1 00:00:01,520 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 1: Protection again, launchdown, Triel, watch wait open touchdown. Hurts keeps 2 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 1: the ram the edge and Benson backdown, fighting for the angel. 3 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 1: Want to run touch I'm Philadelphia. The second of the 4 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:24,480 Speaker 1: night for hurts. Plis cousins to the angel, an interceptid. 5 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 1: What a night for cherious sledge. He's got a second 6 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 1: and the eagles have their fur to the night. Sometimes 7 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:38,239 Speaker 1: that highlight package captures the entire game so well, and 8 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:43,519 Speaker 1: that one did. The Eagles get it done on Monday 9 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:47,279 Speaker 1: night football, the nightcap of the double header. I am 10 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 1: Greg Rosenthal. I'm alongside a reef Hassan of the pro 11 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 1: football network. He's covered the vikings for the athletic for 12 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 1: a while now, and a reef, welcome to the show. 13 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 1: And I say that a highlight package captured the game 14 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 1: so beautifully because it included a kirk cousins interception after 15 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 1: not handling the blitz. It included Jalen hurts making an 16 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:16,840 Speaker 1: absolutely sensational running play and if you listen like really hard, 17 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:21,399 Speaker 1: you could almost hear Troy Aikman disdainfully signed in the 18 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 1: background of the interception. and to me those were the 19 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 1: big stories of tonight's game. It was really not that competitive. 20 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:32,759 Speaker 1: I I was. I was stunned by that. Were you stunned, 21 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:38,279 Speaker 1: especially by the the vikings defenses inability in the first 22 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 1: half to even put up a fight? Yeah, I was. 23 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, I figured that the Vikings defense 24 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:47,639 Speaker 1: was kind of overrepresenting themselves against the packers first, because 25 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 1: packers week one. I think we're just gonna make a 26 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 1: thing of that now. But but um, I think that, 27 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 1: you know, going up against the team without its top receiver, 28 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:00,360 Speaker 1: that was already depleted a receiver and without, know it's 29 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 1: two tackles, you know, that allowed the Vikings defense probably 30 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 1: to to get a better reputation than it deserved. We 31 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 1: saw that against the eagles, who, you know, put out 32 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 1: a really good offensive line, had a great receiver and 33 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:13,520 Speaker 1: it just really all fell apart for the Vikings. They 34 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:15,399 Speaker 1: didn't really have a way of dealing with that. Yeah, 35 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:17,680 Speaker 1: you look at the final score and it's only twenty 36 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 1: four to seven, you think, okay, they didn't do that bad, 37 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 1: but the eagles definitely took their foot off the gas 38 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:24,680 Speaker 1: in the second half. They still ended up with twenty 39 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 1: five first downs in four hundred and eighty six yards. 40 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: I mean, Jalen hurts I believe leaved might have had 41 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 1: three more than three hundred total yards in the first 42 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 1: half alone. So I was getting flashbacks to the Michael 43 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 1: Vick six touchdown game in Washington on Monday night football, 44 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 1: because that's what this offense reminds me of at its peak. 45 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 1: And we've only seen two weeks so far. But jalen 46 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,360 Speaker 1: hurts is a special runner, a reef, and he got 47 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: it done throwing the ball tonight. Thirty one for three, 48 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 1: thirty three, UH and a touchdown. Also had an interception 49 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 1: and we can get into that, but I do want 50 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:04,680 Speaker 1: to start with the running because I do think that's 51 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker 1: where their offense starts. And the runnee had on the 52 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 1: goal line where he puts his foot into the ground incredible. 53 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 1: I mean he he runs like a running back and 54 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 1: then he also gets around the defender that's right in 55 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:19,079 Speaker 1: front of him and then he runs over another. Then 56 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:21,799 Speaker 1: the other touchdown, where any other quarterback in the league, 57 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 1: I think, other than maybe Josh Allen or Prime Cam Newton, 58 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 1: goes out of bounds there. But those are the only 59 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 1: guys that are considering going for the end zone there 60 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 1: and actually get it and reach for it. Jalen hurts 61 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 1: like to me that he didn't need like a coming 62 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 1: out party, but this felt a little bit like a 63 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 1: coming out party. Yeah, actually, Um, you brought you brought 64 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 1: Michael Vick and Cam Newton, and I wanted to bring 65 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 1: that up because it's like, well, you know, if you're 66 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:50,600 Speaker 1: an eagles fan, you've watched, you know, some running quarterbacks. 67 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 1: There's been a fair few. The most you know, recent, 68 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 1: electrifying warms Michael Vick, but he reminds me more of 69 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 1: Cam Newton the way that he can just power through 70 00:03:58,480 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 1: a lot of these runs. I mean like, yeah, he's 71 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 1: you know, he's fast, right, you know he's agile, you know, 72 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 1: that's all good, um, but his ability to just kind 73 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 1: of create, you know, seven, eight additional yards with a 74 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:11,000 Speaker 1: word none. That really reminds me of Cam Newton. That 75 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 1: was really incredible and it's Nice, you know, to have 76 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:14,480 Speaker 1: that in your arsenal. I think that a lot of 77 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:17,240 Speaker 1: people don't understand, like why would you go in shotgun 78 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:18,680 Speaker 1: at the goal? And also so you can run the 79 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:20,360 Speaker 1: read option with one of the best running quarterbacks in 80 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:23,640 Speaker 1: the NFL. Right, there are so few quarterbacks, I feel like, 81 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:27,039 Speaker 1: that could actually play running back if they really had to. 82 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 1: Almost none, and my my list would be too in 83 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 1: today's current NFL, would be Josh Allen. If you had to. 84 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:34,920 Speaker 1: I think could do it and I think hurts would 85 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 1: be even better and I've thought he's somehow underrated as 86 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 1: a rusher. I thought Lamar was like this going into 87 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 1: his second year. That the the advantage that hurts brings you, 88 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 1: because to me he is a special runner because of 89 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 1: the vision, because of the power, and that sets up 90 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:53,599 Speaker 1: the passing game. Yeah, miles sanders goes seventeen for eight 91 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 1: D he's been looking good this year, but it's set 92 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 1: up a passing game. Tonight, a reef, where got it, 93 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 1: goes five for E D Two, Vante Smith's seven for eight, 94 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:04,720 Speaker 1: a j Brown five for sixty nine. Quez Watkins has 95 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:06,600 Speaker 1: that big play and goes to for sixty nine. So 96 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 1: four receivers go over sixty five yards. And kind of 97 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:14,480 Speaker 1: what did you see out of the Vikings? And then 98 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:17,040 Speaker 1: what did you see out of the Eagles passing game? 99 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 1: That that really made it feel like it was kind 100 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 1: of easy pickings and hurts really could have whoever he 101 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 1: wanted throughout the night. Yeah, I mean I'll cop to this. 102 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:28,280 Speaker 1: I thought that, you know, before he transferred Oklahoma that 103 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 1: Jalen hurts his best position in the NFL was running back. 104 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:32,280 Speaker 1: I thought, you know, he should have just been a 105 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 1: running back, but you know, I guess, Guess Lincoln Riley 106 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 1: did something correctly there and was able to turn get better. 