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Speaker 1: Welcome into a Thursday at very busy Thursday here at

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Speaker 1: the Browns training complex in Barria, Ohio. I'm Jason Gibbs,

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Speaker 1: He's Nick Shook, He's Andrew Gribble. We are getting you

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Speaker 1: ready for Browns and Jets. This is the best podcast available.

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Speaker 1: Game preview Episode three of the season took the figure.

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Speaker 1: Episode one is a preview, Episode two was a recap,

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Speaker 1: and now we're back to the preview yet again. We

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Speaker 1: get ready for Monday night football, the Browns looking for

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Speaker 1: their first win of the season. Uh. It's been a week, guys,

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Speaker 1: and technically it's the Wednesday workout according to Freddie So. Uh,

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Speaker 1: we're all discombobulated and we're working our way through it.

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Speaker 1: But a lot of guys talking in the locker room today, Uh,

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Speaker 1: making some headlines, changing narratives. That's That's how I'll describe it. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: fair enough. Uh, and it was it was interesting. Uh.

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Speaker 1: There was a little something missing today obviously. Uh, and

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Speaker 1: we'll get to that here as we get a little

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Speaker 1: bit further into the podcast. Christian Kirksey sits down with

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Speaker 1: Andrew Gribble and we'll give you our keys to the

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Speaker 1: game on Monday Night. But uh, Baker at the podium today. Oh,

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Speaker 1: deal at the podium. Uh. This is a group of

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Speaker 1: guys that know that they've got a lot of things

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Speaker 1: to clean up after Sunday's uh, Sunday's tough loss. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean it's the it's the best time possible to

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Speaker 1: have an extra practice. I mean they got a full

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Speaker 1: extra practice in this week on Tuesday. Uh, went into

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Speaker 1: the week. And I think that this team needs all

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Speaker 1: the work you can get after a performance like they

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Speaker 1: the way you did in a really sloppy game that

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Speaker 1: you really can't really point too much that you did

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Speaker 1: great in that game. UH need all the work you

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Speaker 1: can get, especially going into an environment like this one

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Speaker 1: on Monday, where it's again it's not you're not gonna

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Speaker 1: be gearing yourself up thinking about how great this opponent

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Speaker 1: where this team is at mentally. Yeah. I think the

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Speaker 1: only way that you can ensure success or as close

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Speaker 1: that stage, is just through preparation, and luckily you get

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Speaker 1: we'll be able to use that to clean up some

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Speaker 1: You know, you're not gonna win football games committing eighteen penalties.

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Speaker 1: But I'm I'm ready and I'm sure they're very ready

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Speaker 1: or already past it to get past saying the number

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Speaker 1: eighteen in regards to penalties. Hopefully it doesn't happen again. Well,

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Speaker 1: and I would think, you know, there are going to

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Speaker 1: be penalties that are committed, whether it's penalties we actually

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Speaker 1: take out those from Sunday's game and it's a pretty

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Speaker 1: going back and watching that game, I thought a lot

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Speaker 1: just put it that way. Uh, if anything specific that

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Speaker 1: and I think that it was interesting today. It's unavoidable

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Speaker 1: I don't think the drop off from Sam Donald to

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Speaker 1: They're still really good. Is the injury worth noting? Is

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Speaker 1: if there is a way to replace Siddy Mosley in

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Speaker 1: the tackle market there. There's just aren't these guys just

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Speaker 1: it's tough. It's really hard to even find a premiere

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Speaker 1: lot of the similar pieces out there. What what what?

430
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Speaker 1: What do you see in that matchup? It's gonna be

431
00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:43,320
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a good game. But I think the

432
00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:47,920
Speaker 1: most physical uh sound uh intelligence saying wins. Freddie always

433
00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:50,119
Speaker 1: harps that they always say, you know, you can't just

434
00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:53,040
Speaker 1: go out there and just you know, you do whatever

435
00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:54,760
Speaker 1: you want to do. You gotta do you know, your

436
00:19:54,840 --> 00:19:57,240
Speaker 1: job on the defense or offense and special team and

437
00:19:57,680 --> 00:19:59,840
Speaker 1: you know, do it to the best ability and be

438
00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,280
Speaker 1: smart out there, and we will take care of thing.

