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Speaker 1: Coming up on this edition of The Booth Review. Nineteen

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Speaker 1: years in the making. It's a playoff win in Washington, London.

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Speaker 2: Oh Man, the Cardiac Commanders kick in the door into

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Speaker 2: the Division A round of the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: And number five is Superman incredible spectacular playoff debut.

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Speaker 3: It's all coming up on the Booth Review.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to this playoff winning edition of the Booth Review podcast.

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Speaker 1: I Bram Witside with Big Fletch London Fletcher. We're brought

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Speaker 1: to you by Microsoft Surface Powering A Better Game nineteen

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Speaker 1: years in the making, London, The Commander's gonna win yesterday.

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Speaker 2: Oh man, what a beautiful game. That was, the game plan,

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Speaker 2: the execution, the game winning field goal. I just marvel

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Speaker 2: with this team and what they they're able to accomplish.

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Speaker 2: Going into that hostile environment. The way they attacked the

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Speaker 2: Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense, it made They attacked them so

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Speaker 2: so well that they had to change up things in

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Speaker 2: terms of they were blitz happy coming into the game,

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Speaker 2: and Tabow said, man, we have no answers for this office.

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Speaker 2: We got to stop blitzing and change up totally. And uh,

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Speaker 2: just a great thing. And to have him to have

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Speaker 2: us win on a on a game when it kick

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Speaker 2: that was doint. You know, we had we had to

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Speaker 2: make a dramatic in a game whin a field goal.

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Speaker 3: We wouldn't have it any other way.

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Speaker 1: Since the bye, every game has ended on the last

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Speaker 1: snap various different ways. Here's a field goal Saints game

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Speaker 1: for Atlanta. I mean, it's uncanny, and I don't think

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Speaker 1: it's an accident anymore. So I want to get into

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Speaker 1: the details of Tampa, but just in general, I've never

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Speaker 1: an accident that they win this way.

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Speaker 2: No, not when it keeps happening over and over and

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Speaker 4: The thing about it is.

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Speaker 2: They talk, and they talk, they talk about how they

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Speaker 2: practice for these winning time moments, these situational games in

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Speaker 2: there's high pressure points, high pressure moments in a ballgame.

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Speaker 2: And is it credit to Dan Quinn. We've talked about

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Speaker 2: this multiple times. He has to this team prepared for

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Speaker 2: any scenario, especially the Lake game scenarios where I don't

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Speaker 1: I mean, I think I've talked about this with you before,

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Speaker 1: You know what he says in one place, you'll hear

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Speaker 2: You can tell that they do it at a at

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Speaker 2: And you're doing this with the from an office standpoint.

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Speaker 2: You're doing this with a rookie quarterback that's unheard of.

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Speaker 1: That's the best season that this team has ever had,

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Speaker 3: There he was last night.

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Speaker 4: And it was when I saw him in the locker room.

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Speaker 2: They're saying, hey, we feel like you are going to

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's happened all year. This happened in the

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'll say this. So we talk about You just

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Speaker 2: I didn't even realize they ran the ball thirty two

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Speaker 2: We're still going to run the football. And they had

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I thought Eckler was going to be a big

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Speaker 4: Thing they did was.

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Speaker 4: On the second and second and five. You stay ahead

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean for you know, a change up. You know,

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Speaker 3: I agree with you.

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Speaker 1: I thought the offensive game plan really switched things up.

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Speaker 3: I think Clif did a terrific job.

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Speaker 2: They definitely adjusted more to week one than I would

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Speaker 2: Plays that hurt the Buccaneers over the last several weeks.

438
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Speaker 2: There were a couple of plays against the Cowboys, in

439
00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:52,720
Speaker 2: particular when the Cowboys were the last team to beat

440
00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:54,880
Speaker 2: the Bucks out of the in their last seven game.

441
00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:56,720
Speaker 2: They end up winning six out of last seven, but

442
00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:59,640
Speaker 2: they had a loss to the Dallas Cowboys and they

443
00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:03,400
Speaker 2: manage factured some chunk plays and I saw us utilize

444
00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:06,919
Speaker 2: a couple of those plays against the against the Tampa

445
00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:11,320
Speaker 2: Bay Buccaneers, and but again, just an outstanding game plan.

446
00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:13,760
Speaker 2: We weren't going to try to continue to run the

447
00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:16,280
Speaker 2: ball all the time up through the middle. Hey, let's

448
00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:19,080
Speaker 2: swing the ball out, Let's have the wide receiver screen.

449
00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:21,359
Speaker 2: Let's fake a a toss play. There was the one

450
00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:23,880
Speaker 2: with the eye almost scoring on the on the wide

451
00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:27,679
Speaker 2: receiver screenway he fakes the toss, It throws the tunnel

452
00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:29,639
Speaker 2: screen out to him, and I mean he almost he

453
00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:31,600
Speaker 2: nearly scored. We end up I think, kicking the field

454
00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:35,920
Speaker 2: goal on that drive. But just uh, just great, great creativity,

455
00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:37,280
Speaker 2: great game planning.

456
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Speaker 1: You know, I think this goes back to the idea

457
00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:44,800
Speaker 1: of like the trust and accountability. So I heard the

458
00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:47,200
Speaker 1: same thing if you talk to coaches or players about

459
00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:49,879
Speaker 1: the week one game. Bobby Wagner apparently spoke to the

460
00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:52,840
Speaker 1: team again said something about like to the effect of

461
00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:55,600
Speaker 1: what we heard secondhand. I wanted to throw up when

462
00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:58,639
Speaker 1: I watched that. I heard Dan Quinn say to me,

463
00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:01,200
Speaker 1: you know last week and to others where he said,

464
00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:03,960
Speaker 1: when we rewatched this, we looked at this and go,

465
00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:06,960
Speaker 1: that's not us. We heard that from Jade Daniels when

466
00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:09,360
Speaker 1: we talked to him last night after the game. That's

467
00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:14,000
Speaker 1: not us, that's accountability. That's everybody saying we need to

468
00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:17,159
Speaker 1: be better. The rookie quarterback from his debut to his

469
00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:20,040
Speaker 1: first playoff game. Obviously, I mean with experience is.

470
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Speaker 3: Going to be better.

471
00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:24,040
Speaker 1: Here's a defensive leader saying we need to be better

472
00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:25,800
Speaker 1: than this. We all need to be better than this.

473
00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:30,359
Speaker 1: And here's the coaching staff saying we need to be better.

474
00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:32,560
Speaker 1: And they were the ones that came up with a

475
00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:35,960
Speaker 1: different game plan and it worked to the tune of

476
00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:40,320
Speaker 1: holding the ball eleven plus minutes longer than their opponent,

477
00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:44,320
Speaker 1: keeping their offense, which is prolific, off the field, and

478
00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:48,880
Speaker 1: doing it even though they couldn't run the ball really effectively.

479
00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:53,040
Speaker 1: It's a team win, Like that's what that is. A

480
00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:56,600
Speaker 1: team win. They took accountability for what happened what feels

481
00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:59,040
Speaker 1: like eons ago and was only a few months ago,

482
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Speaker 1: and they looked, acted and performed like a different team.

483
00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:04,720
Speaker 4: Yeah.

484
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Speaker 2: I just remember vividly after that that Week one loss

485
00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:13,600
Speaker 2: where Quinn talked about Jayden because it was it was

486
00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:16,560
Speaker 2: it was a lot of talk about Jayden running running

487
00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:18,440
Speaker 2: too many times in the ball game, he had sixteen

488
00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:21,280
Speaker 2: carries for eighty eight yards, and a lot of those

489
00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:24,440
Speaker 2: a lot of those runs weren't called runs or even

490
00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:28,800
Speaker 2: zone reads. It was him scrambling after and making plays

491
00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:31,800
Speaker 2: with his legs. But there were times when he ended

492
00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:37,600
Speaker 2: up scrambling where if he just maybe felt more comfortable

493
00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:40,560
Speaker 2: and throwing a quick out or throw taking a shot

494
00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:43,160
Speaker 2: down to feel deep, or or getting the ball out

495
00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:45,560
Speaker 2: to a sight adjust off a hot route.

496
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Speaker 4: And that's that's.