107 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:40,919 Speaker 1: That's the thing. You know, it we really underrated. A 108 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:43,480 Speaker 1: Lot guys get pro coaching and they're doing it as 109 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 1: their profession in the age. They get better. Yeah, right, absolutely, 110 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 1: and one of the things that, you know, makes them 111 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 1: he was always good at this both at Alabama Oklahoma 112 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 1: was his ability, particularly to you know, pick apart zones. 113 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:55,719 Speaker 1: And the thing is, when you're up against running quarterback, 114 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 1: a lot of teams like to play a little bit 115 00:05:57,520 --> 00:05:59,000 Speaker 1: more zone than they're used to so they can always 116 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:01,120 Speaker 1: have their eyes in the quarterback, can converge and if 117 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:03,119 Speaker 1: you've got a quarterback that's really good at picking apart 118 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:05,599 Speaker 1: those zones, Uh and and you can throw the ball, 119 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 1: which you know hurts seems to be able to do 120 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:09,359 Speaker 1: for these two weeks. You know that that's tough. You know, 121 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 1: the issue is that the Vikings Um you know, they 122 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 1: typically play like a match zone, which allows them to 123 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:16,240 Speaker 1: play a little bit of man coverage. Uh, and you know, 124 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:17,800 Speaker 1: I'll have to watch the tape back again, but it's 125 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 1: not like they it looked like they were playing a 126 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 1: little bit more of a standard landmark or dropback zone, 127 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 1: where they where they go to their spots and they 128 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 1: put the rise in the quarterback and that gives you 129 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 1: a lot less flexibility, puts, you know, your players in 130 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:32,120 Speaker 1: positions where you can just find the scenes in those 131 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 1: zones and pick them apart. And that's exactly what the 132 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 1: eagles receivers were trained to do. That's exactly where hurts 133 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:39,360 Speaker 1: put his eyes. Um, you know, he was probably not 134 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:40,919 Speaker 1: always going to his first read. He was going to 135 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:43,640 Speaker 1: a second or third read and and they and he knew, 136 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:45,160 Speaker 1: based off of, you know, the coverage, that he was 137 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 1: looking at where those zones might be. And so the 138 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:50,039 Speaker 1: Vikings are are very much a defense that relies on 139 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 1: disguise and if you if you have fewer tools available, 140 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,840 Speaker 1: was getting upset later in the game. UH, well, they 141 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:01,800 Speaker 1: normally are what they yeah, what I'm saying here is 142 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:04,520 Speaker 1: that they didn't. I think part of that was because 143 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 1: they wanted to get all of their players to have 144 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 1: the rods in the quarterback and so you don't have 145 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:11,920 Speaker 1: the ability to have these weird rules and match zone where, 146 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 1: you know, somebody picks up somebody else. You know, you 147 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 1: pick up the three while I pick up the two 148 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 1: or something like that. Um, you know, they were having 149 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:19,920 Speaker 1: the safety's play, you know, a normal too deep and 150 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 1: and they and they varied the back end a little 151 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:23,120 Speaker 1: bit more than I think Troy Aquin was saying, but 152 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:25,960 Speaker 1: you know, for the most part it was pretty easy 153 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:29,680 Speaker 1: to identify the defense for a modern NFL quarterback, right 154 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 1: and troy. Troy gets frustrated when the game starts getting bad. 155 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 1: We'll get to his frustrations with with Kirk cousins in 156 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:37,480 Speaker 1: a second, but I do want to just stick with 157 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:41,560 Speaker 1: the Eagles for just a little more. When they are 158 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:44,240 Speaker 1: dropping back, and you mentioned and how you explain that 159 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 1: with the zone coverage makes a lot of sense. When 160 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 1: Jalen hurts is getting rid of the ball to a 161 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 1: Davante Smith on a third and five, on those kind 162 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 1: of easy out routes where he has a very simple read. Um, 163 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 1: not that he can't go to a second read because 164 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 1: he has so much time him when he needs it. 165 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 1: The offensive line was giving him time to go through 166 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:06,440 Speaker 1: his reads, but for the most part, on the third 167 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:09,280 Speaker 1: and short types of plays, it was easy pickings and 168 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 1: he didn't have to go to his second reads because 169 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 1: the easy stuff was right there. And that's what I'm 170 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 1: talking about when it comes to the running game opening 171 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 1: up the rest of their offense. All those changes, the 172 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 1: vikings lack of disguise is because of they're afraid of 173 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:25,760 Speaker 1: Jalen hurts uh the runner, and if he can hit 174 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 1: those relatively simple short area throws, and he's done it 175 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:33,719 Speaker 1: through two weeks, to me this should be one of 176 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 1: the best offenses in the NFL. Yeah, it certainly has 177 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 1: that capability. I mean they've got a great cadre of 178 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:41,920 Speaker 1: running backs. They've got, you know, a top three, if 179 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:44,680 Speaker 1: not top one, offensive line. They've got a quarterback that 180 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 1: can really that really knows how to, you know, do 181 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 1: some damage, and you know those top two receivers are great. 182 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:51,320 Speaker 1: You know, you'd be nice to see quays Watkins do 183 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 1: this again and again and again throughout the weeks. We'll 184 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 1: see if he's got that. They love him, by the way. 185 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 1: He is he is those typical guys. And I tell me, 186 00:08:57,160 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 1: who's the guy in the Vikings? Maybe it's kJ Osborne, 187 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:01,559 Speaker 1: maybe it's someone playing a different position, but he's Quez 188 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 1: Watkins is the ultimate like, oh the guys in the 189 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:05,760 Speaker 1: building love him. They all think like he's gonna have 190 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:08,439 Speaker 1: a much better career than everyone outside of the building 191 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:12,240 Speaker 1: loves him. That's what they seem to think about Quez Watkins. Actually, 192 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 1: Osborne is is a pretty good example of that. I mean, 193 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 1: people won't stop talking about about him and how you 194 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:18,960 Speaker 1: know how smart he is, he's like one of the 195 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:21,439 Speaker 1: smartest receivers in the room, and how much he loves 196 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:23,319 Speaker 1: to block, how much he just like gets in there 197 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 1: and you know, all of the normal stuff that you 198 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:28,080 Speaker 1: say about a receiver than everybody loves right. He's got 199 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:30,360 Speaker 1: basically checks every one of