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Speaker 1: All right, guys. Before we get started today, a big

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Speaker 1: of The Final Drive alongside Haley Elwood and senior writer

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Speaker 1: Eric Smith. I'm Chris Harry. Chargers win in Week one,

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Speaker 1: twenty four nineteen against the Raiders. Guys, what a way

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Speaker 1: to start the twenty twenty two season for the Chargers. Haley,

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Speaker 1: I'll start with you because we always joke about this

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Speaker 1: podcast being named the Final Drive. How about the final

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Speaker 1: drive for the defense that Khalil Max sack his third

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Speaker 1: to want to know? Yeah, I was just pointing out

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Speaker 1: my Twitter because you tweeted yesterday wouldn't be Raiders charters

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Speaker 1: without a final drive in the fourth to decide it?

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Speaker 1: Of course, such as life twenty twenty two, We're back.

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Speaker 1: It felt kismet that that was how this game ended,

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Speaker 1: and Khalil Mack has talked all offseason long about not

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Speaker 1: really wanting to talk and just more wanting to show

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Speaker 1: what he can do and have his play do the

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Speaker 1: talking for him. And it certainly made a lot of

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Speaker 1: noise yesterday with three total sacks, and particularly that one

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Speaker 1: that came at the very end. Don't forget though, there

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Speaker 1: was that one right before too, and the defense was

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Speaker 1: just dominant. And I think that was a huge question

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Speaker 1: mark coming into this game, just how all these new

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Speaker 1: pieces would fit and work together, knowing that they made

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Speaker 1: such an investment on that side of the ball this offseason,

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Speaker 1: and after yesterday, looking at the production, the six total sacks,

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Speaker 1: the three interceptions, certainly looks like it's for real and

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Speaker 1: it's going to be a force out there this season.

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Speaker 1: It looked like a different unit from last year. And

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Speaker 1: I should mention Joe ready if the AP gonna join

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Speaker 1: us about ten minutes for a round table. But Eric,

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Speaker 1: your your overall thoughts on what you saw out of

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Speaker 1: this Chargers team. I didn't really have a read going

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Speaker 1: a pretty complete performance. Yeah, I would agree with that. Um,

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Speaker 1: you know, I think there's so so much unknown going

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Speaker 1: into Week one every season, and you know, players and

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Speaker 1: coaches talk about that last week entering the game against

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Speaker 1: the Raiders, just that you just don't know what you're

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Speaker 1: had a new head coach and new coordinators. There's just

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Speaker 1: a lot of unknowns. I thought it was a pretty

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Speaker 1: strong performance in week one, you know, I don't think

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Speaker 1: it was an A plus performance, and I think players

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Speaker 1: and coach would probably agree with that. But if you

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Speaker 1: can get a win in week one, especially in the

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Speaker 1: AfD West with how good that division is going to be,

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Speaker 1: you take it, you know, and you move on. But overall,

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Speaker 1: definitely more positive than the negative. You know, you got

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Speaker 1: I'm sure we're going into it two. But this is

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Speaker 1: and seeing Justin Herbert was incredible. I mean, and that's

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Speaker 1: probably like not news to YouTube, but to me, he

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Speaker 1: was fantastic and I can't wait to watch him for

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Speaker 1: the rect of the year. Yeah. His first touchdown goes

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Speaker 1: to early Offensive Rookie of the Year candidate Xander Horveth.

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Speaker 1: I think everybody had that one, right. Everyone had Zander

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Speaker 1: was DeAndre Carter, and it was Gerald Everett Haley, three

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Speaker 1: and it just it kind of proves what we've talked

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Speaker 1: doesn't matter if you're Keenan Allen or Mike Williams or

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Speaker 1: when your star receiver gets hurt, exits the game, Okay, whatever,

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Speaker 1: Like you said of Justin Herbert, he is going to

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Speaker 1: Year Xander Horvath probably had a couple of key blocks too.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna keep that going, especially if he scores Thursday

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Speaker 1: night Narrowhead. All right, that's that's gonna be a thing.

