1 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 1: What's up, guys. Welcome into a week thirteen edition of 2 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:18,599 Speaker 1: Chargers Weekly. Bolts six and five coming off a loss 3 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:23,080 Speaker 1: to the Denver Broncos. Cincinnati on deck here with Matt Mney, 4 00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:26,239 Speaker 1: Smith and Buddy. Before we get into the Bengals, let's 5 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:28,800 Speaker 1: just look back for a minute at this Denver game. 6 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 1: You know, I wrote a bunch of things down the 7 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:36,000 Speaker 1: pressure on Justin Herbert. I think some some inopportune calls 8 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 1: in the first half the backs of Denver. What would 9 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:43,559 Speaker 1: you point to as the biggest reason the Bolts are 10 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: now six and five? Well, I think there's a few things. 11 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 1: Number One, you started you mentioned at the pressure, the 12 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 1: fact that you know you're you're already Donna Bushee and 13 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 1: you're trying to help out that right side of the line, 14 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:00,320 Speaker 1: and then Filer goes down, you know, and that was 15 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 1: the good thing about drafting Slater and signing Filer and 16 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 1: Lindsay's that left side of the line was freaking a 17 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 1: brick wall. It has been so good all seasons. So 18 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:13,200 Speaker 1: you can help you can help Storm, you can help 19 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 1: out Scofield a little bit, you know what, Lindsay, Maybe 20 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 1: a Filer and Slater can take care of their business 21 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:21,039 Speaker 1: over there. But when you got two guards, you know, 22 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 1: in Kelametti and Scofield that are supposed to be depth 23 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:26,759 Speaker 1: pieces and they're going up against you know, a Vic 24 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:30,319 Speaker 1: Fangio coach defense, you better believe he's gonna figure it out. 25 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 1: And he's gonna he's gonna find Waldough And man, did 26 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 1: he find him, you know nineteen. And look, when you're 27 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 1: Herbert and you have the type of athleticism he does, 28 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:41,200 Speaker 1: you're fine with edge pressure. I mean, you're not fine 29 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:42,680 Speaker 1: with it. But we saw it last year, right he 30 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 1: was one of the most picture quarterbacks in the league. 31 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:46,480 Speaker 1: And you can peel off, you know, you can. You 32 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 1: can see that edge rusher coming and peel off the 33 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 1: other way. And he's so good on the you know, 34 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 1: throwing on the run. In this case, it was just 35 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 1: coming straight up the gut. I mean, the guy was 36 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 1: taking a snap and the pressure was in his lap immediately. 37 00:01:56,800 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 1: So that's gotta get fixed, you know. And I don't 38 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 1: know if if you know, obviously it gets fixed if 39 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 1: Filer's back, if he's not, you know, I just I 40 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:08,359 Speaker 1: hate saying this, but it's like, there's a reason why 41 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 1: Calamette has been in the league as long as he has, 42 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:13,639 Speaker 1: and he's stopped at as many places as he has, 43 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:16,360 Speaker 1: and he doesn't have a lot of snaps on his resume. 44 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 1: You know, he's there to spell and he's there to 45 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 1: fill in like he did this past week. But you know, 46 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 1: I am all for trying something till you find a solution. 47 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:28,040 Speaker 1: And I think if he's got to go out there 48 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 1: again with Schofield, I think you're going to see a 49 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:33,919 Speaker 1: lot of the same things because Lindsley cannot help on 50 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: both sides. He's got to pick a side either helps 51 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 1: go or help help Callamette, and this team is just 52 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 1: going to attack the other side whichever side Lindsley's not 53 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: helping on. So I think that's where it starts to 54 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 1: um drops continue to be an issue. I think that's 55 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 1: it's very odd, it's never been that way. Like what 56 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 1: I think this year. I think they lead the league 57 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 1: um but even bigger than that. I think the one 58 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:03,919 Speaker 1: other thing I took away Chris is that Denver's really good. 59 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 1: They're really good. Defensively, they're really good. I thought it 60 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:10,920 Speaker 1: was this. I thought they were the tightest windows that 61 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 1: we've seen Herbert have to throw into all season. I 62 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 1: know he burned Darby a couple times, but I thought 63 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 1: Darby held his own for the most part. Fuller, you know, 64 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 1: they have that rotation of Fuller and Darby and certain 65 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:25,519 Speaker 1: and I'll tay Man. I remember the offseason it felt 66 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:27,520 Speaker 1: like there was some heat around the Chargers and Fuller 67 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:28,920 Speaker 1: that they were trying to get a deal done with 68 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 1: the Bears. And I don't know what happened because they 69 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 1: just released the guy, but man, it sure would have 70 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 1: been nice to have him on this team for some 71 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 1: depth issues. So I think offensively, you know, they're moving 72 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 1: the ball and they're just stalling out, and penalties killed them, 73 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 1: I mean killed them. You know, Herbert had how many 74 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 1: second in nineteen, third and fifteen It just seemed like, 75 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 1: you know, anytime you've got some momentum, there was a 76 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 1: flag on the ground. And I know I'm rambling now 77 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:54,839 Speaker 1: just because it's all sort of coming back to me here. 78 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 1: And then I think, you know, the other problem was defense. Again. 79 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 1: You know, you got to in these especially you know 80 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 1: in the second half, you got him in these disadvantaged, 81 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 1: disadvantageous third downs and longs, and they were letting him convert. Yeah, 82 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: you know, so I think you you got a lot 83 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 1: of stuff. I think you got to clean up. But 84 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 1: at the same time, it's a it's a one score game, 85 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 1: and in the middle eight they got a chance to 86 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:16,840 Speaker 1: tie that thing up thanks to Derwin's interception at the 87 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 1: end of the half. I think they tie it up 88 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:20,600 Speaker 1: and then they they're like, Okay, we got past it. 89 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:24,040 Speaker 1: We're we're rolling now, we're good. Instead, I think they 90 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 1: had the football for thirteen minutes of the third quarter 91 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 1: and scored zero points. Yeah, one Filer. I think we 92 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 1: realize how valuable he is to this office. He had 93 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 1: played of the offensive snaps. Aboushi too, but you know 94 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 1: the way the way that Filer has played this year, 95 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:45,920 Speaker 1: had not missed a snap going into that Denver game. 96 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:49,040 Speaker 1: You certainly saw his loss money. I almost think that 97 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 1: this game was lost in the first quarter because you know, 98 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:53,880 Speaker 1: time of possession has been an issue for this team. 99 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 1: It all evened out at the end of the day, 100 00:04:56,640 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 1: but deaf first quarter. The blueprint was keep justin Herbert 101 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 1: off the field, sustained drives and score points and they 102 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:08,159 Speaker 1: go up. They would go fourteen nothing, and it's too late. 103 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 1: At that point. You already have a two score lead 104 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 1: and you mentioned it. Once you do get time of possession, 105 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 1: you don't score any points. Another takeaway, Darwin James was 106 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:21,599 Speaker 1: the best football player on the field, no question. He 107 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:24,560 Speaker 1: was unbelievable in that game. And there's no chance they're 108 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 1: even in that game if he doesn't play the way 109 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 1: he plays. I mean, some of these hits on Javante Williams, 110 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:33,800 Speaker 1: and there was another big one on I think I 111 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:35,839 Speaker 1: don't know if it was Patrick or one of the receivers. 