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Speaker 2: Fifteen to ten touchdown Chargers Everybody.

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Speaker 3: We are back with another episode of Chargers Weekly. Week six,

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Speaker 3: back from the Bye Cowboys Chargers on Monday Night, Football

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Speaker 3: and Money. My takeaways from Week five. Obviously the Chargers

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Speaker 3: headed off, but you look at this AFC doesn't scare

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Speaker 3: me as much as it did maybe before the season started.

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Speaker 3: I think there's three teams one the Chargers should have

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Speaker 3: beat in Week one, the Dolphins to the Bills, who

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Speaker 3: lost in London.

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Speaker 4: They'll play in December.

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Speaker 3: And obviously you got to slay the beasts of the

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Speaker 3: Kansas City Chiefs, and they're gonna have that opportunity.

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Speaker 4: But I look up and down the conference. The Chargers.

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Speaker 3: You may not like how it started the first quarter

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Speaker 3: of this season. They're two and two and it's up

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Speaker 3: to them to flip the narrative of their season. And

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Speaker 3: what a golden opportunity against the Cowboys followed by the Chiefs.

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Speaker 1: Well, it's a tough stretch, you know. It's you don't

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Speaker 1: only play the AFC. You got to play these NFC teams,

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Speaker 1: and you got to play the Lions, and you got

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Speaker 1: you know, this next stretches. Obviously, Cowboys Monday night, the

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Speaker 1: Chiefs coming off a mini bi because they're playing tonight

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Speaker 1: when we record this against the Broncos. Let's go Broncos.

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Speaker 1: Can we root for Sean Payton and Russell and Russell

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Speaker 1: Wilson here, you know? So they get a mini by

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Speaker 1: the Chargers get a short week. So that's a tough

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Speaker 1: back to back. You hate to be two and four

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Speaker 1: coming out of that. You'd love to get at least

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Speaker 1: a split. We know it's going to be tough in

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Speaker 1: Kansas City. You know. The Chiefs play the Chargers well,

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Speaker 1: the Chargers play the Chiefs well, and we've gone through this,

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Speaker 1: you know. But but after that, you look and it's like, Okay,

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Speaker 1: I can make a case that this is a good

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Speaker 1: stretch for the Chargers to build some win equity. Bears

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Speaker 1: at home at the Jets, Lions at home at the Packers,

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Speaker 1: Ravens at home at the Patriots, Broncos at home at

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Speaker 1: the Raiders. So just go through that stretch, and the

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Speaker 1: winnable games. The Chargers will probably be favored. They get

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Speaker 1: the Ravens at home, they get the Lions at home,

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Speaker 1: but those are tough road trips. You know, you're talking

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Speaker 1: about East Coast trips to New York Monday night primetime

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Speaker 1: in the Big Apple, you know, to Green Bay, lambeau Field.

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Speaker 1: You know, very heck of a home field advantage there

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Speaker 1: for green Bay, all the way to freaking Foxborough, and

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Speaker 1: we know it feels like you're taking a drive into

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Speaker 1: the Salem Witch Trials when you roll into Foxborough. Just

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Speaker 1: how creepy that place is so and the Raiders, you know,

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Speaker 1: a place where they have struggled. You know that they

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Speaker 1: have struggled to win a game in Las Vegas. So

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Speaker 1: it looks good, but it's still a bit of an

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Speaker 1: arduous stretch, you know. And as we saw, the Bills

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Speaker 1: you have the Jaguars who've been there for a full

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Speaker 1: week plus and have acclimated and have settled in, and

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Speaker 1: Not to mention in their two best defensive players now

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Speaker 1: and back to back week. So what I'm getting that is,

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Speaker 1: but there's still you can still make a case. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: this is probably a little tougher than maybe it looks

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Speaker 1: on paper when fans are trying to draw out their

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and it's up to the Chargers. Frankly, I mean,

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Speaker 3: this week is almost a reset. It sounds like, you know,

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Speaker 3: We're expecting Austin Eckler to return to the lineup. WHI

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Speaker 3: should give that that running game some juice. You hope

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Speaker 3: I set that up for you to say, do you

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Speaker 1: Well, I think what I'm hoping is that Brandon Staley

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Speaker 1: So I was right. Miami played San Francisco. San Francisco

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Speaker 1: Let's flip that. I hope they're watching, and I'm sure

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Speaker 1: they are. What Kyle Shanahan did to that Dallas defense.

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Speaker 1: I went back and watched every snap, in particular the

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Speaker 1: Michah Parsons pass rush. Now number one. You know, the

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Speaker 1: with Micah, he won, And I think that's kind of

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Speaker 1: I think I only counted two pressures maybe three in

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Speaker 1: the benefit of getting the Cowboys off of that game

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Speaker 1: how the forty nine ers, specifically, you know, try to

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Speaker 3: We'll get into Kellen Moore and Nuss facing their former team,

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Speaker 3: but I just want to look at these Cowboys stats

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Speaker 3: real quick. And so in their three wins money they've

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Speaker 3: allowed a total of thirteen points and their two losses

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Speaker 3: they've allowed a total of seventy points. So who's the

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Speaker 3: real Cowboys defense Obviously, Layton vander esh is not gonna

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Speaker 3: so down a couple of big dudes. The Cardinals were

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Speaker 3: how do you attack this Cowboys defense knowing that they've

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Speaker 3: kind of been jekyling hide this year? You know, when

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Speaker 1: So two things. I think it's so important when you

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Speaker 1: let's talk about the three wins. New England's offense has

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Speaker 1: been an abject failure. We just saw a Saints team

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Speaker 1: Arizona was interesting. Dobbs played a really good game. I

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Speaker 1: So what I'm getting at is it all comes down

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Speaker 1: know you heard. I think it was Coach Staley. I

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Speaker 1: after practice. You know, he just said, this group's too

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Speaker 1: good to have the pressures that we have. This offensive

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Speaker 1: When you have Soler and Zionic guard, they've played well.

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Speaker 1: You know, Pipkins has been a league average, if not better,

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Speaker 1: right tackle, and Rashaun Slater is an elite left tackle.

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Speaker 1: I know you don't have Corey Linsley, but as long

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Speaker 1: I think they can move the forward. I think they

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Speaker 1: Without Trevon Diggs, it's given up some big plays.

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Speaker 4: So you alluded to it. Listen, just look at the

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Speaker 4: quarterbacks that they face.

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Speaker 3: Daniel Jones week one, Zach Wilson week two, Joshua Dobbs

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Speaker 3: Brock is in the probably the best situation in the

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Speaker 3: NFL right now, but justin Herbert Isa's quarterback that they

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Speaker 3: is going to be calling the plays. Kellen Moore and

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Speaker 3: Dan Quinn know each other very very well. Who has

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Speaker 3: the edge in a in a game like this money,

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Speaker 3: especially Kellen coming straight off the Cowboys coaching staff. I mean,

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Speaker 1: Joseph Day game and Eric Hendricks and Eric Hendricks and

431
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Speaker 1: Kenneth Murray game as well. To make sure you're be

432
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Speaker 1: a sound tackler. I feel comfortable with Tullian Khalil set

433
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Speaker 1: in the edges, but that's not really what he does.

434
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Speaker 1: He's he's trying to gash you. So that's I know,

435
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Speaker 1: that's kind of a lot. I'm sort of ping ponging

436
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Speaker 1: all over the place, but I think attack Terrence Steele.