497
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Speaker 2: To be expecting your rookie making your making your NFL

498
00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:53,359
Speaker 2: debut against a team that all you've heard is like, man,

499
00:25:53,359 --> 00:25:55,080
Speaker 2: they're gonna blister, they gonna bist, they gonna blist the

500
00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:57,600
Speaker 2: heck out of you. So you've heard that all all

501
00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:00,199
Speaker 2: week long leading up into that game. So you know

502
00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:02,679
Speaker 2: you can speed up your process a little bit and

503
00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:05,640
Speaker 2: just to go back and you look, you say, there

504
00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:08,040
Speaker 2: were so many throws. That's why Jaden said when he

505
00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:11,879
Speaker 2: looked at that field, he said he was disgusted with

506
00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:14,320
Speaker 2: it because he was like, man, I left so we

507
00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:17,440
Speaker 2: left so much out there, you know, just with us

508
00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:20,800
Speaker 2: being so so new in our offense and even defensively,

509
00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:25,280
Speaker 2: the miscommunications on Yeah, some big plays that the the

510
00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:27,760
Speaker 2: Buccaneers were able to get in the passing game, just

511
00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:31,000
Speaker 2: some courage kind of not playing it, not communicating the

512
00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:31,480
Speaker 2: right way.

513
00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:32,280
Speaker 4: I thought.

514
00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:35,400
Speaker 2: Defensively, especially in the first half, they did an outstanding

515
00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:37,280
Speaker 2: job against the Bucks run game.

516
00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:39,239
Speaker 4: And that was that was the man.

517
00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:41,480
Speaker 2: That was the thing where they came in they say, hey,

518
00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:45,320
Speaker 2: we cannot allow the Bucks to run a rough shot

519
00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:48,440
Speaker 2: on us running the football. And I thought the defensive

520
00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:51,320
Speaker 2: front play extent our standing. I thought the linebackers laid

521
00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:54,160
Speaker 2: by Bobby Wagner, like the first run play of the game,

522
00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:59,040
Speaker 2: Bobby comes downhill and he hits he is Bucky Irvin,

523
00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:02,840
Speaker 2: either for maybe a one yard game or no yards.

524
00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:04,800
Speaker 2: I mean, it was just like and that that was

525
00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:07,159
Speaker 2: kind of like a tone set, like, Hey, this is

526
00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:09,159
Speaker 2: the type of day it's going to be when you

527
00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:10,640
Speaker 2: all try to run the ball against us.

528
00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:15,120
Speaker 1: Bobby Wagner came to play like he was Captain. Zach

529
00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:18,120
Speaker 1: Ertz down late in the season, really became a reliable target.

530
00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:20,760
Speaker 1: They admitted a couple of weeks ago when we signed him,

531
00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:24,399
Speaker 1: we thought he'd be a red zone threat, probably be

532
00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:27,280
Speaker 1: on third downs. They didn't expect to rely on him

533
00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:31,080
Speaker 1: to the degree that they did. But they did, and

534
00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:36,000
Speaker 1: he came through especially late in the season. You know, Wagner, really,

535
00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:38,080
Speaker 1: I mean I agree with you, like right from the

536
00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:41,400
Speaker 1: get go, came out there and really set the tone

537
00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:43,000
Speaker 1: defensively for the team last night.

538
00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:46,800
Speaker 2: Hey man, that's what happened when you have a seventeen

539
00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:51,120
Speaker 2: career playoff games. Like I was, as I was doing

540
00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:53,399
Speaker 2: by research and prepper for the game, I was like, man,

541
00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:55,159
Speaker 2: let me let me go and look and see how

542
00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:59,280
Speaker 2: many playoff games Bobby Bobby has played in. And you

543
00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:01,840
Speaker 2: know from in Seattle, seems like they were in the

544
00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:04,879
Speaker 2: playoffs and making you know, nice runs and obviously went

545
00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:07,240
Speaker 2: to two Super Bowls there. So I'm like, man, I

546
00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:09,560
Speaker 2: want to just see how many how many games he's

547
00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:12,040
Speaker 2: played he played in the playoffs, and he was it

548
00:28:12,119 --> 00:28:16,080
Speaker 2: was at like seventeen career playoff playoff starts, and it

549
00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:19,560
Speaker 2: was like, wow, this is this is crazy. So yesterday

550
00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:23,200
Speaker 2: was his eighteenth career playoffs start.

551
00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:26,000
Speaker 1: He and he acted like it was his first. I mean,

552
00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:29,240
Speaker 1: he was really really brought it one more thing on

553
00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:30,920
Speaker 1: the offense before he getting to the defense. Little because I

554
00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:32,800
Speaker 1: do want to ask you about that, what did you

555
00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:35,159
Speaker 1: make of they warned us. They said we're gonna be

556
00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:39,520
Speaker 1: bold in third and fourth down. That was bold five

557
00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:42,720
Speaker 1: fourth downs that they went for. What did you think

558
00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:43,920
Speaker 1: of the aggressiveness there?

559
00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:48,960
Speaker 2: Well, well to third down I mentioned and maybe dam

560
00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:51,480
Speaker 2: was hitting that, Hey, on third downs, we're not just

561
00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:53,960
Speaker 2: gonna hey it's third and four, We're not just gonna

562
00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:56,360
Speaker 2: look to get five yards of convert and we're gonna

563
00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:59,560
Speaker 2: take shots down the field like like they did against

564
00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:02,160
Speaker 2: a with Terry on the on the first third down play.

565
00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:02,920
Speaker 4: But the.

566
00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:07,120
Speaker 2: Hey, that's how they played all year long, and d

567
00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:10,320
Speaker 2: Q trust uh you know the first third, the first

568
00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:12,920
Speaker 2: fourth down, I was like, yeah, this is what they're

569
00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:13,280
Speaker 2: gonna do.

570
00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:14,440
Speaker 4: It did surprise me at all.

571
00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:18,080
Speaker 2: I thought on the the second, fourth, fourth, and I

572
00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:21,360
Speaker 2: thinking it was maybe fourth and three that I was

573
00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:23,280
Speaker 2: thinking he might want to kick a field goal there,

574
00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:25,840
Speaker 2: just because it seems like Tampa was. I think we

575
00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:27,800
Speaker 2: can end up losing some yardage on the on the

576
00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:30,880
Speaker 2: third down player, it's like, okay, maybe let's uh, let's

577
00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:34,360
Speaker 2: kick a field field goal here, get get points, making

578
00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:36,120
Speaker 2: a one point game. At that point in time, when

579
00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:37,800
Speaker 2: he when he went for it, it's like all right,

580
00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:40,480
Speaker 2: I'm and I'm also I also put on my defensive

581
00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:43,600
Speaker 2: thinking where he's saying to myself, saying to himself, if

582
00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:46,240
Speaker 2: we don't get it. I mean, he's confident we're gonna

583
00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:48,600
Speaker 2: get it. But if we don't get it, we'll have

584
00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:52,320
Speaker 2: them backed out. Hopefully defense hold them, force them to

585
00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:54,800
Speaker 2: kick the punt the football on a three and out,

586
00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:58,120
Speaker 2: and we'll have great field position. And uh so I

587
00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:00,280
Speaker 2: didn't have a problem with the way he he went

588
00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:03,760
Speaker 2: about it. Again, they've done it all year long. They've

589
00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:07,280
Speaker 2: had great success doing it, and you know, it ended

590
00:30:07,360 --> 00:30:09,560
Speaker 2: up not working in a couple of those cases, but

591
00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:10,960
Speaker 2: then some of them they did.

592
00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:15,040
Speaker 1: And then they got two acts of God, which listen,

593
00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:18,200
Speaker 1: if you're gonna win, you need them. The ball just

594
00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:21,480
Speaker 1: found Bobby Wagner right when they needed it to. No

595
00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:23,880
Speaker 1: one caused the turnover. It was just a mystic exchange.

596
00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:26,200
Speaker 1: Ball ends up in his hands. And of course the

597
00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:30,440
Speaker 1: game winning kick hits the goalpost goes in anyway. So

598
00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:35,720
Speaker 1: to the prepared, to the to the well intentioned, the

599
00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:37,080
Speaker 1: luck comes as well.

600
00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:39,040
Speaker 4: And it was a third whip.

