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Speaker 1: And now move the sticks with Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks.

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Speaker 1: What's up, everybody? Welcome to move the sticks.

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Speaker 2: DJ, Buck with you.

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Speaker 1: And by the looks of it, Buck, you are in

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Speaker 1: the friendly confines of NFL studios. There. How you doing.

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Speaker 2: I mean, I'm good.

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Speaker 3: I've decided to get out of the home office one

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Speaker 3: to get back into the studio. Have a little different energy,

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Speaker 3: a little Bob. Because we're getting close to the playoffs. DJ,

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Speaker 3: it matters, so you got to take our game. We

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Speaker 1: Yeah, shoot, I'm gonna be in there. I'll be in

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Speaker 1: Artists and the artist formally known as black Monday. I

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Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings holding off the Green Bay Packers. They

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Speaker 1: Detroit welcoming in Minnesota. Winner. Congratulations the whole kitten Kabodle.

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Speaker 1: You're the number one seed loser. Yeah, no home game

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Speaker 1: Get to that, Buck, what'd you think of this ballgame?

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Speaker 3: Man, the Minnesota Vikings. I will say this because that's

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Speaker 3: and when I look at Sam Donald's success, it's just

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Speaker 3: DJ He's put up so many solid games consistently that

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Speaker 2: The exciting player.

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Speaker 3: Even though Michael Penix didn't have a lot of experience,

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a dangerous It's a dangerous group for sure,

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Speaker 3: What a novel concept, big play, big big body guy.

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Speaker 1: when you look to score this thing forty eight to fourteen.

437
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Speaker 1: But we still saw some good things from Bryce Young

438
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Speaker 1: as he continues to play good football coming down the

439
00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:26,280
Speaker 1: home stretch here. But let's stick with Tampa right back

440
00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:29,080
Speaker 1: in the mix now due to Atlanta losing, they kind

441
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Speaker 1: of control their fate. Now they just need to win

442
00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:33,960
Speaker 1: against the Saints. I would say that shouldn't be difficult,

443
00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:36,400
Speaker 1: but you never know what can happen here when there

444
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Speaker 1: puts them in And that's a team with Baker Mayfield

445
00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:40,360
Speaker 1: playing lights out right now.

446
00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:44,560
Speaker 3: Playing lights out, and Bak is another case study in

447
00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:48,000
Speaker 3: terms of quarterbacks and what quarterbacks need to be successful.

448
00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:49,600
Speaker 3: When you think about Liam Cohen and what they've been

449
00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:52,560
Speaker 3: able to build in Tampa Bay, you think about what

450
00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:55,200
Speaker 3: they have around them. You have Mike Evans, you look

451
00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:58,600
Speaker 3: a nice combo in the backfield with White and Irvin.

452
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Speaker 2: They have a lot of play around him. But let's

453
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Speaker 2: also give him.

454
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Speaker 3: Credit for the way that he has really been able

455
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Speaker 3: to flourish within this system. Less is more when it

456
00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:09,480
Speaker 3: comes to Baker Mayfield. But when you throw for three

457
00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:12,399
Speaker 3: hundred and fifty plus yards five touchdowns and you have

458
00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:15,359
Speaker 3: the rhythm going like he hasn't. We have seen a

459
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Speaker 3: Buccaneers team and an offense that look, it's kind of

460
00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:21,280
Speaker 3: left for dead when Chris Godwin got hurt. They have

461
00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:23,719
Speaker 3: continued to light it up, and a lot of it

462
00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:26,080
Speaker 3: is due to the former number one overall pick playing

463
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Speaker 3: like a Pro Bowl player.

464
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Speaker 1: Yeah, Buck Irving had some nice runs as well. I

465
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Speaker 1: think he had four explosive runs in this game. So

466
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Speaker 1: he continues to do his thing playing at a high level.

467
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Speaker 1: I was curious and look this up just while you

468
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Speaker 1: were talking there. So if you looked at the five

469
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Speaker 1: quarterbacks leading the NFL in yards right now, Joe Burrow

470
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Speaker 1: is number one. Let me pull it up again here,

471
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Speaker 1: so you've got Joe Burrow is number one, obviously on

472
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Speaker 1: his original team. Baker Mayfield not his original team. Sam

473
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Speaker 1: Darnold not his original team, Geno Smith not his original team,

474
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Speaker 1: Jared Goff not his original team. So only one of

475
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Speaker 1: the top five quarterbacks in the NFL in terms of

476
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Speaker 1: yards is on his original team. So when we get

477
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Speaker 1: ready for the draft coming up here in the spring,

478
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Speaker 1: and we're looking at all these teams with quarterback needs

479
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Speaker 1: and we're gonna lament the fact that this draft is

480
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Speaker 1: not that deep, there is plenty to look at from

481
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Speaker 1: an example standpoint of being able to hit on guys

482
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Speaker 1: that sort of speak recycled through the program here.

483
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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's about finding the right fit, and you have

484
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Speaker 3: to understand exactly what you're looking for, and you have

485
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Speaker 3: to have an adaptable system that can work with various

486
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Speaker 3: quarterbacks in terms of various playing styles and those things.

487
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Speaker 3: Sam Donald and Baker Mayfield having success, to me goes

488
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Speaker 3: all the way back to an old thing that used

489
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Speaker 3: to be talked about in Green Bay when Rob Wolf

490
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Speaker 3: was general manager and he learned it from Al Davis.

491
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Speaker 3: Anytime someone is drafted as high as Donald and Baker

492
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Speaker 3: Mayfield were drafted, respectively, you always want to kick the

493
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Speaker 3: tires on them because the draft status speaks to their pedigree,

494
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Speaker 3: and the pedigree is about their talent and their potential.

495
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Speaker 3: And you always give those guys multiple bykes at the

496
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Speaker 3: apple because you're trying to find the right environment for

497
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Speaker 3: that talent.

498
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Speaker 2: To fully flourish.

499
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Speaker 3: And for Baker Mayfield, he has found that in Tampa.

500
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Speaker 3: Sam Donald has found that in Minnesota. But man, just

501
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Speaker 3: because it doesn't work the first spot, the second or

502
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Speaker 3: third spot could be the place where the talent finally

503
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Speaker 3: matches with the scheme and allows him to kind of

504
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Speaker 3: be the player that many of us Envision when we

505
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Speaker 3: were doing the pre draft process.

506
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Speaker 1: Yeah, there's times you miss on guys and it's a

507
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Speaker 1: talent thing, right, There's just times where you go, oh, man,

508
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Speaker 1: you know what I didn't This guy just physically cannot

509
00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:32,760
Speaker 1: make the throws. He physically can't stay healthy. You know,

510
00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:34,720
Speaker 1: those are things where you're like, yeah, okay, I missed it.

511
00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:37,080
Speaker 1: And the other times like, look, this guy's got ability,

512
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Speaker 1: but it's not working out. Those are the guys you

513
00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:40,960
Speaker 1: want to try and you know, go find who guys

514
00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:44,160
Speaker 1: who have had moments like Baker Mayfield in Cleveland had moments,

515
00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:47,600
Speaker 1: Sam Donald had moments with the Jets. Like now, you

516
00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:49,639
Speaker 1: go through that whole process early on you never had

517
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Speaker 1: a moment, then you know, maybe you just missed on

518
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Speaker 1: the talent and maybe that's somebody like Josh Rosen just

519
00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:56,200
Speaker 1: kind of the league, just kind of flushed right out

520
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Speaker 1: of the league. So but these guys that I all mentioned,

521
00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:02,680
Speaker 1: Gino had his moment. You look at golf. Obviously going

522
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Speaker 1: to a Super Bowl showed you what he was capable of.

523
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Speaker 1: But I think there is a formula there, talent and

524
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Speaker 1: moments putting those together.