those boxes. So yeah, that's 200 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 1: great when that's your third or fourth option, which is 201 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 1: what Watkins is in the passing game. Watkins is, you know, 202 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:38,960 Speaker 1: their fourth option really behind God her and and maybe 203 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 1: even a running back that they get through. So yeah, 204 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:45,360 Speaker 1: they were rolling offensively. It's gonna get harder at some point. Uh, 205 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 1: this game could have been much harder. Uh If if 206 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:52,480 Speaker 1: the defense of the eagles wasn't as dominant as it was. 207 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:55,839 Speaker 1: We saw Jonathan Gannon, who got a lot of grief 208 00:09:55,880 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 1: for not blitzing and playing very vanilla a year ago. UH, 209 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:01,959 Speaker 1: blitz the hell out of kirk cousins. You know, he 210 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:04,240 Speaker 1: blitz the lot last week too, against Jared Goffin. It 211 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:06,680 Speaker 1: did not work that well for the most part, but 212 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:10,040 Speaker 1: he did it tonight. What did you see out of Kirk? 213 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:13,520 Speaker 1: and Are you excited because you're you're going off the 214 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 1: Vikings beat, you're going to the national beat. Are you excited, uh, 215 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:20,719 Speaker 1: to like not have to answer for Kirk cousins is 216 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:23,760 Speaker 1: Monday night football performances anymore? Because it's not your fault. 217 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:28,200 Speaker 1: A reef, I appreciate that you put that out there, 218 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 1: because sometimes it feels like it is. I know, I mean, 219 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:32,200 Speaker 1: I I just know it covered it. They're just like why, 220 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:34,319 Speaker 1: why are why is he doing this to us again 221 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 1: on Monday night football, like it is kind of a bummer. 222 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:39,560 Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, well, and and, and here's the thing. 223 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 1: He gets really tiring. Like I kind of wanted the 224 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:44,960 Speaker 1: vikings to move on from Kirk, not just because it 225 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 1: might be the best move for the franchise, which you 226 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:51,040 Speaker 1: know probably right, but because you're tired. Personally. I'm yeah, 227 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:52,560 Speaker 1: I just have to come with this guy. Forever and 228 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:58,160 Speaker 1: nothing change. But no, I mean again, and I he 229 00:10:58,360 --> 00:11:00,560 Speaker 1: sees somebody that I think I want to answer for, 230 00:11:00,679 --> 00:11:03,440 Speaker 1: because that the eagles defense was has been full of 231 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:06,680 Speaker 1: excellent players and it feels like they've never been able 232 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:09,960 Speaker 1: to turn all those excellent players into a good defense, right, 233 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:12,080 Speaker 1: and last week against the lines, we kind of saw 234 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 1: that a little bit, right, you know, and and they 235 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:15,560 Speaker 1: gave up with thirty five points or something like that. 236 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 1: That that felt, you know, like you could do a 237 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:20,240 Speaker 1: lot more given the pieces that you have available to you. 238 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 1: And then you end up asking questions that are not fair, 239 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:24,680 Speaker 1: like is, you know, is Darius slay cooked? Has He done? 240 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:27,680 Speaker 1: And it turns out, no, that's not the case. Five, 241 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:31,280 Speaker 1: five pass deflections. That's like a season for some players, 242 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:35,079 Speaker 1: and along with this couple of interceptions there. Yeah, and 243 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 1: and and some of those best deflections could have been 244 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:39,439 Speaker 1: he had so many opportunities that he had like enough 245 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 1: drops and no one's gonna say he had a bad 246 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:43,080 Speaker 1: day or that's the one he should have got, like 247 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:46,240 Speaker 1: if you're having a day where you dropped like two 248 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 1: picks and no one even remembers that. But what's what's 249 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:53,200 Speaker 1: the deal with Kurt because he started this game slow. 250 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:55,880 Speaker 1: They went three and out I think four of their 251 00:11:55,920 --> 00:11:58,600 Speaker 1: first five drives. He he kind of forced it to 252 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:00,640 Speaker 1: IRV Smith a couple of times in that spot, but 253 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:03,679 Speaker 1: it didn't feel like a disaster. But you've watched them 254 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:07,040 Speaker 1: a lot. Like when it starts going bad, it does 255 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:10,520 Speaker 1: seem to snowball, and this was one of those games. Yeah, 256 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:13,000 Speaker 1: I mean, like you mentioned, Agannon blitched a lot. I 257 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:18,600 Speaker 1: think kirk cousins was blitzed just under of his dropbacks tonight. 258 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:21,240 Speaker 1: Like that is what that's so it might have been 259 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:23,640 Speaker 1: more than anybody else in week two. Like that's wild. 260 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:28,839 Speaker 1: That's disrespectful, frankly, really really we don't I can't think 261 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:30,320 Speaker 1: of an elite quote. I can't think of an elite 262 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:32,960 Speaker 1: quarterback where you feel comfortable blitzing half of them. I 263 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:35,720 Speaker 1: mean Lamar against the dolphins last year and that started 264 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:38,440 Speaker 1: a trend. Uh, but that that that that was a 265 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:42,160 Speaker 1: blip in his career. This I think he was too. 266 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:43,920 Speaker 1: At one point he was two for ten, for ten 267 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 1: yards against the blitz, with a couple of picks. Yeah, Um, that. Yeah, 268 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 1: I think that graphic showed up on the screen and 269 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:52,480 Speaker 1: I was like that's probably gonna end up writing about 270 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:55,600 Speaker 1: tonight is is kirk cousins against the blitz. So the 271 00:12:55,679 --> 00:13:00,280 Speaker 1: right tonight after this, I've got I've got one last 272 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 1: piece lined up before I apologize then because I've got 273 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:08,280 Speaker 1: another podcast after this. Anyway, I've put myself through this. 274 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:12,440 Speaker 1: This is it is kind of torture being a Vikings Fan. 275 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:14,920 Speaker 1: I can imagine at times it's been a torture being 276 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:18,640 Speaker 1: a vikings journalist or you know someone that covers the team. 277 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:22,600 Speaker 1: Cousins led this Uh team in rushing with twenty yards. 278 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:27,680 Speaker 1: Jalen reagor was second was seventeen yards. By the way, 279 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:33,640 Speaker 1: Eagles fans, can we ease it on the reagor booing, like, 280 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:36,920 Speaker 1: was that necessary? Did we need you booing Jalen Reagor 281 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:39,720 Speaker 1: in Philadelphia, like, what did this man do for you? 282 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 1: It felt like dunking on like you're winning the game. 283 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:45,319 Speaker 1: You got rid of him. You gotta pick for him. 284 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:47,880 Speaker 1: You should be happy about that. He didn't draft himself 285 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:52,200 Speaker 1: over Justin Jefferson. You drafted him over Justin Jefferson, like. 286 00:13:52,679 --> 00:13:56,280 Speaker 1: That's an unnecessary booing. I I kind of like the 287 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:58,560 Speaker 1: first one when he caught like that that punt for 288 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:00,400 Speaker 1: like the one yard return. Like I get it. It's 289 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:02,680 Speaker 1: like a welcome back to Philadelphia. So it but like 290 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:06,160 Speaker 1: the in the fourth quarter when the whole game. This isn't. 291 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:11,560 Speaker 1: This isn't Kyrie irving returning to Boston, or even Russell Wilson, 292 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:14,760 Speaker 1: who you know who's been a great player, returning. See, 293 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:17,480 Speaker 1: this is Jalen Reagor, who was like your fifth receiver. 