601
00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:43,080
Speaker 2: Remember the the Saint, I mean, the Bucks were in

602
00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:45,640
Speaker 2: a third and one, and they tried to seem like

603
00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:48,200
Speaker 2: they were trying to draw us off sides, yes, and

604
00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:52,080
Speaker 2: and the center snapped the football when nobody moved and

605
00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:55,440
Speaker 2: it was almost a disaster. I can't remember who it

606
00:30:55,560 --> 00:30:59,400
Speaker 2: almost made the tackle in the backfield and they end

607
00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:01,280
Speaker 2: up getting a we'll go from third and one to

608
00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:04,640
Speaker 2: fourth and two or three, and they ended up having

609
00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:07,600
Speaker 2: to kick a field goal, which was that was another

610
00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:11,240
Speaker 2: gift right there, because instead of staff a football and

611
00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:12,560
Speaker 2: nobody was ready for it.

612
00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:17,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, I agree on the defense. Speaking of changes, so

613
00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:21,280
Speaker 1: controlling the ball is a big deal. But early and

614
00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:24,160
Speaker 1: we noticed this post the first drive until they had

615
00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:26,160
Speaker 1: that late second quarter drive that ended up.

616
00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:26,480
Speaker 3: Tying the game.

617
00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:29,400
Speaker 1: When they went in at half, Baker Mayfield was a

618
00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:32,680
Speaker 1: little bit indecisive. The coverage was clearly different. He didn't

619
00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:34,840
Speaker 1: like what he saw. They weren't running the ball nearly

620
00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:37,600
Speaker 1: as effectively as they did in the first game. What

621
00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:39,440
Speaker 1: did you see in the first half from the change

622
00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:41,640
Speaker 1: up from Joe Witt defensively yesterday?

623
00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:45,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, I thought they they played a little bit more

624
00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:47,840
Speaker 2: zone covers. They mix it up, mixed up looks well

625
00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:52,440
Speaker 2: against him, and it forced it forced Baker to hold

626
00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:54,360
Speaker 2: on to the football a lot longer, a little bit longer,

627
00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:58,520
Speaker 2: and I thought even with the rush, laying integrity by

628
00:31:58,560 --> 00:32:02,120
Speaker 2: the defensive defensive front was a lot better than the

629
00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:04,680
Speaker 2: first game. You saw guys not trying to get too

630
00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:07,760
Speaker 2: far past the quarterback, but they got on the same level,

631
00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:11,360
Speaker 2: maybe trying to holding tone it down or hunker down

632
00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:13,280
Speaker 2: a little bit. You saw a little bit more control

633
00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:16,840
Speaker 2: rushes on the inside, guys expecting Baker and ready for

634
00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:19,080
Speaker 2: Baker to kind of step up in the pocket.

635
00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:21,920
Speaker 4: But I thought the coverage was really good, especially we.

636
00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:27,000
Speaker 2: Had the uh the Bucks had a their first third down,

637
00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:29,360
Speaker 2: remember it was the second third down play no their

638
00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:32,440
Speaker 2: first series. They had a third and six or seven,

639
00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:35,040
Speaker 2: whatever it was, and they had a bunch formation. We

640
00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:38,000
Speaker 2: had issues with the bunch formations the first time around.

641
00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:40,680
Speaker 2: We did a great job had a double We doubled

642
00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:44,400
Speaker 2: Mike Evans on that play, and then Samer still did

643
00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:47,240
Speaker 2: a nice job coming off of the double teament playing

644
00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:49,360
Speaker 2: over the top and almost made an interception. So I

645
00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:52,120
Speaker 2: thought they did a nice job of common mixing the

646
00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:56,160
Speaker 2: coverages up going from double from man's to zones, but

647
00:32:56,240 --> 00:33:00,240
Speaker 2: also match zones and and really forced Baker to hold

648
00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:01,920
Speaker 2: on to the football a little bit longer.

649
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:03,720
Speaker 4: Not a lot of not a lot of blitz is

650
00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:04,960
Speaker 4: on all third down.

651
00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:07,360
Speaker 2: It was like, Hey, we're gonna we're gonna play coverage,

652
00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:09,520
Speaker 2: We're gonna double some guys. We're gonna mix it up

653
00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:12,600
Speaker 2: and see if you can identify, you know, on the

654
00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:14,840
Speaker 2: fly and force them to hold on the football a

655
00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:15,480
Speaker 2: little bit longer.

656
00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:15,880
Speaker 4: Yeah.

657
00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:17,600
Speaker 1: The other thing, I mean, it just it's worth crediting.

658
00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:19,280
Speaker 1: And I mean we've kind of gone through. They got

659
00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:22,000
Speaker 1: the ball, they scored again. They did it again, over

660
00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:24,800
Speaker 1: and over and over. They're coming through in these late

661
00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:27,960
Speaker 1: game situations, late half situations in general. I guess with

662
00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:30,080
Speaker 1: the exception of yesterday, really they gave up a touchdown

663
00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:31,880
Speaker 1: late in the first tilf it's actually been rare that

664
00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:34,360
Speaker 1: they've been giving up scores like that this year. But

665
00:33:34,520 --> 00:33:36,600
Speaker 1: I want to give credit. We talked about this, you know,

666
00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:38,440
Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks, because they keep winning late.

667
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:41,080
Speaker 1: It's not just that they're executing and the players deserve

668
00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:43,479
Speaker 1: all the credit for executing this. And the coaches are

669
00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:45,520
Speaker 1: coming in with good play calling and time they play calling,

670
00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:49,360
Speaker 1: but the operations working, and it needs to be pointed out,

671
00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:53,880
Speaker 1: like people lose their jobs over time management. People lose,

672
00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:59,600
Speaker 1: you know, credibility over not handling high pressure, fast moving situations,

673
00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:02,720
Speaker 1: and week after week after week, this is a very

674
00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:06,360
Speaker 1: buttoned up operation with that. And yes, I trust Jayden

675
00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:10,640
Speaker 1: like they all seemingly trust Jayden. He stays cool, calm, collected.

676
00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:12,960
Speaker 1: I can't believe he's able to do this at this

677
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:15,560
Speaker 1: stage of his career, but he can, and that helps

678
00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:18,200
Speaker 1: a lot. But I want to give credit to the

679
00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:22,240
Speaker 1: sideline too, because nothing seems to be happening too fast

680
00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:27,120
Speaker 1: to them. They're under control consistently and that's why this

681
00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:30,000
Speaker 1: is not an accident that they keep winning like this

682
00:34:30,160 --> 00:34:31,160
Speaker 1: all the time.

683
00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:36,000
Speaker 2: Not at all, not at all, And just to pose

684
00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:38,960
Speaker 2: that against well, I don't know if we talked, we

685
00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:41,319
Speaker 2: really talk about this at the end of our game,

686
00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:45,520
Speaker 2: Todd Bowles maybe a little question about time management clock

687
00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:48,239
Speaker 2: management on on his side when they were on the

688
00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:50,719
Speaker 2: defense side of the ball, He led, I think you

689
00:34:50,719 --> 00:34:54,800
Speaker 2: you mentioned this where we only ran two plays. We

690
00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:57,439
Speaker 2: got the ball well from Mike the three the three

691
00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:00,359
Speaker 2: men in Mark three eighteen or whatever it was, maybe

692
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:04,680
Speaker 2: after the Diami Brown Yes, conversion to I think we

693
00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:07,719
Speaker 2: ran one one run play and then we were in

694
00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:10,520
Speaker 2: two plays in a matter of what a minute and

695
00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:13,120
Speaker 2: a half. It was something something you know, that they

696
00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:17,919
Speaker 2: allowed us to do. And so the the the I think,

697
00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:20,840
Speaker 2: what's his name, Dave Guardy is that is that the

698
00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:25,480
Speaker 2: guys gentleman who helps out with the situation of football

699
00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:27,720
Speaker 2: and clock manager and all that. And think I believe

700
00:35:27,719 --> 00:35:30,279
Speaker 2: it was Terry who mentioned Dave to us in the

701
00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:31,600
Speaker 2: postgame interview.

702
00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:33,400
Speaker 4: How they do it.

703
00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:36,280
Speaker 2: He does a great job of gets getting those guys

704
00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:40,120
Speaker 2: to understand the scenarios, situation and and again that's another

705
00:35:40,239 --> 00:35:45,360
Speaker 2: level where in my sixteen years, I don't recall a

706
00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:48,680
Speaker 2: coach having somebody come and explain to us, hey, late

707
00:35:48,719 --> 00:35:53,000
Speaker 2: game situation in the game, situation, time time and all

708
00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:55,239
Speaker 2: those types of things, timeouts and when you want to

709
00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:58,439
Speaker 2: call a time out, all these different scenarios. And that's

710
00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:01,520
Speaker 2: that's the that's the the next level stuff and the

711
00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:05,720
Speaker 2: other things that they're doing and making playing winning football.