525
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Speaker 3: Absolutely, And I had an old scout used to talk

526
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Speaker 3: about grade to flashes. Man, When guys flash and they

527
00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:16,919
Speaker 3: pop on tape and they do it multiple times, like

528
00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:18,840
Speaker 3: you got a grade in there, because that shows you

529
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Speaker 3: that it can be done. Now, his job as the

530
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Speaker 3: player is to do it over and over and over again.

531
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Speaker 3: Your job as the executive, as the coach or whatever

532
00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:29,480
Speaker 3: is to put them in a situation where they can

533
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Speaker 3: repeat those flashes. We're seeing that with Baker Mayfield. It

534
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Speaker 3: has really worked for him in Tampa. And the thing

535
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Speaker 3: about it, the mature version of Baker Mayfield gives you

536
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Speaker 3: all of the stuff that you liked about him when

537
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Speaker 3: he was coming out of Oklahoma, the confidence, the brashness,

538
00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:48,160
Speaker 3: the boldness. But now he is doing it with emotional control,

539
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Speaker 3: and he's also doing it while displaying the leadership that

540
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Speaker 3: you love to see from your franchise quarterback.

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Speaker 1: No doubt, Buck. This would have been five six years ago,

542
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Speaker 1: somewhere around there. I was living in Marietta, California, and

543
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Speaker 1: there was a big high school playoff game that was

544
00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:06,399
Speaker 1: right across the street from my house. I knew they

545
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Speaker 1: had a quarterback that was kind of interesting that you

546
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Speaker 1: know that was playing in the games. Like I'm gonna

547
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Speaker 1: go watch this kid, just see what he is. So

548
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Speaker 1: I go out there, I'm watching the game. I text

549
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Speaker 1: David Shaw, who's the head coach at Stanford at the time.

550
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Speaker 1: I say, hey, are you on this this quarterback from Centennial.

551
00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:23,520
Speaker 1: He's big, he's athletic, like he's impressive, and he's like, no,

552
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Speaker 1: I think I think we have a shot at getting him.

553
00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:26,760
Speaker 1: I think we have a shot at getting him. So,

554
00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:30,160
Speaker 1: long story short, he does end up going to Stanford.

555
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Speaker 1: Kind of lost tracking over the years, and then I'm

556
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Speaker 1: just you know, I think I was watching the red

557
00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:35,280
Speaker 1: zone at this time, and then all of a sudden,

558
00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:37,600
Speaker 1: the Eagles popped on. I'm like, hey, it's Tanner McKee.

559
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Speaker 1: That's the kid that I that I watched in high school.

560
00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:41,879
Speaker 1: I didn't even have totally forgot he was playing the Eagles,

561
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Speaker 1: to be totally honest with you. Over the years got

562
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Speaker 1: out there after Kenny Pickett got hurt and played quite

563
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Speaker 1: well on a day where Saquon Barkley, you know, racks

564
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Speaker 1: up two thousand yards. I thought it was it was

565
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Speaker 1: kind of cool to see the success of the run game,

566
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Speaker 1: while also, you know, organizationally, it's a it's a little

567
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Speaker 1: bit of a you know, it's a little bit of

568
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Speaker 1: a proud moment when you're down to your third quarterback

569
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Speaker 1: and you're not skipping a beat.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that is that is great to see Tanner McKey.

571
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Speaker 3: I would say having been around Tanner McKey at the

572
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Speaker 3: Nike opening he was on our team and watching him grow,

573
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Speaker 3: and then watching him because you wouldn't see someone six '

574
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Speaker 3: six play in a system like Corona Centennial where sometimes

575
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Speaker 3: they would run the quarterback, but he could do all

576
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Speaker 3: of those things. And following his career at Stanford and

577
00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:24,400
Speaker 3: watching him make his way to the league, you're very

578
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Speaker 3: excited about the fact that he was QB three, but

579
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Speaker 3: he could come in and have the success that he had.

580
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Speaker 2: For Saquon Barkley.

581
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Speaker 3: Man, this is everything that the Philadelphia Eagles could have

582
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Speaker 3: hoped for when they look made the move to swipe

583
00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:39,800
Speaker 3: their division rivals best player. Saquon Barkley comes in, puts

584
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Speaker 3: up two thousand rushing yards and they still have a

585
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Speaker 3: game to go. He does it while kind of taking

586
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Speaker 3: over and becoming the centerpiece of this offense. We all

587
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Speaker 3: wondered what he would look like behind a dominant offensive line.

588
00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:55,040
Speaker 3: We have to wonder no more because he is in

589
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Speaker 3: all timer when he's been able to play behind the

590
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Speaker 3: Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles have to be excited about what

591
00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:02,600
Speaker 3: Barkley is done. And you rest him up, you get

592
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Speaker 3: him ready for the playoffs. Eagles offense looks good and

593
00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:07,280
Speaker 3: their defense is also coming along.

594
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Speaker 1: All right, This is just a free piece of advice.

595
00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:15,040
Speaker 1: Sit him next week. That chasing a record league, not

596
00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:17,480
Speaker 1: a sixteen game league. That changes the value of some

597
00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:19,640
Speaker 1: of these awards. And at the end of the records,

598
00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:22,040
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, who cares two thousand yards?

599
00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:24,280
Speaker 1: You got check that box. Get rested up. You have

600
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Speaker 1: the number two seed. You're not gonna get a buy

601
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Speaker 1: You're gonna have to turn and play. So no, put

602
00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:31,720
Speaker 1: those dudes on ice. That would be mead Well.

603
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Speaker 3: I think they've already let us know that they're gonnaut

604
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Speaker 3: him on ice because as soon as he got over

605
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Speaker 3: to two thousand yard mark, here we go, come on

606
00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:42,480
Speaker 3: ball cap. And I think it's smart because for the Eagles,

607
00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:45,960
Speaker 3: Saquon Barkley is the one that really creates all the

608
00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:50,000
Speaker 3: headache and heartbreak for defensive coordinators because you have to

609
00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:53,240
Speaker 3: account for him because he can beat you on the ground.

610
00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:55,120
Speaker 3: But now if you put too much attention on him.

611
00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:58,280
Speaker 3: That's when Aj Brown and DeVante Smith can get off.

612
00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:03,200
Speaker 3: He is essential for an essential piece to the championship puzzle.

613
00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:05,080
Speaker 3: That's why he has to be available in the postseason.

614
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Speaker 3: No sa Kwan, no work in week eighteen will condition

615
00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:11,000
Speaker 3: We'll do some other stuff. Get you on the staremaster,

616
00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:13,119
Speaker 3: get you ready, but we won't see you again to

617
00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:13,919
Speaker 3: the tournament starts.

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Speaker 1: I also want to mention one other connection in this game.

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Speaker 1: We saw it in one of those clips. Kellen Moore

620
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Speaker 1: on the sideline. Kellen Moore member with the Dallas Cowboys.

621
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Speaker 1: Coach McCarthy wanted to take things over, so Kellen Moore goes.

622
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Speaker 1: He goes to the Chargers, you know, up and down there,

623
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Speaker 1: then comes to the Eagles. Now they are thirteen and three.

624
00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:34,159
Speaker 1: He's got a two thousand yard rusher. He's shown that

625
00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:36,320
Speaker 1: he can work with three different quarterbacks to find a

626
00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:38,159
Speaker 1: way to get the job done. He's you know, he's

627
00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:40,240
Speaker 1: he's done a really, really good job. It was just

628
00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:42,600
Speaker 1: interesting seeing him on the same column with the sideline

629
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Speaker 1: playing against the Cowboys. That had to be a little

630
00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:46,960
Speaker 1: bit of a sweet moment for him. As they clinched

631
00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:47,800
Speaker 1: the number two seed.

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Speaker 3: Well give him credit also because DJ like the running game.

633
00:27:51,359 --> 00:27:53,840
Speaker 3: Everyone always would talk about Kellen Moore in the passing

634
00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:56,080
Speaker 3: game and the creative shifts and those things, and how

635
00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:58,800
Speaker 3: he really helped Dak Prescott play well and that stuff.