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Speaker 1: Keep it rolling, all right, guys, we have so much

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Speaker 1: Ready of the Associated Press. All Right, something we're gonna

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Speaker 1: a bat writer for a round table. And today it's

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Speaker 1: Joe Ready Associated Press. Joe Chargers win twenty four nineteen,

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Speaker 1: this is the matchup that we've had circled all off season. Eric,

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Speaker 1: you had to get a win against the Raiders to

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Speaker 1: put yourself in a good position against the Chiefs, and

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Speaker 1: here we are, both teams winning in week one. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm excited for it, you know. From Afar, Charger chief

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Speaker 1: have been really fun to watch as an outsider, So

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Speaker 1: I can't wait for third today night. Uh. Joe kind

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Speaker 1: of touched on it right, like two top tier quarterbacks

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Speaker 1: going at it primetime in a great environment at Arrowhead.

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Speaker 1: I'm excited to see it. You know, there are a

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Speaker 1: lot of questions I think are about the Chief's offense

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Speaker 1: coming into week one. How are they going to do

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Speaker 1: without Tyreek Hill. They looked all right, you know, they

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Speaker 1: looked okay with forty four points and you know, five

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Speaker 1: touchdown from the homes Um. I think what I'm excited

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Speaker 1: to see is, you know how Brandon Daily's schemes against

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Speaker 1: this new look offense UM, because it's different than what

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Speaker 1: we've seen in the past with Tyreek Um. You know

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Speaker 1: we talked about Derwin last segment. Where where is he at?

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Speaker 1: You know? Um? Does do JC play? Uh? And and

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Speaker 1: who does he lock up on? Um? You know, it's

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Speaker 1: only week two, but it feels like a really important game,

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Speaker 1: and if the Chargers can get this one kind of

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Speaker 1: like what Joe said, they're playing with house money. Uh,

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Speaker 1: They're two and o heading into this mini by next week,

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Speaker 1: it's it's it's all good vibes here in Southern California. Hailey,

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Speaker 1: What kind of statement would it be if the Chargers

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Speaker 1: start the year two and oh in the AFCUS this

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Speaker 1: division that everybody has been saying is maybe the toughest

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Speaker 1: division of football over the last decade or so. I mean,

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Speaker 1: to come out and to beat the Raiders and Chiefs.

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Speaker 1: What do you think that would mean for this team?

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Speaker 1: I think it would be huge. I think it would

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Speaker 1: be gigantic. But I'm going to be the one to

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Speaker 1: pump it back just a little bit because it is

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Speaker 1: still so early in the season, right and you obviously, look,

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Speaker 1: you want to win these games. These are the games

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Speaker 1: that you want to win because, as we've talked many

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Speaker 1: years now, they almost count double because of the divisional implications.

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Speaker 1: But you got to win them on the back end

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Speaker 1: of the year or two you got to win them

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Speaker 1: later on at the same time. And I think, to me,

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Speaker 1: almost though, it's good to get a couple of these

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Speaker 1: games out of the way early because everything is so new,

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Speaker 1: you don't really know what to expect, and teams that

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Speaker 1: you see in weeks one and two were going to

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Speaker 1: look vastly different when you see them later on on

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Speaker 1: the road in the season Broncos come up in mid October.

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Speaker 1: But I think, though, regardless of that, you want to

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Speaker 1: win these games, and it would be huge because you

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Speaker 1: at least have the leg up in the division, and

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Speaker 1: what's the easiest path to the playoffs, right, winning your division,

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Speaker 1: which is something this Chargers team has not done in many,

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Speaker 1: many years, and it's been dominated by the Chiefs. So

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Speaker 1: I'm excited, though, I will say, to get back to

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Speaker 1: a night game at Kansas City. It's been a minute

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Speaker 1: since we've had one of those. We obviously know. I'm

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Speaker 1: sure that Mike Williams touchdown is going to be rerun

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Speaker 1: a million times because we always see it. But it's

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Speaker 1: exciting to get back. I think the atmosphere is going

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Speaker 1: to be great. And I think just seeing Justin Herbert,

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Speaker 1: who won yeah at Arrowhead last year in what was

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Speaker 1: that Week three? Three? Yeah, yeah, week three early on,

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Speaker 1: but again him in that night mode, turn on the

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Speaker 1: night mode, dark Mode. It's going to be really fun

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Speaker 1: to see all of that, all of that happen. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: a primetime Justin Herbert has typically been pretty good over

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Speaker 1: the last couple of years, right, I'd say so. Uh

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Speaker 1: Mahobes and Herbert combined for eight touchdowns and no picks

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Speaker 1: in Week one, and I alluded to it with Jeff Eric.

