WEBVTT - Breaking Down the Big Week 17 Games 0:00:00.840 --> 0:00:06.439 And now move the sticks with Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks. 0:00:06.880 --> 0:00:08.719 What's up, everybody? Welcome to move the sticks. 0:00:08.760 --> 0:00:10.120 DJ, Buck with you. 0:00:10.360 --> 0:00:12.280 And by the looks of it, Buck, you are in 0:00:12.320 --> 0:00:16.320 the friendly confines of NFL studios. There. How you doing. 0:00:16.920 --> 0:00:17.560 I mean, I'm good. 0:00:17.840 --> 0:00:19.880 I've decided to get out of the home office one 0:00:19.960 --> 0:00:22.239 to get back into the studio. Have a little different energy, 0:00:22.560 --> 0:00:24.720 a little Bob. Because we're getting close to the playoffs. DJ, 0:00:25.160 --> 0:00:26.560 it matters, so you got to take our game. We 0:00:26.560 --> 0:00:27.760 gotta take the game up of notes. 0:00:28.160 --> 0:00:30.440 Yeah, shoot, I'm gonna be in there. I'll be in 0:00:30.480 --> 0:00:32.120 there a week from today. And I don't know are 0:00:32.120 --> 0:00:33.400 you Are you scheduled? Are you going to be in 0:00:33.400 --> 0:00:34.000 there Monday? 0:00:34.000 --> 0:00:35.360 I'm gonna have to check the schedule. 0:00:35.520 --> 0:00:37.920 Artists and the artist formally known as black Monday. I 0:00:37.920 --> 0:00:39.479 don't know what we call it now. There's a new 0:00:39.520 --> 0:00:43.000 fancy term for it, but not a negative connotation. Sure, 0:00:43.159 --> 0:00:45.960 everybody's getting fired today, but let's not let's not make 0:00:46.000 --> 0:00:50.000 this a negative show. But that's yeah, is what it is. 0:00:50.080 --> 0:00:51.839 Le's out. Let's look at the playoffs and then, oh, 0:00:51.840 --> 0:00:53.640 by the way, there's all these guys that got fired 0:00:53.720 --> 0:00:56.720 let's talk about that as well. Anyways, well, Chance will 0:00:56.760 --> 0:00:58.840 be together in studio next week. We've got a bunch 0:00:58.840 --> 0:01:00.840 of games to get to as well as I have 0:01:00.880 --> 0:01:02.760 a college topic I want to hit you on draft 0:01:02.760 --> 0:01:04.759 related as we get towards the end of the show here. 0:01:04.760 --> 0:01:07.080 But I want to start off first of all with 0:01:07.200 --> 0:01:10.160 a game that sets the stage for what will be 0:01:10.319 --> 0:01:13.560 I would imagine one of the biggest end of the 0:01:13.680 --> 0:01:16.880 year contests that you can ever remember, and that is 0:01:16.920 --> 0:01:19.520 the Minnesota Vikings holding off the Green Bay Packers. They 0:01:19.560 --> 0:01:22.520 won twenty seven to twenty five, which now sets up 0:01:22.560 --> 0:01:25.320 a one or five game right next week. We've got 0:01:25.360 --> 0:01:29.679 Detroit welcoming in Minnesota. Winner. Congratulations the whole kitten Kabodle. 0:01:29.680 --> 0:01:31.960 You're the number one seed loser. Yeah, no home game 0:01:32.000 --> 0:01:33.720 for you. You're the five seed and you're going on the 0:01:33.760 --> 0:01:36.800 road next week. So the stage is set for next week. 0:01:36.920 --> 0:01:37.600 But before we. 0:01:37.560 --> 0:01:39.560 Get to that, Buck, what'd you think of this ballgame? 0:01:40.080 --> 0:01:43.640 Man, the Minnesota Vikings. I will say this because that's 0:01:43.680 --> 0:01:45.800 to start with the quarterback. Like for so long we've 0:01:45.880 --> 0:01:47.880 touted on this show to three p's and how it's 0:01:47.880 --> 0:01:50.360 important to the success of the quarterback we talk about 0:01:50.360 --> 0:01:53.480 the play caller, the playmakers, and then the past protectors, 0:01:53.520 --> 0:01:55.880 and when I look at Sam Donald's success, it's just 0:01:55.960 --> 0:01:59.840 confirmation that that formula, that recipe remains true. When it 0:01:59.840 --> 0:02:02.240 comes up to quarterback play, Sam Donald looks like a 0:02:02.320 --> 0:02:05.400 different player in Minnesota. Kevin O'Connell has done a