439
00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:04,440
Speaker 1: This needs to be tooking. Curl you guys that will

440
00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:06,480
Speaker 1: go up and talk to to Greg before the game

441
00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:09,080
Speaker 1: and kind of just see how he's doing before I

442
00:20:09,119 --> 00:20:11,560
Speaker 1: kind of match up like this. I mean for me,

443
00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:16,720
Speaker 1: you know, I've been in my own zone before the game. Uh. Actually,

444
00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:20,199
Speaker 1: you know, do my my my daily routine that I

445
00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:23,320
Speaker 1: go through to get prepared. Uh so I won't see

446
00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:27,359
Speaker 1: grig or two after the game. Um, that's that's pretty

447
00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:30,200
Speaker 1: much how you know, I go about my my preparation.

448
00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:32,439
Speaker 1: I know you were you were hurt last year during

449
00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:34,560
Speaker 1: the second half season, But what was it like just

450
00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:36,920
Speaker 1: to view what what his impact was as a coach

451
00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:39,000
Speaker 1: on this team and that innerm role and kind of

452
00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:42,120
Speaker 1: how that sends the momentum going into this season. I mean,

453
00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:44,520
Speaker 1: you know, it was really just a matter of you know,

454
00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:46,720
Speaker 1: guys making up in their mind. You know it's time

455
00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:49,520
Speaker 1: to you know, get things going. Uh. He he would

456
00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:51,200
Speaker 1: even say that, you know, it was just an attitude

457
00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:53,600
Speaker 1: by the team. Um. I don't think it was no

458
00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:57,280
Speaker 1: special formula or you know, no special prep talking anything

459
00:20:57,280 --> 00:21:00,200
Speaker 1: like that. I think it was just you know, the organism, sation,

460
00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:03,159
Speaker 1: the players and coaches in in one just you know,

461
00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:05,960
Speaker 1: turning the round in their mind. And uh, you know

462
00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:08,320
Speaker 1: Greg is a good coach, um, you know, and I

463
00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:12,040
Speaker 1: aspect him to coach their defense well and um, you know,

464
00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:14,600
Speaker 1: getting ready for for for Monday and then we'll be

465
00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:16,879
Speaker 1: ready for Monday as well. What was the reaction we

466
00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:18,920
Speaker 1: guys heard about Sam Donald and I know Freddie talked

467
00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:20,800
Speaker 1: about how that doesn't change your preparation. Did you not

468
00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:23,120
Speaker 1: the same change in preparation to that? And it didn't

469
00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:27,359
Speaker 1: change our preparation? Um? You know, uh when we first

470
00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:29,280
Speaker 1: heard about it, you know, whatever health issue he's he's

471
00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:33,159
Speaker 1: going through. Um, obviously, you know, prayers to him, but

472
00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:36,400
Speaker 1: we gotta you know, play the next man up for us.

473
00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:41,160
Speaker 1: You know, they're just they're just you know Jersey numbers, um,

474
00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:45,240
Speaker 1: you know, whoever's playing quarterback, whoever playing you know, tackle, regardless.

475
00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:49,040
Speaker 1: You know, we had the same preparation throughout the week. Um,

476
00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:51,399
Speaker 1: and you know, prepared like it was the number one starter.

477
00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:53,359
Speaker 1: What do you do, as I know you've been the

478
00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:55,760
Speaker 1: league for a while with these primetime games, how do

479
00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:57,399
Speaker 1: you kill that time before a game? It seems like

480
00:21:57,400 --> 00:21:59,720
Speaker 1: a long wait that morning up and everything like that,

481
00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:04,919
Speaker 1: you know, emotions flaring, you know, uh, anxiety. Uh, you know,

482
00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:06,960
Speaker 1: you gotta find a happy place. Man. You gotta find

483
00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,080
Speaker 1: somewhere that you're gonna be saying that. Find somewhere you're

484
00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:11,280
Speaker 1: gonna you know, have a balance. And for me, you know,

485
00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:13,720
Speaker 1: I listened to a lot of music man. Uh you

486
00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:16,600
Speaker 1: know it just cons my soul, cons my spirit. Um.