112 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 1: The strip sack on Teddy Bridgewater that I thought was 113 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 1: a fumble, no questions asked. I mean the way that 114 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:46,600 Speaker 1: he played. Man, if you could clone Darwin, I mean, 115 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 1: my goodness, this team is so this team, I don't 116 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:53,480 Speaker 1: know the thirty three to me money. He brings so 117 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:58,480 Speaker 1: much energy and I just I wish that the rest 118 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 1: of the defense could feed off of at and put 119 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 1: together a performance to get them into playoff contentions starting 120 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 1: senting against the Bengals, you're gonna need to I thought 121 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 1: they played well. I thought for the most part, the 122 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 1: defense played well. You know the fourteen points. Remember you 123 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:15,839 Speaker 1: flip the field. The defense gets the Broncos off, they defer, 124 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 1: they hold, they get him off the field and what 125 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 1: do you get. You get a punt that's downed at 126 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:23,000 Speaker 1: the one, and you nearly pick up that first down, 127 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:25,480 Speaker 1: but you can't, and now the field's flipped right and 128 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 1: they're on their heels. So I thought the defense played well, 129 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 1: And this I think goes back to something just to Derwin. 130 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:32,159 Speaker 1: He's going to be an All Pro this year. There's 131 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 1: no question he's safety in the league. But I think 132 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 1: it goes back to something we discussed. I don't know 133 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 1: five to six. I don't know what. I'm trying to 134 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:41,920 Speaker 1: figure out what game it was where I was like, 135 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 1: why is Derwin not involved in sixty percent of the plays? 136 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:46,840 Speaker 1: But he's been closer to the ball, you know, I 137 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 1: think they've made it feels like they're really you know, 138 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 1: there they are. They are conscious and dedicated to having 139 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:55,479 Speaker 1: him closer to the ball to make more plays, to 140 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:59,480 Speaker 1: make those plays, you know, like a freaking missile drilling 141 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:01,800 Speaker 1: Teddy right in the middle of the back. And that's 142 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:03,800 Speaker 1: another part of this game too, is they had bad 143 00:07:03,839 --> 00:07:06,680 Speaker 1: fumble luck. You know, Durwin hits Teddy and somehow it 144 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 1: becomes an incomplete pass instead of a sack fumble, and 145 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 1: Kaiser's running it into the end zone, or at least 146 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:14,840 Speaker 1: the Chargers flipped the field on the plus side. The 147 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:17,960 Speaker 1: fumble Joey with the strip sack on third down that 148 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 1: should have forced a punt instead the freaking ball fumbles 149 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 1: forward and that drive ends up continuing and they get 150 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 1: a score on it. Like there was just too much 151 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 1: of that, just bad sort of luck that that went 152 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 1: against him. The one thing I'll say about the about 153 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:33,240 Speaker 1: the d is and we're also starting to see is 154 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 1: Joey getting kicked inside more and really getting more disruptive 155 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:40,840 Speaker 1: where you're seeing him play in their lin ball is 156 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 1: going to make a huge difference this week, and they 157 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:46,720 Speaker 1: need him, you know. I think, like you said, they 158 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:49,119 Speaker 1: were able to run the ball effectively. They were chewing 159 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 1: off five six yards, and I think that's to be 160 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:53,960 Speaker 1: understood with Denver. You know, that's a really there's a 161 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,160 Speaker 1: reason why that that's the only team with two backs 162 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:58,600 Speaker 1: that have five hundred yards. And I think at the 163 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 1: same time, the defense play. I don't think they not 164 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 1: only played well enough to get a win, but I 165 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 1: thought they dominated a pretty good chunk of that game, 166 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 1: and the offense gave him nothing, you know, And I 167 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 1: think that's the problem. Because like when you were talking 168 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 1: about time of possession, that's what I was alluding to, is, yeah, 169 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:16,560 Speaker 1: it was completely lopsided in that first quarter, but they 170 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 1: flipped it in the third quarter and they couldn't cash 171 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 1: it in, you know, for any points, Like you got 172 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 1: a missfield goal from Hopkins, you know, and you've got 173 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,080 Speaker 1: to turnover on downs and then you've got to turnover 174 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 1: that should have at least been three points, and now 175 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:32,319 Speaker 1: you're looking at fourteen ten, you know, and instead it's 176 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 1: a it's a touchback pick to certain in the end zone. 177 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:38,600 Speaker 1: Just a puzzling throw from Herbert, which we never see, 178 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 1: you know, his interceptions tend to be, Oh, that defensive 179 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 1: back made a really good play. They're not what the 180 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 1: heck was that? And that was one of those interceptions, 181 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:48,720 Speaker 1: and you know, who knows what was going on. Maybe 182 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:50,640 Speaker 1: it was just frustration from all the pressure, not to 183 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:52,800 Speaker 1: mention all the freaking penalties. They've got a first end 184 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 1: goal and now they get backed up again, and maybe 185 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:56,840 Speaker 1: there's a little frustration in there. But like that game 186 00:08:56,880 --> 00:08:59,680 Speaker 1: was there for the taking, then I think that's that's 187 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:04,120 Speaker 1: what's so for Strafeingam, is how this team is losing 188 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:07,200 Speaker 1: games you know what. You look at their their schedule 189 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 1: and I'm just trying to refresh my memory here because 190 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:11,800 Speaker 1: there's so many of them, you know, be at the 191 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:15,840 Speaker 1: Cowboys or the or the Vikings game. You just you 192 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:20,679 Speaker 1: look at these games. Um, yeah, see the Patriots in 193 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:23,439 Speaker 1: the Baltimore Ravens dominated them. But yeah, so it's the Vikings, 194 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:27,080 Speaker 1: the Broncos and the Cowboys. Those three games. You're just like, duh, 195 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:30,320 Speaker 1: there's just so many plays that could have been made. 196 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 1: They're in that game, they're trading punches. What is going 197 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:36,960 Speaker 1: wrong with this team that you're right at the time 198 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:39,520 Speaker 1: of That's what the reason it's a sixty minute game, right, 199 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:41,559 Speaker 1: I mean, you can you can right this ship and 200 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:43,800 Speaker 1: you can make things happen in the second half in 201 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 1: the Chargers offense. And again money, we keep going back 202 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:49,360 Speaker 1: to the running game, justin Herbert can't be the leading 203 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:52,200 Speaker 1: rusher two straight weeks. It just it just can't happen, 204 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 1: especially December December football. You have to be able to 205 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:59,520 Speaker 1: be physical and run the ball. And you alluded to it. 206 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:01,440 Speaker 1: The fact that you're you're down a guy like Filer 207 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:03,600 Speaker 1: the right side of the line. There's a reason why 208 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:06,560 Speaker 1: you're not able to run the ball effectively, and they 209 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:10,559 Speaker 1: still really haven't identified a second