712
00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:09,239
Speaker 1: Like even you know, sometimes it's not about just it

713
00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:12,560
Speaker 1: helps you win. It it prevents you from losing, like

714
00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:15,960
Speaker 1: it you just do the right things. And Tampa never

715
00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:17,960
Speaker 1: got the ball back, and it was it was interesting

716
00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:19,440
Speaker 1: when you bring up like late in the game, and

717
00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:22,200
Speaker 1: it was so obvious to me because we're so accustomed

718
00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:25,000
Speaker 1: to this team going up tempo. And we even heard

719
00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:27,760
Speaker 1: Jaden say in his press conference, he goes, I wanted

720
00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:30,080
Speaker 1: to score, but I had to listen to the coaches,

721
00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:33,000
Speaker 1: Like he wanted to go for the jugular score a touchdown,

722
00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:35,920
Speaker 1: you know, but like because that's in his nature to

723
00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:38,000
Speaker 1: do that, which I like, but the coaches.

724
00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:39,320
Speaker 4: Yeah.

725
00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:42,120
Speaker 1: But then the coaches took control there, and we're so

726
00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:45,759
Speaker 1: accustomed to them going at pace, not huddling, going to

727
00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:50,759
Speaker 1: the line, getting going, and they didn't because they understood

728
00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:54,160
Speaker 1: time and place to do it. And the Buccaneers, like,

729
00:36:54,239 --> 00:36:56,360
Speaker 1: I don't know if it's a big deal down in Tampa,

730
00:36:56,520 --> 00:36:59,759
Speaker 1: but their time out should have been utilized differently than

731
00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:02,440
Speaker 1: they did. They might have had more time than they

732
00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:05,880
Speaker 1: may not have, but they definitively would have had a

733
00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:08,799
Speaker 1: better chance. A couple of weeks ago, Raheem Morris did

734
00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:11,879
Speaker 1: not use his timeouts very well against the Bears when

735
00:37:11,920 --> 00:37:14,239
Speaker 1: they actually came out and said it wasn't a big

736
00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:16,560
Speaker 1: deal that Terry made that catch to set up the

737
00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:17,400
Speaker 1: hail Mary.

738
00:37:17,360 --> 00:37:18,680
Speaker 3: What are you talking about?

739
00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:23,480
Speaker 1: Like these are the types of decisions that can lose

740
00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:28,560
Speaker 1: games and them slowing down. It just goes back to

741
00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:31,719
Speaker 1: these moments aren't moving too fast or not too big

742
00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:36,480
Speaker 1: for them, and everybody trusts one another to do their jobs.

743
00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:42,400
Speaker 1: And it's been working out in glorious fashion and amazing fashion.

744
00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:44,439
Speaker 1: And it's been a joy to do it with you

745
00:37:44,719 --> 00:37:48,600
Speaker 1: every week. Because it's one thing to call the games,

746
00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:51,120
Speaker 1: it's another thing to have a season like this, because

747
00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:53,840
Speaker 1: not only are all these games so exciting, this is

748
00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:56,719
Speaker 1: the most memorable season I've ever professionally been a part of.

749
00:37:57,320 --> 00:38:02,040
Speaker 1: And it just there's no luck involved, like they are

750
00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:04,520
Speaker 1: an incredible operation. We've learned this.

751
00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:07,400
Speaker 4: Week by week by week now it really is.

752
00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:11,840
Speaker 2: And I had the fortunate to plan on two teams

753
00:38:11,880 --> 00:38:14,680
Speaker 2: that went to the Super Bowl, and and the ninety

754
00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:18,480
Speaker 2: nine team was sensational and we won games, but there

755
00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:21,919
Speaker 2: wasn't drama too, with the exception of we had two

756
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:26,160
Speaker 2: dramatic games, the NFC Championship game you know, that came

757
00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:28,440
Speaker 2: down to the wire, and also the Super Bowl, wh

758
00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:32,360
Speaker 2: that came down to a tackle game saving tackle, but

759
00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:35,719
Speaker 2: a touchdown saving tackle, I should say. But beyond that,

760
00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:40,200
Speaker 2: besides that was those things. We were blowing teams out

761
00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:42,879
Speaker 2: forty to three and forty to ten. Like it wasn't

762
00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:46,200
Speaker 2: a whole lot of drama in those games. But to

763
00:38:46,239 --> 00:38:48,200
Speaker 2: be able to to be able to witness this type

764
00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:51,080
Speaker 2: of season, I mean, it's it's it's been a it's

765
00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:56,440
Speaker 2: been a three old definitely. Definitely, my blood pressure rises,

766
00:38:56,480 --> 00:38:58,760
Speaker 2: heart rate is probably up a lot during those games.

767
00:38:58,840 --> 00:39:02,040
Speaker 4: Yesterday, I was like, oh good, Yeah, I don't know

768
00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:03,640
Speaker 4: if I could take this. Yeah.

769
00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:06,880
Speaker 2: I mean, we just we just we got to get accustomed.

770
00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:09,600
Speaker 2: We brought accustomed to that. That's how our games are.

771
00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:10,000
Speaker 4: Yeah.

772
00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:10,920
Speaker 3: I think it's wild too.

773
00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:13,000
Speaker 1: I mean, like you know, when you started winning with

774
00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:14,840
Speaker 1: the Rams and you guys won in the Super Bowl,

775
00:39:15,360 --> 00:39:18,879
Speaker 1: Like to your point about like the scoring, there ended

776
00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:22,560
Speaker 1: up being three Hall of Fame skill position players on

777
00:39:22,600 --> 00:39:25,439
Speaker 1: that offense. Four if you've cut Kurt Water. So there's

778
00:39:25,480 --> 00:39:28,200
Speaker 1: four Hall of Fame skill position players.

779
00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:31,120
Speaker 3: That's not this team. That's it's not.

780
00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:34,480
Speaker 1: And I think that's what's kind of incredible about what

781
00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:37,840
Speaker 1: they're doing here, is that they're figuring out ways to

782
00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:40,839
Speaker 1: be effective. They're asking everybody to pull on the rope

783
00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:44,319
Speaker 1: at the same time. And I like it's the old

784
00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:48,200
Speaker 1: George Allen quote where fifty three men all you know

785
00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:51,160
Speaker 1: doing like, working towards the same goal, can't lose. And

786
00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:55,640
Speaker 1: that's what this feels like. A little bit will, determination, desire.

787
00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:58,400
Speaker 1: You're not gonna quit. If you give them a pulse,

788
00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:02,600
Speaker 1: they will, they will steal you. And this is why

789
00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:06,640
Speaker 1: I don't put anything past them, because I could. You

790
00:40:06,640 --> 00:40:10,799
Speaker 1: could just feel the determination and the trust, and that's

791
00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:13,840
Speaker 1: more powerful than talent could ever buy you.

792
00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:17,279
Speaker 4: It really, it really is, it really is.

793
00:40:17,320 --> 00:40:21,399
Speaker 2: And I was talking to somebody like, I'm sure you

794
00:40:21,560 --> 00:40:26,200
Speaker 2: get the same questions from family members, friends, different people

795
00:40:26,239 --> 00:40:29,560
Speaker 2: you may see out and about that. They're like, hey,

796
00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:31,279
Speaker 2: what do you think about this game? What's gonna happen with?

797
00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:34,560
Speaker 2: I say, man, we got a great chance of winning

798
00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:36,640
Speaker 2: this football joint. And then there were times where I

799
00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:39,920
Speaker 2: would say we're gonna win and I would tell the

800
00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:43,279
Speaker 2: reason I feel this way is they are playing with

801
00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:44,600
Speaker 2: such confidence.

802
00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:47,400
Speaker 4: They believe they can be anybody.

803
00:40:47,400 --> 00:40:50,880
Speaker 2: And confidence when you when you have that type of feeling,

804
00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:54,840
Speaker 2: that type of belief, that's where when when D says

805
00:40:54,920 --> 00:40:58,359
Speaker 2: anybody anywhere, anytime, that's where it comes from. And it's

806
00:40:58,360 --> 00:41:02,200
Speaker 2: the preparation that breeds breeze that confidence that they go

807
00:41:02,239 --> 00:41:04,520
Speaker 2: into each and every ballgame with and they'll go into

808
00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:08,200
Speaker 2: the same this ball game Saturday night against the Detroit

809
00:41:08,239 --> 00:41:10,799
Speaker 2: Lions feeling the same way, and it's gonna be tough.