487
00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:18,760
Speaker 1: And then when it's time to you know, get you

488
00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:21,080
Speaker 1: know amped up. You know I'll be there. Do you

489
00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:22,840
Speaker 1: like these prime time games? You got you guys got

490
00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:24,639
Speaker 1: three out of the next four. Yeah, yeah, you gotta

491
00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:27,720
Speaker 1: you gotta love them. Man, prime time you're on the

492
00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:31,119
Speaker 1: game playing Monday night. Uh, you know it's gonna be

493
00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:34,040
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a good time. And for for for us,

494
00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:35,800
Speaker 1: you know, big time players and a big time players

495
00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:37,439
Speaker 1: and a big time game. So you live for moments

496
00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:39,639
Speaker 1: like that. Um. But you prepare for it, you know,

497
00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:42,280
Speaker 1: the same way you'll do any other game. Um, you know,

498
00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:45,359
Speaker 1: and you know, just be ready for it. Batonio mentioned

499
00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:47,040
Speaker 1: how it's a unique spot because like this is the

500
00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:49,119
Speaker 1: one game that NFL players get to watch. I mean,

501
00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:52,000
Speaker 1: is that something you. You always make a point to Yeah.

502
00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:54,160
Speaker 1: I mean, like I said, you you're on the game plan.

503
00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:58,160
Speaker 1: You know, National televised. You know everybody is it knows

504
00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:00,679
Speaker 1: about Monday Night football. You grow up, you know, watching

505
00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:02,760
Speaker 1: Monday Night since she was a kid man come home

506
00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:06,400
Speaker 1: from school, Uh, knowing that football was playing on the Monday. Uh,

507
00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:09,160
Speaker 1: you know everybody's tuned in, and um, you know it's

508
00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:11,080
Speaker 1: gonna be in New York, you know, a big city.

509
00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:14,280
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a good environment. Um, and you know,

510
00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:16,840
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be you know, a game where

511
00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:20,440
Speaker 1: you know, emotions is flaring and you just gotta embrace

512
00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:22,920
Speaker 1: it and uh enjoy the moment. Is that something though,

513
00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:25,040
Speaker 1: with the whole composure aspect, that that's something that has

514
00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:29,280
Speaker 1: to be focused on after last week, Um, whether it's

515
00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:34,800
Speaker 1: Monday night, Sunday night, Thursday night. You know, penalties is unacceptable.

516
00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:37,680
Speaker 1: So you always gotta keep composure to do everything. And um,

517
00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:39,320
Speaker 1: I think that you know, we learned from it and

518
00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:42,600
Speaker 1: we just gotta move forward. I appreciate Kirkkoh's time as

519
00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:46,200
Speaker 1: we get ready for game day, Monday night, Monday Night

520
00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:51,560
Speaker 1: football Browns and Jets. Going back, we played the Ravens

521
00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:55,240
Speaker 1: on Monday Night. Let's not talk about that game speaking

522
00:23:55,280 --> 00:24:00,080
Speaker 1: of bad game. That was a game. That was a

523
00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:02,480
Speaker 1: game we've played on Monday Night in a couple of

524
00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:07,120
Speaker 1: preseason games. But this one a little out of emphasis,

525
00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:10,760
Speaker 1: you know, Sheldon richardson coming back to New York. I know, no,

526
00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:13,200
Speaker 1: it was a giant, but coming back to New York,

527
00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:18,760
Speaker 1: same stadium, same stadium, a lot of storylines, and you

528
00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:22,680
Speaker 1: hate to throw out the whole must win, but let's

529
00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:25,440
Speaker 1: be honest. This team needs a win, and they need

530
00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:29,480
Speaker 1: one quickly, and it's it's a pretty good opportunity on

531
00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:33,040
Speaker 1: paper right now to go get this one on Monday Night. Yeah,

532
00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:35,040
Speaker 1: and you know it is. And and with some of

533
00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:38,080
Speaker 1: the news that we've gotten, it sure seems like maybe

534
00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:40,240
Speaker 1: this one's you know, set up to go the Browns way.

535
00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:42,800
Speaker 1: But at the same time, we can't catch ourselves thinking

536
00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:45,080
Speaker 1: that it's gonna be easy. You know, any given Sunday

537
00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:48,280
Speaker 1: and all that jazz. We all know how that goes.

538
00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:50,600
Speaker 1: But it does seem like, you know, with some of

539
00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:53,040
Speaker 1: the potential players who may be out because leab On Bell,

540
00:24:53,119 --> 00:24:54,240
Speaker 1: you know, also had an m r I and his

541
00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:56,760
Speaker 1: shoulder and and we haven't even gotten to that, yeah, exactly,

542
00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:59,160
Speaker 1: And and so he missed this the practice today, which

543
00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:01,479
Speaker 1: might be more of a rest and heal than anything,

544
00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:04,720
Speaker 1: but still something the monitor obviously seeing Donald's out, So CJ.