437
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Speaker 1: Make sure Ceedee Lamb does not beat you, because that's

438
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Speaker 1: what Dak wants to do. And then you know that

439
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Speaker 1: the interior of that line and the interior of the

440
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Speaker 1: defense linebackers, defensive tackles just sound tackling. So Tony doesn't

441
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Speaker 1: have an opportunity to have one of those Tony Pollard

442
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Speaker 1: two hundred yard two touchdown games. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Pollard eight carries for twenty nine yards against the forty

444
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Speaker 3: nine ers.

445
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Speaker 4: Ceedee Lamb four for forty nine on just five targets.

446
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Speaker 4: You saw the Raiders. The running game.

447
00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:24,320
Speaker 3: Wasn't really going with Josh Shakers, but they got him

448
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Speaker 3: going through the air. I think he had eighty one

449
00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:28,919
Speaker 3: receiving yards in that game. So Tony Pollard a similar

450
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Speaker 3: back who can get going in the passing game. But

451
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Speaker 3: you know, the week before you mentioned, you know, the

452
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Speaker 3: Patriots are just a mess right now. They won thirty

453
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Speaker 3: eight to three over New England, and I'm looking at

454
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Speaker 3: the Cowboy stats here, Tony Pollard just eleven for forty seven.

455
00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:48,720
Speaker 3: Jake Ferguson was was your leading receiver, Michael Gallup. So

456
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Speaker 3: it's not necessarily justin Jefferson and Jordan Addison and Devontae

457
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Speaker 3: Adams that you're checking. It's an interesting offense because you know,

458
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Speaker 3: you lose the tight Endalton Show to Houston. And I

459
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Speaker 3: think Cavante Turpin got hurt in that game, if I'm

460
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Speaker 3: not mistaken, the speedster from TCU that brought the charges

461
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Speaker 3: in the preseason last year.

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Speaker 4: So I think Pollard and Ceedee Lamb are.

463
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Speaker 3: The two guys that you can't let get off in

464
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Speaker 3: this game against the against the Cowboys, Bunny.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you look at targets and you know it's it's

466
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Speaker 1: pretty balanced. You know, Ceed's got thirty nine, which is

467
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Speaker 1: the most for his twenty eight receptions. But remember Michael

468
00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:31,520
Speaker 1: Gallup's kind of coming back off that injury. So he's

469
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Speaker 1: been eased into it a little bit more slowly, but

470
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Speaker 1: he's starting to become a big part. And he's got

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Speaker 1: some speed. He's a good player, you know, and he's

472
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Speaker 1: got twenty four targets. Like you met Brandon Cooks twenty

473
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Speaker 1: We know what he can do with speed, those explosive plays,

474
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Speaker 1: and I think that's that's something this team and you

475
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Speaker 1: know they I don't remember how many they had. I

476
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Speaker 1: think it was four. I think it was four explosive

477
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Speaker 1: plays against the explosive passing plays against the Raiders, but

478
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Speaker 1: two of those were Josh Jacobs. One just disaster of mistackling,

479
00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:01,320
Speaker 1: you know, on that in nineteen that they allowed him

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Speaker 1: to get twenty one. So you're hoping that And I

481
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Speaker 1: brought this up last week and I'll mention it again today.

482
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Speaker 1: You know, the defense has gradually gotten better. You know,

483
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Speaker 1: they have been asked to win a game. You know,

484
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Speaker 1: they have been tasked with you need to hold the

485
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Speaker 1: lead here in the final two minutes, and they've done

486
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Speaker 1: it with interceptions both times. And now we just saw

487
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Speaker 1: Dak who's got four interceptions, three of them last week.

488
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Speaker 1: On the season. You know, that's promising that Asante has,

489
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Speaker 1: you know, become that player where you expect him to make.

490
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Speaker 1: You know, we were used to that since his rookie year.

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Speaker 1: He's a gambler. You know, he has some issues in coverage,

492
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Speaker 1: but he's also exceptional at others and if he can

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Speaker 1: face the quarterback, he's very good it kind of feeling

494
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Speaker 1: out what's coming his way. He's got a very good

495
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Speaker 1: mind that way. You know, where he struggles is if

496
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Speaker 1: his back is to the quarterback and he's got a

497
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Speaker 1: track and try to stick with a receiver step for step.

498
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Speaker 1: That's where he struggles. But so I I'd love to see,

499
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Speaker 1: you know, kind of more schemes that put him in

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Speaker 1: that position where he is facing you know, the quarterback

501
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Speaker 1: a little bit more zone. If you're now comfortable, J. C.

502
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Speaker 1: Jackson is gone a lowie, Gilman is back, Derwin is back. Okay,

503
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Speaker 1: Well now I'm a little more comfortable knowing if I

504
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Speaker 1: want to play quarters and I want to play a

505
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Speaker 1: too high shell, I'm comfortable that these guys know what

506
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Speaker 1: their leverages are, they know what their assignments are, they

507
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Speaker 1: know who's being passed off and who's running with who,

508
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Speaker 1: and like that's that's I think something that I wouldn't

509
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Speaker 1: mind seeing. You know, see if you can get into

510
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Speaker 1: Dak's head and make it get an early interception, get

511
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Speaker 1: an early turnover, and try to kind of get that

512
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Speaker 1: clockwork and then speed it up, you know, for the

513
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Speaker 1: remainder of the game. So that's you know, because of

514
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Speaker 1: the health. I'm hopeful of that. You know, we saw

515
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Speaker 1: we saw Dean Marlow. I thought excel. I thought he

516
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Speaker 1: played a great game, a real solid game against the Raiders.

517
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Speaker 1: So now if you can play that too high shell,

518
00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:59,359
Speaker 1: you know, in a dime and Derwin's out there freelancing

519
00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:02,439
Speaker 1: is almost a lot linebacker, you know, that's something that

520
00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:05,520
Speaker 1: can really create some issues for the Cowboys. So there's

521
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Speaker 1: and I got a lot of hope for now that

522
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Speaker 1: everybody's healthy in the secondary, you're settled with your rotation,

523
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Speaker 1: Let's see if you can, you know, kind of get

524
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Speaker 1: Brandon Staley to do what he came here to do,

525
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Speaker 1: and that's coordinate a defense that creates turnovers, that does

526
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Speaker 1: not allow explosive plays. That's the whole idea of the

527
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Speaker 1: Vic Fangio defense. You know, the quarters and the too

528
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Speaker 1: high you're supposed to keep everything in front of you,

529
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Speaker 1: So keep it in front of you and and force

530
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Speaker 1: them to have these ten twelve, thirteen, seventeen play drives

531
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Speaker 1: if they want to score a touchdown, and you hope

532
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Speaker 1: you can create a mistake on one or two of them.

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Speaker 3: It was encouraging to see the play of Marlow and

534
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Speaker 3: Lane a couple of weeks ago in the absence of yeah,

535
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Speaker 3: of Derwin and ALOHI you get those guys back, and

536
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Speaker 3: you know, I saw an interesting quote from Michael Davis

537
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Speaker 3: about just not really knowing who was going to start

538
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Speaker 3: at the beginning of the year with him and JC,

539
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Speaker 3: and I have to imagine I'd love to get your

540
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Speaker 3: thoughts on just the fact that now that we know

541
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Speaker 3: Jac's gone, Michael Davis can just maybe take a breath

542
00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:05,080
Speaker 3: and say, hey, this is my starting job. Now I

543
00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:07,240
Speaker 3: don't have to worry about anything but just playing ball.

544
00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:09,840
Speaker 3: I think that debt provides a nice reset for the

545
00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:12,960
Speaker 3: secondary getting these guys back, but also just kind of

546
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Speaker 3: the comfort of knowing that, hey, this is my side

547
00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:17,919
Speaker 3: of the football field and I'm not looking over my

548
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Speaker 3: shoulder anymore.