294 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:21,320 Speaker 1: It just it just felt until I would be fine 295 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:24,400 Speaker 1: with it if eagles fans didn't complain forever that everyone 296 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 1: brings up the Santa Claus battery throws like this is why? 297 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 1: Then yeah, then this. Well, it's just like after, and 298 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 1: of course I'm filtered through covering the Vikings, but after 299 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 1: like thirty eight and seven at the NFCY championship game, 300 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 1: they're throwing like beer cans and Vikings fans leaving the game. 301 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:42,480 Speaker 1: It's just like I don't like. Okay, the Santa thing 302 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:44,720 Speaker 1: was like thirty years ago, but that was yesterday, like 303 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:49,280 Speaker 1: just like just relaxed. But here's the thing, like I 304 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:52,120 Speaker 1: would I would understand it right, because Jalen reagor had 305 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:55,600 Speaker 1: a fairly combative relationship with fans, like I get that, 306 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:57,960 Speaker 1: and that you know there might be some push and 307 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:01,600 Speaker 1: pull there, but after the year that he's had, starting, 308 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:03,720 Speaker 1: I think, with his grandmother dying in January and then 309 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:06,440 Speaker 1: his best friend dying in May, and then him having 310 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 1: the camp of his life, apparently, you know, he he 311 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:11,520 Speaker 1: did excellently. From you know, I talked to Multiple Eagles 312 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:13,600 Speaker 1: reporters about this because, you know, traded the Vikings. I 313 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:15,920 Speaker 1: want to know. And he had an amazing camp and 314 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:18,240 Speaker 1: he was, uh, you know, a completely different person. He 315 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:20,200 Speaker 1: was respectful, he didn't want to engage with it. It's 316 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:22,600 Speaker 1: just like you got to give people a chance to 317 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 1: change right. Like fans are coming at me being like, oh, 318 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:30,400 Speaker 1: he was coming back, yeah, something like that. that. He 319 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:32,920 Speaker 1: came after the eagles fans. We don't like that. That's fine, 320 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 1: and Eagles fans piped down. I was the only NFL 321 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:39,240 Speaker 1: media analyst to pick the Eagles to win the Super 322 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 1: Bowl this year. So I'm on withagles. Just be happy. 323 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:45,640 Speaker 1: It's like when you're winning, just just be happy. You 324 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:48,200 Speaker 1: don't need to. It's another thing when you're like a 325 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:51,280 Speaker 1: division favorite you're winning, people are like, did you see 326 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:53,640 Speaker 1: that hurts? His odds storage M v P bumped from 327 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:55,680 Speaker 1: like fourteen to one to eight to one at halftime, 328 00:15:57,040 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 1: like like just you, you, you've got a lot going 329 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:01,760 Speaker 1: for you. Yeah, that might be even a little over 330 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:04,800 Speaker 1: over the M v P odd skis even for me, 331 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:07,840 Speaker 1: and I am I am truly expecting jalen hurts to 332 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:11,160 Speaker 1: have one of the before I got onto this pod 333 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 1: of music here. You gotta be careful. Rosenthal is like 334 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:16,000 Speaker 1: this huge Jale and hurts guy. You've got to you've 335 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:19,560 Speaker 1: gotta watch out. I am I spent this offseason saying like, 336 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:21,640 Speaker 1: no matter what you think of hurts, like this season 337 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 1: is gonna look better than you think. He might have 338 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:26,720 Speaker 1: some warts to his game, but it's not gonna totally 339 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 1: show up this year. He is in the perfect situation 340 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:32,160 Speaker 1: and I'm I'm excited to watch this team all year. 341 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 1: I'm excited to watch the Vikings too. I think they'll 342 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:36,880 Speaker 1: be better than this. Jefferson held to forty eight yards 343 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 1: on on twelve targets. Cousins had eleven past deflections in 344 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:43,520 Speaker 1: this game, which is just outrageous. How many times the 345 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:46,680 Speaker 1: Eagles UH touched his passes. I just think it was 346 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:49,000 Speaker 1: one of those nights. And it's week two, so everyone 347 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:52,120 Speaker 1: calmed down a little bit on both sides. A reef, 348 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 1: you don't have to come down. You need to REV 349 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:56,200 Speaker 1: it up. You need to go do another podcast and 350 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:58,880 Speaker 1: then go right in an article and then you're starting 351 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:01,880 Speaker 1: with where at the pro football network next week? You 352 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:03,640 Speaker 1: can't be taking a week off in the middle of 353 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:05,400 Speaker 1: the season, are you? Oh No, I do. I don't 354 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:08,240 Speaker 1: have that kind of time. I'm starting Wednesday. Okay, Um, everyone, 355 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:12,879 Speaker 1: check out a reef. Really Smart Analysis, uh in everything 356 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:14,880 Speaker 1: that he does. I love reading him and he's got 357 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:19,240 Speaker 1: one of the fullest beards and the shiniest domes in 358 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:22,280 Speaker 1: terms of like full beard to Shiny Dome Ratio. He 359 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:24,359 Speaker 1: might lead the NFL. He might be the M v 360 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:27,680 Speaker 1: P at the League. Doing my best work every day 361 00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:31,080 Speaker 1: on it. Reef, thank you. I'll let you go and 362 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:33,720 Speaker 1: we are going to get to the titans in the 363 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:35,679 Speaker 1: bills game. I wish it was a better game, but 364 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:52,000 Speaker 1: it was worse. One quash for the touchdown, easiest touchdown 365 00:17:52,080 --> 00:18:27,680 Speaker 1: catch he'll ever make. Her sell. She questioned all bills tonight. 366 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:31,040 Speaker 1: Kind of might be all bills all season. We'll see, 367 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:34,119 Speaker 1: but that where. Those were the highlights for about forty 368 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:40,800 Speaker 1: one to seven beat down of the Tennessee Titans Justin Graver. 369 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:44,879 Speaker 1: This was a game for most of the first half. 370 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:48,600 Speaker 1: It was ten to seven late in the second quarter 371 00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:54,040 Speaker 1: and then the roof just like collapsed on the titans 372 00:18:54,119 --> 00:18:59,119 Speaker 1: like a like a table being broken outside hills stadium 373 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:04,480 Speaker 1: at Orchard Park by the End Malik Willis's plane Um 374 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:07,840 Speaker 1: everything that could go wrong was going wrong and it 375 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:11,440 Speaker 1: didn't feel like one of those forty one seven's where 376 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:13,800 Speaker 1: the seven got a ton of bad luck. I know 377 00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:17,359 Speaker 1: the turnovers were for nothing here, but it was a 378 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:21,280 Speaker 1: beat down on both lines, very much like the bills 379 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:23,800 Speaker 1: game against the rams. They just seemed to be in 380 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:27,840 Speaker 1: a different class right now, uh than than other NFL teams. Yeah, 381 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:31,280 Speaker 1: I think my initial overreaction to this game is the 382 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 1: bills are winning the Super Bowl. They look like the 383 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:36,359 Speaker 1: best team in football. But also the first two weeks 384 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:39,360 Speaker 1: of the year ultimately don't matter. Yes, but the titans, 385 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:41,080 Speaker 1: I mean this game had, I felt like this game 386 00:19:41,119 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 1: had a couple inflection points where, if things had gone 387 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:47,879 Speaker 1: slightly differently, the entire course of the game flow is different. 