545
00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:06,840
Speaker 1: Mosley is questionable at this point. We don't know what

546
00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:10,639
Speaker 1: his stats is gonna be for the game. Um, it

547
00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:13,440
Speaker 1: just seems like, man, these are the breaks you need.

548
00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:16,520
Speaker 1: But then again, this team shouldn't need these breaks. That's

549
00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:18,199
Speaker 1: I think that's the point I should stress here is

550
00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:21,280
Speaker 1: that this team should not need these breaks and need

551
00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:24,040
Speaker 1: these favors or whatever you might wanna call to go

552
00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:25,560
Speaker 1: their way to be able to win a game, because

553
00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:27,520
Speaker 1: there's enough talent on this team. I mean, there's That

554
00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:29,439
Speaker 1: was one of the most frustrating things about Week one

555
00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:31,000
Speaker 1: was you know that there's enough talent on this team

556
00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:33,560
Speaker 1: to get things going, and then they really didn't for

557
00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:35,800
Speaker 1: the majority of the game. Again, you hope that they

558
00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:37,159
Speaker 1: learned from it and they clean it up and that

559
00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:40,360
Speaker 1: they utilize that talent on their team to come out

560
00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:42,600
Speaker 1: and get a fast start and maybe force an early

561
00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:44,560
Speaker 1: turnovers to take the crowd out of it a little bit.

562
00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:47,280
Speaker 1: That's usually the formula for any road game. Uh, play

563
00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:50,440
Speaker 1: a little bit more conservatively, I think, and play within

564
00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:52,760
Speaker 1: your means and hopefully come away with a win. You know,

565
00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:55,520
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go back to thus fifteen Monday Night because

566
00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:59,199
Speaker 1: there's some parallels to that game. You brought in a

567
00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:02,800
Speaker 1: bad ball more Ravens team came into the game three

568
00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:06,600
Speaker 1: and seven. Granted you were two and eight. So this

569
00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:09,479
Speaker 1: was ESPNS marketing ability for that game had it was

570
00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:13,360
Speaker 1: really testing Ruden in that booth next door to us

571
00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:17,560
Speaker 1: and him coming in going what are we doing here?

572
00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,840
Speaker 1: I mean you look at you look at the box

573
00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:24,360
Speaker 1: score and it's literally a who's who of who's that?

574
00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:26,879
Speaker 1: I mean, there there's names on here that I've not

575
00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:31,160
Speaker 1: heard for years. They've not done much. But to draw

576
00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:34,320
Speaker 1: a parallel, you brought in a quarterback in Matt Shob,

577
00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:37,400
Speaker 1: Matt Chob, who's at Trevor Simeons status at this time,

578
00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:40,240
Speaker 1: and he beat you. Granted he didn't do that great.

579
00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:42,600
Speaker 1: He had a couple interceptions, going a pick six, Carlos

580
00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:46,320
Speaker 1: Dansby were turning that for a touchdown. But the Ravens

581
00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:49,320
Speaker 1: had two special teams touchdowns in that game, including the

582
00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:52,160
Speaker 1: final one and a and a couple of field goals

583
00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:55,359
Speaker 1: and that's all they need to beat you. So in

584
00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:58,400
Speaker 1: some you have to take. You can't just say they

585
00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:00,920
Speaker 1: have the worst quarterback, We're going to beat them. Because

586
00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:05,480
Speaker 1: weird stuff can happen in these games. Yeah, I mean weird,

587
00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:08,359
Speaker 1: weird stuff can happen. And all of a sudden, you

588
00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:10,679
Speaker 1: look down and a guy named Camary Agin's catching a

589
00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:13,719
Speaker 1: touchdown passing. I mean, so, I mean, like this is

590
00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:17,640
Speaker 1: Kalen clay Is returning a punt for a touchdown, taking

591
00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:20,480
Speaker 1: you You there may be some guys in this game

592
00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:23,520
Speaker 1: who are never relevant again, but they can beat you

593
00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:27,280
Speaker 1: on this night. So you just there's I understand that

594
00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:30,600
Speaker 1: the gamblers have loaded up on the Browns now the

595
00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:36,200
Speaker 1: line is gone much higher. But this is this is

596
00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:39,560
Speaker 1: all about the Browns, not beating the Browns. You just

597
00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:40,960
Speaker 1: have to be You have to be better, be the

598
00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:43,360
Speaker 1: better team, and don't let any of this nonsense make

599
00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:44,520
Speaker 1: you think that you can just go in there and

600
00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:48,480
Speaker 1: get a victory. The Browns will win Monday night if

601
00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:55,040
Speaker 1: they do blank I mean play to their potential. That's

602
00:27:55,119 --> 00:27:56,800
Speaker 1: I mean, because they didn't last week. You just have

603
00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:59,240
Speaker 1: to be what we think you're what you're supposed to be.