running back. Brabo was up, 210 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 1: but he didn't have a carry, so which was very 211 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:14,720 Speaker 1: odd to me. You know, they put him on. They 212 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:17,079 Speaker 1: put him on the field, and the first snap he's 213 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:18,880 Speaker 1: on the field, his pass pro and he blows his 214 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:22,440 Speaker 1: blocking assignment. And then the second time he gets a 215 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:24,959 Speaker 1: pass out of the backfield, and it's like, man, that's hard. 216 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:27,520 Speaker 1: That dude's two hundred and forty pounds, he's a hat, 217 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:30,600 Speaker 1: you know, he's in f one fifty. Hand him the ball, 218 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:33,280 Speaker 1: let him run between tackles, let him run behind Rashaun Slater, 219 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:36,040 Speaker 1: Like it was very odd that that that was his 220 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:38,960 Speaker 1: indoctrination to the offense. It's like, man, that's a tough 221 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:42,200 Speaker 1: ask for that dude who's been on the practice squad 222 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:44,079 Speaker 1: his entire career, and all of a sudden he's got 223 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:46,960 Speaker 1: to pick up at Denver blitz, you know, and that 224 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:48,880 Speaker 1: leads to a sack, and then his next one is 225 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:51,480 Speaker 1: a target on his shoulder that he's just clearly, you know, 226 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 1: that's just not his strength. So we'll see whether or not. 227 00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:55,400 Speaker 1: I can't imagine he's going to be called up again. 228 00:10:56,559 --> 00:10:58,800 Speaker 1: I would assume they want someone like Kelly out there, 229 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 1: you know, and maybe round Tree who's done a solid 230 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:04,520 Speaker 1: job in pass Pro as well. But yeah, they have 231 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:08,040 Speaker 1: got to figure out a way to run the ball. 232 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 1: They just have to to be consistent. And maybe it's 233 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 1: Justin Jackson. Maybe he's feeling a little bit more healthy 234 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:15,200 Speaker 1: and it can be him. But yes, one hundred percent, 235 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:17,920 Speaker 1: they've got to balance this offense out. And I think 236 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:22,079 Speaker 1: until until they do, you just realize that it's gonna 237 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:24,440 Speaker 1: live and die on Justin's arm and maybe his legs 238 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:28,000 Speaker 1: right now, and just the drops, those need to be minimized. 239 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:31,200 Speaker 1: He needs to continue to find his playmakers with Keenan 240 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:33,960 Speaker 1: and Mike down the field. And you know, I'll say this, 241 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:38,040 Speaker 1: Austin is having a career season. He really is playing fantastic. 242 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:39,840 Speaker 1: He had that drop at the end of the game, 243 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:41,640 Speaker 1: but I mean, yeah, that was thrown behind him and 244 00:11:41,679 --> 00:11:42,880 Speaker 1: it was a little behind him. Yeah it was a 245 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:46,160 Speaker 1: little bit. That's a fifty fifty. That's on Herbert and 246 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 1: that's on Austin a little bit. But I would put 247 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:50,720 Speaker 1: it more on Herbert based on, you know, kind of 248 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:52,600 Speaker 1: how hot that thing was coming out in the placement 249 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:54,839 Speaker 1: of it. But there's three dudes, I think with one 250 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:58,840 Speaker 1: thousand scrimmage yards and ten plus touchdowns. It's like Mixon, Taylor, 251 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:01,240 Speaker 1: and Eckler and to those guys are gonna be on 252 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:05,840 Speaker 1: the field together on Sunday. So, um, let's let's stay 253 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:08,559 Speaker 1: on Austin just for a minute, because I think about 254 00:12:08,559 --> 00:12:12,640 Speaker 1: this guy, a free agent college free agent twenty seventeen, 255 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:15,000 Speaker 1: what he's turned himself into. And maybe this would have 256 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,280 Speaker 1: happened last year money had he not gotten hurt. But 257 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 1: I mean, the way he plays, and I've say this 258 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:23,600 Speaker 1: so many times it's probably a nausea. He's not a 259 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:26,480 Speaker 1: running back. He's just he's an offensive weapon. Yeah, put 260 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:29,200 Speaker 1: him anywhere, and he really is kind of the engine 261 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:30,959 Speaker 1: of this offense right now. Yeah, I think, And it 262 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:34,400 Speaker 1: just kind of speaks to the position. Um. You know, 263 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:37,320 Speaker 1: there's there's a bunch of first round, you know, running 264 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:40,000 Speaker 1: backs that don't pan out, second round, third round backs 265 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 1: that don't pan out, and then you look around and 266 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:44,040 Speaker 1: there's yeah, I mean just look at look at the 267 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:47,079 Speaker 1: forty nine ers, right team that relies on the run 268 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:49,240 Speaker 1: more than anyone. They draft Trey Sermon in the third round. 269 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:51,560 Speaker 1: All the Fantasy football players get excited, all right, it's 270 00:12:51,559 --> 00:12:54,400 Speaker 1: gonna be my guy, and it's it's Elijah Moore. It's like, uh, 271 00:12:55,679 --> 00:12:56,880 Speaker 1: just you know, and that guy I think it was 272 00:12:56,880 --> 00:12:58,840 Speaker 1: either a seventh round pick or a free agent or 273 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:02,560 Speaker 1: something like there's I think it's it's one of those 274 00:13:02,559 --> 00:13:06,600 Speaker 1: positions where you can find Antonio Gibson for the for 275 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 1: the Washington Football to you know what I mean, like 276 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 1: they're it just you can find him in different spots. 277 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 1: And I don't know why that's the case. You know, 278 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:18,240 Speaker 1: Tony Pollard's outperforming Zeke this year for the Cowboys. It's just, 279 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:22,080 Speaker 1: you know, you can find really good players either at 280 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:23,760 Speaker 1: the back end of the draft. I mean, now, look, 281 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:26,360 Speaker 1: Austin's an exception. When you're talking about doing something that 282 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:28,520 Speaker 1: hasn't been done since Marshall Falk was in the league. 283 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:32,120 Speaker 1: You know, that's a different deal. That's that's an exceptional 284 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:36,200 Speaker 1: player compared to a serviceable one. But just going to 285 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 1: your point of Mixon, we're gonna have two of these 286 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:41,160 Speaker 1: guys on the field. Dudes in nightmare. He's a complete nightmare. 287 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:44,280 Speaker 1: And the fact that they finally Zach Taylor has finally 288 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:47,800 Speaker 1: built this offense around him instead of around Burrow, and 289 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:50,480 Speaker 1: Burrow is now a compliment to Mixon. I wish he 290 00:13:50,520 --> 00:13:53,080 Speaker 1: would have figured that out next week and not this week, 291 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:55,079 Speaker 1: you know, not two weeks ago, because I think it 292 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:58,760 Speaker 1: just makes this offense freaking lethal and in an absolute 293 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:02,720 Speaker 1: nightmare to contend with. We're gonna Paul Daynard Junior breakdown 294 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:05,400 Speaker 1: this matchup and give us a little bit more insight 295 00:14:05,520 --> 00:14:08,239 Speaker 1: on the Bengals, and let's just flip it to Cincinnati. 296 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:09,920 Speaker 1: I mean, this is the first time we see Burrow 297 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:12,200 Speaker 1: versus Herbert. I thought that this was gonna be the 298 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:14,840 Speaker 1: flex game. I guess in the end, you know, NBC's 299 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:17,439 Speaker 1: probably happened out with the first place matchup in the 300 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 1: AFC West with the Broncos and Chiefs. But this game, money, 301 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 1: I know you're high on this. This Bengals defense. They've 302 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:27,000 Speaker 1: they've been playing really well. Um. You hear the stars, 303 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:29,440 Speaker 1: the flashy names like Burrow and Jamar Chase and Mixon, 304 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 1: but that defense is a big reason why they're playing 305 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:34,040 Speaker 1: so good right now. They're really good. Um. And you 306 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:36,000 Speaker 1: know a lot of people talk about, oh, the Bengals 307 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:38,720 Speaker 1: are are underrated, and no one's talking about Joe Mixing. Yeah, 308 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:40,680 Speaker 1: they are you know, they're they're talking about you know, 309 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:42,920 Speaker 1: maybe maybe Tyler Boyd doesn't get the run he should 310 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:46,400 Speaker 1: get because he's a really good player. Um, there's enough Stanley. 