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Speaker 1: The late fifteen ten touchdown. We'some guys, welcome into a

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Speaker 1: week twelve edition of Chargers Weekly. Thanksgiving week as always

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Speaker 1: joined by Matt money Smith Monday, let me be the

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Speaker 1: first to wish you happy Thanksgiving, but on this Wednesday,

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Speaker 1: as we take this not me whatever, try to take

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Speaker 1: the moral high ground in which me a Thanksgiving birth.

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Speaker 1: Happy Thanksgiving first. Yes, we are thankful sincerely to all

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Speaker 1: of you that podcast and listen and interact with us.

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Speaker 1: We have a good time doing this podcast every week

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Speaker 1: and we really appreciate all of you listening to it.

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Speaker 1: We hope it's entertaining and truly, truly we thank you

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Speaker 1: for all of your support and hope y'all have a

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Speaker 1: great holiday weekend extended Hollie weekend. It's my favorite holiday

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Speaker 1: of the year. It's not even close. I love it.

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Speaker 1: I eat, I hang out with my family. You know,

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Speaker 1: for people like me, you have kids at college, it's

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Speaker 1: it's them coming back for the first time since they

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Speaker 1: and yeah, very excited, very thankful, and I mean that

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Speaker 1: sincerely for all of you people that support the Chargers,

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Speaker 1: that support us. We really are thankful for you, and

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Speaker 1: we truly can't thank you enough. And whatever, Chris hope

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Speaker 1: you haven't okay Thanksgiving? Hey, I echo, I echo all

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Speaker 1: seeing that. You wish me a happy Thanksgiving, and then

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Speaker 1: I get the high ground by wishing the listeners the

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Speaker 1: happy Thanksgiving. I win. You end up winning in the end,

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Speaker 1: you end up winning, and I have to echo. I

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Speaker 1: have to echo those sense of its. And now when

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Speaker 1: you say that, I'm stuck with the the teen Wolf

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Speaker 1: song at the end when Michael J. Fox is taken

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Speaker 1: on the dragons win in the end. You gotta win

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Speaker 1: in the end. There you go. I'll have a montage.

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Speaker 1: People check it out. Oh my god, you know what,

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Speaker 1: that's a Thanksgiving movie. That's a movie you could watch

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Speaker 1: showing a Friday. You know why not? It makes perf

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Speaker 1: makes sense. A guy turns into a wolf starts playing basketball,

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Speaker 1: and all the students in the stands, they don't react whatsoever.

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Speaker 1: this plays out. It makes perfect sense. I encourage our

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Speaker 1: listeners to watch teen Wolf before the Charges play the

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Speaker 1: Cardinals on Sunday and report back, maybe maybe getting Money's

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Speaker 1: replies and share your favorite parts of the movie. And

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Speaker 1: this is the eighties teen Wolf, by the way, not

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Speaker 1: the not the reboot, not teen Wolf two with with Bateman,

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Speaker 1: is it is easily. I'm trying to think if I

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Speaker 1: can come up with another one. It is the worst

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Speaker 1: athletic performance by an actor in the history of film.

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Speaker 1: Like Michael J. Fox can't dribble, he can't shoot like

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Speaker 1: dangent to get us started. Put it on your holiday

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Speaker 1: get into Chargers Cardinals this Sunday, huge game for the Chargers.

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Speaker 1: But we always start with what happened last week and

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Speaker 1: we'll just rewind a few days. Money. This has been

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Speaker 1: the theme throughout this Chargers Chief series over the last

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Speaker 1: I guess a little bit too much time for Patrick Mahomes.

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Speaker 1: thirty twenty seven. Man's it seems like a lot of

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Speaker 1: my silver lining is and for and I said it

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Speaker 1: last week, just get in, man, just get in, you know,

427
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Speaker 1: because Boss is probably coming back in two weeks. That

428
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Speaker 1: seems to be the feel, and this defense is going

429
00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:03,080
Speaker 1: to look completely different with him. I mean completely different

430
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Speaker 1: with him. It's just they're they're getting very little pass

431
00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:08,639
Speaker 1: rush opposite Khalil Mack and they're loading up on Khalil

432
00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:10,920
Speaker 1: and it's just it's it's hard. Morgan Fox is doing

433
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Speaker 1: a great job of creating some pass rush. But I think, um,

434
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Speaker 1: you get Bosa back and now you can put Bosa,

435
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Speaker 1: Morgan and Mac out there. Now we're cooking. So how

436
00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:23,840
Speaker 1: many times we talked about Bosa against the run too.

437
00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:26,199
Speaker 1: I mean, like one hundred percent losing him. I mean

438
00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:28,880
Speaker 1: you see all these big chunk plays that they're giving

439
00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:31,359
Speaker 1: up in the in the run game, Bosa would wipe

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Speaker 1: out a lot of those, Yeah, because a lot of

441
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Speaker 1: them are that that end is crashing or whoever has

442
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Speaker 1: contained on that side. It's typically Kenneth and Kyle van Noy,

443
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Speaker 1: uh Marine and Vanoy. It's just been an issue, you know,

444
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Speaker 1: a little bit of communication, a little bit of guess

445
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Speaker 1: and wrong kind of stuff, and that doesn't happen with Bosa.

446
00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:49,080
Speaker 1: He's because and it's nothing against those guys, just both

447
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Speaker 1: to the best in the league. Like there is no

448
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Speaker 1: end that is better at diagnosing containing run than Joey Bosa.

449
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Speaker 1: So when you get that back, it really does change

450
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Speaker 1: the calculus completely. Before we get into the card, let's

451
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Speaker 1: just dive into this this AFC playoff picture. Our guy Henry,

452
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Speaker 1: who watches the podcast all the time, he wanted to.

453
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Speaker 1: He had a question, he said, what's what's the path?

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Speaker 1: What's your prediction? And I think you just kind of

455
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Speaker 1: outlined it. You think they can get to ten and seven? Yeah, No,

456
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Speaker 1: nine and eight's not going to get in. Yeah, and

457
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Speaker 1: will get you in nine and eight will not get

458
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Speaker 1: you in. So um, for me, what I'm looking at

459
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Speaker 1: we brought this up on the earth too, uh duj

460
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Speaker 1: to with dj um. To me, the path is probably

461
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Speaker 1: the Jets and the Bengals. I think the Patriots are

462
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Speaker 1: gonna make it. That defense is really good, and I

463
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Speaker 1: look at their remaining schedules this week it sounds like

464
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Speaker 1: too yeah. So so I just mean for the Patriots,

465
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Speaker 1: they're at six wins right now. Um, they get the

466
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Speaker 1: Cardinals the Raiders at home, and then you know, it's like,

467
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Speaker 1: can they do to the Vikings tomorrow night? You know

468
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Speaker 1: when we're recording this on Thanksgiving night? You know what

469
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Speaker 1: kind of what the Cowboys did defensively and fresh right them?

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Speaker 1: You know, they get the Bengals at home, So that's

471
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Speaker 1: a big one. So one of those two teams is

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Speaker 1: going to get a lost from that game in particular.

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Speaker 1: Then they get the Dolphins at home on January first,

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Speaker 1: and the cold let's see if Miami's is good and

475
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Speaker 1: that kind of weather is they are on a fast

476
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Speaker 1: track when it's warm out. And then they go to

477
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Speaker 1: the Bills, so they've got a little bit of issues there. Okay,

478
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Speaker 1: maybe I just I feel like, can they go? Can

479
00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:23,840
Speaker 1: they go? Four and three? That looks a little bit

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Speaker 1: more favorable to me than the Bengals. The Bengals have

481
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Speaker 1: got a buzz saw to deal with at Titans, Chiefs

482
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Speaker 1: at home, Browns with DeShawn Watson. Who knows how that's

483
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Speaker 1: how much different that's going to look at Tampa at

484
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Speaker 1: New England, Bills at home, Ravens at home. I mean

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Speaker 1: that is they will have earned it. They will have

486
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Speaker 1: earned it. Yes, if they can get to ten, they

487
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Speaker 1: got to earn it. So you know, these are the

488
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Speaker 1: three teams ahead of the Chargers right now. And then

489
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Speaker 1: you've got you know, the Jets who are in the eight.