604
00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:02,280
Speaker 1: With this amount of out uh. And a team that

605
00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:06,040
Speaker 1: plays with a normal amount of penalties and a normal

606
00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:08,520
Speaker 1: and only a normal amount of mistakes in a game

607
00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:10,920
Speaker 1: that should be good enough to win this game. You're

608
00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:14,439
Speaker 1: You're the significantly more talented team, and you should be

609
00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:16,159
Speaker 1: jazzed up to go play. I'm in a night football

610
00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:17,880
Speaker 1: in the stadium that I think a lot of people

611
00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:19,640
Speaker 1: will be excited to play. I don't think that we've

612
00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:23,119
Speaker 1: been to MetLife before. Not the biggest home field advantage, Uh,

613
00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:25,160
Speaker 1: it's just you. You should be able to go in there.

614
00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:27,800
Speaker 1: The atmosphere shouldn't be bothering you, and you should go

615
00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:29,760
Speaker 1: get a win. I thought I thought this team played

616
00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:31,320
Speaker 1: some of its best games on the road last year.

617
00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:34,040
Speaker 1: Maybe this is a road roster that likes play on

618
00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:36,199
Speaker 1: the road. So just play up to your potential. You

619
00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:38,480
Speaker 1: win the game. I think that they'll benefit from being

620
00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:40,719
Speaker 1: the enemy, I really do. But I think the Browns

621
00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:43,880
Speaker 1: will win if they rush for over a hundred and

622
00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:47,840
Speaker 1: twenty five yards and do it in twenty carries or so,

623
00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:51,840
Speaker 1: because that was one thing they just didn't do enough

624
00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:54,400
Speaker 1: of in Week one was established a run. The penalties

625
00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:56,720
Speaker 1: didn't help with that because it put them behind the

626
00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:58,720
Speaker 1: stacks and forced them to throw. But you need to

627
00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:00,440
Speaker 1: run the ball more than they do. You need to

628
00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:02,320
Speaker 1: balance your offense a little bit more and stop taking

629
00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:04,160
Speaker 1: so many shots down field. And I think they'll do

630
00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:06,560
Speaker 1: that this week. I think that starts with handing the

631
00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:09,400
Speaker 1: ball to Nick Chop So, especially again if C. J.

632
00:29:09,520 --> 00:29:12,400
Speaker 1: Mosley is out, that really improves your chances of ripping

633
00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:15,240
Speaker 1: up some big games up the middle. Alright, guys, final

634
00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:19,880
Speaker 1: thoughts here, uh thoughts on the kicking game. We have

635
00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:22,560
Speaker 1: a rookie kicker and we have a rookie punter. Didn't

636
00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:24,959
Speaker 1: make a lot of news last week because of the

637
00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:27,120
Speaker 1: fact that we got beat as badly as we did,

638
00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:29,840
Speaker 1: but we did miss an extra point. Well, that being said,

639
00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:32,960
Speaker 1: our rookie punter, Jamie Gillen, had himself a pretty good day,

640
00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:35,560
Speaker 1: had had a good day. But if we want to

641
00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:37,880
Speaker 1: bring any heat on any kickers, the Jets are also

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Speaker 1: trying out a different kicker this week, number four on

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Speaker 1: the season. So it kicking pressure is abound everywhere. I

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Speaker 1: which is good. But yeah, Jamie had a great game.

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Speaker 1: I think he's good. First punt was not his best,

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Speaker 1: but he got very very fortunate role in that one.

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Speaker 1: But he made it so they didn't return a single

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Speaker 1: one of his punts. And if you do that, you've

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Speaker 1: had a good day. I mean, that's the you don't

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Speaker 1: I think he did a very good job. And I

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Speaker 1: don't think that the atmosphere is gonna get to him

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Speaker 1: on this night, No, not at all. All Right, that's

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Speaker 1: gonna wrap things up. We will talk to you on

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Speaker 1: Tuesday after a long flight home and a long day

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