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Speaker 2: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What is up,

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Speaker 2: straight Firefan, It's the Jason McIntyre Straight Fire for Wednesday,

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Speaker 2: October fourth. Got a great guest today Pro Football Focus

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Speaker 2: is Brad Spielberger. This guy's fascinating. He was a lawyer,

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Speaker 2: went to law school, and he loves football, so he,

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Speaker 2: you know, went the angle of hey, I could be

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Speaker 2: in house counsel for teams. I could work in the

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Speaker 2: front office on contracts. I could maybe be this salary

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Speaker 2: cap guy. And that's how he got interviews with teams.

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Speaker 2: Really cool guy. I love the stuff that he talks about.

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Speaker 2: And for the record, we spoke last week and we

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Speaker 2: were recording the podcast. It didn't work out tape wise

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Speaker 2: for whatever reason, you know, our system just didn't record it.

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Speaker 2: So obviously felt awful. Brad's a great guest. He came

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Speaker 2: back sort of extra thankful to the great Brad Spielberger.

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Speaker 2: And I don't want Jets fans to go over the edge.

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Speaker 2: I don't want to Atlanta Falcons fans to go over the edge.

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Speaker 2: But the way he's looked at the Kirk Cousins contract,

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Speaker 2: it would not be difficult at all for either team

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Speaker 2: to trade for Kirk Cousins here in the next few

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Speaker 2: weeks before the trade deadline. Not at all, according to Brad,

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Speaker 2: You're gonna love the interview. Before we get to Brad,

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Speaker 2: just real quick, I was gonna try to talk about

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Speaker 2: Nick Coxa's massive game tonight against Cruz Azul. I know

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Speaker 2: you guys care deeply about the soccer team we bought

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Speaker 2: in the Mexican Liga MX. It's a huge game for us.

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Speaker 2: We're unbeaten in our last four and this should be

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Speaker 2: a winnable game. I'm very optimistic. I will be watching.

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Speaker 2: You know, my daughter's soccer team has practiced and I'm coaching.

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Speaker 2: We got a lot going on soccer wise in the fall.

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Speaker 2: So nickoxa Cruz as well. Game case so off at

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Speaker 2: six o'clock. You probably need to download the vics app.

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Speaker 2: You're not going to do that, so I'll just stop

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Speaker 2: there at any rate. I need to talk about the

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Speaker 2: idea of a burner Twitter account and an NFL coach.

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Speaker 2: This is not confirmed as of yet, obviously, but there

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Speaker 2: is a lot of speculation and the Internet investigators a

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Speaker 2: lot of guys with tons of time on their hands,

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Speaker 2: the same guys who spend hours making means that do

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Speaker 2: two three four million views. They have dug into this,

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Speaker 2: and I have to say I went through the evidence.

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Speaker 2: You know, you don't want to just throw this topic

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Speaker 2: started to look and I don't know. It feels like

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Speaker 2: it might be Matt Canada. Matt Canada may have a

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Speaker 2: Burner account defending him and his offensive play calling with

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Speaker 2: the Pittsburgh Steelers. It is a little crazy. Now, again,

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Speaker 2: there's nothing confirmed. There's no Matt Canada has owned up

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Speaker 2: to it. Obviously, we've seen people do this before. Kevin

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Speaker 2: lives or alleging to online, eventually you're gonna get caught

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Speaker 2: up and busted. So what happened was somebody discovered that,

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Speaker 2: you know, I guess people. You know, anytime Matt Canada

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Speaker 2: is screwing around and calling dumb plays, people light him

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Speaker 2: up on social media. Gosh, the Steelers need to get

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Speaker 2: rid of their offensive coordinator. Blah blah blah. He's so predictable.

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Speaker 2: When he lines up in shotgun, it's a pass. Every

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Speaker 2: just it's very predictable. So people light him up on

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Speaker 2: social media and the same account called Danny Football. Anytime

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Speaker 2: you search Matt Canada, this guy would defend Matt Canada

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Speaker 2: and say, like, it's not the offensive play calling. Look,

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Speaker 2: Matt cant or whoever this is behind the Twitter account

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Speaker 2: And it's not like pointing the finger at Tomlin, but

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Speaker 2: it's essentially saying, Mike Tomlin's like a conservative coach. This

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Speaker 2: but here's where he may or may not have made

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Speaker 2: a critical mistake. So when you set up a Burner

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Speaker 2: account or any Twitter account, you need an email address,

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Speaker 2: and of course someone was like, let me just see

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Speaker 2: where the email address fires back to. Now, they don't

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Speaker 2: I don't think this is a fireable offense defending yourself. Obviously,

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Speaker 2: if the media gets a chance to talk to Canada,

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Speaker 2: and I don't know that they will, he's gonna have

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Speaker 2: move here if that is you with the Burner account,

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Speaker 2: And I confess I've never had a Burner account, you know, guys,

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Speaker 2: I just I don't care that much. Now here's the

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Speaker 2: one knock that like this probably isn't Matt Canada. Would

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Speaker 2: a fifty one year old guy create a burner account?

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Speaker 2: I mean, honestly fifty He's over fifty years old. Do

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Speaker 2: you think a lot of fifty year old guys who

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Speaker 2: lifelong football guys, like high school football star, goes to Indiana, he's,

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Speaker 2: mean he's been in football for like almost thirty years.

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Speaker 2: Do we really think a guy like that is going

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Speaker 2: to be creating a burner account to defend himself? And

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Speaker 2: I confess I have no clue what Matt Canada is

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Speaker 2: like as a person. He had one shot as a

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Speaker 2: head coach at Maryland in twenty eighteen, and it was

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Speaker 2: only because DJ Durkin was fired after a football player

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Speaker 2: he landed with the Steelers. I guess a couple years later.

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Speaker 2: I don't know Matt Canada. I also I just don't

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Speaker 2: defend yourself. You're not gonna win. You don't win arguments

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Speaker 2: with eggs online. You don't win in arguments with anonymous

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Speaker 2: losers because all these guys want to do is rope

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Speaker 2: and goad you and go. That's all. They got nothing

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Speaker 2: probably don't have wives or girlfriends. I don't even know

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Speaker 2: the homework and research every single tweet you've made. They

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Speaker 2: it and that email thing looks kind of sus So,

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Speaker 2: I don't know, weird vibes around Pittsburgh. You know what

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Speaker 2: this sets up as, right, Steelers are big underdogs against

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Speaker 2: the Baltimore Ravens this week.