549
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Speaker 1: I think so much of it, Chris is just how

550
00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:27,680
Speaker 1: how many rules there are in Brandon's defense. How many

551
00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:31,480
Speaker 1: different things you have to follow and adjustments that you

552
00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:33,399
Speaker 1: have to make. You know, he likes to confuse, you know,

553
00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:36,119
Speaker 1: that's what he did against Aidan O'Connell against the Raiders.

554
00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:38,919
Speaker 1: There is just a ton of pre snap movement and

555
00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:42,200
Speaker 1: masking and trying to muddy the picture for him. So

556
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Speaker 1: when you're when you're on it for a series and

557
00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:48,840
Speaker 1: then you're not, and then you're back in and then oh,

558
00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:51,479
Speaker 1: I've been sitting for the entire third quarter and now

559
00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:53,439
Speaker 1: I'm coming in the fourth and what's my leverage here?

560
00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:55,960
Speaker 1: What am I? You know, that's if you're out there

561
00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:59,000
Speaker 1: the whole time. I feel like you can create that continuity.

562
00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:02,760
Speaker 1: You know what the rules are, you know what your

563
00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:06,159
Speaker 1: assignment is on any given play when it's called. And

564
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Speaker 1: I think that's sort of to me, that's important. That's

565
00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:13,000
Speaker 1: important if you're going to run this defense. You know,

566
00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:16,040
Speaker 1: with Gus it was simple. It's like, I believe in

567
00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:18,679
Speaker 1: you guys. This is what we do. We don't blitz.

568
00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:21,640
Speaker 1: I rush for you guys. Are we're playing Cover one

569
00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:24,240
Speaker 1: or Cover three and this is what we do. Let's

570
00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:26,359
Speaker 1: go get it, you know, go make plays. That's not

571
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Speaker 1: Brandon it's you know, it's cover six, it's quarters, it's

572
00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:33,840
Speaker 1: passing guys off. Am I supposed to pass her, Am

573
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Speaker 1: I supposed to run with him? You know, Like you

574
00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:38,280
Speaker 1: think about that third and nineteen, Kenneth Murray just got stuck.

575
00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:41,480
Speaker 1: He was in the wrong spot and that left middle

576
00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:44,160
Speaker 1: flat was left wide open, and then you have two

577
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Speaker 1: misstackles and that's how you gained twenty one yards on

578
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Speaker 1: a third and nineteen. Because just there's so many rules

579
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Speaker 1: you have to follow. So to me, that's what comes

580
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Speaker 1: out of no JC is these guys can be out

581
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Speaker 1: there together as long as they're healthy the whole time

582
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Speaker 1: and know exactly what their assignment it's are and what

583
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Speaker 1: they're supposed to do to execute a defensive play call,

584
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Speaker 1: How do you.

585
00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:10,120
Speaker 3: Deploy Derwin now that he's bag money.

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00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:14,360
Speaker 1: Look, I think he's best closer to the ball, you know.

587
00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:18,440
Speaker 1: I think DJ said something on the air that rings

588
00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:22,080
Speaker 1: so true. It's like, you know, he can do everything.

589
00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:26,400
Speaker 1: He's that player. He's that good. He's capable of doing everything.

590
00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:30,280
Speaker 1: But that doesn't mean that's the best way to use him.

591
00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:33,080
Speaker 1: The best way to use him is to get him

592
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Speaker 1: as close to the football is possible. It's it's blitzing,

593
00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:41,000
Speaker 1: it's chipping the tight end, it's putting them in the

594
00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:45,120
Speaker 1: slot over ceed lamb and using you know, his physicality

595
00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:47,560
Speaker 1: and his strength to bust him up a little bit

596
00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:49,480
Speaker 1: and to make make the day a little bit longer.

597
00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:53,520
Speaker 1: So to me, that's that's the best way to use him.

598
00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:56,959
Speaker 1: I'm not saying that he's a box exclusively a box safety.

599
00:29:57,000 --> 00:30:02,000
Speaker 1: What I'm saying is he's just Derwin is exceptional. When

600
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Speaker 1: he's close to the ball, that's where I want him.

601
00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:07,600
Speaker 1: I don't want him fifteen yards deep, that second high

602
00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:10,280
Speaker 1: safety with a lowie Gilman without the ability to impact

603
00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:13,400
Speaker 1: the play on every single snap. So I'd love to

604
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Speaker 1: see more blitz is he's so good at timing up

605
00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:18,160
Speaker 1: his blitz you know that I would like to see

606
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Speaker 1: more of that. So that's what I would do. You know,

607
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Speaker 1: I don't know if I'm I don't know what Dean

608
00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:27,000
Speaker 1: Marlow looks like in practice. If they have the confidence

609
00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:29,959
Speaker 1: to put him up there, you know, and trust him,

610
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Speaker 1: I would like to think they do. You know, I

611
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Speaker 1: don't know how much stock they put into the aid

612
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Speaker 1: and O'Connell quarterback raiders offense, you know, and all the

613
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Speaker 1: pressure that they were getting on him. You know, when

614
00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:42,080
Speaker 1: it comes to to Dak and a pretty darn good

615
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Speaker 1: offensive line, save what Terrence Steele's kind of shown so

616
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Speaker 1: far this season.

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Speaker 4: Just look at the AFC.

618
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Speaker 3: West Man like Jimmy g comes back inexplicably, Devonte Adams

619
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Speaker 3: get is like four targets. Right, They're two and three.

620
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Speaker 3: They play the Patriots next week. Raiders, I don't think

621
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Speaker 3: are scaring anybody in the AFC. The Broncos are done right,

622
00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:06,040
Speaker 3: They're ready to rebuild. I think Randy Gregory's out the

623
00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:08,880
Speaker 3: door now. It sounds like a lot of guys could

624
00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:11,120
Speaker 3: be on the market. So you know, you lose the

625
00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:14,720
Speaker 3: Kansas City Thursday night, you best believe the more guys

626
00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:18,040
Speaker 3: going to be out the door going around the AFC.

627
00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:20,520
Speaker 3: The South, you lose to the Titans, but everybody's kind

628
00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:23,000
Speaker 3: of middling in the South. The Bengals are kind of

629
00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:25,520
Speaker 3: resurging at this point. I think some expect them to

630
00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:29,760
Speaker 3: kind of regain their form of the last couple of years.

631
00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:35,680
Speaker 3: Baltimore's up and down, Pittsburgh's offense is not great. Cleveland,

632
00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:39,160
Speaker 3: you don't know what's gonna happen with Deshaun Watson their

633
00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:44,360
Speaker 3: defense is good. The Jets are a mess offensively, even

634
00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:47,400
Speaker 3: though they beat the Broncos. The Patriots are done, and

635
00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:50,880
Speaker 3: then you got Miami in Buffalo. So you know, the

636
00:31:50,920 --> 00:31:53,320
Speaker 3: first two weeks couldn't have gone worse for the Chargers.

637
00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:55,240
Speaker 3: But you get to two and two A, you're by

638
00:31:55,840 --> 00:31:58,080
Speaker 3: and it's almost like, okay, you have everything in front

639
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Speaker 3: of you. It doesn't matter what anybody else is doing

640
00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:05,160
Speaker 3: but money. These next seven days, from from Monday night

641
00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:08,280
Speaker 3: to Sunday and arrow ahead, it's gonna tell us a

642
00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:11,600
Speaker 3: lot about this team. You mentioned that there's some there's

643
00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:16,440
Speaker 3: some hay to gain. I guess after Dallas and Kansas City,

644
00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:19,880
Speaker 3: with games like Chicago and the Jets coming up, and

645
00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:24,080
Speaker 3: you mentioned the Patriots and the Packers, teams you can

646
00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:28,040
Speaker 3: you could definitely beat on the road. But at some

647
00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:30,640
Speaker 3: point you're gonna have to take control of your season.

