.

1192
00:57:06,360 --> 00:57:09,640
Speaker 3: I think this is a nasty, awesome game. I think

1193
00:57:09,640 --> 00:57:12,200
Speaker 3: the environment's going to be fantastic, and Herbert rises to

1194
00:57:12,200 --> 00:57:15,200
Speaker 3: the occasion. There's just kind of something about these comparison

1195
00:57:15,239 --> 00:57:18,400
Speaker 3: games for Herbert where he rises to the occasion. I

1196
00:57:18,440 --> 00:57:20,640
Speaker 3: know he's not on social media all that much, but

1197
00:57:20,680 --> 00:57:23,040
Speaker 3: there's something about these games match it's a little bit different.

1198
00:57:23,400 --> 00:57:25,040
Speaker 3: I think this is the statement win of the year

1199
00:57:25,080 --> 00:57:28,320
Speaker 3: for the Chargers, arguably the statement win of Brandon Staley's

1200
00:57:28,320 --> 00:57:29,560
Speaker 3: career if he wins this one.

1201
00:57:29,720 --> 00:57:31,320
Speaker 2: Because this is a heck of a team.

1202
00:57:31,680 --> 00:57:33,919
Speaker 1: Yeah, it is a heck of a team. Josh Allen

1203
00:57:33,960 --> 00:57:35,600
Speaker 1: versus Justin Herbert Man, this is going to be an

1204
00:57:35,640 --> 00:57:38,320
Speaker 1: electric matchup. I think the Chargers have a little baked

1205
00:57:38,360 --> 00:57:40,840
Speaker 1: in advantage here as well, playing at home short week

1206
00:57:40,840 --> 00:57:43,720
Speaker 1: from the Bills. I tend to agree. We're on the

1207
00:57:43,720 --> 00:57:46,480
Speaker 1: same page about a lot of things tonight. So I

1208
00:57:46,480 --> 00:57:49,040
Speaker 1: think justin Herbert, just like like you mentioned, you know,

1209
00:57:49,120 --> 00:57:51,920
Speaker 1: he has something extra for these games. I think this

1210
00:57:51,960 --> 00:57:54,600
Speaker 1: is really when we'll start to see Quentin Johnston come

1211
00:57:54,640 --> 00:57:57,680
Speaker 1: on in a strong way as well. So I agree.

1212
00:57:57,720 --> 00:57:59,680
Speaker 1: I have them winning this matchup as well. So we're

1213
00:57:59,720 --> 00:58:01,640
Speaker 1: at a ten now, right.

1214
00:58:01,760 --> 00:58:03,600
Speaker 3: Ten and five each. We made it to ten wins

1215
00:58:03,640 --> 00:58:05,280
Speaker 3: and at Denver.

1216
00:58:05,520 --> 00:58:07,600
Speaker 1: And that's a loss because it's at Denver. That's how

1217
00:58:07,640 --> 00:58:08,120
Speaker 1: things work.

1218
00:58:08,680 --> 00:58:10,520
Speaker 2: It's disgusting, person land.

1219
00:58:10,600 --> 00:58:13,480
Speaker 3: I hate it at It's gonna be weird too, Like

1220
00:58:13,520 --> 00:58:14,720
Speaker 3: something weird is gonna happen.

1221
00:58:15,160 --> 00:58:17,440
Speaker 2: Someone's going to like kick the football and someone's going

1222
00:58:17,480 --> 00:58:17,920
Speaker 2: to score.

1223
00:58:19,440 --> 00:58:21,240
Speaker 3: Of course that's called a field goal, but I mean

1224
00:58:21,280 --> 00:58:23,160
Speaker 3: like they're just going to touchdown for some reason.

1225
00:58:24,040 --> 00:58:26,240
Speaker 2: I don't know. At Denver's a cursed place. I hate it.

1226
00:58:26,240 --> 00:58:27,680
Speaker 3: It's going to be a loss and people go, but

1227
00:58:27,880 --> 00:58:30,160
Speaker 3: you just said they beat the Bills, but Lucid the Broncos.

1228
00:58:30,440 --> 00:58:33,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, at Denver's cursed I hate at Denver.

1229
00:58:34,080 --> 00:58:36,720
Speaker 1: It's the weirdest thing, man. I don't know what it is.

1230
00:58:36,800 --> 00:58:39,160
Speaker 1: The last two years I felt really confident heading into

1231
00:58:39,200 --> 00:58:42,800
Speaker 1: the games at Denver and then just disaster strikes. I

1232
00:58:42,800 --> 00:58:45,840
Speaker 1: don't know what it is about that place. Yeah, so

1233
00:58:45,920 --> 00:58:48,240
Speaker 1: home against the Chiefs here, where are you at with

1234
00:58:48,280 --> 00:58:51,040
Speaker 1: this game? You kind of said leaning more towards them

1235
00:58:51,080 --> 00:58:53,600
Speaker 1: beating the Chiefs at home, But now that we're at here,

1236
00:58:53,720 --> 00:58:54,720
Speaker 1: at this part where you're.

1237
00:58:54,560 --> 00:58:56,880
Speaker 2: At, they're going to squash the tomato and catch up

1238
00:58:56,880 --> 00:58:57,480
Speaker 2: in the division.

1239
00:58:57,600 --> 00:59:00,200
Speaker 3: They're going to beat the Kansas City Chiefs, though I

1240
00:59:00,240 --> 00:59:02,480
Speaker 3: think the Chiefs will have like the divisional record at

1241
00:59:02,480 --> 00:59:05,440
Speaker 3: this point. I will predict the Chiefs to win the division.