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Speaker 1: Does it.

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Speaker 2: It's unclear if Picket or Mitchell Trubisky Maserati Mitch is

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Speaker 2: like an idiot against Houston. I'm still kicking myself for that.

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Speaker 2: And usually when I lose again that badly, thirty to six,

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Speaker 2: never closed, never competitive. After middle second quarter, there's no

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Speaker 2: way I can go back. But that's where you should

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Speaker 2: remember the Warren Buffet quote. When everybody's fearful, that's when

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Speaker 2: you should be diving in. And when everybody's diving in,

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Speaker 2: that's when you should maybe pull back. That applies to gambling,

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Speaker 2: stock market, all that stuff. And I had to do it, guys.

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Speaker 2: I went and bet the Steelers getting five against the Ravens. Now,

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Speaker 2: the Ravens are coming off a great win. This is

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Speaker 2: a classic Mike Tomlin underdog spot. You know, he thrives

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Speaker 2: We talked about it. It's not a great spot for him,

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Speaker 2: and this would be the perfect place for Matt Canada

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Speaker 2: to dial up some of his best stuff against let's

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Speaker 2: be real, a Ravens defense that ain't that great they're

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Speaker 2: banged up everywhere, and maybe the Steelers have some success

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Speaker 2: and Canada looks good. Remember everybody was ready to dump

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Speaker 2: Zach Wilson in the garbage ahead after that Chiefs game,

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Speaker 2: Sack Wilson in the garbage. You'll never start another game

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Speaker 2: chance he plays a game of his life. Anytime you're

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Speaker 2: signs point to the world piling on them, maybe it's

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Speaker 2: time to rethink it. So I wouldn't be shocked if

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Speaker 2: the Steelers showed up. You know, I put a little

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Speaker 2: to take them in the contest. But I think this

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Speaker 2: Matt Canada situation bears watching the Pittsburgh media. I don't

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Speaker 2: know it well, but I do know that they've had

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Speaker 2: some they don't shy away from contact. Let's just say so,

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Speaker 2: I do think they'll be going after Canada, even though

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Speaker 2: there isn't confirmation now. When KD was popped with his burner,

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Speaker 2: he just owned it. He's like, I don't give it.

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Speaker 2: I don't care. You guys can call me out. I

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Speaker 2: don't I'm Kevin Durant. What do I care? And frankly,

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Speaker 2: he's right. You know now, Matt Canada is a different story.

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Speaker 2: He's been the subpar, at best below average offensive coordinator.

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Speaker 2: Warren Sharp did a huge breakdown on a bat. He's

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Speaker 2: been like, I mean, there's a chance Canada is like

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Speaker 2: a running backs coach after this. If that so, I

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Speaker 2: don't know, it bears monitoring. But without further ado, let's

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Speaker 3: This might be a take right out of the gate.

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Speaker 2: the Jacks back in that game. He did not look

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Speaker 2: great in Week two against the Jags. I know he

430
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Speaker 2: was just getting Kelsey back. Let's throw out the Bears

431
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Speaker 2: game because they don't defend anyone. I don't know. Something

432
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Speaker 2: seem off about the Chiefs or it's just just an overreaction.

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Speaker 2: He's getting adjusted to new receivers who can't seem to separate.

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Speaker 3: I thought it was I hope people probably annoyed by this,

435
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Speaker 3: like Patrick Mahomes can't play a good game. But I

436
00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:48,359
Speaker 3: was almost sitting there wondering if he hurt his elbow

437
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Speaker 3: or his shoulder, if the ankle from the Bears game

438
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Speaker 3: was bothering him. There were three or four rows in

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Speaker 3: that game where he left the ball. For the first interception,

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Speaker 3: where he just left it about five ten yards short,

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Speaker 3: trying to layer it over. A defender just threw it

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Speaker 3: right to it under in the flat. He had a

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Speaker 3: deep ball later on in the game. I want to

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Speaker 3: say to Marquez Valdez scantling that just fell ten yards short,

445
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Speaker 3: like no one picked it all, but it just it

446
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Speaker 3: didn't reach the target and he stepped into the throw.

447
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Speaker 3: He took two hitches before uncorking it like it was

448
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Speaker 3: a one of the worst cans I've ever seen him play.

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Speaker 1: Look you throw on the tape.

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Speaker 3: The receivers are not getting separation in any way, shape

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Speaker 3: or form, There's no question about that. But the late

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Speaker 3: shotcock stuff, the making magic happen, the weird arm angles,

453
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Speaker 3: all of that hasn't really been there either. And look,

454
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Speaker 3: is it the most sustainable way to win? No, but

455
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Speaker 3: he's been doing it sustainably for years now. But No,

456
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Speaker 3: there's something wrong I think with that offense. They're gonna

457
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Speaker 3: figure it out, but it does not look good.

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Speaker 2: So they're going to Minnesota this week. I see the

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Speaker 2: number at it looks like five. Here's my only issue

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Speaker 2: with this. All Brian Flores does is blitz, right, that's

461
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Speaker 2: his DNA. He blitzes. I think they're blitzing at a

462
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Speaker 2: fifty eight percent clip this year, highest in the league

463
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Speaker 2: by a mile. Like you can't blitz Patrick Mahomes like

464
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Speaker 2: he just shreds the blitz. It's like Burrow, you can't

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Speaker 2: blitz him all Burrow. You can, I guess blitz now

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Speaker 2: with the CAF issue, But I don't know, what do

467
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Speaker 2: you foresee in that game? Like I'm thinking, I know

468
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Speaker 2: you can't lay a big number with the Chiefs on

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Speaker 2: the road. Historically they don't cover. But this Minnesota defense

470
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Speaker 2: is just I mean, they're bad. I know they looked

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Speaker 2: okay against Carolina, but they can't stop any real offense.