really 0:02:05.400 --> 0:02:08.520 good job of setting him up for success, and watching 0:02:08.600 --> 0:02:10.600 the game with Tom Brady on the call, you see 0:02:10.600 --> 0:02:14.640 the subtle areas in which Sam Donald has improved the 0:02:14.720 --> 0:02:17.520 Minnesota Vikings, Like no one really talks about them being 0:02:17.520 --> 0:02:21.280 a legit title contender because there's just I guess waiting 0:02:21.320 --> 0:02:24.160 to exhale moment when it comes to Sam Donald. But 0:02:24.240 --> 0:02:28.120 DJ He's put up so many solid games consistently that 0:02:28.240 --> 0:02:29.880 I think you have to begin to think that this 0:02:29.919 --> 0:02:31.880 team is legit. And we'll get a chance to see 0:02:31.880 --> 0:02:33.160 how legit they are next weekend. 0:02:33.919 --> 0:02:36.239 Here's this theory. Give me your thoughts on this one, 0:02:36.280 --> 0:02:38.520 because I think the Packers have built one of the 0:02:38.639 --> 0:02:41.480 deepest rosters literally across the board. There's depth everywhere. They 0:02:41.520 --> 0:02:44.960 have so much depth on this team. But I just 0:02:45.000 --> 0:02:47.600 think like as we look forward and going into the postseason, 0:02:47.840 --> 0:02:50.000 I feel like depth can take a little bit of 0:02:50.000 --> 0:02:52.160 a back seat. It's always similar to baseball, right where 0:02:52.760 --> 0:02:53.640 it's about your front end. 0:02:53.639 --> 0:02:53.880 Guys. 0:02:53.919 --> 0:02:56.480 You don't need your four and five starters in the postseason. 0:02:56.480 --> 0:02:59.560 For baseball, it's whoever your top horses are. I'm watching 0:02:59.600 --> 0:03:01.280 this ball and I was like you, I said, had 0:03:01.280 --> 0:03:03.560 a chance to be home and actually on a Sunday 0:03:03.560 --> 0:03:06.239 and sit and watch an entire ballgame and listen to Brady. 0:03:06.240 --> 0:03:08.880 It was a fun watch. But I was just struck 0:03:08.919 --> 0:03:11.160 by the fact that, yeah, these are both really good teams, 0:03:11.200 --> 0:03:14.880 but one just has stars, Like there are stars in 0:03:14.919 --> 0:03:18.160 Minnesota and Sam is quickly emerging into one. But I 0:03:18.160 --> 0:03:20.359 mean you just look around the field and they've got impact, 0:03:20.400 --> 0:03:22.480 impact dudes, especially on the offensive side. 0:03:22.600 --> 0:03:24.480 Yeah, it's funny you talk about the star power because 0:03:24.520 --> 0:03:27.160 that's the difference between what I would say good and great. 0:03:27.360 --> 0:03:29.320 I believe the Minnesota Vikings are a great team. 0:03:29.400 --> 0:03:31.760 The Green Bay Packers are a good team, and when 0:03:31.880 --> 0:03:34.600 everyone is on the same page, yeah they can play 0:03:34.840 --> 0:03:37.040 great at times. But Minnesota is great, and they're great 0:03:37.080 --> 0:03:39.880 because of the star power on the outside, justin Jefferson 0:03:39.920 --> 0:03:41.960 and Jordan Addison. I'm gonna save Jordan Adison is a star. 0:03:42.040 --> 0:03:44.280 That route that he ran for the touchdown that Sam 0:03:44.360 --> 0:03:47.640 dropped a dime on right there, that was star quality. 0:03:47.720 --> 0:03:50.520 Then on defense, they have guys that play at a 0:03:50.600 --> 0:03:54.640 high level, the stars, and ultimately, in big games, in 0:03:54.760 --> 0:03:58.240 playoff games, your stars have to carry you over the threshold. 0:03:58.240 --> 0:04:00.360 And when you look at the Minnesota Vikings, you can. 0:04:00.280 --> 0:04:03.000 See a path to Super Bowl to the super Bowl 0:04:03.240 --> 0:04:05.400 because they have enough stars that can carry them over 0:04:05.440 --> 0:04:06.080 the threshold. 0:04:06.320 --> 0:04:08.240 One thing, you know, looking at some of these clips, 0:04:08.280 --> 0:04:14.840 I'm reminded of what a incredible pivot by the entire organization. 