636
00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:02,119
Speaker 3: But the running game and his ability to adapt and

637
00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:05,359
Speaker 3: to bring some things in that weren't really within his

638
00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:07,560
Speaker 3: comfort zone. He has been able to find a way

639
00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:09,919
Speaker 3: to unlock Jalen Hurst the last part of the season.

640
00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:11,920
Speaker 3: Getting back to the running game, what he was able

641
00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:13,560
Speaker 3: to do with Sakwan bark and not only as a

642
00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:16,679
Speaker 3: runner but as a receiver. The growth that he has shown,

643
00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:19,440
Speaker 3: I think he puts some more shine back on his name.

644
00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:20,320
Speaker 2: As we began to.

645
00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:23,320
Speaker 3: Think about who could be available in the coaching carousel

646
00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:24,480
Speaker 3: as a potential head coach.

647
00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:29,280
Speaker 1: Yeah, hey, Chicago Bears would be an interesting one there

648
00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:31,760
Speaker 1: with Caleb. We'll see what happens. Some of these other

649
00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:33,920
Speaker 1: jobs that could pop that have some young talented quarterbacks.

650
00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:37,600
Speaker 1: Hopefully Kellen Moore, we'll get some looks there. Denver Cincinnati,

651
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Speaker 1: what a game. I'll give you the scene. I'm on

652
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Speaker 1: the Chargers plane. We're flying back that long flight from

653
00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:46,720
Speaker 1: New England, and that game is on the headrest, so

654
00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:48,640
Speaker 1: we had we had live TV on this flight, so

655
00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:51,240
Speaker 1: everybody in the whole plane is watching it, and you

656
00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:53,040
Speaker 1: it's in a fun experience to be with a team

657
00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:55,960
Speaker 1: who is somewhat impacted by this game, right because the

658
00:28:56,000 --> 00:29:00,400
Speaker 1: Denver Broncos lose, that that is uh, you know, one

659
00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:03,600
Speaker 1: to keep an eye on. But more importantly, it's Cincinnati winning.

660
00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:06,960
Speaker 1: Because Cincinnati now has everything to play for next week

661
00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:09,800
Speaker 1: against Pittsburgh, they have a chance to still get into

662
00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:13,520
Speaker 1: the postseason. So if somehow Cincinnati were to beat the

663
00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:16,360
Speaker 1: Steelers next week and the Chargers beat the Raiders, the

664
00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:18,880
Speaker 1: Chargers would go to the five seed instead of the six,

665
00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,360
Speaker 1: which would mean going to Houston instead of potentially going

666
00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:24,080
Speaker 1: to Baltimore. So anyway, I know you've been on those

667
00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:26,560
Speaker 1: planes too, Buck. It's always fun when you're on there

668
00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:28,560
Speaker 1: and people are reacting in real time to something that

669
00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:29,360
Speaker 1: could impact them.

670
00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:31,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, real time, and Joe Burrow certainly gave them a

671
00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:34,760
Speaker 3: lot to react to. And DJ, I'm gonna say this

672
00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:36,600
Speaker 3: and my little piece of advice to Mike run and

673
00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:39,640
Speaker 3: Cincinnati Bengals, keep them both. You got to find a

674
00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:42,080
Speaker 3: way to keep t Higgins and Jamar Chase and I

675
00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:44,760
Speaker 3: know we don't like to commit so much money to

676
00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:46,600
Speaker 3: one position, but man, when I just look at the

677
00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:48,840
Speaker 3: combo and how good they are on.

678
00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:51,800
Speaker 2: Offense, no, not how good they are, how great.

679
00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:54,840
Speaker 3: They are on offensel O Burrow, T Higgins and Jamar

680
00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:58,720
Speaker 3: Chase DJ We've talked about this sometimes. Man, you just

681
00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:00,240
Speaker 3: want to be great on once out of the ball

682
00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:01,880
Speaker 3: and you figure out the other side of the ball.

683
00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:02,800
Speaker 2: I know this.

684
00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:04,400
Speaker 3: I know if the Bengals can figure out how to

685
00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:07,480
Speaker 3: start the season a little faster, their offense is good

686
00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:09,800
Speaker 3: enough to get them into tournament and make them a

687
00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:12,800
Speaker 3: pain in the neck to play, find a way to

688
00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:14,920
Speaker 3: pay the money. T Higgins, Jamar Chase, both of those

689
00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:17,560
Speaker 3: guys can go bokers at any point. And with Joe

690
00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:20,840
Speaker 3: Burrow playing point guard, this team has a puncher's chance

691
00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:23,000
Speaker 3: against anybody because the offense is that good.

692
00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:25,239
Speaker 1: Yeah, the challenge is going to be can you get in?

693
00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:28,080
Speaker 1: And now you've got a Denver team that they lost

694
00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:29,840
Speaker 1: this game, but they played well. Bo Nicks I thought

695
00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:32,600
Speaker 1: was one of more impressive games. He made some unbelievable

696
00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:35,640
Speaker 1: throws in this game. Excited to see, you know where

697
00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:38,280
Speaker 1: he continues to go in his development. But next week

698
00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:40,640
Speaker 1: they're going to play a Chiefs team that's gonna be

699
00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:44,160
Speaker 1: sitting guys, So it's gonna be Bo Nicks up against

700
00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:46,560
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz and whoever else. Kansas City wants to roll

701
00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:48,960
Speaker 1: out there for the Broncos to get into the postseason,

702
00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:50,960
Speaker 1: which would be a heck of an accomplishment. Man, with

703
00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:54,560
Speaker 1: these rookie quarterbacks finding their way into the postseason, Washington,

704
00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:57,360
Speaker 1: if Knicks can get it done, put them in there

705
00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:00,400
Speaker 1: as wells and Pennix is still there hanging around there

706
00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:02,800
Speaker 1: as he's gotten that starting job. There a potential team.

707
00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:05,880
Speaker 1: So I always think that's cool when you have young quarterbacks,

708
00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:08,200
Speaker 1: really young quarterbacks, and you're having some success. And I

709
00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:09,720
Speaker 1: thought he played his butt off in that game.

710
00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:12,280
Speaker 3: He did, And I think the blueprint has been laid

711
00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:14,280
Speaker 3: down about the kind of quarterbacks that you're looking for

712
00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:16,600
Speaker 3: when it comes to early starters, guys who have played

713
00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:21,160
Speaker 3: significant snaps as collegiance. We're seeing that they're able to

714
00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:24,600
Speaker 3: transition fairly quickly into the NFL. It may not happen

715
00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:26,840
Speaker 3: week one, but about week eight we're seeing them take

716
00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:28,840
Speaker 3: on more. That's what we saw from Bownicks. We saw

717
00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:31,840
Speaker 3: it happened a little sooner for Jay and Daniels. It

718
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:35,160
Speaker 3: is exciting to see these young quarterbacks have success because DJ,

719
00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:37,800
Speaker 3: a lot of times we beat people up in terms

720
00:31:37,840 --> 00:31:40,040
Speaker 3: of ottest quarterback class isn't so good. I don't know,

721
00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:42,200
Speaker 3: and this and that, But time and time again, some

722
00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:44,840
Speaker 3: of these young quarterbacks are showing Hey, in the right environment,

723
00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:47,160
Speaker 3: with the right coaching, they can have a lot of success.

724
00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:49,120
Speaker 2: I think experience is critical.

725
00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:50,840
Speaker 1: Though, Yeah, I think that's a great point.

726
00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:51,040
Speaker 2: Man.