490
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Speaker 1: So they're on the outside looking in. But I think

491
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Speaker 1: you know, you've already got issues where he's benching Zach Wilson.

492
00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:58,680
Speaker 1: They're looking for a scapegoat, you know kind of thing

493
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Speaker 1: that's I think, well, how will how will Mike White

494
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Speaker 1: change what they do offensively? Because the defense is really good?

495
00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:09,000
Speaker 1: They got the price Monday, Um, we don't really know.

496
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Speaker 1: I mean, the Vikings are rating two, but it looks

497
00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:13,280
Speaker 1: looks a little shaky at this point. But yeah, I'm

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Speaker 1: saying the Jets. Like you look at at Dolphins, at Seahawks,

499
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Speaker 1: at Bills at Vikings, you know they can only lose three.

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Speaker 1: I think they're losing four. So for me, you can

501
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Speaker 1: jump those two teams I think and get into this seven.

502
00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:31,359
Speaker 1: It's but you've gotta go five and two. And the

503
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Speaker 1: good news is the Chargers right now are four and

504
00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:38,439
Speaker 1: three in conference. The Bengals are three and three, so

505
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Speaker 1: perhaps they can just gain an advantage there and and

506
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Speaker 1: get that conference you know, get that conference number up,

507
00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:47,600
Speaker 1: because that's what it's gonna come down to. Unless you're

508
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Speaker 1: in division and you're fighting off the Broncos or the the Raiders,

509
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Speaker 1: which obviously they're not gonna do, It's gonna come down

510
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Speaker 1: to conference record. That'll be your first tiebreaker. Yea. And

511
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Speaker 1: this this Chief's Charges series wrapped up before Thanksgiving, but

512
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Speaker 1: who knows what happens over these next few weeks. If

513
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Speaker 1: KC doesn't get the number one spot, there's sure as heck,

514
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Speaker 1: probably could be number two and you may set up

515
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Speaker 1: round three. Tarrelhead right, take it man, Hey, look it

516
00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:14,879
Speaker 1: happened last year for the Rams, right they lost the season.

517
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Speaker 1: They got swept by the forty nine Ers in the

518
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Speaker 1: season series, won the NFC Championship and went on to

519
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Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. They won the one that counted. So

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Speaker 1: hard to beat the team three times in a season,

521
00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:25,159
Speaker 1: that's what they always say. But you know that's the

522
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Speaker 1: other thing too, is like, that's why I say just

523
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Speaker 1: get in, you know, I look at what's ahead of them.

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Speaker 1: If they get in at the seven as it stands

525
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Speaker 1: right now, they would play the Dolphins in the first round.

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Speaker 1: I'm not afraid of the Dolphins. You know, their defense

527
00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:39,399
Speaker 1: has been abysmal all season long, you know, and if

528
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Speaker 1: boasts back and if Khalil Mack is back, you know,

529
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Speaker 1: totally fine to take on the Titans. Great. Do they

530
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Speaker 1: have enough offense if if Mike Williams and Keenan and

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Speaker 1: the Chargers offense is at full you know, operational capacity.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if they can score enough points to

533
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Speaker 1: keep up with them. Obviously the running attack can keep

534
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Speaker 1: the offense off the field. But I don't need to

535
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Speaker 1: get deep into all of that. What I'm getting at

536
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Speaker 1: it seeing with they're all beatable money is that they're

537
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Speaker 1: gonna see them in desid see it. We'll see what

538
00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:08,919
Speaker 1: it looks with Bosa. With Bosa exactly. So I look

539
00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:10,879
Speaker 1: at Indianapois at four to six and one. Had they

540
00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:13,880
Speaker 1: beaten Philly, I would have said, maybe maybe look out

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Speaker 1: for them, But they have a pretty difficult schedule, and

542
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Speaker 1: I don't know if they can recover from from four

543
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Speaker 1: to six and one. At this point, I think the

544
00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:22,880
Speaker 1: Chargers of all the teams, have the best schedule. That's

545
00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:27,600
Speaker 1: the thing, you know. It's it's two three win teams

546
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Speaker 1: and the Broncos and Raiders. A. What are the Cardinals

547
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Speaker 1: four wins? Three wins? What are they? I think they're

548
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Speaker 1: three four and seven. So you've got two three three

549
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Speaker 1: win teams. You've got one four win team. Uh A,

550
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Speaker 1: two four win teams. Check that culture. So you got

551
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Speaker 1: two three win teams, two four win teams. Uh look

552
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Speaker 1: at this now I gotta correct myself again. Three three

553
00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:56,919
Speaker 1: win teams, Rams, Rams, Raiders, Broncos. Three win teams. You

554
00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:59,040
Speaker 1: got those three. You've got to get to five wins

555
00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:02,199
Speaker 1: and you've got two four win teams. You know, the

556
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Speaker 1: Colts and the Cardinals. Win those games. Win against the

557
00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:10,520
Speaker 1: teams that are sub five hundred and have serious issues,

558
00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:13,320
Speaker 1: and you will punch your ticket to the playoffs. Be

559
00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:16,920
Speaker 1: healthy and let's make a run. Starts with the Cardinals.

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Speaker 1: Take a quick break, and we'll talk about them all right, guys,

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Speaker 1: I thought I'd fire up my HBO Max for the

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Speaker 1: first time in months and watch the Cardinals hard time.

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Speaker 1: I haven't watched it yet. How is it? It's interesting.

572
00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:04,679
Speaker 1: It's interesting, especially when you have a struggling team. They

573
00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:07,879
Speaker 1: started a cliffs like empty house. He's got to get

574
00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:10,920
Speaker 1: empty mansion. So we get a little tour there. But

575
00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:13,800
Speaker 1: what I thought was interesting was they they pretty much

576
00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:15,760
Speaker 1: put on their projector. Cliff is like, listen, we have

577
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Speaker 1: these three NFC West games to go. We win these three,

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00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:23,120
Speaker 1: you know, are we win these next two? We're we're

579
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Speaker 1: in the mix share first place. Monday night in Mexico City,

580
00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:30,199
Speaker 1: they lose the Seahawks. Um, they beat the Rams with

581
00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:34,359
Speaker 1: Colt McCoy and then we haven't seen the episode in

582
00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:38,160
Speaker 1: Mexico City yet, so it looks like a mess. Listen,

583
00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:41,720
Speaker 1: it's it's hard knocks, so you get a snapshot, final

584
00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:44,520
Speaker 1: sale over what they Yeah, the Cardinals have final sale

585
00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:49,320
Speaker 1: over what gets released. But they they're an organization, UM

586
00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:52,320
Speaker 1: that's reeling right now on and off the field. Their

587
00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:57,120
Speaker 1: offensive line is a mess. Uh. The quarterback position is

588
00:28:57,160 --> 00:28:59,040
Speaker 1: in flux as we tape this. I listened to Cliff

589
00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:03,240
Speaker 1: Kingsbury's press yes yesterday, which was Tuesday, and it sounds

590
00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:07,720
Speaker 1: like Kyler is making progress and that he could go Hollywood.

591
00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:11,600
Speaker 1: Brown could be back as well. But this is a team,

592
00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:15,000
Speaker 1: man that you mentioned, you have a coach that gets

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00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:20,480
Speaker 1: fired in Mexico City, the offensive line coach of all positions,

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Speaker 1: the one where they're they're the lanist. I guess they're

595
00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:27,520
Speaker 1: terrible at home. They're like the worst home team in

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Speaker 1: the NFL. Um they're one in five. I guess one

597
00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:33,000
Speaker 1: in four because I think the Mexico City game was

598
00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:37,800
Speaker 1: a home game. So this is a game the Chargers

599
00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:40,080
Speaker 1: have to go in and just take care of business. Man.