648
00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:33,280
Speaker 3: You're gonna have to show people that hey, we can

649
00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:35,920
Speaker 3: win against the best in the NFL.

650
00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:37,160
Speaker 4: We can win convincingly.

651
00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:41,000
Speaker 3: But we're still waiting for that that one victory that's

652
00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:42,680
Speaker 3: a little bit more decisive than.

653
00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:45,800
Speaker 4: What we're used to seeing here in recent games.

654
00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:48,200
Speaker 3: So I just look at the next you know, two

655
00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:52,520
Speaker 3: games against high quality, super Bowl caliber opponents and say, hey,

656
00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:55,200
Speaker 3: if you can win these two games, people are gonna

657
00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:57,600
Speaker 3: talk about you, and maybe that's the leaping off point

658
00:32:57,640 --> 00:32:57,920
Speaker 3: you need.

659
00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:02,520
Speaker 1: You know, I don't. It's not. You can't tank in

660
00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:05,280
Speaker 1: the NFL like you can in the NBA. It's just

661
00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:07,800
Speaker 1: too violent of a game. Guys will get hurt. It's

662
00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:10,960
Speaker 1: not it's not something you can do. But what you

663
00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:15,200
Speaker 1: can do is adjust your roster accordingly. So just pull

664
00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:17,000
Speaker 1: up the Bronch You mentioned the Broncos, right, So I

665
00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:19,440
Speaker 1: pull up their schedule. They got Kansas City twice in

666
00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:22,920
Speaker 1: the next three weeks, right this short week on Thursday

667
00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:24,800
Speaker 1: night at Arrowhead, and then they get him again on

668
00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:28,480
Speaker 1: the twenty ninth at home before thereby, and that's right

669
00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:32,000
Speaker 1: at the trade deadline. So like to me, I think

670
00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:35,280
Speaker 1: about how, for whatever reason, no matter how good they've

671
00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:37,840
Speaker 1: been and how bad the rest of the division has been,

672
00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:40,800
Speaker 1: the Chargers just seem to split. You know, they have

673
00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:43,720
Speaker 1: not been able to sweep the Broncos, to sweep the Raiders.

674
00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:46,400
Speaker 1: So they're one in, you know, they're one and zero

675
00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:49,160
Speaker 1: in the division. Now they beat the Raiders, and now

676
00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:50,800
Speaker 1: they get a chance to beat that you like. To me,

677
00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:55,080
Speaker 1: that's still the most important goal. You know, don't put

678
00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:58,120
Speaker 1: yourself in play for a wild card you have no idea,

679
00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:00,680
Speaker 1: Like you said, if the Bengals are going to catch fire,

680
00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:03,640
Speaker 1: if the Jaguars are are ready to take that step,

681
00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:07,000
Speaker 1: if the Colts are are gonna be a viable player,

682
00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:10,040
Speaker 1: because they've got an NFC an AFC South schedule that's

683
00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:12,680
Speaker 1: got some question marks. You never know what the Titans are.

684
00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:16,000
Speaker 1: They're great one week, they're horrible the next. Can they

685
00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:19,719
Speaker 1: find themselves a rhythm? So if you can take that

686
00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:23,440
Speaker 1: out of play and take care of the division, to me,

687
00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:27,319
Speaker 1: that's where that that game against the Chiefs, because they

688
00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:30,720
Speaker 1: have not looked dominant yet. They just they just haven't

689
00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:35,440
Speaker 1: they They they're wide receivers have left a lot to

690
00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:38,480
Speaker 1: be figured out. You know, sky Moore was supposed to

691
00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:42,320
Speaker 1: be the replacement for Tyreek Hill, this fast, explosive player

692
00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:44,600
Speaker 1: that's gonna run those quick slants and get a ton

693
00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:47,440
Speaker 1: of yard after catch, and it's clear that Mahomes is

694
00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:49,440
Speaker 1: just not comfortable with him. You know. It feels like

695
00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:52,200
Speaker 1: the most comfortable receiver is Justin Watson. That's his guy,

696
00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:56,280
Speaker 1: you know. So it's like that's Marquez Valdez Scantlet's barely

697
00:34:56,320 --> 00:34:59,600
Speaker 1: getting two targets per game. You know, Kelsey's banged up.

698
00:34:59,719 --> 00:35:01,560
Speaker 1: Let's see what that looks like like. And we know

699
00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:04,520
Speaker 1: how well Derwin tends to play him the last game

700
00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:07,880
Speaker 1: against the Chiefs last season, notwithstanding you know when Kelsey

701
00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:10,000
Speaker 1: put it on him. But we know that that tends

702
00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:13,200
Speaker 1: to be a good matchup. So I think there's I

703
00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:17,319
Speaker 1: feel like there's that opportunity is still there. At two

704
00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:21,280
Speaker 1: and two. You can still sweep the Broncos, sweep the Raiders.

705
00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:24,440
Speaker 1: That's four wins right there. You know, can you get

706
00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:27,720
Speaker 1: a win against the Chiefs and put yourself back in play?

707
00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:30,920
Speaker 1: You know, for they've done it, Go, let's go. The

708
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:35,120
Speaker 1: last two years, Chris, they have played the Chiefs with

709
00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:38,120
Speaker 1: the division in the balance where they get that win.

710
00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:41,279
Speaker 1: Last year, they get that win on that I don't

711
00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:42,839
Speaker 1: remember if it was a Thursday or a Sunday night.

712
00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:45,279
Speaker 1: I think it was a whatever it was. They get

713
00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:48,640
Speaker 1: that win and now the division's in play, and that's

714
00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:51,759
Speaker 1: something I think they just have to try to get

715
00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:56,240
Speaker 1: over that hump. Win the division don't have to play

716
00:35:56,320 --> 00:36:00,120
Speaker 1: three road games in order to get to the Super

717
00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:02,840
Speaker 1: get that try to get that buy, you know, and

718
00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:05,520
Speaker 1: you can do that by winning the division. And they're

719
00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:08,440
Speaker 1: playing so many teams that are going to be in

720
00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:11,359
Speaker 1: the city. That's what's great about it is it's there now.

721
00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:13,040
Speaker 1: Like you said at the start of the pod, it's

722
00:36:13,120 --> 00:36:15,080
Speaker 1: up to them to take advantage of it. But they

723
00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:18,600
Speaker 1: play Buffalo, they play the Chiefs, they play the Ravens,

724
00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:20,800
Speaker 1: like all of these teams that are going to be

725
00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:25,680
Speaker 1: in play for their their division, they're going to play them.