0:04:15.040 --> 0:04:18.640 QUESSI leading the charge there. But when you lose Darrisaw, 0:04:18.640 --> 0:04:21.000 who's you know, one of the five best left tackles 0:04:21.040 --> 0:04:23.520 in the NFL, and they go to your Jags and 0:04:23.560 --> 0:04:26.200 they end up getting Cam Robinson buck I'd have to 0:04:26.200 --> 0:04:28.040 look at his contract to see. I think he's a 0:04:28.080 --> 0:04:30.240 free agent after this show. Is he's going to cash in? 0:04:30.320 --> 0:04:32.159 He is going to cash in the way that he's 0:04:32.160 --> 0:04:33.960 played coming down the home stretch here. 0:04:34.160 --> 0:04:35.640 Well, let me tell you what I learned about watching 0:04:35.680 --> 0:04:37.600 the Cam Robinson thing. And this is why we talk 0:04:37.640 --> 0:04:40.960 about environment. Culture is the buzzword that people talk about. 0:04:41.240 --> 0:04:44.760 People change in based on their environment. The environment in 0:04:44.800 --> 0:04:48.360 Minnesota is one that has maybe a little more accountability, 0:04:48.480 --> 0:04:52.280 Maybe the expectations are greater because this is a team 0:04:52.320 --> 0:04:55.680 that is actually vying for a title. Cam Robinson has 0:04:55.760 --> 0:04:58.680 kind of risen to the level of expectation and his 0:04:58.760 --> 0:05:02.359 performance is certainly proved and he has given them a 0:05:02.440 --> 0:05:06.040 really high quality player at left tackle as a replacement. 0:05:06.240 --> 0:05:08.120 Now he's going to command major dollar. I think it's 0:05:08.160 --> 0:05:12.000 been a boom for his free agency status. He is 0:05:12.080 --> 0:05:14.200 going to make more money than he would have made 0:05:14.360 --> 0:05:16.719 if he had just finished the season in Jacksonville. But 0:05:16.800 --> 0:05:20.440 it's a lesson in terms of like high levels of accountability, 0:05:20.560 --> 0:05:24.000 high standards that come with championship level teams. Man, they 0:05:24.000 --> 0:05:26.360 can bring out the best in some people because they 0:05:26.440 --> 0:05:28.599 demand more and they expect more from them. 0:05:28.839 --> 0:05:32.120 Yeah. Mackay Beckton with the philadelph Eagles another one, you know, 0:05:32.279 --> 0:05:34.600 having kind of flamed out with the New York Jets, 0:05:34.640 --> 0:05:38.039 an organization that was a mess. I think there's lots 0:05:38.080 --> 0:05:39.760 of examples of that. It's a great point, you know, 0:05:39.920 --> 0:05:43.080 example of the culture. The video and the footage from 0:05:43.080 --> 0:05:46.680 the locker room in Minnesota after the ball believable. Like 0:05:46.880 --> 0:05:49.080 I'm not. I mean, I'm not exaggering like some goosebump 0:05:49.400 --> 0:05:52.680 type stuff. You see just how how this team has 0:05:52.880 --> 0:05:56.200 you know, welcomed in Sam Donald embraced him, and you 0:05:56.480 --> 0:05:59.120 mentioned all the support on the field with the playmakers, 0:05:59.160 --> 0:06:01.560 the protection, the play colors, all those things, but just 0:06:01.680 --> 0:06:03.680 I mean, maybe the missing ingredient to there was just 0:06:03.720 --> 0:06:06.719 some love. I mean, this entire organization has loved on him. 0:06:07.000 --> 0:06:10.120 Kevin O'Connell uses that word love a lot. He used 0:06:10.160 --> 0:06:13.200 it when he was talking about Acres cam akers after 0:06:13.200 --> 0:06:15.400 the ballgame. I just think, I don't know, if I 0:06:15.400 --> 0:06:17.120 don't know, if you can find You talked about Detroit 0:06:17.160 --> 0:06:18.680 being a model. You know, it's why it's going to 0:06:18.720 --> 0:06:20.680 be such a big game man coming up this next week. 0:06:20.760 --> 0:06:23.800 Detroit's model and also Minnesota in terms of the leadership, 0:06:24.000 --> 0:06:26.960 general manager, head coach, and the environment and the culture 0:06:26.960 --> 0:06:29.160 that's just brought these guys all together. It's pretty awesome. 0:06:29.400 --> 0:06:30.200 It is pretty awesome. 