600
00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:42,560
Speaker 1: You have to go into Arizona, get to six and

601
00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:45,800
Speaker 1: five and get ready for the Raiders. I don't think

602
00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:49,680
Speaker 1: you can really do much if you can't beat the

603
00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:53,400
Speaker 1: Cardinals on Sunday. Yeah. Look, it's a completely different team

604
00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:55,280
Speaker 1: with Kyler Murray. I know he hasn't had the best season,

605
00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:58,120
Speaker 1: but you know, he still leads the team in Russian

606
00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:00,480
Speaker 1: and like, I think we know the issues that the

607
00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:03,320
Speaker 1: Chargers have had, you know, with stopping the run. I mean,

608
00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:06,840
Speaker 1: he's averaged six over six yards per carry, he's got

609
00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:08,800
Speaker 1: a couple of touchdowns, He's got a forty two yard

610
00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:11,200
Speaker 1: run on the season. James Connor has kind of come

611
00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:13,840
Speaker 1: back to earth after a great season last year, you know,

612
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Speaker 1: sort of his career numbers averaging just three under four

613
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Speaker 1: yards per carry, he's got the four touchdowns, He's got

614
00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:22,880
Speaker 1: zero big runs this year. So I think that's something

615
00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:25,160
Speaker 1: that plays into the Charger's hands. So one thing I'll

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Speaker 1: say is, look, DeAndre Hopkins is still a He is

617
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Speaker 1: a mess to contend with. Man, He's so good, he

618
00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:34,960
Speaker 1: is so physical. He's very keenan Allen like, where he's

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Speaker 1: as good a route runner, and he will break that

620
00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:39,640
Speaker 1: thing off and you see defensive backs just tumbling backwards

621
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Speaker 1: five to six yards. He's just and Colt McCoy is

622
00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:44,720
Speaker 1: really effective at throwing those routes. That's one thing that

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Speaker 1: stood out to me is you know he's letting that

624
00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:50,840
Speaker 1: ball go before you know, Hopkins is getting into that

625
00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:52,480
Speaker 1: break just trusting that he's going to be there, and

626
00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:55,360
Speaker 1: he's always there and when he catches it, he's getting

627
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Speaker 1: an extra four or five yards because he's just that

628
00:30:57,320 --> 00:30:59,840
Speaker 1: physical of a receiver. So you know that's going to

629
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Speaker 1: be one to keep an eye on. And and like

630
00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:06,400
Speaker 1: you said, you know Marquis Brown is super fast, so

631
00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:08,800
Speaker 1: that then brings the add element in and obviously with

632
00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:11,280
Speaker 1: the arm strength of Kyler is a lot different than

633
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Speaker 1: Colt McCoy. So you know, if you look these last

634
00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:17,360
Speaker 1: two for Cold, it's been just a ton of short

635
00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:20,960
Speaker 1: a lot of short throws and and hoping for you

636
00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:22,680
Speaker 1: know that they can block him up and get yards

637
00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:25,880
Speaker 1: after catch, and then just some intermediate routes and most

638
00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:29,160
Speaker 1: of the deep stuff is kind of a back shoulder

639
00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:31,440
Speaker 1: come back sort of Hey, you know, I'm going to

640
00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:33,800
Speaker 1: throw this thing fifteen yards down field, just break it

641
00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:35,920
Speaker 1: off and it'll be there waiting for you as opposed

642
00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:37,800
Speaker 1: to go routes where he's pushing that thing. He just

643
00:31:37,840 --> 00:31:40,640
Speaker 1: doesn't have the arm strength. So I think it changes

644
00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:42,920
Speaker 1: so much because Kyler's got a strong arm, Like he's

645
00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:45,000
Speaker 1: a tiny guy, but he can really push the ball.

646
00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:49,080
Speaker 1: So that's a big one. You know, I think it

647
00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:51,440
Speaker 1: changes a lot because again, if you've got a weak

648
00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:54,080
Speaker 1: offensive line, okay, well now you've got one of the best,

649
00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:57,160
Speaker 1: you know, mobile quarterbacks in the league. I mean, he

650
00:31:57,280 --> 00:32:00,320
Speaker 1: is fast, he can extend, he'll peer away at three

651
00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:03,000
Speaker 1: four times, keep a play alive and just break your heart.

652
00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:05,080
Speaker 1: So that'll be a big one. It'll be a much

653
00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:10,000
Speaker 1: different approach if he plays versus Cole defense has been good, actually,

654
00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:13,800
Speaker 1: their defense has not been bad. They got some good players.

655
00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:16,440
Speaker 1: You know, those two linebackers, Collins and Simmons are really

656
00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:18,640
Speaker 1: starting to come on. We know boot is, you know,

657
00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:21,120
Speaker 1: one of the better safeties in the league, and Wat's

658
00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:24,360
Speaker 1: actually having a little bit of a renaissance year. You know,

659
00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:28,880
Speaker 1: he's playing pretty well. So I think, you know, I

660
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:32,080
Speaker 1: don't think their defense is getting enough credit because just

661
00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:34,560
Speaker 1: you know, they're losing these games. They're getting blown off

662
00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:36,320
Speaker 1: the field, and a lot of these games, and a

663
00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:38,040
Speaker 1: lot of it's just the offense hasn't been able to

664
00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:41,280
Speaker 1: do anything, so their defense is getting tired. Sound familiar,

665
00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:45,320
Speaker 1: So you know, I think you know, for me, it's

666
00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:47,760
Speaker 1: it's a game. I want to see the Chargers blow

667
00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:49,480
Speaker 1: them out. I know it's hard to blow teams out

668
00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:51,920
Speaker 1: in the NFL, you know, because everybody's good. It's why

669
00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:55,720
Speaker 1: most of these teams are, you know, they there's so

670
00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:58,360
Speaker 1: much parody and so many teams jump up year to

671
00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:03,120
Speaker 1: year about I mean, they got twenty one to the Chiefs. Uh,

672
00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:05,760
Speaker 1: they lost by ten to the Seahawks, you know, by

673
00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:08,200
Speaker 1: eight to the Vikings, by ten to the Seahawks, by

674
00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:11,120
Speaker 1: twenty eight to the forty nine ers, you know, like

675
00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:15,080
Speaker 1: just a way. Yeah, they blew it up with their

676
00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:18,360
Speaker 1: playmakers in the second half too, Deebo and Kittle and um,

677
00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:20,400
Speaker 1: the Chargers are gonna have to do the same thing.

678
00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:25,400
Speaker 1: They got the guys to make big splash plays against

679
00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:28,440
Speaker 1: this defense. I do I do worry a little bit

680
00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:31,680
Speaker 1: now that you mentioned it with Kyler and um they're

681
00:33:31,680 --> 00:33:34,800
Speaker 1: reeling right now and both teams need a response. Frankly,

682
00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:36,720
Speaker 1: you know, how are the Chargers going to respond to

683
00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:40,360
Speaker 1: this back, these back to back losses on primetime versus

684
00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:43,880
Speaker 1: the Cardinals, whose season is really hanging by a thread. Now,

685
00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:47,840
Speaker 1: playoffs even in the NFC doesn't look like a possibility.

686
00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:51,080
Speaker 1: But Kyler, you know, is gonna want to get back

687
00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:55,880
Speaker 1: in there and and show both the coaching staff and

688
00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:59,440
Speaker 1: his teammates that he's the franchise guy. And you know,

689
00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:02,280
Speaker 1: could be the game where he does come back and

690
00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:05,400
Speaker 1: try to make that statement against the Chargers team that

691
00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:07,440
Speaker 1: that really needs this one. And I look at the

692
00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:12,719
Speaker 1: schedule Money Raiders or Cardinals Raiders. That's almost like you

693
00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:15,320
Speaker 1: gotta get that block to get to the next block

694
00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:19,000
Speaker 1: of playoff contenders right now. Dolphins, Titans. Yeah, yeah, that's

695
00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:20,959
Speaker 1: kind of where we are right now. The AFC West

696
00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:23,560
Speaker 1: out of reach to this point, getting swept by the Chiefs.