726
00:36:25,719 --> 00:36:27,520
Speaker 1: They're going to have an opportunity to win the head

727
00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:29,040
Speaker 1: to head. You know, they already lost the one to

728
00:36:29,040 --> 00:36:32,040
Speaker 1: the Titans, they lost the one to Miami. So this

729
00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:35,120
Speaker 1: is where they got to start kind of, you know,

730
00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:38,520
Speaker 1: sort of performing that calculus of how do we get

731
00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:42,000
Speaker 1: that buy, how do we get that or at least

732
00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:45,080
Speaker 1: get a home game in week one and maybe home

733
00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:47,600
Speaker 1: games and you know, if we got to play the

734
00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:49,799
Speaker 1: wild card home games in week one and week two,

735
00:36:49,960 --> 00:36:53,759
Speaker 1: you know, that's that's still there, that is still available

736
00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:59,560
Speaker 1: to them. And considering how close those games were against

737
00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:02,360
Speaker 1: Miami had to lead with five minutes left in the

738
00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:06,279
Speaker 1: game despite how poorly the defense had played throughout and

739
00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:09,200
Speaker 1: Tennessee where you're up to touchdowns and you just let

740
00:37:09,239 --> 00:37:12,080
Speaker 1: it get away from you, Like, so it's there. I'm

741
00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:13,759
Speaker 1: just hoping they had a chance to figure it out

742
00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:16,399
Speaker 1: through the by So.

743
00:37:17,080 --> 00:37:21,000
Speaker 3: I recognize close doesn't count, but nobody plays the Chiefs

744
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:24,960
Speaker 3: closer than Justin Herbert. You know those two games, I

745
00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:27,319
Speaker 3: think it was a Sunday nighter last year and a

746
00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:29,080
Speaker 3: Thursday night or the year before.

747
00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:30,440
Speaker 4: The Thursday night er.

748
00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:33,879
Speaker 3: I specifically remember, like if they won that game, they

749
00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:36,680
Speaker 3: were in the driver's seat for the AFC West because

750
00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:39,920
Speaker 3: they had the Texans that was the COVID game and

751
00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:44,720
Speaker 3: ended up losing that game. But you get so close

752
00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:49,200
Speaker 3: against this team, This Chiefs team looks like the one

753
00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:52,479
Speaker 3: that you could potentially dethrone because of all the points

754
00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:54,960
Speaker 3: that you mentioned. That offense has been a little bit

755
00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:57,840
Speaker 3: out of sync. Nobody really on the outside scares you

756
00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:01,160
Speaker 3: that much. Travis Kelcey's been banged up, that defense is

757
00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:03,160
Speaker 3: playing pretty good, and obviously Chris Jones is back in

758
00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:07,480
Speaker 3: the mix. But this is one of those opportunities they're

759
00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:09,880
Speaker 3: going to have to seize, and you know, Justin Herbert

760
00:38:09,960 --> 00:38:13,640
Speaker 3: has to be seething at playing this team as close

761
00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:17,799
Speaker 3: as they've played them and coming on the short end

762
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:19,680
Speaker 3: of the stick. And you know we're talking about Kansas

763
00:38:19,719 --> 00:38:22,440
Speaker 3: City now it's two weeks away. Obviously, the Cowboys are

764
00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:25,600
Speaker 3: the focus on Monday Night, but it's just this stretch

765
00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:27,560
Speaker 3: money that I think really can.

766
00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:30,800
Speaker 4: Flip the narrative nationally.

767
00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:32,920
Speaker 3: Not that that really matters, but I think more so

768
00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:35,120
Speaker 3: for that locker room to have a little bit of

769
00:38:35,160 --> 00:38:37,799
Speaker 3: belief that hey, we're on the track. We're four and

770
00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:40,759
Speaker 3: two after these games against the Cowboys and Chiefs, and

771
00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:44,279
Speaker 3: now we can really make our hay and have the

772
00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:47,560
Speaker 3: inside track for the ASC West, a division that the

773
00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:51,040
Speaker 3: Chiefs have dominated I guess since twenty fifteen. Right, So

774
00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:53,560
Speaker 3: at some point it's going to have to happen. The

775
00:38:53,719 --> 00:38:56,480
Speaker 3: Chargers of the closest team to making that happen. We

776
00:38:56,520 --> 00:38:58,920
Speaker 3: know the Broncos are Raiders, aren't going to get it

777
00:38:58,960 --> 00:38:59,920
Speaker 3: done this year in the West.

778
00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:01,160
Speaker 4: It's up to the Chargers.

779
00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:05,319
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think, you know, for like you said, you

780
00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:08,400
Speaker 1: can't look past the Cowboys. To me, it's it's imperative

781
00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:10,239
Speaker 1: for them to be three and three. I think at

782
00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:13,680
Speaker 1: two and four that's when you start pressing, and you know,

783
00:39:13,719 --> 00:39:15,400
Speaker 1: you get the Bears. I think it's because you know,

784
00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:17,440
Speaker 1: you're alternating home and road. I just want to make

785
00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:18,760
Speaker 1: sure I got it right. So I think it's Bears

786
00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:19,440
Speaker 1: than at Jets.

787
00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:21,520
Speaker 4: I think you're for the rest of the year, right,

788
00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:22,960
Speaker 4: you're alternating.

789
00:39:22,600 --> 00:39:26,080
Speaker 1: Right every So, if you're two and four, are you

790
00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:28,520
Speaker 1: pressing against the Bears? Are you? Are you just a

791
00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:30,880
Speaker 1: little too tight knowing? Okay, we lose this and the

792
00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:33,279
Speaker 1: season very well could be over, you know, much like

793
00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:35,839
Speaker 1: it was. Remember when they went to Tennessee lost that

794
00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:38,160
Speaker 1: game on those Melvin Gordon fumbles at the goal line.

795
00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:41,120
Speaker 1: They were two and five, and it just felt likeugh, man,

796
00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:44,080
Speaker 1: that was the game. You know, that was the game.

797
00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:45,759
Speaker 1: You had to be three and four and you don't

798
00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:48,480
Speaker 1: want them to press press against the Jets, and then

799
00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:51,120
Speaker 1: you got the Lions coming in. You know, if now

800
00:39:51,160 --> 00:39:53,480
Speaker 1: you're four and four and you got the Lions come in,

801
00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:54,360
Speaker 1: it's like, oh, are we're going to go in for

802
00:39:54,360 --> 00:39:56,239
Speaker 1: five hundred again? And is this kind of what we

803
00:39:56,280 --> 00:39:58,279
Speaker 1: are all season? So it's not the end of the

804
00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:01,399
Speaker 1: season if you lose them both. To me, I would

805
00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:04,880
Speaker 1: just hate to go that far below five hundred at

806
00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:08,080
Speaker 1: that point of the season. You know, get to that,

807
00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:11,680
Speaker 1: get through those two worst case at three and three,

808
00:40:12,040 --> 00:40:14,560
Speaker 1: and then you feel a little bit better because you

809
00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:17,839
Speaker 1: get that the schedule eases up. You know, you're not

810
00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:20,439
Speaker 1: playing two teams that most people have in the top

811
00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:24,279
Speaker 1: five in their power rankings. So you know, I'd love

812
00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:26,960
Speaker 1: to see that split, especially coming off of bye with

813
00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:29,719
Speaker 1: the Cowboys. And look, if you go back to last

814
00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:33,520
Speaker 1: year and really kind of the last two years when

815
00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:37,840
Speaker 1: it comes to San Francisco, teams struggle the next week

816
00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:40,880
Speaker 1: because of how physical that forty nine Ers team is.