727
00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:54,000
Speaker 1: Just how much have these guys seen and experienced. It's

728
00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:55,560
Speaker 1: going to give you a definitely give you a leg

729
00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:58,160
Speaker 1: up at the next level. All right, buck, it is

730
00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:03,280
Speaker 1: time for cruising to victory, presented by Royal Caribbean. And

731
00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:05,720
Speaker 1: this was a game I was at. The Chargers just

732
00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:09,280
Speaker 1: absolutely mauled and hammered the New England Patriots. And that's

733
00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:11,480
Speaker 1: another sign of a well coached team. And we said

734
00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:13,640
Speaker 1: it about Jim Harball all year long. Beat the teams

735
00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:15,680
Speaker 1: you're supposed to beat, and in this case, don't make

736
00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:16,720
Speaker 1: it particularly close.

737
00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:19,280
Speaker 3: Yeah, don't mess around, go right to him. And it

738
00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:21,400
Speaker 3: is very reminiscent of highest teams would take care of

739
00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:24,760
Speaker 3: business at Michigan. The Chargers step into a team they're

740
00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:26,760
Speaker 3: clearly better than, and they didn't mess around.

741
00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:29,080
Speaker 2: They were focused, they were locked in, and you saw

742
00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:29,360
Speaker 2: it in.

743
00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:34,080
Speaker 3: The way they efficiently carved up the Patriots offensively. I

744
00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:36,920
Speaker 3: can't say enough about Lab McConkie and Lab mccackiy having

745
00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:40,080
Speaker 3: a thousand yards Lab McConkie just working people over. But

746
00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:42,720
Speaker 3: it's also the other people in the past game that

747
00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:45,760
Speaker 3: are able to get down. It's funny because you've seen

748
00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:49,240
Speaker 3: it up close and personal. You've seen more talented Chargers

749
00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:52,480
Speaker 3: teams not have the love of success that this team

750
00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:54,760
Speaker 3: is at. And a lot of it is Jim Harbaugh,

751
00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:58,040
Speaker 3: the standards and expectations and the way that they're executing

752
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,520
Speaker 3: the game plan. Just a really good team, a really

753
00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:04,320
Speaker 3: smart team that is playing well but playing within themselves

754
00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:06,520
Speaker 3: when it comes to understanding who they are and how

755
00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:07,680
Speaker 3: they need to play to win games.

756
00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:10,640
Speaker 1: And also JK. Dobbins being an X factor. I mean,

757
00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:12,560
Speaker 1: he showed you kind of had his value getting him

758
00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:14,160
Speaker 1: back in this ball game. I thought they might really

759
00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:16,480
Speaker 1: ease him in, but they gave him a good load.

760
00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:20,400
Speaker 1: He was physical, he ran well, he's excellent in pass protection.

761
00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:21,880
Speaker 1: He catched the ball if you need him too out

762
00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:24,840
Speaker 1: of the backfield getting him backs. Big Stone Smart is

763
00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:26,560
Speaker 1: a name to keep an eye on, who they've used

764
00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:29,200
Speaker 1: more and more as a tight end, you know, over

765
00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:31,880
Speaker 1: the last month or so. He's helped provide some more

766
00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:35,280
Speaker 1: weaponry for Justin Herbert in this office offense. Darius Davis

767
00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:37,440
Speaker 1: catches a touchdown second week in a row, who's got

768
00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:40,480
Speaker 1: some real, real speed, you know, has found a role here.

769
00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:43,960
Speaker 1: So I think with a first year coach with a

770
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:46,360
Speaker 1: new team, you know, and Jim Harball getting a chance

771
00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:49,840
Speaker 1: to learn this roster, Greg Roman learning this roster, I

772
00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:51,680
Speaker 1: think they're now getting to the point now where you're

773
00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:53,560
Speaker 1: starting to see him Okay, they've figured out how to

774
00:33:53,640 --> 00:33:56,880
Speaker 1: use these guys and maximize what they do. And Justin

775
00:33:56,920 --> 00:34:00,959
Speaker 1: Herbert this is a crazy thing, but he won't show it.

776
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:03,120
Speaker 1: I think he's playing as well as he ever has

777
00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:06,560
Speaker 1: in terms of elevating the guys around him, not having

778
00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:09,760
Speaker 1: those familiar faces that he's had for his entire career

779
00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:12,680
Speaker 1: with Keenan Allen, Mike Williams, Austin Eckler. But I've seen

780
00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:15,160
Speaker 1: him lift all these guys up. The guy's not going

781
00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:17,080
Speaker 1: to make the Pro Bowl, and I'm thinking about it

782
00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:19,120
Speaker 1: I was thinking about the day. I don't even know

783
00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:20,719
Speaker 1: if Patrick Mahomes is going to make the Pro Bowl

784
00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:23,239
Speaker 1: this year, because you're gonna have three quarterbacks. You've got

785
00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:25,920
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson, Joe Burrow, and Josh Allen I would think

786
00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:28,640
Speaker 1: are going to be the three, which is crazy to

787
00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:30,600
Speaker 1: say because I think we would all agree Patrick Mahomes

788
00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:33,120
Speaker 1: the best player in the NFL, and Justin Herbert's playing

789
00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:35,600
Speaker 1: as well as he ever has. Long story short, the

790
00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:38,200
Speaker 1: AFC quarterback situation is loaded.

791
00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:41,760
Speaker 3: It is loaded, and it is unfortunate that Justin Herbert

792
00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:44,000
Speaker 3: won't make the Pro Bowl. But here's what I am

793
00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:46,600
Speaker 3: sure he's willing to trade. The w's matter a lot

794
00:34:46,640 --> 00:34:49,640
Speaker 3: more than the Pro Bowl nominations and burse and the

795
00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:51,919
Speaker 3: fact that this team is winning and they're winning with

796
00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:55,160
Speaker 3: him doing list and he had to do previously. It

797
00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:58,160
Speaker 3: works for him, and I believe we talked about coaches

798
00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:01,200
Speaker 3: and quarterbacks being married and how important that they compliment

799
00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:04,640
Speaker 3: one another. Justin Herbert is the perfect quarterback for Jim

800
00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:05,920
Speaker 3: Harbaugh and the system.

801
00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:06,920
Speaker 2: He gets it.

802
00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:09,520
Speaker 3: Man, He's selfless, He's willing to put the team over

803
00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:12,680
Speaker 3: his own individual agenda, and they are winning more because

804
00:35:12,719 --> 00:35:15,480
Speaker 3: the quarterback. Doesn't matter how they get to the winner circle.

805
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:17,759
Speaker 3: He's just gonna do whatever he needs to get done

806
00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:19,080
Speaker 3: to help this team get there.

807
00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:29,279
Speaker 1: Well buck the Buffalo Bills. I think that an inner

808
00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:32,200
Speaker 1: squad game. I don't think never mind, Actually that was

809
00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:36,120
Speaker 1: a real game. I thought they were just practicing against

810
00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:37,960
Speaker 1: the Jets, but it turns out it was a real

811
00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:40,680
Speaker 1: ball game. If you want to call it that a shellacking.

812
00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:42,480
Speaker 1: Josh Allen didn't have to do much, just get in

813
00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:44,080
Speaker 1: and get out of there. Are forty to fourteen over

814
00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:44,560
Speaker 1: the Jets.

815
00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:48,400
Speaker 3: Man business as usual up in Buffalo, and Sean McDermott

816
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:50,200
Speaker 3: does a really good job of getting this team to

817
00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:54,520
Speaker 3: embrace the blue collar approach that they have to follow.

818
00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:55,080
Speaker 2: To win games.