697
00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:27,439
Speaker 1: So like it's almost like this first block two non

698
00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:31,440
Speaker 1: playoff teams on the road. Um, never easy when you're

699
00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:33,680
Speaker 1: on the road. But the Chargers have played pretty pretty

700
00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:38,120
Speaker 1: well traveling this year. Look the thing to like you said,

701
00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:41,120
Speaker 1: the Cardinals still have a chance to get right you know, Um,

702
00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:43,279
Speaker 1: it does not look like it's going to line up

703
00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:47,480
Speaker 1: for him. Um, But at the same time the Raiders,

704
00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:49,759
Speaker 1: it's going to be their super Bowl. They're not getting in,

705
00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:53,279
Speaker 1: but if they can screw the Chargers, it's going to

706
00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:55,040
Speaker 1: be there. You know, for the second year in a row.

707
00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:57,319
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a huge game for them. And we know,

708
00:34:57,760 --> 00:35:01,040
Speaker 1: you know how much you know, Raid fans hate the Chargers,

709
00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:03,239
Speaker 1: how much the Chargers hate them. It's Raider Week, It's

710
00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:05,319
Speaker 1: Charger Week, you know, in both of these towns. So

711
00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:09,200
Speaker 1: it's that that's going to be a high energy game,

712
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:11,640
Speaker 1: you know. I think the differences, and we've seen a

713
00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:13,319
Speaker 1: little bit of an issue with the Chargers at some

714
00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:15,560
Speaker 1: of these I think the Arizona game is going to

715
00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:17,560
Speaker 1: be a bring your own energy kind of game. You know.

716
00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:19,920
Speaker 1: I think there's just so much disappointments to running this

717
00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:21,960
Speaker 1: team that started last year ten and zero. You had

718
00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:24,960
Speaker 1: the weird offseason with the clause and the contract with Kyler,

719
00:35:25,080 --> 00:35:28,920
Speaker 1: and then the peed suspension DeAndre Hopkins and just all

720
00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:31,600
Speaker 1: the issues they had with two different coaches, you know,

721
00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:35,960
Speaker 1: dealing with assault at sexual assault allegations or groping allegations,

722
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:39,239
Speaker 1: like it's just been a big mess. So I think

723
00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:41,719
Speaker 1: it's I think the fans are turned off a little bit,

724
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:44,920
Speaker 1: and I think it's going to be a bring your

725
00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:48,440
Speaker 1: own energy, get up on these guys like you did Houston,

726
00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:50,680
Speaker 1: and this time stay on top of them. You know,

727
00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:55,160
Speaker 1: get up, stay up, and pack your bags early. You know,

728
00:35:55,239 --> 00:35:58,000
Speaker 1: save some of that that stress and sweat equity for

729
00:35:58,040 --> 00:36:00,839
Speaker 1: the Raider game the following week, because you're gonna need it. Yeah,

730
00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:05,359
Speaker 1: well said, well said. It's a game. It's a weird game.

731
00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:07,440
Speaker 1: It's it is weird game when I when I look

732
00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:10,640
Speaker 1: at it four and seven, we don't know what the

733
00:36:10,719 --> 00:36:13,840
Speaker 1: quarterback situation is as we tape this, right, they have

734
00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:16,839
Speaker 1: so many offensive linemen out, their running game has been

735
00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:21,400
Speaker 1: really inefficient. Yet they still have these these playmakers on

736
00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:25,680
Speaker 1: the outside that are fast and you know, DeAndre Hopkins

737
00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:28,319
Speaker 1: still among the best in football at what he does.

738
00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:30,560
Speaker 1: So all it takes is a couple of big plays

739
00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:33,520
Speaker 1: from the Cardinals to keep them in games. Right. You know,

740
00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:36,640
Speaker 1: I feel like what we saw out of the Chargers

741
00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:40,279
Speaker 1: offense so money, we really saw what it's supposed to

742
00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:43,040
Speaker 1: look like. And you know, hopefully they get good news

743
00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:44,839
Speaker 1: on Mike. I don't know if Mike's gonna be able

744
00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:47,080
Speaker 1: to go or not Sunday. Yeah, it's hard to tell

745
00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:49,440
Speaker 1: from Staley's pressor may he made it sound like it

746
00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:51,000
Speaker 1: was he was fine, you know, it made it sound

747
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:52,479
Speaker 1: like it was fine, But I don't know. You know, again,

748
00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:54,480
Speaker 1: that could be game planner, just like Cliff was doing

749
00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:56,560
Speaker 1: yesterday saying oh yeah, he's getting better, you know, because

750
00:36:56,560 --> 00:36:59,319
Speaker 1: you want the team to have to plan for you know,

751
00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:02,240
Speaker 1: put extra work and do extra film and do extra

752
00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:05,640
Speaker 1: assignment football, you know, in practice. So um, I hope

753
00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:06,920
Speaker 1: he's able to come back his man. That was a

754
00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:09,120
Speaker 1: beautiful catch and it was such a quick reminder of

755
00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:12,920
Speaker 1: this guy's so freaking good. These Clemson receivers too, have

756
00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:17,480
Speaker 1: dedre teammates. Could be cool. It could be cool. Kenneth

757
00:37:17,560 --> 00:37:22,560
Speaker 1: Murray was teammates with Kyler Murray too. Yes, absolutely, uh

758
00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:25,160
Speaker 1: he was. I do quickly, um, because I got this

759
00:37:25,239 --> 00:37:32,759
Speaker 1: through the the Instagram. Um from a listener Jeremiah, there's

760
00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:34,680
Speaker 1: an end on It looks like Jeremiah, but it's also

761
00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:40,239
Speaker 1: Jeremiah Williams. Mister Williams is the safety play on this team,

762
00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:43,040
Speaker 1: particularly deep safety, hurting the defense more is at the

763
00:37:43,120 --> 00:37:46,839
Speaker 1: erratic play of the linebackers, and which is the more

764
00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:49,200
Speaker 1: pressing need going forward? I think we talked about the

765
00:37:49,239 --> 00:37:53,280
Speaker 1: deep safety, you know on that third and seventeen um.

766
00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:55,560
Speaker 1: I know that coach said that Derwin was man up

767
00:37:55,560 --> 00:37:57,840
Speaker 1: on Kelsey on that that game, you know, that that

768
00:37:57,920 --> 00:37:59,920
Speaker 1: go ahead touchdown what ended up being the game when

769
00:37:59,920 --> 00:38:01,880
Speaker 1: he touchdown, But it certainly looked like he had outside

770
00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:04,400
Speaker 1: leverage and he thought Nas was going to be there

771
00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:06,839
Speaker 1: to pick him up and he wasn't. So that would

772
00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:10,120
Speaker 1: speak to to maybe some of the deep safety communication

773
00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:13,640
Speaker 1: things going on. Linebacker. You know, Kenneth went down and

774
00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:15,520
Speaker 1: Troy Reader made to play of the game man, you know,

775
00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:18,000
Speaker 1: so stoked to see him get in there and punch

776
00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:20,120
Speaker 1: that thing out and get a fumble right back after

777
00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:22,120
Speaker 1: the Charger's fumble, which they cashed in for a touchdown

778
00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:25,680
Speaker 1: to go up. So I think Drew's had a great year.