817
00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:43,920
Speaker 1: You know, it tends to have a carryover effect. And

818
00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:47,040
Speaker 1: we saw it last year with Miami with the Chargers

819
00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:50,359
Speaker 1: where they were still beat up and Cowboys got beat

820
00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:52,560
Speaker 1: up in that game. You know, they got beat up

821
00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:56,440
Speaker 1: pretty good. So it's it's a very physical game that

822
00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:58,239
Speaker 1: the forty nine Ers play and it can take its

823
00:40:58,280 --> 00:41:00,200
Speaker 1: toll on you. So I think you take advantage that

824
00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:02,759
Speaker 1: the Cowboys catch a break because they get the extra

825
00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:05,719
Speaker 1: day of rest, which goes a long way. But you know,

826
00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:08,719
Speaker 1: the Chargers are well rested, Cowboys are still going to

827
00:41:08,760 --> 00:41:11,960
Speaker 1: be feeling that game a little bit, so you hope

828
00:41:12,239 --> 00:41:16,080
Speaker 1: that they can take advantage, you know of that, And

829
00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:19,480
Speaker 1: then like I said, for whatever reason, the schedule tends

830
00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:21,640
Speaker 1: to favor the Chiefs in these matchups, you know, whether

831
00:41:21,640 --> 00:41:24,160
Speaker 1: it's a Thursday night in Kansas City or coming off

832
00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:26,440
Speaker 1: a mini by like they are this week playing tonight

833
00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:29,480
Speaker 1: as we do this on a Thursday, and then you know,

834
00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:31,920
Speaker 1: getting that extra three days of rest, while the Chargers

835
00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:34,520
Speaker 1: only get six days of rest and have to put

836
00:41:34,520 --> 00:41:38,000
Speaker 1: a travel day in there, so it's not ideal. I

837
00:41:38,040 --> 00:41:40,280
Speaker 1: think what I'm getting at here in a very long

838
00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:43,359
Speaker 1: circuitous path is feel like you gotta win this game

839
00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:45,840
Speaker 1: on Monday night. This is this, This is a big one.

840
00:41:45,960 --> 00:41:47,520
Speaker 1: This is a big one to be three and two

841
00:41:47,560 --> 00:41:50,040
Speaker 1: instead of two and three going to Cincinnati and are

842
00:41:50,080 --> 00:41:52,000
Speaker 1: we going to Kansas City in a short week.

843
00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:56,880
Speaker 3: Our buddy James tweeted this to us the Niners coming

844
00:41:56,920 --> 00:41:59,200
Speaker 3: off a game against the Niners, their opponents last year

845
00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:02,600
Speaker 3: zero to fifteen. There you go zero to fifteenth this year.

846
00:42:02,640 --> 00:42:05,480
Speaker 3: I think the Steelers got crushed in Week one, ended

847
00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:06,080
Speaker 3: up winning their.

848
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:06,680
Speaker 4: Game in Week two.

849
00:42:06,680 --> 00:42:08,200
Speaker 3: So I don't know what the record is this year,

850
00:42:08,239 --> 00:42:10,319
Speaker 3: but it just goes to your point from last year.

851
00:42:10,480 --> 00:42:13,279
Speaker 3: They beat teams up Dallas with a bit of an

852
00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:16,959
Speaker 3: advantage with that extra day, and you know, the sky

853
00:42:17,080 --> 00:42:20,440
Speaker 3: is falling in Frisco right now, so you know that

854
00:42:20,440 --> 00:42:21,959
Speaker 3: they're going to come out with their hair on fire

855
00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:22,799
Speaker 3: on National.

856
00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:24,440
Speaker 4: TV Monday Night Football.

857
00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:27,160
Speaker 3: And then we have the whole Taylor Swift thing. You know,

858
00:42:27,360 --> 00:42:28,840
Speaker 3: is Tailor going to be at the game against the

859
00:42:28,920 --> 00:42:32,239
Speaker 3: Chargers in ten days? You know, that's another element, a

860
00:42:32,280 --> 00:42:35,600
Speaker 3: layer to this that. I don't think anybody who's expecting.

861
00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:39,799
Speaker 1: Money no, no, I did not anticipate having to come

862
00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:43,080
Speaker 1: up with a bit of analysis for that and whether

863
00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:45,799
Speaker 1: or not the Chargers players are going to be distracted

864
00:42:45,840 --> 00:42:48,520
Speaker 1: by the idea that arguably one of the most famous

865
00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:50,840
Speaker 1: people on the planet Earth is going to be in

866
00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:54,920
Speaker 1: the exact same stadium where they are playing, watching them.

867
00:42:55,200 --> 00:42:58,880
Speaker 3: Money and DJ be distracted, you know, if the box

868
00:42:58,960 --> 00:43:00,800
Speaker 3: is right next to the the radio booth.

869
00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:02,200
Speaker 4: That's that's the question I have.

870
00:43:03,840 --> 00:43:07,279
Speaker 1: I will not I I don't think I will be Yeah,

871
00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:09,239
Speaker 1: I think if I you know, when you when you

872
00:43:09,280 --> 00:43:13,800
Speaker 1: come into the presence of superstardom somebody that's that famous,

873
00:43:13,880 --> 00:43:16,440
Speaker 1: you tend to feel it. You can feel their presence.

874
00:43:16,480 --> 00:43:19,680
Speaker 1: So I think if maybe I bumped into her in

875
00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:22,120
Speaker 1: the hallway, that would be a bit strange. You know,

876
00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:23,120
Speaker 1: I think you would feel that.

877
00:43:23,480 --> 00:43:25,440
Speaker 3: Would you put a picture? Do you put a picture

878
00:43:25,520 --> 00:43:28,040
Speaker 3: up in the booth like you did with Yeah?

879
00:43:28,120 --> 00:43:31,360
Speaker 1: Right the snow Man exactly quick quick I could. I

880
00:43:31,360 --> 00:43:33,160
Speaker 1: could bring Jerry Reid with me, although that did not

881
00:43:33,239 --> 00:43:35,880
Speaker 1: work in Tennessee, so I don't want it to you know,

882
00:43:35,960 --> 00:43:39,839
Speaker 1: be zero in two. I did not bring it to Minnesota. Yeah,

883
00:43:39,880 --> 00:43:42,200
Speaker 1: maybe we get a selfie, take a photo printer, print

884
00:43:42,239 --> 00:43:44,120
Speaker 1: it out and put one up of us in Taylor.

885
00:43:44,160 --> 00:43:46,120
Speaker 1: So she's in our booth and we got that juju

886
00:43:46,200 --> 00:43:49,799
Speaker 1: with us, So yeah, I would imagine it. I don't

887
00:43:49,800 --> 00:43:51,560
Speaker 1: think she's got anything else to do. I mean, her

888
00:43:51,560 --> 00:43:54,759
Speaker 1: movie just came out, right, so she's she's unless she's

889
00:43:54,760 --> 00:43:58,080
Speaker 1: out promoting that. My guess is she'll be there on

890
00:43:58,200 --> 00:44:02,279
Speaker 1: that Sunday and we'll the pressure to perform in front

891
00:44:02,320 --> 00:44:06,160
Speaker 1: of one of the world's greatest performers of our time

892
00:44:06,160 --> 00:44:06,560
Speaker 1: and space.

893
00:44:06,640 --> 00:44:10,319
Speaker 3: Right now, so you've been prepping all week for this one,

894
00:44:10,760 --> 00:44:13,359
Speaker 3: Let's just get you out of here on this calling

895
00:44:13,440 --> 00:44:16,160
Speaker 3: a primetime game has to be pretty special for you

896
00:44:16,239 --> 00:44:18,719
Speaker 3: and DJ. What do you think is going to decide it?

897
00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:19,480
Speaker 4: For the charges?

898
00:44:19,520 --> 00:44:22,120
Speaker 3: We talked about everything, but if you had to kind

899
00:44:22,120 --> 00:44:24,520
Speaker 3: of distill it down to one or two things.

900
00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:25,480
Speaker 4: What would they be.