810
00:41:10,840 --> 00:41:13,279
Speaker 2: It's gonna be a uh, it'll probably be the most

811
00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:18,040
Speaker 2: hostile environment that we've played in all season long. That

812
00:41:18,080 --> 00:41:20,560
Speaker 2: place will be buzzn't. But they will go in there

813
00:41:20,560 --> 00:41:23,480
Speaker 2: with great confidence and great belief that we can go

814
00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:25,399
Speaker 2: in here and we are going to get it done.

815
00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:28,520
Speaker 1: Obviously, our last call has been moving around. Thanks to

816
00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:31,920
Speaker 1: NBC for putting the camera at our booth and putting

817
00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:34,360
Speaker 1: it out there for us, and it's making the rounds.

818
00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:36,200
Speaker 1: It just happened a few times for all those out

819
00:41:36,200 --> 00:41:39,120
Speaker 1: there who are jealous of that. No one's having more

820
00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:42,360
Speaker 1: fun than us, So you know, give it the program.

821
00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:44,560
Speaker 1: But because of all of that, and because of what

822
00:41:44,600 --> 00:41:47,400
Speaker 1: their motto is here, I think we need devenue slogan

823
00:41:47,520 --> 00:41:52,200
Speaker 1: me you and logan any booth anywhere any time.

824
00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:55,479
Speaker 4: I definitely will.

825
00:41:55,719 --> 00:42:01,680
Speaker 2: I definitely feel cropping in our booth against anybody. I've

826
00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:07,520
Speaker 2: never lacked for confidence, nah, I mean, the energy is

827
00:42:07,560 --> 00:42:10,400
Speaker 2: not massed as I think it was. One of the

828
00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:13,880
Speaker 2: news outlets said unmatched energy, and that is that exactly it,

829
00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:15,880
Speaker 2: and it's it's organic.

830
00:42:15,920 --> 00:42:17,360
Speaker 4: It's just how how we feel.

831
00:42:17,920 --> 00:42:20,880
Speaker 1: We're having fun. You know, we're having fun. And you know,

832
00:42:20,920 --> 00:42:24,600
Speaker 1: again it goes back to also, it's been nineteen years,

833
00:42:25,320 --> 00:42:28,640
Speaker 1: and I think from the get go this team, we

834
00:42:28,719 --> 00:42:31,840
Speaker 1: saw it in the summer that like there's something different

835
00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:34,319
Speaker 1: about them, There's something different about this quarterback.

836
00:42:34,640 --> 00:42:36,040
Speaker 3: This isn't just coach speak.

837
00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:38,360
Speaker 1: What's going on here? You know, they do have a

838
00:42:38,360 --> 00:42:41,000
Speaker 1: lot of veterans who've been there, done that, and who

839
00:42:41,040 --> 00:42:43,279
Speaker 1: knows if this comes together, what it's going to be.

840
00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:46,600
Speaker 1: And then they just provided moment after moment after moment,

841
00:42:47,040 --> 00:42:49,600
Speaker 1: and when you win five in the regular season and

842
00:42:49,680 --> 00:42:56,239
Speaker 1: now six with the postseason fourth quarter comebacks, Underestimate this

843
00:42:56,280 --> 00:43:00,080
Speaker 1: team at your own risk because they do not die.

844
00:43:00,280 --> 00:43:02,640
Speaker 1: They have a will like I haven't seen before.

845
00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:04,600
Speaker 3: And this is a.

846
00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:08,880
Speaker 1: Tough setup, like a short week, night game, fly home.

847
00:43:09,080 --> 00:43:12,120
Speaker 1: I'm on thirty minutes of sleep. So are they got

848
00:43:12,120 --> 00:43:14,360
Speaker 1: to turn around, have a short week and play a

849
00:43:14,440 --> 00:43:17,799
Speaker 1: night game on a home field of the best team

850
00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:20,239
Speaker 1: in the NFC who's coming off a bye. It's a

851
00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:23,960
Speaker 1: big ask, a really big ask. But I'm with you.

852
00:43:24,680 --> 00:43:27,680
Speaker 1: I've seen too much. I know too much. I know

853
00:43:27,760 --> 00:43:32,680
Speaker 1: what this team's about, and they ain't laying down for anybody. No.

854
00:43:33,840 --> 00:43:35,520
Speaker 2: I like their chances. As a matter of fact, I

855
00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:39,160
Speaker 2: love their chances. This is this is the hand there, Dell.

856
00:43:39,440 --> 00:43:43,120
Speaker 2: Hey doesn't matter like they're not gonna make excuses that

857
00:43:43,120 --> 00:43:45,480
Speaker 2: are gonna be like, hey, you know, would have been

858
00:43:45,480 --> 00:43:47,759
Speaker 2: great if we played on Sunday. Whatever the case may be.

859
00:43:48,400 --> 00:43:50,480
Speaker 2: They're gonna prepare the ride way. I'm sure they'll be.

860
00:43:51,560 --> 00:43:55,320
Speaker 2: The practice approach will be key in terms of making

861
00:43:55,320 --> 00:43:58,560
Speaker 2: sure they're recovering. I don't expect to maybe probably one

862
00:43:58,600 --> 00:44:01,640
Speaker 2: fool speed practice this week just to allow those guys

863
00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:05,080
Speaker 2: to body to recover from a physical standpoint, be a

864
00:44:05,080 --> 00:44:09,080
Speaker 2: lot of mental mental preparation type work, and get those

865
00:44:09,080 --> 00:44:12,640
Speaker 2: guys ready to play a hell of a football game

866
00:44:12,680 --> 00:44:17,759
Speaker 2: come Saturday night. So this coaching staff their season, they've

867
00:44:17,760 --> 00:44:19,799
Speaker 2: been in all kinds of scenarios, short weeks, whether you're

868
00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:22,879
Speaker 2: playing a Sunday Thursday game, and all those types of things,

869
00:44:22,920 --> 00:44:25,239
Speaker 2: so they know how to get those guys prepared from

870
00:44:25,239 --> 00:44:29,239
Speaker 2: a physical standpoint, from mental standpoint, emotional standpoint, because hey,

871
00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:33,200
Speaker 2: yesterday's game was emotional. We've had as you mentioned, five

872
00:44:33,560 --> 00:44:37,440
Speaker 2: five emotional wins in a row, but they're battle tested

873
00:44:37,880 --> 00:44:39,080
Speaker 2: and their toughest nails.

874
00:44:39,360 --> 00:44:41,920
Speaker 4: And I agree with you. I would not bet against

875
00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:42,719
Speaker 4: this football team.

876
00:44:43,000 --> 00:44:45,759
Speaker 1: No, all right, time to give out the belt. It

877
00:44:45,880 --> 00:44:51,680
Speaker 1: is that time of the week. Yeah, Big Fletches Heavyweight

878
00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:58,279
Speaker 1: Championship Commanders Mouth Full Felt presented by Northwest Federal Credit

879
00:44:58,400 --> 00:45:02,080
Speaker 1: Union Where trust matters, all right. Last week was Terry

880
00:45:02,120 --> 00:45:05,520
Speaker 1: McLaurin huge second half with Marcus Mariota to get the

881
00:45:05,560 --> 00:45:08,560
Speaker 1: last second win over the Cowboys. Now you got the

882
00:45:08,640 --> 00:45:11,720
Speaker 1: contender after the playoff with the Buccaneers is who.

883
00:45:13,120 --> 00:45:13,759
Speaker 4: Oh man.

884
00:45:13,840 --> 00:45:17,200
Speaker 2: I don't even think there's any suspense to this. Normally

885
00:45:17,520 --> 00:45:20,080
Speaker 2: I try to, you know, drum up, you know it's

886
00:45:20,120 --> 00:45:22,719
Speaker 2: a little bit of suspense, but there's no sense suspensive.

887
00:45:23,040 --> 00:45:27,880
Speaker 2: The contender is Jaden Daniels. I think everybody who's watching

888
00:45:27,880 --> 00:45:30,800
Speaker 2: this new this that there will be no other contender.

889
00:45:31,120 --> 00:45:34,279
Speaker 2: So when I bring in the contender, I have to

890
00:45:35,160 --> 00:45:37,880
Speaker 2: kind of let you know what the what the reigning

891
00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:42,439
Speaker 2: champion has done. Jaden had an outstanding I mean, Terry

892
00:45:42,480 --> 00:45:47,719
Speaker 2: had an outstanding football game, seven receptions eighty nine yards,

893
00:45:48,120 --> 00:45:52,960
Speaker 2: had had a big touchdown catching that ball game, and.