819
00:35:55,080 --> 00:35:57,600
Speaker 3: And even though you have an MVP candidate, MVP front

820
00:35:57,640 --> 00:36:00,839
Speaker 3: runner and Josh Allen, this team is really one that

821
00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:02,840
Speaker 3: has to play a certain way to be able to

822
00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:05,759
Speaker 3: get it done. So it's impressive to watch them not

823
00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:10,080
Speaker 3: only make six straight playoff appearances, win the division five

824
00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:13,760
Speaker 3: straight times, but the way they're able to dismantle the Jets,

825
00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:16,640
Speaker 3: and I would say a very workmanlike fashion. Josh Allen

826
00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:18,880
Speaker 3: didn't have it crazy day, had three total touchdowns, but

827
00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:22,040
Speaker 3: continues to just kind of drive the ship the way

828
00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:24,560
Speaker 3: that he needs to do it. This team is solid, man,

829
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:27,040
Speaker 3: This solid all around. And it's gonna be so fun

830
00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:30,600
Speaker 3: to watch the playoffs because in the AFC, man the

831
00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:32,320
Speaker 3: quarterback play is about as good as it gets and

832
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:34,280
Speaker 3: Josh Allen is one of those guys that deserves credit

833
00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:34,520
Speaker 3: for it.

834
00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:37,879
Speaker 1: Yeah, and the fact that they're locked into the two chill,

835
00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:41,680
Speaker 1: you have no buy, so just chill, rest everybody up,

836
00:36:41,719 --> 00:36:43,799
Speaker 1: and get ready for the following week. I would think

837
00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:44,800
Speaker 1: that has to be the plan.

838
00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:45,680
Speaker 2: That has to be planning.

839
00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:49,040
Speaker 3: I will say this though, they do not want the

840
00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:51,960
Speaker 3: Cincinnati Bengals to get in there, just because like having

841
00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:53,759
Speaker 3: to vanquished the Demons.

842
00:36:53,280 --> 00:37:00,759
Speaker 1: Cincinnati's got so in that if they're coming, that's up

843
00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:02,759
Speaker 1: to the Chiefs to decide that. The Chiefs have to

844
00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:05,880
Speaker 1: decide whether they'd rather have the Bills in or where

845
00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:07,560
Speaker 1: they have, you know, potentially a team that could beat

846
00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:09,439
Speaker 1: the Bills. The Bengals could go in there and beat

847
00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:12,360
Speaker 1: the Bills. Maybe they could you know, eliminate the Bills.

848
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:14,680
Speaker 1: Or they could be saying, well, well then what's our

849
00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:16,319
Speaker 1: where we gotta face Joe Burrow I don't know that

850
00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:19,000
Speaker 1: I want that. So the Chiefs got a lot of

851
00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:22,040
Speaker 1: say so, and who say is going to be absolutely

852
00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:27,760
Speaker 1: all right? Colts, Giants. Giants said first overall pick, not interested,

853
00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:30,800
Speaker 1: We'll go ahead and take this one. Malik Neighbors went off.

854
00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:33,839
Speaker 1: I think you get five explosives and some of them

855
00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:36,319
Speaker 1: will quick hitters, run after catch. He's dynamic, He's going

856
00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:38,200
Speaker 1: to be a fun It's going to be a fun

857
00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:41,000
Speaker 1: toy for whoever's playing quarterback for this team next year.

858
00:37:41,239 --> 00:37:43,560
Speaker 1: But whoever's playing quarterback for this team next year might

859
00:37:43,600 --> 00:37:46,120
Speaker 1: not be, you know, one of those top quarterbacks depending

860
00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:49,000
Speaker 1: on how the draft shakes out. But they fall I believe,

861
00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:51,640
Speaker 1: from one to four now in terms of draft pick.

862
00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:53,920
Speaker 1: And then on the other side of it, the Indianapolis Colts,

863
00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:57,680
Speaker 1: they're done. They are out. No postseason for them. A

864
00:37:57,719 --> 00:38:01,440
Speaker 1: team that's stuck in the middle. Buck, I don't know

865
00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:02,880
Speaker 1: what else to say. I mean, they're just kind of

866
00:38:03,239 --> 00:38:05,240
Speaker 1: mired and myriad mediocrity right now.

867
00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:06,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, they're stuck in the middle of First, I want

868
00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:08,319
Speaker 3: touch on the Giants thing, and I think everyone has

869
00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:11,319
Speaker 3: to understand coaches and players, man, they don't worry about

870
00:38:11,360 --> 00:38:13,239
Speaker 3: those draft picks. Man, you're Brian dave Ball and you've

871
00:38:13,239 --> 00:38:15,839
Speaker 3: gone with ten eleven weeks without winning a game.

872
00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:17,040
Speaker 2: You just want to get a win.

873
00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:21,400
Speaker 3: And I think what his postgame comment said and revealed

874
00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:24,719
Speaker 3: it is telling. He talked about, man, when you get

875
00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:27,560
Speaker 3: good quarterback play, you always have a chance to win.

876
00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:29,640
Speaker 3: And so Drew Locke played well. It gave the Giants

877
00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:31,839
Speaker 3: a chance to win. You can say the same thing

878
00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:35,279
Speaker 3: and reverse. In terms of the Indianapolis Coast, they put

879
00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:38,400
Speaker 3: a lot of their hopes and dreams into the Anthony

880
00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:42,280
Speaker 3: Richardson basket and they haven't been rewarded for going all

881
00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:46,440
Speaker 3: in on a talented prospect who's not quite a polished player.

882
00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:48,920
Speaker 3: And they have to make a decision on how can

883
00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:51,680
Speaker 3: they go forward with Anthony Richardson at quarterback?

884
00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:53,280
Speaker 2: How can they get them going?

885
00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:55,719
Speaker 3: Because when I look at the roster, I look at

886
00:38:55,719 --> 00:38:57,920
Speaker 3: the team, the team is solid enough to be a

887
00:38:57,960 --> 00:39:02,520
Speaker 3: perennial playoff team, but they not good enough at quarterback yet. Uh,

888
00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:04,520
Speaker 3: that's gonna be the mission in the offseason. Can they

889
00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:07,400
Speaker 3: get Anthony Richardson ready to play if he's going to

890
00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:09,840
Speaker 3: continue to be QB one, or are they gonna have

891
00:39:09,840 --> 00:39:11,880
Speaker 3: to find someone else? That can give him a little

892
00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:14,120
Speaker 3: competition for the QB one job.

893
00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:17,319
Speaker 1: I also think Drew Locke, he kind of enters into

894
00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:20,319
Speaker 1: that conversation. We talked about right tools and flashes. He's

895
00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:24,120
Speaker 1: got tools, He's shown us flashes. He's the maybe maybe

896
00:39:24,120 --> 00:39:27,480
Speaker 1: he's a bridge quarterback for next year as you bring

897
00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:29,640
Speaker 1: in a young guy and and who knows, maybe he

898
00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:32,800
Speaker 1: catches lightning in a bottle like Sam Donald did. But that, uh,

899
00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:34,480
Speaker 1: that to me is someone that if you're going to

900
00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:36,520
Speaker 1: have a bridge QB, I kind of like the idea

901
00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:39,520
Speaker 1: of somebody who's being young but has done something in

902
00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:43,200
Speaker 1: this league, has some accomplishments and some ability, which gives

903
00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:46,280
Speaker 1: you credibility inside the locker room, and when you're meeting

904
00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:48,160
Speaker 1: with your offense there they take you seriously.

905
00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:48,759
Speaker 2: Yeah.

906
00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:50,680
Speaker 3: Look, he's always one of my favorites. Says meet him

907
00:39:50,680 --> 00:39:54,920
Speaker 3: as a as a teenager, put the backpack. He got

908
00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:57,080
Speaker 3: a little swagger, he was able to put it together.

909
00:39:57,360 --> 00:40:00,000
Speaker 3: But I think he got the memo, Hey, the offense

910
00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:02,479
Speaker 3: is a lot better when number one touches the ball early.

911
00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:02,960
Speaker 2: At offense.

912
00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:06,080
Speaker 3: Let's make sure the ball goes to number one and

913
00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:08,080
Speaker 3: I look like a much better player. And the team

914
00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:10,719
Speaker 3: looks much better when Malie Napers is doing his thing

915
00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:11,320
Speaker 3: on the perimeter.