388 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:50,560 Speaker 1: And one of them was the first play, uh that 389 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:53,720 Speaker 1: we heard there, the fourth down, fourth and one from 390 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:56,000 Speaker 1: like I think it was the two yard line. The 391 00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:58,040 Speaker 1: bills have the ball four fourth and one from the 392 00:19:58,040 --> 00:20:00,680 Speaker 1: Tennessee four yard line. If the type get a stop 393 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:03,119 Speaker 1: on that fourth down, they take over ten seven with 394 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:05,359 Speaker 1: a minute to play in the first half, losing ten. 395 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:08,639 Speaker 1: I hear what you're saying and I respect you and 396 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:12,480 Speaker 1: I respect your points, but they already had stopped him 397 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:14,919 Speaker 1: on a fourth down play in that half. And what 398 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,560 Speaker 1: I mean by like it wasn't a cheap forty one 399 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:21,800 Speaker 1: to seven. It was four, fourteen yards seven, and even 400 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 1: at that point in the first half they were doubling 401 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:27,320 Speaker 1: them up, and I think that's what has to be 402 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:30,240 Speaker 1: disconcerting for the titans and bills fans will get to 403 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:32,080 Speaker 1: how great the bills are in a second. It all 404 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:34,960 Speaker 1: ties together, but I think what has to be disconcerting 405 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:36,719 Speaker 1: for the titans is you want to think of them 406 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:40,680 Speaker 1: as a really tough team and you watch this game 407 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:43,360 Speaker 1: closer than I did. I was doing channel five UK 408 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:46,439 Speaker 1: coverage once it was about mid to late second quarter 409 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:49,280 Speaker 1: of this game. Would you say that the titans line 410 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 1: play held up against Buffalo on both sides? Because if 411 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:56,640 Speaker 1: the bills are managing to push around the titans, that 412 00:20:56,640 --> 00:20:59,119 Speaker 1: that is a bad sign I think the bills did 413 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:01,359 Speaker 1: push around the Titan on both sides of the ball. 414 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:03,679 Speaker 1: That Taylor Lauan went down with what looked like a 415 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:05,800 Speaker 1: pretty serious injury. They had to bring the card out 416 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:07,920 Speaker 1: for him really early in the game. On the first 417 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 1: drive for the titans, they did end up going down 418 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:13,359 Speaker 1: and scoring on that drive, that seventy five yard drive. 419 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:16,439 Speaker 1: That was seventy five of their seven yards in the 420 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:19,560 Speaker 1: in the whole game, though, so they they made a 421 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:22,479 Speaker 1: good like that was it from there. The offense was 422 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:26,680 Speaker 1: completely useless. They couldn't do any they could not move 423 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 1: the ball. Derrick Henry finished this game with uh thirteen 424 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:33,240 Speaker 1: carries for twenty five yards and he did get in 425 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:36,359 Speaker 1: the end zone early on the first drive. But every 426 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:38,760 Speaker 1: time it felt like the titans, like it's now we're 427 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:41,359 Speaker 1: never titans. You have to score on this drive to 428 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:44,359 Speaker 1: make up play or something. They would stall out. At 429 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:46,399 Speaker 1: the end of the first half. Ryan Tannehill got sacked 430 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:49,080 Speaker 1: with just under forty seconds left at the Tennessee twenty 431 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:52,160 Speaker 1: nine yard line and the titans decided to just let 432 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:55,480 Speaker 1: the first half clock run out. They could have tried 433 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:57,280 Speaker 1: to move the ball and get points, but moving the 434 00:21:57,280 --> 00:22:00,280 Speaker 1: ball was just not happening against this Bill's defense, and 435 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 1: that's that's a joke, though. That's like I hate that. 436 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:06,720 Speaker 1: It's the opposite of what Dan Campbell did for the 437 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:09,840 Speaker 1: Lions on Sunday. It's the opposite of what Nick Sirianni 438 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 1: did tonight when he had the ball inside his own 439 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:15,760 Speaker 1: ten and uh under ninety seconds to go and really 440 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:17,880 Speaker 1: played aggressively once they had the chance and they got point. 441 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:19,679 Speaker 1: And I know the titans aren't there yet. They're like 442 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:22,760 Speaker 1: not ready for that, but that that is telling to 443 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:25,280 Speaker 1: me and they have to be. They have a veteran quarterback, 444 00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:28,719 Speaker 1: they have continuity across the staff and the offense. They 445 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 1: don't have continuity on the offensive line. They don't have 446 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:34,800 Speaker 1: continuity with their skills receivers. They have a long way 447 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:36,760 Speaker 1: to go. And and and we're going to talk about 448 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:40,639 Speaker 1: how dominant the bills are now, because defensively, that's where 449 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:44,560 Speaker 1: I think you would expect the titans to at least 450 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:48,600 Speaker 1: get some some metaphorical punches in, and I suppose they did, 451 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:51,320 Speaker 1: keeping it to ten seven late into the second quarter. 452 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:52,600 Speaker 1: At that point I was like, Oh, this is a 453 00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 1: titans game. It doesn't feel even, but they're keeping it close. 454 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:58,960 Speaker 1: So kind of tell me about how the bill's offense 455 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:03,280 Speaker 1: overwhelm them and and how, I guess, neutralized that the 456 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:06,879 Speaker 1: Titans Defensive Line. Well, it started with Stefon diggs and 457 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:10,000 Speaker 1: and he was just unguardable. But the titans were also 458 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:13,440 Speaker 1: trying to guard him with undrafted free agent rookie cornerback 459 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:16,960 Speaker 1: tray avery and a sixth round pick from a few 460 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:19,560 Speaker 1: years ago, Chris Jackson, who ended started this season on 461 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:22,359 Speaker 1: the practice squad, was elevated for today's game. Titans were 462 00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:25,040 Speaker 1: without Christian Fulton, obviously, Harold Landry towards a C L 463 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:27,639 Speaker 1: Bud dupree went out in the first quarter and didn't return. 464 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:30,119 Speaker 1: So the titans could not get pressure on Josh Allen 465 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:33,640 Speaker 1: almost at all and the cornerbacks were left on an 466 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:37,280 Speaker 1: island against Stefon Diggs. Caleb Farley gave up a huge 467 00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:40,720 Speaker 1: catch to Jake Kumero. The bills were just attacking all 468 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:43,439 Speaker 1: game long. It felt like, you know, a third and 469 00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:45,399 Speaker 1: fourteen turned into a third and nine because of a 470 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:48,680 Speaker 1: defensive offsides. Easy pitch and catch right over the middle. 471 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:52,000 Speaker 1: There's no resistance from the titans defense. It just felt 472 00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:54,200 Speaker 1: from the very beginning of the game like the titans 473 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:57,879 Speaker 1: were gonna struggle to get stops and forcing the bills 474 00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:00,840 Speaker 1: into multiple fourth and one. City Saans was like the 475 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:02,639 Speaker 1: only time the defense was able to get off the 476 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:05,239 Speaker 1: field until the middle of the third quarter, and by 477 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:07,960 Speaker 1: that point the game was was basically over. I mean 478 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:11,280 Speaker 1: it was seven, so it wasn't over, especially with everything 479 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 1: we saw. It was Sunday, but this game is over. 480 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:18,760 Speaker 1: But then Kyle Phillips muffs a punt and then it 481 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:21,840 Speaker 1: really was over from there. Tannehill comes back on the 482 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:24,800 Speaker 1: next possession throws an interception. On the next possession there 483 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:27,679 Speaker 1: was the pick six and then it was seven in 484 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:30,600 Speaker 1: the third quarter and the Titans said here comes Milik Willis, 485 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:33,359 Speaker 1: but Stefon Diggs and and Josh Allen just have a 486 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:37,399 Speaker 1: chemistry that's unbelievable and people are like, Oh, why are 487 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:39,600 Speaker 1: you putting this guy on Stef digs? Whyre you doing that? 488 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:41,760 Speaker 1: That's not the plan. I mean, first of all, you 489 00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:43,679 Speaker 1: only have so many guys. I mean who's WHO's their 490 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:46,920 Speaker 1: number one cornerback right now it's like Roger McCreary, a rookie, 491 00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:51,280 Speaker 1: and they're in. They're playing Caleb Farley, who hasn't been healthy. 