894
00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:55,680
Speaker 4: He's he did a lot to retain his belt.

895
00:45:56,640 --> 00:45:59,760
Speaker 2: But then you gotta go to the challenger and you say, Okay,

896
00:45:59,800 --> 00:46:03,959
Speaker 2: what did the challenger do? Jaden three hundred and sixty

897
00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:09,040
Speaker 2: eight yards passing two tds, thirteen carries for thirty six yards,

898
00:46:10,080 --> 00:46:13,840
Speaker 2: and the critical conversion at the end of that ball

899
00:46:13,880 --> 00:46:16,520
Speaker 2: game to set up the game winning field goal.

900
00:46:17,239 --> 00:46:18,240
Speaker 4: I think when you look.

901
00:46:18,080 --> 00:46:21,480
Speaker 2: At that, you look at Jade in this his impact

902
00:46:21,520 --> 00:46:24,279
Speaker 2: goes beyond the numbers that I just mentioned to you.

903
00:46:24,880 --> 00:46:28,480
Speaker 2: He forced the Tama Bay Buccaneers to scrap their blitz

904
00:46:28,480 --> 00:46:32,000
Speaker 2: heavy scheme and totally go to a different type of

905
00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:35,040
Speaker 2: approach because I mean, he was shredding those guys.

906
00:46:36,760 --> 00:46:37,120
Speaker 4: Brown.

907
00:46:38,080 --> 00:46:41,160
Speaker 2: I think you know where I'm going. Terry, you had

908
00:46:41,200 --> 00:46:43,000
Speaker 2: a great job. You did a great job, but you

909
00:46:43,040 --> 00:46:46,239
Speaker 2: were a great challenge. You put up a nice competition

910
00:46:46,320 --> 00:46:47,240
Speaker 2: to keep your belt.

911
00:46:47,960 --> 00:46:55,799
Speaker 4: However, and now big Pletchers Heavyweight Championship Combat. This belt goes.

912
00:46:55,600 --> 00:46:59,440
Speaker 2: Two Jayden dan Yo.

913
00:47:01,440 --> 00:47:05,320
Speaker 1: For his first playoff win, and it was a spectacular

914
00:47:05,560 --> 00:47:08,520
Speaker 1: performance and is for hopefully the first of many. I'm

915
00:47:08,520 --> 00:47:11,279
Speaker 1: hoping it's the first of many. Maybe many this year,

916
00:47:11,400 --> 00:47:15,600
Speaker 1: who knows, why not? I got one other contender for

917
00:47:15,680 --> 00:47:18,359
Speaker 1: the bell this might be telling stories. I don't tell

918
00:47:18,400 --> 00:47:20,400
Speaker 1: a lot of stories out of school. But this is funny,

919
00:47:20,640 --> 00:47:22,839
Speaker 1: and this is really not for us, but this is

920
00:47:22,840 --> 00:47:24,840
Speaker 1: for all the producers who are gonna have Logan on

921
00:47:25,000 --> 00:47:27,040
Speaker 1: Eddy Show later this week that you might want to

922
00:47:27,080 --> 00:47:30,520
Speaker 1: bring this up. He almost got into a fight with

923
00:47:30,600 --> 00:47:31,920
Speaker 1: the Buccaneers mascot.

924
00:47:33,440 --> 00:47:35,800
Speaker 3: Pregod, I'm not kidding. He did.

925
00:47:36,040 --> 00:47:39,799
Speaker 1: He almost got into a fight with the Buccaneers mascot

926
00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:41,840
Speaker 1: who started it. By the way, as far as I

927
00:47:41,880 --> 00:47:45,800
Speaker 1: could tell, Logan's not an instigator, but the Buccaneers mascot

928
00:47:45,920 --> 00:47:49,440
Speaker 1: apparently like bumped into him on purpose a couple of times.

929
00:47:49,920 --> 00:47:53,080
Speaker 1: He nearly had to throw down with him.

930
00:47:53,320 --> 00:47:57,240
Speaker 4: Oh man, the mascot was ready to scrap.

931
00:47:58,640 --> 00:47:59,920
Speaker 3: He did, he say? He told us he was.

932
00:48:00,239 --> 00:48:02,480
Speaker 1: He was pretty close that he was got to get

933
00:48:02,520 --> 00:48:04,320
Speaker 1: into a fight with the Buccaneers mascot.

934
00:48:04,920 --> 00:48:07,440
Speaker 4: Oh man, that would have been that would have went viral.

935
00:48:08,680 --> 00:48:12,000
Speaker 1: Man, I would have liked to have seen it. One

936
00:48:12,040 --> 00:48:13,880
Speaker 1: other thing too, before we move on. I do want

937
00:48:13,920 --> 00:48:15,840
Speaker 1: to talk about Detroit with you for a minute. But

938
00:48:16,800 --> 00:48:21,399
Speaker 1: the Commander's fan base in Tampa for this, and we've

939
00:48:21,400 --> 00:48:23,359
Speaker 1: seen this a lot, especially we saw it in New

940
00:48:23,440 --> 00:48:27,120
Speaker 1: Orleans destination place December. It's not hard to you know, hey,

941
00:48:27,200 --> 00:48:28,680
Speaker 1: do you want to go somewhere for the year, Let's

942
00:48:28,680 --> 00:48:30,440
Speaker 1: go check out a Saints game down there in New

943
00:48:30,520 --> 00:48:31,280
Speaker 1: Orleans and December.

944
00:48:31,520 --> 00:48:34,680
Speaker 3: Not a hard sell. That was full on.

945
00:48:35,040 --> 00:48:39,000
Speaker 1: I was walking around near our team hotel, which was

946
00:48:39,040 --> 00:48:44,000
Speaker 1: in downtown Tampa. Everywhere we got to the game, everywhere

947
00:48:44,280 --> 00:48:47,480
Speaker 1: it was. I mean our buses typically when we pull

948
00:48:47,560 --> 00:48:50,560
Speaker 1: up in the buses. You know, some fan bases are nice,

949
00:48:51,040 --> 00:48:53,840
Speaker 1: some are not so nice. The majority of them are

950
00:48:53,920 --> 00:48:55,960
Speaker 1: rooting for the other team. I am telling you, we

951
00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:59,160
Speaker 1: couldn't go a block without people jumping out of their cars,

952
00:48:59,400 --> 00:49:02,120
Speaker 1: waving watch, shouted flags, yelling at us.

953
00:49:02,520 --> 00:49:06,080
Speaker 3: It was that was loud and strong last night.

954
00:49:07,000 --> 00:49:07,359
Speaker 4: It was.

955
00:49:07,400 --> 00:49:11,760
Speaker 2: It was impressive the support that the fans have brought

956
00:49:11,800 --> 00:49:15,239
Speaker 2: to this this team, especially in that situation where you

957
00:49:15,320 --> 00:49:18,560
Speaker 2: needed everybody who was wearing that burgundy and gold to

958
00:49:19,280 --> 00:49:23,000
Speaker 2: going to to that environment and win the football game. Man,

959
00:49:23,040 --> 00:49:26,240
Speaker 2: you couldn't go anywhere, like like you said, without seeing

960
00:49:26,280 --> 00:49:29,000
Speaker 2: our fans. It was a It was a Burgundy gold

961
00:49:29,080 --> 00:49:32,640
Speaker 2: takeover of Tapa Bay. Even even this morning when I

962
00:49:32,719 --> 00:49:36,759
Speaker 2: was when I was flying out, I went into one

963
00:49:36,760 --> 00:49:39,280
Speaker 2: of the lounges. I'm not gonna say that that lounge

964
00:49:39,320 --> 00:49:41,720
Speaker 2: name unless they want to sponsor us. And I'm sitting

965
00:49:41,760 --> 00:49:45,440
Speaker 2: in there and it's three gentlemen. They all still had

966
00:49:45,440 --> 00:49:47,680
Speaker 2: their commander's stuff on, commander's gear on.

967
00:49:48,000 --> 00:49:48,719
Speaker 4: They didn't see me.