916
00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:14,359
Speaker 1: No doubt. Happy for Drew Locke, He's a nice kid.

917
00:40:14,719 --> 00:40:20,839
Speaker 1: Miami Cleveland not a pretty game here, twenty to three Dolphins.

918
00:40:21,560 --> 00:40:24,080
Speaker 1: I mean everybody I was laughing because everybody's clamoring for Jamis.

919
00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:27,400
Speaker 1: They're like, look, and that's why. And that's my phrase

920
00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:29,600
Speaker 1: that I've always had buck, which is, hey can't be

921
00:40:29,680 --> 00:40:33,640
Speaker 1: bad and boring, no fun. You can be good and boring,

922
00:40:34,080 --> 00:40:36,800
Speaker 1: but you can't be bad and boring. And without Jos

923
00:40:36,840 --> 00:40:40,360
Speaker 1: out there, extremely boring as well as bad.

924
00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:43,480
Speaker 3: I mean, he gave you look, he'll throw you in it,

925
00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:45,200
Speaker 3: he'll throw you out of it. But the one thing

926
00:40:45,239 --> 00:40:47,239
Speaker 3: he's going to do, he's gonna keep throwing it. And

927
00:40:47,600 --> 00:40:51,239
Speaker 3: this offense has more juice when Jameis Winston is there.

928
00:40:51,239 --> 00:40:53,239
Speaker 3: I think the bigger news that came out is the

929
00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:55,879
Speaker 3: contract restructure that they're going to do for the Shawn

930
00:40:55,960 --> 00:40:58,640
Speaker 3: Watson that guarantees that he's going to be there in

931
00:40:58,680 --> 00:41:02,760
Speaker 3: twenty twenty five. The Cleveland Browns at a crossroads because

932
00:41:02,800 --> 00:41:04,640
Speaker 3: how do they figure out how to build the team

933
00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:07,160
Speaker 3: and get this team back up and running with the

934
00:41:07,239 --> 00:41:09,839
Speaker 3: quarterback who hasn't played great for them while he's in

935
00:41:09,880 --> 00:41:14,000
Speaker 3: there off injured, inconsistent, But they're really still trying to

936
00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:17,600
Speaker 3: hitch their wagon to them. How do they do it?

937
00:41:17,640 --> 00:41:18,960
Speaker 3: How do they pull it on? And how do they

938
00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:21,680
Speaker 3: have a backup plan? What is playing B? If Deshaun

939
00:41:21,719 --> 00:41:24,000
Speaker 3: Watson doesn't play well next year? What is playing B?

940
00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:27,319
Speaker 3: Can you get a young quarterback to challenge him? A

941
00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:29,000
Speaker 3: lot of questions, a lot of things that have to

942
00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:30,960
Speaker 3: be resolved in the off season for the Cleveland Browns.

943
00:41:31,239 --> 00:41:34,000
Speaker 1: As of right now, the Cleveland Browns hold the third pick,

944
00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:38,359
Speaker 1: so they could stick and pick and potentially maybe get

945
00:41:38,360 --> 00:41:42,320
Speaker 1: a quarterback, or you want to get Froggy. Thew England

946
00:41:42,320 --> 00:41:44,440
Speaker 1: Patriots up there with the first overall pick, who already

947
00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:47,520
Speaker 1: have a quarterback, so they're in strike one distance. They

948
00:41:47,560 --> 00:41:49,440
Speaker 1: if they love, if they love somebody, you know, I

949
00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:51,800
Speaker 1: don't know this class has one of those guys. For me,

950
00:41:51,840 --> 00:41:53,560
Speaker 1: it's cam ord As we sit right now as the

951
00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:57,080
Speaker 1: top guy. But the hard thing would be, gosh, you

952
00:41:57,120 --> 00:41:59,920
Speaker 1: want to pair up Deshaun Watson with a cheap started,

953
00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:02,400
Speaker 1: but you also, just because of how much money you

954
00:42:02,440 --> 00:42:05,240
Speaker 1: have in that position, you don't want to forfeit draft

955
00:42:05,239 --> 00:42:08,080
Speaker 1: picks because you need more cheap starters to go along

956
00:42:08,080 --> 00:42:10,919
Speaker 1: with that, which is going to lead us to having

957
00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:13,480
Speaker 1: the inevitable offseason discussion about what do they do with

958
00:42:13,520 --> 00:42:16,360
Speaker 1: Miles Garrett. But that's another topic for another day. We

959
00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:19,120
Speaker 1: save that one file that one away, Buck, We'll have

960
00:42:19,160 --> 00:42:22,240
Speaker 1: that conversation a little on down the road. It's time

961
00:42:22,320 --> 00:42:25,680
Speaker 1: for Monday Night Football preview, Buck. In this one, we

962
00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:28,640
Speaker 1: have really a tail of two seasons here. The forty

963
00:42:28,719 --> 00:42:31,120
Speaker 1: nine Ers, anything that's gone wrong has gone wrong, and

964
00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:35,440
Speaker 1: the Detroit Lions everything has gone quite well. Everything in

965
00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:37,680
Speaker 1: front of them right now holding the number one seed.

966
00:42:37,719 --> 00:42:40,080
Speaker 1: If they can win this ballgame beat a very very

967
00:42:40,120 --> 00:42:42,680
Speaker 1: tough opponent next week in the Minnesota Vikings, they would

968
00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:43,800
Speaker 1: be the number one seed in the NFC.

969
00:42:44,239 --> 00:42:46,120
Speaker 3: No a lot of in front, a lot of stake

970
00:42:46,640 --> 00:42:48,319
Speaker 3: in this game, I mean not really a lot of state,

971
00:42:48,360 --> 00:42:51,600
Speaker 3: because next week we'll determine whether you win and secure

972
00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:53,839
Speaker 3: the number one seed or not. But this still has

973
00:42:53,880 --> 00:42:57,440
Speaker 3: to have like a little personal thing for the Detroit Lions.

974
00:42:57,560 --> 00:43:00,200
Speaker 3: I felt like they gave away a game last YEARNFC

975
00:43:00,360 --> 00:43:02,600
Speaker 3: Championship game where they were dominating the forty nine Ers,

976
00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:05,440
Speaker 3: early and didn't finish it. I think it's very easy

977
00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:08,040
Speaker 3: for Danny Campbell to get his team motivated to kick

978
00:43:08,080 --> 00:43:10,239
Speaker 3: a team while they're down, and they have an opportunity

979
00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:13,440
Speaker 3: to kick the Niners while they're down and sharpen their

980
00:43:13,480 --> 00:43:16,560
Speaker 3: tubs to get ready for a tough postseason gauntlet. Look

981
00:43:16,600 --> 00:43:19,480
Speaker 3: for the Lions to play well, but also look for

982
00:43:19,520 --> 00:43:22,280
Speaker 3: them to see how they can expand what they're doing

983
00:43:22,640 --> 00:43:25,960
Speaker 3: without having all their weapons available, maybe early in the postseason,

984
00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:27,320
Speaker 3: particularly David Montgomery.

985
00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:29,320
Speaker 2: Let's see how they get Jamiir Gibbs involved.

986
00:43:29,360 --> 00:43:32,319
Speaker 3: Let's see how they continue to lighten the load maybe

987
00:43:32,360 --> 00:43:34,560
Speaker 3: on him, We'll get some others involved in a running game.

988
00:43:34,800 --> 00:43:36,680
Speaker 3: We know where they can do in the passing attack.

989
00:43:36,880 --> 00:43:39,080
Speaker 3: But the Detroit Lions are really special because they've been

990
00:43:39,080 --> 00:43:41,879
Speaker 3: able to run the ball effectively with two backs. How

991
00:43:41,880 --> 00:43:43,719
Speaker 3: do they make up for what is lost when David

992
00:43:43,719 --> 00:43:44,800
Speaker 3: Montgomery's on the sideline?