0:06:30.279 --> 0:06:33.160 DJ and we talk about like want and a half 0:06:33.160 --> 0:06:35.600 teams that operate at a championship level, and the thing 0:06:35.640 --> 0:06:38.000 that you're seeing from the top teams is there is 0:06:38.080 --> 0:06:41.200 an alignment from top to bottom, all the way down 0:06:41.240 --> 0:06:44.320 from ownership, to the management team, to the coaching staff. 0:06:44.520 --> 0:06:48.080 Everyone has the same set of values and that allows 0:06:48.160 --> 0:06:51.719 everyone to kind of walk the same path together. And 0:06:51.760 --> 0:06:53.600 when I look at Minnesota and I look at how 0:06:53.600 --> 0:06:56.200 they're able to take these players in and how they 0:06:56.240 --> 0:06:59.200 play and perform with together, and how I'll say this, 0:06:59.520 --> 0:07:02.039 Kevin o connell doing a really good job of making 0:07:02.080 --> 0:07:05.800 it a player's first environment while also embracing the team. 0:07:06.120 --> 0:07:09.120 Sam Donald being hoisted on shoulders, all of that talks about. 0:07:09.560 --> 0:07:13.200 It speaks to the love and the just a caring 0:07:13.320 --> 0:07:16.720 and consideration that these guys have for one another. The 0:07:16.720 --> 0:07:19.040 best teams are the most connected teams, and you can 0:07:19.080 --> 0:07:22.280 see the connectivity in the chemistry amongst the vikings when 0:07:22.280 --> 0:07:24.080 you see that little scene in the locker room. 0:07:24.280 --> 0:07:27.040 Well, I'll get us to the second game on that thought, 0:07:27.120 --> 0:07:31.320 because what Washington has done and their transformation was on 0:07:31.400 --> 0:07:34.000 full display in the Sunday night ball game against Atlanta Falcons. 0:07:34.000 --> 0:07:36.240 A great game, and we'll get to Penix and a 0:07:36.280 --> 0:07:38.239 lot of the exciting things we saw from him, including 0:07:38.320 --> 0:07:41.920 just an absolute seed to extend this ball game. But 0:07:42.000 --> 0:07:46.360 Jayden Daniels with his arm, with his legs outstanding this team. 0:07:47.080 --> 0:07:49.600 I kind of look, I have to admit, hol you know, 0:07:49.680 --> 0:07:51.680 raise my hand up and say I was wrong about this. 0:07:52.000 --> 0:07:54.560 They brought in so many of these older veterans, zach 0:07:54.680 --> 0:07:56.600 Ertz being one of them, and I was like, man, 0:07:56.640 --> 0:07:58.720 I don't know if there's anything left with some of 0:07:58.760 --> 0:08:02.000 these guys, you know, And turns out this is this 0:08:02.040 --> 0:08:06.080 is Adam Peters understanding the value having kind of these 0:08:06.160 --> 0:08:10.000 these culture guys and these kind of guys who just 0:08:10.080 --> 0:08:13.360 kind of raised the level of focus and intensity. And 0:08:13.680 --> 0:08:15.640 zach Ertz showed you in this ball game and a 0:08:15.800 --> 0:08:18.080 you know game you gotta have, they're still a little 0:08:18.120 --> 0:08:19.280 bit left in the tank as well. 0:08:19.760 --> 0:08:22.000 Yeah, DJ, I think it comes down to relationships, and 0:08:22.040 --> 0:08:23.800 that might be the theme of twenty twenty four, the 0:08:23.800 --> 0:08:27.920 importance of relationships and team building. You think about zach 0:08:28.040 --> 0:08:30.680 Ertz and having spent time working and playing on the 0:08:30.720 --> 0:08:33.719 cliff Kingsburg so Kingsbury can vouch for him. You think 0:08:33.720 --> 0:08:36.520 about Bobby Wagner and Dorence Armstrong and some of the 0:08:36.559 --> 0:08:41.120 guys Dante Fowler coming over from the Dallas Cowboys because 0:08:41.200 --> 0:08:44.120 dan Quinn has a relationship with them. All of these 0:08:44.160 --> 0:08:47.400 relationships are important because when you're bringing older guys. In 0:08:47.800 --> 0:08:50.439 sometimes it's about the talent. A lot of times it's 0:08:50.440 --> 0:08:53.280 about the teaching in terms of them teaching the younger 0:08:53.320 --> 0:08:56.600 guys how the culture is supposed to be, how you're 0:08:56.640 --> 0:09:00.560 supposed to prepare and play as professionals. All of that 0:09:00.679 --> 0:09:03.840 stuff goes. But let's be real, they knocked it out 0:09:03.880 --> 0:09:08.400 the park with the quarterback Jade and Daniels. The maturity, uh, 0:09:08.440 --> 0:09:12.440 the leadership, the poise, the playmaking. All of that combined 0:09:12.480 --> 0:09:16.079 with the veteran leadership has had the Commanders reverse their 0:09:16.120 --> 0:09:17.760 fortunes in a quick turnaround. 