968
00:49:48,800 --> 00:49:51,640
Speaker 2: I saw them, and and I'm sitting I sit behind

969
00:49:51,719 --> 00:49:54,759
Speaker 2: them and I'm just listening to it on their conversation,

970
00:49:54,880 --> 00:49:58,399
Speaker 2: and man, they were just talking about the game h going,

971
00:49:58,520 --> 00:50:02,880
Speaker 2: uh you know, player a player, Uh, situations that happened,

972
00:50:02,880 --> 00:50:06,520
Speaker 2: and they just talked about They talked about yesteryear stuff

973
00:50:06,560 --> 00:50:09,600
Speaker 2: and how how proud they feel about this team and

974
00:50:09,960 --> 00:50:12,239
Speaker 2: some of the things that that they've seen. I mean,

975
00:50:12,280 --> 00:50:14,160
Speaker 2: it was just it was just a treat to hear

976
00:50:14,680 --> 00:50:17,839
Speaker 2: hear those guys talking on the plane coming coming back

977
00:50:17,880 --> 00:50:21,880
Speaker 2: to Charlotte. It was like probably half the play was

978
00:50:21,920 --> 00:50:24,359
Speaker 2: commander fans deal still in their commander's gear.

979
00:50:24,400 --> 00:50:26,560
Speaker 4: It was. It was awesome because you got the hubs.

980
00:50:26,600 --> 00:50:28,640
Speaker 1: Everyone was changing planes if they couldn't get the direct

981
00:50:28,680 --> 00:50:30,480
Speaker 1: they were changing planes in Charlotte.

982
00:50:30,960 --> 00:50:31,759
Speaker 3: I wrote this list.

983
00:50:31,760 --> 00:50:33,680
Speaker 1: I know I'm gonna forget people, but I just want

984
00:50:33,719 --> 00:50:37,080
Speaker 1: to say some of their names. Terry McLaurin got his

985
00:50:37,200 --> 00:50:40,600
Speaker 1: first playoff win as a player in the Washington uniform.

986
00:50:40,680 --> 00:50:43,880
Speaker 1: So did John Allen, So did Deron Payne? Uh treusway

987
00:50:44,680 --> 00:50:45,200
Speaker 1: did he win?

988
00:50:45,320 --> 00:50:47,279
Speaker 3: He might have? Is he here for the last one?

989
00:50:47,640 --> 00:50:47,960
Speaker 4: No? No?

990
00:50:48,040 --> 00:50:48,120
Speaker 1: Right?

991
00:50:48,239 --> 00:50:48,560
Speaker 3: Last week?

992
00:50:48,800 --> 00:50:48,960
Speaker 1: Yeah?

993
00:50:49,000 --> 00:50:51,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, he was twenty years ago.

994
00:50:52,480 --> 00:50:55,240
Speaker 1: Jeremy Reeves, who we got to talk to, spin around

995
00:50:55,239 --> 00:50:57,960
Speaker 1: the block a lot, Tanni, great game, Sam Cosme. I

996
00:50:58,000 --> 00:50:59,759
Speaker 1: know there's others that have been around, but the ones

997
00:50:59,800 --> 00:51:03,440
Speaker 1: that really stand out John Terry drawn been around a

998
00:51:03,440 --> 00:51:07,120
Speaker 1: long time. Tress been waiting for this. I'm really happy

999
00:51:07,120 --> 00:51:08,920
Speaker 1: for them. It was so it was so cool to

1000
00:51:08,960 --> 00:51:12,120
Speaker 1: say to them, you know, live on the official broadcast

1001
00:51:12,239 --> 00:51:15,399
Speaker 1: last night, congratulations on winning your first playoff game here.

1002
00:51:15,440 --> 00:51:16,120
Speaker 3: It was really cool.

1003
00:51:16,320 --> 00:51:18,879
Speaker 2: Yeah, it means a lot for those guys because they've

1004
00:51:18,920 --> 00:51:19,840
Speaker 2: gone through They've.

1005
00:51:19,600 --> 00:51:21,520
Speaker 4: Had a lot of lean years here.

1006
00:51:21,600 --> 00:51:25,560
Speaker 2: You've had some pretty ugly, ugly seasons where you just like,

1007
00:51:25,760 --> 00:51:28,319
Speaker 2: i mean even go back to last year, guys who

1008
00:51:28,360 --> 00:51:31,600
Speaker 2: were some of the holdovers from from last year's team.

1009
00:51:31,880 --> 00:51:34,120
Speaker 4: You go through four and thirteen season, I mean, it's

1010
00:51:34,160 --> 00:51:36,160
Speaker 4: that's rough on you and and.

1011
00:51:36,400 --> 00:51:39,239
Speaker 2: You mentioned some of those holdovers. So it means a

1012
00:51:39,239 --> 00:51:43,440
Speaker 2: lot for those guys, and they they they're appreciative of everything.

1013
00:51:43,480 --> 00:51:46,520
Speaker 2: They're appreciative of this season, and they they don't want

1014
00:51:46,600 --> 00:51:49,319
Speaker 2: up to end. Man, it's just you definitely feel happy

1015
00:51:49,440 --> 00:51:51,799
Speaker 2: and proud for what they are. Proud of those guys

1016
00:51:51,880 --> 00:51:54,240
Speaker 2: and what they've been able to endure and still continue

1017
00:51:54,239 --> 00:51:56,120
Speaker 2: to be a part of what this what this team

1018
00:51:56,200 --> 00:51:58,120
Speaker 2: is has done and continues to do.

1019
00:51:58,120 --> 00:51:59,520
Speaker 3: Do you remember your first playoff win?

1020
00:52:01,160 --> 00:52:01,560
Speaker 4: I do.

1021
00:52:02,800 --> 00:52:03,680
Speaker 3: What do you remember about it?

1022
00:52:05,400 --> 00:52:08,840
Speaker 2: Oh, we played in Minnesota Vikers, so we had the

1023
00:52:08,920 --> 00:52:13,600
Speaker 2: number one seed that year. We had to buy we have, Yeah,

1024
00:52:13,640 --> 00:52:15,840
Speaker 2: we had to buy first round by so it was

1025
00:52:15,840 --> 00:52:18,640
Speaker 2: the divisional round that we hosted.

1026
00:52:19,080 --> 00:52:23,000
Speaker 4: What I remember is the Dome in Saint Louis.

1027
00:52:23,920 --> 00:52:27,319
Speaker 2: It was as loud as I had ever witnessed, and

1028
00:52:27,360 --> 00:52:31,200
Speaker 2: so that was my first like inkland of you know,

1029
00:52:31,280 --> 00:52:35,800
Speaker 2: there's a different level between intensity between regular season playoffs.

1030
00:52:35,840 --> 00:52:39,080
Speaker 2: They talked about him, Hey, there's the intensity ramps up

1031
00:52:39,440 --> 00:52:43,480
Speaker 2: regular season to the playoffs, and so you hear it.

1032
00:52:43,560 --> 00:52:44,479
Speaker 4: But then when you.

1033
00:52:44,440 --> 00:52:47,240
Speaker 2: Felt it, like when we came out on the field

1034
00:52:47,880 --> 00:52:51,799
Speaker 2: and the dome, I could not hear myself talk like

1035
00:52:51,920 --> 00:52:54,640
Speaker 2: and I'm the middle linebacker calling plays, I'm like, how

1036
00:52:54,680 --> 00:52:57,600
Speaker 2: are how am I going? To communicate to my defensive guys.

1037
00:52:57,960 --> 00:53:01,200
Speaker 2: I'm literally yelling at the top of my lungs to

1038
00:53:01,320 --> 00:53:05,680
Speaker 2: communicate to and communicate the defensive plays into the huddle.

1039
00:53:05,760 --> 00:53:08,080
Speaker 2: I mean, it was just as loud a game as

1040
00:53:08,080 --> 00:53:12,399
Speaker 2: I can ever remember. So yeah, I definitely remember that one. Dan,

1041
00:53:12,920 --> 00:53:14,960
Speaker 2: the second one, add the third one.