993
00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:46,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, I would say for another team, another coach, maybe

994
00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:49,080
Speaker 1: you almost kind of use this as a mini bye

995
00:43:49,120 --> 00:43:51,359
Speaker 1: week to get ready for next week, considering, no matter

996
00:43:51,360 --> 00:43:54,520
Speaker 1: what happens in this one, you still control everything going

997
00:43:54,520 --> 00:43:57,520
Speaker 1: into that matchup against Minnesota. But and it's a short week,

998
00:43:57,560 --> 00:43:59,400
Speaker 1: you lose a day. I just don't think Dan Campbell's

999
00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:01,520
Speaker 1: wired that way, So I do not see that happen.

1000
00:44:01,600 --> 00:44:03,759
Speaker 1: I see them putting their best foot forward, see if

1001
00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:05,680
Speaker 1: they can jump on the forty nine ers early in

1002
00:44:05,760 --> 00:44:07,799
Speaker 1: this ballgame, and maybe you can get some rest on

1003
00:44:07,800 --> 00:44:10,560
Speaker 1: the back end of it. But a game that, to me,

1004
00:44:10,640 --> 00:44:14,400
Speaker 1: everything does point towards the Detroit Lions keeping that momentum alive.

1005
00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:16,839
Speaker 1: One other topic I wanted to hit you on before

1006
00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:20,920
Speaker 1: we get out of here, because I was, you know, traveling,

1007
00:44:21,600 --> 00:44:23,879
Speaker 1: you know, doing the charging game and traveling long flight home,

1008
00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:25,439
Speaker 1: and I'm on the flight and I'm like seeing cam

1009
00:44:25,480 --> 00:44:28,960
Speaker 1: Ward trending and I'm looking at people losing their minds. Yeah,

1010
00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:31,560
Speaker 1: because he did not play in the second half of

1011
00:44:31,600 --> 00:44:32,959
Speaker 1: a ball game. He tore it up in the first

1012
00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:34,759
Speaker 1: half in their bowl game, doesn't play in the second half,

1013
00:44:34,800 --> 00:44:37,799
Speaker 1: they go on to lose. It doesn't sound like Mario

1014
00:44:37,840 --> 00:44:40,680
Speaker 1: Cristobal did him any favors by not really giving an

1015
00:44:40,719 --> 00:44:42,520
Speaker 1: answer after the game on whether this was the plan

1016
00:44:42,640 --> 00:44:45,160
Speaker 1: or not. I don't know all the particulars in terms

1017
00:44:45,160 --> 00:44:47,440
Speaker 1: of it was this communicated ahead of time. I'm imagining

1018
00:44:47,480 --> 00:44:49,560
Speaker 1: it was that there was you know, there was a

1019
00:44:49,600 --> 00:44:53,680
Speaker 1: decision made there collectively. But my point was, teams do

1020
00:44:53,719 --> 00:44:58,600
Speaker 1: not care. I'm constantly talking and texting with general managers

1021
00:44:58,640 --> 00:45:01,920
Speaker 1: about this kind of stuff, had these conversations at bazillion times.

1022
00:45:01,960 --> 00:45:05,160
Speaker 1: I said, play a quarter, play a half, don't play that.

1023
00:45:05,400 --> 00:45:07,080
Speaker 1: It's not gonna move you up or down the draft

1024
00:45:07,120 --> 00:45:08,920
Speaker 1: board one time and then everybody loses their minds and

1025
00:45:08,960 --> 00:45:11,200
Speaker 1: I said, you know, well, okay, well then insert Christian

1026
00:45:11,239 --> 00:45:14,080
Speaker 1: McCaffrey's name. Were the one hundred plus guys that have

1027
00:45:14,239 --> 00:45:16,879
Speaker 1: skipped Bowl games, including I don't know, I'm guessing there's

1028
00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:19,600
Speaker 1: there's fifty of them in this year's of Bowl games

1029
00:45:19,640 --> 00:45:22,040
Speaker 1: that aren't playing. So the fact that he played a half, like, oh,

1030
00:45:22,080 --> 00:45:23,719
Speaker 1: it just looks bad. He played half of a game

1031
00:45:23,760 --> 00:45:26,359
Speaker 1: and then left. And I'm like, teams don't care.

1032
00:45:26,640 --> 00:45:29,520
Speaker 3: They don't care, you know, DJ Like, to me, the

1033
00:45:29,600 --> 00:45:32,600
Speaker 3: outrage is so crazy, like he gave you a half.

1034
00:45:33,200 --> 00:45:36,239
Speaker 3: Most guys that are not playing in the playoffs, he

1035
00:45:36,280 --> 00:45:38,480
Speaker 3: gave you a half. He put it out there for half.

1036
00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:39,880
Speaker 3: And if he plays in the second half and he

1037
00:45:39,880 --> 00:45:42,160
Speaker 3: gets hurt, then everyone's will say, oh, Marie Chris the

1038
00:45:42,200 --> 00:45:43,680
Speaker 3: balsh and that play him should have pulled him.

1039
00:45:43,680 --> 00:45:44,600
Speaker 2: He should have kept his shit.

1040
00:45:44,840 --> 00:45:47,960
Speaker 3: You can't be right when it comes to these conversations

1041
00:45:47,960 --> 00:45:51,840
Speaker 3: that you're having on X. When it relates to cam Ward,

1042
00:45:52,080 --> 00:45:54,600
Speaker 3: cam Ward did the masalid he to me, it is

1043
00:45:54,680 --> 00:45:57,319
Speaker 3: like a preseason game. In a preseason game, you get

1044
00:45:57,320 --> 00:45:59,279
Speaker 3: a chance to see a half the look. Put it

1045
00:45:59,280 --> 00:46:01,560
Speaker 3: on your hat, pop off your pads, let the young

1046
00:46:01,600 --> 00:46:04,880
Speaker 3: guys play. There's nothing that was going to change Miami's

1047
00:46:04,880 --> 00:46:07,560
Speaker 3: trajectory if cam Ward plays this. They went to pop

1048
00:46:07,600 --> 00:46:10,839
Speaker 3: Tar Bowl and what nothing. You don't get anything out

1049
00:46:10,880 --> 00:46:13,319
Speaker 3: of it. There's no crystal ball that you're getting at

1050
00:46:13,320 --> 00:46:16,080
Speaker 3: the end for winning the title. So cam Ward didn't

1051
00:46:16,120 --> 00:46:19,279
Speaker 3: more than enough for me. In fact, I would say

1052
00:46:19,320 --> 00:46:21,640
Speaker 3: that he took advantage of an opportunity because on a

1053
00:46:21,719 --> 00:46:24,680
Speaker 3: day when he played and Shador Sanders played, you had

1054
00:46:24,719 --> 00:46:29,640
Speaker 3: an opportunity to do a comparative analysis. And the impressive

1055
00:46:29,719 --> 00:46:32,720
Speaker 3: flashes that cam Ward put on in the first half

1056
00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:36,920
Speaker 3: certainly resonates because that's the lasting impression that evaluators will

1057
00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:38,560
Speaker 3: have until we get to the combat.

1058
00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:42,239
Speaker 1: You know what, Hey, I tore my achilles. I can't

1059
00:46:42,280 --> 00:46:44,960
Speaker 1: do anything in the spring. I might miss the beginning

1060
00:46:45,040 --> 00:46:47,839
Speaker 1: of next year, but I got a toaster trophy, so

1061
00:46:48,080 --> 00:46:52,680
Speaker 1: it was worth it. Stop it doesn't stop, I think,

1062
00:46:52,719 --> 00:46:54,440
Speaker 1: I don't what are we're doing outrage?

1063
00:46:54,560 --> 00:46:57,360
Speaker 2: I really it doesn't. It doesn't really.