311 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 1: Stanley said, Uh, if he's underrated, Uh, that's a mistake. 312 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 1: I didn't get the memo. Yeah, I didn't get You know, 313 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 1: everybody knows Mixon's a freak, a complete freak of a player. 314 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 1: And look, he would have been a top fifth team pick, 315 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:02,400 Speaker 1: you know, had he not punched a woman in the 316 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 1: face in Oklahoma. Obviously it was character concerns that that 317 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:08,000 Speaker 1: you know, had him slide, and yet he was still 318 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:10,920 Speaker 1: drafted in the second round after that because of how 319 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:13,520 Speaker 1: talented he is. And I should say, you know, having 320 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:16,880 Speaker 1: mentioned that, kudos to him for for moving forward and 321 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:19,880 Speaker 1: trying to do the right thing addressing it and you know, 322 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 1: being a good member of the community in Cincinnati and 323 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 1: trying to help out, you know, those that have suffered 324 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:27,840 Speaker 1: those sort of incidents and use that as a learning 325 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:31,640 Speaker 1: tool for him and for other players to see moving forward. 326 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:33,640 Speaker 1: You know that it is important to give back in 327 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:36,800 Speaker 1: a tone for your mistakes in the past. If somebody's 328 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:40,600 Speaker 1: you know, gracious enough to give you a second chance. Um, 329 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:42,600 Speaker 1: so I want to make sure I balance that out. 330 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:45,240 Speaker 1: But just going back to the football side of things, 331 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:49,120 Speaker 1: you know, on the defense, nobody's talking about him and 332 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 1: I can't quite figure out why. And there's there's kind 333 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:54,680 Speaker 1: of the there's a there's a bunch of names that 334 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 1: you can kind of mention, but I think the one 335 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:58,520 Speaker 1: that never gets mentioned as Jesse Bates and how good 336 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:00,680 Speaker 1: he is at safety. He he's going to end up 337 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 1: being a Pro Bowl. He's got a shot maybe to 338 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:05,920 Speaker 1: be an All Pro. He's really good. And you come 339 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:08,120 Speaker 1: by look when you always talk about how good is 340 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:09,880 Speaker 1: a defense while or the front and the back connected, 341 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 1: and it feels like this defense is starting to get connected. 342 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:17,080 Speaker 1: You're starting to see those turnovers, They're starting to see 343 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:21,240 Speaker 1: him shut down offenses. They really got after freaking Roethlisberger. 344 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:25,800 Speaker 1: I mean they got after his you know, and look 345 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:29,440 Speaker 1: that was a Steelers team, and yeah, they drove it 346 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:31,200 Speaker 1: drove me crazy. And now I'm on a tangent here. 347 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 1: Keep going. All the people that were like, oh, Ben's 348 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:35,960 Speaker 1: playing his best football. Do you see that game? And 349 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:37,800 Speaker 1: they scored thirty four points. It's like, wait a minute, 350 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:41,480 Speaker 1: they had they had scoring drives of three yards, seven yards, 351 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:43,960 Speaker 1: and eleven yards. Yeah, it was all turnovers. He was 352 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:45,880 Speaker 1: not playing great. Those balls were hanging up in the 353 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:48,720 Speaker 1: air forever. But that's beside the point. But yes, to 354 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:54,320 Speaker 1: your point, DJ Reader was, I feel like Reader was. 355 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:59,080 Speaker 1: I think it was when he was in Houston two 356 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:02,200 Speaker 1: years ago when he wrecked the Chargers, Like, he just 357 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:04,240 Speaker 1: wrecked that game. So I want to say it was 358 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 1: two years ago he was in Houston and just destroyed 359 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:10,280 Speaker 1: Philip Rivers in that Houston game that they ended up 360 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:12,880 Speaker 1: winning with Deshaun Watson. Yeah, was a home game and 361 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:16,199 Speaker 1: the Texans ended up winning. And I just remember Anthony 362 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:19,359 Speaker 1: Lynn with kind of this sort of backhanded, you know, 363 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:21,159 Speaker 1: sort of criticism. He was like, well, you know, when 364 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:23,000 Speaker 1: you got a quarterback like that can run around, you 365 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 1: can do a lot of things on offense. It's just 366 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:27,640 Speaker 1: like do but read Or really wrecked the game. So 367 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:30,959 Speaker 1: he's a really good player. Ogan Joby's having an awesome 368 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:33,399 Speaker 1: year since they signed him from Cleveland. Hendrickson has been 369 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:35,679 Speaker 1: one of the best pass rushers in the league. And 370 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:38,240 Speaker 1: you know that's where it all starts. You know, the 371 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:40,720 Speaker 1: back end has kind of been pieced together. I've never 372 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:43,040 Speaker 1: been a big Eli Apple fan, but whatever, you know, 373 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:46,159 Speaker 1: A Woozier is a really good player that they signed 374 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:48,000 Speaker 1: away from Dallas. And I think Bates is kind of 375 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:52,200 Speaker 1: the guy that really gets that thing going. So it's 376 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:53,960 Speaker 1: gonna be it's gonna be a tough time, But I 377 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,320 Speaker 1: think there's plays out there. I do. I think I 378 00:17:56,359 --> 00:17:58,120 Speaker 1: think there are plays to be made, and you can 379 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:00,960 Speaker 1: put points up on this defense, and I would be 380 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:05,600 Speaker 1: I would be more surprised if the Bengals defense was 381 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:08,000 Speaker 1: able to shut down the Chargers offense than if we 382 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:10,440 Speaker 1: find ourselves in a shootout. To me, that's just kind 383 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:14,240 Speaker 1: of how this one is feeling. Yeah, and then you know, offensively, 384 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:18,000 Speaker 1: we mentioned Joe Mixon and him kind of being the 385 00:18:18,119 --> 00:18:22,359 Speaker 1: guy it starts with. But these pass catchers like Jamar Chase, 386 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:26,320 Speaker 1: I think he was pretty cool in against the Steelers, 387 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:30,600 Speaker 1: but like te Higgins, man Boyd, you know the tight 388 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:35,960 Speaker 1: end there, there's so many different guys that did Burrow can, Yeah, Zama, 389 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:39,200 Speaker 1: there's so many guys that Burrow can make a star 390 00:18:39,359 --> 00:18:42,040 Speaker 1: for that specific game. And you know, I look at 391 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:44,680 Speaker 1: the Charger secondary right now, and we don't know about 392 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:48,200 Speaker 1: asate Samuel juniors. We taped this probably not looking great. Um, 393 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 1: Noah Lohi Gilman this week. Um, so the secondary is 394 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:53,800 Speaker 1: a little bit thin right now, and you just want 395 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:55,679 Speaker 1: to go to the waiver wire. You know, it's so 396 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:57,520 Speaker 1: thin they had to go, they had to go to waivers. 397 00:18:57,560 --> 00:19:00,520 Speaker 1: And I think, look, that's that's the issue. If you 398 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:02,280 Speaker 1: got one out, if you've got a Waldo out there, 399 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:07,040 Speaker 1: and a team addresses it and attacks it repeatedly, then 400 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:09,800 Speaker 1: it's just very hard to overcome, you know. And look, 401 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:13,600 Speaker 1: Tavon Campbell's been I think a good a good player, 402 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 1: a good depth piece. But when he's got to play 403 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:19,440 Speaker 1: three and four games and every snap that's a big ask, 404 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:22,840 Speaker 1: that is just a big ask, and teams are going 405 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:25,760 Speaker 1: after him. And I'm sure we'll see the same thing 406 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:28,560 Speaker 1: if he's going to be the guy that's you know, 407 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:30,960 Speaker 1: that's opposite Mike Davis and Chris Harris is going to 408 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:33,480 Speaker 1: stay inside. And I'm sure that's why they addressed it, 409 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 1: you know, by by scooping up a player that I 410 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:39,360 Speaker 1: will not be the least bit surprised to see get 411 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:41,919 Speaker 1: a pretty good chunk of snap percentage since he's familiar 412 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:45,960 Speaker 1: with Staley's scheme and just kind of knows what his 413 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:49,280 Speaker 1: assignments are, what the verbage is and where you know, 414 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:50,680 Speaker 1: and and he's able to go out there and be 415 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:52,480 Speaker 1: effective at the very least. I wouldn't be surprised if 416 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:54,160 Speaker 1: he gets a shot. I'll say this though real quick. 