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Speaker 1: I mean, if Prime Video was picking a game to

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Speaker 1: kick off their brand new broadcast Chargers chiefs at Arrowheaded

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Speaker 1: the home opener for Kansas City against Justin Herbert. I'd

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Speaker 1: say that's pretty good. That's why they picked it right,

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Speaker 1: That's why the game was an ounce month ago. And

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Speaker 1: with all the fanfare. You know, if you're gonna have

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Speaker 1: this prime video game, you know, with with all eyes

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Speaker 1: on it, you want the quarterback matchup. And the Chargers

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Speaker 1: in chief definitely have that. Um, you know, there's something special.

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Speaker 1: I think about Arrowhead two and we mentioned Herbert being

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Speaker 1: two and oh there. I just I just think that

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Speaker 1: the Chargers can make a statement going on the road

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Speaker 1: because Hayley that it the chief that just owned this

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Speaker 1: division for years, and I think it'll be a massive

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Speaker 1: statement if the Chargers can win. You know, with that

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Speaker 1: they win these games and give yourself the belief you

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Speaker 1: can do it. And you know week two, but if

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Speaker 1: you're if you're up a game already against Casey going

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Speaker 1: into week three, that's where you want to be. And

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Speaker 1: I'll say this, I think in September, September so wacky.

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Speaker 1: He saw some of the scores around the league yesterday.

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Speaker 1: I think teams are trying to figure out who they

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Speaker 1: are and if you can win while figuring out who

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Speaker 1: you are and getting more chemistry. I mean, keep in mind,

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Speaker 1: we saw six sex and three interceptions yesterday, Hailey, and

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Speaker 1: these guys had never played in a game before. I mean,

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Speaker 1: half the defense is brand new. So if that's what

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Speaker 1: it looks like week one, you know, I'm not expecting

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Speaker 1: that every week obviously, but you would think guys get

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Speaker 1: more comfortable with each other as the season goes on.

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Speaker 1: That seems to be sort of the vibe. And when

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Speaker 1: you talk about the comfort, I'm gonna kind of dabble

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Speaker 1: off the field for a second and just talk about

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Speaker 1: the camaraderie too, because you've also heard this all off season,

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Speaker 1: all throughout camp that these new editions, guys like Joey

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Speaker 1: Bosa have said they felt like they've been here for years.

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Speaker 1: And when I hear someone like Joey say that, you

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Speaker 1: stop and think. And this was prior to them even

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Speaker 1: playing a game together. This was prior to them even

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Speaker 1: suiting up together for the first time. So knowing that

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Speaker 1: and how he felt that way, then you get in

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Speaker 1: a game and you have the production that you have,

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Speaker 1: I think that's huge and I think it'll only pay

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Speaker 1: dividends for weeks to come. Like you said, all of

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Speaker 1: this isn't going to always happen every week. We know

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Speaker 1: that the NFL, there's no perfect season besides the seventy

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Speaker 1: two Dolphins, and lord, that's insane and difficult to match

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Speaker 1: and no one's done it since. But at the same time,

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Speaker 1: just being able to put it together in week one

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Speaker 1: and build off of it, that's what you want. Well,

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Speaker 1: a good first week for Chargers fans. We'll be back

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Speaker 1: actually Friday, So the Final Drive you see on Mondays

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Speaker 1: not this week. We'll do it Friday morning after Chargers

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Speaker 1: Chiefs on Prime Video for Eric Smith and Haley Yell.

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Speaker 1: Would I'm Chris Hayry. This has been week one of

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Speaker 1: the Final Drive. H