1042
00:53:16,280 --> 00:53:18,080
Speaker 1: Hopefully we'll have a second one and a third one

1043
00:53:18,120 --> 00:53:21,400
Speaker 1: here and maybe a fourth one, who knows. This weekend,

1044
00:53:21,440 --> 00:53:23,600
Speaker 1: though it is a big ask, you kind of mentioned

1045
00:53:23,600 --> 00:53:26,919
Speaker 1: it a little bit. One seed off a bye. They've

1046
00:53:27,000 --> 00:53:29,440
Speaker 1: been outstanding all year. They do have a lot of

1047
00:53:29,480 --> 00:53:31,560
Speaker 1: injuries on defense, so I know we're gonna spend a

1048
00:53:31,640 --> 00:53:34,600
Speaker 1: lot of the week talking about that. Offensively, they've been

1049
00:53:34,719 --> 00:53:38,360
Speaker 1: dynamic and the thing that really actually concerns me about them,

1050
00:53:38,760 --> 00:53:41,239
Speaker 1: like how we credited earlier, Washington came in with some

1051
00:53:41,280 --> 00:53:43,480
Speaker 1: looks that I think Tampa Bay had not seen. Surprised

1052
00:53:43,560 --> 00:53:46,440
Speaker 1: us too, some of the things they did. These guys

1053
00:53:46,680 --> 00:53:53,680
Speaker 1: are notorious for pulling off wacky plays, hooking ladders, throwing

1054
00:53:53,760 --> 00:53:58,000
Speaker 1: to tackles, messing around. So I got a feeling we're

1055
00:53:58,040 --> 00:54:01,080
Speaker 1: gonna be be ready for anything. As Dan Quinn said

1056
00:54:01,160 --> 00:54:03,960
Speaker 1: last week, we like crazy. You're gonna get it with

1057
00:54:04,040 --> 00:54:05,120
Speaker 1: this team this weekend.

1058
00:54:06,200 --> 00:54:10,080
Speaker 4: Now what you do you prepare for the unknowns?

1059
00:54:10,120 --> 00:54:14,600
Speaker 2: You and you also emphasize this, and I cannot reiterate

1060
00:54:14,640 --> 00:54:17,160
Speaker 2: this enough, and I'm sure the coaching staff will do this,

1061
00:54:17,840 --> 00:54:19,360
Speaker 2: especially on the defensive side.

1062
00:54:20,600 --> 00:54:21,640
Speaker 4: Read your keys.

1063
00:54:22,320 --> 00:54:25,600
Speaker 2: Whatever your key and your responsibility is, you stay true

1064
00:54:25,640 --> 00:54:29,520
Speaker 2: to those things. Every game you go into a situation

1065
00:54:29,560 --> 00:54:32,600
Speaker 2: where there's some house unscotted plays, whether there's a trick player,

1066
00:54:32,760 --> 00:54:35,520
Speaker 2: just a wrinkle or two that's added. But if you

1067
00:54:36,040 --> 00:54:41,279
Speaker 2: carry out your responsibility fully, nine times out of ten,

1068
00:54:41,360 --> 00:54:44,680
Speaker 2: you were going to be in position to negate those

1069
00:54:45,160 --> 00:54:49,439
Speaker 2: unscotted plays, trick plays and things that they may come

1070
00:54:49,520 --> 00:54:52,919
Speaker 2: up and throw at you. So be on point, read

1071
00:54:53,000 --> 00:54:55,480
Speaker 2: your keys, carry out your responsibility to the fullest.

1072
00:54:55,800 --> 00:54:58,360
Speaker 1: I mean these two teams, I think the core values

1073
00:54:58,400 --> 00:55:00,600
Speaker 1: of them are really the same. If you listen to

1074
00:55:00,680 --> 00:55:02,600
Speaker 1: Dan Campbell a few years ago when he was hired

1075
00:55:02,840 --> 00:55:06,080
Speaker 1: by them, it wasn't exactly anybody anywhere any time, but

1076
00:55:06,120 --> 00:55:08,520
Speaker 1: it was similar. Like his whole thing was like we'll

1077
00:55:08,560 --> 00:55:11,560
Speaker 1: fight you in a dumpster, like we don't care, like

1078
00:55:11,800 --> 00:55:14,640
Speaker 1: come at us, and you got to go through us.

1079
00:55:14,960 --> 00:55:18,640
Speaker 1: And you'll hear the same messaging here. It's resonating and

1080
00:55:18,680 --> 00:55:21,960
Speaker 1: it's working. I think these are two teams that might

1081
00:55:22,000 --> 00:55:25,000
Speaker 1: as well be cousins in all of this, and it's

1082
00:55:25,040 --> 00:55:28,160
Speaker 1: gonna be a fight. It really is. These two teams

1083
00:55:28,280 --> 00:55:31,120
Speaker 1: bring it every single week. I can't wait for Saturday night.

1084
00:55:31,920 --> 00:55:36,960
Speaker 2: Oh man, you're talking about the thing about Dan Campbell.

1085
00:55:37,600 --> 00:55:40,719
Speaker 2: He wanted to build that identity and kind of black Detroit,

1086
00:55:41,160 --> 00:55:45,240
Speaker 2: blue collar gritty, almost like the bad boys of football

1087
00:55:45,280 --> 00:55:49,000
Speaker 2: if you remember the Detroit pitt and runs. May kind

1088
00:55:49,000 --> 00:55:52,480
Speaker 2: of make the Lions in that mode, make them the

1089
00:55:52,520 --> 00:55:56,799
Speaker 2: bad boys version of a football team. It's gonna be

1090
00:55:56,840 --> 00:56:04,240
Speaker 2: a physical, sixty minute plus battle, a hell of a battle,

1091
00:56:04,239 --> 00:56:07,799
Speaker 2: I mean, and I can't wait to get there. That

1092
00:56:07,960 --> 00:56:12,200
Speaker 2: environment is going to be electric. I'm talking about electric, man.

1093
00:56:12,880 --> 00:56:13,600
Speaker 4: But I know this.

1094
00:56:14,880 --> 00:56:18,279
Speaker 2: Dan Quinn is gonna have his team ready to play football,

1095
00:56:18,560 --> 00:56:20,880
Speaker 2: ready to rumble, and I can't wait to get it

1096
00:56:20,920 --> 00:56:21,480
Speaker 2: on with Yeah.

1097
00:56:21,480 --> 00:56:22,600
Speaker 3: I can't wait to get it on either.

1098
00:56:22,880 --> 00:56:23,440
Speaker 4: Real quick.

1099
00:56:23,840 --> 00:56:25,760
Speaker 1: This happened like an hour ago before we start taping.

1100
00:56:26,160 --> 00:56:27,640
Speaker 1: Dallas is going to have a new head coach.

1101
00:56:27,680 --> 00:56:28,200
Speaker 3: Did you see that?

1102
00:56:29,120 --> 00:56:31,480
Speaker 4: I did see that coming across the ticker. I was

1103
00:56:31,520 --> 00:56:32,279
Speaker 4: surprised by that.

1104
00:56:32,600 --> 00:56:33,080
Speaker 3: So was I.

1105
00:56:34,080 --> 00:56:37,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, I thought when when I guess the Bears wanted

1106
00:56:37,960 --> 00:56:41,759
Speaker 2: to interview McCarthy and they denied, yeah, the opportunity to

1107
00:56:41,800 --> 00:56:44,880
Speaker 2: interview him. And then, uh so I was I was

1108
00:56:44,920 --> 00:56:47,480
Speaker 2: assuming that, hey, they don't get a deal done. But

1109
00:56:48,000 --> 00:56:52,160
Speaker 2: maybe Jerry overplayed his hand and assumed that Mike was

1110
00:56:52,200 --> 00:56:53,440
Speaker 2: gonna accept anything.

1111
00:56:53,560 --> 00:56:56,360
Speaker 4: And you know, I'm sure he'll He'll be highly.

1112
00:56:56,120 --> 00:56:58,279
Speaker 2: Shot out there. He's a he's a really good football coach.

1113
00:56:58,320 --> 00:57:02,680
Speaker 2: So you know, it's all We'll see what happens. Who

1114
00:57:02,800 --> 00:57:04,840
Speaker 2: they decide to make their next take coach.

1115
00:57:05,080 --> 00:57:07,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's their problem. We'll see you guys next summer,

1116
00:57:07,200 --> 00:57:09,440
Speaker 1: next fall. We got a game to get ready for

1117
00:57:09,600 --> 00:57:13,040
Speaker 1: Commanders and Lions. I can't wait for me and Big

1118
00:57:13,080 --> 00:57:19,560
Speaker 1: Fletch any booths anywhere any time Saturday in Michigan's the

1119
00:57:19,600 --> 00:57:20,040
Speaker 1: next one.

1120
00:57:20,120 --> 00:57:20,800
Speaker 3: We're ready for you.

1121
00:57:20,880 --> 00:57:23,160
Speaker 1: We'll talk to you next week after the Lions and

1122
00:57:23,240 --> 00:57:25,200
Speaker 1: Commander's Division A Round playoff game.