417 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:57,240 Speaker 1: You know, the thing to remember is while this offense 418 00:19:57,280 --> 00:20:00,760 Speaker 1: is putting up a bunch of points, Burrows on twelve picks, 419 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:05,760 Speaker 1: he's been sacked thirty times, So there's plays to be made. 420 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:08,000 Speaker 1: You know, there are plays to be made out there. 421 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:10,520 Speaker 1: You know, when you're throwing over an interception a game, 422 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:13,280 Speaker 1: you got an opportunity to go get after it, so 423 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:15,439 Speaker 1: you know that's that. And when you got players like 424 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:17,639 Speaker 1: Derwin James on the back end and Bosa up front, 425 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:21,520 Speaker 1: you know that line's been leaky. So thirty sacks that's 426 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:23,880 Speaker 1: a lot of sacks, you know. So it's like ten 427 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:25,840 Speaker 1: more than the Chargers have. And it feels like Herbert's 428 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:28,159 Speaker 1: taking a lot of sacks. So there's there's plays to 429 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:30,800 Speaker 1: be made against this offense. I know, you remember the 430 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:35,240 Speaker 1: Bills game last year in the just havoc that Bosa 431 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:38,280 Speaker 1: reeked in that game. That needs to be like a 432 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:41,159 Speaker 1: carbon copy this Sunday, like Bosa I think is the 433 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:43,399 Speaker 1: key to this game, for the way he stops the 434 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 1: run and the way he gets after the quarterback. And 435 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 1: you know DJ was breaking down Burrow and Boso on 436 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:52,000 Speaker 1: film room this week and we see that that that 437 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:56,200 Speaker 1: Derwin strip sack coming in like a heat seeking missile. Yeah, 438 00:20:56,320 --> 00:20:59,320 Speaker 1: Joey Bosa made that play. I mean, Joey Bosa was 439 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:02,240 Speaker 1: the reason or when James got in there so quickly. 440 00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 1: So you know, Joey's sack production is in his highs 441 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:08,879 Speaker 1: as we're maybe accustomed to seeing, and not there with 442 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:11,240 Speaker 1: the top tier in the league right now seven and 443 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:13,000 Speaker 1: a half, that doesn't really tell the story. He's got 444 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:17,080 Speaker 1: four strip sex, he gets to the quarterback consistently and money. 445 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 1: I think that he's the guy. He's going to have 446 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:23,679 Speaker 1: to have his elite all pro type performance for the 447 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:26,399 Speaker 1: Chargers to win this game. Yeah, you know you mentioned sacks, 448 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:29,159 Speaker 1: and I know you know Brandon Staley's addressed this as well. 449 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:31,959 Speaker 1: You know that's it's not unnecessarily that. No, I mean, 450 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,719 Speaker 1: he leads the league in pressures, Joey does, so, you know, 451 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:37,960 Speaker 1: and that's how you create, you know, a quarterback to 452 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,680 Speaker 1: get his clock to speed up to make mistakes, other 453 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:43,119 Speaker 1: guys get either pressures or hits or a play to 454 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 1: shut down. So and I think what we've seen in 455 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:48,320 Speaker 1: the last two weeks too, Chris has Joey's been very productive. 456 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:51,639 Speaker 1: He much more productive these last two games than he has, 457 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:53,879 Speaker 1: you know, I think at any other point in the season. 458 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:56,520 Speaker 1: So and what we've seen is he's able to put 459 00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:58,359 Speaker 1: his hand in the ground. They're pushing him inside a 460 00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:00,359 Speaker 1: little bit, he's stacking up with the worst on the 461 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:02,520 Speaker 1: same side or fact roll on the same side outside 462 00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:04,720 Speaker 1: of him. And I think that's been a lot more effective. 463 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:08,240 Speaker 1: So I'm anxious to see if that's if that's what 464 00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:10,600 Speaker 1: we're going to see more of, especially in this game, 465 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:14,560 Speaker 1: because that's you know, that's what you do to young quarterbacks. 466 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:16,960 Speaker 1: Get to them fast, you know, don't give them time 467 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:19,840 Speaker 1: by coming off the edge, get right up the gut 468 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 1: and get right in their face. And you know, Burrows 469 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:25,240 Speaker 1: pearls an athlete, no doubt, but you know he ain't 470 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:27,879 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson, He's not Jalen Hurts. You know guys that 471 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 1: we've seen able to peel out of that when you 472 00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:32,800 Speaker 1: get pressure right up the gut. And I think we're 473 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:34,280 Speaker 1: gonna see a lot of that. I think you're gonna 474 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 1: see a lot of durrowin at the line of scrimmage, 475 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,200 Speaker 1: trying to take advantage of this offensive line that's given 476 00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:40,480 Speaker 1: up thirty sacks and a quarterback that's thrown twelve picks. 477 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:43,000 Speaker 1: I think I will not be the least bit surprised 478 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:44,919 Speaker 1: if if that's kind of the way they approach this, 479 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:46,959 Speaker 1: even though they have all those weapons on the outside. 480 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:48,760 Speaker 1: You know what, don't give them time. Don't give them 481 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:51,800 Speaker 1: time to let Chase get down the field or Boyd 482 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:54,119 Speaker 1: to run a nice seam route, you know, fifteen yards 483 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:57,960 Speaker 1: in the middle of the field. Get get to Burrow immediately, 484 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:00,159 Speaker 1: you know, and let's just try to keep this thing 485 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:03,440 Speaker 1: from allowing those te Higgins is so good at fifty 486 00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:05,720 Speaker 1: fifty balls, that's the last thing you want is for 487 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:09,200 Speaker 1: those plays that he's explosive plays down the field. This 488 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:11,600 Speaker 1: is a much different Bengals team than the one the 489 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:14,439 Speaker 1: Chargers saw in Week one last year. Let's get this 490 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:18,000 Speaker 1: week's opposing view. Paul Daynard Junior of The Athletic does 491 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,600 Speaker 1: an awesome job covering the Bengals. 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Get 500 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:48,879 Speaker 1: this every Chargers game in this season when the Bolts 501 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:52,399 Speaker 1: defense gets an interception, show your game recap emails to 502 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:55,320 Speaker 1: your local Popeyes to get a free chicken sandwich when 503 00:23:55,400 --> 00:24:00,239 Speaker 1: you purchase a chicken sandwich at regular menu price. All right, 504 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:02,840 Speaker 1: to get this week's opposing view, let's bring him in. 505 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:06,520 Speaker 1: Paul Danner Jr. Does a great job covering the Bengals 506 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:08,600 Speaker 1: at Cincinnati, and Paul, we've done this a couple of 507 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:11,560 Speaker 1: times over the last few years. Bengal's got a really 508 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:15,280 Speaker 1: good football team, and this is a Wildcard Vibe Sunday. 