0:09:17.880 --> 0:09:19.800 On to Adam Peters and Dan Quinn. 0:09:19.880 --> 0:09:22.520 Yeah, I mean we've seen some you know, awesome rookie 0:09:22.559 --> 0:09:25.839 performances at quarterback the last few years. I mean c J. 0:09:25.960 --> 0:09:29.560 Stroud last year was incredible what he accomplished, I would 0:09:29.640 --> 0:09:31.800 say with Jaden because of what he can bring with 0:09:31.840 --> 0:09:34.959 his legs. He's brought that same level of poise and 0:09:35.040 --> 0:09:37.920 like the low heartbeat in the passing game. But then 0:09:38.000 --> 0:09:39.480 oh yeah, by the way, he can run for hundred 0:09:39.559 --> 0:09:40.319 yards if you need him to. 0:09:40.720 --> 0:09:40.840 Uh. 0:09:40.920 --> 0:09:43.440 And on Keith third downs, you've got a playbook that's 0:09:43.640 --> 0:09:46.600 five inches thick, uh that you can go to including 0:09:46.880 --> 0:09:50.040 an under center quarterback Counter, which I hadn't know if 0:09:50.080 --> 0:09:55.560 I've ever seen that Bacon Bacon and around and they 0:09:55.600 --> 0:09:58.719 were in quarterback Counter. I was like, geez, but that's 0:09:58.760 --> 0:10:00.959 what you know. Like that play like that expands the 0:10:01.000 --> 0:10:01.640 playbook man. 0:10:02.000 --> 0:10:04.480 He does explain the playbook, and Cliff Kingsbury has done 0:10:04.480 --> 0:10:07.120 a really good job of putting them in situations where 0:10:07.120 --> 0:10:09.440 they're able to run it. But I feel like, very 0:10:09.480 --> 0:10:13.480 similar to the way Lamar Jackson runs, I feel like 0:10:13.640 --> 0:10:16.360 all of the runs that Jayden takes on are kind 0:10:16.400 --> 0:10:19.679 of protected runs, meaning he always has a convoy with him, 0:10:19.720 --> 0:10:22.480 he always has an escort, or he's near the sideline 0:10:22.760 --> 0:10:25.880 and you don't really see him take a wicked shot. 0:10:26.160 --> 0:10:28.640 Lamar Jackson has a sixth sense when it comes to 0:10:28.800 --> 0:10:32.000 not taking a big hit. Jayden Daniels has some of that, 0:10:32.040 --> 0:10:34.319 and I was worried about that watching him come out 0:10:34.360 --> 0:10:37.199 of LSU. Kingsbury at offensive to have done a really 0:10:37.240 --> 0:10:40.160 good job of really taking advantage of a I would 0:10:40.200 --> 0:10:42.640 say an underrated skill that he brought to the table 0:10:43.000 --> 0:10:44.880 is one of the reasons why the Commander's offense is 0:10:44.920 --> 0:10:47.200 really a headache to the fen and it's only going 0:10:47.200 --> 0:10:49.360 to get better as they continue to surround them with 0:10:49.640 --> 0:10:50.520 a level players. 0:10:50.679 --> 0:10:53.520 Yeah, he took some blow up shots in college, blowing 0:10:54.040 --> 0:10:57.880 yard sale type shots, yes, yeah, taking those man. He 0:10:58.160 --> 0:11:00.120 And the other thing is I brought this up in 0:11:00.120 --> 0:11:02.440 the draft process was one of the things about that 0:11:02.480 --> 0:11:04.200 and I said it with Bryce Young too, because people 0:11:04.200 --> 0:11:05.760 were worried about his side and how we hold up. 0:11:05.800 --> 0:11:09.160 I'm like, look, I put clips together and showed all 0:11:09.160 --> 0:11:11.280 these huge shots that they took where they were no flags. 