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Speaker 1: No, this is a get the right spot, no question.

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Speaker 1: You mentioned it.

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Speaker 3: Patrick Mahomes against the blitz. I mean, I mean, top

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Speaker 3: five for US in everything and big time throws quarterback

476
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Speaker 3: grade yards per attempt, Like you cannot blitz Patrick Mahomes.

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Speaker 3: He's going to find someone open, someone's gonna win a

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Speaker 3: one on one matchup. He also just gets the ball

479
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Speaker 3: out quickly or again he takes off and scrambles and

480
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Speaker 3: waddles for fifteen yards and gets the boundary. So you know,

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Speaker 3: it's the perfect get right spot for them. I mean

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Speaker 3: this secondary of Minnesota, the receivers in Kansas City, they

483
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Speaker 3: can get separation on these guys. If not, they can't

484
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Speaker 3: get separation on anyone. And yes, Carolina, look, I think

485
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Speaker 3: they have the worst receiving core in the entire NFL

486
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Speaker 3: and their offensive line is now second pressure rate allowed

487
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Speaker 3: for US. Bryce Young is not really seeing things particularly well. No,

488
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Speaker 3: this Minnesota defense is bad, bad. I think there's gonna

489
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Speaker 3: be a lot of points in that game.

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Speaker 2: All right, So let's go drill down on Minnesota for

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Speaker 2: a second. I know you have a law background. Obviously

492
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Speaker 2: you interviewed with NFL teams in the past. So this

493
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Speaker 2: Kirk Cousins situation. Before Sunday when they came back to

494
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Speaker 2: beat the Panthers and Cousins did not look great. There

495
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Speaker 2: was a lot of chatter about Kirk Cousins of the Jets.

496
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Speaker 2: Then the Falcons of course, look abysmal in London, and

497
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Speaker 2: it's like, well, listen, desmon Ritter can't do anything now

498
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Speaker 2: they could use Kirk Cousins. I'm just curious where you

499
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Speaker 2: stand on this whole, Like, would somebody trade for Kirk Cousins.

500
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Speaker 2: He's in the final year of his deal. He's I

501
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Speaker 2: think he's only a ten million dollars salary, but I

502
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Speaker 2: guess some of that's gone now four weeks into the season.

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Speaker 2: Talk us through how that would work for the Jets.

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Speaker 2: Who listen, Zach Wilson looked, Okay, Jets or Falcons for

505
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Speaker 2: Kirk Cousins.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean he's only about six million now. I think,

507
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Speaker 3: I want to say, for the rest of the year,

508
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Speaker 3: I think other teams probably are calling quazy del fa

509
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Speaker 3: mensa in Minnesota and just saying, hey, if things go south, like,

510
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Speaker 3: don't forget about us, We're interested. Look, it's a true

511
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Speaker 3: mercenary signing. You can't franchise tag him, so you basically

512
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Speaker 3: are bringing for ten games and then have to see

513
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Speaker 3: how things go.

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Speaker 1: Do you extend him?

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Speaker 3: Do you just try to get a compensatory pick if

516
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Speaker 3: someone else signs him. I mean, he's thirty seven years old,

517
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Speaker 3: I think in free agency this year, so you know,

518
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Speaker 3: a particularly old player. But I just still struggle with

519
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Speaker 3: seeing Minnesota pulling the trigger. I think they probably have

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Speaker 3: faith they can sneak in as a wildcard team in

521
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Speaker 3: the NFC, you know, get back, get things going right.

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Speaker 3: They lose by one score, the Chargers in a good game,

523
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Speaker 3: lose by one.

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Speaker 1: Score of the Eagles.

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Speaker 3: If Justin Jefferson doesn't have the fumble, they maybe even

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Speaker 3: win that game.

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Speaker 1: I think they have faith. They write the ship, they

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Speaker 1: figure it out.

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Speaker 3: But I'm confident other teams are thinking the same way

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Speaker 3: as you and are trying to convince them otherwise.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, if you're in Minnesota and you want

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Speaker 2: to get a shot at you know, Caleb Williams at

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Speaker 2: the top of the draft. Well, you're not gonna do

534
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Speaker 2: that with Kirk Cousins now. But you're right, maybe they

535
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Speaker 2: sneak in as a wild card, But I don't know, Brad,

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Speaker 2: you know where's the value in that? You're not coming

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Speaker 2: out of the NFC right We would agree the defense

538
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Speaker 2: has zero chance in the playoffs. Maybe they somehow steal

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Speaker 2: a playoff win in the wildcard up, but they're no

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Speaker 2: San Francisco, Philly. I don't even think there as good

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Speaker 3: Their defense is probably why Daniel Jones is making forty

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Speaker 3: million dollars a year right now. So it is not

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Speaker 3: a good unit, you know. And I thinky have gotten worse.

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Speaker 3: They trade Zadarius Smith with seventy pressures from last year.

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Speaker 1: No, I totally agree.

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Speaker 3: you know, the quote unquote analytics GM in Minnesota probably

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Speaker 2: to get the number one pick if we play this right.

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Speaker 2: And I know that you're worried about your job and

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Speaker 2: by being bad. How do you convince a GM hey, man,

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Speaker 2: could you, hey, Atlanta, you need a quarterback? You're not

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Speaker 2: getting Kirk Cousins. Do you want Justin Fields? He played

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Speaker 2: at Georgia, Like, is that even a thought process for

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Speaker 2: someone like Chicago?

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Speaker 3: I think it probably could be. I mean, I played

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Speaker 3: at Georgia also in that run game, with Arthur Smith.

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Speaker 3: I mean they might have five thousand rushing yards. I

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Speaker 3: don't have any passing yard they would have, but they'd

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Speaker 3: be a whole lot of fun to watch on the ground.

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Speaker 1: So I do.

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Speaker 3: I think, frankly to a degree, when Ryan Poles took over,

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Speaker 3: he knew this was a full tear down and start over.