779
00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:29,120
Speaker 1: Tranquills had a really good year. So for me, the linebackers,

780
00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:31,200
Speaker 1: I think Kenneth in terms of like there have been

781
00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:32,839
Speaker 1: a couple issues here and there, but he's also had

782
00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:35,040
Speaker 1: some really great splash plays as well. So I feel

783
00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:38,719
Speaker 1: like the linebacker play has been pretty darned good. You know,

784
00:38:38,719 --> 00:38:40,400
Speaker 1: if you're talking about the edge, we already got to

785
00:38:40,440 --> 00:38:42,799
Speaker 1: that with some of the edge crashing on one side there,

786
00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:45,160
Speaker 1: you know, without Bosa and some of the stuff they're

787
00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:47,400
Speaker 1: trying to clean up there. But yeah, I think the

788
00:38:47,440 --> 00:38:49,320
Speaker 1: deep safety stuff. You know, there've been a couple of

789
00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:53,960
Speaker 1: angle issues, a couple of big play issues, and I think,

790
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:56,440
Speaker 1: you know, it's stuff they'll they'll figure out. You know,

791
00:38:56,440 --> 00:38:58,200
Speaker 1: you gotta get remember, you gotta get a pass rushman.

792
00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:00,120
Speaker 1: Otherwise you're leaving those guys out there too long and

793
00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:02,200
Speaker 1: they're gonna get roasted. And I think that's one of

794
00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:05,200
Speaker 1: the issues too, is getting Bosta back, getting a real

795
00:39:05,239 --> 00:39:08,360
Speaker 1: pass rush on both sides, as opposed to letting teams

796
00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:11,799
Speaker 1: just run away, you know, double or Chip Khalil run

797
00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:13,400
Speaker 1: to the other you know, run the other direction, roll

798
00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:15,480
Speaker 1: the end of the direction and you're you're fine, you know,

799
00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:17,200
Speaker 1: And now you're just keeping those guys out there too

800
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:19,279
Speaker 1: long and expecting them to hold coverage and stuff is

801
00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:21,560
Speaker 1: really hard. You know. One of the cool things about

802
00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:23,840
Speaker 1: SOFI Stadium is like when when you leave your seat,

803
00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:27,920
Speaker 1: I can still hear you and DJ different parts of

804
00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:30,960
Speaker 1: the press box and right, different parts of the stadium.

805
00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:37,879
Speaker 1: And I think it was Kelsey's second touchdown. People see

806
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:40,960
Speaker 1: Kelsey's numbers and they automatically think like, oh, Darwin was

807
00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:43,520
Speaker 1: responsible for all of this. You guys had a stature.

808
00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:46,120
Speaker 1: He had like one catch for like three yards. This

809
00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:49,839
Speaker 1: was like maybe entering the fourth quarter he had Yeah,

810
00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:54,920
Speaker 1: two touchdowns sixty one yards, all other h cover you know,

811
00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:58,040
Speaker 1: people that were covering him. Derwin one catch three yards. Yeah,

812
00:39:58,120 --> 00:40:02,239
Speaker 1: so yeah, it's pretty good. It's right. Yeah. I heard

813
00:40:02,239 --> 00:40:04,840
Speaker 1: I heard another podcast saying like, oh, Kelsey abused it

814
00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:06,759
Speaker 1: all pro. It's like, well, you know you didn't you

815
00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:08,440
Speaker 1: didn't see the game, then, yeah, you got him on

816
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:11,680
Speaker 1: the one play. And I think you know, I tried,

817
00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:13,400
Speaker 1: I put the I tried to bait coach and he

818
00:40:13,440 --> 00:40:16,120
Speaker 1: wouldn't bite on Tuesday when we talked to him, or

819
00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:19,160
Speaker 1: what's today, Wednesday? So when we talked to him on Monday,

820
00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:21,759
Speaker 1: and I just said, coach, you know, we're right above

821
00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:24,440
Speaker 1: your sideline and I could see you. You know, we're

822
00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:28,200
Speaker 1: really upset with the officials after the the what looked

823
00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:30,880
Speaker 1: to be offensive pass interference on Marques Veld scantling on

824
00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:32,560
Speaker 1: Callahan and it was right in front of you, and

825
00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:33,880
Speaker 1: it was right in front of that official and they

826
00:40:33,880 --> 00:40:35,400
Speaker 1: didn't throw the flag. I said, I'm not asking you

827
00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:37,480
Speaker 1: to come in on that. But what I'm asking is

828
00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:40,520
Speaker 1: you've got that and it's like, a hey, we're letting

829
00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:43,640
Speaker 1: him play. It's final drive, okay, and now you're gonna

830
00:40:43,640 --> 00:40:45,880
Speaker 1: throw the flag on Derwin for that hold. And it

831
00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:47,920
Speaker 1: wasn't that blatant of behold. It was pretty close to

832
00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:52,200
Speaker 1: still being within five yards. Kelsey had got his fingers

833
00:40:52,280 --> 00:40:55,719
Speaker 1: right into Derwin's collar on that big Pacheco run and

834
00:40:55,760 --> 00:40:57,520
Speaker 1: they didn't throw that flag, and it's like, okay, well

835
00:40:57,520 --> 00:41:00,120
Speaker 1: they're letting him play, fine, and then you throw the

836
00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:01,680
Speaker 1: flag on that on a third and four and it's

837
00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:04,839
Speaker 1: just like, you know, that's and Coach's response is kind

838
00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:06,680
Speaker 1: of exactly what I was going for, and that is

839
00:41:07,040 --> 00:41:09,600
Speaker 1: just be consistent. Man. If you're gonna let these guys

840
00:41:09,640 --> 00:41:11,920
Speaker 1: fight and you're gonna let them play all game, then

841
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:15,480
Speaker 1: do it. Don't don't change, you know. And I know

842
00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:18,120
Speaker 1: it's one guy one side versus the field got you know,

843
00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:21,040
Speaker 1: field judge on the other side. But it's like, you

844
00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:25,200
Speaker 1: can't do that. You cannot swallow the flag or tuck

845
00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:26,960
Speaker 1: the flag and be swallowed the whistle. You can't tuck

846
00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:30,640
Speaker 1: the flag on on that offensive pass interference on mvs

847
00:41:30,680 --> 00:41:33,080
Speaker 1: and then throw the flag on Durwin four plays later,

848
00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:36,320
Speaker 1: either they're both getting flagged or neither are getting flagged.

849
00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:40,560
Speaker 1: And that's just I was a little upset by that. Yeah, hey,

850
00:41:40,840 --> 00:41:44,960
Speaker 1: it's it's I expect fans be frustrated by being five

851
00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:47,640
Speaker 1: and five at this point, but also look at it

852
00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:51,440
Speaker 1: this way. You're in the playoff picture, right, and like

853
00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:53,960
Speaker 1: you said, just get in that. I thought that this

854
00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:59,960
Speaker 1: team played valiantly against the Niners in Chiefs. I mean again,

855
00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:04,239
Speaker 1: there's no moral victories. Close like Derwinstad in locker room.

856
00:42:04,239 --> 00:42:07,760
Speaker 1: Close isn't good enough. Close is not good enough. And

857
00:42:08,120 --> 00:42:10,920
Speaker 1: there's a lot of close games last year that precluded

858
00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:12,920
Speaker 1: them from getting in the playoffs. But now you have

859
00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:16,800
Speaker 1: an opportunity with seven games remaining to get into the tournament.

860
00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:20,440
Speaker 1: And justin Herbert, this is his third year in the NFL.

861
00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:22,640
Speaker 1: He's got to get in the tournament. And if you

862
00:42:22,680 --> 00:42:25,920
Speaker 1: get him a shot, who knows what the heck can happen,

863
00:42:26,080 --> 00:42:28,359
Speaker 1: especially against some of these teams that you mentioned. Money, Like,

864
00:42:29,320 --> 00:42:31,480
Speaker 1: I'm not like, listen, if you go to Buffalo in

865
00:42:31,520 --> 00:42:35,640
Speaker 1: a snowstorm, Yeah, that's that's tough, real tough. But but

866
00:42:35,760 --> 00:42:38,000
Speaker 1: even still I'm still confident in this team, like I

867
00:42:38,040 --> 00:42:40,160
Speaker 1: just I think that's the key. Last year it felt

868
00:42:40,160 --> 00:42:42,799
Speaker 1: like there was some separation. But this year, I just

869
00:42:42,880 --> 00:42:45,960
Speaker 1: feel like this team, at full strength can hang with anyone.