901
00:44:27,040 --> 00:44:29,239
Speaker 1: Well, just looking at the two losses the Cowboys have

902
00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:31,799
Speaker 1: this year, it was even though we don't think of

903
00:44:31,840 --> 00:44:35,080
Speaker 1: the Cardinals offense as super effective, it was offenses that

904
00:44:35,160 --> 00:44:38,560
Speaker 1: were able to maintain the ball, to possess the ball,

905
00:44:38,760 --> 00:44:41,560
Speaker 1: to not allow the Cowboys to jump up early on

906
00:44:41,600 --> 00:44:45,000
Speaker 1: them and let that pass rush pin their ears back,

907
00:44:45,160 --> 00:44:48,399
Speaker 1: knowing that teams had to pass the ball in order

908
00:44:48,440 --> 00:44:50,080
Speaker 1: to get back into the game, that they were too

909
00:44:50,080 --> 00:44:52,440
Speaker 1: far back. So to me, it's and the Chargers we know,

910
00:44:52,480 --> 00:44:54,319
Speaker 1: are very good at this, whether it's in a win

911
00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:57,200
Speaker 1: or a loss, they will keep it close. So keeping

912
00:44:57,239 --> 00:45:01,160
Speaker 1: it close, keeping their offense, you know, forcing their offense

913
00:45:01,320 --> 00:45:03,879
Speaker 1: to to not be able to just take the air

914
00:45:03,880 --> 00:45:05,960
Speaker 1: out of the ball and run it a bunch of times,

915
00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:08,799
Speaker 1: but have to run you know, Dak Press got out

916
00:45:08,840 --> 00:45:11,160
Speaker 1: there into danger trying to take advantage of that on

917
00:45:11,200 --> 00:45:14,719
Speaker 1: your passer. So I know it's not the most you know,

918
00:45:15,200 --> 00:45:19,480
Speaker 1: intricate plan, but I think have your offense be successful,

919
00:45:19,680 --> 00:45:22,560
Speaker 1: put some points up on the board, get the Cowboys behind,

920
00:45:23,120 --> 00:45:25,920
Speaker 1: you know, force them to chase points, you know, not

921
00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:28,560
Speaker 1: sit on a lead so to me, that's a big

922
00:45:28,600 --> 00:45:31,399
Speaker 1: part of it, a big part of why it got

923
00:45:31,400 --> 00:45:33,880
Speaker 1: away from them in San Francisco. You know, it wasn't

924
00:45:33,960 --> 00:45:36,160
Speaker 1: just how dominant the forty nine Ers defense was. It

925
00:45:36,239 --> 00:45:38,680
Speaker 1: was that offense put up a ton of points quickly

926
00:45:39,080 --> 00:45:41,439
Speaker 1: and they just could not recover. It was too hard

927
00:45:41,480 --> 00:45:43,840
Speaker 1: for them to try to get back into it. I

928
00:45:43,880 --> 00:45:47,320
Speaker 1: don't think very highly of Mike McCarthy as a play caller.

929
00:45:47,680 --> 00:45:50,400
Speaker 1: I don't feel like you're you know is when you

930
00:45:50,480 --> 00:45:52,840
Speaker 1: watch that game back and you just see the offense

931
00:45:52,880 --> 00:45:54,959
Speaker 1: that Kyle Shanahan has run, and it's probably not fair

932
00:45:55,040 --> 00:45:58,120
Speaker 1: to coach McCarthy, but because he's going against a dude

933
00:45:58,160 --> 00:46:01,640
Speaker 1: that's just so freaking good at play calling. But just

934
00:46:01,719 --> 00:46:05,840
Speaker 1: the difference is night and day that the gap was massive,

935
00:46:05,920 --> 00:46:08,879
Speaker 1: and so you know, let's let's make this a Kellen

936
00:46:08,920 --> 00:46:12,319
Speaker 1: Moore game. You know, they tried to. They made Kellen

937
00:46:12,360 --> 00:46:14,960
Speaker 1: a scapegoat coming out of that forty nine Er game,

938
00:46:15,200 --> 00:46:17,640
Speaker 1: you know, and that's what that's that's all that was.

939
00:46:17,760 --> 00:46:20,600
Speaker 1: That was a complete scapegoat. Our offense couldn't get anything

940
00:46:20,640 --> 00:46:22,719
Speaker 1: going against the forty nine Ers in this playoff game.

941
00:46:22,760 --> 00:46:25,200
Speaker 1: We blame Kellen Moore I'm taking control of it. Our

942
00:46:25,200 --> 00:46:29,000
Speaker 1: defense was good enough, the offense wasn't, So you know,

943
00:46:29,840 --> 00:46:32,319
Speaker 1: get it for coach More. You know, go go out

944
00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:36,480
Speaker 1: there and prove that that that play card is nothing

945
00:46:36,480 --> 00:46:40,160
Speaker 1: more than a Denny's menu in McCarthy's hands, and get

946
00:46:40,239 --> 00:46:42,200
Speaker 1: Kellen some some big plays and put some points on

947
00:46:42,239 --> 00:46:42,680
Speaker 1: the board.

948
00:46:43,800 --> 00:46:44,279
Speaker 4: I like that.

949
00:46:44,400 --> 00:46:47,840
Speaker 3: I also agree with possessing the football is going to

950
00:46:47,880 --> 00:46:50,640
Speaker 3: be important, and we want Kellen to air it out.

951
00:46:50,640 --> 00:46:53,840
Speaker 3: But I think Austin Eka running the football and getting

952
00:46:53,880 --> 00:46:57,760
Speaker 3: that running game going, keeping Dallas' defense on the field,

953
00:46:58,440 --> 00:47:01,000
Speaker 3: and you know, keeping Justin her on the field because

954
00:47:01,040 --> 00:47:02,880
Speaker 3: you know Dallas is going to try to establish the

955
00:47:02,960 --> 00:47:06,839
Speaker 3: run and keep Justin in that offense off the field.

956
00:47:06,960 --> 00:47:09,440
Speaker 3: So possessing the football is going to be big. And

957
00:47:10,080 --> 00:47:14,000
Speaker 3: you know, the primetime matchup is going to be Parsons Slater,

958
00:47:14,200 --> 00:47:16,959
Speaker 3: the guys who were drafted right next to each other

959
00:47:17,160 --> 00:47:20,880
Speaker 3: a few years ago. And you know, again, Trent Williams,

960
00:47:20,880 --> 00:47:24,560
Speaker 3: you're right best tackle in football. I think Rashawn is

961
00:47:24,600 --> 00:47:27,959
Speaker 3: a close second. And that's gonna be a big part

962
00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:31,440
Speaker 3: of what the Chargers offense needs to do. Because still

963
00:47:31,600 --> 00:47:34,719
Speaker 3: Max Crosby wrecked that game a couple of weeks ago.

964
00:47:35,080 --> 00:47:37,440
Speaker 3: You can't have Micah Parsons do it money because that's

965
00:47:37,440 --> 00:47:38,400
Speaker 3: going to wreck your offense.

966
00:47:40,120 --> 00:47:42,239
Speaker 1: And they didn't account for Max enough. I thought they

967
00:47:42,560 --> 00:47:45,879
Speaker 1: could have devoted a lot more resources to help Trey out.

968
00:47:46,200 --> 00:47:48,080
Speaker 1: You know. Now he did rush against Slater and had

969
00:47:48,080 --> 00:47:49,839
Speaker 1: some success, but that goes back to what we talked

970
00:47:49,880 --> 00:47:53,120
Speaker 1: about last week. I think Rashawn got hurt in that game.