492 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:54,159 Speaker 1: If everyone was healthy on this defense, probably wouldn't be 493 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:57,199 Speaker 1: playing more than steps. There is no one special to 494 00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:59,879 Speaker 1: put on him like they've. They've got Kevin BYARD and 495 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:02,760 Speaker 1: they don't have a roster of a team that was 496 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:05,840 Speaker 1: the number one seed a year ago. They've got a 497 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:10,800 Speaker 1: roster that needs to, patriots style, figure itself out as 498 00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:13,320 Speaker 1: they go along. The problem is they're they're oh and, 499 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:15,440 Speaker 1: two and and they're in the right division for it. 500 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:17,240 Speaker 1: But they're gonna have to stack some wins along the 501 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:19,920 Speaker 1: way while they're figuring things out. But the bills are, 502 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:23,800 Speaker 1: I mean they were just an unstoppable machine on offense 503 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:26,679 Speaker 1: and the ram the rams won the Super Bowl. The 504 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:28,640 Speaker 1: titans were the one seed and they've beaten those two 505 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:31,240 Speaker 1: teams by a combined score seventy two to seventeen. So 506 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:33,800 Speaker 1: a lot of teams are gonna feel bad after facing 507 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:36,359 Speaker 1: this bills team, even though they didn't even have like 508 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:38,360 Speaker 1: Gabe Davis in this game. And you mentioned the short 509 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 1: yard situations. Like there their traditional running game isn't still cooking, 510 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:47,359 Speaker 1: but did you? At least you let yourself enjoy watching 511 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:50,560 Speaker 1: Uh Josh Allen just at some point seemed like he 512 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:52,800 Speaker 1: was just kind of like showing off because he basically 513 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 1: threw uh a pass. At one point I looked out 514 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:57,679 Speaker 1: of the quarter in my eye where it appeared like 515 00:25:57,720 --> 00:26:02,080 Speaker 1: he was doing like a submarine style Um pass from 516 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:05,720 Speaker 1: the pocket, like he was like a side arms submarine pitcher. 517 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:07,280 Speaker 1: He didn't even need to do it. He wasn't on 518 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:10,120 Speaker 1: the run. He just kind of threw it underhanded from 519 00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:12,720 Speaker 1: the pocket like seventeen yards down the field, like I've 520 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:14,920 Speaker 1: never seen such a thing. Oh, we know he's having fun. 521 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:17,119 Speaker 1: I mean they talked about how last week he was 522 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:20,320 Speaker 1: laughing while stiff arming RAMAS defenders, like literally laughing on 523 00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:23,879 Speaker 1: the field during the play. The titans bottled up the 524 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:27,240 Speaker 1: rushing attack pretty well too. Devin singletary six for nineteen, 525 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:29,440 Speaker 1: Zack Moss three for seventeen, James Cook came in and 526 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:31,920 Speaker 1: ripped off a long one when it was long over. 527 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:35,640 Speaker 1: Um singletary did have a big run to start the game, 528 00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:37,560 Speaker 1: a sixteen yard run to start the game. His other 529 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:40,040 Speaker 1: five carries went for three yards. So it wasn't like 530 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:43,400 Speaker 1: they were running it. But Josh Allen is just magical. 531 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:47,600 Speaker 1: He's unstoppable. The way he's playing football right now. He's crazy. 532 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:53,040 Speaker 1: He I hate hyperbole, but if if you kind of 533 00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:56,080 Speaker 1: start with the playoffs last year, or even if you 534 00:26:56,119 --> 00:26:58,640 Speaker 1: want to go back to the regular season game where 535 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:00,720 Speaker 1: he pitched the perfect game against the Hatriots to win 536 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:06,000 Speaker 1: the division, I just never seen a quarterback have a 537 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:09,520 Speaker 1: five or six games stretch any better. I think there's 538 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:13,240 Speaker 1: a certain point of transcendence that you reach that it's 539 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 1: stupid to pick who's better. Like there have been other 540 00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:20,840 Speaker 1: quarterbacks who have had streaks like this. Uh, you might 541 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:23,280 Speaker 1: even say many of them, but none have been none 542 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:26,760 Speaker 1: could possibly play the position any better than he's played. 543 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:30,000 Speaker 1: Because I saw you tweeting about it at one point, graver, 544 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:32,360 Speaker 1: or maybe it was you sent me a text like yeah, 545 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:34,560 Speaker 1: they forced him to punt three times, like that's more 546 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:37,040 Speaker 1: than anyone's done in the last few games. It's like, 547 00:27:37,359 --> 00:27:39,199 Speaker 1: but that's the level that they're at that if you 548 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:41,600 Speaker 1: can force three points, you're feeling like you get a win, 549 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:44,000 Speaker 1: but that's not a win when you're playing against the 550 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:47,120 Speaker 1: team that also can turn you over and have an 551 00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:51,760 Speaker 1: elite defense. Von Miller was unblockable again in this game 552 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:54,440 Speaker 1: and their defensive line absolutely looks like a problem. Greg 553 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:57,879 Speaker 1: Russo had a good game. Roussou destroyed Aaron Brewer on 554 00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:01,120 Speaker 1: one play, just knocked him into Tannehill slap here to 555 00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:03,119 Speaker 1: really the whole thing. It's a combination. Oh you can 556 00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:05,680 Speaker 1: stop their running game, great, their defense is gonna eat 557 00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:07,240 Speaker 1: you up and they're gonna throw the ball all over. 558 00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:10,040 Speaker 1: To really emphasize how dominant of a game this was, 559 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:12,639 Speaker 1: I will read you this stat that I also texted you. 560 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:16,199 Speaker 1: The bills had eight tackles for loss the titans scored 561 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:18,679 Speaker 1: seven points. They had more tackles for loss and the 562 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:21,639 Speaker 1: Titans scored points. That is just I mean it was 563 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:23,600 Speaker 1: a total beat down on both sides of the ball 564 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:29,600 Speaker 1: from about the time that Stefon digg scored that touchdown 565 00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:32,360 Speaker 1: until the end of the game. And I will say 566 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:35,520 Speaker 1: any concerns about Ken Dorsey taking over as play caller 567 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:38,760 Speaker 1: for Brian Day ball should be completely erased. This bill's 568 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:41,680 Speaker 1: offense looks amazing, and their touchdown that they scored on 569 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:43,800 Speaker 1: that fourth and one from the four yard line. It 570 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:46,880 Speaker 1: was it looked like it was designed to be a 571 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:49,960 Speaker 1: little swing pass to the running back and the titans 572 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:52,160 Speaker 1: pounced all over at Josh Allen's rolling out to his 573 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:53,920 Speaker 1: left looking to hit the running back in the flat, 574 00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:57,360 Speaker 1: but I think it was all a disguise, intended to 575 00:28:57,400 --> 00:29:01,400 Speaker 1: get the defense moving left, which worked perfectly, and Stefon 576 00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:04,360 Speaker 1: diggs leaks back out to the right and was wide 577 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:07,200 Speaker 1: open for for the touchdown. So I think this bill's 578 00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:09,400 Speaker 1: team is gonna be really tough to beat and I 579 00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:11,680 Speaker 1: also think they're gonna they're gonna have the best, better 580 00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:14,680 Speaker 1: passing game. UH, they're gonna have they're gonna beat you 581 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:16,600 Speaker 1: up front. No, by the way, most of the time 582 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:18,800 Speaker 1: they'll out coach you, because they did just out coach 583 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:22,000 Speaker 1: Sean McVeigh and they did just out coach Mike badly, badly. 