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Speaker 3: I mean, you trade away Khalil Mack the first week

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Speaker 3: you're there, You trade ro quand Smith, you trade Robert Quinn,

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Speaker 3: You move on from a lot of price here veterans

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Speaker 3: on this roster. You know, let Allen Robinson walk all

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Speaker 3: these things. Most of the decisions I think have looked

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Speaker 3: pretty good. I know Klimack had six sacks this past weekend,

624
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Speaker 3: but he has not really been a difference maker in

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Speaker 3: a lot of games for the Charges so far in

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Speaker 3: his tenure. So I thought Poles always had his eyes

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Speaker 3: on twenty twenty four. I'm not super convinced he actually

628
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Speaker 3: ever thought Justin Fields was the guy. Look, he did

629
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Speaker 3: trade down in this draft class. He could have taken

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Speaker 3: Bryce Young or CJ. Stroud or Anthony Richardson. But this

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Speaker 3: upcoming class, you might have two top five picks your

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Speaker 3: own and Carolina's they have over one hundred million dollars

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Speaker 3: in cap space. You have dj more now to help

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Speaker 3: out a young quarterback. You have a top ten pick

635
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Speaker 3: tackle already in Darnell Wright. I think the way you

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Speaker 3: convince him is you tell him I need to see

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Speaker 3: growth and good play from these young players who might

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Speaker 3: lose a lot of games.

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Speaker 1: But if I see, you.

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Speaker 3: Know, all these guys Kyler Gordon and Jacon Brisker and

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Speaker 3: the defensive lineman this year, Javon Dexter and John all Wright,

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Speaker 3: like if they play well, you'll get more runway. The

643
00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:57,720
Speaker 3: issue is like a lot of those guys aren't playing

644
00:30:57,800 --> 00:30:58,840
Speaker 3: very good football either.

645
00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:01,800
Speaker 2: I saw the Pro Football focused numbers for the Bears

646
00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:06,520
Speaker 2: defensive line. Oh my gosh, Brad, it's brutal. Now right

647
00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:09,320
Speaker 2: looks like a solid right tackle. Do you think he

648
00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:12,680
Speaker 2: could be a left because if he is not, because

649
00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:14,560
Speaker 2: then the question becomes, like what do you Let's say

650
00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:16,680
Speaker 2: Carolina wins three games and you get the first and

651
00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:18,480
Speaker 2: second pick. It's not out of the realm right now,

652
00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:22,400
Speaker 2: they're they're one and two. You could obviously trade that

653
00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:25,720
Speaker 2: pick for a slide down. Let somebody wants Drake May.

654
00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:29,720
Speaker 2: You could take a left tackle to the kid from

655
00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:31,360
Speaker 2: Notre Dame and there's a kid at Penn State, Like

656
00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:34,600
Speaker 2: there's you know, there's there's good tackles. Or do you

657
00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:37,200
Speaker 2: go for a Marvin Harrison and say, like DJ Moore

658
00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:39,080
Speaker 2: is nice, but Marvin Harrison could be our Jamar Chase

659
00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:42,840
Speaker 2: justin Jefferson. It's a tough discussion, and it's very early.

660
00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:45,840
Speaker 2: The calendar's October. But but Brad, we gotta talk like

661
00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:47,680
Speaker 2: what are you thinking if you're the Bears right now?

662
00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:50,720
Speaker 3: Yeah it is super early, but yeah, it's it's it's

663
00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:54,520
Speaker 3: firmly on there itinerary, you know, as as of today. Look,

664
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Speaker 3: I think you do have two really really good prospects

665
00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:59,280
Speaker 3: in Olufashano at Penn State and Joe Alton Notre Dame.

666
00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:01,400
Speaker 3: Guys that I think our plug and play starters at

667
00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:03,920
Speaker 3: left tackle. You know, it's a hard adjustment to the NFL,

668
00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:05,840
Speaker 3: but I think they start right out of the gate

669
00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:08,320
Speaker 3: and then you might have both bookends solved. You probably

670
00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:11,280
Speaker 3: could convince yourself though. Braxton Jones, who's now hurt for

671
00:32:11,280 --> 00:32:13,200
Speaker 3: the Bears, it's unfortunately has a neck injury, gonna be

672
00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:14,880
Speaker 3: out for a while, but Poles took him in the

673
00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:17,200
Speaker 3: fifth round last year. He's greted out pretty well for

674
00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:19,480
Speaker 3: us at left tackle. Is he on the caliber of

675
00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:22,040
Speaker 3: those players? No, But if you believe in him getting

676
00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:25,680
Speaker 3: better both healthily and playing better football, adding a Marvin

677
00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:28,760
Speaker 3: Harrison or even a Romeo Dunsee at Washington or some

678
00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:31,160
Speaker 3: of the other players keyon Coleman at Florida State and

679
00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:34,840
Speaker 3: having those two guys and DJ Moore and improving this

680
00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:38,200
Speaker 3: offensive line a bit more organically, that's a perfect scenario

681
00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:40,640
Speaker 3: for a young quarterback to step into. I probably lean

682
00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:43,760
Speaker 3: the playmaker over the offensive lineman, but I think you

683
00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:44,680
Speaker 3: could argue it either way.

684
00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:48,280
Speaker 2: I am curious where are you on the inability of

685
00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:51,440
Speaker 2: Chicago to ever find a quarterback? Now, I don't want

686
00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:54,920
Speaker 2: to hear this. Like it's windy, it's cold, like Green

687
00:32:55,000 --> 00:33:00,000
Speaker 2: Bay had varv and Rogers and like you know, twenty five,

688
00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:02,280
Speaker 2: there's a greatness at quarterback in a cold weather city.

689
00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:05,880
Speaker 2: Why hasn't Chicago ever been able to develop a quarterback?

690
00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:08,760
Speaker 2: Who's the best quarterback they've had? Rex Grossman, Jim McMahon like.

691
00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:12,640
Speaker 3: I don't know, Yeah, Jake Cutler, I mean you're asking

692
00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:15,680
Speaker 3: a bear stand You've got a Bears newspaper right here

693
00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:18,120
Speaker 3: is the Chicago Tribune from nineteen eighty five in my background.