971
00:47:53,160 --> 00:47:55,040
Speaker 1: He got bent back on that sack from Max that

972
00:47:55,120 --> 00:47:57,400
Speaker 1: came from the other side immediately because Pipkins had no

973
00:47:57,480 --> 00:47:59,719
Speaker 1: help and they just met at the quarterback at the

974
00:47:59,719 --> 00:48:02,000
Speaker 1: same time and he got bent back badly and he

975
00:48:02,120 --> 00:48:05,479
Speaker 1: was not the same after that. So hoping the bye

976
00:48:05,480 --> 00:48:08,480
Speaker 1: week has helped him out, and if in fact Micah

977
00:48:08,520 --> 00:48:12,680
Speaker 1: wants to try it, that Slater's there to stone him.

978
00:48:12,719 --> 00:48:15,759
Speaker 1: But if not, it's going to be super important for

979
00:48:15,960 --> 00:48:19,759
Speaker 1: that old line to be schemed up to figure out.

980
00:48:19,840 --> 00:48:21,640
Speaker 1: And again I think just go back and watch the

981
00:48:21,680 --> 00:48:26,120
Speaker 1: San Francisco game with all the different ways they approached

982
00:48:26,320 --> 00:48:30,480
Speaker 1: slowing him down. Just again, three tight end sets, pass

983
00:48:30,560 --> 00:48:33,919
Speaker 1: pro from the backs, you know, leaking the full back out.

984
00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:37,560
Speaker 1: Micah thinks that he's got a quick pathway to the quarterback,

985
00:48:37,640 --> 00:48:40,000
Speaker 1: no use check has just blown by you on purpose,

986
00:48:40,040 --> 00:48:42,240
Speaker 1: and now he's wide opening the flat for a touchdown.

987
00:48:42,280 --> 00:48:44,359
Speaker 1: Like there were just so many different ways that they

988
00:48:44,360 --> 00:48:46,960
Speaker 1: were able to keep the Cowboys on their heels. Do

989
00:48:47,120 --> 00:48:48,919
Speaker 1: not let them play on their toes. They let Max

990
00:48:48,920 --> 00:48:52,480
Speaker 1: Crosby play on his toes, and that's you can't do that.

991
00:48:53,040 --> 00:48:55,640
Speaker 1: They're just these players are too good. Crosby's too good.

992
00:48:56,160 --> 00:48:59,560
Speaker 1: Micah Parsons is too good to be playing moving forward.

993
00:49:00,080 --> 00:49:03,000
Speaker 1: How to get them to think about moving backward with

994
00:49:03,040 --> 00:49:06,959
Speaker 1: a like you said, quality run game. Establish that run

995
00:49:07,440 --> 00:49:10,600
Speaker 1: forced them to defend all phases of your offense. Get

996
00:49:10,640 --> 00:49:14,279
Speaker 1: some light boxes, take advantage of them.

997
00:49:13,640 --> 00:49:16,760
Speaker 3: And money if Joey does come back, you got Joey, Khalil,

998
00:49:16,800 --> 00:49:20,160
Speaker 3: and Tooley on the field together. The Raiders did not

999
00:49:20,280 --> 00:49:23,040
Speaker 3: double team Khalil Mack as much as they said they

1000
00:49:23,160 --> 00:49:26,200
Speaker 3: they added bodies to to try to double them.

1001
00:49:26,200 --> 00:49:29,680
Speaker 4: They did not. Six sacks was the result. So can

1002
00:49:29,760 --> 00:49:31,000
Speaker 4: Khalil have.

1003
00:49:30,880 --> 00:49:33,360
Speaker 3: A repeat performance or at least get a couple of sacks?

1004
00:49:33,360 --> 00:49:36,600
Speaker 3: And and how does Joey react after being off for

1005
00:49:36,640 --> 00:49:39,160
Speaker 3: a couple of weeks? And obviously Tooley's just doing his thing.

1006
00:49:39,239 --> 00:49:43,000
Speaker 3: So I think that that Chargers pass rush getting after Dak.

1007
00:49:43,080 --> 00:49:46,080
Speaker 3: You mentioned the pressures that Steel has given up. That

1008
00:49:46,120 --> 00:49:48,359
Speaker 3: offensive line has been pretty banged up. I think this year,

1009
00:49:48,440 --> 00:49:50,560
Speaker 3: so an opportunity to get after Deck.

1010
00:49:51,400 --> 00:49:54,200
Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely. You know, if Joey's healthy, that's a huge boon.

1011
00:49:54,360 --> 00:49:56,080
Speaker 1: It's been fun to watch those three out there. At

1012
00:49:56,080 --> 00:49:59,319
Speaker 1: the same time, it's been real fun because that's you

1013
00:49:59,320 --> 00:50:02,680
Speaker 1: know Tooley's exceptional at free lance and we talked about

1014
00:50:02,680 --> 00:50:05,520
Speaker 1: that last week. You know, just how sometimes he's going

1015
00:50:05,560 --> 00:50:07,640
Speaker 1: off script and he's really good at it and he

1016
00:50:07,760 --> 00:50:10,120
Speaker 1: sees things out there, and you know when you've got

1017
00:50:10,160 --> 00:50:12,920
Speaker 1: to account for those three and those being three of

1018
00:50:12,960 --> 00:50:14,840
Speaker 1: the four and the ability and you know, especially they

1019
00:50:14,840 --> 00:50:16,239
Speaker 1: had it. They had him out there with Morgan Fox

1020
00:50:16,280 --> 00:50:18,680
Speaker 1: a couple of times, and I got four legitimate pass

1021
00:50:18,760 --> 00:50:21,200
Speaker 1: rushers on the defensive line and guys that can play

1022
00:50:21,680 --> 00:50:25,880
Speaker 1: interior defensive line, you know, defensive interior tackle or you

1023
00:50:25,880 --> 00:50:27,919
Speaker 1: know whatever. I'm stumbling all over my words, but yeah,

1024
00:50:27,920 --> 00:50:30,799
Speaker 1: that's that's a big boost. If you can get Joey back.

1025
00:50:30,840 --> 00:50:33,759
Speaker 1: I think the big question is, you know what's better

1026
00:50:33,880 --> 00:50:35,919
Speaker 1: is it? Is it getting Joey to one hundred percent

1027
00:50:35,920 --> 00:50:39,000
Speaker 1: against the Chiefs or is it getting him out there

1028
00:50:39,160 --> 00:50:41,920
Speaker 1: to ensure you do everything you possibly can to get

1029
00:50:41,920 --> 00:50:43,960
Speaker 1: this win. You know, that's something they'll have to figure out.

1030
00:50:44,400 --> 00:50:46,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, and we'll know more, You guys will know more

1031
00:50:47,200 --> 00:50:49,239
Speaker 3: because we're taping this on a Thursday morning, So check

1032
00:50:49,280 --> 00:50:52,239
Speaker 3: the injury report and we'll see what Joey's status is

1033
00:50:52,239 --> 00:50:54,239
Speaker 3: as we get closer to Monday night. That's going to

1034
00:50:54,320 --> 00:50:57,400
Speaker 3: do it for us. Always appreciate you guys listening, watching.

1035
00:50:57,480 --> 00:51:00,640
Speaker 3: You can watch us on YouTube on Friday mornings. The

1036
00:51:00,680 --> 00:51:05,080
Speaker 3: podcast posts audio on Thursday, and we'll keep it rolling.

1037
00:51:05,120 --> 00:51:07,279
Speaker 3: We'll get you ready for Kansas City next week. In

1038
00:51:07,320 --> 00:51:10,160
Speaker 3: the meantime, enjoy the game against the Cowboys for money.

1039
00:51:10,160 --> 00:51:14,120
Speaker 4: I'm Chris. This has been Chargers