584 00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:24,400 Speaker 1: I mean the titans didn't like. The titans didn't make 585 00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:26,560 Speaker 1: any adjustments to try to take away Stefon diggs. They 586 00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:29,800 Speaker 1: just left their young, inexperienced cornerbacks trying to guard him 587 00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:31,080 Speaker 1: one on one, which I know you say it's not 588 00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:33,200 Speaker 1: the plan, but like, you can rotate safe, you can 589 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:36,880 Speaker 1: try some kind of bracket coverage to stop him from 590 00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:39,640 Speaker 1: going off for twelve catches for a hundred and forty 591 00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:43,080 Speaker 1: eight yards and three touchdowns. I mean, Geez, shout out 592 00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:45,480 Speaker 1: to Stefan Diggs, like their number two receivers tonight was 593 00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:48,800 Speaker 1: Dawson Knox for forty one. Kumero was in there. The 594 00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:51,800 Speaker 1: bills do have some injury concerns going into next week's 595 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:54,760 Speaker 1: game against the dolphins. Uh. They lost Jackson's that was 596 00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:57,560 Speaker 1: a brutal hit by tremaine edmonds just like crushed his 597 00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:01,320 Speaker 1: head area. You know, Um, his teammate, I believe it 598 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:04,000 Speaker 1: was ployer, said he got a text back from both 599 00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:06,560 Speaker 1: Micah Hyde, who also left the game her and Dane 600 00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:09,280 Speaker 1: Jackson saying that they're all right. I mean, I don't 601 00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:12,280 Speaker 1: know all right means in this context, but at least 602 00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:15,640 Speaker 1: Dane Jackson uh is able to be texting and and 603 00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:18,000 Speaker 1: hopefully it's not too serious. They are missing a lot 604 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:20,960 Speaker 1: of players right now. A tradavious white Dane Jackson, Micah Hyde, 605 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:23,200 Speaker 1: Jordan Phillips got hurt in this game. Ed Oliver missed 606 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:26,960 Speaker 1: at Dave Davis UH was out. So it's a lot 607 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:29,520 Speaker 1: of a lot of good players. But bill's fans aren't 608 00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:31,680 Speaker 1: worried about that. Tonight Bill's fans are feeling no pain. 609 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:35,560 Speaker 1: And you know, it's a long time Patriots Fan, I 610 00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:39,000 Speaker 1: would say, like you might as well enjoy these early 611 00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:43,400 Speaker 1: season romps like, yes, you know in your heart super 612 00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:47,640 Speaker 1: bowls aren't one in September, but so what? You're in September, 613 00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:51,640 Speaker 1: like we don't know what's gonna Happen. Another pandemic might 614 00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:54,120 Speaker 1: hit us in like a month. Let's enjoy this while 615 00:30:54,160 --> 00:31:00,040 Speaker 1: it's happening. I'm joking. All I'm saying is, like this 616 00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:02,440 Speaker 1: is the world we're living in now, and while every 617 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:05,200 Speaker 1: other team is kind of like figuring it out and, 618 00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:08,200 Speaker 1: uh Oh, we're still in like preseason week two mode 619 00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:10,120 Speaker 1: and like we're going to figure out our LINEUPS. It's 620 00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:13,280 Speaker 1: like no, the bills are in divisional round of the 621 00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:17,240 Speaker 1: playoffs last year. Still they haven't stopped playing. They've actually 622 00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:20,880 Speaker 1: found a more creative offensive coordinator somehow, maybe, and they're 623 00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:24,360 Speaker 1: just crushing people. So, like it's salad days, enjoy it. 624 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:27,280 Speaker 1: Why not? What? What's the worst that could happen? Another 625 00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:30,360 Speaker 1: crushing playoff loss? Wait for that to happen before you 626 00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:33,720 Speaker 1: worry about it. Let's enjoy a truly dominant I think 627 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:37,200 Speaker 1: you mentioned. I think this bill's offense has really, really 628 00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:40,000 Speaker 1: evolved to a place that is so hard to defend, 629 00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:42,200 Speaker 1: and what I mean by that is the titans last year, 630 00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:44,920 Speaker 1: where when they played this team last year and beat them. 631 00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:49,400 Speaker 1: We're able to frustrate Josh Allen by forcing him to 632 00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:53,200 Speaker 1: take the underneath options, taking away don't let anything get 633 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:55,520 Speaker 1: over the top the cover two shell, and they kind 634 00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:58,600 Speaker 1: of tried that in this game, and and so did 635 00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:01,840 Speaker 1: the rams. And Alan was content to just hit digs 636 00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:04,880 Speaker 1: on a nine yard out. Let him stiff farm McCreery's 637 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:08,760 Speaker 1: face to you know wherever, oblivion and pick up extra 638 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:11,600 Speaker 1: yards and instead of having like a second and seven 639 00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:14,120 Speaker 1: or a second and eight after like a short dump 640 00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:16,400 Speaker 1: off completion, the bills were able to turn those into 641 00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:19,200 Speaker 1: second and ones and really stay ahead of the sticks 642 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:22,040 Speaker 1: that way. And Alan was patient, just I mean he 643 00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:24,680 Speaker 1: was perfect. He was it was perfect. They're they're they're 644 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:29,600 Speaker 1: almost unstoppable when he's making decisions uh like that. And 645 00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:31,600 Speaker 1: and look, some defense will figure it out or something 646 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:34,240 Speaker 1: might go wrong at some point, but for right now 647 00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:37,160 Speaker 1: he's at a level that, if you love football, it's 648 00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:40,760 Speaker 1: just hard not to enjoy watching. He's at a level, frankly, 649 00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:44,440 Speaker 1: that I thought in my heart of hearts, maybe Cam 650 00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:47,240 Speaker 1: Newton could get to someday, and that's the player he 651 00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:50,040 Speaker 1: always reminded me of most, because they run so similarly 652 00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:53,200 Speaker 1: and like the NFL has changed. Offense has changed, but 653 00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:56,320 Speaker 1: Josh Allen has changed too. And and Kim Newton won 654 00:32:56,440 --> 00:32:58,360 Speaker 1: m VP and was unstoppable in that year. But I 655 00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:01,880 Speaker 1: just think the way NFL offenses have evolved, this Josh 656 00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:06,680 Speaker 1: Allen Offense is at another level, even uh than than 657 00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:09,680 Speaker 1: those panthers offenses were at. And Josh Allen is doing 658 00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:13,600 Speaker 1: something similar but doing it um even better and the 659 00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:15,960 Speaker 1: way that he runs those arm angles and oh by 660 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:18,680 Speaker 1: the way, yeah, he's stiff arming guys too. So that's 661 00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:22,040 Speaker 1: it for uh bill's titans. It was forty one to seven. 