870
00:42:46,200 --> 00:42:48,919
Speaker 1: I've seen Justin marchand Arrow hid and win. I've seen

871
00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:53,240
Speaker 1: him keep it close in pretty much every game against

872
00:42:53,239 --> 00:42:55,759
Speaker 1: Pat Drew Brees, New Orleans, Tom Brady Tampa, like just

873
00:42:55,840 --> 00:42:58,319
Speaker 1: from his rookie year on, you know, And I think

874
00:42:58,320 --> 00:43:01,320
Speaker 1: that's the thing that I I would assume for Justin

875
00:43:01,360 --> 00:43:03,480
Speaker 1: has got to be frustrating if he although I don't

876
00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:06,160
Speaker 1: get the sense he really pays attention, but if he did, like,

877
00:43:06,320 --> 00:43:08,319
Speaker 1: uh see, another one gets away from Herbert with the

878
00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:10,080
Speaker 1: interception at the end. It's like, dude, the guy gave

879
00:43:10,080 --> 00:43:13,480
Speaker 1: his team a four point lead with one hundred and

880
00:43:13,520 --> 00:43:18,319
Speaker 1: six seconds left. That's enough into You're you're trying to

881
00:43:18,360 --> 00:43:21,560
Speaker 1: make a play, Like what do you like exactly? I mean,

882
00:43:21,640 --> 00:43:24,919
Speaker 1: come on, So, I don't know, I just think there's

883
00:43:25,160 --> 00:43:28,080
Speaker 1: you know, as frustrating as some of these losses are,

884
00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:32,680
Speaker 1: I get it, um, there's things that have not gone

885
00:43:32,719 --> 00:43:36,680
Speaker 1: the way that I think people have envisioned. But still, yeah,

886
00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:39,080
Speaker 1: you got two more coming up against non playoff teams

887
00:43:39,080 --> 00:43:41,080
Speaker 1: that can get you to set him five and then

888
00:43:41,080 --> 00:43:44,279
Speaker 1: you reset again against the Dolphins and Titans at home.

889
00:43:44,480 --> 00:43:47,000
Speaker 1: And I think it's um, I think you know what, Chris,

890
00:43:47,080 --> 00:43:49,080
Speaker 1: I don't mean it rep sorry, just the way that

891
00:43:49,320 --> 00:43:52,640
Speaker 1: I think, um, I think for the fans like at

892
00:43:52,680 --> 00:43:54,880
Speaker 1: this point, to me, it's it truly is just a

893
00:43:54,880 --> 00:43:56,759
Speaker 1: week to week. It's like we gotta we gotta look

894
00:43:56,800 --> 00:43:58,799
Speaker 1: at him like the players do and like the coaches do.

895
00:43:59,239 --> 00:44:01,359
Speaker 1: I think it is a one week one win, one

896
00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:03,760
Speaker 1: week one win. It's not Hey, if we beat the Raiders,

897
00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:05,960
Speaker 1: and I was guilty of it earlier, you know, hey,

898
00:44:05,960 --> 00:44:07,600
Speaker 1: look we got these four on the road and these two,

899
00:44:07,680 --> 00:44:09,279
Speaker 1: these three at home, and these are three win teams.

900
00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:12,920
Speaker 1: I think it is just a get healthy, make sure

901
00:44:12,960 --> 00:44:15,520
Speaker 1: that game plan is right, make sure that third quarter

902
00:44:15,640 --> 00:44:17,359
Speaker 1: is right, keep doing the things you're doing that are

903
00:44:17,360 --> 00:44:20,880
Speaker 1: working in the first half. Don't get away from them.

904
00:44:21,400 --> 00:44:24,560
Speaker 1: So to me, it really is a focus on the Cardinals,

905
00:44:24,920 --> 00:44:28,120
Speaker 1: gotta win this game, have to win this game, and

906
00:44:28,160 --> 00:44:31,279
Speaker 1: then the following week focus on the Raiders. Have to

907
00:44:31,320 --> 00:44:35,680
Speaker 1: win that game. Absolutely, have to win that game. I'm

908
00:44:35,719 --> 00:44:37,440
Speaker 1: looking at the Raiders right now, they are look the

909
00:44:37,440 --> 00:44:39,960
Speaker 1: Cardinals are coming off a short week, They're beat to hell.

910
00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:44,279
Speaker 1: There is a ton of turmoil inside that organization right now.

911
00:44:44,680 --> 00:44:48,440
Speaker 1: Win that game, you know, you need to see money Sunday.

912
00:44:48,480 --> 00:44:49,960
Speaker 1: What do you need to see from the Chargers? I

913
00:44:49,960 --> 00:44:52,160
Speaker 1: told you I want to see a blowout. I want

914
00:44:52,160 --> 00:44:54,080
Speaker 1: to see them blow this team out. And I know

915
00:44:54,160 --> 00:44:56,759
Speaker 1: that does not happen a lot, but I'd love to

916
00:44:56,800 --> 00:44:59,640
Speaker 1: see this team be able to build a lead and

917
00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:03,839
Speaker 1: hold it, you know, and just keep don't adjust the

918
00:45:03,840 --> 00:45:07,760
Speaker 1: way you play, keep pushing man, foot on the gas.

919
00:45:07,880 --> 00:45:10,480
Speaker 1: All those explosive plays in the first half disappeared in

920
00:45:10,520 --> 00:45:13,960
Speaker 1: the second, and I just want to see him continue,

921
00:45:14,360 --> 00:45:16,120
Speaker 1: you know, I want to see I want to see

922
00:45:16,120 --> 00:45:19,120
Speaker 1: aggressive Brandon Staley. I want to see fourth and fourth

923
00:45:19,120 --> 00:45:21,719
Speaker 1: and under one. You know, on your own thirty four.

924
00:45:21,880 --> 00:45:24,160
Speaker 1: Go it's what you do, man, it's your identity, it's

925
00:45:24,160 --> 00:45:27,120
Speaker 1: this team's identity. Go, don't punt. You know, I just

926
00:45:27,160 --> 00:45:29,000
Speaker 1: want to see a little bit more gas, a little

927
00:45:29,000 --> 00:45:31,120
Speaker 1: bit less break. I think it's kind of what I'm

928
00:45:31,160 --> 00:45:34,640
Speaker 1: getting at. More aggressive defense. Third and seventeen. We talked

929
00:45:34,640 --> 00:45:37,200
Speaker 1: about the hell with that man get up on these guys,

930
00:45:37,360 --> 00:45:41,799
Speaker 1: press them, blitz, just more aggression. It just feels like

931
00:45:41,880 --> 00:45:44,560
Speaker 1: when they play on their heels or when they try

932
00:45:44,560 --> 00:45:48,239
Speaker 1: to play conservatively, it goes horribly wrong. When they're aggressive,

933
00:45:48,680 --> 00:45:50,880
Speaker 1: feels like it goes great. You know. That's what happened

934
00:45:50,880 --> 00:45:52,919
Speaker 1: in that Atlanta game. That's the most aggressive I'd seen

935
00:45:52,920 --> 00:45:54,759
Speaker 1: this defense all year. Same with the forty nine er game.