0:11:11.280 --> 0:11:13.600 In the SEC. I'm like, look, SEC is, you know, 0:11:13.640 --> 0:11:15.959 has proven itself. It's been the best conference of the 0:11:16.000 --> 0:11:18.560 most players it is. It is a more physical brand 0:11:18.559 --> 0:11:20.679 of football in the SEC than it is in the NFL. People, 0:11:20.720 --> 0:11:23.560 that's that's crazy. They're bigger, faster, stronger than the NFL. Like, yeah, 0:11:23.600 --> 0:11:26.280 the referees, the officials don't protect them in the SEC 0:11:26.480 --> 0:11:28.719 like you get protected in the NFL. So a lot 0:11:28.720 --> 0:11:30.720 of those blow up shots he was taken, which would 0:11:30.720 --> 0:11:33.520 have been flags and in some cases maybe even injections 0:11:34.080 --> 0:11:37.320 in the NFL. These NFL players are pros, they've been trained. 0:11:37.360 --> 0:11:39.440 They don't you don't get as many of those type 0:11:39.440 --> 0:11:42.240 of hits. So that's one thing. The other thing I 0:11:42.280 --> 0:11:44.360 would say, is this is going to age. Well, a 0:11:44.400 --> 0:11:47.280 lot of times you get quarterbacks that can run like Jayden. 0:11:47.520 --> 0:11:49.840 You're like, okay, well, once the legs go, what are 0:11:49.880 --> 0:11:50.360 you left with? 0:11:50.480 --> 0:11:50.600 No? 0:11:50.480 --> 0:11:52.520 No, no, no. He can win from the pocket, he 0:11:52.520 --> 0:11:54.880 can read things out, he can get it through progressions. 0:11:55.480 --> 0:11:57.720 This is just a nice bonus he has while he's young, 0:11:57.960 --> 0:11:59.680 and when he gets older, he's going to be able 0:11:59.679 --> 0:12:02.079 to beat you right in the cockpit. He's not gonna 0:12:02.080 --> 0:12:05.360 need his legs. So he's an exciting player, man. 0:12:05.600 --> 0:12:06.400 The exciting player. 0:12:06.400 --> 0:12:08.360 And you can see the many you can already envision 0:12:08.400 --> 0:12:11.680 the many iterations of the Commander's offense with him at quarterback. 0:12:11.760 --> 0:12:14.240 You can see them transitioning from what they're doing in 0:12:14.280 --> 0:12:16.440 the gun to being a more under center offense and 0:12:16.559 --> 0:12:20.120 using the stretched bootleg combination stuff as he gets older. 0:12:21.000 --> 0:12:21.839 What we love, and. 0:12:21.800 --> 0:12:24.000 We've said this because I think Brian Billikett has said 0:12:24.000 --> 0:12:27.479 that what I want is I want a quarterback who's athletic. 0:12:27.600 --> 0:12:30.760 I don't want necessarily an athlete who's playing quarterback. And 0:12:30.840 --> 0:12:34.360 there's a subtle difference in that because Jayden Daniels is 0:12:34.360 --> 0:12:36.199 a quarterback who can do all the things that you 0:12:36.240 --> 0:12:38.600 want to see from the pocket, but he gives you 0:12:38.640 --> 0:12:41.560 the bonus athleticism that allows you to utilize him in 0:12:41.559 --> 0:12:44.920 the run game. That's the way the game is trending, 0:12:45.280 --> 0:12:47.199 and we're seeing more and more of those guys kind 0:12:47.200 --> 0:12:48.559 of make their way into the league and have a 0:12:48.600 --> 0:12:49.199 lot of success. 0:12:49.480 --> 0:12:51.400 I'm gonna need the I'm gonna need our guys to 0:12:51.440 --> 0:12:54.240 go through the archive and find the exo of Pennix 0:12:54.320 --> 0:12:56.320 when he was coming out that I did when he 0:12:56.360 --> 0:12:58.240 was going to the draft, because the throw that he 0:12:58.360 --> 0:13:01.720 made against Texas in that semi final game, you remember, 0:13:01.760 --> 0:13:03.640 it was an end cut and it was like that 0:13:03.679 --> 0:13:06.240 ball I mean it had it was three feet off 0:13:06.280 --> 0:13:09.880 the ground. It was just an absolute seed. It was 0:13:09.880 --> 0:13:12.680 the same exact throw. It's a little different route, but 0:13:12.800 --> 0:13:15.200 the same exact throw in this one to tie the 0:13:15.200 --> 0:13:19.120 ballgame late to Kyle Pitts. Where there's I mean that 0:13:19.200 --> 0:13:22.400 stuff to get excited about, because that is that is elite, leady, 0:13:22.480 --> 0:13:24.920 leady lead arm strength there from Pennix. 