1242
00:59:06,000 --> 00:59:08,320
Speaker 3: But I think at home Chargers need this to get

1243
00:59:08,680 --> 00:59:11,760
Speaker 3: to some spot in the wild card, and I think

1244
00:59:11,760 --> 00:59:13,640
Speaker 3: they'll win this one. Heck, at this point, if the

1245
00:59:13,680 --> 00:59:16,080
Speaker 3: Chiefs the number one team in the AFC, maybe they

1246
00:59:16,080 --> 00:59:18,840
Speaker 3: don't care about this game. The Chargers will care about

1247
00:59:18,840 --> 00:59:21,800
Speaker 3: this game for whatever reason. I think they're winning this one.

1248
00:59:22,160 --> 00:59:23,600
Speaker 3: I'm going to basically predict.

1249
00:59:23,360 --> 00:59:24,600
Speaker 2: The Charge to split with the Chiefs.

1250
00:59:24,880 --> 00:59:27,960
Speaker 3: Really, every year we have Herbert Mahomes, I think that

1251
00:59:28,080 --> 00:59:30,320
Speaker 3: Arahead will be close. I think this game will be close.

1252
00:59:30,520 --> 00:59:32,600
Speaker 3: It'll come down to whoever is the ball last. I

1253
00:59:32,680 --> 00:59:35,040
Speaker 3: think the Chargers will finally get that win at home

1254
00:59:35,040 --> 00:59:37,840
Speaker 3: against the Chiefs that they've been looking for with Justin Herbert.

1255
00:59:38,560 --> 00:59:42,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, potential Blaine Gabbert game. I think this game will matter.

1256
00:59:42,280 --> 00:59:44,080
Speaker 1: I think it will because I think the Chargers will

1257
00:59:44,120 --> 00:59:47,520
Speaker 1: do enough to keep it relatively interesting with the Chiefs

1258
00:59:47,520 --> 00:59:49,200
Speaker 1: this year. So the Chiefs I think have a harder

1259
00:59:49,320 --> 00:59:52,840
Speaker 1: schedule this season, obviously with the first play schedule as

1260
00:59:52,840 --> 00:59:55,440
Speaker 1: they always have, but there's some games that the Chiefs

1261
00:59:55,520 --> 00:59:57,760
Speaker 1: I think. I'm a little bit more hesitant this year

1262
00:59:57,800 --> 01:00:00,000
Speaker 1: than normal, but I agree. I think the Chargers get

1263
01:00:00,080 --> 01:00:03,680
Speaker 1: this game, likely a must win game, winning in kind

1264
01:00:03,720 --> 01:00:05,960
Speaker 1: of situation like we're used to over the last few years.

1265
01:00:06,320 --> 01:00:08,439
Speaker 1: I think the Chargers do just enough to get into

1266
01:00:08,480 --> 01:00:11,480
Speaker 1: the playoffs and win this game. So we both have

1267
01:00:11,840 --> 01:00:15,080
Speaker 1: eleven and six, so one game improvement over last season.

1268
01:00:15,160 --> 01:00:18,000
Speaker 1: It's kinda Brandon say these m right now, Yeah.

1269
01:00:17,800 --> 01:00:19,439
Speaker 2: There we go. We did eleven and six.

1270
01:00:19,640 --> 01:00:20,240
Speaker 1: Feels fair.

1271
01:00:20,840 --> 01:00:21,800
Speaker 2: You know, I started off as a.

1272
01:00:21,760 --> 01:00:24,440
Speaker 3: Complete homer and had them losing to the Lions randomly,

1273
01:00:24,680 --> 01:00:27,040
Speaker 3: because you know, stuff happens. So yeah, yeah, it feels fair.

1274
01:00:27,080 --> 01:00:30,000
Speaker 3: Eleven and six seems solid. You know, it suggests belief

1275
01:00:30,040 --> 01:00:32,320
Speaker 3: in the team, just not better than the Chiefs this

1276
01:00:32,400 --> 01:00:33,440
Speaker 3: year just yet.

1277
01:00:33,760 --> 01:00:36,840
Speaker 1: No, I think that is a fair assessment, you know.

1278
01:00:36,880 --> 01:00:38,840
Speaker 1: And then once you get into the dance, anything can happen,

1279
01:00:38,960 --> 01:00:40,960
Speaker 1: you know. I think we've seen that time and time

1280
01:00:41,000 --> 01:00:44,360
Speaker 1: again with the AFC playoffs. I mean, the Bengals were

1281
01:00:44,680 --> 01:00:47,320
Speaker 1: underdogs to the Titans in twenty twenty one, and that

1282
01:00:47,400 --> 01:00:51,320
Speaker 1: while in that divisional matchups. He's two years ago, So

1283
01:00:51,800 --> 01:00:53,720
Speaker 1: anything can happen once you get in. You just got

1284
01:00:53,720 --> 01:00:55,320
Speaker 1: to get in. And I think the Chargers do just

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Speaker 1: enough to do that difficult schedule. But I think everybody

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Speaker 1: would be pretty happy with eleven wins for them most part.

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Speaker 1: We'll see what ultimately happens. So that's gonna do it

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Speaker 1: for us. We overshot our estimated time limit. So thanks

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Speaker 1: everybody for sticking around, Thanks Tyler for adding some great

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Speaker 1: insight and doing the slideshow for the most part, and

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Speaker 1: thank you for Brian and the Chargers for producing this episode.

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Speaker 1: As always, like I said, make sure check us out

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Speaker 1: on our own feeds at The Guiltiest Charge Podcast seventeen

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Speaker 1: on Twitter and all social media platforms. That's gonna do

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Speaker 1: it for us. We'll see you guys next time.