1064
00:46:57,160 --> 00:47:00,719
Speaker 1: Make a spring game. People have divorced them, and you

1065
00:47:00,760 --> 00:47:02,359
Speaker 1: know who it is. It's the people that are our

1066
00:47:02,400 --> 00:47:05,600
Speaker 1: age in a little bit older, who grew up where

1067
00:47:05,600 --> 00:47:07,719
Speaker 1: these bowl games mattered and they mean something and it

1068
00:47:07,760 --> 00:47:10,040
Speaker 1: was a big deal. It's not. It's not the same.

1069
00:47:10,480 --> 00:47:13,320
Speaker 1: Stop looking at the world through the lens of the nineties.

1070
00:47:13,360 --> 00:47:15,560
Speaker 1: This is not what that is anymore. This is a

1071
00:47:15,640 --> 00:47:18,480
Speaker 1: glorified spring game. In fact, somebody brought up a great

1072
00:47:18,520 --> 00:47:21,719
Speaker 1: point which I would sign on right now. Is that

1073
00:47:21,760 --> 00:47:24,719
Speaker 1: your reward, like for how you finished this year for

1074
00:47:24,760 --> 00:47:27,200
Speaker 1: if you're not in the playoff, those bowl games were

1075
00:47:27,239 --> 00:47:29,239
Speaker 1: not playing them. Now those are going to be the

1076
00:47:29,360 --> 00:47:31,880
Speaker 1: kickoff games for next year. So we still have the

1077
00:47:31,920 --> 00:47:34,600
Speaker 1: bowl money, everybody still gets all their money, but that

1078
00:47:34,640 --> 00:47:37,479
Speaker 1: will be your opening game which will count next year,

1079
00:47:37,719 --> 00:47:40,239
Speaker 1: and it would be a huge like neutral site game

1080
00:47:40,320 --> 00:47:42,719
Speaker 1: every like what a way to like like launch the

1081
00:47:42,760 --> 00:47:45,120
Speaker 1: college football season. Then it would be a meaningful game.

1082
00:47:45,320 --> 00:47:47,720
Speaker 1: These games at the end of the year outside the playoff,

1083
00:47:47,920 --> 00:47:50,880
Speaker 1: they mean nothing, and I'm gonna hear, oh you just you.

1084
00:47:51,600 --> 00:47:54,319
Speaker 1: It doesn't it doesn't matter. It's a spring game. It's

1085
00:47:54,320 --> 00:47:55,480
Speaker 1: a spring game. That's all it is.

1086
00:47:55,520 --> 00:47:56,080
Speaker 2: It is what it is.

1087
00:47:56,120 --> 00:47:57,920
Speaker 3: You have to be adapt will. If anything, it's a

1088
00:47:57,960 --> 00:48:00,239
Speaker 3: launching point for spring ball because you have the young

1089
00:48:00,280 --> 00:48:02,719
Speaker 3: guys their early enrollies, get a chance to practice with

1090
00:48:02,719 --> 00:48:04,359
Speaker 3: the team they babe and get a chance to play

1091
00:48:04,360 --> 00:48:05,920
Speaker 3: in the game and do all the other stuff. You

1092
00:48:05,960 --> 00:48:07,799
Speaker 3: get to play the young guys and then the way

1093
00:48:07,840 --> 00:48:10,279
Speaker 3: you depending on how you set up your calendar for

1094
00:48:10,360 --> 00:48:13,120
Speaker 3: spring ball, DJ, you're able to get four weeks of work,

1095
00:48:13,560 --> 00:48:16,319
Speaker 3: take maybe another six to eight weeks off, get back

1096
00:48:16,360 --> 00:48:20,360
Speaker 3: to spring ball February March, continue on. I mean like

1097
00:48:20,480 --> 00:48:24,279
Speaker 3: this is part of the development plan for elite programs.

1098
00:48:24,320 --> 00:48:27,400
Speaker 3: Don't make too much of it, like a scals. No

1099
00:48:27,440 --> 00:48:30,520
Speaker 3: one cares. We don't care. It's fine. He played, he

1100
00:48:30,560 --> 00:48:32,440
Speaker 3: played a half. I got a chance to see him again.

1101
00:48:32,880 --> 00:48:35,840
Speaker 3: But if I like cam Ward, there's nothing that he

1102
00:48:35,920 --> 00:48:38,200
Speaker 3: did and walking off the field that made me not

1103
00:48:38,400 --> 00:48:40,000
Speaker 3: like him. If I like the talent, I like what

1104
00:48:40,040 --> 00:48:42,320
Speaker 3: he's shown throughout his career in his time at Miami,

1105
00:48:42,640 --> 00:48:43,560
Speaker 3: I'm good with cam.

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00:48:43,400 --> 00:48:46,840
Speaker 1: Ward and that beings said, I respect Dion's approach that

1107
00:48:46,920 --> 00:48:48,960
Speaker 1: he took, which was our guys are gonna play and

1108
00:48:49,000 --> 00:48:51,319
Speaker 1: he set that tone from the top and they had,

1109
00:48:51,440 --> 00:48:53,600
Speaker 1: you know, a culture change there, and that was the

1110
00:48:53,640 --> 00:48:55,759
Speaker 1: message he wanted to send, including with his son and

1111
00:48:55,800 --> 00:48:57,960
Speaker 1: Travis Hunter. Now they got their breaks beat off him

1112
00:48:58,440 --> 00:49:03,120
Speaker 1: by Kloni Sataki and by you whoa man. That was

1113
00:49:03,200 --> 00:49:07,200
Speaker 1: not fun. But that being said, I don't think Schudor

1114
00:49:07,920 --> 00:49:10,239
Speaker 1: drops a spot for having not played well in a

1115
00:49:10,280 --> 00:49:13,400
Speaker 1: bowl game that didn't carry a lot of significance as

1116
00:49:13,440 --> 00:49:15,280
Speaker 1: much as I don't think cam Wore drops the spot

1117
00:49:15,280 --> 00:49:17,279
Speaker 1: for bowing out. That's just my two cents buck.

1118
00:49:17,760 --> 00:49:19,280
Speaker 2: No, man, I looked the outrage.

1119
00:49:19,320 --> 00:49:21,480
Speaker 3: I was like, I can't believe, but I feel like

1120
00:49:21,520 --> 00:49:23,640
Speaker 3: this where we're at right now, DJ like people mad

1121
00:49:23,680 --> 00:49:25,320
Speaker 3: about the college football playoff oh.

1122
00:49:25,239 --> 00:49:27,600
Speaker 2: In the nas munition they got here, Like, hey, man.

1123
00:49:27,480 --> 00:49:29,640
Speaker 3: Can we just enjoy the fact that we got ball

1124
00:49:30,040 --> 00:49:31,680
Speaker 3: At this time of the year, we will see some

1125
00:49:31,680 --> 00:49:34,120
Speaker 3: of these top games. It is what it is like,

1126
00:49:34,400 --> 00:49:36,759
Speaker 3: just enjoyed. I don't know why we can't enjoy the

1127
00:49:36,840 --> 00:49:38,960
Speaker 3: good things. We always have to pick it apart. I'm

1128
00:49:38,960 --> 00:49:39,839
Speaker 3: fine with all of it.

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00:49:40,239 --> 00:49:42,319
Speaker 1: No, now the college football playoff. You don't see guys

1130
00:49:42,360 --> 00:49:44,680
Speaker 1: bowing out. Those are meaningful games and games that we

1131
00:49:44,719 --> 00:49:47,680
Speaker 1: will recap right here on move the sticks. Appreciate you

1132
00:49:47,680 --> 00:49:50,600
Speaker 1: guys hanging with us. Tons more coming your way as

1133
00:49:50,640 --> 00:49:52,320
Speaker 1: we get to the good time of the year, College

1134
00:49:52,320 --> 00:49:55,799
Speaker 1: football playoffs, NFL playoffs, it's the good stuff. We'll take

1135
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Speaker 1: care of you right here under the sticks.