509 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:19,119 Speaker 1: And since he yeah, I mean, you know, there's there's 510 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:21,680 Speaker 1: no doubt. It's all these teams that are kind of 511 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:24,399 Speaker 1: bunched together are all facing each other here and this 512 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:26,160 Speaker 1: is one of those of the Zach Taylor Bengals coach 513 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:28,040 Speaker 1: kind of said, this is the this is I feel 514 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:29,560 Speaker 1: like it's the biggest game of the year for us 515 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:32,320 Speaker 1: when you consider where these two teams are stationed, what 516 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:35,840 Speaker 1: everyone is fighting for, what a what a loss uh 517 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:40,240 Speaker 1: could mean in both directions. And I think that's true. 518 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:42,840 Speaker 1: I mean, there's there's all these games down the stretch 519 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:47,560 Speaker 1: amongst these teams. You know, these five six teams, Denver, La, Cincinnati, 520 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:50,000 Speaker 1: even Baltimore's up with the one is only one game 521 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:52,639 Speaker 1: ahead of the Bengals, So everybody kind of can end 522 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:55,159 Speaker 1: up anywhere right now in the FC. And that's what 523 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:58,280 Speaker 1: makes you know, these these stretch games feel so big 524 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:00,399 Speaker 1: every week. Yeah, you know, you look at at the 525 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:03,119 Speaker 1: records and head to head is gonna be huge, right, 526 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:05,199 Speaker 1: They could end up with the same same record. If 527 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:07,840 Speaker 1: the Chargers win, Bengals can pull ahead by essentially two 528 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:09,679 Speaker 1: and a half games because of the head to head here. 529 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:11,960 Speaker 1: But the one thing that really jumps out at me, 530 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:14,320 Speaker 1: Paula's how we got here, Like, like, how did the 531 00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:17,600 Speaker 1: Bengals get to this point? As I was putting the 532 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:20,120 Speaker 1: board together to get ready for the game, it blew 533 00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:23,320 Speaker 1: my dome. How many new players are on this team. 534 00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:25,560 Speaker 1: I mean you've added like five defense They went from 535 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:28,199 Speaker 1: like six to eleven defensive backs. There's a ton of 536 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:30,600 Speaker 1: waiver acquisitions. I mean it feels like a full on 537 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:34,440 Speaker 1: roster turnover on defense. Yeah, two years into making really, 538 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:36,240 Speaker 1: I mean when you go back, you know, since Zach 539 00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:38,320 Speaker 1: Taylor took over, they came in the first year and 540 00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:40,080 Speaker 1: those like kind of learning what do we got and 541 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:43,040 Speaker 1: they realized they have a trash heap, and so they 542 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:45,880 Speaker 1: got in half of it and there's still a lot 543 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:48,640 Speaker 1: left of sort of remaining, and it didn't quite mention. 544 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 1: They learned a little bit more what they had to do, 545 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:53,320 Speaker 1: and they had a bunch of acquisitions in that offseason 546 00:25:53,359 --> 00:25:55,280 Speaker 1: that almost all got hurt. Trey Wayne' who still has 547 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:58,200 Speaker 1: hardly played DJ Reader got hurt. You know this nothing 548 00:25:58,359 --> 00:26:01,040 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow they draft, he made, you know ten games 549 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:03,560 Speaker 1: into the season, I don't They didn't feel like they 550 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:06,320 Speaker 1: really learned what it would look like when it came together. 551 00:26:06,359 --> 00:26:08,680 Speaker 1: And then they did one last cutting and it was 552 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:11,639 Speaker 1: really totally new. This is now Zach Taylor's team for 553 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:14,679 Speaker 1: the first year, his culture, his players, his type of guys, 554 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:18,639 Speaker 1: none of the like Marvin Lewis era holdovers who were like, 555 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:20,520 Speaker 1: why does this guy do it different? It was all 556 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:23,960 Speaker 1: about this new vibe and that they created, and before 557 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:26,440 Speaker 1: the season started there was a sense of it all 558 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:29,000 Speaker 1: felt different that way, but it was okay. A lot 559 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:30,840 Speaker 1: of guys say that, you hear about that type of 560 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:34,119 Speaker 1: stuff when changeover happens. Then they started playing and they 561 00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:37,960 Speaker 1: started winning, and they started acting differently than you've seen 562 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:41,080 Speaker 1: Bengals teams act on the sideline, reaction to each other, 563 00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:42,960 Speaker 1: the way they are in the locker room, the way 564 00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:45,520 Speaker 1: all of the stuff. It just was very much of 565 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:47,720 Speaker 1: different vibe that they kind of had sold since the 566 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:49,640 Speaker 1: very beginning. It just took two years to get here. 567 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:52,679 Speaker 1: You're right, though. It was all by going and acquiring 568 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:57,439 Speaker 1: guys with a past, a specific past, played on good teams, 569 00:26:57,520 --> 00:27:00,680 Speaker 1: played on playoff teams, came from program as that one 570 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:03,639 Speaker 1: championships they've always else you guys, and these Clemson guys, 571 00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:06,159 Speaker 1: a bunch of guys Trey Anderson from New Orleans, Bon 572 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:09,679 Speaker 1: Belt from New Orleans, like, they went and found guys 573 00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:13,320 Speaker 1: that have that DNA to them and they've built around them, 574 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:16,920 Speaker 1: and man, it has it's certainly paid off in a 575 00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:20,119 Speaker 1: big way. Paul. They had some impressive wins earlier in 576 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:23,720 Speaker 1: the year, but you know, they called my attention after 577 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:26,960 Speaker 1: the Chargers got beat the way they did in Baltimore, 578 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:29,480 Speaker 1: and then for them to go in there and just 579 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:34,359 Speaker 1: destroy the Ravens and then you sweep the Steelers. What 580 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:37,800 Speaker 1: is this team right now? Because they've outscored I think 581 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:40,720 Speaker 1: the Steelers the Raiders what fifty three twenty three or 582 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:44,000 Speaker 1: something something crazy over the last two weeks. But then 583 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:47,359 Speaker 1: you see losses to the Jets, losses to the Browns 584 00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:49,879 Speaker 1: that Paul last a few weeks ago. Are they a 585 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:51,680 Speaker 1: different team in the last two weeks. Are you seeing 586 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:55,719 Speaker 1: something different? Yeah? I mean really what they are is 587 00:27:55,800 --> 00:28:00,440 Speaker 1: they have become this ownership of power running behind Joe 588 00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:06,400 Speaker 1: Mixon being the initial engine. And you know, I think 589 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:09,080 Speaker 1: they they went and they brought in a new offensive 590 00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:11,800 Speaker 1: line coach, Frank Pollock this offseason to fix that offensive 591 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:13,880 Speaker 1: line which has just been a mess, and said, we're 592 00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:15,879 Speaker 1: gonna this guy is one of the best in the 593 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:18,880 Speaker 1: business at this wide zone running scheme. If we can 594 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:21,200 Speaker 1: everywhere he's gone, he's had great running games. He's found 595 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:23,440 Speaker 1: ability to developed the inclusive. He was here in twenty eighteen, 596 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:27,879 Speaker 1: Joe Mixon's best year. Not coincidentally, he left him with 597 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:29,000 Speaker 1: to the just for a couple of years. They brought 598 00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:31,880 Speaker 1: him back and the ideas, if he can do here 599 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:34,400 Speaker 1: what he has done most of his spots and reconnect 600 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:37,000 Speaker 1: with what he's already done with Joe Mixon, and that's 601 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:39,920 Speaker 1: the running game, and teams have to worry about that. 602 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:44,080 Speaker 1: And you just let Joe Burrow playoff that they're scary 603 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:46,880 Speaker 1: offensively with their weapons with Jumar Chason t. Higgins and 604 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:50,560 Speaker 1: Tyler Boyd. And it took them really about a half 605 00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:53,560 Speaker 1: a season to get to that point where they felt 606 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:56,000 Speaker 1: like they could really lean heavy on it and really 607 00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:58,440 Speaker 1: get everybody to connect that way. And what you've seen 608 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:01,959 Speaker 1: the last two weeks has been that flower blossomy. I mean, 609 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:05,440 Speaker 1: they have looked unstoppable. Mixing is just getting whatever he wants. 