662 00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:24,600 Speaker 1: I'M gonna wrap up with a quick top six list. 663 00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:26,920 Speaker 1: I'm I'M gonna try to add this and and maybe 664 00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:28,840 Speaker 1: we'll mix things up and if you're listening this far, 665 00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:30,479 Speaker 1: let me know if you like it or not. But 666 00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:32,920 Speaker 1: just for a little fun, little something different at the 667 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:34,959 Speaker 1: end of each one of these Monday night football recaps, 668 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:37,720 Speaker 1: which would usually only be one team, I'm gonna add 669 00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:42,080 Speaker 1: just my final top six lists of something that's sparked 670 00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:45,120 Speaker 1: from the game, or in this case the games tonight 671 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:47,360 Speaker 1: and and right now I'm just gonna do the top 672 00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:51,920 Speaker 1: six runners at quarterback in the NFL right now, inspired 673 00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:55,280 Speaker 1: by Josh Allen and Jalen Hurts, who, uh, spoiler alert, 674 00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:57,200 Speaker 1: are both on this list and since this show has 675 00:33:57,240 --> 00:34:00,320 Speaker 1: gone long, I'm gonna make it quick. Number six, because, again, 676 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:03,400 Speaker 1: I don't like round numbers. Justin you remember that right. 677 00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:06,560 Speaker 1: So it needed to be either four or six, and 678 00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:09,279 Speaker 1: it's like I can include more good players here if 679 00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:14,080 Speaker 1: you if you go coming eventually playing off this idea that, oh, 680 00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:17,600 Speaker 1: I can't wait to hear. Number six is Mariota, and 681 00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:20,279 Speaker 1: I wouldn't have I wouldn't have expected that a few 682 00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:23,320 Speaker 1: years back. I'm just talking about right now this season. 683 00:34:23,680 --> 00:34:27,680 Speaker 1: What I see explosive power and they're actually using him. 684 00:34:27,680 --> 00:34:30,279 Speaker 1: Marcus Mariota's number six. It's a pretty big drop from 685 00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:32,919 Speaker 1: five to six. Justin fields is five. Look, we gotta 686 00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:36,040 Speaker 1: get more than eight completions in a game. That hasn't 687 00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:39,600 Speaker 1: happened yet this season through two weeks. Uh, but he 688 00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:44,000 Speaker 1: is a powerful, uh runner with great speed and and 689 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:46,200 Speaker 1: and I think they need to lean into that a 690 00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:48,480 Speaker 1: little more than they have. Number four is Kyler Murray, 691 00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:51,120 Speaker 1: who had points in his career I've thought had a 692 00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:55,080 Speaker 1: chance to be maybe the best pure runner in terms 693 00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:58,240 Speaker 1: of just making people miss that I've ever seen at quarterback, 694 00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:00,760 Speaker 1: like just in terms of making people he's a little 695 00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:03,560 Speaker 1: more hesitant to run now already than he was a 696 00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:05,800 Speaker 1: couple of years ago. You saw in his rushing totals 697 00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:08,000 Speaker 1: a year ago. so He's number four. Number three is 698 00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:11,080 Speaker 1: Josh Allen. UH, look, he only had to run one 699 00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:13,920 Speaker 1: time tonight. That's the beauty of Josh Allen. Whenever he 700 00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:16,560 Speaker 1: wants to run, he could be number one. Like I said, 701 00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:20,160 Speaker 1: he's Cam Newton, the two most efficient runners justin in 702 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:24,480 Speaker 1: the NFL last year at any position, running back or quarterback, 703 00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:28,560 Speaker 1: in terms of creating ten yard plays per run. Where 704 00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:33,080 Speaker 1: Josh Allen and Jalen Hurts, Jalen hurts his my number 705 00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:36,160 Speaker 1: two when we talked about it with a reef, when 706 00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:39,120 Speaker 1: he puts his foot in the ground and the way 707 00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:41,000 Speaker 1: he sees the field in front of him. That's why 708 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:43,799 Speaker 1: they have him in shotgun. He sees the field like 709 00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:47,040 Speaker 1: a running back, like he could play the position, and 710 00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:50,799 Speaker 1: it's gotten undersold because he's not just running guys over. Yeah, 711 00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:54,680 Speaker 1: he's not Lamar Jackson, but he absolutely sets up defenders 712 00:35:54,719 --> 00:35:57,759 Speaker 1: with the way he uses his leverage and gets past them. 713 00:35:57,760 --> 00:35:59,640 Speaker 1: And when he puts his foot in the ground, he 714 00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:03,000 Speaker 1: goes like to me he has a chance here to 715 00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:06,800 Speaker 1: have the greatest season any quarterback has ever had running 716 00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:11,120 Speaker 1: the football. I think he has power. He I really 717 00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:15,920 Speaker 1: think he has a chance to do something like no 718 00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:18,319 Speaker 1: one's ever done that before. I think he could do 719 00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:21,520 Speaker 1: it this year and be like the number one overall 720 00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:24,000 Speaker 1: fantasy player. But number one still gotta be Lamar. I 721 00:36:24,040 --> 00:36:25,600 Speaker 1: mean he's the greatest to ever do it. And, in 722 00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:28,560 Speaker 1: case you forgot, on that play where he ran seventy 723 00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:33,319 Speaker 1: one yards against the dolphins on Sunday, that was a 724 00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:35,279 Speaker 1: play that looked like it should have gone outside, but 725 00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:37,279 Speaker 1: he put his foot in the ground and he gets 726 00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:40,360 Speaker 1: through that hole faster than like any running back I 727 00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:43,560 Speaker 1: can think of, one of the most physically gifted and 728 00:36:43,719 --> 00:36:47,279 Speaker 1: natural runners, whether quarterback or running back, that I have 729 00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:51,760 Speaker 1: ever seen. So just because of history and just because 730 00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:53,960 Speaker 1: he deserves that respect, he gets number one. But I'm 731 00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:56,480 Speaker 1: telling you, hurts his coming up close. Number two and 732 00:36:56,520 --> 00:36:59,439 Speaker 1: if Alan needed to, he could be there, right there too. 733 00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:01,680 Speaker 1: I have all he's loved running quarterbacks since I was 734 00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:03,759 Speaker 1: a kid. Randald cunning and was my favorite. We are 735 00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:07,040 Speaker 1: living in the golden age of running quarterbacks, and you 736 00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:10,120 Speaker 1: saw it on Monday night football and builds me for 737 00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:12,839 Speaker 1: a second. Malik Willis played the fourth quarter of this game. 738 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:15,239 Speaker 1: He only threw four passes and he only completed one 739 00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:18,160 Speaker 1: of them, but he did have four carrias for sixteen yards, 740 00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:21,160 Speaker 1: and on a couple of them he looked pretty electric 741 00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:23,400 Speaker 1: as a runner. We'll see how he's setting up the 742 00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:27,320 Speaker 1: zumwalt drop. I mean what you just I had everything 743 00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:30,080 Speaker 1: wrapped up in a beautiful bow, graver. I let it all, 744 00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:33,240 Speaker 1: from the running backs, uh, to what we saw tonight, 745 00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:35,719 Speaker 1: and then you hit me with Oh, Malik Willis one 746 00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:40,120 Speaker 1: for six positive. I do gotta say. Malik Willis will 747 00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:42,680 Speaker 1: be on this list just based on the preseason. Heck, 748 00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:45,280 Speaker 1: I just I just put him on the list. Sorry, Mario, 749 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:49,760 Speaker 1: based on the preseason, just to pay off you jumping 750 00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:53,400 Speaker 1: in there. Malik Willis, you are now on the list. Crossout, Mariota. 751 00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:57,760 Speaker 1: That preseason was still against professional players and it was special. 752 00:37:58,640 --> 00:38:01,319 Speaker 1: I loved watching the Games tonight, even though if they 753 00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:03,480 Speaker 1: were one sided, they were the types of players that 754 00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:05,560 Speaker 1: I love to watch. I love all of you for 755 00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:07,680 Speaker 1: listening in and I would love it if you check 756 00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:11,279 Speaker 1: out the Tuesday night or the Tuesday podcast rather, with 757 00:38:11,360 --> 00:38:14,680 Speaker 1: Colleen Wolf. I'll be there too. Uh, we're gonna talk 758 00:38:14,719 --> 00:38:22,640 Speaker 1: about some cornered animals. Little teaser there. That's it until then. UH, 759 00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:27,479 Speaker 1: for Rifasan, for Justin graver, for Kirk cousins, for Troy 760 00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:31,080 Speaker 1: Aikman's total disapproval of kirk cousins not throwing the ball. 761 00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:32,879 Speaker 1: I'm Greg Roses DOF he the call