694
00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:20,600
Speaker 3: So I could talk about this topic for the next

695
00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:22,440
Speaker 3: hour and a half if you wanted to, But no,

696
00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:24,640
Speaker 3: I mean, I think that the main thing comes down

697
00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:28,480
Speaker 3: to is they've never had an organizational stability from the

698
00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:31,160
Speaker 3: top down to bring a quarterback into a good situation.

699
00:33:31,560 --> 00:33:34,840
Speaker 3: Both with Trubisky and with fields. You're firing coaches, you're

700
00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:38,760
Speaker 3: firing gms early on in their tenure, You're changing play callers.

701
00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:42,280
Speaker 3: There's never actually been a system in place to build

702
00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:45,280
Speaker 3: around the young quarterback like you're looking right now. In Houston,

703
00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:48,080
Speaker 3: they bring in Bobby Slowick. That offense has been remarkable.

704
00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:51,240
Speaker 3: They're seconding yards after the catch behind the Miami Dolphins

705
00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:53,640
Speaker 3: right now. They've been missing a ton of offensive linemen.

706
00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:56,920
Speaker 3: You look at Indianapolis, Shane Stikeen comes from Philadelphia. We've

707
00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:59,480
Speaker 3: seen a lot of good already from Anthony Richardson. They've

708
00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:03,040
Speaker 3: either hirghed, you know, retread coaches like John Fox. They've hired,

709
00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:04,760
Speaker 3: you know, all due respect to matd ebra flu Is,

710
00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:07,360
Speaker 3: a fifty two year old defensive coordinator. That's the guy

711
00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:10,440
Speaker 3: who's gonna unlock justin fields like. I don't mean that disrespectful.

712
00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:12,919
Speaker 3: I mean the defense is also dead last in every category.

713
00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:15,359
Speaker 3: But but it's not just the quarterback. You need a

714
00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:18,800
Speaker 3: general manager, a president, a head coach that their number

715
00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:22,480
Speaker 3: one goal is maximizing the situation around the quarterback.

716
00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:23,600
Speaker 1: That's never happened.

717
00:34:24,080 --> 00:34:26,440
Speaker 2: Yeah, just got to be disappointing, all right, Two quick games.

718
00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:28,359
Speaker 2: I see the Miami Dolphins are eleven and a half

719
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:31,120
Speaker 2: point favorites against the Giants. This is one of those

720
00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:34,480
Speaker 2: weird games where it's like, oh, nobody's betting the Giants

721
00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:37,320
Speaker 2: because they just got you know, deep pants on national

722
00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:40,279
Speaker 2: television and Daniel Jones is a dumpster fire. But like

723
00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:43,520
Speaker 2: Miami's coming off a loss. You know, I don't see

724
00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:46,160
Speaker 2: the Giants with I think two rookies on the outside.

725
00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:48,200
Speaker 2: You know, Banks has cooked a few times they threw

726
00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:50,520
Speaker 2: at him. I don't see how the Giants stop him.

727
00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:52,480
Speaker 2: But eleven and a half is a huge number to cover.

728
00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:55,319
Speaker 3: It's massive, and I do kind of want to be

729
00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:57,319
Speaker 3: contrarian with you, but I thought this was a get

730
00:34:57,360 --> 00:34:59,480
Speaker 3: right spot for the Giants against Seattle. I thought they

731
00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:01,960
Speaker 3: had a chance to at least score points. I mean,

732
00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:04,319
Speaker 3: the Seattle Seahawks had five sacks through the first three

733
00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:06,600
Speaker 3: weeks coming to this game. They had eleven last night.

734
00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:09,040
Speaker 3: I mean, they made them look like the nineteen eighty

735
00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:11,359
Speaker 3: five Bears. It's not a good defense were they were

736
00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:14,040
Speaker 3: fourth worst and EPA per play allowed they were fourth

737
00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:17,000
Speaker 3: worst and success rate allowed, so you know, efficiency wise

738
00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:19,600
Speaker 3: and staying ahead of the chains wise, this was a

739
00:35:19,719 --> 00:35:22,560
Speaker 3: very bad defense. I mean, Andy Dalton scored twenty seven

740
00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:25,560
Speaker 3: points on Seattle last week with I think a worse

741
00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:29,279
Speaker 3: offensive line and probably worst pass catchers than Daniel Jones has.

742
00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:32,680
Speaker 3: So I'm very, very concerned about them. Like you said,

743
00:35:32,719 --> 00:35:34,799
Speaker 3: you probably get Andrew Thomas back at left tackle, who's

744
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:36,479
Speaker 3: by far the best player on this unit.

745
00:35:36,520 --> 00:35:39,200
Speaker 1: But I mean Miami might score. That's the last piece.

746
00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:41,840
Speaker 3: Kevon Tibeaux also had a good game last night, two sacks,

747
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:42,840
Speaker 3: almost had the interception.

748
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:45,120
Speaker 1: But they've been so low in pressure rate.

749
00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:46,640
Speaker 3: They blitz at the highest rate in the NFL our

750
00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:50,160
Speaker 3: second highest behind Minnesota, and Tua also gets the ball

751
00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:52,480
Speaker 3: out in two point two seconds, fastest in the NFL.

752
00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:54,799
Speaker 3: They're just going to carve up the blitz if that's

753
00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:55,960
Speaker 3: what wake Martin Dale wants to do.

754
00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:59,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, matchup wise wink war and he only knows how

755
00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:01,440
Speaker 2: to blitz. He doesn't do anything else. You do that

756
00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:03,480
Speaker 2: against Tua and Tyreek Hill and Waller is just going

757
00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:05,600
Speaker 2: to roast you. I don't know, we'll see final game.

758
00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:07,400
Speaker 2: I got to ask you about this. My Jets in

759
00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:10,200
Speaker 2: a Nathaniel Hackett revenge spot, if that's such a thing,

760
00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:14,480
Speaker 2: faces off in Denver against the Broncos. Sean Payton obviously

761
00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:17,360
Speaker 2: had the comments in the offseason. Denver's defense looks just

762
00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:19,839
Speaker 2: hemorrhaging yards to everyone, including the Bears. I mean they

763
00:36:19,840 --> 00:36:23,799
Speaker 2: made Justin Fields look at MVP candidate. I don't know.