610 00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:07,840 Speaker 1: They're blowing holes. The wide zone looks great, and the 611 00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:11,240 Speaker 1: moment teams starting trying to play single higher, that's a 612 00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:13,200 Speaker 1: player in the box and shade him towards Jamar Chase 613 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:15,000 Speaker 1: because Jamar Chase has proven to be one of the 614 00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:17,120 Speaker 1: best deep threats in the league. They throw balls at 615 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:18,880 Speaker 1: Higgins on their side and he plucks it off the 616 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:21,720 Speaker 1: top of the defensive back's head for a touchdown where 617 00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:24,760 Speaker 1: Tyler Boyd just owns the slot as he does. And 618 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:28,000 Speaker 1: they're just getting all these matchups everywhere off of it, 619 00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:31,200 Speaker 1: and it's really you seeing this young offense come together 620 00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:33,640 Speaker 1: that way, you know what I'm trying to figure out, 621 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:36,600 Speaker 1: Paul like the offense. To me, it's the only concern 622 00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:38,240 Speaker 1: I had going into the season was the old line, 623 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:40,080 Speaker 1: and you just address that, you know, it looked like 624 00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:42,360 Speaker 1: there were holes all over the place. That was discussed 625 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:44,160 Speaker 1: when they drafted Jamar Chase. But for me, it's the 626 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:47,760 Speaker 1: defense and kind of the remaking of that defense. Everyone's 627 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:49,920 Speaker 1: going to focus on the skill players because they're so 628 00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:52,960 Speaker 1: good and Burrows so likable, But to me, the signing 629 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:56,240 Speaker 1: of Hendrickson, I'm so two part question. One, kind of 630 00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:59,000 Speaker 1: what was the vibe in Cincinnati, because nationally it felt 631 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:01,520 Speaker 1: like a same old ben they're cheap letting losson go 632 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:04,560 Speaker 1: and they're trying to go cheap with Hendrickson, he's been phenomenal. 633 00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:08,600 Speaker 1: And two have they changed their scheme? Have things changed 634 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:11,200 Speaker 1: a little bit in the way they're playing defense? On 635 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:14,920 Speaker 1: top of all the personnel they've added. I'll start with 636 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:17,560 Speaker 1: I mean with the Hendrickson thing. I mean, yeah, let it. 637 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:20,920 Speaker 1: There was a lot of conversation about Losson versus Hendrickson. 638 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:23,840 Speaker 1: They ended up both getting about the same contract. They 639 00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:27,640 Speaker 1: let Losson go. They liked, they liked the awareness and 640 00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:31,520 Speaker 1: the finishing ability of Hendrickson. Lowson is a freak and 641 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:34,080 Speaker 1: he is a great pass rushur into shame he got 642 00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:36,959 Speaker 1: hurt again, but they felt like so many times he 643 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:40,040 Speaker 1: was so disruptive, but he didn't always finish for somebody 644 00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:41,560 Speaker 1: who was in the backfield as much as he did. 645 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:45,040 Speaker 1: Hendrickson was the opposite. He like always finished and you know, 646 00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:47,640 Speaker 1: and he took advantage of it, and that has proven itself. 647 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:49,520 Speaker 1: And they took a little bit of a risk on 648 00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:51,719 Speaker 1: that because a lot of people said, well, how much 649 00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:53,560 Speaker 1: of that was because of everything else happening in New 650 00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:56,239 Speaker 1: Orleans and cam Jordan all these other guys, and how 651 00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:58,080 Speaker 1: much of those sacks that he got where it's to 652 00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:00,880 Speaker 1: break out year because of creating by others. And they 653 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:03,160 Speaker 1: looked at and they said, that's not what we see. 654 00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:05,960 Speaker 1: We believe in this guy, and boy has he proven 655 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:08,040 Speaker 1: to be every bit of that. He has been in 656 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:12,200 Speaker 1: every metric you look at a pressures, win percentage, sacks, 657 00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:15,080 Speaker 1: whatever you care about. When it comes to an edge rusher, 658 00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:17,400 Speaker 1: he's in the top five, top three, whatever it is. 659 00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:20,200 Speaker 1: He's been great and that has been helped by others. 660 00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:23,959 Speaker 1: So I think people have certainly come around on that. 661 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:25,360 Speaker 1: But a lot of people were sad to see Carl 662 00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:27,720 Speaker 1: Lowson go because they liked him. Especially what they're doing different. 663 00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:30,120 Speaker 1: I just think they're more multiple, have the ability to 664 00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:32,600 Speaker 1: do different things. They have a lot of guys who 665 00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:35,360 Speaker 1: are good at both upfront, at both stopping the run 666 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:37,960 Speaker 1: and getting after the past. You know, Larry Ogunjobi doesn't 667 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:40,680 Speaker 1: get talked about enough. Who's they've moved him into a 668 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:43,360 Speaker 1: three tech rule where he's like, you know, he's more 669 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:45,000 Speaker 1: of it supposed to be in a pass rusher spot, 670 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:47,040 Speaker 1: but his background this is a great rug stop or two, 671 00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:49,800 Speaker 1: so teams really struggled to run the ball against them. 672 00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:51,760 Speaker 1: Sam Hubbard's one of the best at that in the league. 673 00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:54,400 Speaker 1: Two is setting an edge on d that way, and 674 00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:57,480 Speaker 1: so they've really kind of been able to do that 675 00:31:57,560 --> 00:32:00,479 Speaker 1: and then also have waves of guys they bringing in 676 00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:02,560 Speaker 1: different pass rush sets that have had, have helped. And 677 00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:07,120 Speaker 1: you know, when Chinbeuzia comes in and plays above the head, 678 00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:08,640 Speaker 1: you thought he was going to be something you've got 679 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:11,760 Speaker 1: at number one in him. And you know, Mike Hilton 680 00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:14,520 Speaker 1: comes in and brings you a great energy at the 681 00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:17,000 Speaker 1: slot position, maybe above what you even thought you were 682 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:19,680 Speaker 1: going to get from him, and they quickly come together. 683 00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:21,720 Speaker 1: I don't think people thought to come together this fast 684 00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:24,440 Speaker 1: like that they would be legit. I think there's still 685 00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:27,719 Speaker 1: questions about them against the league's best offense, most notably 686 00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:30,920 Speaker 1: how they would look against a quarterback like Herbert. But 687 00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:34,440 Speaker 1: I do think they've proven a foundational level of being 688 00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:38,320 Speaker 1: good to very good against most teams. I want to 689 00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:41,880 Speaker 1: correct myself. It was seventy twenty three, seventy three twenty 690 00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:44,800 Speaker 1: three that they've outscored the Steelers and Raiders the last 691 00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:48,040 Speaker 1: two weeks, which is crazy. And you mentioned Herbert in 692 00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:50,520 Speaker 1: the Chargers. What are they saying about the Bolts coming 693 00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:54,840 Speaker 1: to Cincinnati, Paul, I mean, I think this is and 694 00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:57,160 Speaker 1: I kind of actually wrote about this in the Athletic today. 695 00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:00,560 Speaker 1: It's a proving ground for the defense. It's judged day 696 00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:03,840 Speaker 1: for this defense. They have only faced two teams in 697 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:08,000 Speaker 1: the top ten in DVOA offensively this year in Green 698 00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:11,480 Speaker 1: Bay and Aaron Rodgers, who Davante Adams had a record 699 00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:15,680 Speaker 1: day over two hundred yards receiving against them in Minnesota 700 00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:18,000 Speaker 1: way back in Week one, who put up a bunch 701 00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:20,080 Speaker 1: of points twenty four and twenty five points combined. They've 702 00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:23,239 Speaker 1: kind of made a living throttling the bottom tier of 703 00:33:23,280 --> 00:33:25,320 Speaker 1: the offenses in the league. And that's great, like you 704 00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:27,280 Speaker 1: got to be able to do that, But we don't 705 00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:32,000 Speaker 1: really know who they are defensively against this type of 706 00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:35,440 Speaker 1: an offense, and what everyone's saying is how are they 707 00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:38,720 Speaker 1: going to look? We talk Jesse Bates on Wednesday, he said, 708 00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:40,520 Speaker 1: it seems like most teams we've played have had one 709 00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:43,160 Speaker 1: problem to deal with, you