936
00:45:54,760 --> 00:45:57,120
Speaker 1: In that first half, Man, they were getting after it. Yeah,

937
00:45:57,239 --> 00:45:59,440
Speaker 1: I think that's just to me, that's the key. I

938
00:45:59,440 --> 00:46:02,759
Speaker 1: want to see an aggressive defense and aggressive offense, and

939
00:46:02,880 --> 00:46:06,000
Speaker 1: I'd love to see that, you know, two touchdown advantage

940
00:46:06,000 --> 00:46:07,600
Speaker 1: in the first half and just be able to keep

941
00:46:07,600 --> 00:46:09,879
Speaker 1: your you know, foot on their throats and go get

942
00:46:09,920 --> 00:46:13,759
Speaker 1: it sixty minutes right like, from start to finish, I

943
00:46:13,800 --> 00:46:16,239
Speaker 1: think is what I'd like to see. Because we talked

944
00:46:16,239 --> 00:46:19,439
Speaker 1: about their first quarter struggles that they found a way

945
00:46:19,440 --> 00:46:22,040
Speaker 1: to kind of fix. Now we're seeing the second half

946
00:46:22,080 --> 00:46:25,480
Speaker 1: struggle put it all together. Like like you said, Houston,

947
00:46:25,719 --> 00:46:28,160
Speaker 1: they got up, but they let them back in right, like,

948
00:46:28,800 --> 00:46:31,520
Speaker 1: sixty minutes play sixty minutes. They haven't blown a team

949
00:46:31,520 --> 00:46:35,080
Speaker 1: out yet. M No, you know, they started to what

950
00:46:35,160 --> 00:46:37,600
Speaker 1: were they up twenty four nothing in Houston and that

951
00:46:37,600 --> 00:46:39,000
Speaker 1: thing got to be a one score game in Houston,

952
00:46:39,040 --> 00:46:40,799
Speaker 1: had a chance to take the lead, Like, just blow

953
00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:43,560
Speaker 1: a team out, because you're good enough, go blow a

954
00:46:43,680 --> 00:46:46,000
Speaker 1: team out. You got back to back three and seven

955
00:46:46,000 --> 00:46:49,600
Speaker 1: teams right now, you know, the Cardinals and the Raiders

956
00:46:49,640 --> 00:46:51,400
Speaker 1: are three and seven. Go blow this first three and

957
00:46:51,440 --> 00:46:54,799
Speaker 1: seven team out. Get that swagger, you know, get those

958
00:46:54,800 --> 00:46:57,480
Speaker 1: good vibes back in the locker room and on the

959
00:46:57,480 --> 00:46:59,680
Speaker 1: flight home from a Thanksgiving weekend that you got to

960
00:46:59,719 --> 00:47:02,160
Speaker 1: cut short because you got to travel the Arizona on Saturday.

961
00:47:02,360 --> 00:47:04,680
Speaker 1: It just feel good, man, Feel good going into Vegas,

962
00:47:05,160 --> 00:47:07,279
Speaker 1: you know, just in case the Raiders are able to

963
00:47:07,280 --> 00:47:09,239
Speaker 1: beat the Seahawks up in Seattle and win two in

964
00:47:09,239 --> 00:47:10,680
Speaker 1: a row and feel like they got a little bit

965
00:47:10,680 --> 00:47:14,120
Speaker 1: of swagger, you know, freaking get the wind, blow them out,

966
00:47:14,120 --> 00:47:16,560
Speaker 1: and feel like, Okay, we got this now. Keenan's back,

967
00:47:16,680 --> 00:47:20,600
Speaker 1: Mike's back, you know, Herbert's back from the rib energy injury.

968
00:47:20,880 --> 00:47:23,400
Speaker 1: We cannot be stopped. Let's go get it. You know,

969
00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:26,600
Speaker 1: That's what I'd really like to see, ye before we

970
00:47:26,640 --> 00:47:31,560
Speaker 1: go camera, dicker Man, let's go right. I mean, look,

971
00:47:31,600 --> 00:47:35,799
Speaker 1: I I said it. I said it during the game.

972
00:47:35,840 --> 00:47:37,040
Speaker 1: I think I said Did I say it on the air.

973
00:47:37,040 --> 00:47:38,839
Speaker 1: I might have said it when we were in commercial break.

974
00:47:39,120 --> 00:47:41,239
Speaker 1: I think I said it to DJ and commercial And

975
00:47:41,320 --> 00:47:43,640
Speaker 1: I'm not pulling a Lebron here pretending like I did

976
00:47:43,640 --> 00:47:48,239
Speaker 1: something that I didn't. But I was all right. So

977
00:47:48,719 --> 00:47:50,799
Speaker 1: for those you know you saw the thing where like

978
00:47:50,960 --> 00:47:53,320
Speaker 1: he said, oh, I knew Kobe was gonna go for

979
00:47:53,480 --> 00:47:56,480
Speaker 1: eighty one. So I was, you know, I think, were

980
00:47:56,480 --> 00:47:58,200
Speaker 1: you working with the Lakers then too, I was working

981
00:47:58,200 --> 00:48:00,400
Speaker 1: with the Lakers then, anybody knew he was going for

982
00:48:00,480 --> 00:48:03,239
Speaker 1: are one. My first year was the year after, so

983
00:48:03,400 --> 00:48:05,319
Speaker 1: I was working with the Lakers then. I think, you know,

984
00:48:05,400 --> 00:48:06,759
Speaker 1: Code was having a great year. It's the same year

985
00:48:06,760 --> 00:48:10,359
Speaker 1: he had sixty in three quarters. But like to think, yeah,

986
00:48:10,360 --> 00:48:12,960
Speaker 1: this is the game he had like thirty the game before,

987
00:48:13,160 --> 00:48:14,879
Speaker 1: like twenty eight the game before. It's like, oh, yeah,

988
00:48:14,920 --> 00:48:17,080
Speaker 1: he's gonna go for eighty one. Yeah, thanks, thanks Lebrun.

989
00:48:17,360 --> 00:48:19,480
Speaker 1: He does that all the time. Thought he invented Taco Tuesday,

990
00:48:19,520 --> 00:48:22,359
Speaker 1: thought he invented the barbershop talk television show. He's out

991
00:48:22,360 --> 00:48:26,760
Speaker 1: of his mind. But where was I at? Oh? Sorry,

992
00:48:26,800 --> 00:48:29,000
Speaker 1: I said, that's okay. No, I said to DJ, I said,

993
00:48:29,040 --> 00:48:32,799
Speaker 1: you know what it's like, I said, if you if

994
00:48:32,880 --> 00:48:35,440
Speaker 1: you because they had no more flex ups from the

995
00:48:35,480 --> 00:48:38,200
Speaker 1: practice squad. I said, if you let Dicker go down,

996
00:48:38,560 --> 00:48:41,040
Speaker 1: he's getting claimed he's too good of a kicker. He's

997
00:48:41,200 --> 00:48:44,160
Speaker 1: way too good of a kicker. All of his kickoffs

998
00:48:44,200 --> 00:48:45,799
Speaker 1: go out of the back of the end zone. The

999
00:48:45,840 --> 00:48:48,760
Speaker 1: ball explodes off his feet. You can off his foot,

1000
00:48:48,800 --> 00:48:52,400
Speaker 1: you can tell mentally he's got it. I love the

1001
00:48:52,440 --> 00:48:55,399
Speaker 1: slow walk. Just when he after he makes a kick.

1002
00:48:55,440 --> 00:48:58,600
Speaker 1: He doesn't do some huge Marteine Grammatica style celebration. It's

1003
00:48:58,600 --> 00:49:00,000
Speaker 1: just like, well, yeah, that's what I'm supposed to do.

1004
00:49:00,120 --> 00:49:02,120
Speaker 1: So all right, yeah, Hi, fight for you, Hi, fight

1005
00:49:02,200 --> 00:49:03,920
Speaker 1: for you. Whatever. I'm just gonna go back over here.