764
00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:26,279
Speaker 2: I already bet the Jets in this one. It's not

765
00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:28,279
Speaker 2: an overreaction to what I saw against the Chiefs. It

766
00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:31,160
Speaker 2: is just a fade of Denver's defense. I don't know

767
00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:32,120
Speaker 2: where are you in this game?

768
00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:34,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, this is the worst defense in the NFL.

769
00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:36,759
Speaker 3: I mean, Justin Fields was sixteen or seventeen for two

770
00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:39,080
Speaker 3: hundred and thirty five yards and three touchdowns in the

771
00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:42,279
Speaker 3: first half of this game. He had three passing touchdowns

772
00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:44,680
Speaker 3: a total on the season, and he hadn't had a

773
00:36:44,719 --> 00:36:46,560
Speaker 3: game with two hundred and thirty passing yards for the

774
00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:48,879
Speaker 3: full game before he put up that in the first

775
00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:51,960
Speaker 3: half alone. So their bottom five for US in pressure rate,

776
00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:53,800
Speaker 3: So that's going to be a huge, you know, asset

777
00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:56,960
Speaker 3: as well. Like they're gonna have time behind this offensive line.

778
00:36:57,080 --> 00:36:59,160
Speaker 3: I do think Mkai Beck, din An Avt and even

779
00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:02,120
Speaker 3: Joe Tittman like have played better football. And look, I

780
00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:04,240
Speaker 3: will overreact. I thought that was the best Zack Wilson

781
00:37:04,239 --> 00:37:06,560
Speaker 3: has ever played. I don't know what they decided to

782
00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:09,200
Speaker 3: let him do. That is a good Ken City Chief defense.

783
00:37:09,239 --> 00:37:11,319
Speaker 3: It is a good unit. They have talent across the

784
00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:13,840
Speaker 3: board at all three levels. They have very good corners

785
00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:16,719
Speaker 3: and Wilson was throwing back shoulder balls away from coverage.

786
00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:18,440
Speaker 3: He was trusting his eyes, he was getting the ball

787
00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:21,440
Speaker 3: out quickly. I actually already bet at the over forty one.

788
00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:22,920
Speaker 3: I think it's forty three and a half now, so

789
00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:24,759
Speaker 3: a little bit of closing line value there, but I

790
00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:27,840
Speaker 3: cannot believe I bet at Jets Bronco's over in the moment.

791
00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:30,600
Speaker 1: But it's looking good so far.

792
00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:33,399
Speaker 2: Last year very low scoring. I don't think anybody cracked twenty.

793
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:34,800
Speaker 2: That was the game where Breeze Hall broke off the

794
00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:38,680
Speaker 2: run and then got injured. Sucked. Let me ask about

795
00:37:38,719 --> 00:37:41,080
Speaker 2: Zach Wilson. So we know he cannot read his zone

796
00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:43,000
Speaker 2: at all. The Patriots threw his zone at him. He

797
00:37:43,040 --> 00:37:46,760
Speaker 2: was befuddled. Dan Quinn mixed coverages and he really struggled.

798
00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:48,480
Speaker 2: The one time he got May and Garrett Wilson breaks

799
00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:51,759
Speaker 2: off like a sixty five yard touchdown. Spagnolo blitzed and

800
00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:55,640
Speaker 2: left his corners on islands a lot. I am curious, like,

801
00:37:56,640 --> 00:37:59,239
Speaker 2: are people overreacting to Zach wasn't playing well or did

802
00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:01,319
Speaker 2: he just play well because of the defense he faced

803
00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:02,200
Speaker 2: which was manned?

804
00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:04,520
Speaker 1: Man does help, right?

805
00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:06,319
Speaker 3: I mean, I think you know he's again He's a

806
00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:08,279
Speaker 3: guy that I think struggles with you know, if it's

807
00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:10,080
Speaker 3: too high shell and the guys are sitting back in

808
00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:13,120
Speaker 3: off coverage, afraid to pull the trigger where if he

809
00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:14,840
Speaker 3: thinks the guy's gonna win a one on one, or

810
00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:17,040
Speaker 3: he can throw it to a spot where only that

811
00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:19,800
Speaker 3: guy's going to be Look vance Joseph in Denver is

812
00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:21,279
Speaker 3: gonna sit back on a ton of zone. I mean

813
00:38:21,280 --> 00:38:23,400
Speaker 3: they have our lowest graded corner and our fifth lowest

814
00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:26,680
Speaker 3: graded corner in the entire NFL. Opposite of Patrick Certain

815
00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:28,640
Speaker 3: he's trying to protect those guys as much as he

816
00:38:28,680 --> 00:38:32,160
Speaker 3: possibly can. Safety Justin Simmons, who's an awesome ballhawk, has

817
00:38:32,200 --> 00:38:35,000
Speaker 3: been hurt this year as well. But yeah, that is

818
00:38:35,040 --> 00:38:36,799
Speaker 3: a good point because we saw that also from Justin

819
00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:39,640
Speaker 3: Fields last year. Actually much better attacking man through the

820
00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:43,080
Speaker 3: air also would take off on scrambles because man cover

821
00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:45,600
Speaker 3: corners are playing a trail technique and aren't facing him.

822
00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:47,480
Speaker 3: That that kind of took that element of his game

823
00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:49,799
Speaker 3: out as well. Yeah, it would be good to see

824
00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:52,080
Speaker 3: Wilson do it again against the zone coverage defense. But

825
00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:54,440
Speaker 3: I think the big thing is just he's gonna have

826
00:38:54,520 --> 00:38:56,880
Speaker 3: time in the pocket, and he seemed like he trusted

827
00:38:56,920 --> 00:38:59,560
Speaker 3: that more in this past game than any game he

828
00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:00,360
Speaker 3: had before.

829
00:39:00,719 --> 00:39:04,440
Speaker 2: Interesting, So does PFF have anything on like the number

830
00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:07,680
Speaker 2: of like the percentage of plays that say Vance Joseph

831
00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:10,080
Speaker 2: threw a zone at Justin Fields? Like how was fields

832
00:39:10,120 --> 00:39:12,839
Speaker 2: able to go from like this guy's wash, he's done.