know, whether it's the back 710 00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:46,480 Speaker 1: out of the backfield or this one receiver. We haven't 711 00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:49,080 Speaker 1: faced a lot of teams with all the problems to 712 00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:51,320 Speaker 1: deal with like the Chargers bring to town. And I 713 00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:54,600 Speaker 1: think there's a question of, you know, the Bengals offense 714 00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:56,800 Speaker 1: will put up points, should put up points the way 715 00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:59,640 Speaker 1: they're rolling some of the struggles the Chargers defense have had. 716 00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:04,320 Speaker 1: Can this defense hold the Chargers from winning this game 717 00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:09,000 Speaker 1: in a shootout? I say maybe probably, we don't really know. 718 00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:11,399 Speaker 1: I think that's kind of what people are looking at 719 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:14,719 Speaker 1: when you look at somebody's game, Paul, when we bring 720 00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:16,640 Speaker 1: teams in, we kind of know where they're going to 721 00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:20,319 Speaker 1: attack the offensive line with Bilaga down and Obushe out, 722 00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:22,680 Speaker 1: it's just been the right side. And this last week, 723 00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:24,359 Speaker 1: you know, with a backup guard on the left side, 724 00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:26,520 Speaker 1: now calametted, they just came straight up the middle of 725 00:34:26,520 --> 00:34:31,160 Speaker 1: the Broncos were super successful Russian just for so if 726 00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:35,080 Speaker 1: you can, let's do both of kind of both lines here. One. 727 00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:38,560 Speaker 1: What have you noticed where's been the most effective pass rush? 728 00:34:38,719 --> 00:34:41,680 Speaker 1: Is it interior that's pushing guys outside into the hands 729 00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:44,360 Speaker 1: of Hendrickson? Is at Hendrickson that is just straight disruptive 730 00:34:45,160 --> 00:34:46,680 Speaker 1: And then on the other line that is really just 731 00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:49,000 Speaker 1: kind of the one blemish on offense for the Bengals 732 00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:51,520 Speaker 1: is the amount of sacks that Burrow has taken. Is 733 00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:55,000 Speaker 1: that line still leaky? Are there issues there that you 734 00:34:55,080 --> 00:34:58,799 Speaker 1: think Bosa and company could could exploit? And where would 735 00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:02,239 Speaker 1: that be? You know? On defense, I think it's a 736 00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:06,560 Speaker 1: bunch of nice complimentary pieces around Hendrickson as the hammer, 737 00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:09,280 Speaker 1: you know, I mean DJ Reader doesn't get enough credit. 738 00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:13,000 Speaker 1: He pushes the pocketback every time so quarterbacks can't step up. 739 00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:16,920 Speaker 1: Ogan job two. Hubbard has been back in there and 740 00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:18,680 Speaker 1: he's in the mix and he cleans up a lot 741 00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:22,440 Speaker 1: of stuff and he's just around and again hemming the pocketed. 742 00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:26,000 Speaker 1: And then because everybody knows Hendrickson coming around that edge 743 00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:27,680 Speaker 1: is going to do a lot of the finishing and 744 00:35:27,719 --> 00:35:29,800 Speaker 1: he does flush a lot of things to other guys. 745 00:35:30,360 --> 00:35:32,799 Speaker 1: You know, they's a they do a good job of 746 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:37,880 Speaker 1: everyone doing enough. There's there's really no you know, spot 747 00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:40,720 Speaker 1: that's never getting pressure or they're never bringing enough the middle. 748 00:35:40,719 --> 00:35:42,600 Speaker 1: They've had games where the middle has been a dominant 749 00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:44,680 Speaker 1: force and they've had game Worth has just been coming 750 00:35:44,680 --> 00:35:47,000 Speaker 1: off the edges on the offensive. Why I you know, 751 00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:50,880 Speaker 1: I think in pass pro there's still issues there. Jonah 752 00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:53,239 Speaker 1: Williams has been really good on the edge. Riley Reef 753 00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:54,759 Speaker 1: has been who you'd expect him to be, a ten 754 00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:57,200 Speaker 1: year vet who looks the same every year. He's kind 755 00:35:57,200 --> 00:35:59,200 Speaker 1: of been that. It's it's been about the interior. You know. 756 00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:02,319 Speaker 1: Trey Hopkins at center achemod Energy. They feel like they 757 00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:04,160 Speaker 1: started to find something because he came in and entered 758 00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:05,960 Speaker 1: the equation at right guard three weeks ago, but that's 759 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:09,239 Speaker 1: been kind of a rotating area. Quentin Spain's really good 760 00:36:09,239 --> 00:36:12,560 Speaker 1: at left guard. Really, that right guard center spot is 761 00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:16,479 Speaker 1: where you see a lot of the main issues stem from, 762 00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:18,560 Speaker 1: and so if teams can take advantage of that, if 763 00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:21,120 Speaker 1: you've got somebody who can line up over that spot, 764 00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:23,880 Speaker 1: that's where a lot of it comes from. And Burrow 765 00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:26,719 Speaker 1: is still under pressure a decent amount. But I think 766 00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:29,279 Speaker 1: that was a big part of their adjustment into this 767 00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:32,480 Speaker 1: let's focus a mixing, you know, is let's not put 768 00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:34,879 Speaker 1: ourselves in these spots, and if we can really get 769 00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:36,880 Speaker 1: this running game going, we stay in third and manage, 770 00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:39,080 Speaker 1: but we don't have to do third and long, and 771 00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:41,640 Speaker 1: then you know, everything we do still has kind of 772 00:36:41,640 --> 00:36:43,640 Speaker 1: taking teams a little bit more by surprise, and that's 773 00:36:43,640 --> 00:36:46,879 Speaker 1: when Burrow just owns people. So it's kind of been 774 00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:49,560 Speaker 1: that combination of why they've made that adjustment to have 775 00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:52,319 Speaker 1: a few or less opportunities for teams to really tee off. 776 00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:56,640 Speaker 1: You know, this is the first matchup between Burrow and Herbert. 777 00:36:56,640 --> 00:37:00,120 Speaker 1: It was Tyrod Taylor in Week one last year, so 778 00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:03,319 Speaker 1: this will be a treat to just barn Burner what 779 00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:06,760 Speaker 1: was the final like sixteen thirteen, sixteen thirty Randy bullocks 780 00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:10,880 Speaker 1: Cabs says he said they seized up as he'll go 781 00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:16,840 Speaker 1: at the end belly. Yeah, Hey, Paul, last thing for me, 782 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:21,480 Speaker 1: Based on everything you've seen from the Bengals recently, and um, 783 00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:23,200 Speaker 1: knowing what you know about the charges, what do you 784 00:37:23,239 --> 00:37:26,759 Speaker 1: think could decide this one on Sunday? I think what 785 00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:30,160 Speaker 1: I said earlier, I think it's how many points can 786 00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:33,160 Speaker 1: his Chargers offense put up? Me? Can they Is this 787 00:37:33,360 --> 00:37:37,640 Speaker 1: Bengals defense real? How much can they limit a guy 788 00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:41,200 Speaker 1: with the ability of Herbert? Is it gonna look like 789 00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:43,480 Speaker 1: what green Bay did when green Bay was thrown it 790 00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:45,960 Speaker 1: all over him? Um? I think that's going to be 791 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:49,120 Speaker 1: the difference. I think the Bengals will score. I think 792 00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:53,440 Speaker 1: it's gonna come down to, you know, how effective is Herbert? 793 00:37:53,719 --> 00:37:55,279 Speaker 1: You know, two guys with a lot of picks this 794 00:37:55,360 --> 00:37:58,040 Speaker 1: year playing against each other, Burrow and Herbert of both 795 00:37:58,120 --> 00:38:00,799 Speaker 1: on a ton of picks. No which team is the 796 00:38:00,840 --> 00:38:05,520 Speaker 1: beneficiary of those? And you know, like most games, turnovers 797 00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:07,480 Speaker 1: play such a huge role. But I think when you 798 00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:10,040 Speaker 1: consider how much it has been a storyline for these 799 00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:13,000 Speaker 1: two quarterbacks, who throws the most of it. Might be 800 00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:16,080 Speaker 1: a big part of it too. You still have Baltimore 801 00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:18,719 Speaker 1: in Cleveland on the schedule. Last thing for me, you 802 00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:20,319 Speaker 1: think this team wins. I think they're the best team 803 00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:21,840 Speaker 1: in the division. Do you think they win the division? 804 00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:26,440 Speaker 1: I do. They're the healthiest by a long shot that 805 00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:28,600 Speaker 1: I think they have the best quarterback right now, in 806 00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:31,359 Speaker 1: the best offense right now. I mean, everybody else has 807 00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:34,480 Speaker 1: looked questionable, and they you know, it's all in their hands. 808 00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:38,160 Speaker 1: They they have Baltimore coming here on December twenty six, 809 00:38:38,239 --> 00:38:39,840 Speaker 1: they win that game, and it's