1006
00:49:04,960 --> 00:49:08,920
Speaker 1: So I said, with Hopkins having a quad or a hammy,

1007
00:49:09,040 --> 00:49:12,239
Speaker 1: like I just I do not want to I don't

1008
00:49:12,239 --> 00:49:14,000
Speaker 1: want to play with that. I do not want to

1009
00:49:14,000 --> 00:49:15,840
Speaker 1: play with that and have to dig back into the

1010
00:49:16,520 --> 00:49:19,440
Speaker 1: you know what kickers are out there. It's exactly what

1011
00:49:19,480 --> 00:49:20,480
Speaker 1: I said to him. I was like, dude, I just

1012
00:49:20,480 --> 00:49:22,160
Speaker 1: throw him on the ir Just put him on the

1013
00:49:22,200 --> 00:49:25,920
Speaker 1: ir see if he can get fully healthy and roll

1014
00:49:25,960 --> 00:49:29,400
Speaker 1: with Dicker, because to be honest, you know, and not

1015
00:49:29,440 --> 00:49:31,759
Speaker 1: taking a shot at Dustin, it's just what the numbers say,

1016
00:49:31,880 --> 00:49:35,239
Speaker 1: Dicker has been better just the he has not missed

1017
00:49:35,239 --> 00:49:37,600
Speaker 1: a kick yet all of his kickoffs like dustins or

1018
00:49:37,600 --> 00:49:38,880
Speaker 1: out of the back of the end zone, which is

1019
00:49:38,880 --> 00:49:41,880
Speaker 1: a huge important part of this and one of the

1020
00:49:41,920 --> 00:49:44,280
Speaker 1: great one of the reasons why Hopkins is so valuable,

1021
00:49:44,320 --> 00:49:46,360
Speaker 1: because that's a big, big deal to have someone that

1022
00:49:46,400 --> 00:49:48,920
Speaker 1: has that big of a leg. But just feel like,

1023
00:49:49,120 --> 00:49:51,920
Speaker 1: this guy looks like he's nails like he is, And

1024
00:49:51,960 --> 00:49:54,600
Speaker 1: you got to remember, this is a team that watched

1025
00:49:55,040 --> 00:49:56,959
Speaker 1: Lamba go to the Jags and be the best kicker

1026
00:49:56,960 --> 00:49:59,600
Speaker 1: of the year, watched Young Wayku go to the Falcons

1027
00:49:59,680 --> 00:50:01,120
Speaker 1: be the best kick of the year, and prior to that,

1028
00:50:01,120 --> 00:50:05,040
Speaker 1: they had Carlson in for a workout before ultimately they

1029
00:50:05,080 --> 00:50:06,919
Speaker 1: went in a different direction and he signed with the Raiders,

1030
00:50:06,960 --> 00:50:08,439
Speaker 1: and he's not one of the best kickers in the league.

1031
00:50:08,440 --> 00:50:09,799
Speaker 1: It's like, Tom, you've got a good eye for this.

1032
00:50:10,360 --> 00:50:12,719
Speaker 1: You know, let's let's see if let's just you know,

1033
00:50:12,880 --> 00:50:15,320
Speaker 1: you got a guy who's got a hamstring. You cannot

1034
00:50:15,360 --> 00:50:17,279
Speaker 1: mess with that. So just throw him on ir let

1035
00:50:17,320 --> 00:50:19,640
Speaker 1: him get a one hundred percent healthy and then when

1036
00:50:19,680 --> 00:50:21,319
Speaker 1: he's ready to come off, I r in four weeks,

1037
00:50:21,400 --> 00:50:23,520
Speaker 1: have a competition and see how you feel about it,

1038
00:50:23,640 --> 00:50:25,279
Speaker 1: you know, or maybe Dicker will just win the job.

1039
00:50:25,719 --> 00:50:31,759
Speaker 1: Dustin was heroic in Denver, unbelievable, unbelievable, unbelievable effort, unbelievable

1040
00:50:31,760 --> 00:50:35,320
Speaker 1: in Cleveland, like never kept the game. But but Dicker,

1041
00:50:36,360 --> 00:50:38,960
Speaker 1: you know, he won me over in Atlanta. And then

1042
00:50:39,000 --> 00:50:41,160
Speaker 1: he's just done nothing but make his kicks. And let's

1043
00:50:41,200 --> 00:50:43,640
Speaker 1: give some credits. Let's get some credit to Ryan ficken

1044
00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:47,719
Speaker 1: Man Special teams group, like this is this is the

1045
00:50:47,719 --> 00:50:50,360
Speaker 1: the third phase of the game that has plagued the

1046
00:50:50,440 --> 00:50:53,839
Speaker 1: Chargers over the last several years. And I really feel

1047
00:50:53,880 --> 00:50:56,800
Speaker 1: like he's kind of turned things around there, stabilized that

1048
00:50:57,040 --> 00:50:59,480
Speaker 1: and you know it's not something you really have to

1049
00:50:59,560 --> 00:51:03,840
Speaker 1: worry about on a weekly basis. Yeah, completely agree. Special

1050
00:51:03,840 --> 00:51:06,919
Speaker 1: teams has not been a concern at all. You got

1051
00:51:06,920 --> 00:51:08,400
Speaker 1: the you know, I don't I don't care what the

1052
00:51:08,440 --> 00:51:11,279
Speaker 1: gross numbers are and where JK falls into that category.

1053
00:51:11,760 --> 00:51:14,960
Speaker 1: You know, netyards and return yards. You know, his his

1054
00:51:15,040 --> 00:51:16,959
Speaker 1: return yards are the best in the league. Nobody's able

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Speaker 1: to return any of his punts because you know, typically

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00:51:20,960 --> 00:51:23,360
Speaker 1: he's either getting a great bounce if they're low and

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Speaker 1: they don't want to feel him, or he's got incredible

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00:51:25,520 --> 00:51:28,799
Speaker 1: hang time and they're just fair catch. And it's net numbers. Fine,

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Speaker 1: it's not number. I think it is forty one something,

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Speaker 1: so great, take it, absolutely take it. And again, like

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00:51:35,800 --> 00:51:38,880
Speaker 1: we said, it doesn't matter if it's Hopkins heroic against Denver,

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Speaker 1: if it's Bertolette heroic against Cleveland, if it's Dicker heroic

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Speaker 1: against Atlanta and kicked his tail off against San Francisco

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Speaker 1: and in Kansas City making everything. And those were long

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00:51:48,840 --> 00:51:51,440
Speaker 1: kicks against Kansas City. Those were not those We're not bunnies.

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Speaker 1: Those were forty seven's and forty sixes, and you know

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00:51:54,440 --> 00:51:56,200
Speaker 1: those are big kicks, and those are kicks that look

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00:51:56,280 --> 00:51:58,600
Speaker 1: like they'd be good from sixty. He's got a big

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00:51:58,600 --> 00:52:02,320
Speaker 1: old leg, man, and I you know, so I'm stoked because,

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Speaker 1: like we said, very rarely are there blowouts, even though

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Speaker 1: I just called for one in Arizona. A lot of

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Speaker 1: times times it does come down to that kicker, and man,

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Speaker 1: I feel super confident about that guy. Well, I think

1074
00:52:11,840 --> 00:52:16,560
Speaker 1: charges fis hoping, Dickers just kicking pats. Let's do that, man,

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Speaker 1: make all those a blowout. Win. Money's calling it right,

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Speaker 1: blowout I want to blow up, blow out, John Travolta, blowout, Blowout. Yeah, terrible.

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Speaker 1: By the way, don't watch that all right, watch so

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00:52:31,440 --> 00:52:33,600
Speaker 1: you've learned that, actually blow it's pretty good. I was

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Speaker 1: thinking of something else, just thinking of the aerobics movie.

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Speaker 1: I don't remember what that was called teen Wolf over Blowout. Oh,

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00:52:39,360 --> 00:52:41,399
Speaker 1: teen Wolf. Absolutely people, if you've never seen it, watch

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Speaker 1: t Wolf just for the worst athletic performance by an

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Speaker 1: actor in the history of film. Fantastic, Happy Thanksgiving. Man

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Speaker 1: enjoyed with Thanksgiving. Yep, I'll see you on Saturday as

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Speaker 1: we hit Arizona. Always appreciate you guys listening watching Happy

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Speaker 1: Thanksgiving for money. I'm Chris. This has been charges week

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