833
00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:15,759
Speaker 2: He's cooked to sixteen of seventeen and a half for

834
00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:17,960
Speaker 2: two hundred yards in Annie looked amazing.

835
00:39:18,920 --> 00:39:19,080
Speaker 1: Yeah.

836
00:39:19,120 --> 00:39:21,440
Speaker 3: Know, the Broncos are top five Indian, our top ten

837
00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:24,040
Speaker 3: in like cover three quarters, cover six, Like they really

838
00:39:24,080 --> 00:39:25,879
Speaker 3: just sit back and soft zone you know, I think

839
00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:28,239
Speaker 3: Field's honestly kind of had an f type game. You

840
00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:30,880
Speaker 3: know that we probably saw from Zach Wilson as well.

841
00:39:31,520 --> 00:39:33,480
Speaker 3: You know, I'll say this too, like they they finally

842
00:39:33,680 --> 00:39:35,759
Speaker 3: when you bench Chase Claypool. I know, people kind of

843
00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:37,480
Speaker 3: you know, laugh at stuff like this, but you have

844
00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:39,799
Speaker 3: good perimeter blocking. That's what you add when you bring

845
00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:42,560
Speaker 3: in Ecuademia Saint Brown. They got their run game going

846
00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:44,759
Speaker 3: early as well. Khaleil Herbert had a bunch of big

847
00:39:44,760 --> 00:39:46,800
Speaker 3: holes in the first half, and then I think Fields

848
00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:48,440
Speaker 3: just felt comfortable throwing off of that.

849
00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:50,280
Speaker 1: DJ Moore was wide open.

850
00:39:50,560 --> 00:39:52,839
Speaker 3: They had many more crossing routes over the middle, which

851
00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:54,840
Speaker 3: was also something that Zach Wilson He's.

852
00:39:54,719 --> 00:39:56,360
Speaker 1: Got to be more comfortable doing. Like you can't.

853
00:39:56,440 --> 00:39:58,560
Speaker 3: You can't throw back shoulder balls on every single throw.

854
00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:00,560
Speaker 3: At a certain point, you got to throw the guy

855
00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:03,960
Speaker 3: over the middle through traffic, you know, layered over a

856
00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:06,240
Speaker 3: linebacker in the second level and let a guy catch.

857
00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:07,440
Speaker 1: The ball with room to operate.

858
00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:09,840
Speaker 3: That was the best thing we saw Fields do was

859
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:11,680
Speaker 3: there were a ton of yards after the catch. I

860
00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:14,960
Speaker 3: mean also he completed eight passes of ten plus yards

861
00:40:14,960 --> 00:40:18,040
Speaker 3: downfield in the first half. He had seven completions on

862
00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:20,640
Speaker 3: balls thrown ten plus yards downfield the entire season.

863
00:40:21,080 --> 00:40:23,440
Speaker 1: He was just letting it rip and it was working.

864
00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:26,839
Speaker 2: Interesting. I know, Bills fans will be upset. Jason were

865
00:40:26,880 --> 00:40:28,520
Speaker 2: on top of the league. You didn't even talk about him.

866
00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:31,440
Speaker 2: I don't know, Bills looked amazing dismantling Miami, but I

867
00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:33,160
Speaker 2: mean a lot of people had that we had that game.

868
00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:35,719
Speaker 2: I don't are the Bills the best team in the

869
00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:38,080
Speaker 2: league right now or does it even matter? Or do

870
00:40:38,080 --> 00:40:39,840
Speaker 2: you still lean like a Niners.

871
00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:43,160
Speaker 3: During the conversation. I probably still would lean a Niners.

872
00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:45,239
Speaker 3: I mean, look, the Bill's defense has looked very good,

873
00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:47,359
Speaker 3: and they are getting Von Miller back, but I still

874
00:40:47,400 --> 00:40:51,560
Speaker 3: have concerns against a better offense against that secondary. I mean,

875
00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:54,080
Speaker 3: obviously the Miami Dolphins have been remarkable, but you did

876
00:40:54,080 --> 00:40:56,240
Speaker 3: still see you know, a couple splash plays.

877
00:40:56,440 --> 00:40:57,359
Speaker 1: Jenel Wadall still not.

878
00:40:57,280 --> 00:40:59,279
Speaker 3: One hundred percent healthy in that game, but Tyreek got

879
00:40:59,320 --> 00:41:01,880
Speaker 3: open a bunch and they were able to push the ball,

880
00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:04,200
Speaker 3: especially you know the first couple drives. I mean, Devon

881
00:41:04,360 --> 00:41:07,319
Speaker 3: h Chan and Tyreek Kill were running wide open. So

882
00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:09,800
Speaker 3: still some concerns. You lose Tredavius White now for the

883
00:41:09,840 --> 00:41:11,880
Speaker 3: season with the Torney A cl You know, their safeties

884
00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:14,000
Speaker 3: are both in their mid thirties and keep missing games.

885
00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:17,239
Speaker 3: I do have question marks against the team that can

886
00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:19,600
Speaker 3: hold up up front with the offensive line. Can they

887
00:41:19,640 --> 00:41:21,759
Speaker 3: pick up part that secondary a little bit? We haven't

888
00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:22,040
Speaker 3: seen it.

889
00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:23,560
Speaker 1: Yet, but I think a good team is going to

890
00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:24,800
Speaker 1: be able to do that against the Bills.

891
00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:26,759
Speaker 2: Oh, I did forget to ask you, Brad about Joe

892
00:41:26,840 --> 00:41:29,120
Speaker 2: Burrow and the Bengals. I don't think I've wifsed on

893
00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:31,080
Speaker 2: our team this year. I mean I missed on Pittsburgh.

894
00:41:31,080 --> 00:41:33,880
Speaker 2: I thought they'd be better, but Burrow for some reason,

895
00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:36,399
Speaker 2: I don't know. We are we still blaming the CAF because,

896
00:41:36,480 --> 00:41:39,400
Speaker 2: like Jamar Chase is complaining that, I'm always open. T

897
00:41:39,600 --> 00:41:42,439
Speaker 2: Higgins was like a non factory. He's got the broken rib.