0:13:25.040 --> 0:13:26.360 DJ And now I can say this is because I 0:13:26.360 --> 0:13:27.240 had a little preview. 0:13:27.679 --> 0:13:31.520 The Jaguars played the Falcons in the preseason, and though 0:13:31.559 --> 0:13:33.319 Michael Pennick didn't play, you had a chance to see 0:13:33.360 --> 0:13:37.440 him work out and to just say, the ball spins differently, 0:13:37.559 --> 0:13:40.520 it jumps off his hand differently than Kirk Cousins. You 0:13:40.559 --> 0:13:43.120 could feel that and what I'll say like it was 0:13:43.160 --> 0:13:46.160 a late move to give him the starting job at 0:13:46.160 --> 0:13:48.480 this stage of the season, but you could see why 0:13:49.040 --> 0:13:51.720 they felt like it would give their offense more juice. 0:13:51.920 --> 0:13:55.000 Welcome back to the party, Kyle Pits. Appreciate you showing 0:13:55.080 --> 0:13:57.440 up because Michael Pennix can get you the ball lick 0:13:57.480 --> 0:14:00.280 at Drake London, make him plays Oh, Donnielle Mooney gonna 0:14:00.280 --> 0:14:01.720 push it down the field to you. 0:14:02.040 --> 0:14:03.920 And even though the. 0:14:03.880 --> 0:14:07.200 Completion percentage wasn't exactly what you wanted, there are enough 0:14:07.320 --> 0:14:10.319 flashes for you to get excited about. If you're Atlanta 0:14:10.320 --> 0:14:13.040 Falcons fan and you feel an Atlanta Falcons coaching staff, 0:14:13.240 --> 0:14:15.160 there are some things that you can do to really 0:14:15.160 --> 0:14:17.400 take this offense to the next level. 0:14:17.400 --> 0:14:18.880 With Michael PENNOCKX on the center. 0:14:19.160 --> 0:14:21.000 Yeah, the exciting thing to me, and we talked about 0:14:21.040 --> 0:14:23.520 it previously, was you know they got a solid offensive line. 0:14:23.520 --> 0:14:26.320 Continue to invest in that because if you can, if 0:14:26.360 --> 0:14:28.720 you can give him protection and allow him to get 0:14:28.720 --> 0:14:31.000 the ball vertical down the field, and I'm talking about 0:14:31.320 --> 0:14:33.600 like I want you can run old school like nineteen 0:14:33.720 --> 0:14:36.840 nineties era come back. Yeah, fuck, you know back from 0:14:37.160 --> 0:14:39.760 well you remember that. I mean DJ he threw it 0:14:39.840 --> 0:14:42.480 like that last drive when they needed one. It was 0:14:42.480 --> 0:14:44.800 a third and something. He threw like a fifteen yard 0:14:44.800 --> 0:14:47.440 comeback right on the boundary and I'm like, man, that's 0:14:47.440 --> 0:14:51.960 a smoking throw and having b Jon Robinson, like what 0:14:52.000 --> 0:14:54.320 it does is there's a comfort of always being able 0:14:54.320 --> 0:14:55.160 to run the football. 0:14:55.160 --> 0:14:57.520 But it's also b Jon Robinson. He missed him on 0:14:57.560 --> 0:14:58.240 a slant and go. 0:14:58.560 --> 0:15:00.840 And we talked about Bjon rob and being one of 0:15:00.880 --> 0:15:03.880 these seven h seven running backs that is a running back, 0:15:04.080 --> 0:15:06.480 but really he's a wide out on the perimeter. Like 0:15:06.560 --> 0:15:10.600 you can just see the imagination and the creativity that 0:15:10.720 --> 0:15:13.520 Zach Robinson wants to put on this playbook with the 0:15:13.560 --> 0:15:16.080 pieces that he has at his disposal, with this kind 0:15:16.120 --> 0:15:17.640 of quarterback available. 0:15:17.920 --> 0:15:20.160 All Right, We've tracked down the XO book because I 0:15:20.200 --> 0:15:23.160 gotta I gotta show you this. Do you remember this, 0:15:23.240 --> 0:15:25.200 because I know you've seen this before, but I'm just 0:15:25.280 --> 0:15:27.840 watching this. These are these throws against Texas. So the 0:15:27.880 --> 0:15:29.800 first one is just that you know, deep post where 0:15:29.800 --> 0:15:31.560 he kind of puts a bunch of air underneath it. 0:15:32.120 --> 0:15:34.760 There's some examples of him moving around in the pocket. Again, 0:15:34.800 --> 0:15:37.000 this Texas game showed you kind of everything you needed. 