898
00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:44,719
Speaker 2: They spend all this money on the offensive line and

899
00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:47,960
Speaker 2: it still stinks. What the hell's wrong with the Bengals.

900
00:41:47,960 --> 00:41:49,960
Speaker 2: Can we just blame it on Zach Taylor and say, oh,

901
00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:51,359
Speaker 2: Bengals run him out of town or what?

902
00:41:52,239 --> 00:41:52,439
Speaker 1: Yeah?

903
00:41:52,480 --> 00:41:54,160
Speaker 3: I also picked them when Super Bowl, so I'm right

904
00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:55,960
Speaker 3: there with you. So I do think a lot of

905
00:41:55,960 --> 00:41:58,320
Speaker 3: this does fall on Zach Taylor. They've run one snap

906
00:41:58,320 --> 00:42:00,800
Speaker 3: of the entire season, not in shotgun, and yes that

907
00:42:00,920 --> 00:42:03,920
Speaker 3: is partially because of Joe Burrow's calf. But they run

908
00:42:03,960 --> 00:42:06,080
Speaker 3: the most eleven personnel you know, one tight end, one

909
00:42:06,120 --> 00:42:08,879
Speaker 3: running back in the NFL. It's basically all they do.

910
00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:11,360
Speaker 3: They don't have a viable tight end in the lineup,

911
00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:13,920
Speaker 3: so you realistically are just throwing these go balls to

912
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:17,200
Speaker 3: the te Higgins and Jamar Chase is a static offense.

913
00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:19,440
Speaker 3: It's a lazy offense with just like a lot of

914
00:42:19,560 --> 00:42:21,719
Speaker 3: nine routes and then not a lot of inbreakers, not

915
00:42:21,760 --> 00:42:24,880
Speaker 3: a ton going on elsewhere. You know, Joe Mixon is

916
00:42:24,880 --> 00:42:26,520
Speaker 3: gonna get his from time to time, but it's not

917
00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:28,480
Speaker 3: going to break off these massive gains anymore.

918
00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:29,440
Speaker 1: I still do.

919
00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:31,360
Speaker 3: They'll think a big part of it is that calf

920
00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:33,920
Speaker 3: you saw in the Rams game, and less so in Tennessee,

921
00:42:33,960 --> 00:42:36,240
Speaker 3: but still to a degree. As soon as he got pressure,

922
00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:37,960
Speaker 3: he would just throw the ball in the dirt like

923
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:40,440
Speaker 3: he had no trust in his own leg. And we

924
00:42:40,520 --> 00:42:43,319
Speaker 3: track something here called true scrambles, which is not just

925
00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:45,319
Speaker 3: when you run, but also when you scramble and then

926
00:42:45,400 --> 00:42:47,640
Speaker 3: throw the ball. Joe Burrow is the most efficient passer

927
00:42:47,719 --> 00:42:50,600
Speaker 3: in the entire NFL the last two seasons on true

928
00:42:50,600 --> 00:42:53,560
Speaker 3: scramble throws. You take that element out of his game,

929
00:42:53,880 --> 00:42:57,239
Speaker 3: his ability to operate outside of structure, and you lose

930
00:42:57,280 --> 00:42:59,080
Speaker 3: a massive element of this offense.

931
00:42:59,520 --> 00:43:02,000
Speaker 2: So what is a solution? Rest him so he gets healthy,

932
00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:04,560
Speaker 2: because at that point, you know, could go end up

933
00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:06,279
Speaker 2: going one to five. They're in Arizona this week. If

934
00:43:06,280 --> 00:43:08,719
Speaker 2: they lose this game, I mean at one in four,

935
00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:11,800
Speaker 2: it feels over. Raven's playing well, They're going to get healthy,

936
00:43:12,120 --> 00:43:16,200
Speaker 2: Brown should get Watson back. I don't know how do

937
00:43:16,239 --> 00:43:17,879
Speaker 2: you solve this.

938
00:43:17,680 --> 00:43:19,719
Speaker 3: This is a mustlin game, no question about it. I

939
00:43:19,760 --> 00:43:21,880
Speaker 3: think both sides in the trenches need to play better football.

940
00:43:22,040 --> 00:43:22,319
Speaker 1: He said.

941
00:43:22,320 --> 00:43:24,120
Speaker 3: We don't have to just blame the coaching or burrow

942
00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:27,040
Speaker 3: this defense. We've seen this defense bail the bill the

943
00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:29,160
Speaker 3: Bengals out in a lot of games the last couple

944
00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:32,440
Speaker 3: of years. They got no pressure against Ryan Tannehill, who

945
00:43:32,480 --> 00:43:34,400
Speaker 3: has one of the worst offensive lines in the NFL,

946
00:43:34,680 --> 00:43:36,600
Speaker 3: has been under siege in a lot of these games.

947
00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:39,359
Speaker 3: In the Cleveland game, he literally couldn't do anything. So

948
00:43:39,680 --> 00:43:43,239
Speaker 3: we need better, more consistent performances, particularly on the interior.

949
00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:45,360
Speaker 3: You know, I think from DJ Reader, who's been a

950
00:43:45,360 --> 00:43:47,840
Speaker 3: game wrecker at times, their young secondary has been getting

951
00:43:47,840 --> 00:43:49,440
Speaker 3: picked on a little bit as well. And then, like

952
00:43:49,480 --> 00:43:51,640
Speaker 3: you said, I mean the offensive line, the assign on

953
00:43:51,719 --> 00:43:54,359
Speaker 3: Orlando Brown. You have Jona Williams on the right side,

954
00:43:54,520 --> 00:43:56,719
Speaker 3: You make all these moves and they're still just as

955
00:43:56,760 --> 00:43:57,560
Speaker 3: bad as they've been.

956
00:43:58,040 --> 00:43:59,080
Speaker 1: They need to play better.

957
00:43:59,480 --> 00:44:02,440
Speaker 2: That's a rough one, all right. Bratzpielberger, pro football focused,

958
00:44:02,440 --> 00:44:04,760
Speaker 2: great stuff man and a continued success.

959
00:44:06,040 --> 00:44:06,920
Speaker 1: Thank you, appreciate it.