0:15:37.240 --> 0:15:41.480 Then another absolute missile to Roma Donsday can drop the 0:15:41.520 --> 0:15:44.200 ball in the bucket over the top. Yeah, just a 0:15:44.200 --> 0:15:47.080 beautiful ball. But this, this is the drive throw that 0:15:47.120 --> 0:15:49.280 we saw for the game winner. This is the exact 0:15:49.280 --> 0:15:52.480 same looking throw. Look at this throw, boom buck it's 0:15:52.560 --> 0:15:55.280 between it beats the it beats the help defender like 0:15:55.320 --> 0:15:58.800 it's just an absolute seed. It was the same exact thing. 0:15:58.880 --> 0:15:59.520 So, I don't know. 0:15:59.520 --> 0:16:01.440 I always find when you're watching these guys play an 0:16:01.520 --> 0:16:04.360 NFL field, then you're like, well, how does things translate? Well, 0:16:04.400 --> 0:16:06.520 I saw that exact same throw work in college, and 0:16:06.560 --> 0:16:08.280 I guess what it works in the NFL too. 0:16:08.600 --> 0:16:10.160 Man, you talk about an exciting time to see some 0:16:10.200 --> 0:16:12.480 of these young quarterbacks, Jade and Daniels and those guys 0:16:12.520 --> 0:16:14.960 go at it, Jay and Daniels, Michael Pennix, seeing them 0:16:15.000 --> 0:16:19.479 play in a primetime game and really play up to expectation. 0:16:19.560 --> 0:16:21.480 Even though Michael Penix didn't have a lot of experience, 0:16:21.720 --> 0:16:23.040 I'm saying, man, the Atlanta fal. 0:16:22.920 --> 0:16:24.000 Because you have to be excited about it. 0:16:24.000 --> 0:16:25.160 You got to figure out a way to get into 0:16:25.160 --> 0:16:27.600 the postseason tournament because I want to see more of 0:16:27.640 --> 0:16:29.760 Michael Pennox in this offense. 0:16:30.520 --> 0:16:32.240 This chance. We might have to wait, might have to 0:16:32.280 --> 0:16:34.240 wait for next year on that one, but it makes 0:16:34.240 --> 0:16:35.600 the off season a lot more fun. 0:16:36.240 --> 0:16:36.480 No one. 0:16:36.520 --> 0:16:38.200 You can build around him and then they'll move on 0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:41.200 from Kirk Cousins and see where he lands next. That win, 0:16:41.240 --> 0:16:44.000 by the way it gave, it helped clinch. I shouldn't 0:16:44.000 --> 0:16:46.600 say gave because that implies that the Rams didn't earn it. 0:16:47.000 --> 0:16:49.160 The Rams have played great football and now they can 0:16:49.240 --> 0:16:52.720 say that they are the champions of the NFC West. 0:16:52.960 --> 0:16:55.520 They won kind of an ugly street fight game against 0:16:55.560 --> 0:16:59.040 Arizona Cardinals, but that win combined with what we saw 0:16:59.080 --> 0:17:01.520 in that game and wash and winning, now the Rams 0:17:01.520 --> 0:17:04.000 have won the NFC West nine and two since the 0:17:04.000 --> 0:17:04.440 bye week. 0:17:04.440 --> 0:17:06.480 Book, you know, DJ, I want to stand up and 0:17:06.480 --> 0:17:09.560 give Sean McVay a standing ovation for the coaching job 0:17:09.600 --> 0:17:12.359 that he's done. The last two years, his teams have 0:17:12.400 --> 0:17:14.520 stumbled out the gate, but somehow he has been able 0:17:14.560 --> 0:17:17.520 to keep it together. This team started out one in four, 0:17:17.640 --> 0:17:19.520 had a losing record at the bye week, but he 0:17:19.600 --> 0:17:22.480 found a way to get them back on track. And 0:17:22.520 --> 0:17:24.280 I'm gonna say this, man, what They've won nine up 0:17:24.320 --> 0:17:28.440 their last eleven games, and they're doing it playing complimentary ball. 0:17:28.760 --> 0:17:31.040 When we think about the Rams, it's quick to think 0:17:31.080 --> 0:17:34.040 about Matthew Stafford and Puka Naku and Cooper Cup, but 0:17:34.080 --> 0:17:36.639